Confucius and Mencius were 2 of China`s most influential thinkers. From their perspectives... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Philip J Ivanhoe

From Socrates to Charles I, Danton to Lincoln - here are some of history`s most significant figures with their most important speeches... ... Read More

ISBN:  9-626-34083-5
Author:  Socrates ,  Martin Luther

At Will Durant`s death at 96, in 1981, his personal papers were dispersed among relatives, collectors, and archive houses.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-57270-343-1
Author:  Will Durant

Best selling history writer Thomas Cahill continues his series on the roots of Western civilization with this volume about the contributions of ancient Greece... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7366-9448-X
Author:  Thomas Cahill

From our democratic way of government to timeless elements of architectural design, the civilization... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-57042-517-5
Author:  N/A

In 1519, Hernando Cortes arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire.... ... Read More

ISBN:  9-62634-282-X
Author:  WH Prescott

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne - the "dark ages" - learning, scholarship, and culture disappeared... ... Read More

ISBN:  0553502409
Author:  Thomas Cahill

Consider clues to ancient riddles and modern mysteries as you visit 4 of the Earth`s most intriguing... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-57042-512-4
Author:  N/A

A brilliant Greek writer and philosopher, Plutarch wrote detailed biographies of 46 legendary... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-418-5
Author:  Plutarch

On August 24 and 25 in the year 79 A.D., a Volcanic eruption from Mt. Vesuvius spewed fire... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-57042-511-6
Author:  N/A

"Survivors of the disaster...told how here the legates fell, there the eagles were taken, where the..." ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-764-8
Author:  Cornelius Tacitus

"To win without fighting is best," Sun Tzu said. For the Chinese philosopher/general war was coeval... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7871-0943-6
Author:  Sun Tzu ,  Adaptation ,  Introduction by Stefan Rudnicki

The writings of Josephus contain one of the few historical accounts of the wars of the Jews and the... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-749-4
Author:  Josephus

The Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 BC and continued intermittently for twenty-seven years... ... Read More

ISBN:  07861-0978-5
Author:  Thucydides

This is the breathtaking adventure of the great Carthaginian general who shook the foundations of Rome... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-523009-01-1
Author:  Harold Lamb