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Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates
$18.95 Read moreDig in to the oldest record-keeping system on earth: the human body.
Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw recount the unearthing of four hominins–Turkana Boy, Lapedo Child, Kennewick Man, and Iceman.- Author: Rubalcaba, Jill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1580891640
- Language: English
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Hercules vs. Thor: The Epic Matchup
$31.32 Read moreIt’s a battle of the famous strongman versus the great protector. The Roman god Hercules is known for his tremendous strength and determination. Norse god Thor is fearless and commands lighting, thund… [more below]
- Series: Mythology Matchups
- Author: Oviedo, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666343706
- Language: English
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The Hidden Prince
$26.99 Read moreFrom the bestselling author of Jewel of the Nile comes the thrilling tale of a woman who feels she has no future but soon discovers the fate of nations may rest in her hands.
The beloved daughter of Je… [more below]
- Author: Afshar, Tessa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1496458214
- Language: English
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The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids
$20.00 Add to cartA revolutionary book that explains the most enigmatic and fascinating wonder of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Egypt.
In 1993, German robotics engineer Rudolf Gatenbrink discovered a sealed door w- Author: Bauval, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 22 1995
- ISBN10: 0517884542
- Language: English
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Roman Mail and Scale Armour
$21.00 Read moreFully illustrated, this study investigates the origins, evolution and use of the mail and scale armour worn by the soldiers and gladiators of Imperial Rome.
Less glamorous than the Roman Army’s instan- Series: Elite #252
- Author: Bishop, M. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1472851706
- Language: English
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Prometheus Bound
$15.95 Read morePrometheus Bound is the starkest and strangest of the classic Greek tragedies, a play in which god and man are presented as radically, irreconcilably at odds. It begins with the shock of hammer blows … [more below]
- Author: Aeschylus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: March 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1590178602
- Language: English
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The Baltic Origins of Homer’s Epic Tales: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Migration of Myth
$24.99 Read moreCompelling evidence that the events of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey took place in the Baltic and not the Mediterranean
– Reveals how a climate change forced the migration of a people and their myth to an- Author: Vinci, Felice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1594770522
- Language: English
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
$11.99 Read moreGibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length a… [more below]
- Series: Classics of World Literature
- Author: Gibbon, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: September 05 1998
- ISBN10: 1853264997
- Language: English
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Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
$34.95 Read moreThe ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have been
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0500052158
- Language: English
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Explanatorium of History: From the First Tools to the Climate Crisis
$32.99 Add to cartDiscover the story of “us” — from the dawn of human history up to the world we live in today.
This visually stunning history encyclopedia for children takes you on an epic fact-packed journey through … [more below]- Series: DK Explanatorium
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0744039606
- Language: English
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The Sasanian Empire at War: Persia, Rome, and the Rise of Islam, 224-651
$35.00 Read moreA comprehensive military history of one of the most important empires of Late Antiquity
The Sasanian Empire at War: Persia, Rome, and the Rise of Islam, 224-651 is the first comprehensive study in Engl
- Author: Decker, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1594163693
- Language: English
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A Man at Arms
$17.95 Read moreJerusalem and the Sinai desert, first century AD. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, officers of the Roman Empire acquire intelligence of a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter fr
- Author: Pressfield, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 039388239X
- Language: English
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Nubia: Lost Civilizations
$29.00 Read moreDrawing on the latest archaeological and textual discoveries, a revealing look at the rich and dynamic civilization of Nubia.
Nubia, the often-overlooked southern neighbor of Egypt, has been home to- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Schellinger, Sarah M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146593
- Language: English
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Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPrehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Australopithecines, existed in Africa. But this is relatively recent compared… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gosden, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198803516
- Language: English
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Physics
$11.00 Read moreWritten in the fourth century BCE by Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle, Physics set out to define the principles and causes of change, movement, and motion. For 2,000 years ― until disco… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0486813517
- Language: English
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The Gods of the Egyptians, Volume 1: Volume 1
$24.95 Read moreThoth, the ibis-headed god of wisdom, inventor of the art of writing; Osiris, the dead god who arose and set the pattern for death-and-resurrection gods ever since; Isis, the great mother, wandering t… [more below]
- Series: Egypt #1
- Author: Budge, E. A. Wallis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: June 01 1969
- ISBN10: 0486220559
- Language: English
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Ninth Witness
$15.99 Read moreRiots and revolts spread across Judea. Twelve-year-old Yeshua is in Jerusalem–“about his Father’s business” in the Temple–as his panic-stricken parents search for him amidst the chaos. Readers will … [more below]
- Series: A. D. Chronicles #9
- Author: Thoene, Bodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0842375325
- Language: English
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Battle of the Titans: A Modern Graphic Greek Myth
$37.99 Read moreNo one knows family drama like the Titans. And when they go head-to-head with the Olympians, the battle lasts ten years–and includes plenty of jealousy and sibling rivalry. Who comes out on top in th… [more below]
- Series: Mythology Graphics
- Author: Peters, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669059081
- Language: English
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Theseus and the Minotaur: A Modern Graphic Greek Myth
$37.99 Read moreTheseus is bold. He’s brave. And he’s about to go head-to-head with a mythological monster. Yikes! But Theseus has no fear. He heads into the labyrinth to face the minotaur–a monster that’s half-man,… [more below]
- Series: Mythology Graphics
- Author: Gunderson, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669059065
- Language: English
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The Persians: Lost Civilizations
$29.00 Read moreNow in paperback, this is a history of an incomparable culture whose influence can still be seen, millennia later, in modern-day Iran and the wider Middle East.
During the first and second millennia- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Parker, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146895
- Language: English
