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 The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient GreeceBest Price: $10.61 Sure, maybe Penguin waters things down a bit to much but when it comes to reading complicated... |  The Western Heritage: Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition, Volume 1 (Chapters 1-14) (5th Edition) (Western Heritage)Best Price: $62.40 This highly visual brief survey of Western civilization provides an exceptionally balanced... |  The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest ScientistBest Price: $7.17 The format chosen by the two authors of this book is that they each wrote alternating chapters.... |  The Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives (Penguin Classics)Best Price: $8.55 Plutarch's 6 biographies of Roman politicians/generals give a fair picture of a decadent Rome in... |  Civilizations Past & Present, Volume 1 (to 1650) (12th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)Best Price: $73.50 |
 A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient MayaBest Price: $13.40 Note: It looks like I have offended some Mormons who don't want you to read this book.... |  Critical PathBest Price: $10.96 Written by an independent thinker that is still decades if not one century ahead. Breath of... |  Western Civilization: A Brief HistoryBest Price: $84.02 Put the world today into context by learning about the past through this brief, best-selling... |  Maya Cosmogenesis 2012: The True Meaning of the Maya Calendar End-DateBest Price: $12.44 This book is very thorough. To me it was a little too archaeological but it was good. And it has... |  Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient EgyptBest Price: $5.75 A few years ago I visited these areas and the tour guide spoke with great certainty about... |
 The Campaigns of Alexander (Penguin Classics)Best Price: $5.35 Alexander the Great was already a historical figure and "larger than life" character... |  A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and FutureBest Price: $5.00 Poor writing with inaccurate "facts" and that was the first few pages. When I would... |  The Ark of Millions of Years: New Discoveries and Light on The CreationBest Price: $12.47 This was a great book and excellent presentation of historical accounts from around the world... |  The Western Heritage: Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition, Combined Volume (5th Edition)Best Price: $69.98 I'm not really sure what this book's purpose was really. It's not a great book, but it's not... |  cosmic code: Book VI of the Earth Chronicles (The Earth Chronicles)Best Price: $3.95 You may not agree with the visions and interpretations of this outstanding author. This is your... |
 A History of ReadingBest Price: $7.09 Book titles can be misleading because they work under the assumption that hundreds of pages can... |  The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the RenaissanceBest Price: $13.39 Comics, an almost ancient medium, somehow endure in our digital era of short attention spans.... |  Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from SumerBest Price: $7.75 This translation/interpretation from the cuniform tablets gives an excellent feel for the... |  A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC (Blackwell History of the Ancient World)Best Price: $25.81 This text is a brief summary of the history of the Mesopotamia from 3000 BCE to 300 BCE. It is... |  The Archaeology of Greece: An IntroductionBest Price: $19.95 I used this book in my first classical archaeology course as an undergraduate, and later to... |
 The Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original Jesus" a Pagan God?Best Price: $7.99 Everyone should read this book. The information explains so much about the foundations of... |  Galactic Alignment: The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mayan, Egyptian, and Vedic TraditionsBest Price: $11.68 i thought this book was really informative giving lots of accumulated info that he has gained... |  Perspectives from the Past, Third Edition, Volume 1Best Price: $28.00 Now in its Third Edition, Perspectives from the Past has been extensively revised to be the... |  The Trojan WarBest Price: $3.50 Although many students are familiar with the version of the Trojan War made popular by Wolfgang... |  The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius (Viking Portable Library)Best Price: $5.77 Dont be confused by the relatively low ranking, this book is good. The only trouble is that it... |
 Introduction to Mythology: Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World MythsBest Price: $58.27 This text is interesting in that it reads more like an anthology than a textbook. It is mostly... |  The Western Heritage: Volume 2 (9th Edition)Best Price: $69.00 For non-history majors, this book is one of the best history texts I've read (or been required... |  The Great Work: Our Way into the FutureBest Price: $7.87 This book was recommended to me by a fellow Montessori teacher. Each one of us is created for... |  Western Civilizations: Vol. 2, Fifteenth EditionBest Price: $35.00 With over one million copies sold, Western Civilizations is renowned for its balanced... |  Chariots of the GodsBest Price: $7.35 This is my favorite doco!!! please watch it,it shows Baghdad before the dictator ruined it.Its... |
 A Brief History of the RomansBest Price: $23.00 I read this book for a graduate course in Roman history. This is a good book surveying Roman... |  The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early ChristianityBest Price: $13.50 The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity... |  Four Plays: Medea, Hippolytus, Heracles, Bacchae (Focus Classical Library)Best Price: $11.66 I found all 4 plays in this book easy to read & easy to get into...this book was awesome... |  The Western Heritage: Combined Volume (9th Edition)Best Price: $98.15 Written by leading scholars in the field, this authoritative text presents an engaging and... |  Nonzero: The Logic of Human DestinyBest Price: $5.84 Whenever I encounter someone who struggles with the question of "Does life have... |
 The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred TextsBest Price: $6.94 Ancient Israel was not an empire of great cities but was a tiny kingdom. The spell-binding saga... |  The lost realms: Book IV of the Earth Chronicles (The Earth Chronicles)Best Price: $3.95 Sitchin is the greatest! Why to bother with a review. The abundance of wealth of information,... |  The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or RealityBest Price: $10.12 Don't let the title fool you. Especially if you already believe that Euro-centric history is... |  Julius CaesarBest Price: $6.70 According to Philip Freeman's account, Julius Caesar may have been the most misunderstood man in... |  Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity GuideBest Price: $10.14 We use "Our Young Folks' Josephus" as our primary history spine which mentions all... |
 The HistoryBest Price: $8.75 Having had a couple years of Greek in college (just enough to be dangerous) I have to say... |  Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great AdventureBest Price: $7.32 I considered this book, and found the reviews so very informative, as well as negative on what... |  The Heritage of World Civilizations: Volume Two since 1500 (7th Edition)Best Price: $43.50 Books are college-level, extensive. Though, while they are extensive, they are an easy read and... |  The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide (Oxford Archaeological Guides)Best Price: $22.46 This book is filled with the knowledge of vast experience and travel. If you want a book that... |  Civilization Past & Present, Volume I (to 1650), Primary Source Edition (Book Alone) (11th Edition) (MyHistoryLab Series)Best Price: $70.00 The Primary Source Edition of Civilization Past and Present weaves the diverse trends of world... |
 Western Civilization: Alternate Volume: Since 1300Best Price: $114.55 Nothing to do with "Eye Problems". Please remove from "Eye Problems"... |  From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black HebrewsBest Price: $6.80 I have read this book and it was okay, I believe the author needed more research on the... |  The Greek WayBest Price: $6.50 Edith Hamilton, graecophile supreme, published this summary of life and culture in fifth- and... |  The Oxford History of Ancient EgyptBest Price: $11.43 This has got to be one of the most boring history books that I have read in years, and I read a... |  The Making of the West: Combined Version (Volumes I & II): Peoples and CulturesBest Price: $91.13 Hunt's "The Making of the West" concise edition is a good value. Coming in at under... |
 Aspects of Western Civilizations: Problems and Sources in History, Volume 2 (6th Edition) (Problems and Sources in History)Best Price: $42.94 Aspects of Western Civilization challenges students with basic questions regarding historical... |  The Art of MemoryBest Price: $23.99 I consider this one of the most important books I have ever read. It changed my views on... | The Trojan War Best Price: $3.50 Although many students are familiar with the version of the Trojan War made popular by Wolfgang... |  1421: The Year China Discovered AmericaBest Price: $5.55 1421 is a highly intriguing (and certainly controversial) book which postulates a theory that... |  The West: Encounters & Transformations, Atlas Edition, Volume 1 (to 1715) (2nd Edition)Best Price: $64.20 This textbook is not only written in a conversational tone which holds the reader's attention,... |
 Classical Mythology: Images and InsightsBest Price: $71.39 I was introduced to this text in grad school as a teaching assistant for an introductory class... |  When Time Began: Book V of the Earth Chronicles (The Earth Chronicles)Best Price: $3.98 Don't let the bad publicity against Mr. Sitchin influence your mind. Many jealous people and... | |||
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