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A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire.

Robert Carter III, the grandson of Tidewater legend Robert "King" Carter, was born into the highest circles of Virginia's Colonial aristocracy.

“A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank). In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D.

The dramatic story of the rise and collapse of Europe's first great urban experiment.

Starting in 1964, writes Margot Adler in this dazzling memoir, "I found myself mysteriously at the center of extraordinary events." Now a correspondent for National Public Radio, Adler wa

In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality.

An insider's guide: how to join the Roman legions, wield a gladius, storm cities, and conquer the world. Your emperor needs you for the Roman army!

Explores the integral roles that Métis women assumed to ensure the survival of their communities during the fur trade era and onward.

"A compelling account... and a reminder that a true peace can be built only on justice." -Desmond M. Tutu.

When Deborah Rudacille was a child growing up in the working-class town of Dundalk, Maryland, a worker at the local Sparrows Point steel mill made more than enough to comfortably support a family.

The most successful film franchise of all time, Star Wars thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerational conflict fought a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

The Cave Painters is a vivid introduction to the spectacular cave paintings of France and Spain-the individuals who rediscovered them, theories about their origins, their splendor and mystery.

The war between the Heike and Genji clans in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is among the most compelling and significant moments in Japan's history, immortalized in The Tale of the Heike

"Matyszak writes clearly and engagingly... nicely produced, with ample maps and illustrations." -Classical Outlook.

A German skipper disappeared on Sunday, October 9, 2011, in a valley of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. The international press accuses his Marquesan guide of having killed and eaten him.