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Télécharger le livre :  Barbarians at the Wall
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Barbarians at the Wall


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'Man does for the reader that most difficult of tasks: he conjures up an ancient people in an alien landscape in such a way as to make them live.' - GuardianThe people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia...

Parution : 2019-06-13
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Télécharger le livre :  Amazons
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Amazons


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Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and...

Parution : 2017-06-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Saladin
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Saladin


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Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, he is the Islamic world’s preeminent hero. Ruthless in defence of his faith, brilliant in leadership, he also...

Parution : 2015-04-23
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Télécharger le livre :  The Mongol Empire
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The Mongol Empire


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Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected,Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire that ran across much of Asia.Under his grandson,...

Parution : 2014-06-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Ninja
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Ninja


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The Ninjas today are the stuff of myth and legend in comics, film and electronic games. But once they were real, the medieval equivalent of the SAS: spies, saboteurs, assassins. In their secrecy, under-cover skills and determination to survive, they were the opposite of...

Parution : 2012-07-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Kublai Khan
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Kublai Khan


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In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure dome decreeKublai Khan lives on in the popular imagination thanks to these two lines of poetry by Coleridge. But the true story behind this legend is even more fantastic than the poem would have us believe. He inherited the...

Parution : 2012-03-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Samurai
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Samurai


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The name 'Samurai' is synonymous with the ultimate warrior. With their elaborate armour, fierce swordsmanship and code of honour, the samurai have become iconic figures whose influence can still be felt today . From Kurosawa's epic Seven Samurai to the figure of Darth...

Parution : 2011-02-10
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Télécharger le livre :  The Great Wall
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The Great Wall


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China's Great Wall north of Beijing is one of the world's most famous sights. Millions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountains. We all feel we know the Wall. But we are wrong. It is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a...

Parution : 2010-11-30
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Télécharger le livre :  The Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan
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The Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan


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Genghis Khan is history's greatest conqueror. As a teenager he was an outcast fleeing enemies on a mountain in northern Mongolia, an exile, a nobody. Yet it took only twenty years forGenghis to build the largest land empire in history - four times the size of...

Parution : 2010-10-31
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Télécharger le livre :  The Gutenberg Revolution
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The Gutenberg Revolution


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In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500 they were printed, and numbered in their millions. The invention of one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to...

Parution : 2010-10-31
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Télécharger le livre :  The Terracotta Army
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The Terracotta Army


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The Terracotta Army is one of the greatest, and most famous, archaeological discoveries of all time. 6,000 life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China - each is individually carved, and they are thought to...

Parution : 2010-10-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Alpha Beta
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Alpha Beta


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The idea behind the alphabet - that language with all its wealth of meaning can be recorded with a few meaningless signs - is an extraordinary one. So extraordinary, in fact, that it has occurred only once in human history: in Egypt about 4000 years ago. Alpha Beta...

Parution : 2010-10-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Xanadu
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Xanadu


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**A SOURCE FOR MARCO POLO, A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES**Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as The Travels, uncovered...

Parution : 2010-10-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Attila The Hun
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Attila The Hun


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The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the man himself, his position in history and the world in which he lived? This riveting biography reveals the man behind the...

Parution : 2010-10-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Genghis Khan
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Genghis Khan


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Genghis Khan - creator of the greatest empire the world has ever seen - is one of history's immortals. In Central Asia, they still use his name to frighten children. In China, he is honoured as the founder of a dynasty. In Mongolia he is the father of the nation. In the...

Parution : 2010-10-31
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