At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared
and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a
suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the
mighty Persian army.
Day after bloody day they withstood the
terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces.
Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and
unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the
greatest military stand in history--one that would not end until the
rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan
squire to tell the tale....
Pressfield's descriptions of war are breathtaking in their immediacy.
They are also meticulously assembled out of physical detail and crisp,
uncluttered metaphor.
Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) ascended to the throne of Macedon at
the age of twenty. He fought his greatest battles—including the
conquest of the mighty Persian Empire—before he was twenty-five and
died at the age of thirty-three, still undefeated by any enemy. His
reputation as a supreme warrior and leader of men is unsurpassed in the
annals of history.
In the brilliantly imagined first-person
voice of Alexander the Great, acclaimed novelist Steven Pressfield
brings to life his epic battles, his unerring command of his forces,
and the passions and ambitions that drove him. A full-blooded,
multidimensional portrait, THE VIRTUES OF WAR captures Alexander’s
complex character. Alexander was a fearless commander who moved with
such daring and speed that no army could withstand him; a driven leader
whose ambitions knew no limits; and a man with boundless compassion for
his troops, deep friendships with his generals, and profound respect
for his enemies. Yet in the end, his noble qualities were subsumed by
his insatiable lust for glory.
By early 1998 Enzo Fardone had completed his manuscript, which was
forwarded to a publisher in London – the very same publisher of The Da
Vinci Code. In 2004 after reading Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, Enzo
discovered to his surprise that many of the elements were similar to
those in his own manuscript. Duly concerned, he put his case forward
via the media, including the TV program Today Tonight. This started the
plagiarising controversy that since then simply will not go away!
Skilfully
combining factual theological principles with a magical flair for
story-telling, Enzo Fardone presents us with a powerful and
hard-hitting novel that leaves the reader with a deep vein of rich
spiritual knowledge. He challenges existing religious dogmas and
precepts by sifting through the veils of historically inaccurate
information. John Sinclair, the central character, takes the reader on
a spiritual journey through the South of France, and explains the
purpose of initiation into the Mysteries of the Holy Grail and the
symbolism of alchemy. Secrets are revealed of the treasure of
Rennes-Le-Château and the Masonic and Rosicrucian connections. It is an
adventure of initiation and a search for the treasure of the Cathars
and the Holy Grail. What are the codes hidden in the famous painting by
Nicholas Poussin ‘The Shepherds of Arcadia’ and where is the body of
Christ buried?
Read It Yourself is a series of graded readers designed to give young children a confident and successful start to reading.
Level 2 is for children who are familiar with some simple words and can read short sentences. Each book in this level contains frequently repeated phrases which help children to read more fluently. An interesting and detailed illustration accompanies every page, which aids understanding of the text and encourages interest and enjoyment.
