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A collection of extra-biblical scriptures written by the gnostics, updated with three ancient texts including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas

A year on from the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the beginnings of #metoo movement Mary Beard revisits the gender agenda with new material

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How the human history of conflict has transformed the world we live in - for good and evil.

Mary Beard on Ancient Rome: Britain's favourite classicist lifts the lid on the Roman Empire.

Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wi

Start-ups rarely survive their second birthday. Even established firms in the UK and the US average a life of only fifteen years. So how can your comp

M. Lindsay Kaplan expands the study of the history of racism through an analysis of the medieval Christian concept of Jewish servitude. Developed thro

An engaging primer of the history of the sustainability movement from the 1600s to the present day, illuminating how sustainability evolved from a rel

Human language allows us to plan, communicate, and create new ideas, without limit. Yet we have only finite experiences, and our languages have finite

The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. The author tells the story of Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and oth

This book demonstrates that women have been and key to understanding processes of development and explores the importance of greater gender equality f

Written by leading authors with extensive experience in both teaching and practice, this established and trusted title equips the student with all the

The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global caus

Her central themes are the classics, universities and teaching - and much else besides. In this second collection following on from the success of I

Covers the author's famous blog, A Don's Life, that ran on the "TLS" website for over three years.

'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy - scru

Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though

The first comprehensive history of how Jews became citizens in the modern worldFor all their unquestionable importance, the Holocaust and the founding