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Ancient Greece: Utopia and Reality by Pierre Leveque; Anthony Zielonka
$5.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: New Horizons Ser. | Reading Level: very good
To understand ancient Greece is to understand our world. Its states numbered Athens, Sparta and Thebes; it founders were men such as Homer, Pythagoras and Socrates. This account explores the invention of philosophy, mathematics, democracy, drama, classical sculpture and architecture.
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 Aztecs: Rise and Fall of an Empire by Serge Gruzinski
$5.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: New Horizons Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries RM volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed, affordably priced, compact paperbacks bring ideas to li ...Show more
Writing - Story of Alphabets and Scripts by Georges Jean
$8.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: New Horizons Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The history of the written word, from the cuneiform characters invented in 4000 BC, through the evolution of the alphabet around 2000 BC, to modern typographical techniques. A title from the NEW HORIZONS series of pocket-sized information books, with foldouts and double-page spreads.
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