Books with author Robert Rogland

The gripping story of how the Athenians survived the Persian invasion of their homeland―one of the central events in ancient Greek history.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLBetween June 480 and August 479 BC, tens of thousands of Athenians evacuated, following King Xerxes’ victory at the Battle of Thermopylae. Abandoning their homes and ancestral tombs in the wake of the invading Persian army, they sought refuge abroad. Women and children were sent to one safe haven, the elderly to another, while all men of military age were conscripted into the fleet. During this difficult year of exile, the city of Athens was set on fire not once, but twice. In Athens Burning, Robert Garland explores the reasons behind the decision to abandon Attica, the peninsular region of Greece that includes Athens, while analyzing the consequences, both material and psychological, of the resulting invasion.Garland introduces readers to the contextual background of the Greco-Persian wars, which include the famous Battle of Marathon. He describes the various stages of the invasion from both the Persian and Greek point of view and explores the siege of the Acropolis, the defeat of the Persians first by the allied Greek navy and later by the army, and, finally, the return of the Athenians to their land.Taking its inspiration from the sufferings of civilians, Athens Burning also works to dispel the image of the Persians as ruthless barbarians. Addressing questions that are largely ignored in other accounts of the conflict, including how the evacuation was organized and what kind of facilities were available to the refugees along the way, Garland demonstrates the relevance of ancient history to the contemporary world. This compelling story is especially resonant in a time when the news is filled with the suffering of nearly 5 million people driven by civil war from their homes in Syria. Aimed at students and scholars of ancient history, this highly accessible book will also fascinate anyone interested in the burgeoning fields of refugee and diaspora studies.

Getting the girl isn’t just a Hollywood fantasy; attracting beautiful women isn’t the sole domain of the super rich, the super hunk, or the outrageously gifted.I know this now, but for most of my life I believed the opposite, as well as other crippling assumptions about women, dating and sex. I’ve written this book because I hate seeing men who are completely confused, frustrated and lonely like I was. It's true that if you keep doing what you've always done then you'll keep getting what you've always got. This book is all about YOU rewriting your beliefs and attitudes about women and dating. It's that simple. I'll introduce you to the kind of POWERFUL mindsets that will make you naturally more attracted to women. I've also outlined the basics of how to "Get the Girl" so that all of those little things you never knew how to do will become ingrained and automatic. DATING SECRETS REVEALED:▪How to avoid the "Friend Zone" simply by building attraction FIRST, instead of RAPPORT first, like every other guy.▪Why a woman resists a guy even when she's really into him, and how to use her resistance as an advantage to your dating success.▪ Learn why her "resistance" isn't her "rejection."▪How the FEAR of approaching a woman can be used to actually make her MORE attracted to you.▪5 ways that RAPPORT helps your dating success, and how to naturally build it.▪8 quick tips for telling a powerful story, which can create a great connection with a woman.▪3 simple ways to remove a woman's fears and resistance to your escalation.▪6 steps to help prevent yourself from being jealous.▪14 non-verbal ways she might indicator her interest in you, as well as 19 others you shouldn't miss.▪11 behaviors you MUST stop doing that makes women want to avoid you.▪How to tell when she's ready to be seduced, and what most men do wrong when they first try to escalate the physical relationship with her.▪5 things you should NEVER do when in bed with a woman!

Between June 480 and August 479 BC, tens of thousands of Athenians evacuated, following King Xerxes’ victory at the Battle of Thermopylae. Abandoning their homes and ancestral tombs in the wake of the invading Persian army, they sought refuge abroad. Women and children were sent to one safe haven, the elderly to another, while all men of military age were conscripted into the fleet. During this difficult year of exile, the city of Athens was set on fire not once, but twice. In Athens Burning, Robert Garland explores the reasons behind the decision to abandon Attica, the peninsular region of Greece that includes Athens, while analyzing the consequences, both material and psychological, of the resulting invasion.Garland introduces readers to the contextual background of the Greco-Persian wars, which include the famous Battle of Marathon. He describes the various stages of the invasion from both the Persian and Greek point of view and explores the siege of the Acropolis, the defeat of the Persians first by the allied Greek navy and later by the army, and, finally, the return of the Athenians to their land.Taking its inspiration from the sufferings of civilians, Athens Burning also works to dispel the image of the Persians as ruthless barbarians. Addressing questions that are largely ignored in other accounts of the conflict, including how the evacuation was organized and what kind of facilities were available to the refugees along the way, Garland demonstrates the relevance of ancient history to the contemporary world. This compelling story is especially resonant in a time when the news is filled with the suffering of nearly 5 million people driven by civil war from their homes in Syria. Aimed at students and scholars of ancient history, this highly accessible book will also fascinate anyone interested in the burgeoning fields of refugee and diaspora studies.

The Greek Way of Life is a survey of the major life experiences which constituted the social reality of classical Greece, broken down into the general topics of conception and pregnancy, birth, childhood, coming of age, early adulthood, and elders and the elderly. What emerges is a conception of the human being as a social animal par excellence whose nature was largely realised in the attainment of paradigmatic social roles: military service for men and childbearing for women. Among the subtopics are Greek medical ideas, the roles of women and children, marriage, care of the elderly, and the role of religious ideas. An engaging narrative and a useful sourcebook, this will appeal to both general readers and scholars.

Our mindsets drive the emotions we have, the decisions we make, and the women we attract into our lives. This book outlines the very best dating mindsets I've tested, experienced, and found most successful.Getting the girl isn't just a Hollywood fantasy; attracting beautiful women isn't the sole domain of the super rich, the super hunk, or the outrageously gifted. Attracting and dating beautiful women isn't about magic and pickup lines, it's about your mindsets, basic human insights, and a little female psychology.This book outlines the FOUR FOUNDATIONS of successful dating: Attraction, Rapport, Leading, and Escalation.ATTRACTION is about tension and her emotional response to you.RAPPORT is about intimacy and her emotional connection with you.LEADING is about challenging your fears and taking action while communicating sincerity through your actions.ESCALATION is about consistently increasing the intensity of your relationship via attraction and rapport so that it goes where ever you want it to go.When you learn how to inspire ATTRACTION and RAPPORT in a woman through your actions of LEADING and ESCALATION, you'll create a compelling chemistry between you and her that most men will NEVER achieve.QUESTIONS THIS BOOK ANSWERS:- What's the best way to avoid the "friend zone"?- Why do some women resist guys they're REALLY into? And how can you tell the difference?- How can you remove the fear of rejection when approaching a woman?- What are 5 easy ways to make a woman feel at ease and comfortable with you?- What are 6 powerful ways to prevent yourself from feeling jealous?- What are 14 ways she is trying to tell you she's into you that most guys miss?- When is the right time to kiss her?- What are 5 things you should do or say when in bed with a woman?!- Etc, etc, etc...

In this book you will learn the 5 basic steps you need to follow in order to seduce her from being "just friends" into be lovers. Hi, I'm Robby! I can still remember the hot summer nights hanging out with one of my hot female friends, driving her home, dropping her off, and then going home alone only to mull over all the things I should have said, but didn't, or the things I did say but shouldn't have.... I had so much doubt and regret and mixed emotions. I loved hanging out with her but I desperately wanted more... and yet I didn't want to screw up our close relationship! I knew I was a good catch and that she enjoyed spending time with me... but she never ever gave me any signs of interest... no flirting, no playful touching... it was totally platonic. And I had no idea what to do about it. But I was young and nervous and WAY too fearful of what she might do or say. I've come A LONG way since then. If there's one thing I've learned about women it's this: it's not what they THINK of you, it's how they FEEL when they're with you. And once I figured out the typical steps involved in seducing any woman I simply applied those same rules to seducing this one special girl... and sure enough it worked like a charm! Basically I reduced it down to 5 simple steps, which I break down and explain in detail in this quick read. This little book makes it easy! - I break down the process of seducing her from a friend into a lover in 5 steps or less. - Honestly you can do all of these steps in a month, a week, or a night, depending on how fast you want to go. - If she derails your efforts on any of the steps you simply restart at step one... it's simple and easy.

Mrs. Parks calls on Charles Oliver Jones, to investigate noises around her house at night because the police can’t spare anyone as the summer season draws toward Labor Day. On a damp, foggy night, while staking out Mrs. Parks’ lonely house at the end of a long dirt road, Charles Oliver Jones makes an astonishing discovery, one that seems to make no sense. In fact, if it weren’t for the slashes in his Ninja suit, he would have been tempted not to believe what he had seen. Between his investigations into whatever it is that comes out on foggy nights at Mrs. Parks’, to his sudden emergence as a wide receiver on the football team, this book will keep you engaged from start to finish. As always, with any Robert Holland novel, there’s no predicting how things will turn out. What you can be certain of if, is that you’re going to have a lot of fun with Charlie and his partner, Pete Hayward, as they roam the Vineyard in search of what shouldn’t be there at all.

Charles Oliver Jones and Pete Heyward are back for a third time in this highly acclaimed series set on Martha’s Vineyard. This time the mystery begins with a strange collection of jetsam drifting ashore on the beach near Gay Head Light and only slowly does it become clear that it’s part of a terrorist plot directed at the whole eastern seaboard of the United States. Even with the island crawling with Homeland Security, F.B.I., and military professionals, in the end it falls to Charlie and Pete to figure out just what is going on. It’s also right in the height of the football season and Pete and Charlie are tearing up the pea patch with some able help from Charlie Dollarhide. The action rages from page to page, suspense building and building as the mysteries slowly unravel and keep on unraveling right down to the final page.

On a summer day Maria, Peter, and Brian Bell set out to explore the land around their new home in the country. In the woods, at the far edge of a big hayfield behind the house, they find an abandoned car and decide to make it into a fort. From the start, things about the car seem odd. There are bullet holes in one side, but not the sort hunters make in using such cars for target practice. These holes are all in a vertical line. And there is an odd dark stain on the back of the driver’s seat. From their neighbor, a retired farmer named Walter Barbour, they learn that the car once belonged to a hired killer named Little Louie LaMontaigne, who was shot in that filed by the gang members he’d had a falling out with, fifty-eight years before. But things get stranger still. There is a raven that watches them and at times almost seems to speak. And there is the matter of Little Louie himself, for the body was never found ... until now ...

Mad Max Murphy is a soccer player. More to the point he is a goalie and everybody knows that goalies are a little, well, they’re just different. But even beyond his goalie attitude, Max is different. Things happen when he is around, odd things, strange things. Even his friends are different, in particular Basil and Meg Greene, the son and daughter of Lord and Lady Greene who have relocated to Madison where Max lives. Mix this in with the summer soccer league, two headless bodies, some Russian missiles, and a missing vial of something from Plum Island where the government fools around with all sorts of nasty viruses and bacteria, and you’ve got a formula for excitement.