Who Was Alexander the Great?

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

Reducere. Did you know that Alexander the Great was barely in his thirties by the time he had conquered all of Asia Minor? Alexander of Macedon was only thir...

Reducere. These are the memoirs of Hephaestion, an historical person, who was the closest friend of Alexander the Great from childhood to their early deaths ...

Reducere. Did you know that Alexander the Great was barely in his thirties by the time he had conquered all of Asia Minor?Alexander of Macedon was only thirt...

Reducere. Alexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero and lived as one, conquering native peoples and ...

Reducere. Pushkin's prose tales are the foundation stones on which the great novels of Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky were built, but they are also brilli...

Contributor(s): Author: Thomas R. MartinAuthor: Christopher W. BlackwellEverything we know about Alexander comes from ancient sources, which agree ...

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...

Reducere. You know a lot about the Ancient Greece because of the writings of philosophers. But did you know that military personnel also helped to make Ancie...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author, Victoria Alexander, a second-chance romance Christmas novella-with the naughtiest dogs in Eng...

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. DescriptionThis riveting historical fiction depicts a soldier in Alexander the Great's army, and was written using the authentic Macedonian letters...

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

Reducere. When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in t...

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

In October 336 BC, statues of the twelve Olympian Gods were paraded through the ancient capital of Macedon. Following them was a thirteenth, a stat...

Reducere. Learn how a Prussian princess grew up to be Russia's longest-ruling female leader Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed ...

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

Reducere. Dr. Alexander Whyte (1836-1921) was widely acknowledged to be the greatest Scottish preacher of his day. He was a mighty pulpit orator who thundere...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard Stoneman""How can a man become a god?"" So enquired Alexander the Great of the Brahmin sages of India. And how did ...

Seleucus was the last surviving of the successors of Alexander the Great and the one who conquered the largest part of Alexander's empire. It is ba...

The two most famous men in ancient history, in one book.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Simon ElliottIllustration(s): 12 black and white...

Reducere. Alexander Pope was a gifted poet, literary critic and translator of the Augustan Age, whose powerful poetic satire and perfection of the English he...

Derek Shore had it all Great looks, piercing blue eyes, a killer surfer's body and a heart as big as all outdoors. His dream job A house on the bea...

Reducere. The authors organized this study around two ancestors (great-great grandsons of Gabriel Annance and great-great grandfathers of the authors) who we...

Reducere. Philip II of Macedonia (382-336 BCE), unifier of Greece, author of Greece's first federal constitution, founder of the first territorial state with...

DescriptionWhen the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied "to the strongest". There ensu...

Reducere. Athanasius of Alexandria (circa 298 373) is also given the titles St. Athanasius the Great, Pope St. Athanasius I of Alexandria, St Athanasius the ...

Reducere. Climb on my back, if you dare, and let me carry you into the battles that changed the world... So speaks Alexander the Great's bold black stallion ...

Reducere. Greeks were history's great men of thought. John Haaren has collected stories from the lives of thirty famous Greek men, detailing the rise, Golden...

Reducere. King of the World. The Life of Cyrus the Great The Persian Empire was the world's first hyperpower, with territory stretching from Central Asia to ...

Reducere. We need to know who Jesus is. But where can we turn to find out? Many people look only to the New Testament for answers. But reader of The Servant ...

Reducere. This is more than just a story; it is a tale of life, courage and alchemy; of change, death and above all the power of love. Love of oneself, love ...

- Extremely rare (possibly the only) book-length account of a Soviet penal unit in World War II - Gritty, intense style conveys the brutality of wa...

DescriptionThis book provides a complete and detailed analysis of the organization and equipment employed by the armies of the Hellenistic States. ...

Reducere. This fascinating and informative compendium of Native American lore was assembled by one of twentieth-century America's premier ethnographer/anthro...

DescriptionThough critical opinion on Alexander Pope has frequently been divided, he is now regarded as the most important poet of the early eighte...

This is the first English translation of the book The World as Space and Time written by the great Russian physicist Alexander Friedmann who first ...

Reducere. A powerful love story set in the class-conscious Tsarist Russia of the early 19th century. It embraces every level of that society - serf, provinci...

Reducere. This special edition of the Discourses of Epictetus contains all four extant books of the Discourses, the Enchiridion or Manual and the few remaini...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the beli...

Reducere. This is a special re-print edition of "Highland Superstitions" by the Rev. Alexander McGregor, M.A., and was first published in 1901. This book cov...

Aristotle (384-322 BC), the great Greek thinker, researcher, and educator, ranks among the most important and influential figures in the history of...

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription fr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bruce W. GoreTake in the full history of the Bible with a detailed account that focuses on its major empires, events and pe...

Reducere. The Septuagint (or ``LXX`` ) is the Greek version of the Old Testament. It is a translation of the Hebrew Old Testament and certain Apocryphal book...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Hellenistic Age, then keep reading...The alienation of the people from the government and so...

Reducere. "It's really quite good." - Elon Musk Twelve Against the Gods was an instant bestseller when it first published in 1929. In his trademark journalis...

Reducere. This is the first full-length study of the final war between Rome and the ancient Macedonian monarchy and its last king, Perseus. The Roman victory...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bill WarnerMohammed's life is an epic story. He was an orphan who rose from poverty to become the first ruler of all of Ara...

Reducere. The riveting story that inspired Kipling's classic tale and a John Huston movieThe true story of Josiah Harlan, a Pennsylvania Quaker and the first...

Peter Pond, a fur trader, explorer, and amateur mapmaker, spent his life ranging much farther afield than Milford, Connecticut, where he was born a...

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published in 1954, "Stolen Legacy" is the thought-provoking and controversial book by George G. M. James, a Guyanese-American hist...

Reducere. The Boerboel is a very majestic dog who was given immense recognition and respect by some of the greatest rulers in the history of mankind; includi...

Reducere. Has there ever been a history of the world as readable as this?In The Human Story, James C. Davis takes us on a journey to ancient times, telling h...

Reducere. What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over two hundred years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the ear...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Afsharid and Qajar Dynasty, then keep reading...Most people have heard about the famous and ...

Heroes are made, not born.From the moment he first sees Sela Seton, Connor Grant is drawn to the woman known as the Ice Queen. Although his cousins...