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An Attack on an Enemy of Fre...CiceroThroughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They ha… more |
An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom (Penguin Great Ideas) |
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CLEOPATRA :[Illustration]JACOB ABBOTTOf all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome’s destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions t… more |
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Christopher and the ClockmakersSara Ware Bassett“Christopher Mark Antony Burton was a tremendously imposing name to give a baby. When he lay in his crib, wee and helpless, he looked as if he might never survive the weight of it. Even later, when he began to toddle about on his small, uns… more |
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Cleopatra: Last Queen of EgyptJoyce TyldesleyThe Romans regarded her as fatale monstrum”a fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really?We almost feel that we know Cl… more |
Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt |
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The History Of Cleopatra (Wo...Jacob AbbottOf all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome’s destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions t… more |
The History Of Cleopatra (World Biographies) |
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The Book of Dead Philosopher...Simon Critchley“To philosophize is to learn how to die.” —Cicero; assassinated by order of Mark Antony“One who no longer is cannot suffer.” —Lucretius; suicide, allegedly driven mad by a love potion“Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” —Hob… more |
The Book of Dead Philosophers (Vintage) |
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The Mischievous Miss Murphy ...Kasey Michaels
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A Kasey Michaels Alphabet Regency Romance Classic.Candice Murphy and her uncle Max con their way through the world impersonating Italian counts and African princes, duping the greedy into parting with their money in hopes of fattening their… more |
The Mischievous Miss Murphy (Kasey Michaels Alphabet Regency Romance) |
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Selected Political Speeches ...CiceroAmid the corruption and power struggles of the collapse of the Roman Republic, Cicero (106-43BC) produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches in history. A statesman and lawyer, he was one of the only outsiders to penetrate the … more |
Selected Political Speeches (Classics) |
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Mark and SharonGA Hauser
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(Formerly A Question of Sex)Sharon Tice seems to have it all. She’s beautiful, confident, sexually aggressive, and holds an executive position in her father’s prestigious firm. But when her father puts her in charge of his latest building p… more |
Mark and Sharon |
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Cleopatra and RomeDiana E. E. KleinerWith the full panorama of her life forever lost, Cleopatra touches us in a series of sensational images: floating through a perfumed mist down the Nile; dressed as Venus for a tryst at Tarsus; unfurled from a roll of linens before Caesar; c… more |
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Cleopatra's MoonVicky Alvear Shecter
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Cleopatra’s Moon.The Critically Acclaimed Young Adult Novel Based On The Real Life Of Cleopatra’s Daughter, Selene.The only daughter of the last queen of Egypt watches her beloved father—Mark Antony—fall on his sword in front of her. Then… more |
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Augustus: The Life of Rome's...Anthony EverittHe found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago… more |
Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor |
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Alexandria: A History and a GuideE.M. Forster
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Back in Alexandria again, [Cleopatra] watched the second duel—that between Mark Antony and Caesar’s murderers. She helped neither party, and when Antony won he summoned her… She came, not in a carpet but in a gilded barge, and her life h… more |
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Antony and Cleopatra (Modern...William ShakespeareA magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare’s greatest female characters—the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, i… more |
Antony and Cleopatra (Modern Library Classics) |
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Antony and Cleopatra(Illustrated)William Shakespeare• The book includes 10 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare’s greatest female characters—the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra… more |
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Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written in 1599, is a story about power and ambition and includes themes on honor, patriotism, mobs, envy, and corruption. Caesar’s assassination contains some of the most famous lines in all of Shakespearean l… more |
Julius Caesar |
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The Evil That Men Do for MobiPocketCatherine Mambretti�The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.� (William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) Or so said Mark Antony at Caesar�s funeral. But even when no one wants to speak ill of the evil dead, the effects… more |
The Evil That Men Do for MobiPocket |
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Mark Antony's Heroes: How th...Stephen Dando-Collins
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This fourth book in Dando-Collins’s definitive history of Rome’s legions tells the story of Rome’s 3rd Gallica Legion, which put Vespasian on the throne and saved the life of the Christian apostle Paul. Named for their leader, Mark Antony, … more |
Mark Antony’s Heroes: How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor |
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Legiones de Roma (Historia (...Stephen Dando-CollinsLa historia definitiva de todas las legiones imperiales romanasLegiones de Roma es la primera historia completa de todas y cada una de las legiones imperiales romanas y sus victorias como fuerzas de combate. Stephen Dando-Collins ha dedicad… more |
Legiones de Roma (Historia (la Esfera)) (Spanish Edition) |
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The Lion and the LarkDoreen Owens Malek
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3500 copies downloaded in 5 days in January 2012!The Year is 44 B. C. Julius Caesar is dead. And as rebellion divides Italy and Britain, a Roman centurion and a Celtic princess forge a bond no woman or man can rend asunder…To ensure peace b… more |
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