<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Civilization]]> https://www.thebookco.com Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:07:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Vandals (A History of Destruction from Antiquity to Tomorrow)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/vandals-9781668078235 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:23:56 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/vandals-9781668078235 Vandals (A History of Destruction from Antiquity to Tomorrow) by Nick Mount, 9781668078235For fans of Yuval Noah Harari and David Graeber comes a sweeping history of destruction, exploring how our urge to burn it all down has shaped human progress across the centuries.

Smashing idols, defacing monuments, burning books, breaking windows, toppling statues… for as ..

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]]> Vandals (A History of Destruction from Antiquity to Tomorrow) by Nick Mount, 9781668078235For fans of Yuval Noah Harari and David Graeber comes a sweeping history of destruction, exploring how our urge to burn it all down has shaped human progress across the centuries.

Smashing idols, defacing monuments, burning books, breaking windows, toppling statues… for as ..

Price: $30.00

]]> For fans of Yuval Noah Harari and David Graeber comes a sweeping history of destruction, exploring how our urge to burn it all down has shaped human progress across the centuries.

Smashing idols, defacing monuments, burning books, breaking windows, toppling statues… for as ..]]> <![CDATA[In Defense of Civilization (How Our Past Can Renew Our Present)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/in-defense-of-civilization-9781997701651 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:13:36 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/in-defense-of-civilization-9781997701651 In Defense of Civilization (How Our Past Can Renew Our Present) by Michael R.J. Bonner, 9781997701651

Will our future imitate our past? 

"The purpose of this book is threefold: to explain what makes civilization civilization what it is; to show what we are in danger of losing in the event of collapse, and to point the way toward renewal."

The..

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]]> In Defense of Civilization (How Our Past Can Renew Our Present) by Michael R.J. Bonner, 9781997701651

Will our future imitate our past? 

"The purpose of this book is threefold: to explain what makes civilization civilization what it is; to show what we are in danger of losing in the event of collapse, and to point the way toward renewal."

The..

Price: $19.95

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"The purpose of this book is threefold: to explain what makes civilization civilization what it is; to show what we are in danger of losing in the event of collapse, and to point the way toward renewal."

The..]]> <![CDATA[Plebs Romana (People, Power and Politics in Ancient Rome)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/plebs-romana-9781805465126 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:05:15 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/plebs-romana-9781805465126 Plebs Romana (People, Power and Politics in Ancient Rome) by Peter Jones, 9781805465126

The untold story of the real people who built an empire

The plebs were the backbone of Roman civilization. They were the farmers who fed the city, the soldiers who conquered the Mediterranean, and the craftsmen who built the monuments we still admire today.

In Pl..

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]]> Plebs Romana (People, Power and Politics in Ancient Rome) by Peter Jones, 9781805465126

The untold story of the real people who built an empire

The plebs were the backbone of Roman civilization. They were the farmers who fed the city, the soldiers who conquered the Mediterranean, and the craftsmen who built the monuments we still admire today.

In Pl..

Price: $17.99

]]> The untold story of the real people who built an empire

The plebs were the backbone of Roman civilization. They were the farmers who fed the city, the soldiers who conquered the Mediterranean, and the craftsmen who built the monuments we still admire today.

In Pl..]]> <![CDATA[Us]]> https://www.thebookco.com/us-9780063273955 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:10:57 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/us-9780063273955 Us by Jeremy DeSilva, 9780063273955

The award-winning author of First Steps returns with a revelatory tour of the latest scientific discoveries in archaeology and paleontology to challenge the idea of human exceptionalism, presenting a more complex—and fascinating—portrait of Us: who came before us, and what of us comes..

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]]> Us by Jeremy DeSilva, 9780063273955

The award-winning author of First Steps returns with a revelatory tour of the latest scientific discoveries in archaeology and paleontology to challenge the idea of human exceptionalism, presenting a more complex—and fascinating—portrait of Us: who came before us, and what of us comes..

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]]> The award-winning author of First Steps returns with a revelatory tour of the latest scientific discoveries in archaeology and paleontology to challenge the idea of human exceptionalism, presenting a more complex—and fascinating—portrait of Us: who came before us, and what of us comes..]]> <![CDATA[Byzantium after Byzantium]]> https://www.thebookco.com/byzantium-after-byzantium-9789739432092 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:06:17 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/byzantium-after-byzantium-9789739432092 Byzantium after Byzantium by Nicolae Iorga, Virgil Cândea, 9789739432092Although Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453, bringing an end to the Eastern Roman Empire—which had survived its predecessor in the West by nearly one thousand years—this important book argues that Byzantium did not die, but continued to influence European history all the way up to the beginn..

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]]> Byzantium after Byzantium by Nicolae Iorga, Virgil Cândea, 9789739432092Although Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453, bringing an end to the Eastern Roman Empire—which had survived its predecessor in the West by nearly one thousand years—this important book argues that Byzantium did not die, but continued to influence European history all the way up to the beginn..

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]]> <![CDATA[From Temples to Garden Estates and Academies (Landscape Transformation of Suzhou During the 13th-16th Centuries and Beyond)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/from-temples-to-garden-estates-and-academies-9781032480589 Wed, 27 May 2026 17:31:12 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/from-temples-to-garden-estates-and-academies-9781032480589 From Temples to Garden Estates and Academies (Landscape Transformation of Suzhou During the 13th-16th Centuries and Beyond) by Pania Yanjie Mu, 9781032480589

How did the temple-scape of Suzhou transform into garden-scape during the 13th to 16th centuries? This book investigates the landscape evolution of China during the Yuan-Ming socio-political transformation and provides a previously unrepresented Buddhist and hydraulic history of Chinese gardens..

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]]> From Temples to Garden Estates and Academies (Landscape Transformation of Suzhou During the 13th-16th Centuries and Beyond) by Pania Yanjie Mu, 9781032480589

How did the temple-scape of Suzhou transform into garden-scape during the 13th to 16th centuries? This book investigates the landscape evolution of China during the Yuan-Ming socio-political transformation and provides a previously unrepresented Buddhist and hydraulic history of Chinese gardens..

Price: $61.99

]]> How did the temple-scape of Suzhou transform into garden-scape during the 13th to 16th centuries? This book investigates the landscape evolution of China during the Yuan-Ming socio-political transformation and provides a previously unrepresented Buddhist and hydraulic history of Chinese gardens..]]> <![CDATA[This Way Up (When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters))]]> https://www.thebookco.com/this-way-up-9781335009494 Tue, 26 May 2026 16:10:54 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/this-way-up-9781335009494 This Way Up (When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)) by Map Men, Map Men, 9781335009494*AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!*
*AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN* 
*An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*

The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!

Hello, we’re the Map ..

Price: $18.99

]]> This Way Up (When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)) by Map Men, Map Men, 9781335009494*AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!*
*AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN* 
*An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*

The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!

Hello, we’re the Map ..

Price: $18.99

]]> *AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!*
*AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN* 
*An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*

The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!

Hello, we’re the Map ..]]> <![CDATA[Gilgamesh (A Verse Narrative)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/gilgamesh-a-verse-narrative-9780618275649 Sun, 24 May 2026 18:39:45 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/gilgamesh-a-verse-narrative-9780618275649 Gilgamesh (A Verse Narrative) by Herbert Mason, 9780618275649

The most widely read and enduring interpretation of the classic Babylonian epic.

One of the oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epic of Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless themes of love and death, loss and reparations within the stirring tale of a her..

Price: $12.99

]]> Gilgamesh (A Verse Narrative) by Herbert Mason, 9780618275649

The most widely read and enduring interpretation of the classic Babylonian epic.

One of the oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epic of Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless themes of love and death, loss and reparations within the stirring tale of a her..

Price: $12.99

]]> The most widely read and enduring interpretation of the classic Babylonian epic.

One of the oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epic of Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless themes of love and death, loss and reparations within the stirring tale of a her..]]> <![CDATA[The Far Edges of the Known World (Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/the-far-edges-of-the-known-world-9781324157090 Sun, 10 May 2026 07:24:00 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/the-far-edges-of-the-known-world-9781324157090 When Ovid was exiled from Rome to a border town on the Black Sea, he despaired at his bleak and barbarous new surroundings. Like many Greeks and Romans, Ovid thought the outer reaches of his world was where civilization ceased to exist. Our own fasci..

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]]> When Ovid was exiled from Rome to a border town on the Black Sea, he despaired at his bleak and barbarous new surroundings. Like many Greeks and Romans, Ovid thought the outer reaches of his world was where civilization ceased to exist. Our own fasci..

Price: $21.99

]]> When Ovid was exiled from Rome to a border town on the Black Sea, he despaired at his bleak and barbarous new surroundings. Like many Greeks and Romans, Ovid thought the outer reaches of his world was where civilization ceased to exist. Our own fasci..]]> <![CDATA[An Awakening World (From the Bronze Age to the Fall of Rome)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/an-awakening-world-9781324124276 Sun, 10 May 2026 07:08:59 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/an-awakening-world-9781324124276 Price: $39.99

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