Mary Beard
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S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome
$18.99 Add to cartIn SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome “with passion and without technical jargon” and demonstrates how “a slightly shabby Iron Age village” rose to become the “undispute
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1631492225
- Language: English
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Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old
$22.50 Read moreThe incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics.
Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why–for better or (sometimes) worse- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 20 2026
- ISBN10: 0226834247
- Language: English
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
$21.99 Add to cartIn her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. No
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1324095601
- Language: English
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Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up Volume 71
$18.95 Add to cart“Superbly acute and unashamedly complex.”–The Telegraph
“Rich and provocative.”–Times Literary Supplement
“An engaging exploration.”–The New Yorker
“The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written another c- Series: Sather Classical Lectures
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0520401492
- Language: English
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How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization
$24.95 Read moreConceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on … [more below]
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1631494406
- Language: English
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Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
$20.00 Add to cartMary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book in which we encounter not only Cleopatra and Ale… [more below]
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 06 2014
- ISBN10: 0871408597
- Language: English
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Classics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWe are all classicists–we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 15 2000
- ISBN10: 0192853856
- Language: English
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Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
$58.33 Read moreFrom the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0691222363
- Language: English
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
$18.99 Add to cartAt long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she trace… [more below]
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1631494759
- Language: English
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S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome
$39.99 Add to cartAncient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a “mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride an
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0871404230
- Language: English
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Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
$24.95 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0691225877
- Language: English
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
$39.99 Add to cartIn her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. No
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 0871404222
- Language: English
