The world has become a giant battlefield in the wake of Alexander the Great's death, as his generals fight over the huge but chaotic empire he created. Choosing sides
- & knowing when to switch
- is a matter of life & death. Twins Satyrus & Melitta, heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, must learn quickly. As they are betrayed & soon become desperate fugitives. Accompanied by their tutor, the Spartan Philokles, they must head west on a perilous journey to the safety of Alexandria while merciless assassins are not far behind. But instead of sanctuary the twins find themselves caught in a tangled web of alliances, plot & counterplot building towards one final, monumental confrontation...

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Kineas of Athens has travelled a hard & bloody road since his Greek cavalry fought the Persian hordes alongside Alexander the Great. Wracked with pain, his dreams full of dead comrades, he now has the chance to turn his back on war. Lady Srayanka
- a Scythian warrior princess
- is carrying his child, & a new life beckons. But to the east a storm is brewing: Alexander is preparing his army to crush the Scythian tribes once & for all. Lady Srayanka is honour-bound to fight against 'the monster'
- & Kineas must follow her. Now Kineas must challenge the man he once worshipped. The man who marched across the known world, grinding every opponent to dust. The man who believes himself to be a god...


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They were born in the middle of a battle, into a world at war. & from their first moments of life, twins Satyrus & Melitta were fighting for survival. Their father, a Greek mercenary, was cut down not long after they had taken their first breaths; their Scythian mother was cruelly murdered when they were still children. But Satyrus & Melitta are children no more. They have learned how to fight, how to love, how to plot & how to kill. Now it is time to leave their adopted home, the city of Alexandria, & the protection of Alexander the Great's former general, Ptolemy
- & seek revenge. Now it is time to go to war...
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333 BC. Standing shoulder to shoulder with Alexander the Great, Kineas & his Greek ally cavalry burn a path across the Persian Empire & emerge victorious
- until Alexander dismisses them. But on Kineas's return to Athens, instead of rewards & honours, he receives nothing but curses
- & exile. With only his horse, his armour, & his friends, Kineas sells his military skills to the ruling Tyrant of Olbia
- to train his army. But before long Kineas faces an onslaught from the deadliest war machine the world has ever seen...


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Between them, they were responsible for countless atrocities & deaths. They are power-hungry men who maintained an iron-clad grip over the respective nations they ruled. Under their leadership thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives as a result of their murderous regimes. These are the world's most notorious tyrants & dictators. With programmes focusing on the reigns of Manuel Noriega, Nicolae Ceausescu, Pol Pot, Ayatollah Khomeini, Slobodan Milosevic & Saddam Hussein. This boxset has 6 DVDs & a runtime of 360 mins ...

This unique picture book for children uses original torn-paper illustrations to tell the fun-filled story of Tyrone the Clean 'o' Saurus, whose neat & tidy world is turned upside down when a mysterious box arrives. This book features an amazing bonus feature: Book, Webcam, Action! Just hold the last page up to a webcam & see Tyrone burst vibrantly to life in full 3D animation, accompanied by music! These are the first books to use augmented reality technology for very young children. ...

From the mean streets of New York to the top of the heavyweight division, witness the unstoppable rise of ' Iron Mike'. Bursting onto the scene in the mid-1980s in a flurry of knockouts, this incredible three-disc collection charts the rise of Mike Tyson from his very first professional fights, through to his brutal & awe-inspiring domination of the heavyweight division. Featuring interviews & post-fight analysis from Tyson, as well as contributions from Lennox Lewis & George Foreman, these programmes reveal a boxer with a considered & studious approach to the sport, as well as a pitiless ambition to overcome all challengers. Including his world title clashes with the likes of Frank Bruno, Larry Holmes & Michael Spinks, this knockout collection also features full coverage of the bout, since remembered as arguably the biggest upset in boxing history: Tyson's 1990 clash with the 42-1 underdog James ' Buster' Douglas. ...

When I first started writing this book I weighed 28 stone, was drinking heavily, hated boxing & was battling a deep depression.

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From weighing twenty-eight stone & fighting a deep depression, to his amazing return to heavyweight champion of the world, Tyson

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His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE has been at the forefront of British public life since he married Princess Elizabeth in 1947.

In the seventy years since, his wit (and the occasional 'gaffe') has continued to endear him to the nation, as he travelled the world taking his unique & charmingly British sense of humour to its far-flung corners. Hailed as a god by a tribe in Vanuatu, the Prince has had his fair share of brickbats from the media nearer home, but his outspokenness never fails to raise laughs
- & eyebrows.

From notorious one-liners to less newsworthy witticisms & from plain speaking to blunt indifference, the Prince does what we all wish we could do now & again
- forgets polite conversation & says what he thinks. In the year in which the Prince has stepped down from his royal duties, this joyous & timely book celebrates his wry humour & supremely wicked wit.

Ideal for anyone who loves the Royals.

This hardback book has 158 pages & measures: 20.5 x 13.5 x 2cm approx.









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