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All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths by Jean Menzies 9781912489848
RRP: $14.63$9.63For a period in time that gave us Sappho and the love affair of Achilles and Patroclus, the Ancient Greek relationship with queer folk is more complicated that at first glance. Tales as old as antiquity persevere, whether the goddess of love Aphrodite,... -
Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion by Andrew Robinson
RRP: $25.33$16.77An updated edition of this acclaimed book, now with a new preface and published to tie in with the bicentenary of Champollion's breakthrough in 1822. Cracking the Egyptian Code is the first biography in English of Jean-Francois Champollion, the... -
The Classical Tradition by Anthony Grafton 9780674035720
RRP: $138.35$112.01"A vast cabinet of curiosities."-Stephen Greenblatt"Eclectic rather than exhaustive, less an encyclopedia than a buffet."-Frederic Raphael, Literary ReviewHow do we get from the polis to the police? Or from Odysseus's sirens to those of an ambulance? The... -
Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
RRP: $33.13$23.95From award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time. Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate... -
Defence Speeches by Cicero
RRP: $21.43$15.15'But I must stop now. I can no longer speak for tears - and my client has ordered that tears are not to be used in his defence.' Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world: he dominated the Roman courts, usually appearing for the... -
Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt by John Anthony West 9780835606912
RRP: $40.95$34.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835606912Author John Anthony WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1g -
Roman Homosexuality by Craig A. Williams
$71.35Ten years after its original publication, Roman Homosexuality remains the definitive statement of this interesting but often misunderstood aspect of Roman culture. Learned yet accessible, the book has reached both students and general readers with an... -
Gardens and Gardeners of the Ancient World: History, Myth and Archaeology by Linda Farrar 9781909686854
RRP: $58.48$54.93A beautifully illustrated book tracing the beginning of gardening and garden history, from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, to the Minoans and Mycenaeans, Greeks, Etruscans and Romans, through Byzantine, Islamic and Persian gardens right up to the Middle... -
Egyptian Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria by Garry J. Shaw
RRP: $33.13$23.28Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on a tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis, Osiris, and their enemies and allies, tales of vengeance, tragedy, and fantastic... -
The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine by Bishop of Caesarea Eusebius
RRP: $25.33$17.73Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a... -
The Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World by Edith Hall
RRP: $21.43$15.15They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas's three hundred Spartans and Alexander... -
Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome by Lindsay C. Watson
RRP: $48.73$42.47Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly... -
The History of Sexuality: 3: The Care of the Self by Michel Foucault
RRP: $25.33$17.73'Bristles with provocative insights into the tangled liaisons of sex and self' Times Higher EducationIn the third volume of his acclaimed examination of sexuality in modern Western society, Foucault investigates the Golden Age of Rome to reveal a ... -
Crassus: The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard
RRP: $37.03$31.55The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory "A perfectly paced biography."-Tom Holland, Times Literary Supplement Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer... -
Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness (the Definitive Edition of Supernatural) by Graham Hancock 9781637480069
RRP: $58.40$39.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637480069Author Graham HancockFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint New Page BooksPublisher New Page BooksWeight(grams) 721gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 154mm... -
The Life of Cicero: Lessons for Today from the Greatest Orator of the Roman Republic by Philip Kay-Bujak 9781399097413
RRP: $48.75$34.36Cicero was Rome's greatest orator and one of the key statesmen of the late Roman Republic. He championed traditional Republican values against populist demagogues like Julius Caesar during a tumultuous period of civil war and unrest. During his term as... -
Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian (336 BC - AD 138) by Prof. Dr. Angelos Chaniotis 9781846682971
RRP: $29.23$21.35The ancient world that Alexander the Great transformed in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death. The imperial dynasties of his successors incorporated and reorganized the fallen Persian empire, creating a new land empire stretching from the... -
The Dinosaur Hunters: The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery of Prehistoric Life by Lowell Dingus
RRP: $39.00$26.81Dinosaur bones had been found centuries before scientists understood what they were and what creatures they came from; ancient Chinese writings spoke of 'dragon' bones, and large fossils discovered in the UK were thought to belong to human giants. It was... -
The If Odyssey: A Philosophical Journey Through Greek Myth and Storytelling for 8 - 16-Year-Olds by Peter Worley
RRP: $38.98$29.19The If Odyssey draws out the philosophy that lies behind each story in Homer's epic tale to introduce children not only to the exciting fables of Odysseus, but also to that other great Ancient Greek tradition, philosophy. Explore with Odysseus the value... -
Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor by Philip Freeman 9780300256642
RRP: $37.03$31.55The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman "When we think of ancient Rome, it's impossible not to think of Christianity, one of its most notable exports-but what if it hadn't been? This is... -
The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides 9780226801063
RRP: $46.80$45.69"Thomas Hobbes's translation of Thucydides brings together the magisterial prose of one of the greatest writers of the English language and the depth of mind and experience of one of the greatest writers of history in any language. . . . For every... -
Temporary Palaces: The Great House in European Prehistory by Richard Bradley 9781789256611
RRP: $33.13$27.50The Great Houses of the prehistoric and early medieval periods were enormous structures whose forms were modelled on those of domestic dwellings. Most were built of wood rather than stone; they were used over comparatively short periods; they were... -
Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 by Wm. Theodore De Bary
RRP: $81.90$65.19A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students... -
Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines: More Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Garrett Ryan 9781633888937
RRP: $33.13$23.95Did the ancient Greeks and Romans have conspiracy theories? How did they prove their identity? And how much of the modern gold supply comes from the Romans?In a series of short and humorous essays, Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines... -
A Brief History of the Druids by Peter Berresford Ellis
RRP: $21.43$14.43A history of the cult of the ancient Druids, exploring who they really were and what role they played in the Celtic world. The author's interpretation of the facts is based on both archaeological and etymological findings. Peter Berresford Ellis sifts... -
Ancient Iraq by Georges Roux
RRP: $33.13$23.95First published in 1964, Ancient Iraq is the classic work on Mesopotamia and the great civilizations that sprung from the region bounded by the Euphrates and Tigris. It remains an invaluable primer for anyone fascinated by the extraordinary ruins and... -
The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks by Richard Stoneman
RRP: $54.60$42.43An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCEWhen the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander's army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a new world. The plants were unrecognizable, the customs... -
The Spies of Sobeck (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 7): Murder and intrigue from Ancient Egypt by Paul Doherty
RRP: $19.48$13.26In Paul Doherty's new novel, Amerotke, Chief Judge of the Hall of Two Truths, is once again summoned to the Imperial Palaceo: Tekreth, Guardian of the Door of Sobeck, has fallen to his death from the roof of his stately mansion. According to all... -
Two Gods in Heaven: Jewish Concepts of God in Antiquity by Peter Schafer
RRP: $58.50$44.50A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheismContrary to popular belief, Judaism was not always strictly monotheistic. Two Gods in Heaven reveals the long and little-known history of a second, junior god in Judaism,... -
Understanding Early Christian Art by Robin M. Jensen 9781032105482
RRP: $70.18$61.80Surveying the content and character of early Christian iconography from the third to the sixth century CE, this substantially revised and updated new edition of Understanding Early Christian Art makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to... -
Pagans and Christians: In the Mediterranean World from the Second Century AD to the Conversion of Constantine by Robin Lane Fox
RRP: $37.03$27.32From the second century AD to the conversion of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, Robin Lane Fox's Pagans and Christians in the Mediterranean World gives a fascinating new perspective on an extraordinary era. The transition from pagan to... -
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom
RRP: $39.00$28.65What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old... -
Understanding Greek Vases - A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques by . Clark 9780892365999
RRP: $33.13$26.77What is a pyxis? Who was the Amasis Painter? How did Greek vases get their distinctive black and orange colours? This volume offers definitions and descriptions of these and many other Greek vase shapes, painters and techniques encountered in museum... -
The Road To Eleusis by Albert Hoffman
RRP: $33.13$23.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556437526Author R. Gordon WassonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Hellenica: Bks. 1-4 by Xenophon
RRP: $48.65$44.69A continuation of Thucydides.Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian governor Cyrus against the Persian king. After... -
Attila The Hun: Barbarian Terror and the Fall of the Roman Empire by Christopher Kelly
RRP: $31.18$22.64Attila the Hun - godless barbarian and near-mythical warrior king - has become a byword for mindless ferocity. His brutal attacks smashed through the frontiers of the Roman empire in a savage wave of death and destruction. His reign of terror shattered... -
Teutoburg Forest AD 9: The destruction of Varus and his legions by Michael McNally
RRP: $33.13$23.95Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!' supposedly yelled Augustus Caesar when he received the news of the disaster in the Teutoburg Forest. One of the greatest military disasters of the Roman Empire, Teutoburg Forest witnessed the near-total... -
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage by William E. Metcalf 9780199372188
$97.66A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between general works intended for collectors and highly specialized studies addressed to numismatists. Indeed, there is hardly anything produced by knowledgeable numismatists that is easily... -
Into the labyrinth: in search of Daidalos by Michael Wilson
RRP: $40.93$29.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528988148Author Michael WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales by Christine van Ruymbeke
RRP: $39.00$26.81The Shah Nameh (The Book of Kings), The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan (The Flower Garden) are amongst the greatest works of Persia, containing some of the most beautiful, rich and diverse language in the literary world. They rival Dante's Divine...