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Mary Beard Stats: The highest rated book by Mary Beard on Book Notification is SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, a Non-Fiction book.

The most read book by Mary Beard on Book Notification is SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, a Non-Fiction book. The second most read book is Emperor of Rome, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of Mary Beard books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Emperor of Rome, and Women & Power: A Manifesto.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Rome in the Late Republic (With: Michael Hewson Crawford)
1985
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2
The Good Working Mothers Guide
1989
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3
Pagan Priests: Religion and Power in the Ancient World
1989
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4
Literacy in the Roman World (With: J.H. Humphrey)
1991
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5
Classical Art: From Greece to Rome (With: John Henderson)
2001
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6
Ancient Art to Post-Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (With: Norman Rosenthal, Maryanne Stevens, Flemming Friborg, Ann Dumas)
2004
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7
The Roman Triumph
2007
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10
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
2008
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9
It's a Don's Life
2009
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10
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
2010
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11
All in a Don's Day
2012
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12
AA Agendas 12: Drawings that Count (With: Noam Andrews)
2013
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13
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
2013
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14
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
2015
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8
Women & Power: A Manifesto
2017
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16
Civilisations: How Do We Look
2018
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17
Civilisations:The Eye of Faith
2018
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18
Emperor
2019
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19
The Rise of American Civilization
2023
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20
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Emperor of Rome
2023
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21
Talking Classics
2026
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List of Religions of Rome Books in Publication Order

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1
Religions of Rome, Volume 1: A History (With: John North, Simon Price)
1998
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Religions of Rome, Volume 2: A Sourcebook (With: John North, Simon Price)
1998
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List of Revealing Antiquity Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Orientalizing Revolution (By: Walter Burkert)
1984
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2
Greek Virginity (By: Giulia Sissa)
1987
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3
Unruly Eloquence (By: R. Bracht Branham)
1989
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4
A Chronicle of the Last Pagans (By: Pierre Chuvin)
1990
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5
Hypatia of Alexandria (By: Maria Dzielska)
1993
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6
The Craft of Zeus (By: John Scheid)
1994
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7
Actors in the Audience (By: Shadi Bartsch)
1994
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8
Prophets & Emperors (By: David Stone Potter)
1994
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9
Pompeii (By: Paul Zanker)
1995
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10
The Invention of Jane Harrison
2000
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11
Ruling the Later Roman Empire (By: Christopher Kelly)
2004
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12
Mosaics as History: The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam (By: G.W. Bowersock)
2006
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13
New Heroes in Antiquity (By: Christopher P. Jones)
2010
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14
Spartacus (By: Aldo Schiavone)
2011
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15
From Shame to Sin (By: Kyle Harper)
2013
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16
Greek Models of Mind and Self (By: Anthony A. Long)
2014
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17
Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine (By: Zeev Weiss)
2014
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List of Sather Classical Lectures Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Epochs of Greek and Roman Biography (By: Duane Reed Stuart)
1928
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2
Phases in the Religion of Ancient Rome (By: Cyril Bailey)
1932
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3
Catullus and the Traditions of Ancient Poetry (By: Arthur Leslie Wheeler)
1934
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4
Roman Satire: Its Outlook on Social Life (By: J. Wight Duff)
1936
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5
The Eclogues of Vergil (By: H.J. Rose)
1942
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6
Pindar (By: Gilbert Norwood)
1945
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7
Ovid: A Poet between Two Worlds (By: Hermann Frankel)
1945
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8
The Greeks and the Irrational (By: E.R. Dodds)
1951
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9
Personal Religion Among The Greeks (By: André-Jean Festugière)
1954
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10
Party Politics in the Age of Caesar (By: Lily Ross Taylor)
1961
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11
The Greek And Macedonian Art Of War (By: Frank E. Adcock)
1962
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12
Sallust (By: Ronald Syme)
1964
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13
The Ancient Romances: A Literary-Historical Account of Their Origins (By: Ben E. Perry)
1967
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14
Lysias and the Corpus Lysiacum (By: K.J. Dover)
1968
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15
Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures (By: Geoffrey S. Kirk)
1970
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16
Change and Decline: Roman Literature in the Early Empire (By: Gordon Williams)
1978
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17
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual (By: Walter Burkert)
1980
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18
The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy (By: Bernard Knox)
1983
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19
The Justice of Zeus (By: Hugh Lloyd-Jones)
1983
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20
Pausanias' Guide to Ancient Greece (By: Christian Habicht)
1985
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21
The Ancient Economy (By: Moses I. Finley)
1985
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22
The Revolutions of Wisdom: Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science (By: G.E.R. Lloyd)
1987
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23
An Archaeology of Greece: The Present State and Future Scope of a Discipline (By: Anthony M. Snodgrass)
1987
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24
Dionysius and The History of Archaic Rome (By: Emilio Gabba)
1991
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25
Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire: The Development of Christian Discourse (By: Averil Cameron)
1991
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26
The Classical Foundations of Modern Historiography (By: Arnaldo Momigliano, Riccardo Di Donato)
1992
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27
Shame and Necessity (By: Bernard Williams)
1993
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28
The Mask of Socrates: The Image of the Intellectual in Antiquity (By: Alan Shapiro, Paul Zanker)
1995
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29
Fiction as History: Nero to Julian (By: G.W. Bowersock)
1995
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30
The Hidden Author: An Interpretation of Petronius's Satyricon (By: Gian Biagio Conte)
1997
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31
Revenge in Attic and Later Tragedy (By: Anne Pippin Burnett)
1998
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32
The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault (By: Alexander Nehamas)
1998
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33
Prayers in Stone: Greek Architectural Sculpture (By: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway)
1999
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34
The Poetry of Homer: Edited with an Introduction by Bruce Heiden (By: Samuel Eliot Bassett)
2003
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35
Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II (By: Fergus Millar)
2006
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36
Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity (By: David N. Sedley)
2007
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37
Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History (By: Denis Feeney)
2008
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38
Everyday Writing in the Græco-Roman East (By: Roger S. Bagnall)
2010
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39
A Free Will: Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought (By: Michael Frede, David Sedley, A.A. Long)
2011
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40
Homer the Preclassic (By: Gregory Nagy)
2012
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41
Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage (By: Helene P. Foley)
2012
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42
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
2014
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43
Greek Gods Abroad: Names, Natures, and Transformations (By: Robert C.T. Parker)
2017
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44
Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome: Between Art and Social Reality (By: Tonio Hölscher)
2018
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45
Classicism and Christianity in Late Antique Latin Poetry (By: Philip Hardie)
2019
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46
Scenes from Greek Drama (By: Bruno Snell)
2021
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47
A Greek State in Formation: The Origins of Civilization in Mycenaean Pylos (By: Jack L. Davis)
2022
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List of Wonders of the World Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Alhambra (By: Robert Irwin)
2011
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List of The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Art Of Sculpture (By: Herbert Read)
1956
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2
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation (By: E.H. Gombrich)
1960
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3
Mnemosyne: The Parallel Between Literature And The Visual Arts (By: Mario Praz)
1970
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4
The Use And Abuse Of Art (By: Jacques Barzun)
1974
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5
Imago Dei (By: Jaroslav Pelikan)
1990
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6
The Mediation Of Ornament (By: Oleg Grabar)
1992
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7
Pictures Of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock (By: Kirk Varnedoe)
2006
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8
Last Looks, Last Books: Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, Merrill (By: Helen Vendler)
2010
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9
The Moment Of Caravaggio (By: Michael Fried)
2010
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10
Picasso And Truth: From Cubism To Guernica (By: T.J. Clark)
2013
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11
Bosch And Bruegel: From Enemy Painting To Everyday Life (By: Joseph Leo Koerner)
2016
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12
Chinese Painting And Its Audiences (By: Craig Clunas)
2017
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13
Restoration: The Fall Of Napoleon In The Course Of European Art, 1812-1820 (By: Thomas Crow)
2018
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14
Brutal Aesthetics: Dubuffet, Bataille, Jorn, Paolozzi, Oldenburg (By: Hal Foster)
2020
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15
The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life Of Sacred Bronzes From Chola India, 855–1280 (By: Vidya Dehejia)
2021
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16
Twelve Caesars: Images Of Power From The Ancient World To The Modern
2021
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17
Chinese Art And Dynastic Time (By: Hung Wu)
2022
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18
On Quality In Art: Criteria Of Excellence, Past And Present (By: Jakob Rosenberg)
2023
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19
The Villa: Form And Ideology Of Country Houses (By: James S. Ackerman)
2023
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20
Visionary And Dreamer: Two Poetic Painters: Samuel Palmer And Edward Burne-jones (By: David Cecil)
2023
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21
The Eternal Present, Volume Ii: The Beginnings Of Architecture (By: Sigfried Giedion)
2023
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22
Of Divers Arts (By: Naum Gabo)
2023
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23
Horace Walpole (By: Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis)
2023
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24
Giorgio Vasari: The Man And The Book (By: Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase)
2023
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25
Cézanne And America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists, And Critics, 1891-1921 (By: John Rewald)
2023
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26
Painting As An Art (By: Richard Wollheim)
2023
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27
Only Connect: Art And The Spectator In The Italian Renaissance (By: John K.G. Shearman)
2023
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28
Gold, Silver, And Bronze: Metal Sculpture Of The Roman Baroque (By: Jennifer Montagu)
2023
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List of Wonders of the World Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Parthenon
2002
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2
The Alhambra (By: Robert Irwin)
2004
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3
The Colosseum (With: Keith Hopkins)
2005
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4
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The Tomb of Agamemnon (By: Cathy Gere)
2006
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5
The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme (By: Gavin Stamp)
2006
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6
St Pancras Station (By: Simon Bradley)
2007
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7
St. Peter's (By: Keith Miller)
2007
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8
The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt (By: Robert Craig)
2007
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9
The Roman Forum (By: David Watkin)
2009
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10
Piazza San Marco (By: Iain Fenlon)
2009
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The Buddhas of Bamiyan (By: Llewelyn Morgan)
2012
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List of Very Short Introductions Books in Publication Order

Brief beginner's introductions to scientific ideas, historical figures, and religion.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
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Marx (By: Peter Singer)
1980
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Aristotle ( By: Jonathan Barnes)
1982
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3
Darwin (By: Jonathan Howard)
1982
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4
Hegel (By: Peter Singer, Luís Filipe Teixeira)
1983
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5
Clausewitz (By: Michael Eliot Howard)
1983
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6
Barthes (By: Jonathan Culler)
1983
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7
Locke (By: John Dunn)
1984
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8
Augustine (By: Henry Chadwick)
1986
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9
Shakespeare (By: Germaine Greer)
1986
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10
2
What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy (By: Thomas Nagel)
1987
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11
Kierkegaard (By: Patrick L. Gardiner)
1988
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12
Wittgenstein (By: A.C. Grayling)
1988
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13
The Laws of Thermodynamics (By: Peter Atkins)
1990
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14
Privacy (By: Raymond Wacks)
1993
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15
Schopenhauer (By: Christopher Janaway)
1994
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16
Judaism (By: Norman Solomon)
1996
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17
Archaeology (By: Paul G. Bahn)
1997
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18
Psychology (By: Gillian Butler)
1998
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19
Sociology (By: Steve Bruce)
1999
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20
Theology (By: David F. Ford)
1999
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21
The Tudors (By: John Guy)
2000
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22
Logic (By: Graham Priest)
2000
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23
Islam (By: Malise Ruthven)
2000
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24
History (By: John H. Arnold)
2000
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25
The Bible (By: John Riches)
2000
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26
6
Music (By: Nicholas Cook)
2000
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27
Politics (By: Kenneth Minogue)
2000
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28
The Koran (By: Michael A. Cook)
2000
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29
Hinduism (By: Kim Knott)
2000
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30
Buddhism (By: Damien Keown)
2000
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31
Planets (By: David A. Rothery)
2000
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32
Nineteenth-Century Britain (By: Christopher Harvie, Colin Matthew)
2000
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33
Eighteenth-Century Britain (By: Paul Langford)
2000
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34
Twentieth-Century Britain (By: Kenneth O. Morgan)
2000
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35
The Anglo-Saxon Age (By: John Blair)
2000
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36
Ancient Philosophy (By: Julia Annas)
2000
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37
Capitalism (By: James Fulcher)
2001
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38
Continental Philosophy (By: Simon Critchley)
2001
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39
Postcolonialism (By: Robert J.C. Young)
2001
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40
The European Union (By: John Pinder)
2001
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41
Galileo (By: Stillman Drake)
2001
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42
Indian Philosophy (By: Sue Hamilton)
2001
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43
Buddha (By: Michael Carrithers)
2001
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44
Paul (By: E.P. Sanders)
2001
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45
Emotion (By: Dylan Evans)
2001
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46
Russian Literature (By: Catriona Kelly)
2001
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47
Drugs (By: Leslie L. Iversen)
2001
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48
2
The French Revolution (By: William Doyle)
2001
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49
8
Cosmology (By: Peter Coles)
2001
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50
Mathematics (By: Timothy Gowers)
2002
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51
6
Democracy (By: Bernard Crick)
2002
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52
Quantum Theory (By: John C. Polkinghorne)
2002
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53
Fascism (By: Kevin Passmore)
2002
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54
Empire (By: Stephen Howe)
2002
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55
The First World War (By: Michael Eliot Howard)
2002
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56
Philosophy of Science (By: Samir Okasha)
2002
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57
Animal Rights (By: David DeGrazia)
2002
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58
The Penguin History of Economics (By: Roger E. Backhouse)
2002
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59
Russell (By: A.C. Grayling)
2002
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60
The Russian Revolution (By: S.A. Smith)
2002
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61
Medieval Britain (By: John Gillingham)
2002
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62
Choice Theory (By: Michael Allingham)
2002
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63
Architecture (By: Andrew Ballantyne)
2002
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64
Political Philosophy (By: David Miller)
2003
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65
Consciousness (By: Susan Blackmore)
2003
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66
Northern Ireland (By: Marc Mulholland)
2003
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67
Plato (By: Julia Annas)
2003
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68
Globalization (By: Manfred B. Steger)
2003
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69
The History of Astronomy (By: Michael Hoskin)
2003
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70
The Celts (By: Barry Cunliffe)
2003
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71
Ideology (By: Michael Freeden)
2003
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72
Presocratic Philosophy (By: Catherine Osborne)
2003
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73
The Brain (By: Michael O'Shea)
2003
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74
Terrorism (By: Charles Townshend)
2003
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75
Molecules (By: Philip Ball)
2003
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76
The Elements (By: Philip Ball)
2004
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77
Kafka (By: Ritchie Robertson)
2004
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78
The Crusades (By: Christopher Tyerman)
2004
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79
8
Particle Physics (By: Frank Close)
2004
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80
Egyptian Myth (By: Geraldine Pinch)
2004
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81
8
Ancient Egypt (By: Ian Shaw)
2004
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82
Christian Art (By: Beth Williamson)
2004
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83
Ancient Warfare (By: Harry Sidebottom)
2004
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84
Global Warming (By: Mark Maslin)
2004
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85
Philosophy (By: Edward Craig)
2004
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86
Fossils (By: Keith S. Thomson)
2005
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87
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The Spanish Civil War (By: Helen Graham)
2005
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88
Foucault (By: Gary Gutting)
2005
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89
Habermas (By: James Gordon Finlayson)
2005
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90
Buddhist Ethics (By: Damien Keown)
2005
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91
Socialism (By: Michael Newman)
2005
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92
Kabbalah (By: Joseph Dan)
2005
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93
Existentialism (By: Thomas R. Flynn)
2006
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94
8
The Renaissance (By: Jerry Brotton)
2006
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95
Feminism (By: Margaret Walters)
2006
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96
10
Human Evolution (By: Bernard Wood)
2006
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97
The Roman Empire (By: Christopher Kelly)
2006
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98
Chaos (By: Leonard A. Smith)
2007
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99
Human Rights (By: Andrew Clapham)
2007
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100
Antisemitism (By: Steven Beller)
2007
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101
Tocqueville (By: Harvey Mansfield Jr.)
2007
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102
Documentary Film (By: Patricia Aufderheide)
2007
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103
8
The Cold War (By: Robert J. McMahon)
2007
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104
8
International Migration (By: Khalid Koser)
2007
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105
Newton (By: Rob Iliffe)
2007
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106
Economics (By: Partha Dasgupta)
2007
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107
Art Theory (By: Cynthia A. Freeland)
2007
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108
The Great Depression and the New Deal (By: Eric Rauchway)
2007
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109
Classical Mythology (By: Helen Morales)
2007
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110
Bestsellers (By: John Sutherland)
2007
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111
Game Theory (By: David Hume)
2007
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112
Geopolitics (By: Klaus Dodds)
2007
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113
The History of Life (By: Michael J. Benton)
2008
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114
Nuclear Weapons (By: Joseph M. Siracusa)
2008
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115
Modern China (By: Rana Mitter)
2008
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116
The United Nations (By: Jussi M. Hanhimäki)
2008
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117
Galaxies (By: John Gribbin)
2008
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118
German Literature (By: Nicholas Boyle)
2008
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119
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The Old Testament (By: Michael D. Coogan)
2008
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120
The New Testament as Literature (By: Kyle Keefer)
2008
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121
Sexuality (By: Véronique Mottier)
2008
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122
Religion in America (By: Timothy Beal)
2008
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123
Nelson Mandela (By: Elleke Boehmer)
2008
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124
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Statistics (By: David J. Hand)
2008
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125
Puritanism (By: Francis J. Bremer)
2008
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126
Scotland (By: Rab Houston)
2008
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127
The Reagan Revolution (By: Gil Troy)
2009
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128
Communism (By: Leslie Holmes)
2009
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129
Modern Japan (By: Christopher Goto-Jones)
2009
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130
Deserts (By: Nick Middleton)
2009
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131
8
Nothing (By: Frank Close)
2009
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132
Biography (By: Hermione Lee)
2009
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133
The Soviet Union (By: Stephen Lovell)
2009
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134
4
The Book of Mormon (By: Terryl L. Givens)
2009
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135
The Norman Conquest (By: George Garnett)
2009
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136
Biblical Archaeology (By: Eric H. Cline)
2009
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137
Fashion (By: Rebecca Arnold)
2009
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138
Progressivism (By: Walter Nugent)
2009
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139
Information (By: Luciano Floridi)
2010
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140
Neoliberalism (By: Manfred B. Steger)
2010
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141
Numbers (By: Peter M. Higgins)
2010
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142
Film Music (By: Kathryn Kalinak)
2010
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143
The New Testament (By: Luke Timothy Johnson)
2010
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144
Humanism (By: Stephen Law)
2010
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145
Witchcraft (By: Malcolm Gaskill)
2010
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146
French Literature (By: John D. Lyons)
2010
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147
Druids (By: Barry Cunliffe)
2010
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148
The U.S. Congress (By: Donald A. Ritchie)
2010
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149
The Hebrew Bible as Literature (By: Tod Linafelt)
2010
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150
Modernism (By: Christopher Butler)
2010
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151
North American Indians (By: Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green)
2010
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152
Landscapes and Geomorphology (By: Andrew S. Goudie, Heather Viles)
2010
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153
Keynes (By: Robert Skidelsky)
2010
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154
Agnosticism (By: Robin Le Poidevin)
2010
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155
Aristocracy ( By: William Doyle)
2010
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156
Folk Music (By: Mark Slobin)
2010
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157
Environmental Economics (By: Stephen Smith)
2011
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158
Global Economic History (By: Robert C. Allen)
2011
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159
Critical Theory (By: Theodor W. Adorno)
2011
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160
Early Music (By: Thomas Forrest Kelly)
2011
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161
American Immigration (By: David A. Gerber)
2011
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162
Scientific Revolution (By: Lawrence M. Principe)
2011
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163
Paganism (By: Owen Davies)
2011
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164
Nuclear Power (By: Maxwell Irvine)
2011
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165
Risk (By: Baruch Fischhoff)
2011
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166
Science Fiction (By: David Seed)
2011
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167
Herodotus (By: Jennifer T. Roberts)
2011
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168
Dictionaries (By: Lynda Mugglestone)
2011
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169
Modern France (By: Vanessa R. Schwartz)
2011
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170
Colonial Latin American Literature (By: Rolena Adorno)
2011
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171
The Aztecs (By: Davíd Carrasco)
2011
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172
The Cultural Revolution (By: Richard Curt Kraus)
2011
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173
Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction (By: Paul Anthony Cartledge)
2011
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174
Modern Latin American Literature (By: Roberto González Echevarría)
2011
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175
Reality (By: Jan Westerhoff)
2011
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176
The Conquistadors (By: Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Matthew Restall)
2011
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177
The U.S. Supreme Court (By: Linda Greenhouse)
2012
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178
Magic (By: Owen Davies)
2012
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179
Film (By: Michael Wood)
2012
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180
The History of Mathematics (By: Jacqueline A. Stedall)
2012
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181
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Russian History (By: Geoffrey Hosking)
2012
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182
6
Engineering (By: David Blockley)
2012
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183
Plague (By: Paul Slack)
2012
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184
The Mongols (By: Morris Rossabi)
2012
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185
Rivers (By: Nick Middleton)
2012
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Plants (By: Timothy Walker)
2012
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Magna Carta (By: Nicholas Vincent)
2012
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Languages (By: Stephen Anderson)
2012
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Radioactivity (By: Claudio Tuniz)
2012
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Borders (By: Joshua Hagen, Alexander C. Diener)
2012
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The Orchestra (By: D. Kern Holoman)
2012
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American History (By: Paul S. Boyer)
2012
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Metaphysics (By: Stephen Mumford)
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The Roman Republic (By: David M. Gwynn)
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Revolutions (By: Jack A. Goldstone)
2012
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Colonial America (By: Alan Taylor)
2012
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Networks (By: Guido Caldarelli, Michele Catanzaro)
2012
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Spirituality (By: Philip Sheldrake)
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Work (By: Stephen Fineman)
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American Politics (By: Richard M. Valelly)
2012
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The Ancient Near East (By: Amanda H. Podany)
2013
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Ethnomusicology (By: Timothy Rice)
2013
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American Legal History (By: G. Edward White)
2013
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Tibetan Buddhism (By: Matthew T. Kapstein)
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The Trojan War (By: Eric H. Cline)
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The Avant Garde (By: David Cottington)
2013
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The Napoleonic Wars (By: Mike Rapport)
2013
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Medical Law (By: Charles Foster)
2013
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The Silk Road (By: James A. Millward)
2013
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Chemistry (By: Peter Atkins)
2013
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Rhetoric (By: Richard Toye)
2013
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The British Constitution (By: Martin Loughlin)
2013
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Symmetry (By: Ian Stewart)
2013
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The British Empire (By: Ashley Jackson)
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Diaspora (By: Kevin Kenny)
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Marine Biology (By: Philip V. Mladenov)
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The Beats (By: David Sterritt)
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Sociolinguistics (By: John R. Edwards)
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Contemporary Fiction (By: Robert Eaglestone)
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Modern War (By: Richard English)
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The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (By: Martin Bunton)
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Fractals (By: Kenneth Falconer)
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Management (By: John Hendry)
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African Religions (By: Jacob K. Olupona)
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Classics
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Confucianism (By: Daniel K. Gardner)
2014
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Black Holes (By: Katherine Blundell)
2014
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Classical Literature (By: William Allan)
2014
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Philosophy of Law (By: Raymond Wacks)
2014
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Microeconomics (By: Avinash K. Dixit)
2014
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The Etruscans (By: Christopher John Smith)
2014
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Complexity (By: John H. Holland)
2014
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Hormones (By: Martin Luck)
2014
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American Slavery (By: Heather Andrea Williams)
2014
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African American Religion (By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.)
2014
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Knowledge (By: Jennifer Nagel)
2014
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Structural Engineering (By: David Blockley)
2014
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Minerals (By: David J. Vaughan)
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Exploration (By: Stewart A Weaver)
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The Middle Ages (By: Miri Rubin)
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World War II (By: Gerhard L. Weinberg)
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American Political History (By: Donald T. Critchlow)
2014
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American Women's History (By: Susan Ware)
2014
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Dante (By: David Robey, Peter Hainsworth)
2015
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Crime Fiction (By: Richard Bradford)
2015
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Forests (By: Jaboury Ghazoul)
2015
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William Shakespeare (By: Stanley Wells)
2015
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Taxation (By: Stephen Smith)
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Corruption (By: Leslie Holmes)
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The American Revolution (By: Robert J. Allison)
2015
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Roman Britain (By: Peter Salway)
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Nuclear Physics (By: Frank Close)
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Byzantium (By: Peter Sarris)
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Medieval Literature (By: Elaine M. Treharne)
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The Enlightenment (By: John Robertson)
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The Founding Fathers (By: R.B. Bernstein)
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Algebra (By: Peter M. Higgins)
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International Law (By: Vaughan Lowe)
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Hollywood (By: Peter Decherney)
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Eugenics (By: Philippa Levine)
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Molecular Biology (By: Aysha Divan, Janice Royds)
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Computer Science (By: Subrata Dasgupta)
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Babylonia (By: Trevor Bryce)
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Measurement (By: David J. Hand)
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The Body (By: Chris Shilling)
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Astrophysics (By: James Binney)
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Shakespeare's Comedies (By: Bart van Es)
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Modern Drama (By: Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr)
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Sikhism (By: Eleanor Nesbitt)
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Isotopes (By: Rob Ellam)
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Global Catastrophes (By: Bill McGuire)
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The Harlem Renaissance (By: Cheryl A. Wall)
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The Welfare State (By: David Garland)
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American Political Parties and Elections (By: L. Sandy Maisel)
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Copernicus (By: Owen Gingerich)
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Asian American History (By: Madeline Y. Hsu)
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War and Technology (By: Alex Roland)
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Military Justice (By: Eugene R. Fidell)
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Zionism (By: Michael Stanislawski)
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Ageing (By: Nancy A. Pachana)
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Cognitive Neuroscience (By: Richard Passingham)
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Rocks (By: Jan Zalasiewicz)
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Telescopes (By: Geoff Cottrell)
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Infinity (By: Ian Stewart)
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Thinking and Reasoning (By: Jonathan St. B.T. Evans)
2017
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The Immune System (By: Paul Klenerman)
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Populism (By: Cas Mudde, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser)
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Military Strategy (By: Antulio J. Echevarria II)
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The Self-Taught Programmer (By: Cory Althoff)
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Intellectual Property (By: Siva Vaidhyanathan)
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Organic Chemistry (By: Graham L. Patrick)
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Shakespeare's Tragedies (By: Stanley Wells)
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Utilitarianism (By: Peter Singer, Katarzyna De Lazari-Radek)
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Heredity (By: John Waller)
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Perception (By: Brian J. Rogers)
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Miracles (By: Yujin Nagasawa)
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The Psychology of Music (By: Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis)
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Stoicism (By: Brad Inwood)
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Monasticism (By: Stephen J. Davis)
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Big Data (By: Dawn E. Holmes)
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Prohibition (By: W.J. Rorabaugh)
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Development (By: Ian Goldin)
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The U.S. Constitution (By: David J. Bodenhamer)
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Southeast Asia (By: James R. Rush)
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Anthropocene (By: Erle C. Ellis)
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American Naval History (By: Craig L. Symonds)
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The History of Childhood (By: James Marten)
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Abolitionism (By: Richard S. Newman)
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Artificial Intelligence (By: Margaret A. Boden)
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Napoleon (By: David A. Bell)
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Glaciation (By: David J.A. Evans)
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Environmental Ethics (By: Robin Attfield)
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Reading (By: Belinda Jack)
2019
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The Treaty of Versailles (By: Michael S. Neiberg)
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Concentration Camps (By: Dan Stone)
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Matter (By: Geoff Cottrell)
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American Foreign Relations (By: Andrew Preston)
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Methodism (By: William J. Abraham)
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Orthodox Christianity (By: A. Edward Siecienski)
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Country Music (By: Richard Carlin)
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Federalism (By: Clyde Wilcox, Mark J. Rozell)
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Energy Systems (By: Nick Jenkins)
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Reconstruction (By: Allen C. Guelzo)
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The Abrahamic Religions (By: Charles L Cohen)
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Renewable Energy (By: Nick Jelley)
2020
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Intelligence (By: Ian J. Deary)
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Number Theory (By: Robin Wilson)
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American Business History (By: Walter A Friedman)
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British Politics (By: Tony Wright)
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Media Law (By: Lucas A. Powe Jr.)
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Biogeography (By: Mark V Lomolino)
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City Planning (By: Carl Abbott)
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Silent Film (By: Donna Kornhaber)
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The Maya (By: Matthew Restall, Amara Solari)
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Religion (By: Thomas A Tweed)
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The U.S. Civil War (By: Louis P. Masur)
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American Military History (By: Joseph T. Glatthaar)
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Volcanoes (By: Jan Zalasiewicz)
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The American South (By: Charles Reagan Wilson)
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Philosophy of Physics (By: David Wallace)
2021
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Biochemistry (By: Mark Lorch)
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Jewish Literature (By: Ilan Stavans)
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Time (By: Jenann Ismael)
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The Arctic (By: Klaus Dodds, Jamie Woodward)
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Pakistan (By: Pippa Virdee)
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The History of Political Thought (By: Richard Whatmore)
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The Short Story (By: Andrew Kahn)
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Polygamy (By: Sarah M.S. Pearsall)
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Music and Technology (By: Mark Katz)
2022
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Science and Religion (By: Thomas Dixon, Adam Shapiro)
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Philosophy of Mind (By: Barbara Gail Montero)
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Geometry (By: Maciej Dunajski)
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Jane Austen (By: Tom Keymer)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (By: Mark Evan Bonds)
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Evangelicalism (By: John G. Stackhouse Jr.)
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The History of Computing (By: Doron Swade)
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Insects (By: Simon Leather)
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Ivan Pavlov (By: Daniel P. Todes)
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The American Judicial System (By: Charles L. Zelden)
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French Cinema (By: Dudley Andrew)
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Gödel's Theorem (By: A.W. Moore)
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Suburbs (By: Carl Abbott)
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The Jury (By: Renée Lettow Lerner)
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The Civil Rights Movement (By: Thomas C. Holt)
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Vatican II (By: Stephen Bullivant)
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Japanese Literature (By: Alan Tansman)
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Ancient Greek and Roman Science (By: Liba Taub)
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The History of Emotions (By: Thomas Dixon)
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Observational Astronomy (By: Geoff Cottrell)
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Bohemians (By: David Weir)
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Mathematical Analysis (By: Richard Earl)
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Invasive Species (By: Julie Lockwood, Dustin J. Welbourne)
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Biodiversity Conservation (By: David W. Macdonald)
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The Victorians (By: Martin Hewitt)
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The Gulag (By: Alan Barenberg)
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Geophysical and Climate Hazards (By: Bill McGuire)
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Travel Writing (By: Tim Youngs)
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J.R.R. Tolkien (By: Matthew Townend)
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Sophocles (By: Edith Hall)
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Teaching and Learning in Nineteenth-Century Cambridge
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Real Families: Stories of Change
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Mary Beard

Mary Beard (Winifred Mary Beard) was born on January 1st, 1955 and is currently 71 years old. Mary Beard was born in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. Beard attended Newnham College, Cambridge where she received a MA degree and a PhD degree.

Mary Beard is an English classicist that specializes in Ancient Rome. She has held a personal professorship of classics at the University of Cambridge.

From 1979 and 1983, she lectured in the classics at King’s College, London, and in 1984 returned to Cambridge as a Fellow of Newnham College and was the only female lecturer in the classics faculty.

John Sturrock, the classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, approached her for a review and he brought her into literary journalism. She took over his role in 1992 at Ferdinand Mount’s request.

Mary was one of the authors invited to contribute articles on the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center to the London Review of Books. She opined that many folks, believed the United States had it coming, and world bullies, even though their heart’s in the right place will ultimately pay the price.

She is the classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, for which she writes “A Don’s Life”, her regular blog. Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being referred to as Britain’s best known classicist. She was characterized by The New Yorker in 2014 as being accessible yet learned.

She graduated from Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her BA was later promoted to a Masters, as is tradition. She stayed at Cambridge for her Doctor of Philosophy, completing it with a doctoral thesis called “The State Religion in the Late Roman Republic: A Study Based on the Works of Cicero”.

With Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations, Mary (one of the world’s leading historians) provides a revolutionary tour of the Ancient World, dusting the classics off for the 21st century. She draws on 30 years of writing and teaching about Roman and Greek history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book where we encounter not just Hannibal, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar, but also common people, the millions of inhabitants of the Roman Empire, soldiers, slaves, and women. How did they live? Where did they go if their marriage was in trouble or if they went broke? Or possibly equally important, how did they brush their teeth?

Mary, while effortlessly combining the epic with the quotidian, forces us along the way to reexamine so many of the assumptions we held as the gospel. She demonstrates with capacious wit and verve that far from being carved in marble, the classical world is still very much alive.

Mary Beard: Awards & Accolades

Mary Beard books have been nominated for multiple awards, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome was nominated for the Waterstones, Book of the Year, in 2015. Emperor of Rome was nominated for the Waterstones, Book of the Year, in 2023.

Mary Beard: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Women & Power: A Manifesto was a The Guardian: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Section in 2019.
  • SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome was a Waterstones: The Books You've Always Meant to Read Selection in 2020.

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  5. Andy Weir, author of: Project Hail Mary.

Mary Beard: F.A.Q

When was Mary Beard Born? How old is Mary Beard?

Mary Beard was born on January 1st, 1955. Mary Beard is currently 71 years old.

Where was Mary Beard Born?

Mary Beard was born in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England and is English.

What was the first book Mary Beard wrote?

The first book written by Mary Beard was Rome in the Late Republic, published in 1985.

What was the most recent book Mary Beard wrote?

Her most recently released work was Emperor of Rome on September 28th, 2023.

What is the most popular book by Mary Beard?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Mary Beard book is SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. Here are her most popular books:
  1. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (8.25)
  2. Emperor of Rome (8.75)
  3. Women & Power: A Manifesto (8)
  4. The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (10)

Are there upcoming new books by Mary Beard?

Mary Beard has a new book coming out on May 20th, 2026 called Talking Classics.

Click and we will keep you updated on this via e-mail, and about any new books Mary Beard announces in the future.

How many books has Mary Beard written?

Mary Beard has written 29 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 1 book in The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Series, 2 books in the Wonders of the World Series, 21 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Very Short Introductions Series, 2 books in the Religions of Rome Series, 1 book in the Revealing Antiquity Series, 1 book in the Sather Classical Lectures Series.

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