A menace on the base paths, a strong batsman and commander of vast territory in the field, Bell and sometime teammates Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Mule Suttles and other talented Black players gave lie to biases major league officials and owners had about Black players. (Blackstone, Unabridged, 10 hours)The Gates of AthensConn Iggulden begins a new series with two Persian invasions of Greece in the 5th century B.C. In the first, the Athenians eventually demolished Persian King Darius the Great’s mighty army at the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. Spartan King Leonidas, now Athens’s ally, held the Persians off for two days at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. He also delivers vivid insights on the culture, social arrangements and material detail of Persia, Sparta and Athens.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2021 17:03 UTC