Cyrus the Great - Epic and Legendary Leaders by Macgregor Macgregor Morris (Introduction by); J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire in the 500s BCE, and sealed his pre-eminence as one of the greatest founders of empire. He conquered all major civilizations in his region and his influence reached from the Balkans in the West to the Indus river in the East. His brilliant campaigns broug ...Show more
The Four Branches of the Mabinogi - Epic Stories, Ancient Traditions by J. K. Jackson (Editor); Shân Morgain (Introduction by)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
A popular collection of ancient Celtic myths from Wales, with Arthurian tales, and part of a grand tradition that links Irish, Scottish and European culture. The ancient Mabinogi is a great world literature, and fascinating Celtic mythology. Centuries of oral storytelling worked up its intricate art ...Show more
Irrepressible: The Life and Times of Jessica Mitford by Leslie Brody
$17.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
This is the definitive biography of the long and adventurous life of the queen of the muckrakers. Admirers and detractors use the same words to describe Jessica Mitford: subversive, muckraker, and, mischief-maker. But those who knew her best simply called her Decca. Born into one of Britain's most famou ...Show more
The Long Forgetting: Post-colonial Literary Culture in New Zealand by Patrick Evans
$19.50 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
The Long Forgetting is the first book-length study of New Zealand's post-colonial literary culture. Beginning with a survey of the wrenching economic, social, and cultural changes that have occurred since about 1970 - including Maori protest, the anti-tour protests of 1981, Rogernomics and Ruthanasia, t ...Show more
Faces of Philip - A Memoir of Philip Toynbee by Jessica Mitford
$22.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh by Charlotte Mosley (Editor); Nancy Mitford; Evelyn Waugh
$30.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
The writers Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh were great friends, and their friendship gave rise to the 500 letters in this collection.
Democracy Rules by Jan-Werner Müller
$30.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
After the acrimony of Brexit, the shock of Trump, and the continued pull of Putin and Xi it seems that democracy is in a state of decay. And as governments around the world struggle to combat the coronavirus - often adopting draconian measures as a response - there is a sense, a panic, that democracy's ...Show more
A Pipeline Runs Through It: Oil, Sovereignty and Politics to 1914 by Keith Fisher
$95.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
The origin story of our modern oil age. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, comprehensive in-depth look at the social, economic, political and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary story, from the pre-industrial history of petroleum through to ...Show more
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso
$38.70 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
An immersive and entertaining tale based on the Mesopotamian myth of the Great Flood, from the renowned publisher and writer Roberto Calasso'The Flood didn't come suddenly as a big surprise. It came at the end of a long, tormented story. Men just went on multiplying and the noise they made was ever more ...Show more