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Browse Book CatalogRestored Modern Edition LoginThe Art of War by Sun Tzu Special Edition Special Edition Now on Kindle Now On Kindle FactoidXenophon's tale of high adventure, Anabasis: The March Up Country (or sometimes called "The Persian Expedition") has a direct tie to modern times. In addition to being required reading for most classical literature students, it inspired the Sol Yurik novel, The Warriors, which was later made into a cult classic movie, and more recently adapted into a video game by Rockstar. This time instead of the Greeks vs the Spartans in Persia, The Warriors retells the story of a group of modern street gangs brawling through Coney Island. |
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The Devil Is In The Details – Ambrose Bierce
The Devils Dictionary
What had started as a newspaper serialization was first reproduced in book form in 1906 under the title Cynic’s Word Book. A further 500 words were published in 1911 in Volume 7 of The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, this time under the name of The Devil’s Dictionary. This was a name much [...]