The Perpetual Foreigner - Memoir of a Romanian Childhood by A. Ellis; Athena Ellis
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
When her five year old son told the class that his mother was Chinese, it was time to explain that she was a Greek child, from an exiled family, born in Romania, who learnt Greek, Romanian, and Hungarian; who escaped to Holland and acquired Dutch; who moved to London, learnt English; and then married a ...Show more
Alexander the Great - Epic and Legendary Leaders by Alexandra F. Morris (Introduction by); J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Alexander the Great died in 336 BCE, when he was only thirty two. His military campaigns had swept across Ancient Greece, through Asia Minor, Arabia, Persia, Egypt and North Africa to North West India, forging one of the largest empires in recorded history. He was undefeated in battle and is widely cons ...Show more
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.