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Alexander the Great (PB) by Philip Freeman
Category: History
In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history. He was a general of s ...Show more
Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes by Philip Freeman
Category: Classic Fiction
Most people have heard of the Celts-the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition of empir ...Show more
Celtic Spirituality: An Introduction to the Sacred Wisdom of the Celts by Philip Freeman
Category: Health and Wellbeing
In Celtic Spirituality, acclaimed translator and scholar Philip Freeman allows the voices of the Celts to speak once more. Though the Celtic civilization has long disappeared, lingering traces of their spirituality haunt Ireland and the surrounding land. Tantalizing snippets of faded manuscript pages, a ...Show more
Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy by Philip Freeman
Category: Popular History
Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Hannibal is the biography of a man who, against all odds, dared to change the course of history. Over two thousand years ago one of the greatest military leaders in history almost destroyed Rome. Hannibal, a ...Show more
Heroes of Olympus by Philip Freeman
Category: Junior Fiction
Accessible, fast-paced retellings of the most important classical Greek and Roman myths, adapted for middle graders. Ancient myths continue to have modern relevance for thousands of years they have been the basis for plays, operas, paintings, and movies. And in these retellings from acclaimed writer and ...Show more
How to Be a Friend (HB) by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman politician a ...Show more
How to Grow Old - Ancient Wisdom for ... by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman (Introduction by, Translator)
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and statesman eloquently describes how you can make the second half of life the best part of all-and why you might ...Show more
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman (Translator)
Category: Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on ru ...Show more
Julian - Romes Last Pagan Emperor by Philip Freeman
Category: History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman Flavius Claudius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate, ruled Rome as sole emperor for just a year and a half, from 361 to 363, but during that time he turned the world upside down. Although a nephew of ...Show more
Searching for Sappho - The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet by Philip Freeman
Category: Classic Fiction
For more than twenty-five centuries, all that the world knew of the poems of Sappho--the first woman writer in literary history--were a few brief quotations preserved by ancient male authors. Yet those meager remains showed such power and genius that they captured the imagination of readers through the ...Show more
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