"Survivors of the disaster...told how here the legates fell, there the eagles were taken, where the..." ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-764-8
Author:  Cornelius Tacitus

"To win without fighting is best," Sun Tzu said. For the Chinese philosopher/general war was coeval... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7871-0943-6
Author:  Sun Tzu ,  Adaptation ,  Introduction by Stefan Rudnicki

The writings of Josephus contain one of the few historical accounts of the wars of the Jews and the... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-749-4
Author:  Josephus

In this landmark new study of Western thought, Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of the great thinkers... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-9056-6
Author:  Anthony Gottlieb

Joseph Campbell transformed the way we view mythology, weaving traditional wisdom together with the modern struggle for identity and spiritual depth... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-59397-429-9
Author:  Joseph Campbell

The Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 BC and continued intermittently for twenty-seven years... ... Read More

ISBN:  07861-0978-5
Author:  Thucydides

In A.D. 66, nationalist and religious revolutionaries in Palestine led a ferocious revolt of the Jewish people against the authority of mighty Rome.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-929-7184-03
Author:  Flavius Josephus

The spectacularly violent Jewish revolt of A.D. 66 is in full swing as Volume 2 opens, and we begin our story with the horrific siege of Jotapata and the capture of Josephus.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-929-7184-11
Author:  Flavius Josephus

A bloody revolt by a North African prince and a plot to seize control of Rome are the subjects of two short masterpieces of ancient history by the illustrious Roman chronicler, Sallust.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-929718-59-4
Author:  Sallust

How much of an influence has ancient Rome had on the United States of today? Actually, the U.S.... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Antony Raubitschek

The great empire of the Maya ascended to magnificent heights - and then left behind only remnants... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-57042-514-0
Author:  N/A

Geology and archaeo-astronomy have already indicated that the Great Sphinx of Egypt may be... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-57453-256-1
Author:  Graham Hancock ,  Robert Bauval

Through his own writings and inspiration of Aristotle and countless others, Plato continues to influence every area of philosophic thought, to say nothing of his enormous influence on Christian theolo ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-0458-9
Author:  AE Taylor

Having coined the phrase "the war that will end war," H.G. Wells was disillusioned by the World War I peace settlement. Convinced that humanity needed to awaken to the instability of the world... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-0413-9
Author:  HG Wells

In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks` resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia... ... Read More

ISBN:  9-626-34084-3
Author:  Herodotus