Herodotus' Histories- Tom Holland (Excellent Lecture)
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The Histories
- UPC: 000000926119
- ASIN: 0140449086
- ISBN: 9780140449082
- Brand: Penguin Books
- Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction and Notes by John M. Marincola.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and discip... [Read More]
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The history of Herodotus - Volume 2
- ASIN: B004TS09CI
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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Landmark Books)
- ASIN: 1400031141
- ISBN: 1400031141
- Brand: Anchor Books
- Manufacturer: Anchor Books
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus. Cicero called Herodotus "the father of history," and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature. With lucid prose, Herodotus's account of the rise of the Persian Empi... [Read More]
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The Histories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- ASIN: 0143107542
- ISBN: 0143107542
- Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
“Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the past half-century.” —The Times Literary SupplementIn Tom Holland’s vibrant translation, one of the great masterpieces of Western history springs to life. Herodotus of Halicarnassus—hailed by Cicero as the “Father of History”—composed his histories aro... [Read More]
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Herodotus: The History
- ASIN: 0226327728
- ISBN: 9780226327723
- Brand: Herodotus/ Grene, David (TRN)/ Grene, David
- Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press
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The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)
- ASIN: 0199535663
- ISBN: 9780199535668
- Brand: Herodotus/ Waterfield, Robin (TRN)/ Dewald, Carolyn (INT)
- Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
"The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents preceding a... [Read More]
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The Histories (Everyman's Library)
- ASIN: 0375400613
- ISBN: 0375400613
- Manufacturer: Everyman's Library
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The Histories (Barnes & Noble Classics)
- ASIN: 1593081022
- ISBN: 1593081022
- Brand: Sterling Children's Books
- Manufacturer: Sterling Children's Books
&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RThe Histories&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RHerodotus&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the... [Read More]
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
- ASIN: 0684827905
- ISBN: 0684827905
- Brand: Free Press
- Manufacturer: Free Press
Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possssion for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of m... [Read More]
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An Upside-Down History of the World vol.1 The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt and Confucian China
- ASIN: B075D9VYXN
- Manufacturer: SHOGAKUKAN INC.
"An Upside-Down History of the world" is New Life Work that Motohiko Izawa challenges. He is the author of the best & long seller "An Upside-Down History of Japan" of the cumulative total of 5 million. Now, It is deliverd on web site "BOOK PEOPLE".http://bp.shogakukan.co.jp/gyakusetsu/en/
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The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika (Landmark Books)
- ASIN: 1400034760
- ISBN: 1400034760
- Brand: Anchor
- Manufacturer: Anchor
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus, here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika, the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances... [Read More]
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The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works: Gallic War, Civil War, Alexandrian War, African War, and Spanish War
- ASIN: 0307377865
- ISBN: 0307377865
- Brand: Pantheon Books
- Manufacturer: Pantheon
The Landmark Julius Caesar is the definitive edition of the five works that chronicle the military campaigns of Julius Caesar. Together, these five narratives present a comprehensive picture of military and political developments leading to the collapse of the Roman republic and the advent of the Roman Empire. The Gallic War is Caesar’s own ac... [Read More]
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The Story of the Jews Volume One: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD
- ASIN: 0060539208
- ISBN: 0060539208
- Manufacturer: Ecco
In this magnificently illustrated cultural history—the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews—Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day.It is a story like no other: an epi... [Read More]
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The Essential Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments (Great Books in Philosophy)
- ASIN: 0879758104
- ISBN: 9780879758103
- Brand: Epicurus/ O'Connor, Eugene Michael (TRN)
- Manufacturer: Prometheus
Epicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the striving after an independent state of mind and body, imperturbability, and reliance on sensory data as the true basis of knowledge.Epicurus (ca. 341-271 B.C.) founded one of the most famous and influential philosophical ... [Read More]
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The Jewish War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics)
- ASIN: 0140444203
- ISBN: 0140444203
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Josephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a Rome-appointed negotiator, and so was uniquely placed to observe these turbulent events, from the sie... [Read More]
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The Persian Wars
- ASIN: 1929718179
- ISBN: 1929718179
- Manufacturer: Audio Connoisseur
2 Volumes on 2 MP3-CDs, Unabridged, With Music and Sound Effects, Running Time: 29 hours THE PERSIAN WARS is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest works of literature. But what, precisely, is it? The Persian Wars is part history, part geography, part travelogue, part anthropology...and completely entertaining. It possesses a charm that is le... [Read More]
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Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persians
- ASIN: 0140441123
- ISBN: 0140441123
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Aeschylus (525–456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept. The Suppliants tells the story of the fifty daugh... [Read More]
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Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
- ASIN: 1540622401
- ISBN: 1540622401
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
The Cyropaedia is Xenophon's partly fictionalized biography of Cyrus the Great, a great king and general of the ancient world. Cyrus spent much of his life undertaking military campaigns, conquering various dominions for the Achaemenid Empire which he founded. Owing to the military prowess and command of strategy possessed by Cyrus the Great, his ... [Read More]
Herodotus' Histories- Tom Holland (Excellent Lecture)
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