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(H/B) DEATH AND SALVATION IN ANCIENT EGYPT

(P/B) NATIONAL DIVERSITY & GLOBAL CAPITALISM

(P/B) A COMPULSION FOR ANTIQUITY

(H/B) THE PEACE OF ILLUSIONS

(H/B) EMPTY CAGE - INQUIRY INTO THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF

(P/B) ANTI-AMERICANISMS IN WORLD POLITICS

(P/B) THE WORKS OF AGENCY - OF HUMAN ACTION, WILL AND FREEDOM

(P/B) FOREST OF SYMBOLS: ASPECTS OF NDEMBU RITUAL

(P/B) REALIZING RAWLS

(P/B) EGYPT IN THE AGE OF CLEOPATRA: HISTORY & SOCIETY
Few other civilizations rival Ancient Egypt in its power to capture the modern imagination, and Cleopatra VII, monarch at the end of the Ptolemaic period, has always been preeminent among its cast of characters. Coming to power just before the unstable state was about to be absorbed into an autocratic empire, Cleopatra oversaw not only Egypt's progress as an influential regional power but also the fragile peace of its ethnically mixed population. Michel Chauveau looks at many facets of life under this queen and her dynasty, drawing on such...
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(P/B) PERCEIVING GOD - THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

(P/B) MUSIC IN THE MOMENT

(P/B) HISTORY AND MEMORY AFTER AUSCHWITZ

(P/B) ILLUSIONS OF EGALITARIANISM

(P/B) THE ARCHIDAMIAN WAR
This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan's tetralogy about the Peloponnesian War, is a provocative and tightly argued history of the first ten years of the war. Taking a chronological approach that allows him to present at each stage the choices that were open to both sides in the conflict, Kagan focuses on political, economic, diplomatic, and military developments. He evaluates the strategies used by both sides and reconsiders the roles played by several key individuals. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) LITERARY CULTURE IN A WORLD TRANSFORMED

(H/B) PYTHAGORAS - HIS LIFE TEACHING AND INFLUENCE

(H/B) ARISTOTLE AND OTHER PLATONISTS

(P/B) AVICENNA - UPDATED EDITION

NARRATIVE DISCOURSE (P/B)