In this, the first prose history in European civilization. Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia. Here are not only the great battles - Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis - but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work.
Author : Farah Ahmedi
Narrator : Masuda Sultan
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Length : 5 hours
Type : Autobiography
Women
World
Biographical
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When ABC News' Good Morning America asked its viewers to write essays describing true-life experiences, the network never imagined receiving more than twenty thousand pages of inspiring stories.... See full description... |
Author : James Tobin
Narrator : Boyd Gaines
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Length : 6 hours
Type : 20th Century
Social & Economic
Biographical
Historical
Sports
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"For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if... See full description... |
Author : Simon Sebag Montefiore
Narrator : John Nettles
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group
Length : 10 hours
Type : Historical
Royalty and Heads of State
20th Century
Biographical
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Author : Bob Woodward
Narrator : Boyd Gaines
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Length : 5 hours 30 minutes
Type : Politics
American
20th Century
Biographical
Our Price : $17.95
In Washington, D. C., where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat—the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in... See full description... |
