Ancient - General
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The Inca Empire: An Enthralling Overview of the Incas, Their Civilization in Ancient Peru, and the Spanish Conquest
$26.99 Add to cartDid you know that the Incas worshiped the mummies of their emperors?
For the Incas, death didn’t exist; it simply took the dead to a different plane of life. So, the mummies of their emperors were trea
- Author: Wellman, Billy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887651446
- Language: English
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The Spartans: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. Even in antiquity, Sparta was a unique society, and considered an enigma. The Spartan- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bayliss, Andrew J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 26 2022
- ISBN10: 019878760X
- Language: English
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Lemuria: A Civilization Time Forgot
$13.99 Add to cartBefore Atlantis, there was Lemuria. No one is certain as to when this civilization existed, but an educated guess is around 300,000 BC. It was a time when people began to live in communities and build… [more below]
- Author: Marcotte, Una
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: October 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1982206411
- Language: English
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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSavage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their re… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #94
- Author: Cunliffe, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2003
- ISBN10: 0192804189
- Language: English
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Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
$20.00 Add to cartThe inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Gino Bartali i- Author: McConnon, Aili
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 0307590658
- Language: English
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Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology,
$43.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the remarkable history of Mesopotamia, then keep reading…
Seven captivating manuscripts in one book:
- Sumerians: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Sumerian History, Sumerian Myt
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 498
- Publish Date: December 22 2019
- ISBN10: 1647481791
- Language: English
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Leucippe and Clitophon
$13.95 Add to cartAchilles Tatius’ Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risqu? of the five “Greek novels” of idealized love between boy and girl that survive from the time of the Roman empire. Stretching the … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Tatius, Achilles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555478
- Language: English
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True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant
$20.00 Add to cartTrue Raiders is The Lost City of Z meets The Da Vinci Code, from critically acclaimed author Brad Ricca.
This book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a British rogue nobleman who, after bein- Author: Ricca, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1250846722
- Language: English
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Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins
$34.95 Add to cartWho are we? How do scientists define Homo sapiens, and how does our species differ from the extinct hominins that came before us? In this accessible, lushly illustrated account palaeoarchaeologist Pau
- Series: Rediscovered
- Author: Pettitt, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500252637
- Language: English
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The Stones of Time: Calendars, Sundials, and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland
$19.95 Read moreThis revealing text describes the exciting discovery and deciphering of the 5,000-year-old stone chambers and standing stones of pre-Celtic Ireland. At midwinter sunrise, Martin Brennan and his resear… [more below]
- Author: Brennan, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0892815094
- Language: English
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A Handbook of Norse Mythology
$9.95 Add to cartA fascinating portrait of primitive Scandinavian lore, this book recounts the birth and ascendancy of the gods, with concise profiles of the chief deities and their associated myths.
- Author: Mortensen, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 115
- Publish Date: November 02 2011
- ISBN10: 048643219X
- Language: English
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The Aztec Empire: An Enthralling Overview of the History of the Aztecs, Starting with the Settlement in the Valley of Mexico
$29.99 Add to cartIf you are curious about how the extraordinary Aztecs lived and ran their empire, then keep reading!
The remarkable Aztecs formed a vast, organized empire renown for military prowess, expansive trade,
- Author: History, Enthralling
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: July 28 2021
- ISBN10: 195629600X
- Language: English
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World
$19.95 Add to cartThe real history of the Amazons in war and love
Amazons–fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world–were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displ- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 09 2016
- ISBN10: 0691170274
- Language: English
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Lost City of the Incas
$19.99 Add to cartFirst published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.
In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to- Series: Phoenix Press
- Author: Bingham, Hiram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 03 2003
- ISBN10: 1842125850
- Language: English
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Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
$19.95 Read moreThe fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life–and even invented real automated machines
The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant cal- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0691202265
- Language: English
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Lost Cities of the Ancient World
$34.95 Add to cartThe ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor, and Rome are familiar cornerstones of world history, visited by travelers from across the globe. But what about the cities that have dropped off the map? That have
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500025657
- Language: English
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Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of Creation Volumes 1 and 2 bound together
$49.95 Add to cartThe Babylonian and Assyrian Legends Concerning the Creation of the World and of Mankind. The Enuma Elish is one of the oldest stories known to mankind. It is a story first written down by the ancient … [more below]
- Author: King, L. W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 19 1999
- ISBN10: 1585095079
- Language: English
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Mesoamerica Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
$14.99 Add to cartHighlighting the long and intricate history behind the myths and legends of the Aztecs, the Maya, the Toltecs and the Olmecs.
Gorgeous Collector’s Edition. Mesoamerican culture is rooted in the region- Series: Flame Tree Collector’s Editions
- Author: Bircher, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1804176141
- Language: English
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Epic of Gilgamesh
$13.99 Add to cartGilgamesh, the King of Uruk, and his friend Enkidu are the only heroes from ancient Babylonian stories that have survived. They are the main characters in an old poem from around 3000 years ago. In th
- Author: Gilgamesh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798868964190
- Language: English
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The History & Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity
$28.99 Add to cartThe History & Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity is a journey through seven centuries of religious thought, telling the story of the formation of trinitarian doctrine. The Trinity remains one
- Author: Gill, Steven N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: February 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0578359464
- Language: English
