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  Conqueror: Book 1

  Birth of an Empire

  Wolf of the Plains

  by Conn Iggulden

  He was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Temujin’s young life was shaped by a series of brutal acts: the betrayal of his father by a neighboring tribe and the abandonment of his entire family, cruelly left to die on the harsh plain. But Temujin endured—and from that moment on, he was driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill... (more)
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  Conqueror: Book 3

  Bones of the Hills

  by Conn Iggulden

  From Conn Iggulden, #1 bestselling author of six historical epics and coauthor of the international sensation The Dangerous Book for Boys, comes a magnificent new work of fiction. Here, the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan, stalked by enemies seen and unseen and plagued by a divided family, leads a sprawling force of horsemen beyond the realm of their known world. He will bring a storm to Arab lands and face the... (more)
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  Conqueror: Book 4

  Empire of Silver

  by Conn Iggulden

  ‘Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction’ Daily Mirror ‘Iggulden…tells an absolutely cracking story…the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent’ The Times ‘Iggulden weaves an entertaining tale of this world of men,swords, bows and the call of war and the plains’ Daily Express ‘I felt as if a blockbuster movie was unfolding before me…read the book before Hollywood... (more)
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  Honor Few, Fear None

  The Life and Times of a Mongol

  by Ruben Cavazos

  The stunning, never-before-told story of Ruben "Doc" Cavazos, international president of the Mongols Motorcycle Club When Ruben "Doc" Cavazos changes his clothes at daybreak, he is no longer a CAT scan technician at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He becomes the man known—and, in a few special cases, feared—as Doc, international president of the Mongols, the fastest-growing and most... (more)
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  I Rode A Horse Of Milk White Jade

  by Diane Lee Wilson

  Born on the Mongolian steppes during the reign of Kublai Khan, Oyuna's future seems decided when, as an infant, her foot is crushed by a horse. Her clan believes she has been cursed by bad luck, and she is confined to her family's tent to cook and sew. But Oyuna dreams of bringing honor and good luck to her family. Disguised as a boy and with only her beloved old mare and heroic cat for company, she sets off on a... (more)
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  After Tamerlane

  The Global History of Empire Since 1405

  by John Darwin

  A Rise and Fall of the Great Powers for the post–Cold War era—a brilliantly written, sweeping new history of how empires have ebbed and flowed over the past six centuries.   The death of the great Tatar emperor Tamerlane in 1405, writes historian John Darwin, was a turning point in world history. Never again would a single warlord, raiding across the steppes, be able to unite Eurasia under his rule. After... (more)
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  The Snow Leopard

  by Daniel Leston

  The saga of one man’s epic struggle to survive during the tumultuous early years of the 13th century as two powerful and aristocratic families—one Russian, one Mongol—are inexorably drawn into bloody conflict, fated to play opposing sides in the creation of the largest empire of the medieval age. Cruelly betrayed while a mere boy by his brother’s vaulting ambition, he eventually overcomes bitter slavery far from... (more)
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  Genghis Khan: 13thCentury Mongolian Tyrant (A Wicked History)

  by Enid A. Goldberg

  Genghis Khan set out to conquer the world with an army rumored to be the fastest on earth. But the Mongol warlord didn’t need rumors to make his enemies fear him. His campaign of terror left thousands dead and cities in ruins, from East Asia to Eastern Europe, for anyone who survived to see.
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  Green Lantern Corps.: Book 5

  Emerald eclipse

  by Peter Tomasi, Patrick Gleason

  Protecting the galaxy from evil, the Green Lantern Corps is the fearless light in its blackest night. Commanding power rings that allow the bearer to project his will into reality, evil stands no chance against them! The newly-minted leader of the former Sinestro Corps, intergalactic tyrant Mongul, attempts to consolidate his power by conquering the planet Daxam. Can Green Lantern Sodam Yat, Daxam-born wielder of... (more)
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  The Il-khan's Wife

  by Andrew Greenfield Lockhart

  The year is AD1290. A mission for Pope Nicholas precipitates Venetian nobleman Giovanni into love and adventure at the Persian court. Persia’s Mongol ruler, Arghun, great-great-grandson of Genghis Khan, is dying. But there are enemies who would hasten his death for political reasons, while others would sacrifice his wife Nadia for personal ones. Nadia, beautiful and talented, victim of a barbaric Mongol... (more)