The Nature of Alexander
By: Mary Renault
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great.
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1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- ancient history
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
2. The Punic Wars
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.19
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- ancient history
3. The Conquest of Gaul
By: S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The earliest eye-witness account of Britain and its inhabitants appears in these famous memoirs. Be… read more
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- ancient history
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
4. The Persian Expedition
By: Xenophon , Rex Warner , None , George Cawkwell
4.18
Format: None pages,
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
- greece
5. Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
By: Frederik Pohl
4.06
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe... and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When… read more
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"They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind."-Frederik Pohl, Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
"Anyway, that's what life is, just one learning experience after another, and when you're through with all the learning experiences you graduate and what you get for a diploma is, you die."-Frederik Pohl, Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
"He described stars as thin as air, immense clouds of glowing gas; told us about the prestars of the Orion Nebula, just now blossoming into loose knots of warm gas that might in a million years be sun…"-Frederik Pohl, Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
"It was a dimly glowing mass of pale-blue light, mottled, immense, and terrifying. Even at the first glimpse I knew it was not a sun. No sun can be so blue and so dim. It hurt the eyes to look at it, …"-Frederik Pohl, Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
6. Our Man in Havana
By: Graham Greene
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, becomes a spy to earn extra income. read more
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7. The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
By: Lindsey Davis
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Falco is a Roman informer who has a nose for trouble. In the Forum, where pretty Sosia flees for he… read more
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- historical
8. Death in Venice and Other Tales
By: Thomas Mann , Joachim Neugroschel
4.23
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
Featuring his world-famous masterpiece, "Death in Venice," this new collection of Nobel laureate Th… read more
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9. A Pillar of Iron
By: Taylor Caldwell
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
The spirit of ancient Rome in its last days of glory. The hero of the story, the man called "a pill… read more
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- historical
- ancient history
10. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
By: Robert Graves
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more
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- historical
11. The Nature of Alexander
By: Mary Renault
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great. read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- ancient history
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- greece
12. Africanus: El hijo del cónsul (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #1)
By: Santiago Posteguillo
4.55
Format: 720 pages, Hardcover
A finales del siglo IV antes de Cristo, Roma se encontraba a punto de ser aniquilada por los ejérci… read more
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- historical
"Así es como se conoce realmente a las personas. En sus reacciones ante lo inesperado."-Santiago Posteguillo, Africanus: El hijo del cónsul (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #1)
13. The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
By: Will Durant , John Little
5.00
Format: 64 pages,
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14. The Campaigns of Alexander
By: Aubrey de Sélincourt , Arrian , None
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
'His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable'Although written over four hundred y… read more
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15. Alexander the Great
By: Robin Lane Fox
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
From award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of confl… read more
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16. Lord Jim
By: Joseph Conrad
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
Haunted by the memory of a moment of lost nerve during a disastrous voyage, Jim submits to condemna… read more
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17. Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
By: Robert Graves , Seneca , Suetonius
4.30
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
Robert Graves begins anew the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emperor in spite of himself. … read more
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18. The History of Alexander
By: None , Waldemar Heckel , John Yardley
3.92
Format: None pages,
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia an… read more
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19. Maldita Roma: La conquista del poder de Julio César (Julio César, #2)
By: Santiago Posteguillo
4.70
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
Maldita Roma es una obra monumental que desvela la épica conquista del poder de Julio César. Un rel… read more
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- historical
"Pues ¿qué es la vida sino un largo texto, un largo discurso que vamos construyendo, día a día, sobre nosotros mismos?"-Santiago Posteguillo, Maldita Roma: La conquista del poder de Julio César (Julio César, #2)
20. Y Julia retó a los dioses (Julia Domna, #2)
By: Santiago Posteguillo
4.48
Format: 786 pages, Paperback
Mantenerse en lo alto es mucho más difícil que llegar. Julia está en la cúspide de su poder, pero l… read more
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- historical
"La caballería astur [caballería leonesa] era legendaria desde hacía muchos años: habían servido ya en Britania y luego en numerosos puntos de la frontera danubiana, siempre con éxito en sus operacion…"-Santiago Posteguillo, Y Julia retó a los dioses (Julia Domna, #2)
21. The City Beautiful
By: Aden Polydoros
4.10
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he’ll hav… read more
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