In the first year of the last decade of the twentieth century, Europe's two great socialist empires collapsed suddenly. After years of subservience to Moscow an

From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Blood and Circuses, the next historical mystery featuring an unstoppable, elegant amateur sleuth.

Socialite Phyrne Fisher tries to discover who is sabotaging Farrell's Circus.

Lively and well written, Bread and Circuses analyzes theories that have treated mass culture as either a symptom or a cause of social decadence. Discussing many

Cities in the ancient world relied on private generosity to provide many basic amenities. This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the important p