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The Aztecs were a mighty civilization, conquering and enslaving other Mesoamerican civilizations, ruling with terror and might, and at the peak of its power under the Emperor Montezuma II. Their hand of power stretched over Mesoamerica, even over the Mayans, but newcomers threaten their land, their stability, their rule, white men who came on ships, and on animals never before seen in the land, horses. What match would these Aztec conquerors b...

When the spaceship Jehad lifted off for Mars, the crew of four men and one women are placed under the rule of Dr. Lewis Spartan, a sadistic, power-hungry leader of the expedition. Only when they are well under way do they realize that Spartan plans to return to Earth by himself. As the Jehad approaches Mars, jealous rivalry amongst the crew leads to tension and strife, totally unaware of what awaits them on the martian surface, a martian threa...

In order to understand the structure of The Iliad, we must keep fast hold of the guiding clue which is supplied by the author, Homer, in the first line of his poem. The subject, he tells us, is the Wrath of Achilles. The motive of the greatest of epics is wrath-blind, unreasoning fury, which knows no law, and acknowledges no right. Keeping this in view, we are able to explain what seems at first sight to be a strange anomaly in the conduct of ...

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to meet a dragon? To see one up close and to live to tell the tale? In The Book of Dragons, Nesbit carries us into eight tales where dragons shaped and had a profound influence on royalty and children alike. Jump into this fictitious world where wonder, fun, and adventure are in over abundance.

In order to understand the structure of The Iliad, we must keep fast hold of the guiding clue which is supplied by the author, Homer, in the first line of his poem. The subject, he tells us, is the Wrath of Achilles. The motive of the greatest of epics is wrath-blind, unreasoning fury, which knows no law, and acknowledges no right. Keeping this in view, we are able to explain what seems at first sight to be a strange anomaly in the conduct of ...

The Iliad is an epic written by the ancient Greek poet Homer, recounting some of the most significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy. In The Iliad you will read about Agamemnon, Achilles, Hector, and the Greek gods, and how the narrative interweaves them in this great conflict. Written in the mid-8th Century BCE, The Iliad has generally been considered to be the earliest work in the whole We...

Originally titled Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España (The True History of the Conquest of New Spain), this first-person narrative by the military adventurer, conquistador, and settler Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) recounts the fall of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II, the defeat of the Aztec Empire, and his participation in the Spanish military campaigns that brought them about. Díaz served in three Mesoamerican expeditions...

What was it like to search for fossilized remains back in the 1900s? While several advances have been made in the field of paleontology, a lot of the searching has remained much the same today. In his memoir, The Life of a Fossil Hunter, Charles H. Sternberg (1850-1943) provides us with a part scientific, part autobiography, and part adventure-like retelling of his discoveries, hardships, and close calls while searching and collecting fossils ...

Bowen J. Taylor, an American, recounts how he was held captive aboard a German U-boat in World War I. And when he thought his situation was precarious enough, he finds himself on the rocky shores of a lost world where time had stopped, and where creatures thought long to be extinct roam free. "I have experienced a cosmic cycle, with all its changes and evolutions for that which I have seen with my own eyes in this brief interval of time-things...

Bowen J. Taylor, an American, recounts how he was held captive aboard a German U-boat in World War I. And when he thought his situation was precarious enough, he finds himself on the rocky shores of a lost world where time had stopped, and where creatures thought long to be extinct roam free. "I have experienced a cosmic cycle, with all its changes and evolutions for that which I have seen with my own eyes in this brief interval of time-things...

When the spaceship Jehad lifted off for Mars, the crew of four men and one women are placed under the rule of Dr. Lewis Spartan, a sadistic, power-hungry leader of the expedition. Only when they are well under way do they realize that Spartan plans to return to Earth by himself. As the Jehad approaches Mars, jealous rivalry amongst the crew leads to tension and strife, totally unaware of what awaits them on the martian surface, a martian threa...

The Aztecs were a mighty civilization, conquering and enslaving other Mesoamerican civilizations, ruling with terror and might, and at the peak of its power under the Emperor Montezuma II. Their hand of power stretched over Mesoamerica, even over the Mayans, but newcomers threaten their land, their stability, their rule, white men who came on ships, and on animals never before seen in the land, horses. What match would these Aztec conquerors b...