Early Greece
By: Oswyn Murray
3.81
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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- classics
- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- greece
"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
By: Peter Murray , Jacob Burckhardt , Peter Burke , Samuel George Chetwynd Middlemore , S.G.C. Middlemore
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less t… read more
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- nonfiction
- classics
- history
3. The Origins of Greek Thought
By: Jean-Pierre Vernant
3.78
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Jean-Pierre Vernant's concise, brilliant essay on the origins of Greek thought relates the cultural… read more
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- classics
- history
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- greece
4. 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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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
5. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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- classics
- history
- ancient history
- ancient
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6. 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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- classics
- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- greece
7. Eros the Bittersweet
By: Anne Carson
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A book about love as seen by the ancients, Erosis Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros… read more
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- classics
- nonfiction
8. The Invisible Man
By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more
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- classics
"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
9. Richard III
By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more
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- classics
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11. Ancient Iraq
By: Georges Roux
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Book provides an introduction to the history of ancient Mesopotamia and its civilizations, incorpor… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- reference
- archaeology
12. The Satyricon
By: Piero Chiara , Petronius , P.G. Walsh , Federico Roncoroni
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose & poetry (prosimetrum). It… read more
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13. Clouds
By: Aristophanes , None
3.37
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and exten… read more
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14. Dionysus: Myth and Cult
By: Walter F. Otto , None
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this classic study of the myth and cult of Dionysus, Walter F. Otto recreates the theological wo… read more
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15. The Roman Republic
By: Michael Hewson Crawford
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
Between Rome's sack by the Gauls in 390 & the middle of the 2nd century BC, a part-time army of Rom… read more
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16. Poems and Fragments
By: Sappho , Stanley Lombardo , Pamela Gordon
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
Little remains today of the writings of the archaic Greek poet Sappho (fl. late 7th and early 6th c… read more
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17. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)
By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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18. Measure for Measure
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
4.38
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
Measure for Measureis among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays. In it, a duke t… read more
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19. Women & Power: A Manifesto
By: Mary Beard
4.03
Format: 115 pages, Hardcover
At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly att… read more
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- history
"Nuestro modelo cultural y mental de persona poderosa sigue siendo irrevocablemente masculino"-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
"I do wonder if, in some places, the presence of large numbers of women in parliament means that parliament is where the power is not."-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
"It was not all quite so simple, that real equality between women and men was still a thing of the future, and that there were causes for anger as well as for celebration."-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
"A verdade pura e dura é que as amazonas eram um mito grego masculino. (..) A ideia subjacente era que o dever dos homens consistia em salvar a civilização do domínio das mulheres."-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
20. Early Greece
By: Oswyn Murray
3.81
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
Now available in ebook format.Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion… read more
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- history
- classical studies
- ancient history
- ancient
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- reference
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21. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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- ancient
- classics
"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
