Civilization
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Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3: The Masters of History
$29.99 Add to cartThis third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History–The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanit
- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0063387417
- Language: English
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Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
$32.99 Add to cartIn imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while s
- Author: Barraclough, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1324089237
- Language: English
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The Story of Civilization Activity Book: Volume I – The Ancient World
$14.95 Read moreThe Activity Book and companion Teacher’s Manual provide a complete review of everything read in The Story of Civilization: The Ancient World, along with creative activities to accompany each chapter,… [more below]
- Author: Tan Books
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1505105714
- Language: English
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The Gods Were Astronauts: The Extraterrestrial Identity of the Old Gods Revealed
$19.95 Read moreBestselling author Erich von D?iken explores the evidence of ancient visitors treated as gods in religious scripture and mythology. His findings shake the foundations of both science and faith.
Why d- Series: Erich Von Daniken Library
- Author: Von Däniken, Erich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1637480008
- Language: English
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Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
$19.99 Read more“Johnson revels in all the wicked things these great thinkers have done…great fun to read.” — New York Times Book Review
A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Johnson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0061253170
- Language: English
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The Emperors of Byzantium
$39.95 Read moreThe Byzantine empire was one of the most successful states of the Middle Ages, ruling over a huge terrain straddling Europe and western Asia for eleven hundred years from the fourth to fifteenth centu
- Author: Lygo, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0500023298
- 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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Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto
$19.95 Read moreA different kind of politics for a new kind of society–beyond work, scarcity and capitalism
In the twenty-first century, new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation, rather than undermi- Author: Bastani, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1786632632
- 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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The Godel Operation
$8.99 Read moreSCIENCE FICTION AT ITS SENSE-OF-WONDER BEST: A WILD CHASE THROUGH THE BILLION WORLDS OF THE TENTH MILLENNIUM IN SEARCH OF A MYTHICAL WEAPON THAT COULD SAVE CIVILIZATION–OR DOOM IT!
A droid and his bo- Author: Cambias, James L.
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1982191880
- 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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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
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The Story of Civilization Test Book: Volume I – The Ancient World
$14.95 Read moreThis test book serves as a companion resource to The Story of Civilization: Volume I, The Ancient World. With this book, students can test their reading comprehension and further educate themselves on… [more below]
- Author: Campbell, Phillip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 1505105692
- Language: English
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Great Cities: The Stories Behind the World’s Most Fascinating Places
$40.00 Read moreExplore the social and cultural history of 100 of the world’s most important cities.
This illustrated history book provides a fascinating insight into the events, movements, and people throughout hist… [more below]- Series: DK Great
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0744029228
- Language: English
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Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
$20.00 Read more“Mr. Cartledge’s command of the historical material is effortless and exhaustive, and his appreciation of Thebes is persuasive.” —Wall Street Journal
“An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating- Author: Cartledge, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1419758551
- Language: English
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The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
$25.00 Add to cartThe definitive sequel to New York Times bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World is a magisterial account of how the two greatest thinkers of the ancient world, Plato and Aristotle, laid the… [more below]
- Author: Herman, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0553385666
- Language: English
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Lost Civilizations: Reveal the Secrets of Yesterday’s World
$9.98 Read moreA surprising number of amazing civilizations have risen and fallen in the course of human history. Come explore them in Lost Civilizations!
- Civilizations from across the globe: Africa, the Americas, A
- Author: Publications International Ltd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1639383069
- Language: English
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DK Eyewitness Books: Ancient Civilizations: Discover the Golden Ages of History, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to Mighty
$16.99 Read moreFrom the intriguing world of pharaohs in Ancient Egypt, to the arts of Greece and Rome, to the amazing culture of the Mayans, Eyewitness: Ancient Civilizations looks at the world’s most intriguing soc… [more below]
- Series: DK Eyewitness
- Author: Fullman, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: July 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1465408878
- Language: English
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History Is Wrong
$19.95 Read moreErich von Daniken again shows his flair for revealing the truths that his contemporaries have missed. After closely analyzing hundreds of ancient and apparently unrelated texts, he is now ready to pro… [more below]
- Series: Erich Von Daniken Library
- Author: Von Däniken, Erich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1601630867
- Language: English
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The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 ‘Book of the Week’
$35.00 Read more“Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music.” –Daniel Levitin
A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between- Author: Spitzer, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1635576245
- Language: English
