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  • The Travels of Marco Polo

    by Manuel Komroff ...
    When Marco Polo arrived at the court of the Great Khan Pekin had just been rebuilt. Kublai Khan was at the height of his glory. Polo rose rapidly in favour and became governor of an important district. In this way he gained first-hand knowledge of a great civilisation and described it with astounding accuracy and detail. ... Read more

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  • The Travels of Marco Polo

    by Marco Polo ...
    Translated by William Marsden ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Marco Polo’s account of his journey throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European travel narratives, and it remains the most important. The merchant-traveler from Venice, the first to cross the entire continent of Asia, provided us with accurate descriptions of life in China, Tibet, India, and a hundred other lands, and recorded customs, natural history, strange ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    How Does It Feel to be Free?

    by Manuel Komroff ...
    Narrated by Ngozika Anna Akunne ...

    Unabridged

    22 min

    After twelve years in prison, Joe finally walks through the gate. The air feels different. The sky feels bigger. The world seems wide open.But as a guard calls out, “How does it feel to be free?” Joe doesn’t have an easy answer.Because freedom, he soon discovers, isn’t just about stepping outside a wall. It’s about stepping outside the version of yourself that lived inside it.When Joe returns home ... Read more

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  • Travels of Marco Polo

    by Marco Polo, Howard Mittelmark ...
    His journey through the East began in 1271—when, still a teenager, he set out of Venice and found himself traversing the most exotic countries. His acceptance into the court of the great emperor Kublai Khan, and his service to the vast and dazzling Mongol empire, led him to places as far away as Tibet and Burma, lands rich with gems and gold and silk, but virtually unknown to Europeans.Later, as a ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Travels

    by Marco Polo, Ronald Latham ...
    Translated by Ronald Latham ...
    Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different societies he encountered: ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Travels Of Marco Polo

    by Marco Polo ...
    Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 – January 9, 1324) was a Venetian merchant traveler whose travels are recorded in Il Milione ("The Millions", now known as "The Travels of Marco Polo"), a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and apparently met Kublai Khan.In 1269, they ... Read more

    $2.72 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Travels

    by Marco Polo, Nigel Cliff ...
    Translated by Nigel Cliff, Nigel Cliff ...
    A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journeys in the east, in a collectible clothbound edition.Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan

    by Marco Polo ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • The Great Empires of the Ancient East

    Egypt, Phoenicia, The Kings of Israel and Judah, Babylon, Parthia, Chaldea, Assyria, Media, Persia, Sasanian Empire & The History of Herodotus

    by George Rawlinson ...
    The Ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, ancient Iran Asia Minor and Armenian Highlands, the Levant, Cyprus and the Arabian Peninsula. This book covers the history of the entire region through the period of over three millennia. It brings political and cultural history of eight most ... Read more

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  • The Travels Volume Two

    by Marco Polo ...
    Series Book 2 - The Travels of Marco Polo
    Volume Two of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer's famous travelogue, recounting his historic journeys through Asia and his encounters with Kublai Khan.In 1271, Marco Polo embarked from Venice on a voyage to China. Together with his father and uncle, he came upon the court of the Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan. After twenty years in the service of the Great Khan, the Polos returned home—only ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alexander the Great

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at ... Read more

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  • The Customs of the Kingdoms of India

    by Marco Polo ...
    As Marco Polo (1254-1324) returned home across the Indian Ocean, after years in the service of Genghis Khan, he picked up a fabulous array of stories from sailors and merchants, about the peoples of the region, some reliable, some wholly implausible, but all fascinating.Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries – but also back into ideas and ... Read more

    $6.19 USD