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This is not a story for the weak. Most children are loved and kept safe but a few are abused, neglected and belittled. Three of these young victims decide to fight back against an uncaring and cruel world. Their antagonists are often the very people who should nurture and love them. Carla, Dean and Lyle are bonded together by their deep devotion to each other and whatever mystical strength the Sun, Moon and North Star can give them. They are forced by circumstances to resort to murderous survival tactics. From the ages of ten to sixteen they survive on the criminal edge of life. Carla leads...

This book covers the political, diplomatic, and military history of the Aegean Greeks of the fourth century BC, raising new questions and delving into old disputes and controversies. It includes their power struggles, the Persian involvement in their affairs, and the ultimate Macedonian triumph over Greece. It deals with the political concept of federalism and its relations to the ideal of the polis. The volume concludes with the triumph of Macedonian monarchy over the polis.
In dealing with the great public issues of fourth-century Greece, the approach to them includes a combination of...

The streams of Greek history in the fourth century are highly controversial. Sandwiched between the Classical fifth century and the Hellenistic period, the era has invited various readings, most prominently the verdict of decrepitude and decline. Recent discoveries, however, indicate that the period was not simply illustrative of the political, social, and economic weaknesses of the Greek city-state. This book examines the fourth century from an area with its own regional dynamics: central Greece, a region often considered as a backwater for macro-politics. The authors disclose a vivid...