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  • The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David M. Gwynn ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican armies defeated Carthage and the successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great, and brought the surrounding peoples to east and west ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Little History of Swansea

    by David Gwynn ...
    Series series Little History of
    Much has changed in Swansea over the years and this short but comprehensive history chronicles the development of the city from the earliest times to today.The Little History of Swansea traces the growth of the medieval town, the rise of the Port of Swansea, the industrial heritage of the area and the fate that befell the town during the Second World War. Here you can read about the odd and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wales In the Golden Age of Picture Postcards

    by David Gwynn ...
    Wales is the home of three National Parks and five areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; its landscape is enchanting, attracting over 13 million visitors each year. Drawing upon his eclectic postcard collection, David Gwynn offers a fascinating glimpse into the Golden Age of Welsh Postcards, perfectly capturing the beauty of this country in 180 colour photographs. The book opens with a brief ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Lost Swansea

    by David Gwynn ...
    Series series Lost
    Swansea’s massive expansion during the Industrial Revolution and its aftermath can still be seen today. The world’s leading copper-smelting area, its docks were conveniently situated for the South Wales coalfields and copper mines in Cornwall, and the whole lower Swansea Valley was criss-crossed by railway lines. Thousands were drawn to live and work in the city, but the heavy industries declined ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Swansea History Tour

    by David Gwynn ...
    Series series History Tour
    Swansea History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this South Wales city, its well-known streets and famous faces, and explains what they meant to local people throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events and discover for themselves the changing face of Swansea. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Goths

    Lost Civilizations

    by David M. Gwynn ...
    Series Book 7 - Lost Civilizations
    The Goths are truly a ‘lost civilization’. Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman Empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain, dominating early medieval Europe. Yet the last Gothic kingdom fell more than a thousand years ago, and the Goths disappeared as an independent ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Eusebians

    The Polemic of Athanasius of Alexandria and the Construction of the `Arian Controversy'

    by David M. Gwynn ...
    Series series Oxford Theological Monographs
    A historical and theological re-evaluation of the polemical writings of Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-73), who would become known to later Christian generations as a saint and a champion of orthodoxy, and as the defender of the original Nicene Creed of 325 against the `Arian heresy'. For much of his own lifetime, however, Athanasius was an extremely controversial figure, and his writings, ... Read more

    $134.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Roman Republic

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David M. Gwynn ...
    Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 23 min

    The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican armies defeated Carthage and the successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great, and brought the surrounding peoples to east and west ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • North Carolina Triad Beer

    A History

    by Richard Cox, David Gwynn, Erin Lawrimore ...
    Now centered on Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, the Triad was home to one of North Carolina's earliest brewery operations in the Moravian community of Bethabara. Easy access by rail and then highways attracted national breweries, and starting in the 1960s, the region began producing beer for companies like Miller and Schlitz. The passage of the "Pop the Cap" legislation led to an ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Francis Fukuyama

    and the end of history

    by Howard Williams, David Sullivan, E. Gwynn Matthews ...
    Series Book 1 - Political Philosophy Now
    Fukuyama's concept of the End of History has been one of the most widely debated theories of international politics since the end of the Cold War. This book discusses Fukuyama's claim that liberal democracy alone is able to satisfy the human aspiration for freedom and dignity, and explores the way in which his thinking is part of a philosophical tradition which includes Kant, Hegel and Marx. Two ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unfettered III

    New Tales By Masters of Fantasy

    by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Tad Williams, Marc Lawrence, Megan Lindholm, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Callie Bates, Cat Rambo, Delilah S. Dawson, Jason Denzel, David Anthony Durham, John Gwynne, Robert V. S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Anna Smith Spark, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Deborah A. Wolf, Carrie Vaughn, Marc Turner, Scott Sigler, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Terry Brooks, Todd Lockwood ...
    Series Book 3 - Unfettered
    From the editor of the award-winning anthology Unfettered comes the newest installment in the science fiction and fantasy series, Unfettered III.Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • Christianity in the Later Roman Empire: A Sourcebook

    by Dr David M. Gwynn ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Sources in Ancient History
    This sourcebook gathers into a single collection the writings that illuminate one of the most fundamental periods in the history of Christian Europe. Beginning from the Great Persecution of Diocletian and the conversion of Constantine the first Christian Roman emperor, the volume explores Christianity's rise as the dominant religion of the Later Roman empire and how the Church survived the decline ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD