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The Four Heavens The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya David Stuart

From the world-leading expert on the Maya, a monumental history of a flourishing civilization across three millennia

Native America Native America: The Story of the First Peoples Kenneth L. Feder

An epic deep history of the Indigenous peoples of North America, covering more than 20,000 years of astonishing diversity, adaptation, resilience, and continuity

Love, War, and Diplomacy Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed Eric H. Cline

From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near East

What Is Ancient History? What Is Ancient History? Walter Scheidel

From one of today鈥檚 most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history matters鈥攁nd why it needs to be told in a radically different, global way

Classicism and Other Phobias Classicism and Other Phobias Dan-el Padilla Peralta

A provocative case for why immortalizing Greek and Roman culture as 鈥渃lassical鈥 marginalizes and devalues Black life

Surviving Rome Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent Kim Bowes

A radical revision鈥攁nd worker鈥檚-eye view鈥攐f everything we thought we knew about the ancient Roman economy

The Roman World War The Roman World War: From the Ides of March to Cleopatra鈥檚 Suicide Giusto Traina

How the ruthless contest among Julius Caesar鈥檚 heirs ignited a global war that raged far beyond the borders of Rome

The Fall of Republics The Fall of Republics: A History from Ancient Carthage to the American Constitution Thomas F. Madden

What caused the world鈥檚 great republics to fall鈥攁nd what their fate reveals about the dangers facing modern democracies today

Mythopedia Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore Adrienne Mayor

From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders鈥攁nd disasters鈥攐f the natural world