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In this monthly podcast, Anne Fortier will take you on an intellectual tasting trip through a wide range of current issues as they relate to the foundational ideas and themes of a free society. Anne and her guests will dive into economics, history, evolutionary psychology, social sciences, and much more . . . all the while enjoying a glass of wine. It is Anne’s belief that—now more than ever—we must continue to have these conversations to appreciate the role human freedom has played, and still plays, in our quest for a better world. A new episode is released the first Monday of each ...

Ein altes Buch lockt die junge Amerikanerin Julia nach Italien: Es ist die längst vergessene erste Fassung der Romeo-und-Julia-Geschichte...

Bei Grabungen in der Wüste stößt Diana Morgan auf die Spur der ersten Königin der Amazonen, Myrina. Um ihre Kriegerinnen zu befreien, stürzte Myrina sich einst mitten in den berühmtesten Konflikt der Antike - den Trojanischen Krieg. Fasziniert macht sich Diana mit Nick Barran, dem zwielichtigen Leiter der Grabung, auf die Suche nach dem legendären Schatz, den die Amazonen beim Fall von Troja retten konnten. Ohne zu wissen, ob sie Nick trauen kann, folgt Diana der Spur der Amazonen von der Ägäis über Deutschland bis an den Rand der Welt.

Oxford lecturer Diana Morgan is an expert on Greek mythology. Her obsession with the Amazons started in childhood when her eccentric grandmother claimed to be one herself - before vanishing without a trace. Diana’s colleagues shake their heads at her Amazon fixation. But then a mysterious, well-financed foundation makes Diana an offer she cannot refuse. Traveling to North Africa, Diana teams up with Nick Barran, an enigmatic Middle Eastern guide, and begins deciphering an unusual inscription on the wall of a recently unearthed temple.

A sweeping novel of intrigue and identity, of love and legacy, as a young woman discovers that her own fate is irrevocably tied—for better or worse—to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers. Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved aunt Rose. But...

Ny roman af den danske forfatter Anne Fortier, der har skrevet bl.a. bestselleren Julie. Diana Morgan er en ambitiøs og eventyrlysten forsker ved Oxford. Hun er ekspert i amazonerne, de mytologiske kvindelige krigere. Dianas fascination er dybt forbundet med hendes egen families historie, så da hun inviteres til at deltage i en arkæologisk udgravning, forlader hun trods sine kollegers advarsler universitets trygge rammer.