The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
By: James Romm
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” ( Booklist ) deep dive into the last deca…
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1. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom
By: Jack Weatherford
4.03
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
Thru history the world’s great conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but als… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
2. 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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- historical
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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
3. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
By: Tom Holland
4.16
Format: 418 pages, Hardcover
In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it reg… read more
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- history
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- greece
4. The Persian Expedition
By: Xenophon , Rex Warner , None , George Cawkwell
4.18
Format: None pages,
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides… read more
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5. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
By: Christopher Clark
3.79
Format: None pages,
On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more
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- nonfiction
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6. Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
By: Mary Renault
3.88
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from G… read more
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- historical
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7. Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.
By: Peter Green
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
Until recently, popular biographers and most scholars viewed Alexander the Great as a genius with a… read more
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8. The Sixteen Satires
By: Peter Green , Juvenal , Wendell Vernon Clausen
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Perhaps more than any other writer, Juvenal (c. AD 55-138) captures the splendour, the squalor and … read more
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9. The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
By: Mary Renault
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
"It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply… read more
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10. Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
By: Euripides , Anne Carson
3.95
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Writing with a pitch and heat that gets to the heart of the unforgiving classical world, Carson, a … read more
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11. In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
By: Tom Holland
4.11
Format: 500 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of Rubiconand other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly… read more
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12. The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy
By: Carlo Rovelli
3.49
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"Marvelous. . . . A wonderful book."--Humana.Mente "Rovelli is the dream author to conduct us on th… read more
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13. The Secret History
By: Procopius
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Having dutifully written the official war history of Justinian's reign, Procopius turned round and … read more
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14. The Peloponnesian War
By: Donald Kagan
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
For three decades in the fifth century B.C. the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict that was… read more
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15. Funeral Games (Alexander the Great, #3)
By: Mary Renault
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
As Funeral Gamesopens, Alexander the Great lies dying. Around his body gather the generals, the pro… read more
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16. The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great
By: Steven Pressfield
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life.So begins Alexander's extraordinary confes… read more
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17. The Complete Poems
By: Catullus , Guy Lee
3.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing … read more
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18. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
By: Mike Duncan
4.00
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more
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19. Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
By: Richard Miles
3.00
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire. The devastating struggle to the death … read more
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20. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
4.06
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemen… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- ancient history
21. Phaedra
By: Laura Shepperson
3.32
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Debut novelist Laura Shepperson offers a powerful feminist retelling of Phaedra and her unyielding … read more
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- greek mythology
22. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
By: Megan Rosenbloom
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
23. Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
By: John Coleman Darnell
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- ancient history
24. Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
By: Garrett Ryan
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to dri… read more
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- historical
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- nonfiction
- greece
25. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
By: Sherronda J. Brown
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality—and an … read more
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- history
- queer
- lgbt
26. The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
By: James Romm
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” ( Booklist ) deep dive into the last deca… read more
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- greek mythology
- war
- ancient history
- nonfiction
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27. Icarus
By: K. Ancrum
4.08
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more
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28. Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
By: Paul Cartledge
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Mr. Cartledge’s command of the historical material is effortless and exhaustive, and his appreciat… read more
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29. Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation
By: Philip Matyszak
4.02
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
This cultural history of Ancient Sparta chronicles the rise of its legendary military power and off… read more
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30. Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2)
By: Hannah Templer
4.57
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
Escape was just the beginning. The sensational "gays in space" webcomic/graphic novel returns, with… read more
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