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How to Cook an Early French Peacock: De Observatione Ciborum - Roman Food for a Frankish King (Bilingual Second Edition)    by Jim Chevallier
Price: $3.99 USD. 42290 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » History.

Is Anthimus' work "the oldest European medieval cookbook"? Well, it IS six centuries older than a twelfth century book that has recently been touted as exactly that. In the sixth century an Ostrogoth king sent a Byzantine physician to one of the Frankish courts where the food, being for the rich, was essentially Roman. Anthimus wrote his host this long letter on diet - De Observatione Ciborum.
Plinius szerint a világ    by Harald Voetmann
Price: $5.00 USD. 20110 words. Language: Hungarian. Agented by Publio Kiadó  on April 6, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Ancient.

A Római Birodalom is civilizált volt a maga módján, bár nem volt se Wikipédia, se érzéstelenítőszer. Akkoriban az számított látványosságnak, ha a lehető legrövidebb idő alatt mészároltak le egy falka vadállatot, vagy ha a gyerekek Sallustius kertjében óriások hulláit nézegethették.
Cyrenaics Handbook    by Frank Redmond
Price: $0.99 USD. 30100 words. Language: English. Published on March 8, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Ancient.

This handbook contains the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Cyrenaic school by compiling together the primary sources of the material. It is not a summary or analysis of the Cyrenaic school. Rather it provides all of the (open and available) references to the Cyrenaic school within the ancient texts.
Roman Stoicism: Words to Live (and Die) By    by Michael Ziccardi
Price: $4.99 USD. 82170 words. Language: English. Published on March 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » History & surveys / general.

This book is an assemblage of some of the most insightful and enlightening ideas which have been extracted from the writings of four of the most influential figures in the philosophy of Stoicism: Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius.
An Archaeological Guide to Walking Hadrian’s Wall from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend (West to East)    by M. C. Bishop
Price: $4.00 USD. 53660 words. Language: English. Published on January 31, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Ancient.

This is an informative (yet informal) description of the route of Hadrian's Wall and all the remains that can still be seen. For most of the route from west to east, it follows the Hadrian's Wall National Trail Footpath, but with an important difference: where the path veers off the line of the Wall, this account stays with it and allows you to examine the remains most other walkers do not see.
The Great Pyramid Rainmaker    by Christopher Jordan
Price: $0.99 USD. 25380 words. Language: English. Published on January 20, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Ancient.

This operating manual for Cheops shows how the Great Pyramid worked and the various stages of its development. The benefits for the builders are described within this framework. The penultimate rainmaking function is truly unique. Equally unique is the chapter that shows how to build and test a small rainmaker in the style of Cheops.
Medusa (La Gorgone di Chavin de Huantar)    by Sauro Barducci
Price: $1.99 USD. 29260 words. Language: Italian. Published on December 20, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Ancient.

Il 21 settembre di 3000 anni fa nelle Ande i sacerdoti aspettavano che il sole sorgesse ed illuminasse il loro tempio fino a penetrare nelle profondità dell’ipogeo dove aspettava di risorgere una divinità destinata a segnare la rinascita della civiltà mediterranea dopo l'epoca del Bronzo. Per i greci era Medusa, la Gorgone uccisa da Perseo ma in realtà era un Dio, il Dio di Chavin de Huantar.
Alejandro. La arrolladora marcha de la falange    by Gabriel Sanchez
Price: $8.99 USD. 30450 words. Language: Spanish. Published by LD Books - Lectorum  on December 4, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

Esta es la historia de Alejandro III, rey de Macedonia, conocido también como Alejandro Magno, cuyas cualidades para la acción fueron demostradas desde muy joven y hasta nuestros dias es considerado uno de los más grandes genios de la guerra de todos los tiempos.
The Pharaoh's Daughter - A Novel in Ancient Egypt    by Rory Liam Elliott
Price: $2.99 USD. 52440 words. Language: English. Published by TopOfBooks  on December 3, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

Enter a time and place in history and the ancient past - full of intrigue, passion, betrayal and adventure. Follow a young woman as she becomes the first female mummy maker in all of Egypt. Author Rory Liam Elliott will take you on a journey deep into the lives of Ancient Egyptians, and the journey will be one that cannot soon be forgotten.
Daughter of the Nile - A Novel in Ancient Egypt    by Rory Liam Elliott
Price: $2.99 USD. 50370 words. Language: English. Published by TopOfBooks  on December 3, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

Enter a time and place in history and the ancient past - full of intrigue, passion, betrayal and adventure. Follow a young woman as she becomes the first female mummy maker in all of Egypt. Author Rory Liam Elliott will take you on a journey deep into the lives of Ancient Egyptians, and the journey will be one that cannot soon be forgotten.