Browsing the "Antiques & Collectibles" category: 5 books
Ancient History from Coins demystifies numismatics, introducing students to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history, and provides - through numerous examples - a history of coinage. ...more »
ISBN: 0203145429 / Routledge / Pub Date: Oct 1995 / File Size: 435K
William Melton and Randy Weinstein have succeeded in compiling an informative and well thought out guide to this frequently underestimated instrument, covering a vast range of topics and relating them to popular musical styles such as folk, blues, ro ...more »
ISBN: 1429526548 / Alpha Books / Pub Date: Oct 2001 / File Size: 5166K
This outstanding introductory survey collects, presents and examines, for the very first time, the portraits and representations of Alexander the Great on the ancient coins of the Greek and Roman period.From 320 BC to AD 400, Karsten Dahmen ...more »
ISBN: 0203967992 / Taylor & Francis / Pub Date: Jan 2007 / File Size: 2676K
Do you remember the best summer of your life?. New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the t ...more »
ISBN: 0061337315 / HarperCollins / Pub Date: Apr 2007 / File Size: 1627K
This is a comprehensive introduction to books and print culture which examines the move from the spoken word to written texts, the book as commodity, the power and profile of readers, and the future of the book in an electronic age. ...more »
ISBN: 0203505557 / Taylor & Francis Ltd / Pub Date: Jan 2005 / File Size: 345K
