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Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Eve...$29.95
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The "Scriptores Historiae Augustae, " or "Historia Augusta, " is a collection of biographies of Roman emperors, heirs, and claimants from Hadrian to Numerianus (117- 284 CE). The work, which is mod...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1932-12-01ISBN: 9780674992900Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Arrian's "Anabasis of Alexander" in seven books is the best account we have of Alexander's adult life. "Indica, " a description of India and of Nearchus's voyage therefrom, was to be a supplement.<...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1933-12-01ISBN: 9780674992979Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the 5th century, became a lawyer. In 527 CE he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the Persians, and went with Bel...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1935-12-01ISBN: 9780674993204Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80-20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called "Library of History, " in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and G...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1935-12-01ISBN: 9780674993341Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BCE; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in 12 or 17 CE.
Livy's only extant wor...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1935-12-01ISBN: 9780674993327Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
First published in 1936, this now-classic volume spans a time of rapid and far-reaching change in England--from Gladstone's first ministry, through the great contest with Disraeli, the Home Rule debat...publisher: Oxford University Presspublication date: 1936-12-01ISBN: 9780198217053Binding: Hardback Book$158.95 -
Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BCE; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in 12 or 17 CE.
Livy's only extant wor...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1936-12-01ISBN: 9780674993464Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 CE and lived to about 120. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of Julius Agricola before Agricola went to Britain, wa...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1937-12-01ISBN: 9780674993556Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about 37 CE. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleadin...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1937-12-01ISBN: 9780674993600Binding: Hardback Book$46.95 -
Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BCE; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in 12 or 17 CE.
Livy's only extant wor...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1938-12-01ISBN: 9780674993662Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
" Whether he is ' journeying with Chuang Tzu in the realm of Nothing Whatever, ' analyzing the Confucian ideal type of Government by Goodness (as advocated by Mencius), or discussing the practical adv...publisher: Stanford University Presspublication date: 1939-06-01ISBN: 9780804711692Binding: Paperback Book$28.95
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Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80-20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called "Library of History, " in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and G...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1939-12-01ISBN: 9780674994225Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I contains: The divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; ca...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1939-12-01ISBN: 9780674993693Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325-ca. 395 CE, a Greek of Antioch, joined the army when still young and served under the governor Ursicinus and the emperor of the East Constantius II, and later under th...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1939-12-01ISBN: 9780674993655Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80-20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called "Library of History, " in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and G...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1939-12-01ISBN: 9780674993754Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Ammianus Marcellinus, ca. 325-ca. 395 CE, a Greek of Antioch, joined the army when still young and served under the governor Ursicinus and the emperor of the East Constantius II, and later under th...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1940-12-01ISBN: 9780674993488Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BCE; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in 12 or 17 CE.
Livy's only extant wor...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1940-12-01ISBN: 9780674993921Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
Stonewall Jackson depended on him; General Lee complimented him; Union soldiers admired him; and women in Maryland, Virginia, and even Pennsylvania adored him--the young, dashing, handsome Henry Kyd D...publisher: The University of North Carolina Presspublication date: 1940-12-31ISBN: 9780807803370Binding: Hardback Book$69.95 -
The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I ("Loeb Classical Library no. 335") contains: The divisions of mathematics;...
publisher: Harvard University Presspublication date: 1941-12-01ISBN: 9780674993990Binding: Hardback Book$51.95 -
A keystone of our culture is the body of myth and legend of the ancient Western world--stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity since time immemorial. Hamilton's renowned classic...publisher: Little, Brown & Companypublication date: 1942-07-01ISBN: 9780316341141Binding: Hardback Book$39.95
