Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Were Built
$17.95 Add to cartWe admire the ancient wonders today, but somebody had to build them. No heavy machinery, no semitrucks, no cement mixers. How was it even
possible to build such wonders as pyramids and temples in ancie… [more below]- Series: How the Wonders Were Built
- Author: Henkova, Ludmila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 8000061341
- Language: English
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Death and the Maiden
$15.00 Add to cart“Suspenseful, riveting . . . Achieves a universality that is movingly personal.” —The New York Times
The explosively provocative, award-winning drama set in a country that has just emerged from a tot… [more below]- Series: Penguin Plays
- Author: Dorfman, Ariel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0140246843
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
$28.99 Add to cartAncient Rome is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Focusing on six turning points in Roman history, Simon Baker’s absorbing narrative charts the rise and fall of a political ma… [more below]
- Author: Baker, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1846072840
- Language: English
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The Throne of Zeus
$7.99 Add to cartThe Throne of Zeus by Deborah Lerme Goodman takes YOU on a mythical quest back in time in search of the ancient Greek god Zeus. 9-12 year old readers will navigate the Labyrinth, defy the evil Hades, … [more below]
- Series: Choose Your Own Adventure: Lost Archives
- Author: Lerme Goodman, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1937133303
- Language: English
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The Art of War
$9.99 Add to cartThe Art of War by general and philosopher Sun Tzu is an influential book of strategy that has found applications in countless situations beyond the war room.
More than 2,000 years old, this classic o… [more below]- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Tzu, Sun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1435171624
- Language: English
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Becoming The Conjurer
$16.99 Add to cartThe prequel to the critically-acclaimed novel, The Conjurer, has arrived. The paths of three boys intertwine at an unlikely junction in this fantastic tale of treachery, hope, and power.
When opportuni
- Author: Oliveri, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 08 2023
- ISBN10: 9798868955976
- Language: English
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Olympians: Hades: Lord of the Dead
$12.99 Add to cartGeorge O’Connor’s vibrant, kinetic art brings ancient tales to life in the New York Times Bestselling series The Olympians. This fusion of super-hero aesthetics and ancient Greek mythology is perfect
- Series: Olympians (Paperback) #4
- Author: O’Connor, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 31 2012
- ISBN10: 1596434341
- Language: English
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So We Read on: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures
$19.99 Add to cartThe “Fresh Air” book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby — “The Great American Novel we all think we’ve read, but really haven’t.”
Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who- Author: Corrigan, Maureen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0316230065
- Language: English
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A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives
$16.95 Read moreA vibrant portrait of a lost world, A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives reveals the mightiest civilization of antiquity through the eyes of one hundred of its citizens. The book gives a voice not j… [more below]
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0500297053
- Language: English
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The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol I: From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 A.D.
$69.99 Add to cartThe Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol I: From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 A.D. covers great swathes of time beginning with the earliest written records of the Hebrews, Sumerians, Baby
- Author: Black, Conrad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1152
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1943003866
- Language: English
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Choosing to Be Simple: Collected Poems of Tao Yuanming
$22.00 Add to cartNavigating the uncertainty of a divided China wracked by warfare and corruption, Tao Yuanming’s poetry–expertly translated by Red Pine–chooses the path walked by China’s ancient sages, finding joy i… [more below]
- Author: Yuanming, Tao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1556596723
- Language: English
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Metamorphoses
$38.00 Read moreWinner of the 2023 HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its represe- Series: Penguin Classics Hardcover
- Author: Ovid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 525505997
- Language: English
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The Conjurer
$16.99 Add to cartIn the thriving kingdom of Idaza, Mikalla is the adored Conjurer, the nation’s chief storyteller. Using the shadows cast by the city’s glorious ceremonial flame, he weaves the history and tales of Ida
- Author: Oliveri, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: December 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1956932054
- Language: English
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The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt
$11.95 Add to cartChebron, the young son of an Egyptian high priest, and Amuba, a young slave in the boy’s household, are close friends; but their lives are greatly altered when Chebron accidentally kills a cat, an ani… [more below]
- Series: Dover Children’s Classics
- Author: Henty, G. A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 22 2002
- ISBN10: 0486423638
- Language: English
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Oedipus the King
$6.99 Add to cartThe famed Athenian tragedy in which Oedipus’s own faults contribute to his tragic downfall.
A great masterpiece on which Aristotle based his aesthetic theory of drama in the Poetics and from which Fre- Series: Enriched Classics
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1416500332
- Language: English
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Meditations
$14.99 Add to cartThe Meditations are a set of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius. He writes about the vicissitudes of his own life and explores how to live wisely and virtuously in an unpredictable world.
Part of- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1529015022
- Language: English
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Entering Hekate’s Garden: The Magick, Medicine & Mystery of Plant Spirit Witchcraft
$24.95 Add to cartA guide to plant spirit ritual and witchcraft, with practical instruction on the use of botanicals especially associated with the beloved goddess Hekate and her daughters Circe and Medea.
Bringing phar
- Author: Brannen, Cyndi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1578637228
- Language: English
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Olympians: Dionysos: The New God
$12.99 Read moreGeorge O’Connor’s vibrant, kinetic art brings ancient tales to life in the New York Times Bestselling series The Olympians. This fusion of super-hero aesthetics and ancient Greek mythology is perfect
- Series: Olympians #12
- Author: O’Connor, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1626725314
- Language: English
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Factology: Ancient Egypt: Open Up a World of Information!
$19.99 Add to cartFactology: Ancient Egypt is a fact-packed
introduction to this iconic time in history, presented in maps, timelines,
diagrams and statistics.Did you know that the pyramids of Giza were once
covered in- Series: Factology
- Author: Button Books
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1787081311
- Language: English
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The Purgatorio
$8.95 Add to cartIn The Purgatorio, Dante describes his journey to the renunciation of sin, accepting his suffering in preparation for his coming into the presence of God. This brilliant translation of Dante’s canticl… [more below]
- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0451531426
- Language: English
