Like fragments of overheard conversations, the thousands of informal inscriptions scratched and painted on potsherds, ti......more
From the thousands of pieces of Late Roman small change discovered trodden into beaten earth floors and dropped into wel......more
Over 75,000 coins have been found during excavations at the Agora, many minted in the city but others brought from Athen......more
Before the creation of the Agora as a civic center in the 7th century B.C., the region northwest of the Acropolis was a ......more
Many types of written records are found in the Agora, and this booklet presents a sample of the more than 10,000 invento......more
In the spring, the ground of the Agora archaeological park is covered in poppies and daisies while poplars and oaks shad......more
Although the famous bronze statues seen by the Roman tourist Pausanias have been melted down, the Agora preserves a numb......more
Small sculptured figures of humans and animals have been found all over the Agora, ranging in date from the earliest occ......more
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Mariano Aguayo Moran (1922-1994) was one of the members of the Los Manos group. This group of friends from Zaragoza jo......more
The citizens of ancient Greece and Roman raised public speaking to an art form, and their addresses continue to rank amo......more
Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark......more
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The time for compromise has now passed. The South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her sm......more
This facinating account of the first successful flight in the United States is paired with a facsimile of the 1793 text ......more
Our popular Charming Petites TM have eye-catching 4-color art and a wide array of subjects. Each has a 24K gold-plated......more
Jeffrey Record offers a comprehensive analysis of Anglo-French appeasement in the 1930s and how the lessons can be appli......more
An infantryman s view of the 1944-45 campaign in Western Europe, Taught the Kill describes the experiences of John B. ......more
The winter solstice of 2012 marks the end of the 5,000-year Fourth Age of the Mayan calendar, a time the Maya foresaw as......more
Historian Joel Augustus Rogers provides his evidence that there have been nineteenth- and twentieth-century presidents o......more
En este libro, el profesor Matos realiza una tarea arqueologica de alto valor didactico y estricto sentido literario: tr......more
Martin Luther King (1929-1968) fue un amoroso extremista y un redactor incansable. Iba escribiendo todo lo que hacia, co......more
Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential works. From the musing......more
The Word of God exalts history and calls us to study it, yet the prevailing attitude among many Christians today is that......more
Renowned forensic anthropologist Bill Bass--founder of the Body Farm--tackles one of his most baffling cases ever in thi......more
The Historical Failure of Anarchism was originally written for a conference on anarchist strategy in 1996 and subsequen......more
Valeriano Orobon Fernandez was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist activist, speaker and author. This biography tells how in S......more
Originally written in 1979, this is an inside account/critique, from the New York Three Black Panther and BLA political ......more
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The Roman period in Wales was of exceptional importance in the development of the country and left a lasting historical ......more
Named after its donor, the King of Pergamon, the Stoa of Attalos was originally built around 150 B.C. Between 1953 and 1......more
When the Roman tourist Pausanias visited Corinth around A.D. 160, he saw many shrines and buildings high up to the south......more
As well as the Little Owl or glaux, so often seen accompanying the goddess Athena, many other birds played an important ......more
As far as we know, the 5th-century B.C. Greek philosopher Socrates himself wrote nothing. We discover his thoughts and d......more
Preserved beneath the surface of the Agora are thousands of terracotta pipes, stone drainage channels, and lead pressure......more
At night, the darkness of the ancient Agora would have been pierced by the lights of oil lamps, and thousands of fragmen......more
By mingling images on well-preserved Greek vases with the more fragmentary ceramics recovered during excavations at the ......more
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This manual for brewing the perfect cup of coffee was first published in 1922, but remains as relevant today as it was t......more
The Normandy Landing, Cross Channel Invasion, Operation Overlord - the World War II event known by all these names, but ......more
Like the Halls of Montezuma and the Shores of Tripoli, Guadalcanal will forever be a part of United States Marine Corps ......more
"Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!" Most people have heard the phrase, but like so many famous phrases, its origin is a lie. Did......more
Why are conspiracy theorists so dumb? Why can’t they just accept that Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK? Is it just because t......more
Learn about leading figures, important events, interesting facts, and driving forces behind the U.S. involvement in the ......more