Customer Review: Along with Mithen's After The Ice, this is the most enjoyable book on European prehistory that I have read. Filled with colorful maps and photos that follow along with the text descriptions, written elegantly and with enough detail to not seem too "dumbed-down" for the layman. If every professor or... more info
Customer Review: I admit that I have not read this book, but I am skeptical of the author's knowledge of art history and ability to critically examine its nuances. In the glowing review above from the Washington Post (the paper she works for in fact) there is the following quote: "It is shocking. Imagine the... more info
Customer Review: Okay, the book was worth reading as science fiction/fantasy. However, not to be taken seriously. Sitchin uses ancient Sumerian and Akkadian texts as the basis of his work, but, you the reader must be aware that these texts are mythology and not to be taken seriously. Ancient Sumerians wrote about... more info
Customer Review: Beard holds a chair in Classics at the University of Cambridge (UK) and has published several books on ancient history for the general reader. "Fires of Vesuvius" is in the nature of a summary or handbook of what the excavations and other scholarly efforts at Pompeii have to tell us about life there... more info
Customer Review: People have puzzled about how Kheops's Pyramid was built for centuries. The long ramp theory seems intuitively correct but no remains of the ramp have been found. Herodotus wrote that a complex series of wooden machines lifted blocks up the sides of the pyramid; archeologists doubt that there was... more info
Customer Review: After reading Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization I was hooked on Graham Hancock's writing style and bought this book. I wasn't disappointed. He has an incredible way of revealing the mysteries inside the mountains of stone. When he discussed Bauval's discovery that the three pyramids... more info
Customer Review: On September 9, 1857, the sidewheel steamer "Central America", which was carrying passengers from the Panamanian port of Colón to New York, encountered hurricane winds and savage seas off the coast of the Carolinas. Although a sturdy ship, her sails were quickly shredded and a leak in one of... more info
Customer Review: I have worked at Genelex DNA Testing lab for 8 years and recommend this book to anyone with an interest in genealogy and DNA testing. It is a quick, fun read that illustrates what you can learn about your past from a simple DNA test.
