The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (Illustrated) by $0.99
King Arthur was a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Romano-Celtic Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians. The sparse...
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Crown $26.00
“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E....
HEART OF DARKNESS (non illustrated) by $0.99
Marlow sits at the Thames River in the evening with several other people and begins telling the story about how he entered into the dark continent out of nowhere. No one wants to listen but he continues anyway.Marlow expressed a desire to go to Africa to his Aunt who got him a position as a captain of a steamboat of an ivory company. The previous captain Freslaven died in a scuffle with the...
The Prince by W. K. Marriott $7.95
THE PRINCE is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), THE PRINCE was originally written in 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. THE PRINCE is not representative of the work published during his lifetime, but it is the most remembered, and the...
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Tibere Kremer $13.99
When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Jew and a medical doctor, the prisoner Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was spared death for a grimmer fate: to perform "scientific research" on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the man who became known as the infamous "Angel of Death" - Dr. Josef Mengele. Nyiszli was named Mengele's personal...
The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Mundus Publishing $0.99
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Ancient Rome: from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by BiblioBazaar $20.99
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMESDOWN TO 476 A.D.
The Fall of the Roman Empire : A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by Oxford University Press, USA $17.95
The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Rome generated its own nemesis. Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors it called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. Heather is a leading authority on the late...
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by General Books LLC $20.00
Subjects: Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Viking/Folio Society