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  Alexander and Alestria

  by Shan Sa

  Re-creating the lives of two of the most intriguing rulers in history, Shan Sa brings us a novel filled with the sound of hooves, the whistle of arrows, blood, passion, and betrayal. The familiar figure of Alexander the Great comes to new life in this richly imagined tale, which entwines his historical legacy with a fantastic love affair set in a wartime between Western and Eastern civilizations.Abused... (more)
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  Alexander the Great

  by Robert Green

  Provides a look into the life of one of the greatest conquerors of the ancient world and demonstrates the new trade and cultural routes that were created through Alexander's vast conquests in the East.
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  A History of Macedonia (Hellenistic Culture and Society)

  by R. M. Errington

  In this single-volume history, R. Malcolm Errington provides a modern account of the political and social framework of ancient Macedon. He places particular emphasis on the structure of the Macedonian state and its functioning in different stages of historical development from the sixth to the second century B.C. Errington's main emphasis is not on the biographies of the great kings but rather on the flexible... (more)
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  Alexander the Great Trilogy: Book 2

  The Persian Boy

  by Mary Renault

  The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with Alexander after the Macedon army conquered his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes-mutinous army, and his own... (more)
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  MacEdonia : The Politics of Identity and Difference (Anthropology, Culture and Society Series)

  by Jane K. Cowan

  Macedonia has been contested by its three neighbours – Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece – during and since the demise of the Ottoman Empire. But the Macedonian Question extends far beyond the contested borders of Macedonia to immigrant communities in Europe, Australia and North America. The contributors to this collection explore the contemporary repercussions of the Macedonian Question, which has long been at the... (more)
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  Alexander the Great : son of the gods

  by Alan Fildes

  Famous for more than two millennia for the amazing deeds that he accomplished in his short life of thirty-two years, King Alexander III of Macedon is the most celebrated figure of classical antiquity. Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods presents, in a year-by-year chronicle, an intimate and fascinating portrait of the man who, in less than two decades, created the greatest empire the world had ever seen and... (more)
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  The lovely sergeant

  by Alan Burgess

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  Tyrant: Book 1

  Tyrant

  by Christian Cameron

  Glory. Death. Well-born Athenian cavalry officer, Kineas, fought shoulder to shoulder with Alexander in his epic battles against the Persian hordes. But on his return from the east to his native city, he finds not glory but shame - and exile. With nothing to his name but his military skills, Kineas agrees to lead a band of veterans to the city of Olbia, where the Tyrant is offering good money to train the city's... (more)
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  Panslavism

  by John Erickson

  .Softback,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings, ,in fair to good all-round condition, ,39pages.
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  Balkans : a mirror of the new international order

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  Alexander the Great: Master of the Ancient World (Wicked History)

  by Doug Wilhelm

• The Greatness of the Romans and Their DeclineMontesquieu

  

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  The Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline

  by Montesquieu

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  Détails obscurs

  by Roger Lemoyne

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  American Art Posters

  by Blagojce

  American Art Posters In the past posters have been exhibited and published by the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Blagojce Posters, through their images, become a chapter in the history and culture of the American people. Some of the most recognizable artists and designers like Will Bradley, Rupert Garcia, Georgia O’Keeffe, Wes Wilson, Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, Victor Moscoso,... (more)
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  Alexander de Grote

  by Merit Roodbeen

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  The Eagle Has Two Faces: Journeys Through Byzantine Europe

  by Alexander J. Billinis

  The Double Headed Eagle, the symbol of the Late Byzantine Empire, speaks eloquently to the worldview of the Byzantines, whose Empire looked both to the East and to the West, but never was-or is-really part of either. At its apogee, the Byzantine Empire was the highest civilization in Europe-the Center. This Double Headed Eagle is cherished by the Balkan Orthodox successors to Byzantium, and versions of it grace... (more)
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  Kosovo Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

  by Tim Judah

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  Who Are the Macedonians?

  by Hugh Poulton

  "In Who Are the Macedonians? Hugh Poulton... provides a fair and perceptive account of the difficult relations between <Macedonians and Albanians in the new republic>.... it is one of the best guides I have read to what may be a dark and troubled future." -- Misha Glenny, The New York Review of Books "... anyone needing a concise introduction to modern Macedonian history should be grateful for Hugh... (more)
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  The Death of Yugoslavia (BBC)

  by Allan Little

  "The Death of Yugoslavia" is a survey of the pressures and events that contributed to the break-up of former Yugoslavia, considered from a historical rather than a political or sociological point of view.
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  Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution After the Cold War

  by Susan L. Woodward

  The violent disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991-92 brought about the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, atrocities on massive scale, and a new term, "ethnic cleansing", for the tactics of nationalist civil war. The failure of Western action to prevent the spread of violence or to negotiate peace disheartened Europeans in their drive to greater unity and turned the euphoria about the "new world... (more)