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In Twelve Greeks and Romans Who Changed the World, Carl J. Richard brings to life a group of men whose contributions fundamentally altered western society. In this compelling narrative, readers encounter a rich cast of characters, including eloquent Homer, shrewd Pericles, fiery Alexander, idealistic Plato, ambitious Caesar, dedicated Paul, and passionate Augustine. As he vibrantly describes the contributions of the individuals, Richard details the...
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"A vivid picture of the clash between ancient civilization and prehistoric cultures." - Kirkus Reviews
From 27 B.C. to A.D. 117, the Roman dreams of boundless empire began to falter. The very size of their conquests made them hard to manage, and the caesars also had to accept the scale and intractability of the problems posed by the barbarians. The period covered by the book is one of great change and the opening of a new era. For the once mighty...
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The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful forces in history. However, few people realize that this vast empire was guarded by one frontier, a series of natural and man-made barriers, including Hadrian's Wall. It is impossible to have a true understanding of the Roman Empire without first investigating the scope of this amazing frontier.
The boundary ran for roughly 4,000 miles--from Britain to Morocco via the Rhine, the Danube, the Euphrates,...
4) Anatolia Antigua: Una Fascinante Guía de las Antiguas Civilizaciones de Asia, Incluyendo los hiti
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Si usted quiere descubrir la fascinante historia de la Antigua Anatolia, entonces siga leyendo...Lo que despierta la curiosidad en la mente de los amantes de la historia sobre la Antigua Anatolia, la cual representa la mayor parte de la actual Turquía, es la diversidad de sus pueblos al interior de sus territorios y a lo largo del tiempo. Este libro trata de presentar el punto de vista más actual sobre los acontecimientos que se desarrollaron a...
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This is the tale of Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, who rules the spice lands and bows before the will of the Goddess.
This is the tale of Solomon, the King of Israel and Judea, who built the golden temple to Yahweh in Jerusalem. Once he prayed that he might rule wisely.
This is the tale of Solomon's wives, of his concubines ... and of his daughter Baalit, more beloved than any son. Here are their voices, their mysteries, and their deepest secrets....
6) Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization
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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
The great Biblical flood so described in Genesis has long been a subject of fascination and speculation. In the 19th century the English archbishop James Ussher established it as having happened...
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The Bestselling Author of The Blessing Stone and Daughter of the Sun
She came to them from the sea, and to the sea they returned her. . . . A story of sacrifice and survival in the New World.
Tonina lives an idyllic life on a small island in the Caribbean hundreds of years before Europeans discovered it. But she has always been an outsider among her people. Unlike them, Tonina is tall and lean and light skinned, and her origins remain a mystery....
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He already lived before the World Wars, before the invention of electricity, he lived before the discovery of the American continent, he existed before the Holy Roman Empire, before Rome, before Christianity, before the Greek philosophers, before the Great Pyramid of Giza, before the extinction of mammoths, before the first pharaoh...5000 years for a human being is an eternity, but for Kushim, it's just one life... Are you ready to learn his story?...
9) Semiramis
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A fearless warrior or a gifted creator of hanging gardens? Was she a foundling or a daughter of the goddess? A soulful sorceress or a calculating ruler?Why Babylon was called a harlot of the ancient world? What was sacred prostitution about and did every woman really have to give her body to a stranger at least once in her life? Hanging gardens of Babylon are considered one of the wonders of the ancient world. How and why were they created? Does power...
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A stunning and original interpretation of an ancient system of poetic, religious, and philosophical thought
Buried in the Egyptian desert some four thousand years ago, the Pyramid Texts are among the world's oldest poetry. Yet ever since the discovery of these hieroglyphs in 1881, they have been misconstrued by Western Egyptologists as a garbled collection of primitive myths and incantations, relegating to obscurity their radiant fusion of philosophy,...
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"Oedipus, King of Thebes," a timeless tragedy penned by Sophocles, unravels the gripping tale of a man destined to fulfill a tragic prophecy. Oedipus, propelled by a relentless quest for truth, unwittingly embarks on a journey that leads him to confront the darkest secrets of his past. As he unravels the enigma of his own identity, Oedipus grapples with fate, hubris, and the inexorable forces that govern human destiny. Set against the backdrop of...
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Angels at the Gate is a story of adventure and the power of love, a compelling saga based on historical research about the ancient biblical world of Abraham, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the woman who "became a pillar of salt."
"If the path of obedience is the path of wisdom, it is one not well worn by my feet. I am Adira, daughter of the caravan, daughter of the wind, and daughter of the famed merchant, Zakiti. That I am his daughter, not his son, is...
13) Nineveh and its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and
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"Before abandoning archaeology for politics, Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817–94) carried out major excavations in Mesopotamia between 1845 and 1851, uncovering important evidence of ancient Assyrian civilisation. Although he originally believed that Nimrud was Nineveh, he later confirmed that Kuyunjik was the location of the ancient city. First published in 1849, this two-volume work is a mixture of excavation report, ancient history, anthropology...
14) Cup-Tied
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Dylan Rhea's life is a mess and just keeps getting worse. He retired from Kingsbury Town Football Club in disgrace, his girlfriend threw him out, and now he's running his father's non-league football club into the ground. He's a miserable failure and it doesn't seem that things will ever turn around.Until Penny Adams appears on his doorstep and asks permission to dig up his car park.Who is this strange American? She has no money, a bag of tools she...
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The year is 104 A.D. Two years have passed since King Decebalus knelt in submission to Emperor Trajan. The recent war between Rome and Dacia was brutal and costly for both sides. The graves of many thousands lie between the River Danube and the gates of Sarmizegetusa. With peace finally come to the frontier, Trajan returns to Rome in triumph. Yet Decebalus' feigned surrender was but a ruse. With echoes of the previous war, the spirits of vanquished...
16) The Prophetess
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Letting the spirit enter her was only the beginning... Drusilla, a first-century Philippian slave girl, is forced to admit a spirit of prophecy into her body at the Temple of Apollo. Upon her return to Philippi, her master forces her to serve as a fortune teller to make him wealthy. Her life settles into a predictable pattern until a group of itinerant Jewish preachers visits her town, proclaiming a new religion. Lydia, a friend of her family, converts...
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In the middle years of the second century BC, Rome was engaged in the conquest and pacification of what is now Spain and Portugal. They met with determined resistance from several tribes but nobody defied them with more determination and skill than Viriathus. Apparently of humble birth, he emerged as a leader after the treacherous massacre of the existing tribal chieftains and soon proved himself a gifted and audacious commander. Relying on hit and...
18) La Montagne d'Or
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La quête des signes 3Désemparée face à la perte immense qu'elle vient de subir, Zia décide de poursuivre son long voyage initiatique malgré la peine et les obstacles. Au fur et à mesure des rencontres, des soins qu'elle prodigue avec abnégation et compassion, elle prend conscience du fabuleux héritage laissé par Lidova et réalise les attentes immenses des gens qui l'accueillent. Néanmoins, elle se doit d'aller jusqu'au bout de sa promesse...
19) Poems of Sappho
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Plato hailed her as "the Tenth Muse," and 2,500 years later her voice remains dazzling as well as direct and honest. Sappho, a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos, wrote verse that sings to both sexes of desire, rapture, and sorrow. Praised for their simplicity and sincerity, her poems nevertheless evoke powerful and memorable images as well as a sense of unreserved eroticism. Her focus on emotion and individualism sets her work apart from...
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"By whatever alchemy, it serves the greatest collection of stories ever written-adds to them, modernizes them, makes them feel fresh, forces you to see them both strange and familiar...There has not been anything quite like this ever before." - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNEA contemporary Festival of Dionysus! This brilliant work by playwright Sean Graney undertakes a day-long play retelling of the thirty-two surviving Greek tragedies. PART II: POLITICS includes:THE...
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