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A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's RepublicA comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a depression from which it had not fully recovered--until now. China's modern resurgence...
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A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve CoinsHold the glory--and infamy--of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand with this "brilliant combination of history and storytelling" (Conn Iggulden, author of the Emperor series) as it explores history's greatest superpower, as told through humanity's most universal object: the coin. When Gareth...
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A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve CoinsHold the glory--and infamy--of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand with this "brilliant combination of history and storytelling" (Conn Iggulden, author of the Emperor series) as it explores history's greatest superpower, as told through humanity's most universal object: the coin. When Gareth...
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Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon WooA riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached...
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Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon WooA riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached...
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Alexander the GreatThe definitive biography of the towering hero of the classical world: a fearless general, the conqueror of the Persians, and the visionary ruler of a vast empire--from one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece. "An amazingly solid, balanced, and evocative view of...
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Alexander the GreatIn the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history....
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Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons: A Fully Illustrated Guide To Siege Weapons And TacticsIn this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the weaponry, tactics, and stratagems of the ancient world. He offers first a comprehensive history of siege warfare in Ancient Egypt, Assyria, Judea, Persia, Greece, and Rome as well as Gaul, the...
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Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient GreeceFrom an award-winning historian, the definitive history of classical Greece and the rivalry between its two greatest cities. "Packed with intrigue and the politics of empire, revolution, and war, this accessible history of a tangled relationship between nations might strike some readers, the author...
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Atlas of the Roman Empire: Battles, Conquests, Legions, and RulersFrom a leading scholar of the ancient world, this stunning illustrated guide to the Roman Empire explores every aspect of its rise to power, its dominion over the world, and its eventual fall. At its peak, the Roman Empire stretched from the borders of...
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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome"Superb....Augustus is a first-rate popular biography by a skilled and knowing hand." (Washington Post) Caesar Augustus created the Roman Empire and forever associated the name Caesar with power. Heir to Julius Caesar, he thrust himself into the middle of Roman politics at its most...
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Band on the Run: Xenophon and the First Great Mercenary Army's Epic Escape from PersiaA riveting retelling of one of the great adventure stories of antiquity--when Greek philosopher-warrior Xenophon led a stranded band of the "Ten Thousand" mercenary soldiers on a treacherous escape from the Persians. 400 BC. The Persian prince Cyrus the Younger hires an army of...
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By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian EmpireAlexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero and lived as one, conquering native peoples and territories on a superhuman scale. From the time he invaded Asia in 334 to his death in 323, he expanded...
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Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest VictoryFrom an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, the definitive history of Rome's most devastating defeatAugust 2, 216 BC was one of history's bloodiest single days of fighting. On a narrow plain near the Southern Italian town of Cannae, despite outnumbering their opponents almost two...
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Catapult: Harry and I Build a Siege WeaponCatapult is the magical but true story of two men, a microscopic arts grant, and the siege weapon this volatile combination somehow produced. Bristling with idiosyncrasy, Jim and Harry are an odd couple whose story is the occasion for a sly meditation on the...
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Children of Mars: The Origins of Rome's EmpireA fresh narrative history of the rise of Rome's empire in Italy, that exposes the monumental expansion of the Roman familial, social, political, and militaristic way of living across Italy. Before the Romans could become masters of the Mediterranean, they had to first conquer...
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Gallic WarThe conquest that begot the Roman Empire. Caesar (C. Iulius, 102-44 BC), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator Sulla; served in the Mithridatic wars and in Spain; entered Roman politics as a "democrat" against the senatorial government; was the real leader of the coalition...
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient WorldA gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot. In...
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Hannibal: Rome's Greatest EnemyTelling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Hannibal is the biography of a man who, against all odds, dared to change the course of history. Over two thousand years ago one of the greatest...
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Hannibal: Rome's Greatest EnemyTelling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Hannibal is the biography of a man who, against all odds, dared to change the course of history. Over two thousand years ago one of the greatest...
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