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The Bronze Lie by Myke Cole
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.47Covering Sparta's full classical history, The Bronze Lie examines the myth of Spartan warrior supremacy. The last stand at Thermopylae made the Spartans legends in their own time, famous for their... -
Pandemic Obsession: How They Feature in our Popular Culture by Stephen Basdeo
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.24Pestilence entered The ordinary pursuits of society were paralysed; all previously-formed plans of happiness, business, trade, occupation, and domestic arrangement, were checked as cruelly and... -
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74'A training manual for our troubled times ... It makes sense of our world, but is also capable of beautifully crafted pithy historical judgements. ... It is a book that cares about liberty, choice... -
A Storm of Spears: Understanding the Greek Hoplite at War by Christopher Matthew 9781636241333
RRP: £22.95Booksplease Price: £16.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636241333Author Christopher MatthewFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Impr -
Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought Jennifer T. Roberts 9780691029191
RRP: £48.00Booksplease Price: £40.73The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this... -
The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter by Melissa Lane
Booksplease Price: £22.39In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then... -
The Ambassadors: Thinking about Diplomacy from Machiavelli to Modern Times Robert Cooper 9781780228365
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78History does not run in straight lines. Instead of inevitable progress, what we get is more often false starts, blind alleys, random events, good intentions that go wrong. Robert Cooper's incisive... -
The Greco-Persian Wars: A Short History with Documents by Erik Jensen
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.30Hackett's Passages: Key Moments in History series titles include original-source documents in accessible editions, intended for the student-user or general audience. This edition, The Greco-Persian... -
Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion by Jane Ellen Harrison
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £44.55Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In... -
City and Man by Leo Strauss 9780226777016
RRP: £24.00Booksplease Price: £21.79The City and Man consists of provocative essays by the late Leo Strauss on Aristotle's Politics, Plato's Republic, and Thucydides' Peloponnesian Wars. Together, the essays constitute a brilliant... -
In Search of the Phoenicians by Josephine Quinn 9780691175270
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £29.32Who were the ancient Phoenicians, and did they actually exist? The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art... -
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £21.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982172008Author Chris MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint -
Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens by Ryan K. Balot 9780691048550
RRP: £92.00Booksplease Price: £75.01In this original and rewarding combination of intellectual and political history, Ryan Balot offers a thorough historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of... -
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership by Plutarch 9780691192116
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.23Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in... -
Josephus's The Jewish War: A Biography by Martin Goodman 9780691137391
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £17.05An essential introduction to Josephus's momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of... -
Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World by Michael Scott 9780691169842
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.75The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings... -
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor 9780691211084
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.52A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of warFlamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the... -
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller 9781982172015
RRP: £21.00Booksplease Price: £14.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982172015Author Chris MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint < -
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece by Josiah Ober 9780691173146
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.51Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely... -
Death to Tyrants!: Ancient Greek Democracy and the Struggle against Tyranny by David Arlo Teegarden 9780691156903
Booksplease Price: £59.88Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to "kill a tyrant." David Teegarden demonstrates that... -
Plutarch: Themistocles by John L. Marr 9780856686771
Booksplease Price: £31.43The commentary in this edition of one of Plutarchs Lives concentrates on the historical aspects of the work and includes much detailed comparison of Plutarch's narrative with those of other... -
Selected Works of Miguel de Unamuno, Volume 6: Novela/Nivola by Miguel de Unamuno 9780691609522
Booksplease Price: £95.00The three remarkable pieces of fiction included in this volume are not so much novelets, novels, as nivolas, a form invented by Unamuno. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library... -
The Shield of Homer: Narrative Structure in the Illiad by Keith Stanley 9780691607573
RRP: £72.00Booksplease Price: £70.85In this masterly interpretation of narrative sequence in the Iliad, Keith Stanley not only sharpens the current debate over the date and creation of the poem, but also challenges the view of this... -
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece by Josiah Ober 9780691140919
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.51Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely... -
Eclipsing the West: China, India and the forging of a new world by Vince Cable 9781526179845
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.94With a new postscript addressing the changing global situation under Trump 2.0, this incisive book asks what the rise of the Asian superstates means for the future. The Western-dominated world we... -
Centaurs and Amazons: Women and the Pre-History of the Great Chain of Being by Page DuBois 9780472081530
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £16.59In Centaurs and Amazons, Page duBois offers a prehistory of hierarchy. Using structural anthropology, symbolic analysis, and recent literary theory, she demonstrates a shift in Greek thought from the... -
Christians Reading Classics: An Introduction to Greco-Roman Classics from Homer to Boethius Nadya Williams 9780310171072
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.75Can Christians today read the great classics of Greco-Roman pagan literature for spiritual formation and growth in the virtues?Classical scholar Nadya Williams responds with an unequivocal "Yes!"... -
How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic by Sallust 9780691212364
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politicianIn 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman... -
On Great Writing (On the Sublime) by Longinus 9780872200807
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28Celebrated for its own clarity and sublime style, this classic work of literary theory draws on the writings of Demosthenes, Plato, Sappho, Thucydides, Euripides, and Aeschylus, among others, to... -
Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, XI, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78The explosive, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump's high-stakes confrontation with Beijing, from an award-winning Washington Post columnist and peerless observer of the U.S.-China... -
Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism by Shadi Bartsch 9780691229607
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.28The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime's political agendaAs improbable as it may sound, an illuminating way to understand... -
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare William 9781587315329
Booksplease Price: £15.82"This edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream takes the comedy seriously. Like my previous Hackett editions, it gives full weight to Shakespeare’s dramatic setting, which other editors (and scholars)... -
War or Peace?: The United States and China, 2026–2049 Tim Hames 9781836432739
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.26Today, China and the USA account for forty per cent of the globe’s GDP and over a fifth of its population; their rivalry impacts the lives of everyone on this planet. As political relations between... -
The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson 9780520260092
Booksplease Price: £28.53The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics - that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens - but also the central act of Western... -
Athenaze, Book I: An Introduction to Ancient Greek by Maurice Balme
RRP: £75.99Booksplease Price: £73.99Since its publication in 1990, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek has helped tens of thousands of students learn classical Greek. Building on the bestselling tradition of previous editions,... -
Warfare in Ancient Greece Tim Everson 9781837052233
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £10.60The ancient Greeks were a highly educated, literary and artistic people. They were also extremely warlike, living and fighting not only in Greece but in Cyprus, South Italy, Sicily and the vast areas... -
Athenaze, Book II: An Introduction to Ancient Greek by Maurice Balme
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £74.32Since its publication in 1990, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek has helped tens of thousands of students learn classical Greek. Building on the bestselling tradition of previous editions,... -
Words of Wisdom from Ancient Greece by Aeschylus, Aesop, Alexander the Great, Anaxagoras, Antisthenes, Aristotle, Aristophanes, Bias of Pri Citium 9786185048716
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.62His poetry sings of the beauty of the natural world and offers a vision of the paradise that the world could be, but it is also imbued with a deep and painful awareness of the dark abyss that it... -
Alexander the Great: The Anabasis and the Indica by Arrian
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £7.64'He was a man like no other man has ever been' So Arrian sums up the career of Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 BC), who in twelve years that changed the world led his army in conquest of a... -
Ancient Historians: A Student Handbook by Susan Sorek 9781441179913
Booksplease Price: £36.44This is an accessible and concise overview of Greek and Roman history writing. The ancient historians were not always objective or accurate, and their intentions for writing were very different from...