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        Teaching, Language & Reference
        March 2021

        A writer's guide to Ancient Rome

        by Carey Fleiner

        'A really fun idea for a book - and full of great stuff.' Greg Jenner, Public Historian This is the perfect guide for any writer who wants to recreate the Roman world accurately in their fiction. It will aid any novelist, screenwriter, games designer or re-enactor in populating their story with authentic characters and scenes, costumes and locations. Written from a historian's perspective, this guide pulls back the curtain to show the reader what life in Ancient Rome was really like: what they wore, what they ate, and how they spent their time at work, at home, at war, and at play. Individual chapters focus on different aspects of Romans' lives, to give you specific knowledge of what they looked like and how they behaved, as well as a broad appreciation of what held their civilisation together, from religion, to the economy, to law and order. You may wish to work your way through the book from cover to cover, or focus specifically on individual chapters as you hone your creative writing skills. Covering the period between 200 BCE and 200 CE, A writer's guide to Ancient Rome surveys the vast amount of sources and scholarship on the Classical world so you don't have to! It outlines current scholarly debates and changing interpretations, suggests further reading, and recommends particular resources to mine for each topic. It gives you plenty to consider while you construct your own Roman world.

      • Art forms
        October 2020

        Chinese Ancient Buddhism Statues Art

        by Yang Xin

        It was research picture book about Chinese ancient Buddhism statues art from the Buddhism into China, to tidy particularly the characteristic and evolution of the statue style. The book sorted out and analyzed the statue’s details such as hair accessory, posture, garment, feature and so on, and discussed the statue art influence by Chinese dynasties’ aesthetic development, time style, and the fusion with foreign culture. The high definition picture materials were not only from Chinese infrequent Buddhism grottoes and statues, but also from Chinese ancient Buddhism statues drifting oversea. The work mainly focused from Chinese Jin Dynasty to Tong Dynasty.

      • General & world history

        The Hidden Life of Ancient Egypt

        Decoding the Secrets of a Lost World

        by Clare Gibson

        The Hidden Life of Ancient Egypt' explores in stunning images and straightforward language how the symbolism encoded in the art and artefacts of this great empire can be the key to understanding the rites, thoughts, and daily life of ancient Egyptians.

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