The Vikings
7 best books like The Vikings (Kenneth W. Harl): The Story Of Medieval England from King Arthur To The Tudor Conquest, The History of Ancient Rome, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals, Ancient Civilizations of North America, Classical Mythology
| Author | Jennifer Paxton |
| ISBN | 1598037072 |
The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest tells the remarkable story of a tumultuous thousand-year period. Dominated by war, conquest, and the struggle to balance the stability brought by royal power with the rights of the governed, it was a period that put into place the...
Course Lecture Titles 1. Introduction 2. The Sources 3. Pre-Roman Italy and the Etruscans 4. The Foundation of Rome 5. The Kings of Rome 6. Regal Society 7. The Beginnings of the Republic 8. The Struggle of the Orders 9. Roman Expansion in Italy 10. The Roman Confederation in Italy 11. The International...
| Author | Patrick N. Allitt |
| ISBN | 1598035843 |
Audio CDs in three cases (parts 1, 2, and 3), accompanied by a "like new" course booklet. 36 lectures in all / 30 minutes per lecture. 18 audio CDs. Taught by Professor Patrick N. Allitt of Emory University.
At its peak in the early 20th century, Britain's empire was the largest in the history of...
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
| Author | Robert Greenberg |
| ISBN | 1565853717 |
Great music is a language unto its own, a means of communication of unmatched beauty and genius. And it has an undeniable power to move us in ways that enrich our lives - provided it is understood.
If you have ever longed to appreciate great concert music, to learn its glorious language and share in...
Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals
| Author | Elizabeth A. Murray |
| ISBN | 1598039083 |
Modern history is filled with terrible crimes, baffling hoaxes, and seedy scandals. The infamous Jack the Ripper slayings. The alleged survival of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the murdered Tsar. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's public fall from grace. The Chicago...
Ancient Civilizations of North America
For the past few hundred years, most of what we've been taught about the native cultures of North America came from reports authored by the conquerors and colonizers who destroyed them. Now - with the technological advances of modern archaeology and a new perspective on world history - we are finally...
These 24 lectures are a vibrant introduction to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Among those you'll investigate are the accounts of the creation of the world in Hesiod's Theogony and Ovid's Metamorphoses; the gods Zeus, Apollo, Demeter, Persephone,...
