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The Samurai Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to Japan's Elite Warrior Class
This is a paperback edition of a book that was first published as a hardback in 2019. The author, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis, is a professor of history at Maryland University and has published several academic books on Japanese history...
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When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850
When Information Came of Age is a research monograph that looks at the history of information from a cultural and social perspective, rather than the typical journey through technological and hardware jargons. Before writing this book, Daniel...
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Naukratis: Trade in Archaic Greece
Naukratis: Trade in Archaic Greece is an edited and translated adaptation of Astrid Möller's doctoral thesis from 1990. She provides the first complete account of the archaeology and ancient history of Naukratis. The author has a wonderfully...
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Trade, Traders and the Ancient City
This book on trade and commerce in antiquity is a blend of papers that originated from a conference at the University of St Andrews on 11 and 12 July 1995. Additional contributions were also made by several scholars. The project aims at a...
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The Celtic Myths that Shape the Way We Think
By the time the Celtic myths were written down in the Middle Ages, not only were they already hundreds of years old but were also written after the influence of the medieval church. Williams works from the roots of these tales, he interrogates...
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The Greek Vase: Art of the Storyteller
The Greek Vase: The Art of the Storyteller by John H. Oakley is a richly illustrated guide to everything you need to know about ancient Greek pottery. This book has images on every single page of pottery from ancient Greece, beautifully photographed...
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Persian Painting
Written by Sheila R. Canby, Persian Painting provides an overview of the Persian miniature painting from the 14th to the 20th century. With the general public in mind, the book is rather easy to read, and the inclusion of high quality and...
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Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome
With this one, the entire premise of the book is in the title, it is all about sex and sexuality in ancient Rome. Trafford begins by outlining the language used in ancient Rome that has anything to do with sex or sexuality, she introduces...
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The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women
Kelly was provided this ARC for a review from St. Martin’s Press. The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women by Nancy Marie Brown is, at its core, working to dispel the myth that Viking women stayed at home whilst the...
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Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
Venus & Aphrodite: History of a Goddess by Bettany Hughes is a light, easy read which follows the history of the goddess best known as Venus or Aphrodite, from her beginnings to the modern reception of the goddess. Using archaeological evidence...
