Oliver Bowden Boeken

Ouder en wijzer koerst Ezio Auditore richting de verloren bibliotheek van Altaïr. Hier ligt het geheim waarmee de tempeliers definitief verslagen kunnen worden. Maar dan doet Ezio een schokkende ontdekking. Vijf sleutels zijn nodig om de bibliotheek te kunnen betreden. Om die te vinden moet Ezio naar Constantinopel, waar een groot tempeliersleger het Ottomaanse Rijk omver dreigt te werpen. Hier moet Ezio de temperliers zien te verslaan. Wat begon als een pelgrimstocht, wordt een gevecht tegen de tijd...

'Ik ga op reis naar het zwarte hart van een verdorven rijk om mijn vijanden uit te roeien. Maar Rome is niet in één dag gebouwd en kan niet genezen worden door één enkele assassijn. Ik ben Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Dit is mijn broederschap.' Het eens zo machtige Rome is in verval geraakt. De stad wordt overspoeld door rampspoed en verloedering en haar inwoners gaan gebukt onder het juk van de familie Borgia. Er is maar één man die hen kan bevrijden van deze tirannie: Ezio Auditore, de meesterassassijn. Ezio's missie vraagt het uiterste van hem. Cesare Borgia, nog kwaadaardiger en gevaarlijker dan zijn vader, de paus, zal niet rusten voordat hij heel Italië heeft veroverd. En in zulke verraderlijke tijden zijn samenzweringen aan de orde van de dag, zelfs binnen de gelederen van de broederschap...

This title is based on a series revealing what life was really like in Ancient Egypt. Channel 4/ Learning Channel's #6 million series sees Wall-to-Wall TV team up with the company that did the special effects on Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" to produce a series which was four years in the making. The combination of drama, graphics and cutting-edge research will be reflected in a beautiful book with original C.G.I. images created specially for the book. As well as forming a stand-alone guide to Ancient Egypt, the book also focuses on four very specific stories that give a full flavour of what daily life was like then. It also goes behind the scenes to show how the series was made and the revelations about Ancient Egypt that came to light through this. Full colour spreads depict the 137 sets and locations and reflect the scope of the production - including the 200 extras and over 1000 costumes that were used.

Ancient Mesopotamia has long been known as the cradle of human civilization. It was here that the first city-states came into being, and with them many of the social, legal, and economic structures that we recognize today. Beginning with a survey of the early Mesopotamian dynasties, Anton Gill then chronicles the city's rise under the Amorite king Hammurabi who unified Mesopotamia under the hegemony of Babylon, its troubled fortunes in the centuries that followed, its golden age under a dynasty of Chaldean kings in the seventh and sixth centuries BC, and the life of its last great king Nebuchadrezzar II. Gill not only describes the political and military triumphs of Nebuchadrezzar's reign but also explores its many achievements in the cultural sphere—from art to mathematics, from economics to legal matters, and from astronomy to writing—as well as features of everyday life, from sex and shopping to food and drink customs.  

This book is a record of oral history as the author recorded the personal testimony of over 100 survivors of the Nazi concentration camps in the course of his enquiry into how they have come to terms with their ordeals since World War II.

Ased on the multi-platinum video game from Ubisoft. Enter a world of mysticism, machinations, and murder in which the mighty and noble do whatever is necessary to protect their supremacy, where rebellion grows in the darkest streets and alleys, and where those with the power to kill have the power to change the world

Learn how the Assassin known as Connor came to be a deadly killer in this novel based on the Assassin's Creed™ video game series that follows his father—Templar Grand Master, Haytham Kenway. “I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.” 1735, London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword from the age he was able to hold one. When his family’s house is attacked—his father murdered and his sister taken by armed men—Haytham defends his home the only way he can: he kills. With his family destroyed, he is taken in by a mysterious tutor who trains him to become a deadly killer. Consumed by his thirst for revenge, Haytham begins a quest for retribution, trusting no one and questioning everything he has ever known. Conspiracy and betrayal surround him as he is drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and the Templars. An Original Novel Based on the Multiplatinum Video Game from Ubisoft

1789: The magnificent city of Paris sees the dawn of the French Revolution. The cobblestone streets run red with blood as the people rise against the oppressive aristocracy. But revolutionary justice comes at a high price.At a time when the divide between the rich and poor is at its most extreme, and a nation is tearing itself apart, a young man and woman fight to avenge all they have lost.Soon Arno and Élise are drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and the Templars — a world with dangers more deadly than they could ever have imagined.