Harvard University Press, November 2026. Trade Paperback. A new copy. "An exceptionally lucid introduction to this famous trial and death . . . The history of the interpretation of Socrates' death, it turns out, is in large part the history of philosophy itself." --Thomas Meaney, Wall Street Journal There were.....
University of Chicago Press, June 2026. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of.....
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2026. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time. What they left behind, in a vast region between the Tigris and Euphrates.....
University of Chicago Press, June 2026. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of.....
Spiegel & Grau, August 2026. Hardcover. A new copy. "Urgent and necessary . . . Berenfeld brings a historian's eye to this thrilling, sobering tale, and a citizen's voice to its lessons for our own moment."--Ayad Akhtar, winner of the Pulitzer Prize A lively pocket history of the Roman Republic's.....
Yale University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Theodosius I was the last Roman Emperor to rule over both the East and West and his reign was a turning point.....
Yale University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. But the resonance his legend achieved over the next two millennia stretched even farther across.....
Simon & Schuster, March 2026. Trade Paperback. A new copy. An "adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike" (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited Victorians on their twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass.....
Mariner Books, July 2025. Trade Paperback. A new copy. "A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon Woo A riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander.....
Random House Trade, October 2025. Trade Paperback. A new copy. An award-winning Cambridge history professor "makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve" (The Wall Street Journal)--that the West is, and always has been, truly global. "Those archaic 'Western Civ' classes so many of us took in.....
Random House Trade, October 2025. Trade Paperback. A new copy. An award-winning Cambridge history professor "makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve" (The Wall Street Journal)--that the West is, and always has been, truly global. "Those archaic 'Western Civ' classes so many of us took in.....
Pluto Press (UK), September 2025. Trade Paperback. A new copy. "Unearthing the ancient world's anarchist cultures, Zeichmann presents a compelling argument that authority may itself have always been the real aberration. Highly recommended" - Alan Moore, writer, activist, performer "An inspirational masterpiece ... Will transform the way you think about.....
University of California Press, July 1990. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. This is the first general survey of Roman Italy that brings together the wealth of evidence available from literary sources, inscriptions, and the exciting recent discoveries in Roman archaeology. Written in a lively prose with.....
Basic Books, October 2024. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A "sweeping, delightfully readable" (Wall Street Journal) new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It.....
Book Representation & Dist Ltd, December 1989. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. A beautifully illustrated guided tour to the buildings, monuments, the remains of victims, mosaics and wall-paintings of Pompeii. Designed with the visitor in mind, the photographs are accompanied by short descriptions and thematic background discussions, plans and.....
Helicon Nine Editions, 1995. First Edition. Pamphlet. 25 pages. 7 by 5 inches. One of 250 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
British Museum Press, 2004. Hardcover. Later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. In this beautifully illustrated book, Maureen Carroll examines the most recent evidence of the existence of ancient gardens, the horticultural practices used to plant and maintain them, and the many forms and functions they assumed.....
B.E.S. Publishing, February 2015. Hardcover. More than 1,900 years ago, the Roman city of Pompeii was frozen in time when the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buried the city, and everyone in it, under layers of ash. Today, millions are gripped by the dramatic story of the sudden destruction of.....
MacMillan Publishing Company, October 1991. Hardcover. This book shows full-page colour photographs of the most visited ancient sites throughout the world as they appear today - then superimposes, on acetate overlays, vivid, realistic artist's reconstructions of the same sites as they appeared in their original glory. The sun-baked shell of.....
Knopf, January 1969. Hardcover.
Element Books, November 1991. Trade Paperback.
Alpha, January 1753. Trade Paperback. Separating fact from fiction, this work shows the reader where to find the civilizations that have vanished or exist with only slight clues left among ruins. As well as stories of lost civilizations, it presents news on the latest and most exciting archaeological finds.
Ballena Press, 1982. Trade Paperback. 100 pages. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Lerici Editori, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. xlvii, 316, xliii pages, including maps, diagrams, fold-out plates. 11.5 by 15 inches. Text in Italian. Illustrated throughout in color. A survey of recently discovered Etruscan paintings in tombs. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket A......
Feret & Fils, 1909. Hardcover. 130 pages, 77 in-text illustrations, plus five plates. In French. A discussion on the depitions of gods and goddesses on pottery, coins, etc. Very good in cloth and paper covered boards, bound without the original wrappers.