This book tells the stories behind four ancient events you might have never heard before.The topics include: Pompeii, The Legend of the 49 Ronin, The Letter of JesusThis is a collection of previous published books, which may also be purchased separately.

The first volume of the expansive Pulitzer Prize-winning series The Story of Civilization.**Discover a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander, and in India, China, and Japan from the beginning; with an introduction on the nature and foundations of civilization.

An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering time, the earth and the seas, nature and society, he gathers and analyzes stories of the man's profound quest to understand his world and the cosmos.

HistoryThe Secrets of Ancient Civilizations and Great Empires that Shaped Modern WorldCurious on the past and how it still influences the present and perhaps even the future? Interested on the role those ancient civilizations played in shaping the world, as we now know it? Ready to discover their origins, unique contributions, their influential figures, their secrets and other facts and trivia?If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you!...

Pompeii was one of most advanced cities of its time; it had a complex water system, gymnasium, and an amphitheater. Despite it's advancements, there was one thing it wasn't ready for: Mount Vesuvius—the volcano that led to its ultimate doom.The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius was one of the worst disasters in all of European history. In a near instant, over 15,000 people were dead and a city was completely destroyed.This book looks at the rise, fall, and rediscovery of the g...

“Lavers keeps his intellectual detective story passionate and suspenseful.”— Washington Post Book WorldFrom Biblical stories about virgins to adventures with Harry Potter, unicorns have enchanted people for millennia. In the endlessly fascinating The Natural History of Unicorns, author Chris Lavers ingeniously traces the legend of this mysterious creature to the real people, places, and animals that have influenced its story.

Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World War, this is a brilliantly compelling account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Along the way, Wells considers such diverse subjects as the Neolithic era, the rise of Judaism, the Golden Age of Athens, the life of Christ, the rise of Islam, the discovery of America and the Industrial Revolution. Breathtaking in its scope and passionate in its intensity, this history remains one of the most rea...

Uses the principles of sacred geometry, archaeological evidence, and Native American legend to discover the site of a secret Templar settlement in Nova Scotia• Offers evidence that Scottish prince Henry Sinclair not only sailed to the New World 100 years before Columbus, but that he also established a refuge there for the Templars fleeing persecution• Shows that the Grail, the holy bloodline connecting the House of David to the Merovingian dynasty through Jesus and Mary Mag...

The incredible story of Marco Polo's journey to the ends of the earth has for the last seven hundred years been beset by doubts as to its authenticity. Did this intrepid Venetian really trek across Asia minor as a teenager, explore the length and breadth of China as the ambassador of the ruthless dictator, Kublai Khan, and make his escape from almost certain death at the hands of Kublai Khan's successors?Robin Brown's book aims to get to the truth of Marco Polo's c...

Weird, wild, and little-known facts about long-lost empires from the New York Times-bestselling author . . .To fight off Roman ships in 300 BC, Carthaginians catapulted live snakes at themThe Athenian lawmaker Draco died of suffocation when gifts of cloaks were showered upon him by grateful citizens at an Aegina theater in 620 BCA dead man won an early Olympic eventNero not only didn't play a musical instrument while Rom...

Unsolved mysteries surround the remarkable men known as the Templars. Their ancient origins go back much further than their well-known adventures in the Middle East in the twelfth century. They knew that ancient secrets were waiting to be rediscovered and, perhaps, reactivated. They could generate labyrinthine codes - and decipher those that others had created in the remote past. But no real understanding of Templarism is possible without examining what became of their noble order after th...

In this rare book explains the secret history of the people of Ireland and how they were once the rulers. This book follows the suppression of the Irish nation and its culture by the western rulers and church. This is an eye opening hypothesis of how in fact Ireland was the most enlightened nation in ancient times in contradiction to modern texts. From the secrets of the bible and the relation to the gaelic language, to the monotheism f the ancient irish the iberi or hebrews,this book is a...