Adrienne Mayor

9 books

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World

Adrienne Mayor

519 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative medium-paced
The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor

The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times

Adrienne Mayor

361 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Fossil Legends of the First Americans by Adrienne Mayor

Fossil Legends of the First Americans

Adrienne Mayor

489 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology by Adrienne Mayor

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology

Adrienne Mayor

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology adventurous fast-paced
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World

Adrienne Mayor

336 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative tense slow-paced
The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science by Chris Muller, Adrienne Mayor, Marc Aronson

The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science

Chris Muller, Adrienne Mayor, Marc Aronson

48 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous reflective fast-paced
Excuse Me, Miss, Have You Seen the Acropolis? by S. Joseph
Excuse Me, Miss, Have You Seen the Acropolis?
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S. Joseph

Excuse Me, Miss, Have You Seen the Acropolis?

S. Joseph

missing page info • first pub 1979 (editions)

Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities by Adrienne Mayor

Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities

Adrienne Mayor

424 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor

The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy

Adrienne Mayor

448 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
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