The World of Athens - An Introduction to Classical Athenian Culture by Joint Association of Classical Teachers Staff (Contribution by)
$10.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Reading Greek Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
The World of Athens is a serious, up-to-date account of the history and culture of fifth century Athens for adults, university students and sixth-formers with an intelligent interest in ancient Greece. The book, which is profusely illustrated, contains chapters on all aspects of the history, culture, va ...Show more
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece by Paul Cartledge (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Cambridge Illustrated Histories Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Sumptuously illustrated in color and packed with information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in paperback. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much attention to social, economic and intellectual aspects a ...Show more
Africa by Ivan Bargna
$15.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Dictionaries of Civilization | Reading Level: very good
This spectacular volume, at once a concise resource guide and a fascinating read, brings the dazzling variety of sub-Saharan Africa to life with its inviting, innovative approach. "Africa" tells its story through hundreds of breathtaking full-color, full-page images of people, landscapes, artworks, and ...Show more
Exploration of Africa: From Cairo to the Cape by Anne Hugon
$5.00 NZD
Category: Africa | Series: New Horizons Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Dr Livingstone, I presume... Everyone knows Stanley's famous words. But what of the other great explorers of the mysterious interior of Africa? Burton, Speke, Grant, Baker, Kingsley: in the space of barely fifty years these extraordinary men and women travelled to the sources of the Nile and tracked the ...Show more
The Water Dreamers : The Remarkable History of our Dry Continent by Michael Cathcart
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ecology | Reading Level: very good
The story of the settlement of Australia and how our culture has been shaped by the scarcity of water and by the need to fill the imagined silence of the continent with the sounds of civilisation. It's the story of who we are today as much as a history of how the country grew. From the moment the First ...Show more
Terracotta Warriors - Guardians of Immortality by Rebecca Rice (ed.)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
This book is published to mark the exhibition at Te Papa of the remarkable third century BC funerary statues excavated from the astounding archaeological site at Xiian, China. The sculptures depicted the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, and were made to protect him in his afterlife. ...Show more
Where the Ancestors Walked: Australia as an Aboriginal Landscape by Philip A. Clarke
$16.00 NZD
Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good
This work delves into the exciting story of one of the oldest continuous civilizations on earth. Beginning with the complexities of early human colonization and continuing through later European resettlement, the history of Australia's native people is told in a wide-ranging and sympathetic fashion. Dra ...Show more
Archaeology of Aboriginal Australia - A Reader by Tim Murray (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good
"The Archaeology of Aboriginal Australia seeks to convey a sense of the excitement and significance of the research undertaken during the 'decades of discovery'. The material presented here - specially commissioned essays and key published articles by new and established scholars - focuses on the themes ...Show more
Samurai and Silk - A Japanese and American Heritage by Haru Matsukata Reischauer
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
Samurai and Silk is a rare treasure: a book of penetrating insight into the Japanese character and the forging of modern Japan from the feudal Tokugawa shoguns to present day economic titans. Only Haru Reischauer could have written this extraordinary family account, beginning with her two illustrious gr ...Show more
American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon by Stephen R. Prothero
$20.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: very good
Jesus the Black Messiah; Jesus the Jew; Jesus the Hindu sage; Jesus the Haight-Asbury hippie: these Jesuses join the traditional figure of Jesus Christ in American Jesus, which was acclaimed upon publication in hardcover as an altogether fresh exploration of American history--and as the liveliest book a ...Show more
The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History by Robert Darnton
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
In this collection of cultural essays, the author explores the boundaries between past and present. Robert Darnton is the author of The Great Cat Massacre.
The Prince of Darkness : 50 Years Reporting in Washington by Robert D. Novak
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
New York Times Bestseller A landmark achievement The Prince of Darkness is not simply the stunningly candid memoir of one of the country's most influential reporters but also a riveting history of the past half century in American politics.