Silchester Revealed: The Iron Age and Roman Town of Calleva (Fulford Michael)(Paperback)

Silchester Revealed: The Iron Age and Roman Town of Calleva (Fulford Michael)(Paperback)

With its apparently complete town plan, revealed by the Society of Antiquaries of London's great excavation project, 1890-1909, Silchester is one of the best known towns in Roman Britain and the Roman world more widely. Since the 1970s excavations by the author and the University of Reading on

Glass, Alcohol and Power in Roman Iron Age Scotland (Ingemark Dominic)(Paperback / softback)

Looks at Roman glass from indigenous sites to study the impact of Rome on Iron Age

Age of Iron (Watson Angus)(Paperback / softback)

Bloodthirsty druids and battle-hardened Iron Age warriors collide in the first volume of this action-packed historical fantasy trilogy which will appeal to fans of Joe Abercrombie, Britannia, and HBO's Game of Thrones. Shortlisted for the David Gemmell

Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi, Volume 3 (Haccaworks*)(Paperback)

The mystery of Utsuwa has been revealed-created by Shin, the peculiar town exists to ensure a source of sustenance for the local ayakashi. As Yue struggles with this new knowledge, Akiyoshi begins to have doubts about their friendship. But while his companions are occupied with their conflicting

Castles of Wales (Phillips Alan)(Paperback)

Wales, a small country, is littered with the relics of war - Iron Age forts, Roman ruins, medieval castles and the coastal forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The biggest construction of fortifications in Wales took place during the reign of Edward I. They were not only built to deter

Clash of Iron (Watson Angus)(Paperback / softback)

Bloodthirsty druids and battle-hardened Iron Age warriors collide in the second volume of this action-packed historical fantasy trilogy which will appeal to fans of Joe Abercrombie and HBO's Game of Thrones. The first volume of this trilogy, Age of Iron, is currently shortlisted for the 2015 David

Oil (Hickson Ella)(Paperback)

The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Age of Oil. The Stone Age didn't end for want of stones. Oil follows the lives of one woman and her daughter in an epic, hurtling collision of empire, history and family. Ella Hickson's explosive play drills deep into the world's relationship with this finite

The Iron Age (Kajermo Arja)(Paperback)

On her family's austere farm, the Girl learns stories and fables of the world around her - of Miina, their sleeping neighbour; how people get depressed if pine trees grow too close to the house; that you should never turn away a witch at the door; and why her father was unlucky not to die in the

The Traditional Mass: History, Form, and Theology of the Classical Roman Rite (Fiedrowicz Michael)(Paperback)

Pompeii - The Life of a Roman Town (Beard Professor Mary)(Paperback / softback)

'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy - scrutinising and animated in equal measure' Laura Silverman, Daily

Age of Iron (Coetzee J. M.)(Paperback / softback)

In Cape Town, South Africa, an elderly classics professor writes a letter to her distant daughter, recounting the strange and disturbing events of her dying days. She has been opposed to the lies and the brutality of apartheid all her life, but now she finds herself coming face to face with its

Secret Arundel (Greenfield Eddy)(Paperback)

The town of Arundel in West Sussex is overlooked by Arundel Castle and the Roman Catholic cathedral, which was built through the support of the Duke of Norfolk, but the history of Arundel is built on much more than the castle and the dukes and earls. Secret Arundel unveils the lesser-known stories

Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America (Hiltzik Michael)(Paperback)

From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the transcontinental railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America's

The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus (Zanker Paul)(Paperback)

Examines the imperial mythology that was reflected by Roman art and architecture during the rule of Augustus

Iron Ship (McInley K. M.)(Paperback / softback)

The order of the world is in turmoil. An age of industry is beginning, an age of machines fuelled by magic. Sprawling cities rise, strange devices stalk the land. New money brings new power. The balance between the Hundred Kingdoms is upset. For the first time in generations the threat of war

Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth (Williams Mark)(Paperback)

A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in

Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt (Holloway Richard)(Paperback)

At the tender age of fourteen, Richard Holloway left his home town of Alexandria, north of Glasgow, and travelled hundreds of miles to be educated and trained for the priesthood at an English monastery. By the age of twenty-five he had been ordained and was working in the slums of Glasgow. Through

Blackwater: The Complete Saga (McDowell Michael)(Paperback)

Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919. On the surface, Elinor is gracious, charming, anxious to belong in Perdido, and eager to marry Oscar Caskey, the eldest son of

Burial Mounds in Europe and Japan: Comparative and Contextual Perspectives (Fukunaga Shin'ya)(Paperback)

This book brings together specialists of the European Bronze and Iron Age and the Japanese Yayoi and Kofun periods for the first time to discuss burial mounds in a comparative context. The book aims to strengthen knowledge of Japanese archaeology in Europe and vice

Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (Hardt Michael)(Paperback)

In their international bestseller Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri presented a grand unified vision of a world in which the old forms of imperialism are no longer effective. But what of Empire in an age of 'American empire'? Has fear become our permanent condition and democracy an impossible

Eco-Translation: Translation and Ecology in the Age of the Anthropocene (Cronin Michael)(Paperback)

Ecology has become a central question governing the survival and sustainability of human societies, cultures and languages. In this timely study, Michael Cronin investigates how the perspective of the Anthropocene, or the effect of humans on the global environment, has profound implications for the

Napoleon Volume 2 - The Spirit of the Age (Broers Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Opening Repertoire: The Iron English (Williams Simon)(Paperback)

Grandmaster Simon Williams was taught the English Opening at the age of six and 1 c4 was his weapon of choice until long after he became an International Master. For this new work, he teamed up with acclaimed theoretician International Master Richard Palliser to explore his old favourite. 1 c4

Firefly Summer (Binchy Maeve)(Paperback / softback)

Kate and John Ryan have four children, of whom the eldest are Michael and Dara. Their small town is peaceful and friendly, an unchanging background for a golden childhood. In long, hot summers Michael and Dara and their friends fish and swim or play in the ivy-clad ruins of Fernscourt, when the