A Storm of Spears: Understanding the Greek Hoplite at War
By: Christopher Matthew
4.23
Format: 583 pages, Kindle Edition
The backbone of classical Greek armies was the phalanx of heavily armoured spearmen, or hoplites. T…
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1. The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Bernard Cornwell-who "is at his enthralling best conveying . . . one of the defining periods of Eng… read more
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"Some mothers soften their sons, but Osbert was motherless and I had raised him hard because a man must be hard. The world is filled with enemies."-Bernard Cornwell, The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)
2. Roadside Picnic
By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None
4.14
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more
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3. Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide, #3)
By: Douglas Adams
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads-so… read more
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4. Columbine
By: Dave Cullen
4.29
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
"The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . . " So begins a new epilogue, ill… read more
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"The final portrait is often furthest from the truth."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
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"The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
"You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
5. The Ancient Mariners: Seafarers and Sea Fighters of the Mediterranean in Ancient Times
By: Lionel Casson
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Written by the renowned authority on ancient ships and seafaring Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariner… read more
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6. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
By: Steven Pressfield
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
In 480 B.C., two million Persian invaders come to the mountain pass of Thermopylae in eastern Greec… read more
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7. House of Leaves
By: Mark Z. Danielewski
4.09
Format: 710 pages, Paperback
A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly w… read more
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8. The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2)
By: Mark Lawrence
3.23
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The Red Queen has set her players on the board... Winter is keeping Prince Jalan Kendeth far from t… read more
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9. A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
By: Vernor Vinge
4.14
Format: 613 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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10. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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11. Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons: A Fully Illustrated Guide to Siege Weapons and Tactics
By: Konstantin Nossov , None
4.23
Format: 11 pages, Hardcover
An instructional history of the development, construction, and use of siege weapons. read more
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12. Apology
By: Plato , James J. Helm
4.20
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more
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"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."-Plato, Apology
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13. Paradise Lost
By: John Milton , John Leonard
3.84
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more
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14. The Salt Grows Heavy
By: Cassandra Khaw
3.59
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
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By: Dan Jones
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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4.33
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17. Against All Gods (The Age of Bronze, #1)
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4.14
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The gods play their games, looking down on the mortal realm and moving men as pawns. Sacrificing li… read more
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18. The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
By: Anthony Pagden
3.37
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19. Dawn of the Horse Warriors: Chariot and Cavalry Warfare, 3000-600BC
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3.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The domestication of the horse revolutionized warfare, granting unprecedented strategic and tactica… read more
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20. A Storm of Spears: Understanding the Greek Hoplite at War
By: Christopher Matthew
4.23
Format: 583 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. The Kingdom of Kush: A Captivating Guide to an Ancient African Kingdom in Nubia That Once Ruled Egypt (African History)
By: Captivating History
3.95
Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition
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