Author: Nichole A. Carter
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491898046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
I feel my heart racing when I see his face. I lose all my words when he smiles at me. My best moments are alone in my bed when I dream of him. He's my best friend. I feel intoxicated by his touch. Suffocation when he's near. Motivated when I see his girlfriend, to let him know I'm the one. His name is Jason. It's confession time. I'm in love with my best friend. My name is Melissa, and I've been best friends with Jason since grade school. It's now senior year, and I'm determined to let him know how I feel about him. With the help of Cupid and my friend, Kerri, I hope to find the words to tell him how I feel. The feelings that I have for this man is unexplainable. I desire him in a way that makes me re-think my good girl status. He makes it so easy loving him with his charming, sweet, and gentlemen ways. I can't take being in the friends zone with him anymore. Girlfriend or not, I need his undivided attention. It's wrong to have this much lust for one individual person. I never been kissed. Never been touched, and yet have this undeniable desire for him to be the first everything. I'm stingy and selfish wanting him to leave her altogether. It's senior year, and I'm not stopping, until he's mine.
Cupid's Playground
Author: Nichole A. Carter
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491898046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
I feel my heart racing when I see his face. I lose all my words when he smiles at me. My best moments are alone in my bed when I dream of him. He's my best friend. I feel intoxicated by his touch. Suffocation when he's near. Motivated when I see his girlfriend, to let him know I'm the one. His name is Jason. It's confession time. I'm in love with my best friend. My name is Melissa, and I've been best friends with Jason since grade school. It's now senior year, and I'm determined to let him know how I feel about him. With the help of Cupid and my friend, Kerri, I hope to find the words to tell him how I feel. The feelings that I have for this man is unexplainable. I desire him in a way that makes me re-think my good girl status. He makes it so easy loving him with his charming, sweet, and gentlemen ways. I can't take being in the friends zone with him anymore. Girlfriend or not, I need his undivided attention. It's wrong to have this much lust for one individual person. I never been kissed. Never been touched, and yet have this undeniable desire for him to be the first everything. I'm stingy and selfish wanting him to leave her altogether. It's senior year, and I'm not stopping, until he's mine.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491898046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
I feel my heart racing when I see his face. I lose all my words when he smiles at me. My best moments are alone in my bed when I dream of him. He's my best friend. I feel intoxicated by his touch. Suffocation when he's near. Motivated when I see his girlfriend, to let him know I'm the one. His name is Jason. It's confession time. I'm in love with my best friend. My name is Melissa, and I've been best friends with Jason since grade school. It's now senior year, and I'm determined to let him know how I feel about him. With the help of Cupid and my friend, Kerri, I hope to find the words to tell him how I feel. The feelings that I have for this man is unexplainable. I desire him in a way that makes me re-think my good girl status. He makes it so easy loving him with his charming, sweet, and gentlemen ways. I can't take being in the friends zone with him anymore. Girlfriend or not, I need his undivided attention. It's wrong to have this much lust for one individual person. I never been kissed. Never been touched, and yet have this undeniable desire for him to be the first everything. I'm stingy and selfish wanting him to leave her altogether. It's senior year, and I'm not stopping, until he's mine.
How to Help a Cupid
Author: Sue Fliess
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510761772
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Valentine's Day is all about showing kindness to the most important people in your life—and if you're caring and thoughtful, you can help Cupid spread love and happiness, too! Will you spot a Cupid this Valentine's day? If you do, will you be ready to help him spread love and kindness? By being observant, helpful, and friendly, you can lend Cupid a hand, and together you can make special cards and gifts to show all your favorite people how much they mean to you. So, grab some supplies—stickers, markers, crayons, colored paper, glue, and whatever else you like (it's the thought that counts on Valentine's Day!)—and think of heartfelt messages to share with your loved ones. Then be ready to meet Cupid and work together to spread cheer and happiness! Sue Fliess’s poetic read-aloud text and Simona Sanfilippo’s vibrant, whimsical illustrations will provide joy for young readers eager to help Cupid share the love! Also included are guides for teachers and parents about how to engage children in making Valentine's Day cards and how to interest them in the history of the holiday, the mythology behind the winged messenger Cupid, and the value of being thoughtful and kind to everyone.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510761772
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Valentine's Day is all about showing kindness to the most important people in your life—and if you're caring and thoughtful, you can help Cupid spread love and happiness, too! Will you spot a Cupid this Valentine's day? If you do, will you be ready to help him spread love and kindness? By being observant, helpful, and friendly, you can lend Cupid a hand, and together you can make special cards and gifts to show all your favorite people how much they mean to you. So, grab some supplies—stickers, markers, crayons, colored paper, glue, and whatever else you like (it's the thought that counts on Valentine's Day!)—and think of heartfelt messages to share with your loved ones. Then be ready to meet Cupid and work together to spread cheer and happiness! Sue Fliess’s poetic read-aloud text and Simona Sanfilippo’s vibrant, whimsical illustrations will provide joy for young readers eager to help Cupid share the love! Also included are guides for teachers and parents about how to engage children in making Valentine's Day cards and how to interest them in the history of the holiday, the mythology behind the winged messenger Cupid, and the value of being thoughtful and kind to everyone.
Consequences (Of Defensive Adultery)
Author: M. Jane Colette
Publisher: GENRES were made to be BROKEN
ISBN: 0995810230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth did not plan to break up his marriage when she had an affair with her law school professor. But she did. Fifteen years later, she’s still coming to terms with the consequences of her youthful infatuation: trying to love a stepdaughter who hates her, financially and emotionally supporting an ex-wife who will never forgive the betrayal, and enduring the relentless overtures of a sister-in-law who’s determined to be her best friend. As her sister-in-law plunges into a reckless affair and her stepdaughter aggressively explores her sexuality, Elizabeth finds herself forced to reconsider her definition of love, commitment, and responsibility—a process that finally releases her from the shackles of her past mistakes and shows her the way to her own happily-ever-after. TEASER “What’s that?” —This? Nothing. A photograph. He looks at the photograph, and demands a story I don’t want to tell. “Isn’t this what all women want? A lover who as passionately interested in the quotidian details of their boring, dysfunctional lives as in their desirable bodies?” No. Not me. Or do I? I start to talk. I tell him about… about all of them. And, inadvertently, me. Things I’ve never put into words for anyone before… “That’s the game you and I are playing. Do you not know that? I am looking for the key. You’re trying not to give it to me. But you want to play, and so you keep on talking, and so eventually, you will.” I’m careful not to say too much. I am not going to take my sociopathic lover of the moment into the tragedy of my life. “Why not? Tragedy is erotic. The things that make you laugh don’t arouse, lover. Check yourself.” Really? I’m doing this? Why? “Because you want to. Because you’re compelled. Does it matter? Just talk.” So. I do.
Publisher: GENRES were made to be BROKEN
ISBN: 0995810230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth did not plan to break up his marriage when she had an affair with her law school professor. But she did. Fifteen years later, she’s still coming to terms with the consequences of her youthful infatuation: trying to love a stepdaughter who hates her, financially and emotionally supporting an ex-wife who will never forgive the betrayal, and enduring the relentless overtures of a sister-in-law who’s determined to be her best friend. As her sister-in-law plunges into a reckless affair and her stepdaughter aggressively explores her sexuality, Elizabeth finds herself forced to reconsider her definition of love, commitment, and responsibility—a process that finally releases her from the shackles of her past mistakes and shows her the way to her own happily-ever-after. TEASER “What’s that?” —This? Nothing. A photograph. He looks at the photograph, and demands a story I don’t want to tell. “Isn’t this what all women want? A lover who as passionately interested in the quotidian details of their boring, dysfunctional lives as in their desirable bodies?” No. Not me. Or do I? I start to talk. I tell him about… about all of them. And, inadvertently, me. Things I’ve never put into words for anyone before… “That’s the game you and I are playing. Do you not know that? I am looking for the key. You’re trying not to give it to me. But you want to play, and so you keep on talking, and so eventually, you will.” I’m careful not to say too much. I am not going to take my sociopathic lover of the moment into the tragedy of my life. “Why not? Tragedy is erotic. The things that make you laugh don’t arouse, lover. Check yourself.” Really? I’m doing this? Why? “Because you want to. Because you’re compelled. Does it matter? Just talk.” So. I do.
Cupid's Code
Author: William J. Starkey
Publisher: Morningstar Resources
ISBN: 0982725345
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Cupid's Code takes us on a journey of understanding the emotion that has influenced songs, wars, minds, and culture: Love. We are taken through the worlds of biology, psychology, and anthropology so that we are introduced to new ideas about how we can answer many questions that plague us about our partners and ourselves. Throughout the journey we are introduced to stories, scientific findings, and tackle common ideas that are held in our minds about what makes the other sex tick, and explore how they can be applied to our daily lives. We find the answers to what makes people attractive, how we are seduced, how we can seduce, and what makes relationships work. Cupid challenges us to change the way we are looking at relationships. It enables us to look into the mirror so that we can explore ourselves and entertains that we will understand others through the process. It gives the information needed to be successful, confident, and competent so that we are able to enrich the lives of others. If you are curious about how to improve the quality of communication and understanding of you and your partner, if you are seeking to develop more meaningful relationships, if you are seeking to improve the quality of your life...the secrets are hidden inside this journey.
Publisher: Morningstar Resources
ISBN: 0982725345
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Cupid's Code takes us on a journey of understanding the emotion that has influenced songs, wars, minds, and culture: Love. We are taken through the worlds of biology, psychology, and anthropology so that we are introduced to new ideas about how we can answer many questions that plague us about our partners and ourselves. Throughout the journey we are introduced to stories, scientific findings, and tackle common ideas that are held in our minds about what makes the other sex tick, and explore how they can be applied to our daily lives. We find the answers to what makes people attractive, how we are seduced, how we can seduce, and what makes relationships work. Cupid challenges us to change the way we are looking at relationships. It enables us to look into the mirror so that we can explore ourselves and entertains that we will understand others through the process. It gives the information needed to be successful, confident, and competent so that we are able to enrich the lives of others. If you are curious about how to improve the quality of communication and understanding of you and your partner, if you are seeking to develop more meaningful relationships, if you are seeking to improve the quality of your life...the secrets are hidden inside this journey.
Doctor Cupid’s Arrows
Author: Prince P.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1543759572
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Sometimes, I swear my life is a Julia Roberts movie. Right now, I am going through the part that sucks. The most. So bad that I feel the overwhelmingly desperate need to take a leaf out of her book. Just feels like a long-drawn bildungsroman. Only problem is my character isn’t growing as fast as I want it to or as I should be. Day and night, I sit here waiting for my twist of fate to happen. ‘Patience, Patience. The time has got to be right,’ I tell myself, hoping for the ‘all’s well that ends well’ ending. Please Doctor Cupid, please don’t misfire your arrows. And just as my strong-willed Julia Roberts spirit kicks into full gear, this man comes into the picture (why does it always have to be a man thrown in the mix) and I swear (twice now) my life is a Julia Roberts movie, like for real. Hold on tight for the twists and turns – and an ending that’ll blow your ... never-mind, I probably shouldn’t reveal too much just yet xx.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1543759572
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Sometimes, I swear my life is a Julia Roberts movie. Right now, I am going through the part that sucks. The most. So bad that I feel the overwhelmingly desperate need to take a leaf out of her book. Just feels like a long-drawn bildungsroman. Only problem is my character isn’t growing as fast as I want it to or as I should be. Day and night, I sit here waiting for my twist of fate to happen. ‘Patience, Patience. The time has got to be right,’ I tell myself, hoping for the ‘all’s well that ends well’ ending. Please Doctor Cupid, please don’t misfire your arrows. And just as my strong-willed Julia Roberts spirit kicks into full gear, this man comes into the picture (why does it always have to be a man thrown in the mix) and I swear (twice now) my life is a Julia Roberts movie, like for real. Hold on tight for the twists and turns – and an ending that’ll blow your ... never-mind, I probably shouldn’t reveal too much just yet xx.
The Cupid's Fall Box Set
Author: Beth C. Greenberg
Publisher: Isotopia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
ALL 4 BOOKS IN THE Cupid's Fall Series PLUS bonus story "Fixer Upper"! Over 1400 pages! "A clever mix of romance, fantasy, and mythology" ~BookLife Prize FIRST QUIVER (#1)Caught between two worlds on a quest to fix Love, Cupid must survive the violent throes of his own coming of age and triumph over the powerful gods conspiring against him. Failure will not be tolerated; success will cost him everything. A fun, sexy tale of modern love, ancient gods, and the mortals caught in the crossfire. INTO THE QUIET (#2)Book 2 of the Cupid's Fall series draws the tormented God of Love into the unbearable quiet of a neglected marriage, a fractured friendship, and a mother's treacherous silence. QUITE THE PAIR (#3)It's Pan's turn for love, and everyone's in for a wild ride – especially his smitten best friend Cupid, who is duty-bound to find Pan's perfect match. Book 3 of the Cupid's Fall series puts Cupid's epic friendship with Pan to the ultimate test – Love. THE QUEST FOR PSYCHE (#4)After suffering through three forbidden loves and losses, Cupid finally meets his cosmic soul mate. Will he be able to open his Worthy's heart to love again? The fourth and final book of the Cupid's Fall seriesis a contemporary retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth that will leave you breathless to the very last page. Bonus Story: FIXER UPPER In book two, Ruthie shares her spicy age-gap romance about a hot, young handyman named Henry and his relationship with an older divorcee named Thea. This is their story. "Terrific guilty pleasure read!" ~ M. Hanley "Boy howdy a fun ride!" ~ K. Best "A Smart, Funny, Sexy, Read!" ~ C. Mohney
Publisher: Isotopia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
ALL 4 BOOKS IN THE Cupid's Fall Series PLUS bonus story "Fixer Upper"! Over 1400 pages! "A clever mix of romance, fantasy, and mythology" ~BookLife Prize FIRST QUIVER (#1)Caught between two worlds on a quest to fix Love, Cupid must survive the violent throes of his own coming of age and triumph over the powerful gods conspiring against him. Failure will not be tolerated; success will cost him everything. A fun, sexy tale of modern love, ancient gods, and the mortals caught in the crossfire. INTO THE QUIET (#2)Book 2 of the Cupid's Fall series draws the tormented God of Love into the unbearable quiet of a neglected marriage, a fractured friendship, and a mother's treacherous silence. QUITE THE PAIR (#3)It's Pan's turn for love, and everyone's in for a wild ride – especially his smitten best friend Cupid, who is duty-bound to find Pan's perfect match. Book 3 of the Cupid's Fall series puts Cupid's epic friendship with Pan to the ultimate test – Love. THE QUEST FOR PSYCHE (#4)After suffering through three forbidden loves and losses, Cupid finally meets his cosmic soul mate. Will he be able to open his Worthy's heart to love again? The fourth and final book of the Cupid's Fall seriesis a contemporary retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth that will leave you breathless to the very last page. Bonus Story: FIXER UPPER In book two, Ruthie shares her spicy age-gap romance about a hot, young handyman named Henry and his relationship with an older divorcee named Thea. This is their story. "Terrific guilty pleasure read!" ~ M. Hanley "Boy howdy a fun ride!" ~ K. Best "A Smart, Funny, Sexy, Read!" ~ C. Mohney
Cupid's Knife: Women's Anger and Agency in Violent Relationships
Author: Abby Stein
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317963776
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Much domestic violence literature has called attention to the fact that women's material needs for shelter, daycare, employment, and legal protection may render them helpless to leave toxic relationships. Yet, even with the provision of these, many women remain tightly wound in their abusers' embrace. In Cupid's Knife: Women's Anger and Agency in Violent Relationships, Abby Stein draws on the gripping narratives of physically and emotionally abused women to illuminate how splitting off their own aggression undermines women's agency, making it almost impossible for them to leave violent partners. Psychology, with its focus on 'managing' men's anger in violent relationships, has had little to offer in the way of substantive critical work with women on the identification, integration and constructive use of a range of darker emotions typically labelled as antithetical to the norms for female behaviour. In this book, Abby Stein shows that although a number of psychological processes that contribute to the intractability of abusive relationships have been identified – such as trauma bonding and learned helplessness – their recognition has offered no clinical pathway out of the abyss. Stein suggests that our attention to other aspects of the internal world, the relational framework, and the cultural context in which both operate, may be more useful than current interventions in determining individual treatments that break the oft-cited 'cycle of violence'. More globally, Cupid's Knife: Women's Anger and Agency in Violent Relationships jumpstarts a provocative conversation about how female aggression can be repurposed as a catalyst for social change. It will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, criminologists, students and the lay reader with an interest in clinical treatment, interpersonal psychoanalysis, domestic violence, gender roles, dissociation and aggression.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317963776
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Much domestic violence literature has called attention to the fact that women's material needs for shelter, daycare, employment, and legal protection may render them helpless to leave toxic relationships. Yet, even with the provision of these, many women remain tightly wound in their abusers' embrace. In Cupid's Knife: Women's Anger and Agency in Violent Relationships, Abby Stein draws on the gripping narratives of physically and emotionally abused women to illuminate how splitting off their own aggression undermines women's agency, making it almost impossible for them to leave violent partners. Psychology, with its focus on 'managing' men's anger in violent relationships, has had little to offer in the way of substantive critical work with women on the identification, integration and constructive use of a range of darker emotions typically labelled as antithetical to the norms for female behaviour. In this book, Abby Stein shows that although a number of psychological processes that contribute to the intractability of abusive relationships have been identified – such as trauma bonding and learned helplessness – their recognition has offered no clinical pathway out of the abyss. Stein suggests that our attention to other aspects of the internal world, the relational framework, and the cultural context in which both operate, may be more useful than current interventions in determining individual treatments that break the oft-cited 'cycle of violence'. More globally, Cupid's Knife: Women's Anger and Agency in Violent Relationships jumpstarts a provocative conversation about how female aggression can be repurposed as a catalyst for social change. It will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, criminologists, students and the lay reader with an interest in clinical treatment, interpersonal psychoanalysis, domestic violence, gender roles, dissociation and aggression.
Cupid's Match
Author: Lauren Palphreyman
Publisher: Wattpad Books
ISBN: 9780993689932
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
He's mythologically hot, a little bit wicked, and almost 100% immortal. And he'll hit you right in the heart . . . "Miss Black, we have a big problem.” Lila Black doesn't believe in matchmaking, let alone soul mates. So then why is she constantly being hassled by the Cupids Matchmaking Service? But this gilded, cherub-bedecked dating agency isn't exactly what it seems . . . and it’s about to turn Lila's entire world upside down. It turns out that Cupids Matchmaking is the real deal. As in, it's run by actual cupids—who don't look at all like they do in the paintings—and they have a serious problem with Lila's “match.” Because this guy shouldn't be in the system. He shouldn't have a match. And while he's irresistibly hot, he's also incredibly dangerous. Because Lila's true love match is Cupid. The original bad boy of love. And he wants her. Now Lila's once-normal teenaged world has exploded into a mythological nightmare overrun by crime-lord sirens, wrathful cupid hit men, magic arrows that cause no end of trouble, and a mischievous, not-so-angelic love god she can't seem to stop herself from falling for . . . Adored by 50 million readers on Wattpad, Lauren Palphreyman's smash-hit book is now in print for the first time.
Publisher: Wattpad Books
ISBN: 9780993689932
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
He's mythologically hot, a little bit wicked, and almost 100% immortal. And he'll hit you right in the heart . . . "Miss Black, we have a big problem.” Lila Black doesn't believe in matchmaking, let alone soul mates. So then why is she constantly being hassled by the Cupids Matchmaking Service? But this gilded, cherub-bedecked dating agency isn't exactly what it seems . . . and it’s about to turn Lila's entire world upside down. It turns out that Cupids Matchmaking is the real deal. As in, it's run by actual cupids—who don't look at all like they do in the paintings—and they have a serious problem with Lila's “match.” Because this guy shouldn't be in the system. He shouldn't have a match. And while he's irresistibly hot, he's also incredibly dangerous. Because Lila's true love match is Cupid. The original bad boy of love. And he wants her. Now Lila's once-normal teenaged world has exploded into a mythological nightmare overrun by crime-lord sirens, wrathful cupid hit men, magic arrows that cause no end of trouble, and a mischievous, not-so-angelic love god she can't seem to stop herself from falling for . . . Adored by 50 million readers on Wattpad, Lauren Palphreyman's smash-hit book is now in print for the first time.
Banksters
Author: Nicolas Wilson
Publisher: Nicolas Wilson
ISBN: 131020599X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
It’s a profitable time to be a bastard, one of the most profitable in history. Mark Dane intends to take full advantage of that and be the bastard at the top- if he can make his way past his fellow predators, through a concrete jungle of murder, sex, greed, and revenge. (Keywords: Psychological Thriller, Suspense Thriller, Suspense Romance, Sociopath, FBI)
Publisher: Nicolas Wilson
ISBN: 131020599X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
It’s a profitable time to be a bastard, one of the most profitable in history. Mark Dane intends to take full advantage of that and be the bastard at the top- if he can make his way past his fellow predators, through a concrete jungle of murder, sex, greed, and revenge. (Keywords: Psychological Thriller, Suspense Thriller, Suspense Romance, Sociopath, FBI)
Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250–1750
Author: Anthony M. Cummings
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226822796
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A comprehensive account of music in Florence from the late Middle Ages until the end of the Medici dynasty in the mid-eighteenth century. Florence is justly celebrated as one of the world’s most important cities. It enjoys mythic status and occupies an enviable place in the historical imagination. But its musico-historical importance is not as well understood as it should be. If Florence was the city of Dante, Michelangelo, and Galileo, it was also the birthplace of the madrigal, opera, and the piano. Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250–1750 recounts Florence’s principal contributions to music and the history of how music was heard and cultivated in the city, from civic and religious institutions to private patronage and the academies. This book is an invaluable complement to studies of the art, literature, and political thought of the late-medieval and early-modern eras and the quasi-legendary figures in the Florentine cultural pantheon.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226822796
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A comprehensive account of music in Florence from the late Middle Ages until the end of the Medici dynasty in the mid-eighteenth century. Florence is justly celebrated as one of the world’s most important cities. It enjoys mythic status and occupies an enviable place in the historical imagination. But its musico-historical importance is not as well understood as it should be. If Florence was the city of Dante, Michelangelo, and Galileo, it was also the birthplace of the madrigal, opera, and the piano. Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250–1750 recounts Florence’s principal contributions to music and the history of how music was heard and cultivated in the city, from civic and religious institutions to private patronage and the academies. This book is an invaluable complement to studies of the art, literature, and political thought of the late-medieval and early-modern eras and the quasi-legendary figures in the Florentine cultural pantheon.