The Bear of Byzantium, Paperback - S.J.A. Turney

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): S.J.A. TurneyNumber of pages: 368Collection: Wolves of OdinPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 30Cover type: ...

Examining Byzantine architecture, Ousterhout identifies the problems commonly encountered in the process of design and construction.Publisher: Univ...

This introduction to the Byzantine civilisation provides a guide for those who know nothing or little about the history of Byzantium.

Reducere. From the New York Times-bestselling "standard-bearer for alternate history" A spy takes on the enemies of the Byzantine Empire (USA Today). In anot...

Reducere. This book evaluates the life and empire of the pivotal yet controversial Byzantine emperor Heraclius (ad. 610-641), a contemporary of the Prophet M...

The remarkable 1, 000-year history of one of the world's greatest and most misunderstood empiresPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): John Hal...

Warrior and combat medic, Titus Cervianus, must lead a legion and quell the uprisings in Egypt in a new Roman adventure from Simon Turney.Publisher...

Warrior and combat medic, Titus Cervianus, must lead a legion and quell the uprisings in Egypt in a new Roman adventure from Simon Turney.Publisher...

Rosetta is a ten-year-old pigtailed girl whose heart is full of courage, laughter and confidence. She's in the fifth grade at Harriet Tubman School...

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological the...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Jonathan (The George Washington University, USA) SheaNumber of pages: 272Collection: New Directions ...

Reducere. There are so many bears in the world dear, but there's no other one that will do. You are the bear of my heart, dear, and I am the one who lives yo...

Reducere. DescriptionEurope is aflame. On the Iberian Peninsula the wars of the Reconquista rage across Aragon and Castile. Once again, the Moors are gaining...

This is the first comprehensive study of occasional writing in Byzantium, focusing on the literary output of Constantine Manasses. It argues that, ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Athanasios MarkopoulosNumber of pages: 372Collection: Variorum Collected StudiesPublication date: 2018Dim...

Reducere. DescriptionWinter, 48 BC. Caesar and his small force are trapped in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Caught up in the dynastic struggles of the Hou...

Romanos' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical embodiment of theological the...

The only biography of the most famous Roman general since 98AD, exploring his role in the Romanisation of Britain.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAut...

DescriptionThe teddy bears' picnic gets a modern twist in this warm and fuzzy picture book about a young teddy bear who learns that small acts of k...

The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions--thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative...

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Four Emperors. Two Friends. One Destiny.As twilight descends on the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire is but a shadow of its former self. Decades of...

Byzantium linked the ancient and modern worlds, shaping traditions and handing down to both Eastern and Western civilization a vibrant legacy. 'The...

Reducere. For Ages 8 and upImagine having to argue in court that you are a person. Yet this is just what Standing Bear, of the Ponca Indian tribe, did in Oma...

Chronicles events up to the coronation of the heroic Alexius Comnenus in 1081.

Reducere. 55BC and Caesar's army gathers in the north of Gaul, preparing to drive invading Germanic peoples from Gaul and to traverse the dangerous northern ...

Reducere. 51 BC. In the aftermath of the dreadful siege of Alesia the tribes of Gaul lie broken and sparse, and yet the fires of rebellion still burn in the ...

Reducere. DescriptionIt is 48 BC and Caesar is master of Rome, but Pompey is at large in the huge recruiting grounds of the east with a core of powerful offi...

A portrait of history's first complex Christian society as seen through the lens of Christian philanthropy and gift giving As the Roman Empire brok...

Reducere. Aside from Hagia Sophia, the monuments of the Byzantine East are poorly understood today. This is in sharp contrast to the well-known architectural...

Dimitris Stamatopoulos undertakes the first systematic comparison of the dominant ethnic historiographic models and divergences elaborated by Greek...

Reducere. In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the...

Reducere. Bamber says BEAR TRAP is not an expos , not a tell-all tale. Instead, he says it's a book about the human drama of watching a venerable global ins...

DescriptionThis book tells the extraordinary story of Theodore II Laskaris, an emperor who ruled over the Byzantine state of Nicaea established in ...

In the middle of the fifteenth century, ominous portents like columns of fire and dense fog were seen above the skies of Constantinople as the Byza...

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionAuthor(s): Jake RansohoffNumber of pages: 400Collection: ExtravagantesPublication date: 2022...

A fascinating and highly original history of the city and culture that was the bulwark of the West for a thousand years. Once a byword for imperial...

This new edition of the Oxford Specialist Handbook of Urological Surgery has been fully updated to include new European guidelines, NICE clinical g...