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Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America. Told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters in modern fiction, Mixtli-Dark Cloud, Aztec reveals the very depths of Aztec civilization from the peak and feather-banner splendor of the Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan to the arrival of Hernán Cortás and his conquistadores, and their destruction of... (more)

Claudius, the god and his wife Messalina

Claudius, the god and his wife Messalina

by Robert Graves

Robert Graves begins anew the tumultuous life of the Roman who became emporer in spite of himself. Captures the vitality, splendor, and decadence of the Roman world at the point of its decline.

How The Pro-choice Movement Saved America

How The Pro-choice Movement Saved America

by Cristina Page

With a new preface by the author. In the tradition of Backlash and The Morning After , and in a political climate where Roe v. Wade is in serious jeopardy, a young activist reveals that the Pro-Life Movement's real agenda is a war on contraception, family planning, and sexual freedom.

The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity

The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity

by James D. Tabor

The Jesus Dynasty offers a startling new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity that is grounded in careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, including the much-discussed "Jesus family tomb." In The Jesus Dynasty , biblical scholar James Tabor brings us closer than ever to the historical Jesus. He explains the crucial relationship... (more)

Egypt: Stones of Light

by Diane Harle, Hervé Champollion

Adorning the temples, palaces, and monuments of the Nile River Valley, their inscrutable gazes look out across the millennia, bearing witness to the rise and fall of long-lost dynasties-just as they have witnessed the endless rise and fall of the sun. Timeless treasures of light and shadow, they are the sculpted stones of ancient Egypt. In this gorgeous book of images, photographer Hervé Champollion portrays these... (more)

Monarchs of the Nile

by 1962- Dodson, Aidan, Aidan Dodson

This book presents a concise account of the life and times of the more significant occupants of the Egyptian throne, from the unification of the country around 3000 B.C. to the extinction of native rule, 3,000 years later. Included are profiles on well-known kings such as Ramesses II, Seti I, Akhnanten, Tuthmosis III, and Tutankhamun. 6 x 9, 73 black and white illustrations

A SCATTERING OF JADES: STORIES, POEMS, AND PRAYERS OF THE AZTECS. Edited by Timothy J. KnabThelma D. (translator). Sullivan

A SCATTERING OF JADES: STORIES, POEMS, AND PRAYERS OF THE AZTECS. Edited by Timothy J. Knab

by Thelma D. (translator). Sullivan

Cult of the Mother-GoddessE.O. James

Cult of the Mother-Goddess

by E.O. James

Robert Langdon: Book 3

The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown

Dan Brown’s new novel, the eagerly awaited follow-up to his #1 international phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code , which was the bestselling hardcover adult novel of all time with 81 million copies in print worldwide, will be published in the U.S. and Canada by Doubleday on September 15, 2009. THE LOST SYMBOL will have a first printing of 5 million copies, and it will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable... (more)

Discovering Man's Past in the AmericasNational Geographic Society Pictures

Discovering Man's Past in the Americas

by National Geographic Society Pictures

Issues of theological warfare: evangelicals and liberals,Richard J Coleman

Issues of theological warfare: evangelicals and liberals,

by Richard J. Coleman

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies? Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births,... (more)

Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime. When they finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and endless leisure began. But the children of... (more)

Letter to a Christian Nation

by Sam Harris

“Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ’s love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism.... (more)

Foundation: Book 1

Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire had ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that would last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathered the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brought them to a bleak... (more)

The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11. With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He... (more)

Climbing Mount Improbable

by Richard Dawkins

A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject--in writing that the New York Times called... (more)

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Aztec

by Gary Jennings

Claudius, the god and his wife Messalina

by Robert Graves

How The Pro-choice Movement Saved America

by Cristina Page

The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity

by James D. Tabor

Egypt: Stones of Light

by Diane Harle, Hervé Champollion

Monarchs of the Nile

by 1962- Dodson, Aidan, Aidan Dodson

A SCATTERING OF JADES: STORIES, POEMS, AND PRAYERS OF THE AZTECS. Edited by Timothy J. Knab

by Thelma D. (translator). Sullivan

Cult of the Mother-Goddess

by E.O. James

The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown

Discovering Man's Past in the Americas

by National Geographic Society Pictures

Issues of theological warfare: evangelicals and liberals,

by Richard J. Coleman

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

Letter to a Christian Nation

by Sam Harris

Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

Climbing Mount Improbable

by Richard Dawkins