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Lucretius and the Language of Nature by Barnaby Taylor 9780198754909
$164.37Lucretius' Epicurean poem De Rerum Natura ('On the Nature of Things'), written in the middle of the first century BC, made a fundamental and lasting contribution to the language of Latin philosophy. The style of De Rerum Natura is like nothing else in... -
The Roman Emperor Aurelian: Restorer of the World - New Revised Edition by John F White 9781526781871
RRP: $29.23$21.35The ancient Sibylline prophecies had foretold that the Roman Empire would last for 1000 years. As the time for the expected dissolution approached in the middle of the third century AD, the empire was lapsing into chaos, with seemingly interminable civil... -
Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia and the end of the Golden Age by Robin Waterfield
RRP: $25.33$16.69It is 401 BC. After an epic battle in Persia, Xenophon is elected general of the defeated Greek army and must lead the men on a fraught journey back home - a journey of hundreds of miles, north from modern-day Iraq into the mountains of Kurdistan and... -
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... -
The Battle of the Classics: How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today by Eric Adler 9780197518786
RRP: $60.43$44.56These are troubling days for the humanities. In response, a recent proliferation of works defending the humanities has emerged. But, taken together, what are these works really saying, and how persuasive do they prove? The Battle of the Classics... -
The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars by Geoff Stray 9781904263609
RRP: $11.68$8.01Ever since humans first began to count, people have clocked days, moons and years, tried to make sense of them in terms of each other, and formed calendars to order their lives. In an amazing leap, the ancient Maya managed to synchronize all the visible... -
A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 3: From the Shepherd Kings to the End of the Theban Monarchy by John Romer 9780141993355
RRP: $37.03$26.54The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known stateArchaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the... -
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction by C.C.W. Taylor
RRP: $17.53$12.58Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy; it is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have been unimaginably different. Yet Socrates wrote nothing... -
Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars Peter Stothard 9781474620994
RRP: $42.90$31.24'Lets us see how power really worked, in public and private ... Stothard tells this story superbly'Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMES14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A second is about to succeed. The Forum of Rome, once fought over so fiercely, has... -
Ancient Scepticism Harald Thorsrud 9781844651313
RRP: $74.08$65.09Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an... -
Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients by David Hatcher Childress 9780932813732
RRP: $36.08$22.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932813732Author David Hatcher ChildressFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams)... -
Critical Ancient World Studies: The Case for Forgetting Classics Mathura Umachandran 9781032120119
RRP: $72.13$63.43This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself against a long history of a discipline formulated to naturalise a hierarchical, white... -
Bog Bodies Uncovered: Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
RRP: $48.75$32.72It is time for a new book about bog bodies: the number of known bodies is growing. Lindow Man, the famous 'Pete Marsh' discovered in Cheshire in the 1980s, has been joined by new finds from Ireland and elsewhere. Who were these unfortunate people, and... -
A Geography of Offerings: Deposits of Valuables in the Landscapes of Ancient Europe by Richard Bradley 9781785704772
RRP: $31.18$28.96More than quarter of a century ago Richard Bradley published The Passage of Arms. It was conceived as An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits, but, as the author concedes, these terms were too narrowly focused for the complex... -
A Grand Tour of the Roman Empire by Marcus Sidonius Falx by Dr. Jerry Toner 9781781255766
RRP: $21.43$15.15'Toner again spins a tale that is enjoyable and informative.' The Times Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before... -
And Man Created God: Kings, Cults and Conquests at the Time of Jesus by Selina O'Grady
RRP: $58.50$40.85And Man Created God is a sweeping exploration of the religions of the world at the time of Jesus: this is popular history at its best. At the time of Jesus's birth, the world was in ferment. Across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia -... -
Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer 9781773239712
RRP: $17.45$15.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773239712Author Samuel Noah KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000 - 5000 BC by Steven Mithen
RRP: $33.13$23.28A fantastic voyage through 15,000 years of history that laid the foundations for civilisation as we know it by award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.Twenty thousand years ago Earth was in the midst of an ice age. Then global warming arrived, leading... -
Boudicca's Rebellion AD 60-61: The Britons rise up against Rome by Nic Fields
RRP: $33.13$23.95When the Romans occupied the southern half of Britain in AD 43, the Iceni tribe quickly allied themselves with the invaders. Having paid tribute to Rome, they continued to be ruled by their own kings. But 17 years later when Prasutagus, the king of the... -
Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace by Max Hastings 9780008454265
RRP: $25.33$16.54‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail ‘An unmissable read’ Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers, about men and women who... -
The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales: The Illiad the Odyssey and the Migration of Myth by Felice Vinci 9781594770524
RRP: $46.80$41.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594770524Author Felice VinciFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and... -
Neolithic Britain: The Transformation of Social Worlds by Keith Ray
$43.29The Neolithic in Britain was a period of fundamental change: human communities were transformed, collectively owning domesticated plants and animals, and inhabiting a richer world of material things: timber houses and halls, pottery vessels, polished... -
Pennine Dragon: The Real King Arthur of the North by Simon Keegan
RRP: $25.33$22.05Pennine Dragon tells the true story of the legendary King Arthur. On the 1500th anniversary of Arthur's greatest battle at Badon, his whole life, family history and exploits are finally identified with those of a real historic ruler. Arthur Pendragon was... -
Nefertiti's Face: The Creation of an Icon Joyce Tyldesley 9781781250518
RRP: $19.48$13.86More than three thousand years ago a sculptor working in the royal city of Amarna carved a limestone bust of an Egyptian queen. The queen was Nefertiti, consort of the 'heretic pharaoh' Akhenaten. Plastered and painted, Nefertiti's bust depicted an... -
Classics: Why It Matters by Neville Morley 9781509517930
RRP: $29.23$20.16For generations, the study of Greek and Latin was used to train the elites of the western world. Knowledge of classical culture, it was believed, produced more cultivated, creative individuals; Greece and Rome were seen as pinnacles of civilization, and... -
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,... -
Livy, History of Rome I: A Selection John Storey (Head of Classics, Downside School, UK) 9781350060388
RRP: $25.33$23.13This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Livy's History of Rome, Book I, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for chapters 53-54, 56 (haec agenti ...)-60, with a detailed... -
Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet by Nicholas Reeves
RRP: $25.33$16.77One of the most compelling and controversial figures in history, Akhenaten has captured the imagination like no other Egyptian pharaoh. Known today as a heretic, Akhenaten sought to impose upon Egypt and its people the worship of a single god - the sun -... -
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor 9780691170275
RRP: $31.18$25.95Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a... -
Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity by G. W. Bowersock
$39.00In this book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel, the famed historian G. W. Bowersock presents a searching examination of political developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of the rise of Islam. Recounting the growth... -
The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts by Marvin W. Meyer 9780812216929
RRP: $46.78$30.67Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time Olympian luster diminished in favor of religious experiences more immediate to the concerns of people living in an increasingly... -
Psyche and Eros: The spellbinding and hotly-anticipated Greek mythology retelling that everyone’s talking about! by Luna McNamara
RRP: $33.13$22.76'A riotous adventure, populated by a cast of vivid, glittering characters' JENNIFER SAINT'An enthralling tale of adventure, romance, and star-crossed lovers' SUE LYNN TANNTHE GOD OF LOVE HAS FINALLY MET HIS MATCH...Born into an era of heroes, a prophecy... -
The Greek World 479-323 BC by Simon Hornblower
RRP: $85.78$75.74The Greek World 479-323 BC has been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication nearly thirty years ago. Now Simon Hornblower has comprehensively revised and partly rewritten his original text, bringing it up-to-date for... -
The Road to Sparta: Reliving the Epic Run that Inspired the World's Greatest Foot Race by Dean Karnazes
RRP: $21.43$15.15In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in history.Dean Karnazes... -
Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb by Zahi Hawass
RRP: $58.50$40.95The tomb of Tutankhamun, with its breathtaking treasures, remains the most sensational archaeological find of all time. This brilliantly illustrated volume takes the reader through Tutankhamun's tomb room-by-room in the order that it was discovered and... -
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1: The Dryden Translation by Plutarch
RRP: $33.13$22.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375756764Author PlutarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 816Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 459gDimensions(mm) 204mm *... -
Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard by Guy de la Bedoyere
RRP: $25.33$22.35A riveting account of ancient Rome's imperial bodyguard, the select band of soldiers who wielded the power to make-or destroy-the emperors they served Founded by Augustus around 27 B.C., the elite Praetorian Guard was tasked with the protection of the... -
The Great Book of Ancient Egypt: In the Realm of the Pharaohs Zahi Hawass 9788854413450
RRP: $58.50$42.51In this superbly illustrated volume, distinguished Egyptologist Zahi Hawass guides you through the architectural landscape of ancient Egypt. From houses and palaces to the temples of the gods, to the tombs, hundreds of photographs and a compelling text... -
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume One:The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985 by Martin Bernal
RRP: $29.23$21.35Classical civilisation, Martin Bernal argues, has deep roots in Afro-Asiatic cultures. But these Afro-Asiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied, or suppressed since the eighteenth century - chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view... -
Battles of the Greek and Roman Worlds by John Montagu
RRP: $33.13$18.17This comprehensive reference book on the battles of the ancient world covers events from the eighth century BC down to 31BC, when Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium. The author presents, in an exciting and vivid style,...