Ancient Disasters

Mayan Calendar Prophecies takes a look at the science behind the Mayan calendar, prophecies and mythology. The Maya believed multiple cycles governed civilization. They created various calendars to track these cycles. Their short count calendar tracked a 256-year cycle believed to control epidemics, famines, warfare and more. Scientists have found a 250-year solar cycle that also appears to affect epidemics, famines, warfare and more. Their long count calendar tracked a 5000-year cycle related to natural disasters and cosmic catastrophes. Scientists have also discovered that the Earth is ...

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From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined novel following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the...

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Terrific . . . gripping . . . A literally shattering climax."—The New York Times Book Review All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest...

The Lost Continent: At the edge of the world, an impossible relic from the fables of antiquity has risen from the frozen wastelands of Antarctica. Professor Logan and his exploration team rush to investigate this historic find, but this unique discovery puts their lives in peril when they unearth the remnants of a long-forgotten civilization left buried beneath the ice. Within the twisting labyrinths below the melting glaciers, they uncover an ancient culture which had perished from a mysterious cataclysm. They soon realize it was a polar shift which had caused their destruction, and our ...

WHO IS YOUR DEMON DESCRIPTIONHenry Enrix believes that the invisible world is more real, and more imminent that the physical world. It is so incredible that is laughable because goes against everything that you knew as the TRUTH in your entire life. If you read, study, and understand this book, you shall be able to: Burn it down, and curse its author, and curse God, IF YOU ARE TOTALLY DEMON POSSESSED!!! orRepent of your sins, ask God for forgiveness, and liberation, and inherit eternal lifeYour mind will go into seven thousand revolutions per second trying to cope with the TRUTH of GOD, and...

This is a science fiction novel set in todays time. The novel promotes women as intelligent and capable of almost anything that a man can do and sometimes better. Most of the women in this novel are elevated into a team of women saving the world in the next novel, "Ancient Destiny - Escape from Earth". Craig is the captain, but more of a figurehead while the women are the experts on his team. It is something that could be happening now, but it could be the end of Earth in a few years or months. We know that Earth has been impacted by intersteller objects that either caused major changes to ...

In this explosive third installment of New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman’s action-packed series, four thrill-seeking friends travel back in time to document one of the most devastating natural disasters the world has ever seen. Eccentric billionaire Miss Z is sending Luke, Julia...

Featuring Tomie dePaola retelling his classic story against a charming musical score! When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works in this classic Caldecott Honor book from Tomie dePaola. Strega Nona—“Grandma...

Missiles cloud Mideast skies over the Persian Gulf. Iran shuts down the Strait of Hormuz. Arab oil is choked off to world markets. Hezbollah and Hamas launch scores of missiles into Israel. Terror cells initiate cycles of violence in America. Global economies begin to collapse. Radioactivity permeates the skies over Bushehr’s nuclear reactor. Countless Iranian’s hastily seek refuge into neighboring nations. The Arabian Gulf becomes a cesspool of contamination. Desalinization plants can’t process the polluted waters. A humanitarian crisis burgeons out of control. A disaster of epic ...

The Second novel of The Otherworld Series. Gods, monsters, daemons, and tragedy! Juniper Gray has finally settled into the dreary days of the winter of 1979 when chaos suddenly knocks on the door of her cottage again. Trying to find her bearings in her safely predictable life, she must wrestle with her place among the gods when the immortals seek her assistance once more. The Wheel of Fortune has been stolen from the goddess, Fortuna, and the hateful thief is on a rampage using the wheel as a weapon. Thousands of souls are suddenly dying in tragic disasters, and Ambrose and the gods of ...

This book presents the following: the facts and myths concerning Minoa; the catastrophic earthquakes, tsunami, and volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea; Greece before and after its Dark Ages; and their historical connection with Japan’s ancient society. Some historical developments of civilization are deeply rooted in the awful apocalyptic events of nature which were metamorphosed or personified later by mythologies. That being the case, there is an undeniable mythological similarity between Greece and Japan. WORDS OF PRAISE Nakamura's scholarly, magnificent sweep of the cultural and ...

Ancient Rome is the setting for the superb new novel from Robert Harris, author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel. Where else to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples. All along the coast, the Roman Empire’s richest citizens are relaxing...

A comienzos del siglo III a. de C., el Mediterráneo era testigo de la existencia de dos extraordinarias potencias: Cartago y Roma. Tras la espectacular expansión del segundo y su victoria en la primera guerra púnica, surgió la definitiva rivalidad entre ambos, la cual estalló militarmente otra vez en el 218 a. de C, cuando una de las figuras militares más importantes de todos los tiempos, el gran Aníbal, cruza los Alpes y ataca a Roma desde su propio territorio.

In the shadows of Mount Vesuvius, Seraphina harbors two deadly secrets: she's a gorgon walking among mortals, and she knows the mountain is about to unleash its fury upon unsuspecting Pompeii. When she meets Lucius, a gifted artist who sees beyond her carefully crafted facade, Seraphina's walls begin to crumble. But as their forbidden romance blossoms, the mountain's warnings grow dire. Vulcan, the vengeful god of fire, prepares to unleash centuries of bitter rage upon the city, while Pompeii's leaders dismiss Seraphina's desperate warnings as the ravings of a dangerous outsider. With time ...

Bored with life as a farm hand, Storm accepts a request to be a messenger for a local astronomer. Little does he know his world will be blown apart when he reaches the capital city. Intercepted and befriended by a strange giant of a man who is ensconced under the nation's government buildings, he learns an awful truth--the world has just months before it falls under the magnetic pull of the Dark Star, the invisible binary twin to the sun. Storm learns the resulting pole shift will change the face of the globe, causing mass devastation. But the Dark Star has swept the planet clean before ...