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FEATURING CREATION, ANNIHILATION...AND THE DEBUT OF AN ALL-N...
Religions Of Rome - Volume 1, A History
The World's Religions: Worldviews & Contemporary Issues
The Worldâs Religions provides an orientation to the study of religion.Surveying the stages of development; worldviews; and current situations of the major world religions; this text discusses the ways these religions respond to contemporary ethical issues. It also presents a sampling of new religious movements and looks to the possible ways the world's religions may interact in the 21st cent...
Time the Great Places of History - Civilization's 100 Most Important Sites: An Illustrated Journey
This title lets you join TIME for a grand tour of civilizations most important landmarks. Here is a bucket list for the intellectually curious, a lavishly illustrated survey of the places where history was forged where influential battles were fought, where empires rose and fell, where religions were founded and artistic renaissances flourished. This book is for readers fascinated by ...
City Trails - Rome
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A History of the Crusades II - The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187
The second volume of Steven Runcimans classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades There was magic about. Saladin himself was troubled by terrible dreams
Steven Runcimans unrivalled history of the Crusades is a classic of learning and vivid, compelling storytelling, which brilliantly brings to life the personalities, battles, massacres, triumphs and follies of ...
History of Pin-up Magazines - Volume 1 to 3
The Birth of Newsstand Pin-up. This is the definitive annotated and illustrated history of pin-up magazines 1900-1969. Open your notebooks, sharpen your pencils, and get ready for a history lesson like none youve ever experienced. Youre about to learn everything you could ever want to know about the world history of mens magazines not magazines about sports, not fashion, not hunting or...
A History of the Crusades I - The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
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Four Seasons in Rome - On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome
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A History of the Crusades III - The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
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Rome Custom Upholstered Bed Frame
Unique Design The Rome delivers a highly unique bed frame right to your bedroom. Stylish, modern and Australian made, the Rome creates a powerful presence in any room. Its quality upholstery is functional and visually appealing and offers both comfort and support. The Rome features the Quebec headboard, which boasts a classic, functional design that provides impeccable comfort. Maximise you...
I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas - And Other Questions about Rome
Nothing brings ancient history to life like thinking about what ancient people did that we can relate to today. I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas takes an accessible approach to the subject with child-friendly language, entertaining illustrations, and a series of questions that bring the people of Ancient Rome to life. Covering everything from clothing, food, and family life to art, architect...
The Religions Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained
This essential guide to religion explains the key tenets and big ideas behind the worlds five main religions Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism alongside newer faiths. The Religions Book clearly explains the key concepts behind the earliest religious beliefs right up to the worlds newest faiths, getting to the heart of what it means to believe with jargon-free descrip...
TimeRiders - Gates of Rome (Book 5)
Liam OConnor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance to work for an agency that no one knows exists.Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history . . . Project Exodus a mission to transport 300 Americans from 2070 to 54AD to overthrow the Roman Em...
The Romans - From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire
The Romans is currently the best textbook on Roman history available in English.Walter Scheidel, Stanford University How did a single village community in the Italian peninsula eventually become one of the most powerful imperial powers the world has ever known? In The Romans: From Village to Empire, Second Edition, Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel J. Gargola, Richard J.A. Talbert, and new coauthor...
The Roman History - The Reign of Augustus
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Tasting Rome
Even 150 years after unification, Italy is still a divided nation where individual regions are defined by their local cuisine. Each is a mirror of its citys culture, history, and geography. Cucina romana is the countrys greatest standout. Tasting Rome provides a complete picture of a place that many love but few know completely. In sharing Romes celebrated dishes, street food innovations, an...
A History of Western Philosophy - And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to ...
Hailed as lucid and magisterial by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the agesfrom Plato and Aristotle th...
A Brief History of the Roman Empire
In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Kershaw draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenals Satires to recent archaeological finds. He examines extraordinary personalities such as Caligula and Nero and seismic events such as the conquest of Britain and the establishment of a New Rom...
SPQR - A History of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war that served as the seat of power for an empire that spanned from Spain to Syria. Yet how did all this emerge from what was once an insignificant village in central Italy? In S...
The Cambridge History of Australia 2 Hardback Volume Set
The Cambridge History of Australia offers a comprehensive view of Australian history from its pre-European origins to the present day. Over two volumes, this major work of reference tells the nations social, political and cultural story. Volume 1 examines Australias indigenous and colonial history through to the Federation of the colonies in 1901. Volume 2 opens with the birth of the twentieth...
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child - Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Empe...
What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdis tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the Plantains? And how did a six-year-old become the last emperor of Rome? Told in a straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauers trademark, The Story of the World series covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the pres...
The War in the West: A New History - Volume 2: The Allies Fight Back 1941-43
In the second volume of his acclaimed new history of the Second World War, James Holland examines the momentous turning points of 1941-1943- Hitlers invasion of Russia; Americas entry into the conflict; the devastating Thousand Bomber Raids over Germany; the long struggle in the deserts of North Africa; and the defeat of the U-boats in the crucial Battle of the Atlantic. As in his first volu...