Author: Stephen Fry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 The dazzling companion volume to the bestselling MYTHOS. There are heroes - and then there are Greek heroes Few...
Author: Benjamin Wardhaugh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Euclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how...
Author: Christiane Zivie-Coche Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 "Sphinxes are legion in Egypt-what is so special about this one? ...We shall take a stroll around the monument...
Author: Jhonny Nunez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 48 Travel back in time to Ancient Greece to discover the origins of the Olympic Games. Bright, bold and dynamic...
Author: Michael Howard Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 An overview of how esoteric brotherhoods have shaped history * Examines the secret chronology and clandestine causes of seminal...
Author: Colin Renfrew Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 656 This is the sixth edition of the bestselling (over 200,000 copies sold) introduction to archaeology, printed in full colour...
Author: Sarah Shaw Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 280 A guide to key writings from Buddhism's meditative tradition and what they reveal about the history and practice of...
Author: Sean Sheehan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 This is an essential overview of this influential Greek drama, enabling students to confidently read the play in depth...
Author: Mario Liverani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 The essays included in this volume analyze important historical texts from various regions of the Ancient Near East. The...
Author: Jesse Byock Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 First time in Penguin Classics for Scandinavia's best known work of literature and the principal source for knowledge about...
Author: Jeremy McInerney Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 407 Independent states such as Athens have long been viewed as the most advanced stage of state formation in ancient...
Author: Plutarch Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 672 The Parallel Lives of Plutarch are cornerstones of Western literature, and have exerted a profound influence on writers and statesmen...
Author: John Man Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The untold story of the first nomadic empire and the making of China. 'Man does for the reader that...
Author: Steven Sora Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 An investigation of the geographical incongruities in Homer's epics locates Troy on the coast of Iberia, in a conflict...
Author: A J Jacobs Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 388 Now a TV series Living Biblically streaming on CBS All Access! From the New York Times bestselling author...
Author: Clive Gifford Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Discover the greatest wonders the ancient world has to offer, from Stonehenge to Angkor Wat and from Machu Picchu...
Author: John Man Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 The first popular biography of the great warlord, Attila the Hun. The name Attila the Hun has become a...
Author: Theodoret of Cyrus Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 The Library of Early Christianity will be a permanent enterprise that publishes one new volume approximately every other...
Author: Diogenes of Sinope Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 A unique new volume illuminating the philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman Cynics From their founding in...
Author: David Winner Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Imagine the River Tiber as an alimentary tract. Picture a hungry saint. Think of erotic Renaissance fruit paintings, transubstantiation...
