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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance Gavin Menzies The best-selling author of 1421: The Year China Discovered America “makes history sound like pure fun….”—New York Times Magazine £13.25 » More Info
Astronomy : The Heavenly Challenge Jack Arnold Astronomy is perhaps the oldest science. The ancients saw cosmic meanings in the stars, and they organized their lives around lunar and solar cycles (i.e. the month and year). They also observed th... £8.75 » More Info
Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour Barbara W. Tuchman “Barbara Tuchman is a wise and witty writer, a shrewd observer with a lively command of high drama.”—Philadelphia Inquirer £16.99 » More Info
Buried Book, The: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh David Damrosch Daring adventurers, fearless explorers, ancient kings, gods, and goddesses come to life in this riveting story of the first great epic of world literature. £11.25 » More Info
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	Spartans, The: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, from Utopia to Crisis and Collapse Paul Cartledge £11.25 8 hours 30 minutes The Spartans of ancient Greece were a powerful and unique people, a society of warrior-heroes who exemplified the heroic virtues of self-sacrifice, community endeavor, and achievement against all odds. Paul Cartledge engagingly examines the rise and fall of this singular society. » More Info				Einstein's Revolution Professor John T. Sanders £8.75 3 hours In 1905, Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, followed by the General Theory of Relativity in 1916. He firmly established (1) the idea that all judgement about motion is a ma... » More Info



	Astronomy : The Heavenly Challenge Jack Arnold £8.75 3 hours Astronomy is perhaps the oldest science. The ancients saw cosmic meanings in the stars, and they organized their lives around lunar and solar cycles (i.e. the month and year). They also observed th... » More Info				Medical Science Dr. Paul M. Heidger and Richard Eimas £8.75 3 hours Though medical science began with the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, dissection, and the study of the human body was prohibited for religious reasons until the Renaissance. In 1623, William H... » More Info