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The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era,...
The Pyramids
Here, the Egyptian pyramids provide the inspiration for another book, although this one is not, and does not claim to be, thoroughly up-to-date. Originally published in Czech in 1997, this...
Ghosts of Panama: A Strongman Out of Control, A Murdered Marine, and
The next-true life NCIS story from New York Times bestselling authors Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr. Panama, 1989. The once warm relationship between United States and Gen. Manuel Noriega...
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of
The epic true story of Themistocles and the Battle of Salamis, and a rousing history of the world's first dominant navy and the towering empire it built The Athenian Navy...
One Passion, Two Loves: The Schliemanns Of Troy
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Author: Lynn And Gray PooleBinding: HardbackPublished: VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical biography chronicles the intertwined lives of Heinrich...
The Catacombs: Rediscovered Monuments Of Early Christianity
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Author: J. StevensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work, The Catacombs: Rediscovered Monuments Of Early Christianity, presents a meticulous examination of the...
Tutankhamen: Life And Death Of A Pharaoh
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Author: Christiane Desroches-NoblecourtBinding: HardbackPublished: The Connoisseur and Michael Joseph, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsChristiane Desroches-Noblecourt's Tutankhamen: Life And Death Of A Pharaoh chronicles the brief yet impactful...
Plato's Thought
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Author: G. M. A. GrubeBinding: HardbackPublished: METHUEN & CO LTD, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPlato's Thought presents a comprehensive analysis of the foundational ideas that shaped Western...
Colonial Era Cemetery Of Norfolk Island
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Author: R. Nixon DalkinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pacific Publications, Sydney, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account, Colonial Era Cemetery Of Norfolk Island,...
The Works of Falvius Josephus. Vol. II
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Author: Flavius JosephusBinding: HardbackPublished: Albion Press, 1811Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Good for age. Worn boards. Bumping...
Introducing Aristotle
He established logic as a systematic discipline, conceived the earliest rules of science, developed a rational psychology, a political science and an outline of sociology, and gave us a virtue...
Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Republic
AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first...
Domination
This is the story of the fall of an Empire - and the rise of another. Who spread Christianity, how, and why? In her quest to find the answer, Professor...
The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Daniel Defoe
This comprehensive and authoritative edition of the correspondence of Daniel Defoe situates each letter in its biographical, literary, and historical contexts. A unique source for a turbulent period of British...
The Private Lives of the Pharaohs
Ancient Egypt, land of the pharaohs, bore witness to the rise and fall of the world's greatest civilization. A combination of evidence ranging from the pyramids and rock-cut tombs to...
58 Facets: On Violence and the Law
When you have been forcibly displaced from your home, the revolutionary dream of what should have happened ... stays alive as a utopian beacon of happiness that will (possibly) never...
Greek Tragedy: A Literary Study
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Provides illuminating answers to many questions: why did Sophocles develop character-drawing? How and why does it differ from that of Aeschylus? Why are some of Euripides' plots so bad and...
Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers: How Agriculture Really Began
Tradition has it that agriculture began in the Middle East around 10,000 years ago, that once people realized the advantages of farming, it spread rapidly to the furthest outposts of...
The Master of Confessions
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The Eichmann in Jerusalem for the Khmer Rouge, The Master of Confessions is a harrowing yet humane account of the trial of Duch, a Khmer Rouge operative and the director...
Terracotta Warriors: Guardians Of Immortality
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Author: Wayne Crothers, Tona Eckfeld & Zhang MengBinding: PaperbackPublished: NGV, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEdward Burman's Terracotta Warriors: Guardians Of Immortality...
The Ruins Of Time: Four And A Half Centuries Of Conquest And Discovery Among The Maya
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Author: David AdamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the intricate saga of the Maya civilization, tracing four and a half centuries of...
National Museum: Sculpture - Bronzes - Vases
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Author: Basil PetrakosBinding: PaperbackPublished: CLIO editions, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive catalog of ancient artistry, focusing...
Res Publica: Roman Politics And Society According To Cicero
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Author: W. K. Lacey And B. W. J. G. WilsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bristol Classical Press, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRes...
Treasure: Finding Our Past
This title gives a brief overview of the "history" of treasure, including origins of the law of Treasure Trove in England and Wales, and the events which led to its...
The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World
The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World traces the course of human ingenuity and innovation from the first crude stone tools of our earliest ancestors two and a half...
The Oxford History Of The Classical World
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Author: John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive overview of the classical world, chronicling the rise and...
Form In Indigenous Art: Schematisation In The Art Of Aboriginal Australia And Prehistoric Europe
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Author: Peter J. UckoBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd, Humanities Press Inc., 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Mild...
Chekhov Then and Now: The Reception of Chekhov in World Culture
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Since his death in 1904, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's works have had an enormous resonance in different cultures and fields of artistic activity. The essays in this volume examine the various...
Three Essays On Thucydides
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Author: John FinleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Discoloured DJ spine. Chipping and light...
Through Greek Eyes
A collection of translated extracts from Greek writers from Homer to Pausanias. The extracts are organised into chapters with a brief linking narrative under the following headings - War, The...
The Wisdom Of Bones: In Search Of Human Origins
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Author: Alan Walker & Pat ShipmanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work, The Wisdom Of Bones:...
The Care Of The Self: Volume 3 Of The History Of Sexuality
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Author: Michel FoucaultBinding: HardbackPublished: Pantheon Books, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis profound work of philosophical history chronicles the ethical practices and self-formation in ancient Greek and...
Great People Of The Bible And How They Lived
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Author: Readers DigestBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Digest, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsGreat People Of The Bible And How They Lived presents an insightful examination of pivotal...
Legacies in Steel: Personalized and Historical German Military Edged
A sumptuous collection of nearly 100 German military edged weapons, predominantly swords and daggers, are displayed in close-up detail, together with information on what is known about their owners. Legacies...
Vanished Civilisations
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Author: Reader's DigestBinding: HardbackPublished: Reader's Digest, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markings'Vanished Civilisations' chronicles the compelling narratives of ancient societies that once flourished and then mysteriously faded from...
Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths
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A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyonce . The picture...
The Reasons Of The Laws Of Moses From The 'More Nefochim' Of Maimonides
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Author: James TownleyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2000Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a meticulous analysis of Maimonides'...
Apokrimata: Decisions Of Septimius Severus On Legal Matters
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Author: William Linn Westermann And A. Arthur SchillerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, New York, 1999Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly...
The Work And Life Of Solon: With A Translation Of His Poems
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Author: Kathleen FreemanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2014Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive account of the...
Art And Empire: Treasures From Assyria In The British Museum
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Author: J.E. Curtis And J.E. ReadeBinding: PaperbackPublished: British Museum Press, London, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative volume chronicles the magnificent...
Alexander The Great: Power As Destiny
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Author: Peter BammBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor rips to top of DJ. This compelling historical biography...
City Of The Dead: Thebes In Egypt
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Author: Lise MannicheBinding: HardbackPublished: British Museum Publications., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, City Of The Dead: Thebes In...
Inscriptions In Stone: St. David's Burial Ground 1804-1872
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Author: Richard LordBinding: HardbackPublished: St. Georges Church, Hobart, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Presentation copy. Corrigenda stapled on fep.This meticulous...
Underwater Archaeology: A Nascent Discipline
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Author: CollectiveBinding: HardbackPublished: Unesco, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerPaul Theroux's Doctor Slaughter presents a compelling narrative of identity and reinvention, following a young American woman...
A School Atlas Of Classical Geography;
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Author: Alex. Keith JohnstonBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, 1854Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Original leather binding...
Ages In Chaos: A Reconstruction Of Ancient History From The Exodus To King Akhenaton
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Author: Immanuel VelikovskyBinding: HardbackPublished: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Strong spine. No loose pages.This provocative work, Ages In Chaos: A Reconstruction...
The Positive Sciences Of The Ancient Hindus
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Author: Brajendranath SealBinding: HardbackPublished: Motilal Banarsidass, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the profound scientific achievements of ancient Indian...
Ancient Indian Education: Brahmanical And Buddhist
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Author: Radha Kumud MookerjiBinding: HardbackPublished: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, Delhi, 1974Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor stains on prelims. Name on title page. Clean text. This...