Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome
$18.95 Read moreWhat happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? The life and times of the worst Roman emperor of all.
What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy- Author: Sidebottom, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0861546857
- Language: English
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Best Tales Yukon
$18.99 Add to cartIn 1904, the Canadian Bank of Commerce transferred teller Robert W. Service to the Yukon Territory. Soon, he was famous as the poet who chronicled the Klondike gold rush and the savage beauty of the f… [more below]
- Author: Service, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0762414596
- Language: English
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Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
$20.00 Add to cartThe inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Gino Bartali i- Author: McConnon, Aili
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 0307590658
- Language: English
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Finding God: Selected Responses (Revised Edition)
$20.95 Read moreFinding God by way of essays on significant Jewish thinkers attempts to answer the questions looming above us all: What is God? Is there more than one God? How can we know God? What does God “want” fr… [more below]
- Author: Sonsino, Rifat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: March 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0807407984
- Language: English
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Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
$18.99 Read moreFaced with an endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for goods bearing the mark of authenticity–hand-made tools, local brews, and other objects produced by human ha
- Author: Langlands, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0393356574
- Language: English
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The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition
$21.00 Add to cartWritten four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author’s ambitious clai… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Thucydides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 30 1954
- ISBN10: 0140440399
- Language: English
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The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate t… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gwynn, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0199595119
- Language: English
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Poetics
$4.50 Add to cartAmong the most influential books in Western civilization, Aristotle’s Poetics is really a treatise on fine art. In it are mentioned not only epic and dithyrambic poetry, but tragedy, comedy, and flute
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 12 1997
- ISBN10: 048629577X
- Language: English
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The Landmark Xenophon’s Hellenika
$36.00 Add to cartFrom the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus, here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika, the primary source for the events of the final seven years and … [more below]
- Series: Landmark Books
- Author: Strassler, Robert B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: December 07 2010
- ISBN10: 1400034760
- Language: English
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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
$20.00 Read more#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “A lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant- Author: Aslan, Reza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 0812981480
- Language: English
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
$32.00 Read moreThe creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Ro… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1610397215
- Language: English
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The Popol Vuh
$18.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BEST POETRY BOOK OF 2018
A WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE TRANSLATIONIn the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: “Earth.” There are no inhabitants, and no sun–
- Series: Seedbank #1
- Author: Bazzett, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1571314687
- Language: English
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Cleopatra: A Biography
$20.99 Add to cartFew personalities from classical antiquity are more famous–yet more poorly understood–than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a l… [more below]
- Series: Women in Antiquity
- Author: Roller, Duane W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0199829969
- Language: English
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
$12.00 Add to cartA great king, strong as the stars in Heaven. Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends…. [more below]
- Series: Penguin Epics #01
- Author: Sandars, N. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0141026286
- Language: English
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Rome: Strategy of Empire
$40.99 Add to cartThe first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final demise in 476 CE
From Octavian’s victory at Actium (31 bc) to its traditional endpoint in the West (476- Author: Lacey, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 019093770X
- Language: English
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The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think
$34.95 Add to cartHow do ancient Greek myths find themselves retold and reinterpreted in cultures across the world, several millennia later? In this volume, bestselling author Richard Buxton explores the power that eig
- Series: Myths That Shape the Way We Think #1
- Author: Buxton, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0500518807
- Language: English
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Lectures on Ancient Philosophy
$21.95 Add to cartComplete in itself, this volume originated as a commentary and expansion of Manly P. Hall’s masterpiece of symbolic philosophy, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.
In Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, Ma… [more below]- Author: Hall, Manly P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 08 2005
- ISBN10: 1585424323
- Language: English
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Greek Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
$14.99 Read moreA striking companion volume to Greek Myths and Legends, exploring the ancient origins of Ancient Greek culture, from its tribal beginnings to its foundational impact on modern life.
Gorgeous Collector- Series: Flame Tree Collector’s Editions
- Author: Powell, Lindsay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1804175773
- Language: English
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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization
$22.99 Add to cartWas the fall of Rome a great catastrophe that cast the West into darkness for centuries to come? Or, as scholars argue today, was there no crisis at all, but simply a peaceful blending of barbarians i… [more below]
- Author: Ward-Perkins, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0192807285
- Language: English
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All My Sons
$15.00 Add to cartA Penguin Classic
Joe Keller and Steve Deever, partners in a machine shop during World War II, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Kell- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Miller, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0141185465
- Language: English
