The Etruscans
By: Lucy Shipley
3.77
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The Etruscans were a powerful people, marked by an influential civilization in ancient Italy. But d…
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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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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
"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. Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present
By: Christopher I. Beckwith
3.61
Format: 504 pages, Hardcover
The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
3. The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
By: Christopher Hibbert
3.88
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
At its height, Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth, power, and influence. A republ… read more
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- italy
- art
- nonfiction
- history
4. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
By: Bryan Sykes
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for… read more
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"And life is all a variorum, at the best."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
6. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
7. 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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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
8. Etruscan Places
By: D.H. Lawrence
3.77
Format: 32 pages,
D. H. Lawrence visited Etruria in April, 1927. It was his "last pilgrimage". There sprang from it a… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
9. Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1)
By: Michelle Paver , Geoff Taylor
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion… read more
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10. Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeology--from its amateur … read more
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11. Mystery Cults of the Ancient World
By: Hugh Bowden
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This is the first book to describe and explain all of the ancient world's major mystery cults--one … read more
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12. 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
13. The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
By: None
3.67
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known … read more
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14. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
15. The Agricola and The Germania
By: Tacitus , S.A. Handford , Harold Mattingly
3.94
Format: 229 pages,
The portrait of Tacitus' father-in-law, Agricola, is a eulogistic description of the career of the … read more
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16. Spirit Walker (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #2)
By: Michelle Paver , Geoff Taylor
4.24
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
A cry echoed through the Forest. He froze. It was not the yowl of a vixen, or a lynx seeking a mate… read more
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17. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"-Plato, The Republic
18. The Enchanted Hacienda
By: J.C. Cervantes
3.65
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When Harlow Estrada is abruptly fired from her dream job and her boyfriend proves to be a jerk, her… read more
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19. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- italy
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
20. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
By: Susan Magsamen
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brai… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
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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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
22. Ancient Magic: A Practitioner's Guide to the Supernatural in Greece and Rome
By: Philip Matyszak
4.02
Format: 208 pages, ebook
In the ancient world, magic was everywhere. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit a… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
23. Roman Britain's Missing Legion: What Really Happened to IX Hispana?
By: Simon Elliott
3.89
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the north… read more
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- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
24. Lost Cities of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history―from the Neolithic period to the late R… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
25. The Etruscans
By: Lucy Shipley
3.77
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The Etruscans were a powerful people, marked by an influential civilization in ancient Italy. But d… read more
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- italy
- art
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- nonfiction
26. 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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"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
