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Aphrodesia    by A.F. Allen
Price: $1.29 USD. 4170 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on October 12, 2009. .

Every two years they run a foot race in the magnificent stadium in Aphrodesia, the city of Aphrodite. Hermias, a young Greek from the faded city of Athens has set his heart on winning this race for both the personal glory for himself and the reflected glory for his city. The prize for winning the race is incidental, the glory matters the most, but the nubile beauty who is the prize!
A. D. 62: Pompeii    by Rebecca East
Price: $1.99 USD. 102180 words. Published on November 18, 2009. .

A stranded time traveler becomes a house slave in Pompeii. She wins love and attention by telling stories and making prophecies, but she also becomes a focus for jealousy and conflict. This tender lover story provides an intimate, "Upstairs/ Downstairs" look at household life in the ancient world and brings the dead city back to life through vivid historical detail.
Woman of Sin    by Debra Diaz
Price: $2.99 USD. 123970 words. Published on July 12, 2010. .

Alysia is taken from her home and sold into slavery during the turbulent reign of Tiberius Caesar. She is purchased by Paulus Maximus, a Roman legate who pierces through her determination to hate her captors. When trouble caused by his jealous stepbrother forces her to run away, she finds herself in the battle-torn land of Palestine, where she meets another man who will change her life forever.
The Green Bronze Mirror by Lynne Ellison    by Christopher Posner
Price: $1.49 USD. 38840 words. Published on August 21, 2010. .

Karen is playing on the beach when she finds an ancient mirror buried in the sand. She looks into it, and is transported back in time to the Roman empire. Finding herself a slave, she faces many hair-raising adventures in her struggle to return to her own time. Read author Lynne Ellison's account of how she wrote this book on her website http://www.filedby.com/author/lynne_ellison/3820272
Carthaginian Empire 05 - Syracuse    by David Bowman
Price: $1.29 USD. 3470 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on August 31, 2010. .

Hanno’s grandson has a problem. Carthage wants control of Sicily. So does Athens. Only the port of Syracuse holds out against Carthage’s ambitions. But it has held out for four long years. Carthage is sick of war. Carthage wants its son’s home. Can his final desperate plan succeed in breaking Athens final holding in the Western Mediterranean? Its 409BC Can Handro meet and make his destiny?
Carthaginian Empire 06 - Handro's Fleet    by David Bowman
Price: $1.29 USD. 3410 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on September 1, 2010. .

Sparta and Athens are fighting again. But which one does Carthage want to win? Sparta’s fleet is small and resents no real threat at sea. Her army is large and superb. Athens’ fleets control the eastern Med. How long can Carthage allow this state of affairs to continue? Handro will play his own game at this table. Its 405BC and Greece is the melting pot.
Carthaginian Empire 07 - Handro and Athens    by David Bowman
Price: $1.29 USD. 4000 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on September 1, 2010. .

Athens has been humbled in battle, her army broken, her fleets destroyed. Athens herself is untouched. Handro has his orders to humiliate but not sack the city. It’s a formidable city to attack even with its reduced garrison. Can he walk the fine line between destroying Athens’ morale and uniting the Greek city states? By capturing the Vestal Virgins will he go too far? It’s now 404BC.
Carthaginian Empire 08 - Nemea And Coronea    by David Bowman
Price: $1.29 USD. 4000 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on September 1, 2010. .

Ten years of bitter war - the combined armies of Sparta and Carthage under charismatic leaders Lysander and Handro have the chance to end it. They must eliminate the armies of their four largest opponents. Sparta are the masters of hoplite warfare. Carthage with their sea power are masters of flexibility. Can these two actually work together and win? This is 394BC. Greece is in the melting pot.
The Spartacus Prophecy    by RD Le Coeur
Price: $3.99 USD. 88370 words. Published on January 1, 2011. .

The real life of Spartacus was far more complex than Hollywood would have you believe. There really was a Spartacus & a prophecy and no body of the gladiator was ever found. The story covers an epic journey of one man’s struggle against oppression. Spanning two continents, the fight, flight, love and betrayal across the ancient landscapes, form the backdrop to this compelling novel.
An Introduction to Western Philosophy    by Matt McGinniss
Price: Free! 12840 words. Published on March 20, 2011. .

Biographies and key ideas of twenty of the most important western philosophers, from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle to Nietzsche, Foucault and Derrida.