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Women and War in Antiquity
Author: Jacqueline Fabre-SerrisFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 612g, 360 pagesPublished: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States, 2016The martial virtues-courage, loyalty, cunning, and strength-were central to male identity in the ancient...
The Spell of Hypnos: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature
Author: Silvia Montiglio (Johns Hopkins University, USA)Format: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 570g, 336 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2015Sleep was viewed as a boon by the ancient Greeks: sweet,...
Fields of Battle
Author: Richard EvansFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and...
Legacies in Steel: Personalized and Historical German Military Edged Weapons 1800-1990
Author: Hermann HampeFormat: Hardback, 254mm x 318mm, 612 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019A sumptuous collection of nearly 100 German military edged weapons, predominantly swords and daggers, are displayed in...
Who's Who: Greek Mythology: The Gods, Heroes and Monsters of Legend
Author: Hannah Sheldon-DeanFormat: Hardback, 25mm x 25mm, 453g, 192 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Focus, United States, 2024From the grand heights of Olympus to the dark depths of the Underworld, discover the most...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Author: Mary BeardFormat: Hardback, 148mm x 218mm, 670g, 240 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard...
San Agustin
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Author: Duque Gomez, Luis; Hidalgo, FranciscoBinding: HardbackPublished: Delroisse, 1982, English EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of texts and photographs related to...
Elusive Treasure: The Story of Early Archaeologists in the Americas
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Author: Brian FaganBinding: HardbackPublished: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the contributions of early archaeologists in uncovering the history of the Americas. It...
The Golden Monarch
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Author: Michael CarterBinding: HardbackPublished: The Dolphin Press, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Golden Monarch explores the life of Tutankhamun, detailing the discoveries made during the search...
How to Build Stonehenge: 'A gripping archaeological detective story' The Sunday Times
Author: Mike PittsFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 500g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022Draws on a lifetime's study and a decade of new research to address the...
Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt
Author: Chris NauntonFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 880g, 304 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Where are the tombs of Alexander the Great or Cleopatra? Both rulers were buried...
Join the Vikings: The Raid
Author: Peter PentzFormat: Hardback, 170mm x 230mm, 830g, 304 pagesPublished: Strandberg Publishing, Denmark, 2021Join the Vikings - On Raid contains 16 fascinating accounts of Viking exploits during the early Viking...
Shamanic Regalia in the Far North
Author: Patricia Rieff AnawaltFormat: Hardback, 170mm x 240mm, 880g, 192 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014The striking accoutrements of shamanism give us a rare window into the deep...
Poetry, Place, and Gender: Studies in Medieval Culture in Honor of Helen Damico
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Thailand
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Author: Pisit Charoenwongsa & Subhadradis Diskulbinding: HardbackPublished: Nagel, 1978Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of Thailand, highlighting its culture, history,...
Elusive Treasure: The Story of Early Archaeologists in the Americas
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Author: Brian Faganbinding: HardbackPublished: Scribners, 1977Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book explores the contributions of early archaeologists in the Americas, detailing their discoveries and...
Dartmoor
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Author: R. Hansford Worthbinding: HardbackPublished: 1953, 1953Condition: book: Very good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Good, markings: No markingsDartmoor is a comprehensive guide to one of England's premier hiking destinations,...
Power & the People: Five Lessons from the Birthplace of Democracy
Author: Alev Scott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Democracy was born in Athens. From its founding myths to its golden age and its chaotic downfall, it's rich with lessons...
Human Origins: A Short History
Author: Sarah Wild Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Humans are the dominant species on the planet. But how did we get here? Human Origins takes the reader on a...
Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier
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Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica
Author: Duncan Mackay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'An engaged, informed companion for the armchair time traveller...captures the thrill and the difficulties of interpreting the past'. TLS 'Duncan has...
The First Century: Emperors, Gods, and Everyman
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Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World
Author: Colin ElliottFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 235mm, 328 pagesPublished: Princeton University Press, United States, 2024In the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex....
Hitler's British Isles
Author: Duncan Barrett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 True-life recollections from the Channel Islanders who were the only British subjects to live under Nazi rule in WWII. 'Barrett has...
How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely
Author: Seneca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 A vibrant new translation of Seneca's 'On the Shortness of Life', a pointed reminder to make the most of our time. Who...
The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty
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The Bull of Minos
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Meet the Ancestors
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The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture
Author: Professor Jason Koenig Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquity. The mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor...
Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought
How British authorities and Indian intellectuals developed ideas about deviant female sexuality to control and organize modern society in IndiaDuring the colonial period in India, European scholars, British officials, and...
Juno's Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity
Author: Joseph Farrell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A major new interpretation of Vergil's epic poem as a struggle between two incompatible versions of the Homeric heroThis compelling book...
The Gold of Tutankhamen
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The Art of the Maya: From the Olmecs to the Toltec-Maya
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Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars
Author: Peter Stothard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'Lets us see how power really worked, in public and private ... Stothard tells this story superbly' Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES...
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...
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Author: Tom Holland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun...
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...
Ovid's Amores
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Bernard Malamud: A Writer's Life
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Centuries of Darkness: Challenge to the Conventional Chronology of Old World Archaeology
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Between and the Beyond: Essays on the Prehistory and History of North Britain in Honour of George Jobey
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The Rock Art of Easter Island: Symbols of Power, Prayers to the Gods
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Roman Roads in the South-East Midlands
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Out Of China's Earth: Archaeological Discoveries In The People's Republic Of China
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The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
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Cannon's Point Plantation 1794-1860: Living Conditions And Status Patterns In The Old South
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The Parthenon Enigma
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