The Greco-Persian Wars (499-449 BCE) convulsed Greece, Asia Minor and the Near East for half a century. Through a series of bloody invasions and pitched battles, the mighty Persian Empire pitted itself against the smaller armies of the Greeks, strengthened through strategic alliances. This epic conflict also brought together two different styles of warfare: the Greek hoplite phalanx and the combined spear and projectile weapon-armed Persian infantry. Analysing the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Plataea from the eyes of a soldier, this study explores the experience of front-line combat during the first two decades of the Greco-Persian Wars. Fully illustrated with modern photographs and archival images, and drawing directly on primary sources and the most authoritative recent research, this is the enthralling story of the fighting men of Greece and Persia and the tactics and technologies they employed.

For the first time, Charlie Sheen, the star of Platoon, Wall Street, Major League, and Two and a Half Men, writes the story of his extraordinary life in an unfiltered memoir. “We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the former.” Charlie Sheen should not be alive to write this book. But in The Book of Sheen, the movie and TV star, who has defied the odds, finally presents his story, in his own words. Charlie Sheen was born the third of four children to actor Martin Sheen and his wife, Janet. He grew up on film sets—from his father’s all over the world, to his own in Malibu. There he made ambitious Super 8s, with a roster of friends who went on to become household names themselves, including his brother Emilio, Sean and Chris Penn, and the Lowe brothers. Sheen broke into movies in the 1980s, playing a hoodlum in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a young soldier in Platoon, and an ethically compromised trader in Wall Street. But somewhere along the way, despite a successful transition to TV leading man in Spin City and Two and a Half Men, Sheen descended into a vortex of extracurricular activities. Now sober, Sheen delivers a clear-eyed narrative of his highs and lows with humor, candor, and a vivid, captivating writing style that is uniquely his. The Book of Sheen reads like a far-fetched, overstuffed novel of Hollywood life—yet it is all true.

"The Book of Sheen" ist die ungeschönte Autobiografie von Charlie Sheen, dem bekannten Schauspieler, der mit Filmen wie "Platoon" und "Wall Street" sowie der Serie "Two and a Half Men" berühmt wurde. In diesem fesselnden Memoir erzählt Sheen von seinem aussergewöhnlichen Leben, das von Höhen und Tiefen geprägt ist. Er gewährt Einblicke in seine Kindheit, die von der Filmindustrie geprägt war, und reflektiert über seine Karriere, die von Erfolg, aber auch von persönlichen Kämpfen begleitet wurde. Mit einem einzigartigen Schreibstil und einer Mischung aus Humor und Ehrlichkeit schildert Sheen seine Erfahrungen und die Lektionen, die er auf seinem Weg gelernt hat. Dieses Buch ist nicht nur eine Biografie, sondern auch eine inspirierende Geschichte über Überwindung und Selbstfindung.

Die Physiker Leonard und Sheldon sind Spezialisten für die unentrinnbare Anziehungskraft eines Schwarzen Lochs und die Strukturfeinheiten eines Atoms. Aber wenn diese Atome zu einer Frau zusammengesetzt werden, kapieren sie plötzlich gar nichts mehr. Penny ist eine Frau, deren Atome überall an der richtigen Stelle sitzen - als sie nebenan einzieht, beginnt sich Leonards und Sheldons Universum auf eine Weise auszudehnen, wie sie es sich nicht einmal hätten vorstellen können. Wenn die Serienschöpfer Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) und Bill Prady (Dharma &, Greg) zu gleichen Teilen Wissenschaft, Superhelden und Sex zusammenrühren und die Stars Johnny Galecki (Roseanne) und Jim Parsons (Judging Amy) hinzufügen, ergibt das eine explosiv lustige Komödie für den Nerd in jedem von uns.

"The Book of Sheen" ist die ungeschönte Autobiografie von Charlie Sheen, einem der bekanntesten Schauspieler Hollywoods. In diesem fesselnden Ratgeber erzählt Sheen von seinem aussergewöhnlichen Leben, das von Höhen und Tiefen geprägt ist. Geboren als Sohn des Schauspielers Martin Sheen, wuchs Charlie in der Filmindustrie auf und erlebte eine beeindruckende Karriere, die in den 1980er Jahren begann. Trotz seines Erfolgs in Filmen wie "Platoon" und "Wall Street" sowie in der TV-Serie "Two and a Half Men" kämpfte Sheen mit persönlichen Herausforderungen und einem turbulenten Lebensstil. Nun, nach seiner Genesung, teilt er seine Geschichte mit Humor und Ehrlichkeit. "The Book of Sheen" ist nicht nur eine Biografie, sondern auch eine inspirierende Erzählung über das Leben in Hollywood und die Kraft der Selbstreflexion.

Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young . In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. General Moore and Joseph Galloway, the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting, have interviewed hundreds of men who fought there, including the North Vietnamese commanders. This devastating account rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge, dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor.

**DELUXE LIMITED EDITION WITH GILDED EDGES, GOLD FOIL, UV GLOSS AND AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS SCENE AND INTERIOR PLAYLIST** For readers of Colleen Hoover, Penelope Douglas, and Kylie Scott, an angsty, steamy rockstar romance filled with love, loss, self-discovery and a killer 2000s playlist from New York Times bestselling author Kate Stewart! When a music journalist finds herself torn between two men: the tortured rockstar she discovered and her fiancé who’s also her boss, she has to listen to the music of her heart to find the journey forward... Music . . . the heart’s greatest librarian. The average song is three and a half minutes long; those three and a half minutes could lead to a slow blink, a glimpse of the past, or catapult the soul into heart-shattering nostalgia. At the height of my career, I had the life I wanted, the life I’d always envisioned. I’d found my tempo, my rhythm. Then I received a phone call that left me off key. You see, my favorite songs had a way of playing simultaneously. I was in love with one man’s beats and another’s lyrics. But when it came to the soundtrack of a life, how could anyone choose a favorite song? So, to erase any doubt, I ditched my first-class ticket and decided to take a drive, fixed on the rearview. Two days. One playlist. And the long road home to the man who was waiting for me.

Two potion shops, one heated rivalry...until hate bubbles over into something else. Any adventurer worth their sword knows about Ambrose Beake. The proud, quiet half-elf sells the best, and only, potions in the city-until a handsome new shopkeeper named Eli opens another potion shop across the street, throwing Ambrose's peace and ledgers far off balance. Within weeks, they're locked in a war of price tags and products-Ambrose's expertise against Eli's effortless charm. Toil leads to trouble, the safety gloves come off, and right as their rivalry reaches a boiling point... The mayor commissions them to brew a potion together. The task is as complex as it is lucrative, pushing both men to the limits of their abilities and patience. Yet as the fires burn and cauldrons bubble...they find a different sort of chemistry brewing.

He never planned on becoming a leader—or a hero . . . In early October of 1944 Private William Meller was 20 years old. Joining I Company, 28th Divison as a rifleman, he was indoctrinated on the front line to the horrors of fighting the battle-hardened German Wehrmacht in the wet freezing cold of the Huertgen Forest. In early November, fighting with only rifles and grenades for three days and without food, water or medical supplies two hundred men of I Company were surrounded, killed, wounded or captured. This created the only Cease Fire in WWII. Meller and two GIs escaped to the American lines with the guidance of a German Corporal. In early November I Company was re-formed, with Meller as Sergeant-squad leader, second Platoon and moved to the Ardennes; installed their Outpost one half mile facing the Siegfried Line on the German-Luxembourg border next to Walthausen. At 6:30 AM December 16 the Panzer Lehr German Division crossed the Our River: With Staff Sergeant Meller, now the Platoon Leader, 12 men stopped the German Armored Infantry offensive until they ran out of ammunition and the Panther Tanks arrived at 4:30 PM. This was beginning of The Battle of the Bulge. INCLUDES PHOTOS