The Last Great War of Antiquity
By: James Howard-Johnston
3.99
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ide…
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1. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
2. The Dying Animal
By: Philip Roth
3.62
Format: 156 pages,
'No matter how much you know, no matter how much you think, no matter how much you plot and you con… read more
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"Maybe it's still a bit of an affront to people, to fail to abide by the old clock of life."-Philip Roth, The Dying Animal
"When you're beguiled it helps not to think too much and just to let yourself enjoy the beguilement."-Philip Roth, The Dying Animal
"You tasted it. Isn't that enough? Of what do you ever get more than a taste? That's all we're given in life, that's all we're given of life. A taste. There is no more."-Philip Roth, The Dying Animal
"The only obsession everyone wants: 'love.' People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you're whole before you begin. And …"-Philip Roth, The Dying Animal
3. The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction
By: Amanda H. Podany
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
This book explores the lands of the ancient Near East from around 3200 BCE to 539 BCE. The earth-sh… read more
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4. In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
By: Robert G. Hoyland
3.76
Format: 6 pages, Hardcover
In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Cal… read more
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5. The Ancient Celts
By: None
4.00
Format: 10 pages, Paperback
The archetypal `barbarians from the north', the Celts were feared for their ferocity in battle and … read more
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- ancient history
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6. Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeologic… read more
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7. Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
By: James Romm
3.33
Format: None pages,
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8. Teutonic Knights: A Military History
By: William L. Urban
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Teutonic knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. Their history is suffused w… read more
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9. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
By: Darío Fernández-Morera
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Scholars, journalists, and even politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain--"al-Andalus"--as a … read more
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10. Judaism: A Very Short Introduction
By: None
3.50
Format: None pages,
In addition to surveying the nature and development of Judaism, this book outlines the basics of pr… read more
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11. The Anglo-Saxon World
By: Nicholas J. Higham , None
4.26
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Rom… read more
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12. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
13. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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14. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
15. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
By: Uri Kaufman
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more
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- audiobook
16. The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (The Princeton History of the Ancient World)
By: Kyle Harper
4.21
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental rete… read more
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17. The Last Great War of Antiquity
By: James Howard-Johnston
3.99
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ide… read more
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18. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
By: Eckart Frahm
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its … read more
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19. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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- religion
- history
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"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
20. Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
By: Eric Berger
4.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"This is as important a book on space as has ever been written and it's a riveting page-turner, too… read more
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21. The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
By: Barry Cunliffe
4.04
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across t… read more
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