Maximinus Thrax: From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome
By: Paul N. Pearson
3.78
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
The first full-length biography of the half-barbarian emperor.Maximinus was a Thracian tribesman “o…
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1. 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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2. The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia
By: Tim Tzouliadis
3.00
Format: 32 pages,
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3. Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
By: Anthony Everitt
3.70
Format: 186 pages,
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4. A Canticle for Leibowitz
By: Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.39
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
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5. Timeline
By: Michael Crichton
3.87
Format: 489 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-fou… read more
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"In reality, time doesn't pass; we pass. Time itself is invariant. It just is. Therefore, past and future aren't separate locations, the way New York and Paris are separate locations. And since the pa…"-Michael Crichton, Timeline
"Because in the late twentieth century, you couldn't seriously ask other people to think that you believed in honor and truth, and the purity of the body, the defense of women, the sanctity of true lo…"-Michael Crichton, Timeline
"In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A …"-Michael Crichton, Timeline
"But where will this mania for entertainment end? What will people do when they get tired of television? When they get tired of movies? We already know the answer—they go into participatory activities…"-Michael Crichton, Timeline
6. Sphere
By: Michael Crichton
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has been discovered resting on the … read more
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7. The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition
By: Flavius Josephus , William Whiston
3.67
Format: None pages,
Encounter the world and traditions that Jesus knew. Illuminate your understanding of the New Testam… read more
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8. The Last Pagan: Julian The Apostate And The Death Of The Ancient World
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4.08
Format: None pages,
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9. Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium
By: None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
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10. The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
By: Peter Heather
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, Heather relates the extraordina… read more
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11. Eversion
By: Alastair Reynolds
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From the master of the space opera comes a dark, mind-bending adventure spread across time and spac… read more
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12. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
By: Tom Holland
4.15
Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition
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13. Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
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4.33
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
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14. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By: Elizabeth Varon
4.15
Format: 516 pages, ebook
An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more
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"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
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3.90
Format: 542 pages, Kindle Edition
With the advent of new AI technology, Polity citizens now possess incredible lifespans. Yet they st… read more
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16. The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
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4.19
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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17. Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Ancient Lives)
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4.15
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
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18. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)
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4.24
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more
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19. Maximinus Thrax: From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome
By: Paul N. Pearson
3.78
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
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20. Patricians and Emperors: The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire
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4.03
Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition
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