Hannibal: The father of strategy and the world's greatest battlefield tactician, victor of the battles of the Trebbia, Lake Trasimene and Cannae, yet the first chapter of Hannibal's meteoric career has remained unwritten until now....Read more
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Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 02:08
Reveals how Stonehenge was an extraordinary astronomical calendar used in the cultivation of ingredients for long-forgotten botanical cures
- Explores how Stonehenge and other stone circles were ancient healing sanctuaries and
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Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 02:05
An utterly revelatory work. Unprecedented in scope, detail, and ambition.
In Lost Tribes and Promised Lands, celebrated historian and cultural critic Ronald Sanders offers a compelling and ideology-shattering history of racial...Read more
Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 02:04
Writing as Elizabeth Peters, world-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is the author of the phenomenally popular New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring archaeologist Amelia Peabody. In Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, Dr....Read more
Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 02:04
To walk in the footsteps of the Buddha we need a clear and thorough guide to the essential principles of Buddhism. Whether we have just begun our journey or are a practitioner with more experience, What is the Dharma? is an indispensable...Read more
Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 02:04
Weird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity. According to Voltaire, it represented "a worthless collection of...Read more
Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 02:04
The alien influences behind the rise and fall of Egypt’s Golden Age
- Explains how Akhenaten was the last pharaoh entrusted with the sacred and ancient alien knowledge of stargates, free energy, and antigravity technologies
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Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 02:04
Known for its durability, a fresco painting is created in "sections" on freshly laid wet plaster, allowing the painter to comprehensively portray the subject and execute designs with ease. As both the paint and plaster dry, they become...Read more
Saturday, April 27, 2019 - 01:57
This guide to identifying lions, unicorns and other creatures real and fanciful in Chinese and Japanese artwork explains how these and other animal depictions were introduced to the East, and how their portrayals changed over time....Read more
Saturday, April 27, 2019 - 01:56
It would be very hard to hope to find some of the finds described in this book in some museums. Why? It's simple: because ... they don't exist or have never existed. At least "officially". This work would therefore like to fill this gap...Read more
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 22:22
John Anthony West's revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has been accepted as dogma concerning Ancient Egypt. In this pioneering study West documents that: Hieroglyphs carry hermetic messages...Read more
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 22:18
From the #1 bestselling author of History's Greatest Generals comes an exciting new book on the greatest societies in history that vanished without a trace, and why their disappearance still haunts us today. Whether it is Plato's lost...Read more
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 22:17
The first full-scale history of Hannibal's Carthage in decades and "a convincing and enthralling narrative." (The Economist )
Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles...Read more
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 22:03
Using a slew of disciplines - including archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, ethnobotany, biology and other fields - The Long Trip strips bare the evidence for the psychedelic experiences of various prehistoric societies and ancient,...Read more
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 21:48
An investigation into the lost treasures of Jesse James and the Freemasons and their connections to the Templars, Rosicrucians, and the Founding Fathers
- Explains how Jesse James used techniques involving sacred geometry,
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Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 00:26
The fish have disappeared from the sea. The animals have vanished from the land. All humanity, and even the gods, tremble under the specter of a pending cataclysm. The demigod, Fu Xi, races home from the edge of the world bringing news...Read more
Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 00:25
Phi-Neter, means ‘Power of the Gods’. In hieroglyphs this is represented by the hind-quarters of a leopard, a “Typhonian” creature, a predator who exemplifies the driving force of magick. In this book the author extends the core working...Read more
Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 00:25
In this mind-bending exploration of traditional Christianity, firebrand Peter Rollins turns the tables on conventional wisdom, offering a fresh perspective focused on a life filled with love.
Peter Rollins knows one magic...Read more
Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 00:24
A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature.
First published in 1890...Read more
Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 00:24
The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George...Read more
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