Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of Planet of the Apes: The Art of the Films
Matt Hurwitz, Sharon Gosling and Adam Newell
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This is the stunning new art book on Planet of the Apes! A growing nation of genetically evolved...
Dictator
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"Confirms Harris' undisputed place as our leading master of both the historical and contemporary...
Belisarius: The Last Roman General
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A military history of the campaigns of Belisarius, the greatest general of the Eastern Roman...
The Little History of Britain
Tony Husband and Chas Newkey-Burden
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Lots of pomp and circumstance have gone on since Julius Caesar first came, saw and conquered, but...
Beasts Royal: Twelve Tales of Adventure
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Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first...
Freudian by Daniel Caesar
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Freudian is the debut album of Canadian R&B-artist Daniel Caesar, released on August 25th, 2017 via...
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David McK (3649 KP) rated War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) in Movies
Apr 28, 2020
Acting as a prequel of sorts to the Charlton Heston originals, this one - while perhaps a bit slow paced - also shows how mankind loses the ability to speak, starting their journey towards becoming the dumb brutes of that Heston original.
I have to say, however, that the title is a bit misleading (unless it's referring to Caesar's inner war?): perhaps "Skirmish for the Planet of the Apes" would be more apt … ?
Xena: Warrior Princess: All Roads: Volume 1
Jenny Frison, Ariel Medel and Genevieve Valentine
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To the thrill of rabid fans the world over, television's Xena: Warrior Princess is back for...
David McK (3649 KP) rated Midnight Falcon (The Rigante, #2) in Books
Sep 26, 2025
As before, it's also very much a Scottish highlands / Rome type of deal, with Band initially driven out of his homeland and travelling to the city of Stone (very much 'our' Rome in its Julius Caesar heyday) where he becomes a Gladiator, all so he can get revenge on the man he believes has killed the love of his life (met after being driven out).
Of course, as a Gemmell work, it's not as simple as that, with the finale of this 'tying back' to the very beginning of the previous work.
As with pretty much all Gemmell, well worth a read.