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Conquistadors by Michael Wood
$16.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: very good
Following in the footsteps of the greatest Spanish adventurers, Michael Wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. As he travels the same routes as Hern
Domesday - A Search for the Roots of England by Michael Wood
$14.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) In dramatic and narrative power, Virgil's "Aeneid" is the equal of its great Homeric predecessors, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." It surpasses them, however, in the intense sympathy it displays for its human actors-a sympathy that makes events such as Aeneas's escape from ...Show more
Legacy: A Search For The Origins Of Civilisation by Wood Michael
$16.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
This text explores the ancient cultures, from Mesopotamia, to Egypt, India, China and the Americas, looking at their character and continuing legacy. It addresses questions such as: what is civilization?; did it mean the same to the Chinese, Indians and Greeks?; and what can those values teach us?
The Magician's Doubts - Nabokov and the Risks of Fiction by Michael Wood
$14.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
This text explores the web of language, uncertainties and arrogance which makes Vladimir Nabokov such a master of fiction - arguing that he is neither the aetheist he liked to pretend to be, nor the heavy breathing moralist recent critics make him. The author looks at major works like Pnin, Lolita, Pale ...Show more
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