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Cyrus the Great by Harold Lamb is a gripping biography that brings to life the extraordinary rise of one of history’s most visionary conquerors. In the turbulent sixth century B.C., Cyrus emerges from a rugged mountain kingdom to unite the fractious Persian tribes and forge an empire that would stretch from the Mediterranean to the Indus River.

Cyrus II of Persia was one of the greatest leaders that the world had ever known, he was the one in whose footsteps other empire builders would follow. From Alexander the Great to countless Roman emperors and Ottoman sultans - it was the mighty shoes of Cyrus that they all attempted to fill.More than merely a successful conqueror, Cyrus the Great is known just as much for being a great liberator as he is known for his conquests. He was even credited in the Bible as the one who freed the Jews from their long-held Babylonian exile.

By freshening the voice, style, and diction of Cyrus, Larry Hedrick has created a more contemporary Cyrus. In this more accessible edition of one of history's most extraordinary and successful leaders, a new generation of listeners, including business executives and managers, military officers, and government officials, can now learn about and benefit from Cyrus the Great's extraordinary achievements, which exceeded all other leaders throughout antiquity. 

Cyrus Doucet used to be the bad boy, the one all the girls wanted...all of them except one - the girl next door. Claire Erickson’s always been the good girl...until now. She’s in trouble, and the only person she can turn to is her outlaw neighbor Cyrus Doucet.

If you are reading this description, the thought crossing your mind right now is how could secret space programs and an extraterrestrial, greater cosmic structure exist literally? I am sorry to inform you but none of these concepts are abnormal. This is actually part of a mind control conditioning process that creates an extremely hostile environment against topics related to above top secret knowledge. This book is the antidote you have been looking for. This is not a book about conspiracy theories or many of the common tropes related to people interested in UFOs or UAPs as now described. ...

200 million souls are screaming for revenge. The Sword of Cyrus will extract that revenge. This time there is no escape. That oath “May Allah let me die a death a thousand times worse than this if I do not avenge the deaths of my loved ones on the evil one who did this” has become a refrain...

He said no more than three hookups. She only needed one.

The Persian Empire was the world's first hyperpower, with territory stretching from Central Asia to Northeastern Africa and from Southeastern Europe to the Indus Valley. It was the dominant geopolitical force from the later sixth century to its conquest by Alexander in the 330s BCE. Much of the empire's territory was conquered by its founder, Cyrus the Great, who reigned from 559-530 BCE. 

A life-long exploration of the mysterious world of afterlife research has led to this book. The notion of a world beyond this one is firmly rooted into our popular culture, as countless strange phenomena in life point us toward this direction--from hauntings, to near-death experiences, and many more encounters with the "beyond". By venturing all the way through this rabbit-hole, Cyrus Kirkpatrick has come out from the other end, still with his marbles intact, and with the intention of finally putting all the pieces together to describe the reality behind what appears to be a multi-planar ...

The Qur’an issues a challenge: If it came from anyone other than Allah, its readers would find within it “much contradiction.” The Qur’an Paradox accepts that challenge. Using the Qur’an’s own words, its traditional order of revelation, and the earlier Scriptures it claims to confirm, Aynaz “Anni” Cyrus tests the text by the standard it establishes for itself. Across creation, human origin, free will, religious tolerance, salvation, sin, prophetic identity, and abrogation, she traces each claim through its later reversals, restrictions, and collapse.

To deter his ex, a lovelorn cellist starts a fake relationship with his one-night stand in this steamy, swoony fake dating romance from USA Today bestselling author Adib Khorram. Arya’s always been a “one-and-done” man when it comes to romance—but with his friends all pairing up and the...

They told you the Templars were heretics. They weren’t. They were solvent. In the shadow of cathedrals and castles, a silent empire rose—one that answered to no king, paid no tax, and moved gold across continents with impunity. They called themselves the Poor Knights of Christ. But they were anything but poor. The Templar Protocol is not a tale of chivalry. It is a classified report on the first multinational financial syndicate in history. A brotherhood of warrior-monks who became the bankers of popes, the creditors of kings, and the architects of a system so advanced, it had to be ...

A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations of British, Russian, and American espionage, invasion, and dominance. There are important lessons to be learned from the past, and Polk teases them out of a long and rich history and shows that it is not just now, but for decades to come that an understanding of Iran will be essential to American safety and well-being. 

My life has gone down the toilet. I accidentally got myself involved with a married man and had an… accident. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t love the cheating bastard, but I hate that I got played. Naturally I did what any self-respecting eighteen year old would do. I went to a karaoke bar and got wasted. Not my finest moment. So, when I land in the arms of a man I’ve fantasized over for the past two years, I’m not even surprised. My luck is just that bad.

Discover the Ancient Leadership Secrets that Shaped History’s Greatest Leaders and Influenced Modern Governance What was it about Xenophon’s Cyropaedia, "The Education of Cyrus," that inspired the Founding Fathers in drafting the U.S. Constitution and guided Alexander the Great in his conquests? Cyrus the Great was a visionary ruler whose principles of freedom, wisdom, integrity, justice, and humanity laid the foundation for the world’s first and largest empire. Stretching from Greece to India, his empire united diverse peoples under a banner of respect and tolerance. His legacy is ...

The smoke had barely cleared from the World Trade Center. The warnings were on the President’s desk. No one acted. CIA failures, 9/11, the Iraq WMD scandal, and Putin’s war on Ukraine – the definitive account of how America’s intelligence agencies missed three of the biggest events of the 21st century. The textbooks mention the attacks, the invasion, the intelligence. They never answer the question that haunts every national security professional: how did the world’s most powerful spy services fail so completely, so repeatedly, and with such devastating human cost? The official ...

A Cambridge aristocrat. A disgruntled CIA officer. An FBI agent who knelt in church. Three men who sold the West to Moscow – and nearly won. Kim Philby, Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen – three double agents who betrayed their countries for ideology, money, and ego. This is the definitive account of the intelligence failures that let them operate for decades. The official histories celebrate the spies who saved the West. They bury the ones who tried to destroy it. The textbooks mention the Cambridge Five and the CIA moles in a single paragraph. But they never answer the question that haunts...

Steph Curry Was Told He Was Too Small. Giannis Shared Shoes With His Brother. Manny Pacquiao Hadn't Eaten in Two Days. They all became champions. Not because they were the most talented. Because they were the most MENTALLY TOUGH. And they built that toughness with specific drills rooted in science and Scripture. Your kid doesn't have a talent problem. They have a mental game problem. The missed free throws when the gym gets loud. The slump nobody can explain. The anxiety before big games. The confidence that disappears the second something goes wrong. You've watched it happen. It's ...

A linguist is called to the British Museum to authenticate a newly acquired collection of ancient Persian tablets. On the third day, he finds one that doesn't belong. The tablet is a fragment of a legal agreement dated to 539 BCE — the year Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon. Before Professor Lawrence Cross can report his discovery, the tablet vanishes from the storage tray. The curator who acquired it is dead. And the fragment Cross photographed before it disappeared suggests that what lies beneath a fire temple in the Iranian desert is not merely historically significant. It is ...

A vivid collection of trademark classic Tyrus stories, from his personal and professional life, that offer unfiltered insights into the heart of the nation while holding leaders accountable and celebrating the diverse experiences that define the American spirit. In his third captivating...