Overview :This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, covering over a thousand years in the history of women from both the elite and l... Read More
Overview :This book uses Benjamin Franklin's love of swimming to examine his life, times, and strong, inventive personality through a lens that histor... Read More
Overview :This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and publ... Read More
Overview :This highly original and authoritative account of the Greek family supersedes the only existing study in English by W. K. Lacey (published i... Read More
Overview :Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civi... Read More
Overview :A 2018 Moonbeam Children's Books Gold Award Winner In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of but... Read More
Overview :After its conquest in 331 B.C., Egypt became the center of the Hellenistic world, attracting men and women from other parts of the Mediterra... Read More
Overview :From an acclaimed author comes a fascinating story of the life, marriage, and death of an all but forgotten Roman woman. Born to an illustri... Read More
Overview :Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and econom... Read More