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These poems are a look into the male soul. Poems of friendship and war.

An encounter of a young soldier on armed guard at a post in the border of northern Macedonia, recruits him in the legion of males whose entire life is a struggle to attain a totemic destiny which is not theirs. His denial of his true self leads him to a lifelong fascination of the totemic male, poised between adoration and destruction of the idolized male.

This is the story of an old Greek farmer as it unfolds in the local taverns. The sensuous and funny chats suddenly turn to drama, desolation, and death. A tender look into the male soul.

The nose and mouth are considered the major sites of entry for SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19). Additional sites are the eyes, ears, and any opening in the body anatomical or due to trauma. Transport of the virus to the lungs as well as other organs may take place via the respiratory tubes, vessels, fascial planes, or retrograde and anterograde axonal transport. This book lays out these sites and routes in detail. This book provides useful information for the practicing physician and researcher. The general reader may use this information in planning better prophylactic measures.

Read one of the most important books on The Iliad ever written. This is a truly ground-breaking analysis of Homer's Iliad. The author, a natural scientist, embarks on a journey through this eternal masterpiece employing an arsenal of conceptual tools from Anthropology (ethnology), Ethology, Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience, and Philosophy. A terrifying and at the same time tender look into the darkness of the male soul. Seldom has Homer emerged so majestic and insightful. A landmark in Homeric scholarship.

Élégie pour un ami. Une chanson à un ami qui est parti.

This is a short story of murder, revenge, and spirituality.This is the story of Antar, a blind man who comes to Ahmetaga after the Turkish community has been slaughtered. A night on the watermill, the storm and flooding of the river; the discussion of Antar and the miller leads to physical and metaphysical revelations. This book was inspired by the legendary Qari Antar Muslim.

An enigmatic short story that cuts into the darkness of the male soul. A simple story of a retired man. A lunch under a mulberry tree that opens the doors to the simple joys of life, the hidden pain, drama and despair. A Kafka like nightmare.

"Tales from Ahmetaga" is a collection of stories set in a fictional town in Greece of 1940 to the present. The manifest theme is friendship, loss or separation. Underneath the elegiac milieu there is a journey into the darkness of the male soul. The stories are apparently autobiographical, however the reader will often find himself roaming in the dreamworld. Dry and deeply moving.

This book traces common themes in Homer's The Iliad and klepht poetry, the folk songs of the Greek war of independence from the Ottomans. New translations of Klepht poems are given, including the poem that Goethe translated.The male totem has been energizing and guiding males, and civilization, through the ages; this has been the backbone of history. In our times, the male totem is riding majestically across all continents, staging the same act it staged in the Iliad and in klepht songs.

In 1984 a young man hikes aimlessly in the desert and woods of Mount Athos. He visits several monasteries including Megisti Lavra. His hike builds up to a frantic, secret escape from the Holy Mountain. At the airport in Thessaloniki strange events lead him to walk back from boarding the plane. He returns to Megisti Lavra where unusual events take over his being. The story ends in 2022 the time he is about to sail in the arms the Father of all.

A song for the mysteries of friendship, in life and death.Greek original is included in this volume.

The story of two Greek men. A look into the darkness of male soul. Set in post Ottoman Greece, this enigmatic story reads like a detective plot.

Seven short stories .A raw look into the tender and terrible deeds of men in relation to other men. By the author of "The Iliad - Twenty Centuries of Translation" and "The Iliad: The Male Totem". Previous editions of this book are in top libraries such as Harvard, Oxford, Princeton, Columbia, One night in late summer we sat in thesquare long past midnight drinking wine [...] We are going to hell. Immigrants, thepestilence of this place. They pick Greeknames, Thanasis, Pavlos, Nikos, hell theyare communists, they have no names, nopapers, no God. We Greek are a dyingrace. There is a solution, what the Italiansdo. What do the Italians do? I interrupted. He jumped up in the zeibekiko stance, arms stretched out. He danced around me, over me, like a bird that is about to attack, yellingWhere the hell do you come fromprofessor, you don't know what the Italians do!They fucking drown them out in the ocean.You don't know, professor?and you say you are my friend!You say you love me! Bullshit!They drown the bastards. They drown them!They have no caffeneio in their country, no tavernas, they have no bread, they come here and boss us around!We are sheep, the lamb of God, hewhispered.They drown the bastards! he yelled at thetop of his voice, a manly voice, thehelpless whimper of a child that ispunished.He stuck his nose on my face. Now he wascalm, his voice course, trembling. His largeblack eyes wet, pleadingYou do not know, palikari.You sa you love me, ha.Your a liar, you know nothing.Exhausted, he kept dancing and chanting, staggering in the empty square until hedrifted out of sight in the narrow darkstreets of the village.I sat in the square for a long time.Witness to a crucifixion. I went back homeshattered, whisperingI know Cuckoo my good friend, I know, Iknow.(The Poutanaki) Antar on his knees, now lifting his arms upto his ears, now kissing the wet earth, anapparition that the river had spewed, facered with mud, his huge hands fumblingthe sky, lips, moving incessantly... la ilahaillallahu, la ilaha illallahu! The thunderingvoice of last night, now, humbled, grateful, a whimper. He moved slowly, exhausted, yet his face radiating in the tender milkylight, peace. He had found Him.I knelt besides him, my shoulder touchinghis shoulder, instantly shrouded into Antar's prayer. I stayed there next to him for along time.The sun slowly chased the mist, crossed the river, saw two men on theirknees facing the caves on the side ofAhmetaga, singing..(Antar of Ahmetaga) Now he held up a photo of a boy aroundfive wearing a cap with bunny ears. Ilooked at him nodding, waiting for acomment, which never came. He was silentlooking at the picture of the boy and thenlooking at me. His eyes got wet and tearsrun down his cheeks. I remained silent too.Now his body sank into the chair, as if paralyzed.We drank some more wine but heremained motionless looking down on thefloor of the yard.Tell me about the children in the attic, he said.I did not reply.And a while later: And the puppies? he asked. His lips weredrooping and his eyes were round, frozen.We drank more wine in silence.(Fotis) He turned aside again, his whole facecontracted, his lips quivering, the snout ofan animal trying to smell the dark; alwaysdid this when he came to the mill. Thosemoments the pain on his face was gone, this was an act of lovemaking...(Antar of Ahmetag)

The Iliad is about "klea andron", the glorious and terrible deeds of men in relation to other men, the raw content of the soul of man, but not of woman. It is a vast lagoon of dream fragments of the male unconscious, haunted with eternal shadows that compete, strut, fight, kill and rape, and above all seek the approval of other men.In this book, I have traced the history of the Iliad from papyrus, to parchment, to paper, to e-book. Next, I have looked critically into the first ten lines of Book 1 of the Iliad in the Latin, French, Greek (vernacular), and lastly English translations, beginning with the first translations of Hall, and Chapman. New translations of passages recovered from papyri and parchment, done by the present author, are included. Lastly, a theory of translation of poetry is attempted.

Read the most important book on The Iliad ever written. This is a truly ground breaking analysis of Homer's Iliad. The author, a natural scientist, embarks on a journey through this eternal masterpiece employing an arsenal of conceptual tools from Anthropology (ethnology), Ethology, Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience, and Philosophy. A terrifying and at the same time tender look into the darkness of the male soul. Seldom has Homer emerged so majestic and insightful. A landmark in Homeric scholarship. The new concept of the male totem that this book creates ("the male totem") is destined to provide insights into the pressing problems our world faces today, for example, conflict of Islam with western ideas, Sharia, and Jihad.

In this book the author tells the story of his friendship with Yannis, a farmer baker in the villages of Mount Dirfy on Evia island, the rituals of male friendship, joys and fights, old age, separation and death. A strange but real story that will bring tears to the eyes of men who were fortunate to live the experience of a strong, nonsexual bond with another male.

Man the warrior. A look into the male soul.

Elpenor, the Homeric warrior, begs for a burial. In this book the author continues the Ahmetaga saga. Here are some moving stories of his lost friends.

Read the most important book on Parmenides ever written. A new translation of the ancient text leads to a groundbreaking interpretation of Parmenides. The Parmenidean "eon" does not refer to "Being" but to a formal language that must be used for a science of Physics. A milestone in Philosophy and Philosophy of Physics.

Written by a "grandson" of B. F. Skinner and a direct descendant of German scientists that shaped American Psychology (Hermann von Helmholtz and Wilhelm Max Wundt), this book is unique in that it maintains a philosophical / historical perspective, while at the same time giving the inside story of Behaviorism and providing insights on basic concepts in Psychology in light of new developments in neurophysiology and molecular neuroscience.

Read the most important book on Parmenides ever written. A new reading of Parmenides' poem by a natural scientist. The author challenges the traditional ontological interpretation of the poem. Evidence is presented in support of an alternative thesis which views the poem as an epistemological essay on method in natural science.

Questions on the existence and attributes of God may be asked within the paradigm of natural science. In this book the author, using methods and concepts from Biology and Physics, concludes that God exists and His attributes may be known. This is the first instance that strictly scientific research answers the question"Does God exist" in the affirmative.

Most students and professors in Philosophy and the Humanities in general, consider Statistics a boring mathematical tool of little or no relevance to their disciplines. Yet philosophers for thousands of years have been struggling with the concepts of Truth and Cause. The search for Truth has been in the core of philosophical discussions since the the time of the presocratic philosophers. Cause is a concept currently vividly discussed on web fora.

This book teaches students and researchers the math and application (statistical tests) of Statistics using simple arithmetic and only five simple formulas. All parametric statistical tests, from the most simple to very complex, are covered with examples. Few introductory Statistics textbooks cover this wide range. Few Statistics books cover statistical design. This is necessary in experimental sciences. This book explains with words the logic of applied statistics and provides many step-by-step examples. The author of this book is a retired professor of Medicine with a life-long teaching and research experience.TABLE OF CONTENTS(402 pages)PART 1 THEORY CONCEPTS STATISTICAL TESTSWhat is StatisticsDescriptive StatisticsInferential StatisticsNon-parametric StatisticsParametric StatisticsThe medianThe modeThe meanVarianceThe standard normal curveThe normal-distribution table - how to useStandard error of the meanThe t-testThe t-distribution tablePaired t-test2 x 2 factorial Analysis of Variance ANOVA2 x 3 factorial Analysis of Variance ANOVAANOVA mixed split plot complex designANOVA repeated measuresList of summary tables of ANOVA designsFormulas for df in ANOVA PART 2 LECTURE AND LABLecture 1 Numbers Quantities MeasurementLecture 2 Goddess Normal CurveLecture 3 Variance and standard deviationLecture 4 The uses of the normal distributionLecture 5 The t-testLecture 6 Analysis of variance One-way ANOVALecture 7 Analysis of Variance Factorial Designs Two-Way ANOVALecture 8 Repeated measures, correlated groupsLecture 9 Complex, mixed, split-plot designs PART 3.STATISTICAL DESIGNIdentify the design-case 1Identify the design-case 2Identify the design-case 3Identify the design-case 4Identify the design-case 5Identify the design-case 6Identify the design-case 7Identify the design-case 8Identify the design-case 9Identify the design-case 10Identify the design-case 11Identify the design-case 12Identify the design-case 13 PART 4. PRACTICE EXERCISESThe mean: practice exercises and solutionsVariance: practice exercises and solutionThe problemThe solutionThe sum of squares: practice exercises and solutionsThe problemThe solutionStandard deviation practice exercises and solutionsThe problemThe solutionANOVA mixed split plot- practice exampleStatistical design practice question 2 APPENDIXFive simple formulas for all parametric statisticsStatistical TablesThe Normal Distribution TableThe t-distribution TableThe F Distribution TableKey to the design questions of Part 3FAQ Frequently Asked QuestionsThe standard normal curve formula Epilogue

This is a unique book. Written by a professor of Medicine who spent years teaching medical anatomy in the laboratory as well the lecture hall of USA medical schools, this book teaches you the cranial nerves in three dimensional space. It lays out the path of a nerve in fine detail and takes you for a walk along its route; necessary knowledge for a physician. You need to know the cranial nerves in three dimensional space; knowing the cranial nerves in lists, tables and mnemonics is useless for practicing physicians. An additional unique feature of this book is the connections it makes to neuroanatomy which is traditionally taught in the second semester to first-year medical students in the USA. Medical students, physicians, especially neurosurgeons and radiologists, will find the detailed tracing of cranial nerves in the cranium useful.

Read the most important book on Parmenides and Heraclitus ever written. An analysis of the poem of Parmenides from a natural science perspective shows that it is based on Heraclitus' book. Imagery, philosophy, and even words were borrowed from Heraclitus. The new picture that emerges warrants the conclusion that Parmenides paraphrased Heraclitus in verse. A milestone in Philosophy and History of Science. /

Read the most important book on Heraclitus ever written.This is a new reading of Heraclitus by a natural scientist who challenges the traditional view of Heraclitus as the philosopher of flux. A parallel analysis of Heraclitus and Parmenides removes the alleged enigmas and obscurity of their thought, and reveals groundbreaking epistemological thinking. Heraclitus' work is simply an epistemological essay, an essay on method in natural science. A milestone in Philosophy.

Read the most important book on Parmenides ever written. This is the third edition of the groundbreaking interpretation of Parmenides. "Eon" does not refer to "Being" but to a formal language that must be used in a science of Physis. A milestone in Philosophy.

Read the most important book on Parmenides ever written. A new reading of Parmenides' poem by a natural scientist. The author challenges the traditional ontological interpretation of the poem. Evidence is presented in support of an alternative thesis which views the poem as an epistemological essay on method in natural science.