Mary MacGregor

Excerpt: "The story of Greece began long, long ago in a strange wonderland of beauty. Woods and winds, fields and rivers, each had a pathway which led upward and onward into the beautiful land. Sometimes indeed no path was needed, for the rivers, woods, and lone hill-sides were themselves the wonderland of which I am going to tell. In the woods and winds, in the trees and rivers, dwelt the gods and goddesses whom the people of long ago worshipped....

The history of the Vikings is not, as you might think, the story of a band of sea-pirates who roved the sea in search of plunder. It is rather the story of a race of brave and hardy Northmen who became sea-rovers because the rights and freedom their fathers had cherished were being taken from them. Their fathers had lived on their own lands and had been freemen, but the sons were asked to become king's men and hold their land only at the king's pleasure....

Ištar, a voluptuous winged goddess with lions on either side and an eight-pointed star above, ruled the Cradle of Civilization for thousands of years. The ancients believe this goddess has come to earth when modern-day veterinarian Katie Reynolds is blown back in time and appears in Ištar's temple.Broken and bleeding, Katie is found unconscious inside a Mesopotamian temple three-thousand years ago. Wrapped in a mysterious blue plastic tarp and wearing...