THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE EPIC NEW EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON SCARROW The city of Rome. The most dangerous place in the Empire. The fates of military heroes Macro and Cato lie in Emperor Nero's bloody hands . . . AD 62. Under the reckless and tumultuous leadership of Emperor Nero, Rome is descending into near-anarchy and conspiracy. The brutal execution of 400 slaves has led to rioting and discontent. Only the strongest soldier could maintain control. And so Nero turns to Prefect Cato to help save his reign from collapse. Cato has been lying low after a heroic campaign to quash the Boudica uprising. Now he is called upon to serve again. As the new Prefect of the Urban Cohorts in Rome, Cato needs a loyal and proven officer by his side. Centurion Macro is willing to step up. War and rebellion hold few fears for these seasoned veterans. But the politics and intrigue of Rome make every day as perilous as the battlefield. And the fates of both men, and of the empire, lie in the hands of the most volatile emperor of the age. Death awaits anyone who dares to defy Nero. Cato and Macro will need to call on all their experience, native cunning and bottomless courage to survive in this epic new adventure of Roman military heroism. NO ONE KNOWS ROME BETTER THAN SIMON SCARROW! Praise for the Eagles of the Empire novels: 'Scarrow's novels rank with the best' INDEPENDENT 'Always a joy' THE TIMES 'Gripping' SUNDAY EXPRESS Readers love Simon Scarrow's novels 'Exciting action scenes . . . a very enjoyable read' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'A wonderful read and hard to stop once you start reading' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Everything you'd come to expect and much more. Action, drama, comedy and trauma!' ¿¿¿¿¿ NO. 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SUNDAY 16TH NOV 2025

Star Wars Source Book THIS IS AN EXPANSION FOR STAR WARS AGE OF REBELLION ROLEPLAYING GAME. This is not a complete game experience. A copy of Star Wars Age of Rebellion Roleplaying Game is required to play. TAKE ON THE GALACTIC EMPIRE: As a member of the Rebel Alliance, wage guerilla warfare across the Star Wars galaxy as a solider, or provide crucial intelligence to the Rebels as a cunning spy. Face down legions of stormtroopers, steal secret plans and restricted codes, and stay on target in the fight against the ultimate power in the universe. STRONGHOLDS OF RESISTANCE: With this 144-page sourcebook, you can engage in the diplomatic intrigues and internal conflicts of Alliance planets from Mon Cala to Chandrila, or participate in the covert operations and inner workings of hidden Rebel bases, including the iconic Echo Base on Hoth. A SOURCEBOOK FOR ALLIANCE WORLDS: Strongholds of Resistance provides thorough descriptions of several Rebel bases, Alliance Worlds and the NPCs and offers three new character species. A panoply of vehicles and gear helps characters carry out dangerous Rebel assignments. New modular encounters can serve as single-session adventures or be easily integrated into your campaign.

Set against the convulsions of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Rung Ho! is an imperial adventure romance alive with intrigue, divided loyalties, and the charged atmospherics of frontier India. Mundy combines swift plotting and melodramatic suspense with a surprisingly attentive interest in codes of honor, caste, religious feeling, and political rumor. Written in the idiom of early twentieth-century popular fiction, the novel belongs to the tradition of Kiplingesque colonial romance while also revealing Mundy's own fascination with the moral ambiguities of empire. Talbot Mundy, born William Lancaster Gribbon in London in 1879, drew much of his imaginative authority from travel, imperial encounters, and a lifelong preoccupation with Asia. Before becoming a prolific adventure writer in America, he absorbed stories of British India, military discipline, occult speculation, and cross-cultural conflict. These experiences and interests helped shape Rung Ho! into more than a simple tale of rebellion: it reflects both the assumptions of its age and Mundy's emerging skepticism toward easy imperial certainties. Readers interested in historical adventure, colonial literature, or the evolution of popular fiction will find Rung Ho! rewarding. It should be read critically, but also with appreciation for its narrative energy, vivid setting, and revealing place in the literature of empire.

The Diplomatists of Europe is a panoramic study of the statesmen who shaped modern European diplomacy in the age of revolution, empire, and restoration. Combining political biography with historical analysis, Capefigue examines the arts of negotiation, secrecy, balance of power, and dynastic calculation through figures such as Talleyrand, Metternich, and their contemporaries. Its style is elegant, judgmental, and distinctly nineteenth-century, situating diplomacy as both a practical craft and a theatre of intellect, ambition, and national destiny. M. Capefigue, the pen name of Jean-Baptiste-Honoré-Raymond Capefigue, was a prolific French historian and journalist deeply engaged with the political transformations of post-Napoleonic Europe. Writing from within a culture still haunted by the Revolution and the Empire, he brought to his subject a conservative fascination with order, legitimacy, and statecraft. His experience as a commentator on public affairs helps explain the book's sensitivity to the motives, compromises, and reputations of political actors. This volume is recommended to readers interested in diplomatic history, European political culture, and the personalities behind international settlements. It rewards those who enjoy historically informed portraiture and wish to understand how nineteenth-century Europe interpreted its own masters of negotiation.

Before time was recorded by mankind there were the ancient gods of Mesopotamia. Before civilization emerged, before Empires grew, they came and created a hybrid slave race we now call humanity. This is the story of the Anunnaki, the ancient gods. All religions, myths and mysteries emerged in these ancient times. Flying angels and chariots. Sky ships and miracles. Great constructions in an age supposedly named after stone. The facts do not fit the standard history. Instead, they fit a massive tale of a superior species that came to Earth, created a slave race to mine and serve, and then left behind mystery. This is the story of those alien gods.

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1&#160 is a journey through an age of myth and legend, a time long before the Horde and the Alliance came to be. This definitive tome of&#160 Warcraft&#160 history reveals untold stories about the birth of the cosmos, the rise of ancient empires, and the forces that shaped the world of Azeroth and its people. This beautiful hardcover features twenty-five full-page paintings by&#160 World of Warcraft&#160 artist Peter Lee, as well as a cosmology chart, half a dozen maps charting changes through time, and other line art illustrations by Joseph Lacroix, and marks the first in a multipart series exploring the&#160 Warcraft&#160 universe from the distant past to the modern era.

The Diplomatists of Europe is a panoramic study of the statesmen who shaped modern European diplomacy in the age of revolution, empire, and restoration. Combining political biography with historical analysis, Capefigue examines the arts of negotiation, secrecy, balance of power, and dynastic calculation through figures such as Talleyrand, Metternich, and their contemporaries. Its style is elegant, judgmental, and distinctly nineteenth-century, situating diplomacy as both a practical craft and a theatre of intellect, ambition, and national destiny. M. Capefigue, the pen name of Jean-Baptiste-Honoré-Raymond Capefigue, was a prolific French historian and journalist deeply engaged with the political transformations of post-Napoleonic Europe. Writing from within a culture still haunted by the Revolution and the Empire, he brought to his subject a conservative fascination with order, legitimacy, and statecraft. His experience as a commentator on public affairs helps explain the book's sensitivity to the motives, compromises, and reputations of political actors. This volume is recommended to readers interested in diplomatic history, European political culture, and the personalities behind international settlements. It rewards those who enjoy historically informed portraiture and wish to understand how nineteenth-century Europe interpreted its own masters of negotiation.

In A Dream of Mortals, Thorgrin and his brothers struggle to break free from the grips of the pirates, and to continue their search for Guwayne at sea. As they encounter unexpected friends and foes, magic and weaponry, dragons and men, it will change the very course of their destiny. Will they finally find Guwayne? Darius and his few friends survive the massacre of their people - but only to find that they are captives, thrown into the Empire Arena. Shackled together, facing unimaginable opponents, their only hope for survival is to stand and fight together, as brothers. Gwendolyn wakes from her slumber to discover that she and the others have survived their trek across the Great Waste - and even more shocking, that they have come to a land beyond their wildest imagination. As they are brought into a new royal court, the secrets Gwendolyn learns about her ancestors and her own people will change her destiny forever. Erec and Alistair, still captive at sea, struggle to break free from the grips of the Empire fleet in a bold and daring nighttime escape. When odds seem at their worst, they receive an unexpected surprise that might just give them a second chance for victory - and another chance to continue their attack on the heart of the Empire. Godfrey and his crew, imprisoned once again, set to be executed, have one last chance to try to escape. After being betrayed, they want more than escape this time - they want vengeance. Volusia is surrounded on all sides as she strives to take and hold the Empire capital - and she will have to summon a more powerful magic than she's ever known if she is to prove herself a goddess, and become supreme ruler of the Empire. Once again, the fate of the Empire hangs in the balance. With its sophisticated world-building and characterization, A Dream of Mortals is an epic tale of friends and lovers, of rivals and suitors, of knights and dragons, of intrigues and political machinations, of coming of age, of broken hearts, of deception, ambition and betrayal. It is a tale of honor and courage, of fate and destiny, of sorcery. It is a fantasy that brings us into a world we will never forget, and which will appeal to all ages and genders.

The Baroque Age was one of the undisputed peaks in the history of European theatre, opera, and festive stage production. The assumption so far (at least for the German-speaking territories) has been that sumptuous performances of this nature were largely, if not exclusively, staged at princely courts. This does not however square with the facts, as is borne out by the example of the important free imperial city of Nuremberg. Though little note has been taken of the fact, 17th century Nuremberg was the centre of a rich tradition of stage presentation and entertainment that developed in the urban context of this free city of the Holy Roman Empire. Numerous examples show that theatre was an important factor in the public life of the city and was also pressed into service as a >utility< art form for political and representative purposes.

The Baroque Age was one of the undisputed peaks in the history of European theatre, opera, and festive stage production. The assumption so far (at least for the German-speaking territories) has been that sumptuous performances of this nature were largely, if not exclusively, staged at princely courts. This does not however square with the facts, as is borne out by the example of the important free imperial city of Nuremberg. Though little note has been taken of the fact, 17th century Nuremberg was the centre of a rich tradition of stage presentation and entertainment that developed in the urban context of this free city of the Holy Roman Empire. Numerous examples show that theatre was an important factor in the public life of the city and was also pressed into service as a >utility< art form for political and representative purposes.

Following his international bestsellers Roma and Empire, Steven Saylor's Dominus continues his saga of the greatest, most storied empire in history from the eternal city at the very center of it all. A.D. 165: The empire of Rome has reached its pinnacle. Universal peace-the Pax Roma-reigns from Britannia to Egypt, from Gaul to Greece. Marcus Aurelius, as much a philosopher as he is an emperor, oversees a golden age in the city of Rome. The ancient Pinarius family and their workshop of artisans embellish the richest and greatest city on earth with gilded statues and towering marble monuments. Art and reason flourish. But history does not stand still. The years to come bring wars, plagues, fires, and famines. The best emperors in history are succeeded by some of the worst. Barbarians descend in endless waves, eventually appearing before the gates of Rome itself. The military seizes power and sells the throne to the highest bidder. Chaos engulfs the empire. Through it all, the Pinarius family endures, thanks in no small part to the protective powers of the fascinum, a talisman older than Rome itself, a mystical heirloom handed down through countless generations. But an even greater upheaval is yet to come. On the fringes of society, troublesome cultists disseminate dangerous and seditious ideas. They insist that everyone in the world should worship only one god, their god. They call themselves Christians. Some emperors deal with the Christians with toleration, others with bloody persecution. Then one emperor does the unthinkable. He becomes a Christian himself. His name is Constantine, and the revolution he sets in motion will change the world forever. Spanning 160 years and seven generations, teeming with some of ancient Rome's most vivid figures, Saylor's epic brings to vivid life some of the most tumultuous and consequential chapters of human history, events which reverberate still.

Following his international bestsellers Roma and Empire, Steven Saylor's Dominus continues his saga of the greatest, most storied empire in history from the eternal city at the very center of it all. A.D. 165: The empire of Rome has reached its pinnacle. Universal peace-the Pax Roma-reigns from Britannia to Egypt, from Gaul to Greece. Marcus Aurelius, as much a philosopher as he is an emperor, oversees a golden age in the city of Rome. The ancient Pinarius family and their workshop of artisans embellish the richest and greatest city on earth with gilded statues and towering marble monuments. Art and reason flourish. But history does not stand still. The years to come bring wars, plagues, fires, and famines. The best emperors in history are succeeded by some of the worst. Barbarians descend in endless waves, eventually appearing before the gates of Rome itself. The military seizes power and sells the throne to the highest bidder. Chaos engulfs the empire. Through it all, the Pinarius family endures, thanks in no small part to the protective powers of the fascinum, a talisman older than Rome itself, a mystical heirloom handed down through countless generations. But an even greater upheaval is yet to come. On the fringes of society, troublesome cultists disseminate dangerous and seditious ideas. They insist that everyone in the world should worship only one god, their god. They call themselves Christians. Some emperors deal with the Christians with toleration, others with bloody persecution. Then one emperor does the unthinkable. He becomes a Christian himself. His name is Constantine, and the revolution he sets in motion will change the world forever. Spanning 160 years and seven generations, teeming with some of ancient Rome's most vivid figures, Saylor's epic brings to vivid life some of the most tumultuous and consequential chapters of human history, events which reverberate still.

Hot Type is the epic story of the magnificent 19th-century machine that rendered Gutenberg's movable type obsolete and opened the portal to the long century of mass media. The Linotype mechanized the 400-year-old process of setting type one laborious letter at a time, and thus ignited an explosion of newspaper, book, and magazine empires. This is a tale populated with wondrous characters: tragic inventors, malign media moguls, hand-typesetters called the Swifts who turned their craft into a spectator sport, and authors and journalists who chronicled the turmoil of their time, their every word molded into metal type by what some viewed as a thinking machine. This revolution in media technology helped to propel Mark Twain into literary celebrity, but it also cost him his fortune – as well as his sense of humor and optimism. The era of the Linotype was a bridge between Twain's Gilded Age with its tycoons of steam, steel, and wire and today's Gilded Age with its barons of bits and AI. Its history provides an opportunity to reflect on how technology changes culture just as new technologies – the internet and artificial intelligence –manufacture their endless streams of words today.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE EPIC NEW EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON SCARROW The city of Rome. The most dangerous place in the Empire. The fates of military heroes Macro and Cato lie in Emperor Nero's bloody hands . . . AD 62. Under the reckless and tumultuous leadership of Emperor Nero, Rome is descending into near-anarchy and conspiracy. The brutal execution of 400 slaves has led to rioting and discontent. Only the strongest soldier could maintain control. And so Nero turns to Prefect Cato to help save his reign from collapse. Cato has been lying low after a heroic campaign to quash the Boudica uprising. Now he is called upon to serve again. As the new Prefect of the Urban Cohorts in Rome, Cato needs a loyal and proven officer by his side. Centurion Macro is willing to step up. War and rebellion hold few fears for these seasoned veterans. But the politics and intrigue of Rome make every day as perilous as the battlefield. And the fates of both men, and of the empire, lie in the hands of the most volatile emperor of the age. Death awaits anyone who dares to defy Nero. Cato and Macro will need to call on all their experience, native cunning and bottomless courage to survive in this epic new adventure of Roman military heroism. NO ONE KNOWS ROME BETTER THAN SIMON SCARROW! Praise for the Eagles of the Empire novels: 'Scarrow's novels rank with the best' INDEPENDENT 'Always a joy' THE TIMES 'Gripping' SUNDAY EXPRESS Readers love Simon Scarrow's novels 'Exciting action scenes . . . a very enjoyable read' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'A wonderful read and hard to stop once you start reading' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Everything you'd come to expect and much more. Action, drama, comedy and trauma!' ¿¿¿¿¿ NO. 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SUNDAY 16TH NOV 2025

Bloomsbury presents Empires of the Steppes by Kenneth W. Harl, read by John Moraitis. An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. 'A rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today 'This is a history of epic scope that brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan cities of the Silk Road and imperial China' Martyn Rady, author of The Middle Kingdoms 'A sweeping account of forty-five centuries of nomadic tribes' Gillian Tett, Financial Times 'Flips the script to present the booted, felt-capped, leather-trousered and kaftan-wearing nomads as the bearers of civilisation . . . Harl's exhaustively researched book will ensure they rejoin the narrative of world history' Marc David Baer, Guardian The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These tribes produced some of the world's greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. And their deeds still resonate today. Indeed, these nomads built long-lasting empires, facilitated the first global trade of the Silk Road and disseminated religions, technology, knowledge and goods of every description that enriched and changed the lives of so many across Europe, China and the Middle East. From a single region emerged a great many peoples – the Huns, the Mongols, the Magyars, the Turks, the Xiongnu, the Scythians, the Goths – all of whom went on to profoundly and irrevocably shape the modern world. In this enthralling new history, Professor Kenneth W. Harl draws on a lifetime of scholarship to vividly recreate the lives of these peoples from their beginnings to the early modern age. Their brutal struggle to survive on the steppes bred a resilient, pragmatic people ever-ready to learn from their neighbours. In warfare, they dominated the battlefield for over fifteen hundred years. Under charismatic rulers, they could topple empires and win their own.

Brian Sullivan, dem Co-Entwickler von Age of Empires, und Randall Wallace, dem Autor von Braveheart, bringen uns ein brandneues, innovatives Action-Rollenspiel, das im Griechenland, Ägypten und Asien der Antike angesiedelt ist. Die Titanen sind aus ihrem ewigen Gefängnis ausgebrochen und bringen Chaos und Zerstörung auf die Erde. Die Götter suchen einen Helden, der in dem epischen Kampf, der über das Schicksal von Menschen und Göttern entscheiden wird, das Blatt zu ihren Gunsten wenden kann. ESRB-Bewertung:T (Jugendliche)Entwickler:Pieces InteractiveFreigabedatum (TT/MM/JJ):31-07-2018PEGI-Klassifizierung:12PEGI-Inhaltsdeskriptoren:GewaltUSK-Einstufung:12Veröffentlicher:Koch Media(cdm) Zuletzt aktualisiert:05-07-2019(cdm) Veröffentlichungsdatum festgelegt:31-07-2018

History is always written from the perspective of the ruling or rising elite at the time of writing. Concepts like The Stone Age, The Bronze Age, et cetera, were of course unknown during those periods that used to be called the stone age and the bronze age. They were invented during the 19th century to make sense of a development that seemed to reach its climax with industrialisation and the modern factory. The Netocrats is a history of the world from the perspective of the netocrats, the rising elite of Informationalism, the emerging society of information networks, shaped by digital interactivity. And it also looks beyond the past and the present, far into the future of all the central aspects of society: politics, culture, economy, consumption, creation of social identity, et cetera. Why do these dramatic changes occur? How do they compare with information-technological revolutions in the past like speech, writing and print? Who will benefit? Which, of course, makes The Netocrats not only the most penetrating but also the most indispensable guide to the digital future. This book is part 1 of 3 in the Futurica Trilogy. About the triology: The Futurica Trilogy is a work of philosophy, sociology and futurology in three closely related movements. The first volume, The Netocrats, deals with human history from the perspective of the new elite of Informationalism, the emerging society of information networks, shaped by digital interactivity, making prophecies about the digital future of politics, culture, economy, et cetera. The second volume, The Global Empire, explores the near future of political globalisation and the struggle to form new, functioning ideologies for a world where global decision making is a necessity. The third volume, The Body Machines, deals with the sad demise of the Cartesian subject. It discusses the implications of a materialist image of humanity and explains how it relates to the new, emerging hypertechnological paradigm. It explains why we are all nothing but body machines, and why this is actually good news.

THE EPIC NEW EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON SCARROWThe fate of Rome. The most dangerous place in the Empire. The fates of military heroes Macro and Cato lie in Emperor Nero's bloody hands . . . AD 63. Under the reckless and tumultuous leadership of Emperor Nero, Rome is descending into near-anarchy and conspiracy. The brutal execution of 400 slaves has led to rioting and discontent. Only the strongest soldier could maintain control. And so Nero turns to Prefect Cato to help save his reign from collapse. Cato has been lying low after a heroic campaign to quash the Boudica uprising. Now he is called upon to serve again. As the new Prefect of the Urban Cohorts in Rome, Cato needs a loyal and proven officer by his side. Centurion Macro is willing to step up. War and rebellion hold few fears for these seasoned veterans. But the politics and intrigue of Rome make every day as perilous as the battlefield. And the fates of both men, and of the empire, lie in the hands of the most volatile emperor of the age. Death awaits anyone who dares to defy Nero. Cato and Macro will need to call on all their experience, native cunning and bottomless courage to survive in this epic new adventure of Roman military heroism. NO ONE KNOWS ROME BETTER THAN SIMON SCARROW! Praise for the Eagles of the Empire novels: 'Scarrow's novels rank with the best' INDEPENDENT 'Always a joy' THE TIMES 'Gripping' SUNDAY EXPRESS Readers love Simon Scarrow's novels 'Exciting action scenes . . . a very enjoyable read' 'A wonderful read and hard to stop once you start reading' 'Everything you'd come to expect and much more. Action, drama, comedy and trauma!'

A full-color hardcover art book collecting concept art and in-depth commentary chronicling the development of Anno 117: Pax Romana. In Ubisoft’s Anno 117: Pax Romana, players take on the role of a Roman Governor whose duty is to create and explore new cities across diverse biomes in the year 117 AD—the height of the Roman empire! Ever expanding into uncharted provinces, players will encounter an array of historically-inspired characters with the goal of achieving glory for their Emperor. Experience the development of the most recent entry in the perennial real-time strategy economic simulator series with vibrant and painterly artwork beautifully displayed across attentively-designed pages. The Art of Anno 117: Pax Romana is an essential assembly of art and exposition that is perfect for fans of the iconic game series and connoisseurs of the golden age of Roman history.

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M-y W-y M-e gathers Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's celebrated correspondence from her travels through Europe and the Ottoman Empire, especially Constantinople, during her husband's embassy. Combining epistolary intimacy with classical learning, social satire, and ethnographic attention, the book revises eighteenth-century travel writing by replacing inherited Orientalist fantasy with acute observation. Its accounts of women's spaces, dress, ceremony, and smallpox inoculation are at once literary performances and interventions in Enlightenment debates about manners, medicine, and empire. Montagu (1689-1762), aristocrat, poet, wit, and one of the most formidable female intellects of her age, wrote from a position both privileged and marginal. Scarred by smallpox and alert to the constraints placed upon women, she found in travel and letter-writing a medium for authority unavailable in many public genres. Her experience in Ottoman society, and her determination to introduce inoculation to Britain, shaped the letters' unusual blend of curiosity, advocacy, and self-fashioning. This volume is essential for readers interested in women's writing, travel literature, Enlightenment cosmopolitanism, or the history of medicine. It offers the pleasure of brilliant prose while challenging assumptions about gender, cultural difference, and the making of modern knowledge.