The History of Alexander, Paperback - Quintus Curtius Rufus

DescriptionThe essential history of Alexander the Great, compelling and brilliantly realized Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedoni...

Quintus Curtius wrote a history of Alexander the Great in the first or second century CE. The first two of ten books have not survived and material...

Reducere. This new, original translation of Cornelius Nepos's "Lives of the Great Commanders" is the first to appear in many generations. It is also the firs...

Comprised of relevant selections from the writings of four ancient historians, this volume provides a complete narrative of the important events in...

Reducere. This comprehensive collection includes all of Quintus Curtius's important essays from 2016 to January 2020. "No branch of knowledge, " as the autho...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the most complete, readable, and explanatory edition of Cicero's "On Duties" available in English."On Duties" represents the pin...

Reducere. DescriptionThis new and original translation of Cicero's "On Moral Ends" (De Finibus) contains numerous unique features that make it ideal for the ...

Reducere. The Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C.-40 B.C.) remains a writer whose enormous influence has been felt for many centuries....

This comprehensive collection includes all of Quintus Curtius's important essays from 2016 to January 2020. The range of topics is diverse and comp...

Plutarch's influential writings on the ancient worldPlutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of...

Description'His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable'Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian'...

Reducere. Arrian was a Roman historian, public figure, military commander and well-acclaimed philosopher of the 2nd Century. As a youth, he studied under Epi...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the most complete, readable, and explanatory edition of Cicero's "On Duties" available in English. "On Duties" represents the pi...

Reducere. Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader's great conquests, is the latest addition...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was...

The first literary and cultural reading of Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica, a major Greek epic from the height of the Roman Empire which tells the ...

DescriptionApprentice healer Lassair heads on a perilous journey north in the absorbing new Aelf Fen medieval mystery. October, 1093. Two young men...

DescriptionA farm boy from the mountains of North Carolina, Rufus Edmisten could not have been prepared for the halls of power in Washington, D.C.,...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alexander a. BorovoiForeword by: Gary DunbarThe devastating accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, then ...

This introduction to, commentary on, and translation into English of the first book of letters by Quintus Aurelius Symmachus shows the leading orat...

William II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror. This biography recounts his brief 13-year reign leading up t...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a van...

Reducere. The reign of Queen Elizabeth I was a time of war, passion, and spectacular achievement. Elizabeth: The Golden Age finds Elizabeth facing bloodlust ...

Reducere. Rob Rufus argues that grace is the extra dimension that enables Christians to live like Christ, enabling them to tap into the realm of unlimited su...

Reducere. DescriptionAll his life, Alexander defied the limits the gods gave mortals. That passion overwhelmed cities and armies...and united a vast empire. ...

Reducere. "Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat" is the fascinating and historically significant cookbook by African-American chef Rufus Estes. Born into slavery ...

Reducere. DescriptionNEW: Fifty-five (55) Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Index, and General Rufus R. Dawes' Battle Record They were fierce They were tou...

Reducere. Edvard Radzinsky is justly famous as both a biographer and a dramatist, and he brings both skills to bear in this vivid, page-turning, rich portrai...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolutio...

Reducere. The series of essays that comprise The Federalist constitutes one of the key texts of the American Revolution and the democratic system created in ...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Turn: Washington's Spies, now an original series on AMC Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander...

Reducere. THE BESTSELLING EPIC OF THE GLORY AND THE GRANDEUR INTRIGUES AND PASSIONS OF ANCIENT GREECE...AND THE WARRIOR KING WHOSE CONQUESTS BUILT AN ETERNAL...

Reducere. Plymouth, July 1801: Richard Bolitho's small squadron, still repairing the scars of battle earned in heavy action at Copenhagen, has been months aw...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "There is nothing imposs...

Reducere. History Of The Clan Mackenzie. With Genealogies Of The Principal Families Of The Name has been considered by academicians and scholars of great sig...

Reducere. A classic work depicting the early months of the Russian Revolution, featuring a new introduction for the revolution's centenary. During the months...

Reducere. DescriptionPeter H. Dominick was a war hero prior to becoming a respected U.S. congressman, senator, and ambassador. "Flying the Hump" over the Him...

DescriptionFor much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an "art of living." This practical aspect...

Reducere. The heavy fog that shrouded Antietam Creek on the morning of September 17, 1862, was disturbed by the boom of Federal artillery fire. The carnage a...

Reducere. Founded in 1859 and situated at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder's small size harbors a big-city feel, and its rich past hides plenty of ha...

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncAuthor(s): Alexander B. HeffnerNumber of pages: 640Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 209...

In this classic text, Rufus M. Jones offers an insightful overview of Quaker history, beliefs and humanitarianism. The Society of Friends was found...

Uncovers a connection between a Macedonian funerary sculpture found in the foundations of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice and the sarcophagus o...

Reducere. Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the t...

A career-defining collection from one of America's most significant poets, never before published in the UK.Publisher: Granta BooksAuthor(s): Will ...

Reducere. Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his li...