Summary: The Magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll, whose task it is to report on the activities of the "barbarians" and the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films 2020

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Coetzee, J. M.

Summary: A magistrate in a country village protests the army's treatment of members of the barbarian tribes taken prisoner during a civil war and finds himself arrested as a traito.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1982

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Summary: The 80's were a time when everybody was making the big bucks. When F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, decides to buy out the Nabisco shareholders and take over his company, no one is prepared for what hits the fan. What follows is a down-to-the-wire battle to see who is really king of the Wall Street jungle.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2001

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Summary: Firsthand accounts of barbarian invaders from Herodotus (d. 424 B.C.) to the fall of Constantinople (1553). Scythians, Huns, Vandals, Mongols, Turks are seen through the same of fear, ignorance and bias.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 1998

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Burrough, Bryan

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1990

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Santosuosso, Antonio.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Westview Press 2004

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Liu, Jing

Summary: "A great way to learn about China''s vast history!"--Amy Tan, author ofThe Joy Luck Club Excels at clarifying the often-confusing transitional periods between dynasties... An excellent introduction to the large trends of early Chinese history."--School Library Journal "The lucid, economical text makes one eager for the successive volumes."--Booklist "The combination of silhouettes--often...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 2017

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Summary: Terry Jones invites you on an entertaining expedition through Roman history from the perspective of the Barbarians. A rare blend of scholarly research combined with Jones' familiar iconoclastic brand of humor makes this a must for history enthusiasts.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2007

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Greta Van Fleet (Musical group)

Contents: Heat above -- My way, soon -- Broken bells -- Built by nations -- Age of machine -- Tears of rain -- Stardust chords -- Light my love -- Caravel -- The barbarians -- Trip the light fantastic -- The weight of dreams.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais, geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan . Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment 2004

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Waldstreicher, David

Summary: "Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age. Mastering the Bible, Greek and Latin translations, and the works of Pope...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023

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Moorehead, Caroline

Summary: Mussolini was not only ruthless- he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him- arson, murder, destruction of homes and offices, bribes, intimidation and the forcible administration of castor oil. His opponents - including editors, publishers, union representatives, lawyers and judges - were beaten into submission. But the tide turned in 1924 when his assassins...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017

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Noble, Thomas F. X.

Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008

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French, Howard W.

Summary: For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That role, reports Howard French, has been set aside. China has asserted its place among the global heavyweights, revealing its plans for pan-Asian dominance by building its navy, increasing territorial claims to areas like the South China Sea, and diplomatically bullying...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017

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Contents: disc 1. Steppes and peoples ; The rise of the Steppe nomads ; Early nomads and China ; The Han Emperors and Xiongnu at war ; Scythians, Greeks, and Persians ; The Parthians -- disc 2. Kushans, Sacae, and the Silk Road ; Rome and the Sarmatians ; Trade across the Tarim Basin ; Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Christianity ; Rome and the Huns ; Attila the Hun, scourge of God -- disc 3. Sassanid Shahs...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2014

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Summary: Cimmerian Conan is captured as a child after his parents are murdered by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom. After years of enslavement, Conan is freed to learn the "riddle of steel" and to kill the arch-villain Thulsa Doom.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 2000

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Summary: A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Films 2011

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Rader, Andrew (Andrew Alan)

Summary: "A survey of the history and future of human exploration, replete with fun facts about the results of cultural exchanges and the discovery of new frontiers"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019

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Dyckman, Ame

Summary: Tiny fantasizes he is a mighty Barbarian who can conquer anything, but even he has trouble conquering the dark.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2021

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Finnegan, William

Summary: Describes the author's experiences as a lifelong surfer, from his early years in Honolulu through his culturally sophisticated pursuits of perfect waves in some of the world's most exotic locales.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015

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