The Falcon of Sparta

The Falcon of SpartaBy: Conn Iggulden The bestselling author of the Emperor, Conqueror and The Wars of the Roses returns to the Ancient World with a gripping adventure based on an epic true story. 'HIS FINEST NOVEL TO DATE . . . THE BATTLE SCENES ARE THRILLING' SUNDAY EXPRESS ___________ In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. 401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million

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Kate Chopin’s last novel

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When the Karasawa family's fraught relationships catch up to her

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By: Nadia Terranova     Two stories converge in the aftermath of the devastating 1908 earthquake in Sicily and Calabria: a young woman sees a chance to avoid her impending arranged marriage and a boy manages to escape from the influence of an abusive mother on the verge of madness

the Borgias became Italy's most ruthless and powerful family

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How to Get Your Teacher Ready

and an introduction by lauded author and anthologist Marc Aronson