Cyrus: 217 books

King of the Empty Plain is familiar to every Tibetan yet nearly unknown in the rest of the world. Tangtong Gyalpo's incredible lifespan, profound teachings, unprecedented engineering feats, eccentric deeds, and creation of Tibetan opera have earned this fascinating figure a unique status in Tibetan...

Alexander Alekhine was a two-time World Chess Champion and is widely regarded to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. During his best years he dominated tournaments, and in 1927 he defeated his great rival José Raúl Capablanca to win the world title. Alekhine was renowned both for his...

Two fleets, two perspectives, two lovers, and one battle—with the eastern Mediterranean and all of India at stake. This is the story of two “captains,” Horatio Nelson and Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1798 Napoleon mounted a massive military invasion of Egypt. The objective? To roll up the middle...

Originally published in 1904, this is Brady’s comprehensive volume detailing the Nez Perce and Modoc Indian wars. Brady utilizes many vivid firsthand accounts from veterans—both soldiers and Native American chiefs—of their harrowing wartime experiences. A major historical work of the American West, it brings to life this tumultuous time in our nation’s history.

• illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS Introduction I. The numerals in the Dresden Codex II. Conclusions III. The writing Signification of the characters Symbols of animals &c. Symbols of deities

According to Wikipedia: "The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples. They are often also referred to as Native Americans, First Nations, Amerigine, and by Christopher Columbus' geographical...

On an April night in 1865, the Secret Service receives word of a gunshot. Abraham Lincoln has apparently been shot.

Miss Fanny Glen's especial detestation was an assumption of authority on the part of the other sex. If there was a being on earth to whom she would not submit, it was to a masterful man; such a man as, if appearances were a criterion, Rhett Sempland at that moment assumed to be. The contrast between...

This story - a love story on two fronts - tells of Captain John Seymour Seymour (repetition of name not a mistake) and his struggle twixt love for Kate and love for his country during the time of General Washington's battle against the British. A must for any citizen of the USA and England if only...

In preparing this work I began, I admit, with an ardent admiration for John Paul Jones, born of long study of his career. I have endeavored, however, so far as possible, to lay aside my preconceived opinions and predisposition in his favor, and I have conscientiously gone over the immense mass of...

A tale of romance and love, not only in the Pacific Islands, but in Europe as well. This is a tale of two love triangles, intermixed and complex. Quite a thrilling tale of love and adventure.

The huge concave of the rocky wall towering above them threw the woman's scream far into the vast profound of the cañon. It came sharp to the man's ear, yet terminated abruptly; as when two rapidly moving trains pass, the whistle of one is heard shrill for one moment only to be cut short on the instant....

Now that adverb was rather indefinite. "Here" might have meant the private office, which was bad enough, or his arms, which was worse or better, depending upon the view-point. She could think of nothing better to dispel the reasonable incredulity of the man than to nestle closer to him, if that were...