Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals, alive in memory as a scourge, hero, military genius and demi-god. To Muslims, Russians and westerners, he is a murderer of millions, a brutal oppressor. Yet in his homeland of Mongolia he is the revered father of the nation, and the Chinese honor him as the founder of a dynasty. In his so-called Mausoleum in Inner Mongolia, worshippers seek the blessing of his spirit. In a supreme paradox, the world's most...

Chronicles the rise to power of Genghis Khan, a Mongol ruler "who transformed the world map from China to Europe and became one of the most ruthless conquerors in history, born as "Temujin, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe." This first in a series of Genghis Khan novels ends with the murder of his father.

Can one man really change the world? If that man is Genghis Khan, the answer is yes. Born around 1161, Temujin, as he was named, grew up in humble surroundings. As a teenager, he fled from enemy raiders, but he became a fearless-and feared-man who commanded an army of thousands and an empire of millions. In fact, by the mid-1200's Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire included much of the known world. Though he was responsible for the deaths of millions, he...

While volcanoes spew golden lava around the world, djinn twins John and Philippa, with their parents, Uncle Nimrod, and Groanin, face evil more powerful than ever before when they try to stop the wicked djinn trying to rob the grave of Genghis Khan.

A re-evaluation of Genghis Khan's rise to power examines the reforms the conqueror instituted throughout his empire and his uniting of East and West, which set the foundation for the nation-states and economic systems of the modern era.

Presents a meticulously researched account of the pivotal contributions of the dynasty's women throughout subsequent centuries.