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Love in the Ancient World
In this text, film maker Christopher Miles and historian John Julius Norwich tour the Mediterranean Basin, looking at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality. They take in European cave...
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December...
The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French
In 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a decree inscribed...
Keeper of Genesis: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
*A FINANCIAL TIMES , GUARDIAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE SUMMER* 'The fascinating story of ancient words ... new revelations await' The Guardian 'A magisterial feat' New Scientist ________________________________ One...
The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict 431-404 BC
The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an immensely readable, brilliant, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. The Peloponnesian War, fought 2,500...
The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the
'A brilliant concept, executed with enviable elegance' Lucy Worsley 'A gem of a book. Thanks to Daisy Dunn's elegant and lively retelling of history, the women of the ancient world...
Catiline, Rebel of the Roman Republic: The Life and Conspiracy of
Lucius Sergius Catilina ('Catiline'), was a Roman aristocrat from a poor but noble family. He was controversial figure both in his own times and in subsequent historical scholarship. Catiline was...
Plato's Theaetetus
In the Theaetetus, Plato looks afresh at a problem to which, he now realizes, he had earlier given an inadequate answer: the problem of the nature of knowledge. What Plato...
The Worlds Heritage: The definitive guide to all World Heritage sites
Bestselling guide to all UNESCO World Heritage sites Fully updated to include the latest sites added to the World Heritage List. The List is managed by the World Heritage Committee...
The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters
Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford) 'A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer ... There's something that hits the mark...
Inside the Tomb of Tutankhamun
Step inside King Tut's wildly elaborate and fascinating tomb with this richly illustrated and detailed book.
Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome's
'Pacy, witty and authoritative' Jonathan Freedland 'In her hands, ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern-world concern... a powerful and important book' Daily Telegraph A...
National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology
National Geographic presents a palm-size overview of culture-defining myths, from ancient Egyptian deities to the Vedic gods of India...from Maya, Inca, and Aztec legends to the Dream time of the...
A Walk Through Ancient Rome: A Tour of the Historical Sites That
In this expert guide to the ancient city, Dr Philip Matyszak takes us on a tour of ancient Rome's most fascinating and important sites and locations, revealing the secrets of...
Our Mothers' War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World
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"Our women are serving actively in many ways in this war, and they are doing a grand job on both the fighting front and the home front." -- Eleanor Roosevelt,...
The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Body Reveals the
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In 1991, the world was electrified to hear of the discovery of the almost perfectly preserved corpse of a Neolithic hunter who died 5,300 years ago. Now, the leader of...
Children of the Raj
And then there were the children educated in India. Brendon reveals appalling stories of abuse at the hands of servants. What frequently unites Brendon's wildly different subjects is their loneliness--drawing...
Finding the Walls of Troy: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at
Amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann took full credit for the discovery of Homer's Troy, over 100 years ago. In this book the author claims Schliemann gained his status as an archaeological...
The Greek World 479-323BC
The main aim of this book is to do justice to all the areas of the Mediterranean world in which Greek culture flourished in the fifth and the fourth centuries...
The Odyssey
Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His...
Titans of War: The thrilling bestselling new Ancient-Egyptian epic from the Master of Adventure
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The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC
The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of Antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties suffered by both sides...
Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History
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The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs
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24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived
Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese. The year is AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power and we are in and around Chang'an, the capital and one of...
In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny
'Never less than compelling ... She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life' Tom Holland, Literary Review'Starts with an erupting volcano - and...
Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome's
'Pacy, witty and authoritative' Jonathan Freedland'In her hands, ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern-world concern... a powerful and important book' Daily Telegraph A superb...
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization: AS SEEN ON NETFLIX
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The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in
How rhetoric-the art of persuasion-can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimonyThe discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand...
Gods, Rites, Rituals and Religion of Ancient Egypt
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The Cat that Walked by Himself and Other Cat Stories (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the cat. He walked by himself, and all places...
Antony and Cleopatra
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
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The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun
Author: The Countess of Carnarvon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory...
Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings
Author: Thomas Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages...
Letters from a Stoic (Collins Classics)
Author: Lucius Seneca Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. No man can live a happy life, or even...
Tunnels
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Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany: The 'Fascist' Style of Rule
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Emperor of Rome: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Author: Professor Mary Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller...
Emperor of Rome: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Author: Professor Mary Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller...
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Author: Margo Jefferson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female...
Alexandria: The City that Changed the World: 'Monumental' - Daily Telegraph
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Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond
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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...
Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
Author: Douglas Preston Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous "Lost City...
The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
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The Silent Patient
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