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In Search Of The Trojan War by Michael Wood
$19.95 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
For thousands of years we have been enthralled by tales of Troy and its heroes. Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen remain some of the most enduring figures in art and literature. But did these titanic characters really walk the earth? Was there ever an actual siege of Troy? In this ex ...Show more
In Search of Shakespeare by Michael Wood
$22.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Almost 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still acclaimed as the world's greatest writer, and yet the man himself remains shrouded in mystery. In this absorbing historical detective story, the acclaimed broadcaster and historian Michael Wood takes a fresh approach to Shakespeare's life, b ...Show more
In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood
$55.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
The bestselling classic In Search of the Dark Ages expanded and revised for the book's 40th anniversary. From Boudica to William the Conqueror, this is the definitive story of the Early Middle Ages and the hidden history of it's people.In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origi ...Show more
In Search of the First Civilizations by Michael Wood
$19.95 AUD
Category: History
Five thousand years ago there began the most momentous revolution in human history. Starting in Mesopotamia, city civilization emerged for the first time on earth, to be followed in Egypt, India, China and the Americas. The ideals of these ancient civilizations still shape the lives of the majority of m ...Show more
In the Footsteps of Du Fu by Michael Wood
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel
A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of China’s greatest poets. His career coincided with periods of famine, war and huge upheaval, yet his secular philosophical vision, combined with his empathy for the common folk ...Show more
India : An Epic Journey Across the Subcontinent by Michael Wood
$65.00 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
Marco Polo described India as 'a land of wonders' in the 13th century, and his observation is no less true today. Everything about India is older, bigger, more colourful, more diverse and more intriguing than anywhere else. It is the land of a multitude of many armed gods and goddesses, home to the arch ...Show more
The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis by Joaquim Machado de Assis, Michael Wood
$54.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
Widely acclaimed as the progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Machado de Assis (1839-1908)--the son of a mulatto father and a washerwoman, and the grandson of freed slaves--was hailed in his lifetime as Brazil's greatest writer. His prodigious output of novels, plays, and stories rival ...Show more
The Crocodile and Other Stories (riverrun Editions) - Dostoevsky's Finest Short Stories in the Timeless Translations of Constance Garnett by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Michael Wood (Introduction by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: riverrun editions | Reading Level: very good
'I have always been ridiculous, and I have known it, perhaps from the hour I was born' A man goes mad because he is happy. A civil servant behaves like a monster at a wedding-party. A man is swallowed by a crocodile, but not eaten nor seriously damaged. Dostoevsky's stories inhabit similarly volcanic ...Show more
The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and its People by Michael Wood
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' - Tom Holland ... 'Masterful and engrossing...well-paced, eminently readable and well-timed. A must-read for those who want - and need - to know about the China of yesterday, today and tom ...Show more