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  • Night in Manila

    by John Langdon ...
    Night in Manila, published in 1954 (and first published in 1953 under the title Vicious Circuit), is a noir thriller set in the steamy and seedy environs of Manila, Philippines. The action centers around the merchant ship Alvarado, docked in Manila, and from which a large sum of money has disappeared. Within hours after the cash has vanished, Mallory, the ship's chief electrician is drugged and ... Read more

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  • Was Troy Located In Turkey?

    by Robert John Langdon ...
    Where Troy Once Stood is a book by Iman Wilkens that argues that the city of Troy was located near England and that the Trojan War was fought between groups of Celts, against the standard view that Troy is located near the Dardanelles in Turkey. Wilkens claims that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, though products of ancient Greek culture, are originally orally transmitted epic poems from Western Europe. ... Read more

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  • Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea

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  • The War That Killed Achilles

    The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War

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    "Spectacular and constantly surprising."-Ken BurnsWritten with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty, New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we ... Read more

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  • Atlantis the Eyewitnesses, Part II Legacy of Atlantis

    Learning Ancient Secrets, #7

    by Walter Parks ...
    Series Book 7 - Learning Ancient Secrets
    Many have believed that Atlantis was a fiction created by Plato. Well Plato was not the first to write about it.We have found a very much earlier document. It was written in 9619 BC, about 9,250 years before Plato's writing.This ancient document is believed to be the oldest document that has survived almost intact down through the ages.Further, archeological finds and scientific evidence provide ... Read more

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  • The Trojan War

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    by Eric H. Cline ...
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    The Iliad, Homer's epic tale of the abduction of Helen and the decade-long Trojan War, has fascinated mankind for millennia. Even today, the war inspires countless articles and books, extensive archaeological excavations, movies, television documentaries, even souvenirs and collectibles. But while the ancients themselves believed that the Trojan War took place, scholars of the modern era have ... Read more

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  • Atlantis The Eyewitnesses Part II The Atlantians and Their Legacy

    by Walter Parks ...
    Many have believed that Atlantis was a fiction created by Plato. Well Plato was not the first to write about it.We have found a very much earlier document. It was written in 9619 BC, about 9,250 years before Plato's writing.This ancient document is believed to be the oldest document that has survived almost intact down through the ages.Further, archeological finds and scientific evidence provide ... Read more

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  • A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization

    by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw ...
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  • Plato's Atlantis

    by K. Bradley Washburn, Benjamin Jowett, Plato ...
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    For centuries, the tale of Atlantis has captured the imaginations of millions across the world. Atlantis has been featured in everything from books to films to toys, and the search for the lost continent as been undertaken by some of the best minds humanity has to offer. This volume collects the original source material for the legend, Plato’s dialogue Critias and a selection from Timaeus, ... Read more

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    This book is an attempt to demonstrate several distinct and novel propositions. These are: 1. That there once existed in the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, a large island, which was the remnant of an Atlantic continent, and known to the ancient world as Atlantis. 2. That the description of this island given by Plato is not, as has been long supposed, fable, but ... Read more

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