The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323 - 223 BC): Seleukos I to Seleukos III
By: John D. Grainger
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The Seleukid kingdom was the largest state in the world for a century and more between Alexander's …
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1. Imperial Brothers: Valentinian, Valens and the Disaster at Adrianople
By: Ian Hughes
4.30
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The latest of Ian Hughes' Late Roman biographies here tackles the careers of the brother emperors, … read more
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2. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
3. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
By: Tom Holland
4.16
Format: 418 pages, Hardcover
In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it reg… read more
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4. A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
By: George R.R. Martin
4.34
Format: 1125 pages, Kindle Edition
Alternate cover edition of ASIN B004XISI4A In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of … read more
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"Words are not swords."-George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
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"All kings must be butchers or meat."-George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
5. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.28
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more
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"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
6. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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7. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann
4.07
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more
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"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
8. The Road to Jerusalem (The Knight Templar, #1)
By: Jan Guillou , Anna Paterson
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
The hero of this phenomenally successful historical trilogy is Arn Magnusson, born in 1150 to an ar… read more
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9. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3)
By: George R.R. Martin , Gary Gianni
3.91
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdom… read more
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10. Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
By: James Romm
3.33
Format: None pages,
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11. The Tyrants of Syracuse: Vol. II, 367-211 BC
By: Jeff Champion
3.74
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles for fr… read more
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12. Pyrrhus of Epirus
By: Jeff Champion
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Pyrrhus of Epirus was rated by Hannibal as the second greatest general yet seen (placing himself th… read more
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13. The Call of Cthulhu
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more
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14. Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
By: William L. Shirer , Gordon A. Craig
4.17
Format: 427 pages, Paperback
By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,this day… read more
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15. Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 597 pages, Audible Audio
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for surviv… read more
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"We can only observe the present before we go on to destroy the future."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Complex life was merely the recent froth over a great vat of prokaryotes feeding and dividing and dying."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Perhaps Senkovi would have approved; he who had once seen himself as the trickster god of the pantheon, before there were no more gods left to trick. Perhaps Senkovi would have recalled ancient human…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Meshner has read simplified children’s histories of the spider civilization, vocal in explaining that, these days, everything is fine and male spiders are allowed to play a full role in society. In p…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
16. Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
By: George R.R. Martin
4.04
Format: 706 pages, Hardcover
With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George … read more
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"Will you not weep?"-George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1)
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17. The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323 - 223 BC): Seleukos I to Seleukos III
By: John D. Grainger
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The Seleukid kingdom was the largest state in the world for a century and more between Alexander's … read more
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18. Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation
By: Philip Matyszak
4.07
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans were masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for the… read more
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19. Carthage's Other Wars: Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome
By: Dexter Hoyos
4.00
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Carthage was the western Mediterranean’s first superpower, long before Rome, and her military histo… read more
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20. Expedition to Disaster
By: Philip Matyszak
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the pivotal events of the classical period. At… read more
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