In this alternative history, Emma Southon traces the story of the Roman Empire through women: Vestal Virgins and sex workers, business owners and poets... Zobraziť viac
A 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... Zobraziť viac
An enthralling account of paganism in Britain, from the Paleolithic Age to the arrival of Christianity Zobraziť viac
“Deane’s tour de force debut …brings the familiar story to fresh, vivid, and unforgettable new life.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)Drawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman’s story hidden underneath the well-known... Zobraziť viac
"In the tradition of the best immersive journalism." -A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living BiblicallyA bold examination of how Paleolithic wisdom could solve our 21st century problemsJessica Carew Kraft, an urban wife and mom of two, was firmly... Zobraziť viac
'A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages … [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light' Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics From the bestselling author of... Zobraziť viac
The Reveal sees Icke dig deeper than ever before and the book can truly be described as 'the next stage of human awareness' across a great swathe of interlocking subjects from who controls the world to the nature of the 'afterlife' and everything in... Zobraziť viac
A vivid portrait of the ancient world that illuminates the stories of the women so often pushed to history's sidelines Zobraziť viac
Get ready to meet the goddesses. In Divine Might, Natalie Haynes, the bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora's Jar, introduces us to the stories of the Greek goddesses... Zobraziť viac
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient world Zobraziť viac
The fast-paced and ';engrossing account' (The New York Times Book Review) of ';one of the greatest breakthroughs in archaeological history' (The Christian Science Monitor): two rival geniuses in a race to decode the writing on one of the world's most... Zobraziť viac
The remarkable story of how Greek-speaking writers and thinkers sustained and developed the intellectual legacy of Classical Greece under the rule of Rome... Zobraziť viac
What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world? ... Zobraziť viac
From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement,... Zobraziť viac
Detailed historical coverage from the early Stone Age to the Romans. 25 halftones and maps. Zobraziť viac
The world is full of ruins. From the Colosseum of Rome to the crumbling suburbs of Detroit, the vine-wreathed temples of the Maya to the shell-pocked buildings of Bakhmut and Gaza. Each of these ruins have a different history, but they share a single... Zobraziť viac
This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the Ch'in and Han empires. Zobraziť viac
Any explanation of political collapse carries lessons not just for the study of ancient societies, but for the members of all complex societies in both the present and future. Dr Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more... Zobraziť viac
Medieval Grammar and Rhetoric: Language Arts and Literary Theory, AD 300-1475 contributes to two fields, the history of the language arts and the history of literary theory. It brings together essential sources in the disciplines of grammar and... Zobraziť viac
