Search results for “[Subject: ancient-general]”

• Author(s): Jared Farmer • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: World - GeneralThe epic story of the planet's oldest trees and the making of the modern world "Rich...fascinating."--The Wall Street Journal Humans hav...

• Author(s): Adrian Goldsworthy • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: GeneralA "magnificent" (Spectator) history of the epic rivalry between the ancient world's two great superpowers The Roman empire was like no oth...

• Author(s): Eckart Frahm • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralA "sweeping, delightfully readable" (Wall Street Journal) new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future...

• Author(s): Eckart Frahm • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralA new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyr...

• Author(s): Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Ancient - EgyptThe definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt One of history's most iconic figures...

• Author(s): Roderick Beaton • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: World - GeneralA "monumental, sweeping" (Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads) history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than tw...

• Author(s): Brian Fagan • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: World - GeneralIn 1997 and early 1998, one of the most powerful El Ninos ever recorded disrupted weather patterns all over the world. Europe suffered thro...

• Author(s): Virginia Postrel • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: World - GeneralFrom Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an "expansive" global history that highlights "how textiles truly changed the world" (Wall Str...

• Author(s): Adrian Goldsworthy • Publisher: MixBZ • Publisher Imprint: MixBZ • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - AncientFrom an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, the definitive history of Rome's most devastating defeatAugust 2, 216 BC ...

• Author(s): Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Middle East - IranA "brilliant feat of resurrection" (Tom Holland, author of Dominion), offering a stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor...