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  • Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code:A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine

    A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine

    In his staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown states up front that the historical information in the The Da Vinci Code is all factually accurate. But is this claim true? As historian Bart D. Ehrman shows in this informative and witty book, The Da Vinci Code is filled with numerous historical mistakes. Did the ancient church engage in a cover-up to make the man Jesus into a divine figure? ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Isis The Divine Female

    SHORT DESCRIPTIONThis book explains the divine female principle as the source of creation (both metaphysically and physically); the feminine dual nature of Isis with Nephthys; the relationship (and one-ness) of the female and male principles; the numerology of Isis and Osiris; Isis’ role as the Virgin Mother; explanation of about twenty female deities as the manifestations of the feminine ... Read more

    $7.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plato's Laws

    The last and longest philosophical dialogue of ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Plato, which deals with the philosophical problem of who should be given the credit for laying down laws. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Meditations

    The Annotated Edition

    This definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is an insightful look into the mind of Ancient Rome's sixteenth emperor.As featured on the Today ShowMarcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome—and by far the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the wisest minds of his ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Greek Tragedy

    by H.D.F. Kitto ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Why did Aeschylus characterize differently from Sophocles? Why did Sophocles introduce the third actor? Why did Euripides not make better plots? So asks H.D.F Kitto in his acclaimed study of Greek tragedy, available for the first time in Routledge Classics.Kitto argues that in spite of dealing with big moral and intellectual questions, the Greek dramatist is above all an artist and the key to ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome

    Parting 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 formulated aims - often of an exceedingly malignant kind.In seven chapters, each addressed to an important arm of Greco-Roman magic, the volume ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Divine Might

    Goddesses in Greek Myth

    New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora’s Jar.Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the goddesses whose prowess, passions, jealousies, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Shadow King

    The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy

    by Jo Marchant ...
    More than 3,000 years ago, King Tutankhamun's desiccated body was lovingly wrapped and sent into the future as an immortal god. After resting undisturbed for more than three millennia, King Tut's mummy was suddenly awakened in 1922. Archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered the boy-king's tomb, and the soon-to-be famous mummy's story--even more dramatic than King Tut's life--began.The mummy's ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization

    Series series Brief Histories
    A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire.The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from archaeology and history; deals with the Mycenaean era and the world of Myth and Epic in Homer's Iliad & Odyssey; gives an outline of Greek history in the 5th & 4th Centuries BC; looks at Greek social life and the alternative ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Delphi

    A History of the Center of the Ancient World

    by Michael Scott ...
    A comprehensive narrative history of the ancient world's center, from its founding to its modern rediscoveryThe 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 1,000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consult Delphi's oracular priestess; to set ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ

    Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire

    Series Book 39 - Transformation of the Classical Heritage
    "There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly expressing the belief of religious extremists that righteous zeal for God trumps worldly law. This book provides an in-depth and penetrating look at religious violence and the attitudes that drove it in the Christian Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries, a unique period shaped by the marriage of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves

    Women in Classical Antiquity

    by Sarah Pomeroy ...
    "The first general treatment of women in the ancient world to reflect the critical insights of modern feminism. Though much debated, its position as the basic textbook on women's history in Greece and Rome has hardly been challenged."--Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement. Illustrations. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Greek and Roman Accounts of India

    Herodotus, also known as the Father of History, lived in the 5th century B.C. (c.484 BC c.425 BC) and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. The Histories his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced is a record of his investigation of the origins ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • From Heaven to Earth: Ancient Chinese History, 8500-1046 BC

    Where did China come from? What is China’s history? How did China become one of the leading countries of today?Those are great questions, and not always easy to answer. To do so you need to go back to the dawn of time and the very first people that came to ancient China.These ancient cultures existed as long as 10,000 years ago and they’d form the basis for the first Chinese dynasty in 2070 BC, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Our Ancient Ancestors' Lost History Reconstructed

    Based on the Urantia Book

    by William Lucas ...
    Most of the researchers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and many more who have appeared on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens have admitted their belief that extraterrestrials created humanity. And those creators were none other than the Anunnaki (those who came from heaven) of the Sumerians. Why has no one realized the Anunnaki needed someone to create bodies for them? It is obvious they ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Antiquities of the Jews

    by Josephus ...
    Titus Flavius Josephus (37 circa 100) was a 1st-century Roman-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First JewishRoman War which resulted in the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. He has been credited by many as recording some of the earliest history of Jesus Christ outside of the gospels, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • War: A History in 100 Battles

    by Richard Overy ...
    The object of this book is to introduce readers to a whole range of military history which has all the drama, dangers, horrors and excitement that we associate with Stalingrad or the Somme. Battles are acute moments of history whenever and wherever they have been fought. Through them we can understand how warfare and world history have evolved.Choosing just one hundred battles from recorded human ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The A to Z of Ancient Israel

    Series Book 139 - The A to Z Guide Series
    Of the many ancient civilizations we are aware of, few are smaller than the ancient Kingdom of Israel. Small both in geographical area and population, it was barely noticed by the major civilizations of the time in Egypt, Mesopotamia and elsewhere, which either ignored or crushed it. Yet, several millennia later, Israel is the civilization we remember most acutely, which we know—or think we know ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks

    A Comprehensive Social Study

    by Hugo Blümner ...
    Translated by Alice Zimmern ...
    The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks is a synthesis of what was known in the late nineteenth century about the daily lives of ancient Greeks. Before this book, most of the works on Greece were related to the kings, warriors, and significant political events. This book is the first account of the life of the common folk and even enslaved people. The book is based on the Greeks' texts and works of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China

    The Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound studies of warfare ever written, a stanchion in sinological and military history. It presents an Eastern tradition of strategic thought that emphasizes outwitting one's opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of force -- an approach very different from that stressed in the West. Safeguarded for centuries by the ruling ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Framing the Early Middle Ages

    Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800

    by Chris Wickham ...
    The Roman empire tends to be seen as a whole whereas the early middle ages tends to be seen as a collection of regional histories, roughly corresponding to the land-areas of modern nation states. As a result, early medieval history is much more fragmented, and there have been few convincing syntheses of socio-economic change in the post-Roman world since the 1930s. In recent decades, the rise of ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Travelling Heroes

    The myths of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousands of years. Where did the famous stories of the battles of their gods develop and spread across the world? The celebrated classicist Robin Lane Fox draws on a lifetime’s knowledge of the ancient world, and on his own travels, answering this question by pursuing it through the age of Homer. His acclaimed history explores how the intrepid ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Story of Assyria, from the Rise of the Empire to the Fall of Nineveh

    The Pergamum Collection publishes books history has long forgotten. We transcribe books by hand that are now hard to find and out of print. ... Read more

    $2.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pontius Pilate

    by Ann Wroe ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Sublime . . . The definitive study of Pilate.”—The Washington Post Book World“A masterwork . . . one of the most interesting and creative books I’ve read in a very long time.”—Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way“Compelling, eloquent and vivid . . . In a superb blend of scholarship and creativity, Wroe brings this elusive ye ... Read more

    $11.99 USD