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  • A Short History of Tomb-Raiding

    The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures

    by Maria Golia ...
    To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress-like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a practice that generated staggering quantities of artefacts over the course of many millennia, but one which has also drawn thieves and tomb-raiders to Egypt since antiquity.Drawing on modern scholarship, reportage and period sources, this book tracks the history of treasure-seekers ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Shortest History of Egypt

    by Maria Golia ...
    An exhilarating and original history of Egypt, from the pyramids to the precarious presentIn The Shortest History of Egypt, Maria Golia draws on extensive historical research, and her years of experience living and working in Egypt, to offer a fresh and insightful perspective on one of the world's oldest civilisations. Golia deftly traces Egypt’s trajectory from Neolithic times to the Arab Spring ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Ornette Coleman

    The Territory and the Adventure

    by Maria Golia ...
    Ornette Coleman’s career encompassed the glory years of jazz and the American avant-garde. Born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, during the Great Depression, the African American composer and musician was the zeitgeist incarnate. Steeped in the Texas blues tradition, Ornette and jazz grew up together, as the brassy blare of big band swing gave way to bebop, a faster music for a faster post-war ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Shortest History of Egypt

    From the Dynastic to the Present - A Desert Nation's 5,000 Years of Change and Continuity

    by Maria Golia ...
    Series series The Shortest History Series
    An exhilarating and original history of Egypt—a desert nation’s 5,000 years of change and continuityEgypt looms large in the popular imagination, conjuring images of pyramids, pharaohs, tomb raiders, vast deserts, and the world’s longest river, the Nile. Yet its true allure might lie in its impressively long history and what it tells us about the human condition.Author Maria Golia draws on ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Shortest History of Egypt

    From the Dynastic to the Present--A Desert Nation's 5,000 Years of Change and Continuity

    by Maria Golia ...
    Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 38 min

    Our "American in Cairo" author goes beyond King Tut and tomb-raiders to discover one of the world's oldest civilizations in her fast-paced account across seven millenniaEgypt looms large in the popular imagination, bringing to mind images of pyramids, pharaohs, tomb-raiders, and deserts. Mainstream media has employed its striking landscapes and mythologies to captivate audiences in major film ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Cairo

    City of Sand

    by Maria Golia ...
    Series series Topographics
    Cairo is a 1,400-year-old metropolis whose streets are inscribed with sagas, a place where the pressures of life test people’s equanimity to the very limit. Virtually surrounded by desert, sixteen million Cairenes cling to the Nile and each other, proximities that colour and shape lives. Packed with incident and anecdote Cairo: City of Sand describes the city’s given circumstances and people's ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Meteorite

    Nature and Culture

    by Maria Golia ...
    Series series Earth
    Arriving amid thunderous blasts and flame-streaked skies, meteorites were once thought to be messengers from the gods. Worshipped in the past, now scrutinized with equal zeal by scientists, meteorites helped sculpt Earth’s features and have shaped our understanding of the planet’s origins. Meteorite tells the long history of our engagement with these sky-born rocks, which are among the rarest ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • What ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us

    Or, A Period of Time

    by Mu?ammad al-Muwayli?i, Roger Allen, Maria Golia ...
    Series Book 37 - Library of Arabic Literature
    Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British ruleWhat ?Isa ibn Hisham Told Us is a masterpiece of early twentieth-century Arabic prose. Penned by the Egyptian journalist Mu?ammad al-Muwayli?i, this highly original work was first introduced in serialized form in his family's pioneering newspaper Mi?ba? al-Sharq ( Light of the East) and later published in book form in 1907. Widely ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Short History of Tomb-Raiding

    The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures

    by Maria Golia ...
    Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 49 min

    A spine-tingling exploration of a venture as ancient as the pyramids themselves.To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress-like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a practice that generated staggering quantities of artifacts over the course of many millennia—and also one that has drawn thieves and tomb-raiders to Egypt since antiquity. Drawing on modern scholarship, ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour

    by Anthony Holmes ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Learn about the Egyptian gods, mummification and how the Egyptians built the only wonder of the ancient world still standing – the Pyramids of Giza.Exploring the historic rise of Egyptian civilizationand its continued influence on the world today, Ancient Egypt in an Hour is an excellent companion to a mysterious and enthralling period of ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Ancient Egypt

    by Sherman Hollar ...
    Series series Ancient Civilizations
    The iconic pyramids and striking hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt are but a limited representation of the resplendent culture that once inhabited the Nile Valley. The ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated societies and belief systems, bestowing the world with plenitudes in the way of intellectual and cultural achievement. The vibrance of the ancient Egyptian life—from the dynasties to the masses ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Good Kings

    Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World

    by Kara Cooney ...
    Written in the tradition of historians like Stacy Schiff and Amanda Foreman who find modern lessons in ancient history, this provocative narrative explores the lives of five remarkable pharaohs who ruled Egypt with absolute power, shining a new light on the country's 3,000-year empire and its meaning today. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD