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Life in Roman Britain
The History Press 2012; US$ 1.44What was it like to live in Roman Britain? What sort of house would you have lived in? What sort of clothes would you have worn? This book takes us back in time to see what it was really like to live in Roman Britain, what kind of sights and smells would be around us, and what our daily lives would have involved. more...
The Wall
Birlinn 2012; US$ 9.29In The Wall, Alistair Moffat's fascination shines through as he captures the enormous endeavour of the builders along with the captivating human stories the stones still tell after nearly two millennia.' The Scotsman Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. Nothing else approaches... more...
The Archaeology of Australia's Deserts
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 26.00This is the first book-length study of the archaeology of Australia's deserts, exploring the cultural and environmental history of these drylands. more...
Orpheus
Random House 2011; US$ 20.01For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work Ann Wroe goes in search... more...
Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 91.00Ancient Greeks and Egyptians carried on a cultural and intellectual dialogue for centuries, one with profound consequences for both sides. more...
Western Civilization to 1500
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 13.99Master Your Coursework with Collins College Outlines The Collins College Outline for Western Civilization to 1500 covers all major events from the earliest known civilizations of Egypt and Sumer to the Greek and Roman Empires through the feudal times, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, finally concluding with the threshold of the Modern Age.... more...
On Benefits
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 4.99Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist, who also acted as a tutor and adviser to emperor Nero. Seneca spoke of addressing life's issue through practical steps and considered it important that an individual faces their own mortality. more...
The Histories of Herodotus,I and II (Complete)
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories tells the story of the Greco-Persian Wars between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus travelled extensively around the ancient... more...
The Murder of King Tut
Random House 2009; US$ 9.34Thrust onto Egypt's throne when just nine years old, King Tut's reign was fiercely debated from the outset. After nine years in power, Tut suddenly perished and his name was purged from Egyptian history. To this day, his death remains shrouded in controversy. Now, in The Murder of King Tut , James Patterson and Martin Dugard dig through the... more...
The Caesars
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2011; US$ 13.50Donna Hurley has done a sterling job in providing us with both an Introduction to Suetonius and a translation of The Caesars that we can confidently recommend to students. Her Introduction summarizes a complex topic succinctly and is informative without being overwhelming, set at an ideal level for the student and intelligent enthusiast. Her... more...









