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Ireland's Ancient East by Neil Jackman
RRP: $29.23$26.54From medieval Carlingford in Louth to Blarney Castle in Cork, discover the top 100 places to visit in Ireland's Ancient East. Wander through time at sites such as Clonmacnoise, Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel, as well as at hidden gems like Athassel... -
Cuneiform by Irving Finkel
RRP: $19.48$13.26Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating... -
Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History by Cody Cassidy
RRP: $25.33$16.77Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing... -
The Jewish War by Josephus
RRP: $25.33$17.73Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a... -
Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall and Scilly, 4000BC -1000AD by Craig Wetherhill
RRP: $38.98$26.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841147482Author Craig WetherhillFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
The Great Empires of the Ancient World by Thomas Harrison
RRP: $25.33$15.85A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 BC to AD 500, from the ancient Mediterranean to China, in ten comprehensive chapters, taking in the empires of New Kingdom Egypt; the Hittites; Assyria and... -
Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome by Guy de la Bedoyere
RRP: $25.33$22.35A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero-these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of... -
Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell
RRP: $21.43$14.27Lose yourself in this glorious memoir of the island jewel of Corfu by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.'In its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.' New York TimesIn his youth,... -
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Donald P. Ryan
RRP: $17.53$11.76'Lively and amusing [...] an engaging read. Ryan successfully makes this ancient civilisation more immediate and accessible.' - Current World Archaeology _____________________'[Donald] Ryan - who has worked in and on Egypt for decades, as an... -
The Jews Among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire by Judith Lieu
RRP: $224.25$193.75In the period of Roman domination there were communities of Jews, some still in Palestine, some dispersed in and around the Roman Empire; they had to face at first the world-wide power of the pagan Romans and later on the emergence of Christianity as an... -
The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
RRP: $15.58$11.29What do we really need in order to live a happy life? An Epicurean antidote to anxietyOver two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer: all we really want is pleasure. Today we tend to associate the word... -
The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man's Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt's Greatest Mystery by Bob Brier
$22.31Eight years ago, Jean-Pierre Houdin, a successful French architect, became obsessed by the age-old mystery of how the Great Pyramid was built. He renounced his architectural practice, sold his Paris apartment, and for ten hours a day labored at his... -
Ancient Rome: An Illustrated History by Nigel Rodgers 9780754834205
RRP: $39.00$30.99The legacy of Ancient Rome shapes the world we inhabit today. The history of Rome - as a tiny primitive kingdom, as an ever-growing republic, as a world-ruling empire dominating the known world - is still influential. The first half of this book focuses... -
Petra: The Rose-Red City by Christian Auge
RRP: $15.50$10.30Deep in the desert of Jordan lies the hidden city of Petra, one of the greatest marvels of the ancient world. Carved from rose-red rock, Petra's monuments, dwellings and temples were for centuries the centre of a splendid civilization.Later the city fell... -
The Civil War by Julius Caesar
RRP: $25.33$17.73A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with incomparable immediacy and power. The Civil War is a tense and gripping depiction of his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican... -
How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks by Adam Nicolson
RRP: $48.75$24.73A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other? Before the... -
Roman Quests: Escape from Rome: Book 1 by Caroline Lawrence
RRP: $15.58$10.92The first in a brand new historical adventure series from million-copy-selling Caroline Lawrence, set in Roman Britain during the reign of the evil Emperor Domitian.The year is AD 94. When the evil Emperor Domitian sends soldiers to seize his family's... -
The Anthology by Vettius Valens 9780998588919
RRP: $81.88$59.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998588919Author Vettius ValensFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Amor Fati PublicationsPublisher Amor Fati PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
The Fight for Greek Sicily: Society, Politics, and Landscape by Melanie Jonasch 9781789253566
RRP: $87.75$72.44The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the... -
24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Dr Philip Matyszak
RRP: $17.53$11.76'Accessible, informative, enjoyable' - All About History _____________________Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that would end its golden age.Athens, 416 BC. A tenuous... -
The Season of the Hyaena (Akhenaten Trilogy, Book 2): A twisting novel of intrigue, corruption and secrets by Paul Doherty
RRP: $19.48$13.26Mahu, former Chief of Police and Keeper of the Secrets of the Heart is sitting down to record his memories. He sees uneasy quiet reigning in the Royal Circle at Thebes, after the disappearance of the Pharaoh Akenhaten and the abandonment of his new,... -
A Test Of Time: Volume One-The Bible-From Myth to History by David Rohl
RRP: $33.13$23.95By employing the same basic methodologies used to establish the currently accepted chronology, it has been possible for a group of young archaeologists, including David Rohl, to create a New Chronology which resolves many of the problems permeating... -
From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law: Law, Society, and Politics in Fifth-Century Athens by Martin Ostwald
RRP: $87.75$69.56Analyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century B.C., Martin Ostwald traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right... -
Virgil, Aeneid II: A Selection by Dominic Jones
$36.04This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription of Virgil's Aeneid Book 2, lines 40-249 and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Book 2, lines 268-317, 370-558, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary,... -
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan 9781400069224
RRP: $54.60$31.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400069224Author Reza AslanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 241mm *... -
The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History by Keith W. Whitelam
RRP: $74.08$65.09The Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel. Keith W. Whitelam argues that ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state. He explores the... -
The First Ghosts: A rich history of ancient ghosts and ghost stories from the British Museum curator by Irving Finkel
RRP: $21.43$14.43'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History Revealed'A fascinating journey' - Yorkshire Post'Marvellous...Finkel is an expert in Mesopotamian cultures... -
Ancient Rome: Infographics by Nicolas Guillerat
RRP: $39.00$27.98Packed with cleverly designed graphics, charts and diagrams, Ancient Rome: Infographics uses data visualization to tell the epic tale of the city of Rome and its empire. Every aspect of the Roman world is explored, from the birth of the Republic to the... -
The New Science by Giambattista Vico
RRP: $39.00$33.89A fresh translation of The New Science, with detailed footnotes that will help both the scholar and the new reader navigate Vico's masterpieceThe New Science is the major work of Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico. First published in 1725 and revised... -
Ancient Egyptian Furniture Volume II by Geoffrey Killen 9781785704857
RRP: $117.00$95.63In this revised second edition Dr Killen continues his survey of Egyptian furniture-making techniques with a study of boxes, chests and footstools and traces their evolution from the earliest times. Wooden, papyrus and alabaster boxes and chests were... -
Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece by Paul Cartledge
RRP: $25.33$17.12'An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a city which changed the ancient world and which deserves to be remembered by the modern. A masterful book written by a master historian.' - Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of Istanbul and... -
The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah by Karen Armstrong
RRP: $29.23$19.11The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha,... -
Archaeology and Capitalism: From Ethics to Politics by Yannis Hamilakis 9781598742718
RRP: $74.08$65.09The editors and contributors to this volume focus on the inherent political nature of archaeology and its impact on the practice of the discipline. Pointing to the discipline's history of advancing imperialist, colonialist, and racist objectives, they... -
The Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East by Zahra Newby 9780192868794
RRP: $161.85$147.69The Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East explores the various ways in which the experience of civic festivals in the Graeco-Roman East was created and framed by material culture. By the second and third centuries AD, Greek festivals... -
de Romanis Book 2: homines by Katharine Radice
$42.04FOR A LINK TO THE ONLINE RESOURCES, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN This is the new Latin course that you have long been waiting for! An introduction to both the Latin language and the cultural world of the Romans, it also develops English literacy skills... -
Ancient Egyptian Furniture Volume III by Geoffrey Killen 9781785704895
RRP: $117.00$96.80In this third volume Dr Killen investigates how woodworking in ancient Egypt developed in the 19th and 20th dynasties. It establishes the range of wooden furniture manufactured during this period by surveying examples depicted in Ramesside Theban and... -
Domitian: Tragic Tyrant by Pat Southern 9780415555067
RRP: $85.78$74.96This is the first ever study to assess Emperor Domitian from a psychological point of view and covers his entire career from the early years and the civil war AD through the imperial rule to the dark years and the psychology of suspicion. Pat Southern... -
Roman Mail and Scale Armour by M.C. Bishop
RRP: $29.23$21.35Fully illustrated, this study investigates the origins, evolution and use of the mail and scale armour worn by the soldiers and gladiators of Imperial Rome. Less glamorous than the Roman Army's instantly recognizable plate armour but much more... -
Minds on Stage: Greek Tragedy and Cognition by Felix Budelmann 9780192888938
RRP: $161.85$146.91Greek tragedy parades, tests, stimulates, and upends human cognition. Characters plot deception, try to fathom elusive gods, and fail to recognise loved ones. Spectators observe the characters' cognitive limitations and contemplate their own, grapple... -
Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome by L J Trafford
RRP: $31.18$22.64From Emperors and empresses, poets and prostitutes, slaves and plebs, Ancient Rome was a wealth of different experiences and expectations. None more so than around the subject of sex and sexuality. The image of Ancient Rome that has come down to us is...