Carthage's Other Wars: Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome
By: Dexter Hoyos
4.00
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Carthage was the western Mediterranean’s first superpower, long before Rome, and her military histo…
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1. The Punic Wars
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.19
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more
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2. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Extravagance was a political necessity."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Judas Unchained
By: Peter F. Hamilton
4.50
Format: 231 pages,
Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a… read more
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5. Ahriman: Exile
By: John French
3.69
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
A Chaos Space Marine Sorcerer seeks the power of the gods All is dust... Spurned by his former brot… read more
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6. The Histories
By: Tacitus , Kenneth Wellesley
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Edward Gibbon called The Historiesan 'immortal work, every sentence of which is pregnant with the d… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Salammbô
By: Gustave Flaubert , A.J. Krailsheimer
3.71
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the day… read more
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8. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
By: Joe Navarro , Marvin Karlins
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
He says that's his best offer. Is it? She says she agrees. Does she? The interview went great--or d… read more
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9. Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
By: John Julius Norwich
3.81
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbi… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
By: Judith Herrin
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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11. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
12. Pyrrhus of Epirus
By: Jeff Champion
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Pyrrhus of Epirus was rated by Hannibal as the second greatest general yet seen (placing himself th… read more
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13. Byzantium: The Apogee
By: John Julius Norwich
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Volume 2 of the series. With 32 pages of illustrations, and 7 maps. read more
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14. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
By: Adam Hochschild
4.18
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more
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- nonfiction
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
15. 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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- history
- nonfiction
16. Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army
By: Guy de la Bédoyère
3.83
Format: 526 pages, Hardcover
The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the s… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
17. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
By: Martyn Rady
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more
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"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became…"-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
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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- history
- nonfiction
"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. Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece
By: Philip Matyszak
4.25
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
This will be the third in the Roman Conquests series (following Italy and Spain) and one of those w… read more
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- history
21. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
By: Philip Freeman
4.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Han… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
22. 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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23. The Ptolemies, Rise of a Dynasty: Ptolemaic Egypt 330–246 BC
By: John D. Grainger
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this first volume of his trilogy on the Ptolemies, John Grainger explains how Ptolemy I establis… read more
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24. The Wars of the Maccabees
By: John D. Grainger
3.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
By the second century BC, Israel had long been under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. B… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
25. Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.05
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, the definitive history of Rome's most devastating … read more
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26. The Galatians: Celtic Invaders of Greece and Asia Minor
By: John D. Grainger
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
One of the few books devoted to this subject, it narrates the momentous yet neglected events of 279… read more
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27. Greece Against Rome: The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250–31 BC
By: Philip Matyszak
4.37
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms (the fragments of Alexander th… read more
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- history
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28. The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC: Alexander's Successors at War
By: Tristan Hughes
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
At around 4:00pm 11 June 323 BC in Babylon, Alexander the Great breathed his last. He left one of t… read more
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29. Carthage's Other Wars: Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome
By: Dexter Hoyos
4.00
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Carthage was the western Mediterranean’s first superpower, long before Rome, and her military histo… read more
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- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
30. Expedition to Disaster
By: Philip Matyszak
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the pivotal events of the classical period. At… read more
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31. Rome's Third Samnite War, 298–290 BC: The Last Stand of the Linen Legion
By: Mike Roberts
3.60
Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition
A compelling account of alliances, animosities, and ancient warfare in central Italy.The Third Samn… read more
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