Alexander the Great (Paperback)
Lingua: inglese
Editore: Appware Studio Pty Ltd., 2026
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Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.Grand Eagle Retail
Venditore AbeBooks dal 12 ottobre 2005
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Paperback. He was twelve when he tamed a warhorse no grown man could ride.True history for boys 9-14 - 156 pages of story, every single one illustrated. He could follow the whole book from the pictures alone.By thirty, Alexander had conquered most of the known world and never lost a single battle.He spent his mornings learning to fight and his afternoons being taught to think by Aristotle, the sharpest mind alive. Then he took his father's army out of Macedonia and east, straight at the largest empire the world had ever seen. He won at the Granicus. He won at Issus. At Gaugamela he faced a Persian line that ran clear across the horizon, found the one gap in it, and drove through - and a two-hundred-year-old empire fell in a single afternoon.He didn't stop until he reached India.And every word of it is true. There's a full sources section at the back showing exactly where the history comes from - so he can see it's real, and follow it further if he wants to.He could read it by the pictures aloneThere is original artwork on every single one of the 156 pages. Many carry two or three images, and when a battle breaks open the art runs full-width across the page.The same faces appear from the first page to the last, so Alexander is recognisably Alexander whether he is twelve and facing down a warhorse or thirty and standing at the edge of India. The images carry the story forward the way panels do in a graphic novel - a boy could look at nothing but the pictures and still come away knowing what happened, and why.The artwork took as long to build as the writing did, and none of it is stock. He can open the book anywhere and something is already happening.He thinks he's only following the pictures. By the end he's read a whole history book, and it never once felt like school.What's inside156 pages of history, every one illustrated - many carry two or three imagesFollow it by the pictures alone - the art moves the story the way a graphic novel doesThe same characters throughout, drawn in sequence across Alexander's whole lifeFull-width cinematic panels when the action peaksClear battle maps a boy can actually followTrue history - every name, date and battle really happenedDetailed glossary after the story - every unfamiliar term explainedA full sources section - the ancient historians this account is built fromWritten for ages 9-14 - a strong nine-year-old can read it alone, and the history still holds a thirteen or fourteen-year-oldIn a game he respawns. Alexander didn't. Every choice in this book was real and it stuck - and that lands harder than any screen full of restarting soldiers.You can hand it to him without worrying. It's honest about what war cost and never gratuitous: real events, drawn with respect, never blood for its own sake.And if he's a boy who can read perfectly well and simply won't - this is the one that tends to get opened.A strong birthday or Christmas gift for any boy who likes warriors, battles, ancient civilisations and true adventure.Open Look Inside and turn a few pages. The artwork sells this book better than I can.Written by K.M. Hardie, who spent twenty-five years making complicated things simple to read, and now does it with the true stories that built the world.Military Stories for Boys. Every book stands alone - read them in any order. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
Codice articolo 9781764432795
- Titolo
- Alexander the Great (Paperback)
- Autore
- K.M. Hardie
- Editore
- Appware Studio Pty Ltd.
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2026
- Condizione
- new
- Rilegatura
- Paperback
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 1764432797
- ISBN 13
- 9781764432795
- Serie
- Libro 2 di 3: Visual History: Epic Conquerors
Your son can read. He just won't.
He'll spend four hours on a screen and not five minutes on a book — and lately, watching it, you've started to wonder what all that scrolling is doing to him.
Here's someone he can't respawn his way past.
Alexander was twelve when he tamed a warhorse no grown man could ride. By thirty he had conquered most of the known world and never lost a single battle. He spent his mornings learning to fight and his afternoons being taught to think by Aristotle, the sharpest mind alive — then he took his father's army east, straight at the largest empire the world had ever seen. He won at the Granicus. He won at Issus. At Gaugamela he faced a Persian line that ran clear across the horizon, found the one gap in it, and drove through, and a two-hundred-year-old empire fell in a single afternoon. He didn't stop until he reached India.
This is the true story of Alexander the Great, told at the speed it deserves — and built for a boy who would rather be on a screen.
Barely one in seven kids now reads for fun. Military Stories for Boys is built for exactly that boy: the reluctant reader who can read perfectly well and simply won't. Every chapter opens in the middle of the action, and there's an illustration on nearly every page, so he never hits a wall of text. He can open it anywhere and something's already happening. He thinks he's only following the pictures. By the end he's finished a whole history book, and it never once felt like school.
In a game, he respawns. Alexander didn't. Every choice in this book was real, and it stuck — the one thing a screen full of restarting soldiers will never teach a boy.
And you can hand it to him without worrying. It's honest about what war cost and never gratuitous: real events, drawn with respect, never blood for its own sake.
Inside Book 2:
- An illustrated chapter book with an original picture on nearly every page, drawn for this book, never generic stock art
- Clear battle maps a boy can actually follow
- Short, fast chapters that drop him straight into the action
- True history — every name, date, and battle really happened
- Written so a strong nine-year-old can read it alone, and an easy fit by eleven or twelve
Don't take my word for it. Open Look Inside and read him the first two pages. Then watch how far he gets on his own.
Written by K.M. Hardie, who spent twenty-five years making complicated things simple to read, and now does it with the true stories that built the world. This is a book for reluctant readers — for boys who don't like reading, who can read perfectly well and would just rather be gaming. Hand him Alexander. The hardest part is getting him to open it. After that the story takes over, and when he's done he'll want the next one.
Military Stories for Boys — the Classical Commanders series.
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