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Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens by Paul Schlicke (Editor)
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Oxford Companions Ser. | Reading Level: good
Here is the greatest compendium of information ever produced about one of the greatest writers who ever lived. For anyone wishing to learn more about Dickens's life and works and the literary, political, and social milieu in which he lived, there is no better place to turn than The Oxford Reader's Compa ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization by Simon Hornblower (Editor); Antony Spawforth (Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Oxford Companions Ser.
What did the ancient Greeks eat and drink? What role did migration play? Why was emperor Nero popular with the ordinary people but less so with the upper classes? Why (according to ancient authors) was Oedipus ('with swollen foot') so called? For over 2,000 years the civilizations of ancient Greece and ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cooking | Series: Oxford Companions Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Compiled by one of the world's leading food experts, this book takes a global approach to food in various aspects, historical and cultural, as well as gastronomic. It is intended for those with an interest in food.
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
$25.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Oxford Companions Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This is the most authoritative and engaging philosophical reference work in English. It gives clear and reliable guidance to all areas of philosophy and to the ideas of all notable philosophers from antiquity to the present day. The scope of the volume is not limited to English-languagephilosophy: it su ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy by Ted Honderich (ed.)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Oxford Companions Ser.
Offering clear and reliable guidance to the ideas of philosophers from antiquity to the present day and to the major philosophical systems around the globe, The Oxford Companion to Philosophy is the definitive philosophical reference work for readers at all levels. For ten years the originalvolume has s ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Scottish History by Michael Lynch (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Series: Oxford Companions Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Oxford Companion to Scottish History interprets history broadly, including archaeology, architecture, climate, culture, folk belief, geology, and the langauages of Scotland. It covers more than 20 centuries of history, including immigrants, migrants, and emigrants. It extends from Orkneyand Shetland ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to the Second World War by I. C. Dear; M. R. D. Foot (Consultant Editor)
$35.00 NZD
Category: World War II | Series: Oxford Companions Ser. | Reading Level: very good
As its name suggests, The Second World War reached all over the world, and penetrated into every aspect of existence for almost all the people then alive in it. In the remotest parts even of the New World the war brought dislocations galore, of society, trade, methods of work and play; andfrom the New W ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to the Year - An Exploration of Calendar Customs and Time-Reckoning by Bonnie Blackburn; Leofranc Holford-Strevens
$35.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Companions Ser. | Reading Level: very good
What are the halcyon days? On what date do the dog days begin? What is Hansel Monday? How do Chinese, Muslim, Mesoamerican, Jewish, and Babylonian calendars differ from Christian calendars? The answers to these and hundreds of other intriguing questions about the way humans have marked and measured time ...Show more
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