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Alcibiades: Athenian Playboy, General and Traitor
Author: P J Rhodes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to...
The Sword of Ambition: Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt
Author: 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 478 Patronage, power, and competition in the Sultan's court The Sword of Ambition opens a new window onto interreligious rivalry...
The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays: The Earliest Known Versions
Author: Stephen H. West Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 408 This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations...
The Komnene Dynasty: Byzantium's Struggle for Survival 1057-1185
Author: John Carr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 The 128-year dynasty of the Komneni (1057 to 1185) was the last great epoch of Byzantium, when the empire had to...
James Monroe
Author: Tim Mcgrath Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 736 The extraordinary life of James Monroe- soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who...
Casanova's Guide to Medicine: 18th Century Medical Practice
Author: Lisetta Lovett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Giacomo Casanova's (1725-1798) reputation as libertine has sadly eclipsed his talents as scholar, linguist, prolific writer and manque doctor. Fortunately for...
Caesar's Great Success: Sustaining the Roman Army on Campaign
Author: Alexander Merrow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 248 Logistics have become a principle, if not a governing factor, in modern military operations. Armies need to be fed and supplied...
Strategist in Exile
Author: Rainer Nickel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Thucydides was the chronicler of the almost 30-year long Peloponnesian war, which came to a close with Sparta's victory over Athens...
Rome, Blood and Politics: Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic
Author: Gareth C. Sampson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 286 The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile...
Kings and Kingship in the Hellenistic World 350 - 30 BC
Author: Dr. John D. Grainger Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 262 Between c.350 BC and 30 BC the Mediterranean world was one in which kings ruled. The exceptions were the...
A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx
Author: Sven-Eric Liedman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 768 The globalised world of the twenty-first century has many parallels with that of the period running up to the cataclysm of...
In Search of Our Ancient Ancestors
Author: Anthony Adolph Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 What a fine long pedigree you have given the human race. Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1863. How is the Royal...
Cataphracts: Knights of the Ancient Eastern Empires
Author: Erich B. Anderson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 188 Cataphracts were the most heavily armoured form of cavalry in the ancient world, with riders and mounts both clad in...
Brutus: Caesar's Assassin
Author: Dr. Kirsty Corrigan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Although Marcus Junius Brutus is one of the most famous, or infamous, conspirators of Rome and the ancient world, if...
The Bridge to Airpower: Logistics Support for Royal Flying Corps Operations on the Western Front, 1914-18
Author: Peter Dye Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 In the latest addition to the History of Military Aviation series, Peter Dye describes how the development of the air weapon...
Napoleon's Shield and Guardian
Author: Edward Ryan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 424 This outstanding biography is a story of courage. It charts the career of a superbly brave cavalryman against the rise and...
Julia Velva, A Roman Lady from York: Her Life and Times Revealed
Author: Patrick Ottaway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The tombstone of Julia Velva, one of the best-preserved examples from Roman Britain, was found close to a Roman road just...
Grand Canal, Great River: The Travel Diary of a Twelfth-century Chinese Poet
Author: Philip Watson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In July 1170, a Chinese poet, politician and historian made a journey from west to east China. Lu You (pronounced 'loo...
Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars: The Revolts of Eunus and Salvius, 136-132 and 105-100 BC
Author: Natale Barca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their...
Hannibal's Road: The Second Punic War in Italy 213-203 BC
Author: Mike Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 262 Many books have been written on the Second Punic War and Hannibal in particular but few give much space to his...
Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome: A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family
Author: McCall, Jeremiah Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The history of the Fabii Maximii is in many ways that of the Roman Republic. In the legends and historical scraps...
Kahlil Gibran: Beyond Borders
Author: Kahlil G. Gibran Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 A comprehensive illustrated biography of Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist, poet and author of the best-selling inspirational fiction The Prophet. Kahlil...
Screen of Kings: Royal Art and Power in Ming China
Author: Craig Clunas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 Screen of Kings is the first book in any language to examine the cultural role of the regional aristocracy - relatives...
Manichaeism (Sandpiper Books)
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Author: Samuel N.C. Lieu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Manichaeism was founded in Mesopotamia in the 3rd century by a Syro- Persian named Mani. The highly evangelistic Gnostic religion...
Madame Cezanne
Author: Dita Amory Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A new account of Cezanne's complex relationship with his wife, who served as the subject of some of his most iconic...
Maximinus Thrax
Author: Paul N. Pearson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 Maximinus was a half-barbarian strongman 'of frightening appearance and colossal size' who could smash stones with his bare hands and...
Frege: A Philosophical Biography
Author: Dale Jacquette Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 680 Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy, whose contributions to logic, philosophical semantics, philosophy of language,...
Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems
Author: Pascal Godefroit Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 648 In 1878, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. Iguanodon, first described by Gideon...
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson (American Museum of Natural History) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of...
Snow Bride (The Rockwood Chronicles, Book 5)
Author: Dilly Court Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 Don't miss the next heartwarming novel in the Rockwood series from No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court! 'I foresee happiness...
Truth or Dare: From the World Book Day 2022 author Sophie McKenzie
Author: Sophie McKenzie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 When lies are everywhere, how far will you go for the truth? A tense eco-drama with an explosive twist from the...
Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition: Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of 2022
Author: Lulu Yilun Chen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 In 2019, a Chinese entity called Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world's fifth-largest company. It was a watershed moment,...
The Goodbye Coast: A Philip Marlowe Novel
Author: Joe Ide Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit' IAN RANKIN 'A total gobsmacking original' JAMES PATTERSON 'A...
The Lost: A gripping new crime thriller series from the Sunday Times bestselling author of twists and suspense
Author: Simon Beckett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A MISSING CHILD Ten years ago, the disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's young son almost destroyed him. A GRUESOME...
Within These Wicked Walls: the must-read Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Author: Lauren Blackwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A REESE WITHERSPOON YA BOOK CLUB PICK! INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Lauren Blackwood's can't-miss debut is a magical, Ethiopian-inspired remix...
Maggie Magoo's Amazing Alphabet: Beautiful letters for colouring
Author: Maggie Magoo Designs Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 From the hugely popular Maggie Magoo design house, an outstanding colouring book of decorative letters. Two different illustrations of each...
The Paris Affair
Author: Pip Drysdale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 She thinks love can kill you. It turns out she might be right. The dark and sexy new thriller from the...
Pregnant at the Palace Altar
Author: Lorraine Hall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 264 'We are having twins.' And the King must claim them! King Diamandis finds solace in hard facts and duty. So, after...
Midnight Surrender to the Spaniard
Author: Carol Marinelli Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 264 Now Cinderella's been awakened...dare she hope for the full fairy tale? Flying to Spain for a wedding is a huge milestone...
Ozarks Witness Protection/Hunting a Hometown Killer
Author: Shelly Bell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 Ozarks Witness Protection - Maggie Wells The only thing between her and a murderer is the special agent assigned to keep...
Barney the Horse and Other Tales from the Farm (A Farms for City Children Book)
Author: Michael Morpurgo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 A charming story collection from Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees - full of friendship and adventure, and perfect to...
Fill-In-the-Blank Wedding Wishes: A Game of Stories and Advice for Newlyweds
Author: Chronicle Books Format: Other printed item Number of Pages: 120 This fill-in-the-blank wedding activity is a game and guest book in one that will make a lovely keepsake. Keep...
Reading Champion: Hidden Talent: Independent Reading 15
Author: Cath Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 It's the school talent show, and a famous celebrity is coming to judge. Max's friends are excited and long to take...
Outdoor Science: Materials
Author: Izzi Howell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Get outside and do some fun science experiments! From making a raft and an ice sculpture to painting with water and...
Infomojis: Planet Earth
Author: Jon Richards Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Did you know that Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago? Or about earthquakes, ecosystems and the Goldilocks Zone? Well, where...
The Best and Worst Jobs: Anglo-Saxon and Viking Times
Author: Clive Gifford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 If you enjoy reading about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, especially about the grim and gory aspects of each era, this is...
F.A.R.T.: Top Secret! No Kids Allowed!
Author: Peter Bakalian Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 When a young teen discovers a top-secret parenting manual, it's kids versus grown-ups in this kooky, illustrated middle grade thriller with...
Magician's End (The Chaoswar Saga, Book 3)
Author: Raymond E. Feist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 656 Discover the fate of the original black Magician, Pug, as prophecy becomes truth in the last book of the Riftwar...