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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
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this is the most helpful Herodotus I've ever read (and I've read a few).
The maps, every chapter synopsis, and the notes make for the most informative reading of the work.
Its bulky and expensive, but if you care about Herodotus' work, its a must have.... »
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The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist
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The Archimedes Codex is a three-in-one book: First, it tells the fascinating story of how a famous but apparently lost text of Archimedes was found in the late 20th century and is being gradually recovered in a readable form. Second, it reveals some of the functioning of one the most brilliant mathematical and engineering brains in history. And finally... »
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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
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This is a fine and imaginative introduction to the Eastern Roman Empire (known as the Byzantine Empire to modern historians) for the general reader. However, on page 13 it states: "....the last Roman emperor in the West was deposed in 476, leaving a half-Vandal, half-Roman general, Stilicho, in control of Italy." This is a gross error. Anyone with a ... »
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Meditations (Penguin Classics)
One measure, perhaps, of a book's worth, is its intergenerational pliancy: do new readers acquire it and interpret it afresh down through the ages? The ... »
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The Complete World of Greek Mythology
Good book for young children interested in this subject since pictures abound and captions tell a clear story. the text is more for late teens and above ... »
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Five Dialogues
If you are entering college as a freshman and especially if you are entering the field of Philosophy, I urge you to buy this book! Read it, study it, and... »
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Travels with Herodotus
The last book by this great journalist. It makes perfect sense that he traveled with Herodotus, and that this ancient Greek writer, the first historian, o... »
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My Family and Other Animals
This book, ironically, was on one of those horrible "summer reading" lists so many of us are forced to do in high school. It's the only one I was ever fo... »
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