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In his second collection of poetry, J Matthew Waters delivers 52 poems dealing with the simplicities and complexities of everyday life. Though plainly spoken, these poems display vivid imagery, at times subtle and other times sublime, taking the reader through a curious cycle of life.

The Persica is an extensive history of Assyria and Persia written by the Greek historian Ctesias, who served as a doctor to the Persian king Artaxerxes II around 400 bce. Written for a Greek readership, the Persica influenced the development of both historiographic and literary traditions in Greece. It also, contends Matt Waters, is an essential but often misunderstood source for the history of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Waters, as a historian of Persia with command of Akkadian, Elamite, and Old Persian languages in addition to Latin and Greek, offers a fresh...