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  • Philip II, the Father of Alexander the Great

    Themes and Issues

    by Professor Edward M. Anson ...
    Philip II was not only the father of Alexander the Great, but in many respects was also the father of his son's incredible career. It was the father who unified Macedonia into the first European nation and who created the army with which his son conquered the Persian Empire and inaugurated the Hellenistic Age.This volume is not the standard biography, but rather an examination of the major ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Alexander's Heirs

    The Age of the Successors

    by Edward M. Anson ...
    Alexander’s Heirs offers a narrative account of the approximately forty years following the death of Alexander the Great, during which his generals vied for control of his vast empire, and through their conflicts and politics ultimately created the Hellenistic Age.Offers an account of the power struggles between Alexander’s rival generals in the forty year period following his deathDiscusses how ... Read more

    $95.00 USD

  • Ptolemy I Soter

    Themes and Issues

    by Professor Edward M. Anson ...
    Ptolemy I, whose epithet was Savior, was in many respects the most successful of all of Alexander the Great's successors. He created the longest lasting of the Hellenistic kingdoms that rose in the aftermath of the great conqueror's death, ending with the death of Cleopatra VII and Egypt's incorporation into the Roman Empire. This book is not a standard biography, but rather an examination of the ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • After Alexander

    The Time of the Diadochi (323-281 BC)

    Edited by Victor Alonso Troncoso, Edward M. Anson ...
    When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC without a chosen successor he left behind a huge empire and ushered in a turbulent period, as his generals fought for control of vast territories. The time of the Successors (Diadochi) is usually defined as beginning in 323 BC and ending with the deaths of the last two Successors in 281 BC. This is a major publication devoted to the Successors and contains ... Read more

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  • Affective Relations and Personal Bonds in Hellenistic Antiquity

    Studies in honor of Elizabeth D. Carney

    Edited by Monica D'Agostini, Edward M. Anson, Frances Pownall ...
    The intense bonds among the king and his family, friends, lovers, and entourage are the most enticing and intriguing aspects of Alexander the Great’s life. The affective ties of the protagonists of Alexander’s Empire nurtured the interest of the ancient authors, as well as the audience, in the personal life of the most famous men and women of the time. These relations echoed through time in art ... Read more

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  • Tracing Roots: 12 Classic Anthropology Books on Global Cultures

    Classic Studies of Global Cultures, Ritual, Prehistory, and Human Diversity

    by Walter Hough, Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt, Robert Wood Williamson, George Thornton Emmons, William Boyd Dawkins, Fay-Cooper Cole, Henry Baudesson, James Anson Farrer, Thomas Edward Pickett, Edith A. How, Paul Broca, A. F. R. Wollaston ...
    Tracing Roots gathers twelve foundational yet historically situated works that map global cultures through ethnographic description, antiquarian inquiry, archaeology, travel observation, and early physical anthropology. Its varied prose—catalogue, field report, comparative essay, and speculative synthesis—reveals both the breadth of anthropology's formative ambitions and the limits of its ... Read more

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  • Evolutionary Writings

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    by Charles Darwin ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin' On topics ranging from intelligent design and climate change to the politics of gender and race, the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin occupy a pivotal position in contemporary public debate. This volume brings together the key chapters of his most important and accessible books, including the Journal of Researches ... Read more

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  • Alexander the Great

    by Philip Freeman ...
    In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror.The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history. He was a general of such skill and renown that for two thousand years other great leaders studied his strategy and ... Read more

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  • The Pagan Tribes of Borneo

    by Charles Hose, William McDougall ...
    "The Pagan Tribes of Borneo" by Charles Hose and William McDougall is an in-depth ethnographic study of the indigenous tribes of Borneo, particularly those living in the interior of the island. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the authors explore the social structures, religious beliefs, customs, and daily lives of these so-called "pagan" tribes, including the Dayak peoples. The work provides a ... Read more

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  • The Death of Caesar

    The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination

    by Barry Strauss ...
    In this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal).Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC—the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He was, says author Barry Strauss, the last casualty of one civil war and the first casualty of the next ... Read more

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  • The Voyage of the Beagle, The Descent of Man and Selection In Relation to Sex and Other Works by Charles Darwin

    by Charles Darwin ...
    During the successive reprints of the first edition of this work, published in 1871, I was able to introduce several important corrections; and now that more time has elapsed, I have endeavoured to profit by the fiery ordeal through which the book has passed, and have taken advantage of all the criticisms which seem to me sound. I am also greatly indebted to a large number of correspondents for ... Read more

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