by Charles C. Mann  
Powells.com Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Brian Fagan Publisher Comments How the earth’s previous global warming phase, from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries, reshaped human societies from the Arctic to the Sahara—a wide-ranging history with sobering lessons for our own time. From the tenth to the fifteenth... (read more) Your Price $26.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Serge Gruzinski Synopsis The Aztecs were noted for their impressive architecture, majestic sculpture, luxurious clothing, and fine goldworking--but they also practiced human sacrifice. The seemingly contradictory aspects of this fascinating culture are examined here, from its... (read more) Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Carmen Bernard Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Claude Baudez Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) Your Price $1.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Gary Kinder
Publisher Comments In September 1857, the S.S. Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying passengers returning from the gold fields of California, went down during a hurricane off the Carolina coast. More than 400 men — and 21 tons of gold — were lost. In the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Israel Finkelstein Publisher Comments In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Robert Etienne Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Peter Berresf Ellis Publisher Comments By the third century B.C., at the height of their greatest expansion, the Celts had spread from their Rhineland home as far west as Ireland and east to Turkey's central plain, as far north as Belgium and south to Cadiz in Spain. They had crossed the Alps... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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Thursday May 8, 2008
by David W. Anthony Publisher Comments Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your Price $35.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by C Debaine Francfort Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by E A Wallis Budge Publisher Comments The sacred wisdom of the priests of ancient Egypt and the experiences of the soul after death: one of the most important books in Egyptian history. Includes full hieroglyphic text along with a transliteration of sounds, word-for-word translation, and... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Linda Schele Publisher Comments This is an account of Maya history based on the deciphering of hieroglyphic inscriptions. Because the epigraphic record is too limited to allow a comprehensive reconstruction of Maya history, Schele and Freidel have arranged their story by sites... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by David H Childress Synopsis Comparing archaeology, architecture, geology, writing and linguistics along with ancient history and legends, the author provides a detailed analysis of Atlantis.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your Price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by David Grant (edt) Noble Publisher Comments Startling discoveries and impassioned debates have emerged from the Chaco Phenomenon since the publication of New Light on Chaco Canyon twenty years ago. This completely updated edition features seventeen original essays, scores of photographs, maps, and... (read more) Your Price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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