Civilization
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
$20.00 Add to cartThe perfect St. Patrick’s Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history — the untold story of Ireland’s role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe.
Ever- Series: Hinges of History #01
- Author: Cahill, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0385418493
- Language: English
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Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Ed]: A Brief History of Humankind
$27.99 Add to cart- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 006342200X
- Language: English
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Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire: History, Trivia, and Tales, Including Caligula, Marcus Aurelius, Aqueducts, Assassinations, and More!
$15.95 Add to cartDiscover the wild and fascinating true stories of the Roman Empire that are rarely taught in history class with this ultimate collection of notorious emperors, scandalous love affairs, rebellion, and … [more below]
- Author: Greenfield, Peta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1646047338
- Language: English
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The Hellenistic Age: A Short History
$20.00 Add to cartThe Hellenistic Age chronicles the years 336 to 30 BCE, a period that witnessed the overlap of two of antiquity’s great civilizations, the Greek and the Roman. Peter Green’s remarkably far-ranging stu… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Green, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 13 2008
- ISBN10: 0812967402
- Language: English
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Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3: The Masters of History
$40.00 Add to cartThis third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History–The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanit
- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0063387433
- Language: English
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
$37.00 Add to cartFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumu- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 9798217077618
- Language: English
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Arabian Folk & Fairy Tales: Fables, Folkore & Ancient Stories
$14.99 Add to cartA delightful addition to the Collector’s Editions, introducing tales from ancient and medieval Arabic literature.
‘The Merchant and the Genie’, ‘The Fisherman and the Genie’, ‘The Porter and the Three- Series: Flame Tree Collector’s Editions
- Author: Elmaz, Orhan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1804178055
- Language: English
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Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
$24.99 Add to cart“A vibrant account of how roaming warlords shaped technology, religion and culture.” —The Guardian
The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but thei- Author: Harl, Kenneth W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1335146822
- Language: English
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The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments
$26.00 Add to cart“All at once funny, touching, dazzlingly informative and fascinating, brilliantly imaginative and altogether wonderful. Capable of switching between divine silliness and genuinely tender sweetness, tr… [more below]
- Author: Bliss, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0593977165
- Language: English
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Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3: The Masters of History
$29.99 Add to cartThis third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History–The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanit
- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0063387417
- Language: English
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Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
$32.99 Add to cartIn imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while s
- Author: Barraclough, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1324089237
- Language: English
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The Story of Civilization Activity Book: Volume I – The Ancient World
$14.95 Add to cartThe Activity Book and companion Teacher’s Manual provide a complete review of everything read in The Story of Civilization: The Ancient World, along with creative activities to accompany each chapter,… [more below]
- Author: Tan Books
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1505105714
- Language: English
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The Gods Were Astronauts: The Extraterrestrial Identity of the Old Gods Revealed
$22.95 Add to cartBestselling author Erich von D?iken explores the evidence of ancient visitors treated as gods in religious scripture and mythology. His findings shake the foundations of both science and faith.
Why d- Series: Erich Von Daniken Library
- Author: Von Däniken, Erich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1637480008
- Language: English
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Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
$19.99 Read more“Johnson revels in all the wicked things these great thinkers have done…great fun to read.” — New York Times Book Review
A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Johnson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0061253170
- Language: English
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The Emperors of Byzantium
$39.95 Read moreThe Byzantine empire was one of the most successful states of the Middle Ages, ruling over a huge terrain straddling Europe and western Asia for eleven hundred years from the fourth to fifteenth centu
- Author: Lygo, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0500023298
- Language: English
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The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids
$20.00 Add to cartA revolutionary book that explains the most enigmatic and fascinating wonder of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Egypt.
In 1993, German robotics engineer Rudolf Gatenbrink discovered a sealed door w- Author: Bauval, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 22 1995
- ISBN10: 0517884542
- Language: English
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto
$19.95 Read moreA different kind of politics for a new kind of society–beyond work, scarcity and capitalism
In the twenty-first century, new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation, rather than undermi- Author: Bastani, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1786632632
- Language: English
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Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
$34.95 Read moreThe ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have been
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0500052158
- Language: English
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The Godel Operation
$8.99 Read moreSCIENCE FICTION AT ITS SENSE-OF-WONDER BEST: A WILD CHASE THROUGH THE BILLION WORLDS OF THE TENTH MILLENNIUM IN SEARCH OF A MYTHICAL WEAPON THAT COULD SAVE CIVILIZATION–OR DOOM IT!
A droid and his bo- Author: Cambias, James L.
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1982191880
- Language: English
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Prehistory: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPrehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Australopithecines, existed in Africa. But this is relatively recent compared… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gosden, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198803516
- Language: English
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