books about: macedonian     books:       The Sacred Land (Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure)4 reviews H. N. Turteltaub Forge Books, 2003 A benchmark book for historical fiction I was introduced to historical fiction through the works of Mary Renault who I discovered in my teenage years, the 1950's. The first alternate world science fiction story I can remember reading was "Bring the Jubilee" by Ward Moore. I don't believe that there has been a work of classically themed historical fiction or of hard science alternate world science fiction that I haven't read during the ...             Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian, 1809-19225 reviews James Tertius De Kay W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 A True Story About America's Brave and Patriotic Past During the War of 1812 many early land battles ended terribly for the United States. Our soldiers were volunteers who lacked the training to sustain the fierce attacks of the seasoned British troops who had just defeated Napoleon. America needed a boost of confidence to thwart those in the land who would capitulate to the British rather than fight what they saw as a loosing battle. In a short ...             Alexander the Great Rocks the World (Darby Creek Publishing)2 reviews Vicky Alvear Shecter Darby Creek Publishing, 2006 Enthusiastically recommended especially for grade school and YA library collections. Written by Vicky Alvear Schechter and illustrated by Terry Naughton, Alexander The Great Rocks The World is a historical biography of legendary conqueror and emperor Alexander the Great. Written especially for adolescents and teenagers, Alexander The Great Rocks The World chronicles the events of Alexander's life, his military conquests, his ideals of unity, his battle tactics, and much more in ...             Unger's Commentary On The Old Testament3 reviews Merrill F. Unger AMG Publishers, 2003 The Best Commentary Available The book will be most appreciated by those searching for a true grace-oriented scholar who glorifies the Lord, not himself, in his writings. Words cannot describe how inspirational this work is. Unger's pedigree is outstanding, his scholarship supreme and his style easy-going and understandable. When reading his Commentary, one can imagine taking feverish notes at his class lectures at Dallas ...             The Greek and Macedonian art of war (Cal)3 reviews F. E Adcock University of California Press, 1962 A Quick Read On Ancient Warfare F. E. Adcock's main theme in these lecture is to elucidate in an easy to read book how Greeks and Macedonians applied their minds to the art of war. It covers battle tactics and military strategy from the age of city-states' phalanxes of spearmen to the more complicated combined operations of highly efficient land and sea forces in the Hellenistic Age. He explains how the art of war gradually ...             Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods6 reviews Alan Fildes, Joann Fletcher Getty Publications, 2002 Best All-Around Introduction to Alexander the Great I'm an Alexander buff and have read over two dozen books about this stupendous historic figure and one of the most fascinating and remarkable men who has ever lived. If I had to choose just one book to recommend to a novice who is interested in Alexander but doesn't want to be bogged down by mind-numbingly dry academia, this is the book. The writing is lucid, non-academic, insightful and full of ...             Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army17 reviews Donald W. Engels University of California Press, 1980 A Welcome Insight into Alexander's Logistics Genius Alexander's logistics management during his unprecedented (and unmatched) military campaign is something that's easily overlooked considering the reams of books about virtually everything else about Alexander. But this seemingly mundane subject matter turns out to be one of the most fascinating aspects of Alexander's truly multi-faceted genius. This book provides a great insight in layman's terms ...             Immortal Fire: Field of Glory Greek, Persian and Macedonian Army List (Field Of GLory)2 reviews Richard Bodley-Scott Osprey Publishing, 2008 Excellent part of series The Greek part of the Field of Glory series by Osprey. With their knowledge of the armies and the wonderful format that these come in, I highly recommend these. They are designed for 15mm to 28m miniatures and come with extras from the Elite series that Osprey publishes. Very well done and a good spend of money.             The Complete Word Study Old Testament: King James Version (Word Study Series)7 reviews AMG Publishers, 1998 A great resource! This book has an easy to read print and gives helpful detailed (in layman's terms) explanations of words that many other books lack. It has two parts, a dictionary and a concordance which are both coded to the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (KJV) system. That may sound complicated, but it is SO WORTH the digging. If you get this book, you still need the Strong's and a KJV Bible to refer to... ...             Alexander the Great: Murder In Babylon2 reviews Graham Phillips Virgin Books, 2004 A must for Oliver Stone fans! I was able to get a copy of 'Alexander the Great" while visiting England recently and anyone who sees Oliver Stone's Alexander movie should read this book. It offers a scholarly insight into Alexander the Great's life and the power-plays that went on within his court. It is easy to read for the layperson but is extremely well researched. This book should also appeal to those who are looking ...             The Falsification of Macedonian History (Ancient Jewish sources and testimony on Macedonia).1 review Graphic Arts of Athanassiades Bros., 1983 An exelent book An excellent book based on solid archaeological and historical evidence. It clearly demonstrates how Tito's communist dictatorship created the modern Slav-Macedonians. It also demonstrates how the Slavs were convinced that ancient Macedonians were Slavs! Everyone mast read it!             Alejandro Magno (Grandes biografias series)1 review Felix Cordente Vaquero Edimat Libros, 2005 muy bueno compre este libro y otro de alejandro magno mas caro, pero este libro apesar de tener un precio inferior me sorprendio su cabado con doble forro (portada y contraportada) el material de todas sus hojas se sienten mejor que el libro caro que compree. muy bueno.             Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts, Part 1. ...1 review Edward Anson Brill Academic Publishers, 2004 A very good read! Definitely, one of the most underrated commanders of the Ancient world, responsible for the defeat & death of Craterus. Cunning, innovative & brilliant; considering the circumstances of Eumenes' command he performed miracles on the battlefield. Being plagued with desertions & treasonous allies, whose combined efforts will eventually bring his downfall. Otherwise, who knows how far he could have ...             Alexander the G in his World (Blackwell Ancient Lives)1 review Carol G. Thomas Wiley-Blackwell, 2006 A Realistic View of Alexander Alexander the Great in His World by Carol G. Thomas is a lucid narrative of Alexander's times, about which a reconstruction of Alexander is attempted, and it could be said that it has been achieved. Points of divergence are always present, but this is a worthwhile book on Alexander whose focus is on the then forces which molded him accordingly.             Diodorus Siculus: The Reign of Philip II: The Greek and Macedonian Narrative from Book XVI: A Companion with ...1 review Duckworth Publishers, 2002 The "GREATEST" OF THE "GREAT" Alexander the Great, was born on or around July 20, 356 B.C.E., and is my favorite personality to read about in history. To me he is the whole package general, statesman, conqueror, and philosopher. The smartest man who ever lived, Aristotle, tutored him. Alexander conquered more of the known world than any other figure in history, accomplishing all this before he dies at the ripe old age of 33. ...             The Hellenism of the ancient Macedonians (Hetaireia MakedonikoÌ„n SpoudoÌ„n. Hidryma MeletoÌ„n ChersoneÌ„sou ...1 review Ap. V DaskalakeÌ„s Hakkert, 1983 Accurate and Precise! First, there was no Greek nation in ancient times but Greek city-states...Athens Sparta Thebes Corinth and yes Macedonia...Ive read previous reviews where the authors claim that the the Greeks revolted under Macedoanian rule which is true...Greek city states greatly valued their independence even from other Greek city states..Such is the case between Athens and Sparta when they tried to dominate ...             The history of the life and regin of Alexander the great1 review Quintus Curtius Rufus Printed for S. Bagster by J. Moyes, 1809 The "GREATEST" OF THE "GREAT" Alexander the Great, was born on or around July 20, 356 B.C.E., and is my favorite personality to read about in history. To me he is the whole package general, statesman, conqueror, and philosopher. The smartest man who ever lived, Aristotle, tutored him. Alexander conquered more of the known world than any other figure in history, accomplishing all this before he dies at the ripe old age of 33. ...             Armies of the Macedonian and Punic wars: Organisation, tactics, dress and weapons,1 review Philip Barker (c/o B. O'Brien, 75 Ardingly Drive, Goring by Sea, Sussex), Wargames Research Group, 1971 Great book for those interested in ancient armies Covers the whole period extremely well and gives detailed descriptions of unit organizations, tactics and dress. Covers all the major combatants as well as short decriptions on many of the battles. An excellent book for anyone who is interested in descriptions of the variuos types of military units and tactics of the period.             Alexander the Great at War: His army - His battles - His Enemies (General Military)1 review Osprey Publishing, 2008 A Great Overview of Alexander's Military Career Having now read 40+ books about Alexander, I didn't expect this title to offer anything new or insightful, but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the scholarship and thoughtful prose contained in this book. I was initially a little disappointed browsing through the book as I was hoping for some new graphics, maps and illustrations that I had not seen before, but I suppose that was ...             Black Seed: A Classic Novel of Modern Macedonian literature ;1 review Tasko Georgievski Pollitecon Publications, 1996 Great Story Explains life from a unique perspective.              search for books 1809-1922, adventure, alejandro, alexander, alexandria, antiquity, biografias, blackwell, chersoneÌ, chronicles, classical, commentary, companion, falsification, hellenism, hellenistic, hetaireia, literature, logistics, macedonia, macedonian, macedonians, makedonikoÌ, mediterranean, narrative, organisation, publishing, seafaring, testimony, translation books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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