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  • The Far Edges of the Known World

    Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization

    by Owen Rees ...
    A revisionist history of the ancient world that shifts our focus from Athens and Rome to the long-ignored societies on the borders.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 fascination with the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Far Edges of the Known World

    Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization

    by Owen Rees ...
    Narrated by Gareth Armstrong ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 7 min

    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 fascination with the Greek and Roman world has for centuries followed this perspective, shrouding cultures at the far reaches of their influence in myth. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World

    by Owen Rees ...
    Naval warfare is the unsung hero of ancient Greek military history, often overshadowed by the more glorified land battles. Owen Rees looks to redress the balance, giving naval battles their due attention. This book presents a selection of thirteen naval battles that span a defining century in ancient Greek history, from the Ionian Revolt and Persian Invasion to the rise of external naval powers in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Great Battles of the Classical Greek World

    by Owen Rees ...
    This book presents a selection of eighteen land battles and sieges that span the Classical Greek period, from the Persian invasions to the eclipse of the traditional hoplite heavy infantry at the hands of the Macedonians. This of course is the golden age of the hoplite phalanx but Owen Rees is keen to cover all aspects of battle, including mercenary armies and the rise of light infantry, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Thailand Diary: Volume 1

    A Thailand Diary, #1

    by Matt Owens Rees ...
    Series Book 1 - A Thailand Diary
    A Thailand Diary: volume 1 is the first in a series of easy-to-read diary entries of life in the Land of Smiles.Some entries are short, some entries are humourous, All are true descriptions of events which actually happened. Only names have been changed.48,000 words covering each day between I January and 30 June.You may sometimes be surprised at what you read. This is the Real Thailand. Through ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Thai Smile

    Thailand Take Two, #1

    by Matt Owens Rees ...
    Series Book 1 - Thailand Take Two
    Thailand is known as the Land of Smiles. But never assume that smiles mean the same as they do in the West. Smiling is quite automatic in Thailand. A monk once told me that Thais were born with smiles on their faces!Matt Owens Rees discusses 13 different types of smile and gives examples from everyday life in Thailand. If you have observed any other type of Smile Matt would be keen to hear from ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Requiem of Tomás Luis de Victoria (1603)

    by Owen Rees ...
    Series series Music in Context
    Victoria's Requiem is among the best-loved and most-performed musical works of the Renaissance, and is often held to be 'a Requiem for an age', representing the summation of golden-age Spanish polyphony. Yet it has been the focus of surprisingly little research. Owen Rees's multifaceted study brings together the historical and ritual contexts for the work's genesis, the first detailed musical ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Thailand Take Two

    Thailand Take Two, #2

    by Matt Owens Rees ...
    Series Book 2 - Thailand Take Two
    Thailand Take Two looks at Thais and Thailand in a unique way. It is not a politically correct travel guide written to promote tourism and showing only the rosy side of Thailand.Real characters are introduced in the book to show how Thailand's culture is so different from Western concepts. Readers will meet bankers and bar-girls, the young and the old, the rich and the less well off. And get right ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Escape To Thailand

    Escape to Thailand, #2

    by Matt Owens Rees ...
    Series Book 2 - Escape to Thailand
    Escape to Thailand is an account of an Englishman's dream of emigrating to Thailand and how it turned out. There are twists and turns throughout the 14 chapters. He first "met" Toy, a Thai teacher, on an internet dating site. Three times she asked him to join her. Three time he declined. After a lonely Christmas following his divorce from his English wife, he relented. We take up his story when he ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A New Life in Thailand?

    Escape to Thailand, #1

    by Matt Owens Rees ...
    Series Book 1 - Escape to Thailand
    Derek explains in some detail what led up to his bitter divorce in England and the doubts he had about moving to Thailand to be with the woman he had met on a Thai dating site.He describes what eventually made up his mind. But even then, there were times when he was unsure if he was making the right choice in getting involved with a Thai lady and living in a very different culture.There are many ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The True Story of a Welsh Godfather

    by Matt Owens Rees ...
    A true and verified story of a ruthless Welsh Godfather, J.O.Williams, and his criminal activities. And how the mafia family he founded finally became legitimate under his grandson, my schoolboy friend, Johnny Illsley. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The End of a Life

    by Matt Owens Rees ...
    An inside look at a middle-class funeral in Northern Thailand, Cultural observations from behind-the-scenes ... Read more

    $2.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus