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  Demetrius - Sacker of Cities

  James Romm

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  A portrait of one of the ancient world’s first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again 
   
  The life of Demetrius (337–283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander (323–282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander’s place, his empire fragmented into five pieces. 
   
  Capitalizing on good looks, youth, and sexual prowess, Demetrius sought to weld those pieces together and recover the dream of a single world-state, with a new Alexander—himself—at its head. He succeeded temporarily, but in crucial, colossal engagements—a massive invasion of Egypt, a siege of Rhodes that went on a full year, and the Battle of Ipsus—he came up just short. He ended his career in a rash invasion of Asia, and he became the target of a desperate manhunt only to be captured and destroyed by his own son-in-law.

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  My Life A Wrinkle In Time

  Marc J. Balale

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  In this compelling and heartwarming audiobook, embark on a transformative journey of hope and rediscovery as the author delves into the profound essence of finding God. Through personal anecdotes, touching stories, and insightful reflections, this book explores the enduring power of hope in times of adversity and uncertainty. 
  Discover the path to a deeper connection with the divine as the author shares their own quest for meaning and understanding. With every page, you'll be uplifted by the inspiring tales of courage, faith, and perseverance, reminding you that even in the darkest moments, there is a glimmer of hope waiting to be embraced

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  A Taste for Treason - The Letter...

  Andrew Jeffrey

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  A gripping true story of wartime espionage. 
   
   
   
  Dundee, 1937. When housewife Mary Curran became suspicious of hairdresser Jessie Jordan's frequent trips to Nazi Germany, she had no idea that she was about to be drawn into an international web of espionage. Thanks to a tip off from Mary, MI5 and the FBI launched major spy hunts on both sides of the Atlantic. 
   
   
   
  This is the true story of a decade-long series of Nazi espionage plots in Britain, Europe, and the United States. It shows how a Nazi spy's letter, posted in New York and intercepted in Scotland, broke spy rings across Europe and North America. And it reveals, for the first time, how that letter marked the genesis of an intelligence and security alliance that today includes the United States, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

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  Existential Stories - Tales of...

  Franz Kafka

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  Everything we know must end.  In the fundamentals of our lives its usually our own deaths which bring that to an end.  But what if we widen that premise.  What if we are caught in its quixotic jaws. Held fast with escape merely a fleeting thought. 
  In this volume authors of real note bring their narratives of existential crisis and threat directly to our senses.  That conflict can yield terrible results. 
  And for that place the blame on Franz Kafka, Boleslaw Prus, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde and many others. 
   
  1 - Existential Stories - An Introduction 
  2 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
  3 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 1 by Herman Melville 
  4 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 2 by Herman Melville 
  5 - A Legend of Old Egypt by Boleslaw Prus 
  6 - An Egyptian Cigarette by Kate Chopin 
  7 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka 
  8 - Mold of the Earth by Boleslaw Prus 
  9 - Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf 
  10 - An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyveskey 
  11 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov 
  12 - Shades by Boleslaw Prus 
  13 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce 
  14 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
  15 - The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde 
  16 - Youth - Part 1 by Joseph Conrad 
  17 - Youth - Part 2 by Joseph Conrad

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  Dictators - What Totalitarian...

  Kelly Mass

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  The following books are part of this set, helping you to understand history and the evolvement of evil in some of the cruelest people in the world: 
  1 Alexander the Great 
  2 Attila the Hun 
  3 Genghis Khan 
  4 Hannibal Barca 
  5 Napoleon Bonaparte 
  6 Suleiman the Magnificent 
  7 Vlad the Impaler 
  8 William the Conqueror 
  9 Adolf Eichmann 
  10 Benito Mussolini 
  11 Enver Pasha 
  12 Francisco Pizarro 
  13 Josef Mengele 
  14 Oliver Cromwell 
  15 Paul Joseph Goebbels 
  16 Pol Pot 
  17 Robespierre 
  18 Rudolf Hoess 
  19 Torquemada

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  Knocked Down - A High-Risk Memoir

  Aileen Weintraub

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  A laugh-out-loud memoir about a free-spirited Brooklyn girl who, after a whirlwind romance, finds herself living in a rickety farmhouse, pregnant, and faced with five months of doctor-prescribed bed rest because of unusually large fibroids. 
   
   
   
  Aileen Weintraub has been running away from commitment her entire life, hopping from one job and one relationship to the next. When her father suddenly dies, she flees her Jewish Brooklyn community for the wilds of the country, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a man who knows a lot about produce, tractors, and how to take a person down in one jiu-jitsu move. Within months of saying "I do," she's pregnant, life is on track, and then wham! Her doctor slaps a high-risk label on her uterus and sends her to bed for five months. 
   
    
   
  As her husband's farmhouse begins to collapse and her marriage starts to do the same, Weintraub finally confronts her grief for her father while fighting for the survival of her unborn baby. Will she stay or will she once again run away from it all? 
   
     
   
  Knocked Down is an emotionally charged roller-coaster ride of survival and growth. It is a story about marriage, motherhood, and the risks we take.

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