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'Herakles - A Fable' is a masterful modern rendering of the timeless epic from classical Greek mythology. In the Greek myth, Herakles was a son of Zeus and the epitome of masculinity. In a fit of madness, Herakles murders his own children. To atone for this heinous act Herakles is set twelve tasks by his arch-nemesis, Eurystheus. Upon completing his tasks Herakles is granted immortality. In this contemporary fable, an old man is spending his final days beneath an oak tree in the garden of a nursing home. Presumed to be incapacitated and mute, the old man in fact possesses the unique ability...

Based on the author's dissertation, this volume presents a comparative study of military architecture in the Levant focusing in particular on evidence from the sites of Pella and Rukeis. The main part of the investigation presents evidence from the two Middle Bronze Age sites which are then compared in terms of their defensive architectural features such as walls, buttresses, towers, gates and ramparts. With monumental fortification systems forming a major feature of early urban development in the Levant, McLaren goes on to explore the question of standardisation in these systems, especially...

Samuel Bruce McLaren (1876 1916) was an Australian mathematician and mathematical physicist, and joint winner of the Adams Prize in 1913. Originally published in 1925, this book presents a description of the main aspects of McLaren's Adams Prize-winning essay, together with other accounts of papers and a selection of reprinted papers where necessary. The text was compiled posthumously following McLaren's early death during the Battle of the Somme. An obituary notice and a biographical appreciation of McLaren are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in...