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The Complete Works: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments

The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity.“So...

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Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia

How did descendants of Viking marauders come to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle Ea...

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The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages Fo...

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Crassus: The First Tycoon

The story of Rome’s richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory Mar...

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Rome: Strategy of Empire

The first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final dem...

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A Short History of War

An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future “...

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The Story of Work: A New History of Humankind

The first truly global history of work, an upbeat assessment from the age of the hunter-gatherer to...

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Figuring Out The Past: A History of the World in 3,495 Vital Statistics

The numbers that tell the story of humanity The numbers that tell the story of humanity'Vital ......

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The Fifties: An Underground History

A bold and original argument that upends the myth of the Fifties as a decade of conformity to celebr...

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Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor

“Kelly unearths the stories of the people-farm laborers, domestic workers, factory employees—behind...

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Austria 1867-1955

Austria 1867-1955 connects the political history of German-speaking provinces of the Habsburg Empire...

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Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greek

Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drin...

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The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers and the Last Days of Greek Freedom

From classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” (Booklist) deep dive into the last decades...

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Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

*Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History*'An enthralling account of a pivo...

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Sunday Best: 80 Great Books from a Lifetime of Reviews

A collection of John Carey’s greatest, wisest, and wittiest reviews—amassed over a lifetime of writi...

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