Ancient History & Archaeology

Author: Colleen McculloughBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, London, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsSet against the backdrop of the Roman Republic, the narrative delves into the lives and...

Author: Alfred H. TamarinBinding: HardbackPublished: Galahad Books, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book recounts the eyewitness account of Flavius Josephus, detailing the Roman campaign against Judea,...

Author: Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores a period of significant cultural and political evolution, focusing on the...

Author: Owen F. Tomlin, Marysusan Bosa, Peter G. ChamberlainBinding: HardbackPublished: Hill of Content, Melbourne, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a pictorial history of Gippsland's...

Author: Ian Jenkins And Victoria TurnerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Bendigo International Collections, 2014Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the concept of physical beauty as it was...

Author: David A. CampbellBinding: SoftbackPublished: Bristol Classical Press, 1982Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book is a selection of early Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poetry. It...

Author: Erwin RohdeBinding: SoftbackPublished: Harper Torchbooks, 1966Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis two-volume set, "Psyche: The Cult of Souls & Belief in Immortality among the Greeks," delves...

Author: Edmund CaponBinding: SoftbackPublished: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsDelve into the fascinating world of Qin Shihuang and his terracotta warriors...

Author: National Szechenyi Library, Csaba CsapodiBinding: SoftbackPublished: National Szechenyi Library, Budapest, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is about the Bibliotheca Corviniana, covering the years...

Author: Walter TevisBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper-MacRae Publishing, 1992Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the masterworks of both human creation and the natural world, focusing on preserving...

Author: Ainslie RobertsBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a collection of Australian Aboriginal myths, brought to life through vivid paintings. The narratives...

Author: Mary BeardBinding: HardbackPublished: Profile Books, 2023Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book delves into the lives and reigns of the emperors of Rome, offering insights into...

Author: Colin A. HOPEBinding: SoftbackPublished: Museum of Victoria, Australia, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the captivating world of ancient Egypt, focusing on...

The Greek myths, refined by the great poets and playwrights of Ancient Greece, distil the essence of human life: its brief span, its pride, courage and insecurity, its anxious relationship...

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There, at about forty meters high and on a tray of some hundred meters wide, extends a fortress even more formidable than those of Pevensey and Hastings. It is the...

Slavic mythology brought together with the legends, folkore and fairy tales of Eastern Europe in this intriguing new collection. With a new introduction this collection of Slavic tales is based...

In this stunningly illustrated, detailed and deliberately entertaining book, John Laverick gives an insight into the exciting world of civil engineering, via fourteen individual case studies. Examples of enduring feats...

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...

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A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans of Mary Shelley! '[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation of a weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and...

In the late Iron Age, Rome was a small collection of huts arranged over a few hills. By the third century BC, it had become a large and powerful city,...

'I can't think of a more enjoyable or more illuminating guide to Cornwall than Petroc Trelawny, who knows it intimately, loves it deeply, and shares it generously' - THE REVEREND...

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A brilliant, eye-opening espionage thriller by a former special forces officer 'now at the forefront of spy writing' 'The thinking person's John le Carre' Tribune 'Edward Wilson seems poised to...

The year is 248 BC, the year of the 133rd Olympic Games. A diverse cast of characters is heading for Olympia to participate at the games, to watch the events,...

A timeless study of politics and society by one of the all-time greatest thinkers. A student of Plato, Aristotle is considered a founding father of philosophy and ethics. This reflection...

The new rip-roaring thriller in the Fargo series from the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler The legend of Croesus's riches has echoed across millennia. Stolen and hidden by pirates...

A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in...

In Mortal Republic , prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries,...

The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what...

The author of How to Be a Stoic asks what might be philosophy's ultimate question: can we learn to be better people? Is good character something that can be taught?...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on ConservationShortlisted for the 2024 Richard Jefferies AwardA Times Science Book of the Year 'Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues...

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'Visionary.' Bettany Hughes 'Tremendous.' Ben Okri 'Luminous.' Rose Tremain Even when he leapt from the parapet he talked. Ancient Egypt. The Prince is set to marry Pretty Flower, his sister,...

An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great Flood A long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood...

A fascinating study of Athenian political machinery, containing invaluable insights into Athenian democracy Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis...

A fresh look at some of the most exciting discoveries in archaeology For thousands of years we have been enthralled by tales of Troy and its heroes. Achilles and Hector,...

A "splendid" ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of one of history's most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC,...

Rome is in chaos. The empire of a mobster chief is falling apart following his death. Rivals, fearsome relatives and associates are taking up position to vie for the spoils....

Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize, The Age Book of the Year 'James Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and an eye for the essential...

Sequel to critically acclaimed bestseller The Silence of the Girls Troy has fallen and the Greek victors are primed to return home, loaded with spoils. All they need is a...

A Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey of discovery What if we have completely misunderstood who the Neanderthals truly were? For over a century we saw them as...