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1	Daily Life in Ancient Rome - The People and the City at the Height of the Empire more books like this by Jerome Carcopino add to wishlist Provides insight into Roman life of the second century A.D. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.60! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found more books like this by Mary Beard add to wishlist Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence of life in the Roman Empire. Acclaimed historian Beard makes sense of the remains, explores what kind of town it was, and what this reveals about "ordinary" life during ancient times. see all copies from $15.99! new only from $18.40! \| SVS
3	Religions of Rome: Volume 2, a Sourcebook more books like this by Mary Beard, Simon Price, John North add to wishlist Volume two reveals the extraordinary diversity of ancient Roman religion. A comprehensive sourcebook, it presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world - from the foundations of the city in the eighth century BC to the Christian capital more than a thousand years later. Each document is given a full introduction, ... see all copies from $14.15! new only from $32.01!
4	Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town more books like this by Mary Beard add to wishlist The headings of Mary Beard's notes give a taste of this astonishing book: Bad Breath, Intestinal Parasites, Performing Monkeys, One-way Streets, Kosher Food, Water Shortages. The Temple of Isis serves to bring in multiculturalism. The House of the Menander tells how a house worked. At the Suburban Baths we go from communal bathing to hygiene to ... see all copies from $11.76! new only from $11.76!
5	Religions of Rome: Volume 1, a History more books like this by Mary Beard, Simon Price, John North add to wishlist This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the eighth century BC and the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the first centuries of the Christian era. The narrative account is structured around a series of broad ... see all copies from $13.94! new only from $19.96!
6	The rise of American civilization more books like this by Charles Austin Beard add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! first editions \| SVS
7	Classical Art: From Greece to Rome more books like this by Mary Beard (Editor), John Henderson add to wishlist The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western culture and to the origins of art history. The expanding Greek world of Alexander the Great had an enormous impact on the Mediterranean superpower of Rome. Generals, rulers, and artists seized, imitated, and re-thought the stunning legacy of Greek ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $17.15! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Rome in the Late Republic more books like this by Mary Beard add to wishlist This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions. This second edition also contains a new introduction and an updated bibliography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
9	Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities more books like this by Mary Ritter Beard add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! first editions \| SVS
10	The Parthenon more books like this by Mary Beard add to wishlist Historian Mary Beard writes about the long and painful history of the Parthenon, which has been attacked, plundered, ruined, and finally restored. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $12.45! \| SVS
11	America Through Women's Eyes more books like this by Mary Ritter Beard (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.55! signed copies \| first editions
12	America in Mid-Passage more books like this by Charles A. Beard, Mary R. Beard add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! new only from $144.95! \| first editions
13	History of the United States (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) more books like this by Charles A Beard, Mary R Beard add to wishlist By Charles Austin Beard and his wife Mary Ritter Beard. Charles Austin Beard was one of the most influential American historians of the early twentieth century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he met and eventually ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $23.81! \| SVS
14	Classics: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by John Henderson, M.S, Mary Beard add to wishlist We are all classicists--we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the classics differ from their original reality? This introduction to the classics begins ... see all copies from $3.99!
15 view cover	The Colosseum more books like this by Keith Hopkins, Mary Beard add to wishlist Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series (Part I and Part II) Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual ... see all copies from $5.23! new only from $9.68! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Rise of American Civilization Part One more books like this by Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard add to wishlist see all copies from $4.60!
17 view cover	The Roman Triumph more books like this by Mary Beard add to wishlist It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his most glamorous prisoners, as well as the booty he'd captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the ... see all copies from $13.31! new only from $13.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Menopause and the Years Ahead more books like this by Mary Beard add to wishlist How to look younger, feel younger, and live longer. Easy-to-read question and answer format discusses hormones, estrogen-replacement therapy, sex, aging, and more. Tells how to relieve hot flashes, insomnia and other discomforts. And, more importantly, how to reduce the crippling and life-threatening risks of osteoporosis, cancer, and heart ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Invention of Jane Harrison more books like this by Mary Beard add to wishlist Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) is the most famous female classicist in history, the author of books that revolutionised our understanding of Greek culture and religion. A star in the British academic world, she became the quintessential Cambridge woman - as Virginia Woolf suggested when, in "A Room of One's Own", she claims to have glimpsed ... see all copies from $11.93! new only from $19.38! \| SVS
20	Beards' New Basic History of the United States [Revised & Updated to 1968] by Charles A; Mary R. & William Beard Beard add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies
21 view cover	Classics: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Mary Beard, John B Henderson add to wishlist This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics daily: in our culture, politics, medicine, ... see all copies from $4.66! new only from $7.27! \| SVS
22 view cover	A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters more books like this by Mary Ritter Beard, Professor Nancy F Cott (Editor) add to wishlist Historian, social reformer, and women's suffrage campaigner, Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) was one of the most prominent intellectuals of her day. Co-author with her husband, Charles Beard of "The Rise of American Civilization: and other works in US history, she also founded the modern field of women's history. This collection of her letters, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	A basic history of the United States more books like this by Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.52! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Teaching and learning in higher education more books like this by Ruth M. Beard add to wishlist see all copies from $8.04!
25	An outline of Piaget's developmental psychology for students and teachers more books like this by Ruth Mary Beard add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS

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