Ebooks from more than 300 different authors of science fiction, fantasy, and classic fiction. Also included are some Dragonlance ebooks, some random Forgotten Realms ebooks, many Nebula Award Stories, some Star Trek novels, and som Star Wars novels.

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremelysmall army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards fromSparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to havenumbered 250,000. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimatelydied) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization,allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelledthe Persians. Set in 480 BC

King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Series 181 - The 300 Million Year War (2009)
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have been held in London annually since 1825. They serve as a forum for presenting complex scientific issues to a general audience in an informative and entertaining manner. In the mid 1820s Michael Faraday, a former Director of the Royal Institution, initiated the first Christmas Lecture series at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. He presented a total of 19 series, establishing an exciting new venture of teaching science to young people that was eventually copied by other institutions internationally.