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Adam Alasdair

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in Spokane, The United States

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History, Fantasy, Nonfiction

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February 2013

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I have a Ph.D. in Roman and Mediterranean history. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, which is a marvelous place (if you're from there at least). I recently published my first book, entitled "The Cat: A Short History," which (as it sounds) is a brief history of the domestic cat from prehistory to the present. After spending four years writing a highly specialized dissertation about slaves and slave rebellions I decided to write some things purely for fun, and so I ended up with a book about cats. My forthcoming book is entitled "Weapons and Warfare in the Zombie Apocalypse." What can I say, I'm a nerd. I live with a variety of selfish cats who have kept me sane through graduate school. When not teaching or writing I read (usually history), ...more

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Thank you to the five hundred and thirty brave people who downloaded my books over the weekend!

Self-publishing is a powerful tool for authors, and is the wave of the future. The old publishing companies are middle-men who used to be the gate-keepers of who and what got published. Their reign (maybe not of terror) is nearly over. While a lot of what gets published may be so-called "vanity publi Read more of this blog post »

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