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1) Coriolanus
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Shakespeare's tragic drama about a Roman general tested by rioting, war, rejection-and his own all-consuming anger.
Enraged by the withholding of food, the common people of the Roman Republic are rebelling against the elite. In this battle between plebeians and patricians, Caius Marcius has little patience for those he considers beneath him and his family.
After his military victory in the city of Corioli, Marcius is given the nickname Coriolanus...
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Crimson Empire (Alex Marshall) volume 2
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"The sequel to Alex Marshall's A Crown for Cold Silver, an outstanding, game-changing epic adventure featuring an unforgettable female warrior. After five hundred years, the Sunken Kingdom has returned, and brought with it a monstrous secret that threatens to destroy every country on the Star. As an inhuman army gathers on its shores, poised to invade the Immaculate Isles, the members of the Cobalt Company face an ugly choice: abandon their dreams...
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Vengeance and War-- Rome is in turmoil, there is rioting in the streets and open warfare between the varying ruling factions. Coriolanus would bring peace and order to Rome, but will Rome let him? You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead carcasses of unburied men That do corrupt my air,-I banish you.
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Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Titus Andronicus" (1594). This edition features a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. Unlike Shakespeare's other plays based on Roman histories, the story of "Titus Andronicus" is a fictional work. The play dramatises the gruesome events that take place in the battle for a nation between the brutal Roman general Titus and his powerful...
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Crimson Empire (Alex Marshall) volume 3
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"The final book in Alex Marshall's Crimson Empire trilogy, which began with A Crown for Cold Silver, an outstanding, game-changing fantasy epic featuring an unforgettable warrior. Former warrior queen and now pariah, Cold Zosia wakes in the ashes of a burning city. Her vengeance has brought her to this - her heroic reputation in tatters, her allies scattered far and wide, and her world on the cusp of ruin. General Ji-Hyeon has vanished into the legendary...
9) The warlord
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Rise of the warlords volume 1
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For a chance to save her people, Taliyah Skyhawk must wed the fearless leader of the Astra Planeta, Alaroc Phaethon, but the ice maiden and the merciless king never anticipated their battles turning into games that only one spouse can win.
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To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose "statue-like solidity" concealed volcanic energies and emotions. Here...
11) Imperfect sword
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The Lost Stars volume 3
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The stellar spin-off to the New York Times bestselling The Lost Fleet series continues as the Syndicate's civil war threatens to spread even farther into the final frontier …
President Gwen Iceni and General Artur Drakon have successfully liberated the Midway Star System-but the dictatorial former rulers of the Syndicate Worlds won't surrender the region without a fight.
Outnumbered and led by junior officers hastily promoted in the wake of the...
12) Rule of wolves
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King of Scars duology volume 2
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As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm to win this fight, and Zoya Nazyalensky must embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs, meanwhile Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital.
13) Jiang jia
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"She is the kingdom's only woman general, as mighty as a soaring eagle. He is the king, as powerful as anyone can imagine. How to get these two to get close to each other, even to the stage of getting married?"--Provided by vender.
15) Clash of eagles
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Clash of eagles trilogy volume 1
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In a world where the Roman Empire never fell, a legion under the command of Praetor Gaius Marcellinus invades North America in the 12th Century. But Marcellinus and his troops have woefully underestimated the fighting prowess of the Native American inhabitants of Nova Hesperia, who have developed their own flying technology known as Thunderbirds. When Gaius is caught behind enemy lines and spared, he must reevaluate his allegiences and find a new...
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Centers on a rivalry between brothers and military strategists Sun Bin and Pang Juan. Jealousy rages in Pang, and after securing a powerful military general position, he frames Sun for treason. Sun is branded a criminal and becomes a prisoner. In order to escape, Sun feigns mental instability and soon becomes his brother's peer as a top strategist and statesman. Both men meet again on the battlefield, leading armies against one another in a fight...
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