The world's worst-behaved immortals are at it again! Meet Vesper,the bossy, football-mad daughter of Elliot Hooper, and super-brightAster, son of Constellation, Virgo. Off they head to the Mayaunderworld, where Kizin and his Lords and Ladies of Death are messingwith astronomy, chocolate and human sacrifice ...

"A comprehensive modern-day bestiary."-The New Yorker

This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period.

This Handbook discusses current theories with regard to the cultural setting and material realities in which Egyptian epigraphy was produced; familiarize the reader with epigraphic and palaeographic techniques and practices; and outline and review traditional and emerging techniques and challenges as a guide for future research.

The first collection of original translations of all forty-two temple hymns of Enheduanna, the world's earliest known writer.

Private associations abounded in the ancient Greek world and beyond, and this volume provides the first large-scale study of the strategies of governance which they employed. It explores them in their wider social, political, religious and global contexts and is valuable for historians, social scientists and theologians alike.

Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early and Medieval Celtic World brings together a collection of studies that closely explore aspects of culture and history of Celtic-speaking nations.

A spiritual adventure story tracing the profound influence of Hermes Trismegistus on the western mind.