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  • Able Archer 83

    The Secret History of the NATO Exercise That Almost Triggered Nuclear War

    Edited by Nate Jones ...
    In November 1983, Soviet nuclear forces went on high alert. After months nervously watching increasingly assertive NATO military posturing, Soviet intelligence agencies in Western Europe received flash telegrams reporting alarming activity on U.S. bases. In response, the Soviets began planning for a countdown to a nuclear first strike by NATO on Eastern Europe. And then Able Archer 83, a vast NATO ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Spiritual Economy

    Gift Exchange in the Letters of Paul of Tarsus

    by Thomas R. Blanton ...
    Series series Synkrisis
    Thomas Blanton sheds light on the philosophy surrounding gift giving in Paul’s letters and on modern theories of gift exchange through the lens of religion.The exchange of gifts is a fundamental part of society and a foundational element in Greco-Roman religions. Combining theories of gift exchange, both modern and Greco-Roman, Thomas Blanton reveals how religious discourse—in the guise of ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Paul and Economics

    A Handbook

    Edited by Raymond Pickett, Thomas R. Blanton ...
    The social context of Paul’s mission and congregations has been the study of intense investigation for decades, but only in recent years have questions of economic realities and the relationship between rich and poor come to the forefront. In Paul and Economics, leading scholars address a variety of topics in contemporary discussion, including an overview of the Roman economy; the economic profile ... Read more

    $35.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taxation, Economy, and Revolt in Ancient Rome, Galilee, and Egypt

    Edited by Thomas R. Blanton IV, Agnes Choi, Jinyu Liu ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    This volume introduces new perspectives on taxation policies in the Roman Empire, the Galilee, and Egypt, with unique insights into the economic effects of imperial pacification on local and regional microlevel economies in the Galilee both before and after the First Jewish Revolt against Rome.Through examining tax documents and other ancient texts in detail, this book offers innovative ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Extramercantile Economies of Greek and Roman Cities

    New Perspectives on the Economic History of Classical Antiquity

    Edited by David B. Hollander, Thomas R. Blanton IV, John T. Fitzgerald ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    Recent work on the ancient economy has tended to concentrate on market exchange, but other forces also caused goods to change hands. Such nonmarket transfers ranged from small private gifts to the wholesale confiscation of cities, lands, and their peoples. The papers presented in this volume examine aspects of this extramercantile economy, particularly benefaction and the role of associations, as ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Variations in Human Stature

    Posture and its Indications

    by Guyot Daubés, Thomas L. Brunton ...
    The study of human stature involves several questions of more important interest than that of mere theory or curiosity. It may aid us in learning whether the human race is really degenerating, as some persons assert, by determining whether our ancestors in heroic and prehistoric times had the superior physical prowess that is often ascribed to them. It should teach us whether there are races of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    The Story of a Bad Boy (Unabridged)

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    by Thomas Bailey ALDRICH ...
    Narrated by Felipa Blanton, Nathaniel Myers, Eugene Pontbriand, Tammy Schiller ...

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    Thomas Bailey Aldrich was a child when his father moved to New Orleans from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy ... Read more

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  • Indigestion as a Cause of Nervous Depression

    by Thomas Lauder Brunton ...
    To most men who are engaged in intellectual work, an autumn holiday has become a matter of necessity, and is not to be regarded as a mere luxury. During eleven months of the year many who are engaged in brain-work systematically overtax themselves, trusting to the month's holiday to bring them again into proper working order. Formerly this was not the case. Men seemed to be able to go on, not only ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • A Companion to Ancient History

    Edited by Andrew Erskine ...
    Series Book 199 - Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history.Examines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient historyComprises more than 40 essays, written by leading international scholarsMoves beyond the primary focus on Greece and Rome with coverage of the various cultures within the ancient MediterraneanDraws ... Read more

    $48.00 USD

  • The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations

    by Max Weber ...
    Series series Verso World History Series
    Max Weber, widely recognized as the greatest of the founders of classical sociology, is often associated with the development of capitalism in Western Europe and the analysis of modernity. But he also had a profound scholarly interest in ancient societies and the Near East, and turned the youthful discipline of sociology to the study of these archaic cultures.The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece

    by David Schaps ...
    Coinage appeared at a moment when it fulfilled an essential need in Greek society and brought with it rationalization and social leveling in some respects, while simultaneously producing new illusions, paradoxes, and new elites. In a book that will encourage scholarly discussion for some time, David M. Schaps addresses a range of important coinage topics, among them money, exchange, and economic ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • Sociological Studies in Roman History

    by Keith Hopkins ...
    Series series Cambridge Classical Studies
    Keith Hopkins was a sociologist and Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge from 1985 to 2001. He is widely recognised as one of the most radical, innovative and influential Roman historians of his generation. This volume presents fourteen of Hopkins' essays on an impressive range of subjects: contraception, demography, economic history, slavery, literacy, imperial power, Roman religion, Early ... Read more

    $36.09 USD