Knowledge = Power

"It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us...without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry."

A masterfully researched history of Iran from 1501 to 2009

Fucking History

TTC - Exploring The Roots Of Religion

The Revenge Of Geography What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

In this inspiring, horrifying, and accessible collection of short,  entertaining, and vivid life stories, Simon Sebag Montefiore—one of our  pre-eminent historians and a prizewinning writer—presents the giant  characters who have changed the course of world history.

This definitive  biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the  story of two rulers who gripped the world -- and their rise and fall  from power.

Alexander the Great's  conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of  miles, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new  one in their place. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was  actually the son of Philip II of Macedon.

Philip  inherited a minor kingdom that was on the verge of dismemberment, but  despite his youth and inexperience, he made Macedonia dominant  throughout Greece. It was Philip who created the armies that Alexander  led into war against Persia. In Philip and Alexander, classical  historian Adrian Goldsworthy shows that without the work and influence  of his father, Alexander could not have achieved so much. This is the  groundbreaking biography of two men who together conquered the world.

An award-winning historian plumbs the depths of Hitler and Stalin's  vicious regimes, and shows the extent to which they brutalized the world  around them.

Suetonius  - The Twelve Caesars

Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom  that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle,  Alexander had an inquisitive mind that would serve him well when he  faced formidable obstacles during his military campaigns. Shortly after  taking command of the army, he launched an invasion of the Persian  Empire, and continued his conquests as far south as the deserts of Egypt  and as far east as the mountains of present-day Pakistan and the plains  of India.

In his lively and authoritative biography of  Alexander, Philip Freeman describes Alexander's astonishing achievements  and provides insight into the mercurial character of the great  conqueror. Alexander could be petty and magnanimous, cruel and merciful,  impulsive and farsighted. Above all, he was ferociously, intensely  competitive and could not tolerate losing - which he rarely did.

As  Freeman explains, without Alexander, the influence of Greece on the  ancient world would surely not have been as great as it was, even if his  motivation was not to spread Greek culture for beneficial purposes, but  instead to unify his empire.