Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living in
$16.95 Add to cartPractical answers to the urgent moral questions of our time from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism
Twenty-three centuries ago, in a marketplace in Athens, Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism, bu… [more below]- Author: Whiting, Kai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1608686930
- Language: English
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Assyrian History: A Captivating Guide to the Assyrians and Their Powerful Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia
$29.99 Add to cartExplore the Captivating History of the Assyrian Empire
Located in modern-day Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia, the land between the great Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is where it all began. It’s the part of t
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1647483247
- Language: English
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Ukiyo-E: The Art of the Japanese Print
$34.95 Add to cartThe art of Japanese woodblock printing, known as ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”), reflects the rich history and way of life in Japan hundreds of years ago. Ukiyo-e: The Art of the Japanese … [more below]
- Author: Harris, Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 10 2011
- ISBN10: 4805310987
- Language: English
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Ages in Chaos III: Peoples of the Sea
$39.99 Add to cartThe book “Peoples of the Sea” consists of three independent parts, each of which contributes to making this the most important volume of the Ages in Chaos series. With respect to its original publicat
- Series: Ages in Chaos #3
- Author: Velikovsky, Immanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1906833559
- Language: English
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Hannibal
$19.99 Add to cartHannibal is “an exciting biography of one of history’s greatest commanders…a thrilling page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps wit… [more below]
- Author: Hunt, Patrick N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 143910218X
- Language: English
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The Spartacus War
$17.99 Add to cartAn authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English.
The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellio- Author: Strauss, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 02 2010
- ISBN10: 1416532064
- Language: English
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Fame
$25.00 Add to cartFAME is a book about human affection and disaffection and the unique narrative which presents this perpetual movement. The poems come from India, Greece, the Windward Islands, and New England, places … [more below]
- Author: McGrath, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1955194122
- Language: English
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Before War: On Marriage, Hierarchy, and Our Matriarchal Origins
$27.00 Add to cartThe book Before War will change how its readers look at the world — by exposing the female roots of Western civilization. It draws on the evidence from anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, primato
- Author: Daeva, Elisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218214142
- Language: English
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Reminiscences of a Student’s Life
$18.00 Add to cartThe arch, witty, outspoken memoirs of the pioneering archaeologist and scholar Mary Beard has called “my hero.”
First published by Virginia and Leonard Woolf in 1925, Jane Ellen Harrison’s Reminiscenc- Author: Harrison, Jane Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1961341999
- Language: English
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: A Captivating Guide to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus, M
$24.99 Add to cartYou probably have heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. But how much do you really know about?
The ancient world was home to some of the greatest civilizations in history. The Egyptians, the
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: August 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1637168640
- Language: English
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The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library: An Anthology of Ancient Writings Which Relate to Pythagoras and Pythagorean Philosophy
$32.95 Add to cartThis anthology, the largest collection of Pythagorean writings ever to appear in English, contains the four ancient biographies of Pythagoras and over 25 Pythagorean and Neopythagorean writings from t… [more below]
- Author: Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: July 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0933999518
- Language: English
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Life in Biblical Israel
$70.00 Add to cartThis special-edition volume of the Library of Ancient Israel, based on the latest research, presents a vivid description of the world of Ancient Israel, covering such topics as domestic life, the mean
- Series: Library of Ancient Israel
- Author: King, Philip J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0664221483
- Language: English
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The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes
$13.00 Add to cartThe Cure at Troy is Seamus Heaney’s version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes. Written in the fifth century BC, this play concerns the predicament of the outcast hero, Philoctetes, whom the Greeks marooned on
- Author: Heaney, Seamus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 04 1991
- ISBN10: 0374522898
- Language: English
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Mysteries of the Snake Goddess: Art, Desire, and the Forging of History
$21.99 Add to cartNot only is one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek art-the celebrated gold and ivory statuette of the Snake Goddess-almost certainly modern, but Minoan civilization as it has been popularly im… [more below]
- Author: Lapatin, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 23 2008
- ISBN10: 0306813289
- Language: English
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Iphigenia among the Taurians
$12.00 Add to cartI am Iphigenia, daughter of the daughter of Tyndareus
Few contemporary poets elicit such powerful responses from readers and critics as Anne Carson. The New York Times Book Review
My father killed me- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: September 10 2014
- ISBN10: 022620362X
- Language: English
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Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAfter surviving the fifth century fall of the Western European Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire flourished as one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe for a thousan… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Sarris, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199236119
- Language: English
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The Comedy of Errors
$10.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with sc- Series: Pelican Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0143132237
- Language: English
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The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man’s Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Mystery
$17.99 Add to cartThe Secret of the Great Pyramid is a thrilling intellectual adventure story about the most exciting discovery in Egyptology in decades. Bob Brier, along with French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin, tells
- Author: Brier, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 12 2014
- ISBN10: 0061655538
- Language: English
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Nkjv, Word Study Reference Bible, Leathersoft, Brown, Red Letter, Comfort Print: 2,000 Keywords That Unlock the Meaning of the Bible
$69.99 Add to cartThe NKJV Word Study Reference Bible balances deep study of the biblical languages with clear application to help transform the way you live. Uncover a wealth of meaning in Scripture with more than 200
- Author: Thomas Nelson
- Binding:
- Page Count: 1952
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0785292837
- Language: English
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The Yoruba People: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Yorubas and Yoruba Mythology
$25.99 Add to cartLearn about one of the largest people groups in Africa!
The Yorubas are an interesting people with a rich cultural heritage that can be traced back to many centuries ago. The history of the Yorubas is
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: January 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1637165587
- Language: English
