Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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The Horrible, Miserable Middle Ages: The Disgusting Details about Life During Medieval Times
$8.99 Read moreFrom leftover trenchers and stinky chamber pots to barber surgeons and the black plague, life could be really miserable for people during medieval times. Get ready to explore the nasty side of life in
- Series: Fact Finders: Disgusting History
- Author: Allen, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 01, 2010
- ISBN10: 1429663502
- Language: English
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Welsh Monsters & Mythical Beasts: A Guide to the Legendary Creatures from Celtic-Welsh Myth and Legend
$29.95 Add to cart“A love letter to the Welsh language… Ellis’ detailed watercolor illustrations are the main attraction, providing fresh artistic representations to inspire a new generation of readers. Mythology fan
- Series: Wool of Bat
- Author: Ellis, Rowynn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1777081777
- Language: English
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Essays of E. B. White
$19.99 Add to cart“Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose. White’s style incorporates eloquence without affection, profundity without pomposity, and wit without frivolity or hostility. Li
- Series: Perennial Classics
- Author: White, E. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 12 2006
- ISBN10: 0060932236
- Language: English
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Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
$9.99 Add to cartFrom Newbery Medal-winning author Robin McKinley, this beloved story illuminates an unlikely love story–Beauty and the Beast. This fortieth-anniversary edition features a striking new package for the
- Author: McKinley, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 19 2018
- ISBN10: 006280345X
- Language: English
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The Secret
$10.99 Add to cartOne of Forbes‘s 30 Best Romance Novels of All Time!
Judith Hampton was as beautiful as she was proud and loyal. Her dear Scottish friend from childhood was about to give birth, and Judith had promised- Author: Garwood, Julie
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0671744216
- Language: English
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Socrates’ Children: An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers: Volume II: Medieval Philosophers Volume 2
$19.95 Read morePeter Kreeft, esteemed philosophy professor and author of over eighty books, has taught college philosophy for sixty years. Throughout those decades, he yearned for a beginner’s philosophy text that
- Series: Socrates’ Children
- Author: Kreeft, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1685780113
- Language: English
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Samurai Castles: History / Architecture / Visitors’ Guides
$19.99 Read moreSamurai Castles features hundreds of stunning color photographs and little-known details about the most important and well-preserved Samurai castles in Japan, including their history, design and milit… [more below]
- Author: Mitchelhill, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 4805313870
- Language: English
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The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur
$21.00 Add to cartWith The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. Now a major television show.
The- Series: Warlord Chronicles #1
- Author: Cornwell, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0312156960
- Language: English
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The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur
$21.00 Add to cartWith The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. Now a major television show.
The- Series: Warlord Chronicles #1
- Author: Cornwell, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0312156960
- Language: English
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Everything and the Moon
$8.99 Add to cartIt was indisputably love at first sight. But Victoria Lyndon was merely the teenaged daughter of a vicar. . .while Robert Kemble was the dashing young earl of Macclesfield. Surely what their meddlesom
- Series: Avon Historical Romance
- Author: Quinn, Julia
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 26, 2003
- ISBN10: 0380789337
- Language: English
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Beowulf
$25.99 Add to cartComposed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf ?is the elegiac narrative of the Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel’s… [more below]
- Author: Heaney, Seamus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 17 2007
- ISBN10: 0393330109
- Language: English
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Cathedral
$17.95 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICE
“An expansive fictional epic addressing themes of art, religion and power in the mode of Ken Follett or Umberto Eco… Hopkins’s compelling and descriptive tale will l
- Author: Hopkins, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: October 05, 2021
- ISBN10: 1609457234
- Language: English
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Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire
$22.99 Add to cartThe definitive history of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more t- Author: Finkel, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 24 2007
- ISBN10: 0465023975
- Language: English
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Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Charles III
$22.00 Add to cartOn the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s historic 70th anniversary on the throne, Tracy Borman’s sweeping narrative of the British monarchy illuminates one of history’s most iconic and enduring legacies
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- Author: Borman, Tracy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0802162320
- Language: English
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The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary
$24.95 Add to cartAn entertaining tour of Old English words for animals, from the author of The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English, which Neil Gaiman called “a marvelous book”
Many of the animals we encounter in ever- Author: Videen, Hana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0691260001
- Language: English
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A Single Shard
$18.99 Read moreThe Newbery Medal-winning tale of an orphan boy whose dream of becoming a master potter leads to unforeseen adventure in ancient Korea.
Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean village renown
- Author: Park, Linda Sue
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 23 2001
- ISBN10: 0395978270
- Language: English
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On Shaky Ground
$19.95 Add to cartThe Copper Country was on strike; that is, the miners were as their union battled against the powerful mine owners’ unreasonable demands. It was a time of turmoil, destruction and even death. But six-
- Author: Grindey, Sandy Keranen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 9798891122338
- Language: English
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The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century Japan
$13.95 Add to cartJapan in the 10th century stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Inside this bubble, a subtle and beautiful world was in operation, and its inhabitants were tied to the m… [more below]
- Author: Waley, Arthur
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 10 2011
- ISBN10: 4805311088
- Language: English
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Study Guide to The Divine Comedy by Dante
$17.95 Add to cartA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Dante’s The Divine Comedy, a defining work of religious literature for the Renaissance time period. In Pilgrim’s exp… [more below]
- Series: Bright Notes
- Author: Intelligent Education
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: February 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1645420744
- Language: English
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Sisters of Sword and Song
$15.99 Read moreRebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals, delivers a thrilling new fantasy about the lengths two sisters will go for each other. Perfect for fans of Ember in the Ashes, Sky
- Author: Ross, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0062471422
- Language: English
