Ancient History & Archaeology

Author: Judy FanderBinding: SoftbackPublished: Sturdee Press, 2023Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book recounts the life of Lionel Gee, a significant yet overlooked figure in...

Author: R.B. PughBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, London, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed historical overview of York, specifically focusing on the City...

Author: Charles SeltmanBinding: HardbackPublished: King Penguin Book, 1952Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book showcases a collection of Greek coins. Ancient civilizations created these artifacts....

Author: Chaim PotokBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of Australia, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsChaim Potok chronicles the epic journey of the Jewish people. He navigates through their triumphs,...

Author: Dr Timothy PottsBinding: SoftbackPublished: Australian National Gallery, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA catalogue of the artefacts shown by the Australian National Gallery, on loan...

Author: M. R. Lambert, M.A., & M. S. Sprague, M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: BASIL BLACKWELL - OXFORD, 1933Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis in-depth historical guide presents a detailed...

Author: Walter FairservisBinding: HardbackPublished: Brockhampton Press, 1963Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book transports readers to the vast, open grasslands of Central Asia, where nomadic tribes forged...

Buried in the Egyptian desert some four thousand years ago, the Pyramid Texts are among the world's oldest poetry. Yet ever since the discovery of these hieroglyphs in 1881, they...

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A compelling new account of the tempestuous last century of the Roman Republic. This new history of the last years of the Roman Republic sets the leading men, and women,...

Author: Schiller, Ely (Ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Ariel Publishing, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book showcases the earliest photographs capturing Jerusalem's Old City. The images reveal the historical...

Author: Brian DoeBinding: HardbackPublished: McGraw-Hill, NY, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book examines Southern Arabia through the lens of archaeology. It provides insights into the region's...

Author: Sir William M. Ramsay And Gertrude L. BellBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1909Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Thousand and One Churches by William M....

Author: Thomas HovingBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the life and times of Tutankhamun, offering a fresh perspective on the boy...

Author: Brian M. FaganBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper Collins, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book serves as an introduction to the field of archaeology. It explores the history,...

Author: Edmund Capo, William MacquittyBinding: HardbackPublished: E. P. Dutton, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThe grandeur and luxury of ancient China and of the lives of Prince...

Author: Thomas HovingBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the spring of 1955, after eight centuries of silence, a mysterious work...

Author: Lucy Braggiotti (ed.), Alexandra Doumas (translator)Binding: SoftbackPublished: Greek Ministry of Culture , 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis bilingual (English and Greek) art exhibtion...

Author: -Binding: SoftbackPublished: Australian Mining History Association, 2004Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThese journals delve into all facets of mining history, archaeology, and heritage within the Australasian...

Author: Michael Cannon; Gill, S.T. (Samuel Thomas)Binding: SoftbackPublished: State Library of Victoria, Melboune, 1992Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book, edited and introduced by Michael Cannon, presents...

Author: Report of an Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation; Board on Science & Technology for International Development; National Research CouncilBinding: SoftbackPublished: National Academies Press, 1989Condition...

Author: D.SukhbaatarBinding: SoftbackPublished: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA, 2019Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the petroglyphs found on the "Del" Mountain, offering insights into the...

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: 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: 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...

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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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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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 teachings of Stoic philosophy began and thrived in the Greek and Roman world until the 3rd century AD, and has since experienced multiple revivals right up to the modern...

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...

The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover. 'Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Age of Cats...

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'Truly marvellous. I cannot think of a better life of Jane Austen than Claire Tomalin's' Philip Hensher Claire Tomalin brings her extraordinary gifts of scholarship, fluent writing and empathy for...

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...