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The Little Book of Goddesses: An Empowering Introduction to Glorious Goddesses by Astrid Carvel
RRP: £6.99£5.00Embrace the power of the divine in this beginner's guide to some of mythology's fiercest females and most legendary ladies Across thousands of years and countless civilizations, goddesses have been a powerful presence. Whether as leaders, mothers,... -
History of Japan by J.G. Caiger
RRP: £16.99£11.54A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history... -
Lessons in Stoicism: What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live by John Sellars
RRP: £7.99£5.79How can Stoicism inspire us to lead more enjoyable lives?In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoics believe? In Lessons in Stoicism, philosopher John Sellars weaves together the key ideas of the three... -
Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History by Peter Brown
RRP: £38.00£30.44A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world's most influential and distinguished historiansThe end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall. In his... -
A History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver
RRP: £10.99£7.40Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain, much-loved historian Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their... -
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku
RRP: £26.99£17.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250207142Author Brian C. MurareskuFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 750gDimensions(mm) 243mm... -
OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Components 21 and 22: Greek Theatre and Imperial Image by Robert Hancock-Jones
RRP: £14.99£13.94This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 21 and 22 from the 'Culture and the Arts' Component Group: Greek Theatre by James Renshaw... -
A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History by Professor Jeremy Black
RRP: £10.99£3.51A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all... -
Imperial China: The Definitive Visual History by DK
RRP: £30.00£21.00Explore the long and rich history of China's great dynasties.From the clans and legends of prehistory to the last Qing emperor, this book brings China's imperial history to life through its pivotal events, political forces, and powerful people, in a... -
Epigrams: With parallel Latin text by Martial
RRP: £10.99£7.77'If you're one of those terribly serious readers, now is a good time to leave.' The poet we call Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis, lived by his wits in first-century Rome. Pounding the mean streets of the Empire's capital, he takes apart the... -
The Faded Map: The Lost Kingdoms of Scotland by Alistair Moffat
RRP: £10.99£7.32In this modern age the regional and national boundaries which define Scotland seem fixed and permanent. But of course this has not always been so. In this book Alistair Moffat looks at the shifting political shape of the land long before its modern... -
OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 32 and 33: Love and Relationships and Politics of the Late Republic by Matthew Barr
RRP: £14.99£13.94This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 32 and 33 from the 'Beliefs and Ideas' Component Group: Love and Relationships by Matthew Barr and... -
OCR Ancient History AS and A Level Component 2: Rome by Robert Cromarty
RRP: £17.99£16.45This textbook supports the specification for AS and A-Level Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Period Study: The Julio-Claudian... -
The Hillforts of Iron Age Wales by Toby Driver 9781910839676
RRP: £20.00£16.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839676Author Toby DriverFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon
RRP: £10.99£7.00'Those left cold by the sober tones of scholarship will find this voice liberating and intoxicating. Its energy is boundless and its range immense.' Wall Street Journal In Ancient Rome all the best stories have one thing in common - murder. Romulus... -
Picts: Scourge of Rome, Rulers of the North by Gordon Noble
RRP: £22.00£15.71Shortlisted for the EAA Book Prize and the Current Archaeology Book of the Year Award The Picts have fascinated for centuries. They emerged c. ad 300 to defy the might of the Roman empire only to disappear at the end of the first millennium ad, yet... -
Roman Britain by Ordnance Survey 9780319263259
RRP: £7.99£5.79The OS Historical Map series comprises of Ancient Britain and Roman Britain. The Roman Britain Map provides the ideal overview of nearly 400 yearsof history, during which Britain was a part of the Roman Empire. This map covers the whole of Great Britain... -
Wales from the Air: history in the hills by Paul R. Davis 9781910839690
RRP: £20.00£16.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839690Author Paul R. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd -
Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story by Rob Dinnis 9780565093372
RRP: £14.99£9.80When did the first humans arrive in Britain? Where did they come from? And what did they look like? This is the amazing story of human life in Britain. It begins nearly one million years ago, during the earliest known human occupation, and reveals how... -
The Histories by Herodotus 9780199535668
RRP: £10.99£8.17Herodotus is not only known as the `father of history', as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent digression on the cultures of the... -
Attila The Hun by John Man
RRP: £10.99£7.77The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the man himself, his position in history and the world in which he lived? This riveting biography reveals... -
The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History by Colin McEvedy
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History illustrates in a chronological series of maps, the evolution and flux of races in Europe, the Mediterranean area and the Near East. From 50,000 B.C. to the fourth century A.D., it is one of the most successful of the... -
The Little Book of World Mythology: A Pocket Guide to Myths and Legends by Hannah Bowstead
RRP: £6.99£5.00Step into a world of gods, heroes and monstersThroughout history, mythologies have been fundamental to societies and cultures across the world. They are the collected stories of a people - the fascinating folk tales and the epic legends that shape the... -
Wisdom of the Ancients: Life lessons from our distant past by Neil Oliver
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMESFrom the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors.For all we have gained in the modern world,... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations by John Haywood
RRP: £12.99£9.09This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the world's earliest civilisations from the first farming settlements of Mesopotamia, via Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the civilisations of... -
Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction by Emma Nicholson 9780192866769
RRP: £100.00£90.50Philip V of Macedon in Polybius' Histories: Politics, History, and Fiction offers a historiographical and literary study of Polybius' portrait of Philip V and aims to advance our knowledge of both the Macedonian king and the historian. It takes a... -
Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak
RRP: £9.99£6.80Here is an informative and entertaining guide to everything that any tourist needs for a journey back in time to ancient Rome in AD 200. You need only pack your imagination and a toothbrush - this guide provides the rest, describing all the best places... -
Mystery Cults in the Ancient World by Hugh Bowden 9780500297278
RRP: £14.99£9.80A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras. Mystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis,... -
Callanish and Other Megalithic Sites of the Outer Hebrides: And Other Megalithic Sites of the Outer Hebrides by Gerald Ponting 9781904263081
RRP: £5.99£4.11On the remote north-western Isle of Lewis stands one of the most spectacular megalithic monuments in the world, a stone circle forming part of a huge Celtic Cross, built over four thousand years ago. Behold Callanish! This small book, packed with fine... -
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
RRP: £10.99£7.32Did you know that the word 'prestige' derives from the Latin word for 'illusion'? Or that 'infantry' stems from a Latin word meaning one who could not speak? In this original and highly entertaining book, Peter Jones reveals the roots of Latin words that... -
Babylonia: A Very Short Introduction by Trevor Bryce
RRP: £8.99£6.45The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopatamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly... -
Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther: Achaemenid Court Culture in the Hebrew Bible by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
RRP: £24.99£20.44A Spectator 2023 Book of the Year Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and was largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an... -
OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Component 11: The World of the Hero by Sally Knights
RRP: £14.99£14.54This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specifications for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers all three options for Component 11: World of the Hero (Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's... -
Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind by Graham Hancock
RRP: £12.99£9.09From the bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, and creator of the explosive Netflix series, Ancient Apocalypse____________________________________'Supernatural: of or relating to things that cannot be explained according to natural laws.''As... -
Latin for the Illiterati: A Modern Guide to an Ancient Language by Jon R. Stone 9780415777674
RRP: £19.99£17.69This revised and updated edition includes a brand new foreword by Richard LaFleur and more than fifteen hundred new entries and abbreviations. Organized alphabetically within the categories of verba (common words and expressions), dicta (common phrases... -
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek 9781848871571
RRP: £12.99£8.56In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements around 5400 BC, to the eclipse of Babylon by the Persians in the sixth century BC. He chronicles the rise and fall of dynastic power during this period; he... -
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A thrilling read' Tom Holland 'History-writing at its best' Barry Strauss By the end of his short life, Alexander the Great had redrawn the map of the ancient world to create an empire that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indian subcontinent... -
The Spartans: An Epic History by Paul Cartledge
RRP: £12.99£8.78The Spartan legend has inspired and captivated subsequent generations with evidence of its legacy found in both the Roman and British Empires. The Spartans are our ancestors, every bit as much as the Athenians. But while Athens promoted democracy,... -
The Modernity of Ancient Sculpture: Greek Sculpture and Modern Art from Winckelmann to Picasso by Elizabeth Prettejohn 9781848859036
£26.43What can modern art have to do with ancient sculpture? Surely the excitement of modern art lies in its utter repudiation of classical example? Elizabeth Prettejohn's important and revisionist new book argues otherwise: that ancient sculpture and modern... -
Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know by Jennifer Van Sijll 9781932907056
RRP: £26.00£17.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907056Author Jennifer Van SijllFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 762g