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Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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After defeating Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes and the Persian army march towards Athens where Themistocles is forced to join forces with Sparta, Athens' long-time rival, to defend the Greek city-states.
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"In an effort to complete a war his father had planned to win, King Xerxes calls every governor, satrap, and official in his vast kingdom to his palace in Susa to strategize and feast. When they finally leave, he decides on one more week of frivolity, which ends in the banishment of his favorite wife, something he never intended to do. But when he discovers Esther, Xerxes is sure he has a second chance at happiness.In her wildest dreams, Esther could...
3) 300
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw....
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Bestselling author Tommy Tenney expands the extraordinary story of Esther like no novelist has done before. Both a thriller and a Jewish woman's memoir, Hadassah takes readers to ancient Persia (now known as Iraq), into the inner sanctum of the palace and back out into the war zones of battle and political intrigue. This gripping drama of a simple peasant girl chosen over many more qualified candidates to become Esther, Queen of Persia, captures the...
7) 300
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw....
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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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When an ambitious tyrant threatens genocide against the Jews, an inexperienced young queen must take a stand for her people.
"Based on the biblical account of Esther, this story imagines the life and passion of this beautiful woman whose courage and influence impacted history and the fate of her people"--
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13 warriors to defend their homeland against the invading Persians, whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and Paris Hilton.
11) Xerxes
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Persian king who devoted much of his reign to the conquest of Greece.
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Publisher
Nickelodeon Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"In 1967, Bill and JoAnne tried to drive a Volkswagen bus around the world with their baby son, Zerky, and dog, Tarzan. From San Francisco they flew to Germany, where they purchased the camper van and headed east across southern Europe, into Asia, as far as they could go. They traveled across Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sikkim, India, and Assam, where they hoped to take the Burma Road into China, but were turned back. From there they...