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Richard Miles (born 1969) is a British historian and archaeologist, best known for presenting two major historical documentary series: BBC2's Ancient Worlds (2010), which presented a comprehensive overview of classical history and the dawn of civilisation, and BBC Four's Archaeology: A Secret History (2013).Miles was born in Pembury, Kent. He studied ancient history and archaeology at the University of Liverpool and sat for a PhD in classics under Professor Peter Garnsey at Jesus College, Cambridge. He is a professor of Roman history and archaeology and pro-vice-chancellor of enterprise and engagement at the University of Sydney. He was formerly head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, and is a former director of the Arts Career Ready Programme at Sydney. His research primarily concerns Punic and Late Roman history and archaeology. He has directed archaeological digs in Carthage and Rome, and in 2010 he published Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Mediterranean Civilisation. He also hosted the two-part Channel 4 series Carthage: The Roman Holocaust (2004), which focuses upon the war between Carthage and Rome. Works (editor) Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity (Routledge, 1999) ISBN 978-0-415-19406-8 Carthage Must Be Destroyed (Allen Lane, 2010) ISBN 978-0-7139-9793-4; Paperback (Penguin, 2011) ISBN 978-0-14-101809-6 The Vandals (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). ISBN 978-1-4051-6068-1 Ancient Worlds: The Search for the Origins of Western Civilization (Allen Lane, 2010) ISBN 978-0-7139-9794-1 (editor) The Donatist Schism: Controversy and Contexts (Liverpool University Press, 2016) ISBN 978-1-78138-281-3References External links Richard Miles faculty homepage Why the idea of Carthage survived Roman conquest. Discover the Richard Miles popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Richard Miles books.

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  • A Step of Faith synopsis, comments

    A Step of Faith

    Richard Paul Evans

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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Jack Finney

    Celebrate one of the earliest science fiction novels by rediscovering Jack Finney’s internationally acclaimed Invasion of the Body Snatcherswhich Stephen King calls a story “to be ...

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    The Diary of Lady Murasaki

    Murasaki Shikibu

    The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973c. 1020), author of The Tale of Genji, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi. Told in a s...

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    Run Britain

    Nick Butter

    In the spring of 2021, as the UK's latest pandemic lockdowns were lifted, Nick Butter set out from the Eden Project to become the fastest person to cover every mile of Britain's ma...

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    Flat Out and Half Turned Over

    Buddy Baker & David Poole

    In Flat Out and Half Turned Over, driving phenomenon Buddy Baker details the most hilarious collection of racing stories, memories, and anecdotes ever published. Read about the bum...

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    The Noel Stranger

    Richard Paul Evans

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    The Road to Grace

    Richard Paul Evans

    The third novel in the New York Times bestselling series about an advertising executive who loses everything and embarks on a walk across America: “definitely a journey worth takin...

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    The Noel Diary

    Richard Paul Evans

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    The Green Mile

    Stephen King

    Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King’s classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscarnom...

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    A History of Fear

    Luke Dumas

    This “disorienting, creepy, paranoiainducing reimagining of the devilmademedoit tale” (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World) follows the harrowing downfall of...

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    Richard Miles v. State Texas

    Eighth District, El Paso Court of Appeals of Texas

    Richard Miles and Donald Ray Dixon were tried together and both convicted of attempted murder, and their punishment was assessed at fifteen years and one day confinement. Richard M...

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    The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

    Stephen King

    Includes the story “Premium Harmony”set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, MaineThe masterful #1 New York Times bestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen K...

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    The Noel Letters

    Richard Paul Evans

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    Alexander the Great

    Robin Lane Fox

    Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC...

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    Books that Made Us

    Carl Reinecke

    A cultural history of Australia told through our fiction.Australia's novels lie at the heart of the country. Capturing everyday lives and exceptional dreams, they have held up a mi...

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    Full Dark, No Stars

    Stephen King

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, four “disturbing, fascinating” (The Washington Post) novellasincluding the story “1922,” a Netflix original filmthat exp...

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    Letters to a Young Poet

    Rainer Maria Rilke

    At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice...

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    Energy

    Richard Rhodes

    A “meticulously researched” (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a...

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    Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes

    Jeremy Hardy

    The best of the best from the Comedians' Comedian 2020'If you loved Jeremy Hardy, or if you know anyone who did, this is the most brilliant present because it's got every part of h...

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    Flight or Fright

    Stephen King

    #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Stephen King teams up with Bev Vincent of Cemetery Dance to present a terrifying collection of sixteen short stories (and ...

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    Three Miles Down

    Harry Turtledove

    From New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove, the modern master of alternate history, a novel of alien contact set in the tumultuous year of the Watergate scandal.It's 1...

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    History

    Miles Jupp

    A satirical, tragicomic story about a man on the edge from actor and comedian Miles Jupp. For readers of Jonathan Coe, Mark Watson, Michael Frayn and David Nicholls.Clive Hapgood i...