The Prime of Life
- 608 pages
- 22 hours of reading
The second volume of Simone de Beauvoirs autobiography, starting at the age of 21.
Peter Green Book order (chronological)
December 22, 1924
Transitioning from a career in architecture and city planning, this author brings a unique perspective to mystery writing, drawing on experiences with intrigue and potential skullduggery encountered in his professional life. His debut novel features an architect who stumbles upon a murder during a major flood, forcing him into an amateur sleuthing role to protect his career and life. The author's narrative style is shaped by a background in proposal writing and a deep appreciation for family histories, including humorous war accounts and journalistic endeavors, infusing his fiction with both suspense and authentic detail.
Gluten Exposed
- 364 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic age
- 234 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A masterly narrative survey of 300 years from Alexander's conquest and empire to the triumph of Rome
Aleksander Wielki
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Daniel Libeskind
- 167 pages
- 6 hours of reading
This volume examines the architectural work of Daniel Libeskind and features sketches, plans, models and images of completed buildings. Jacques Derrida, Bernhard Schneider and Mark C. Taylor contribute essays.
This biography portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. Writing for the general reader, the author provides gritty details on Alexander's darker side while providing a gripping tale of Alexander's career.
A Concise History of Ancient Greece to the Close of the Classical Era
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Discusses the intellectual and political developments that distinguished the country's history from the beginnings of Minoan culture to the death of Alexander
The Parthenon
- 172 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Democracy's symbolic birthplace, the famed Acropolis, stands today as a rubble-strewn reminder of the glory that was Greece. The ancient citadel, once the center of Athenian religion and civic pride, is surmounted by half a dozen ruined buildings, among them the most famous temple in the Western world, the Parthenon.
Wonders of Man: The Parthenon
- 172 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Democracy's symbolic birthplace, the famed Acropolis, stands today as a rubble-strewn reminder of the glory that was Greece. The ancient citadel, once the center of Athenian religion and civic pride, is surmounted by half a dozen ruined buildings, among them the most famous temple in the Western world, the Parthenon.
