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An Intimate History of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin (Senior Fellow, St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
$27.95 AUD
Category: History
The author of "The French", "Happiness" and "A History of French Passions" writes about the history of human feelings, habits, emotions and perceptions across time. From Vikings and Aztecs to contemporary hypochondriacs, from ancient Arab writings to American theories of business management, Zeldin look ...Show more
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary by OXFORD
$59.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Australian Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference
The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary provides an authoritative description of Australian and international English that is unrivalled by other concise dictionaries. This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with hundreds of new words you won't find in any other dictionary. It provi ...Show more
Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary by OXFORD
$29.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Compact Oxford Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Wordpower Guide by Oxford
$55.00 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Reading Level: very good
"The Compact Oxford Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Wordpower Guide" is a brand-new three-in-one reference from Oxford. With a clear colour design, it gives easy access to essential everyday vocabulary for all your writing needs. Use the dictionary to check spellings and meanings. Thousands of up-to-date wor ...Show more
Compact Oxford Russian Dictionary by Oxford Dictionaries
$24.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Reading Level: General Adult
The Compact Oxford Russian Dictionary offers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary Russian and English. It covers all the words you need for everday use, carefully selected from evidence from the Oxford Languages Tracker and the Oxford English Corpus. Also includes Russ ...Show more
Dynamic of Destruction : Culture & mass killing in the First World War by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor); Alan Kramer
$32.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Making of the Modern World Ser.
On 26 August 1914 the world-famous university library in the Belgian town of Louvain was looted and destroyed by German troops. The international community reacted in horror and the behavior of the Germans at Louvain came to be seen as the beginning of a different style of war, without the rules that ha ...Show more
Iconotypes: A compendium of butterflies and moths. Jones’s Icones Complete by Oxford University Museum of Natural History
$130.00 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
Jones's Icones contains finely delineated paintings of more than 760 species of Lepidoptera, many of which it described for the first time, marking a critical moment in the study of natural history. With Iconotypes Jones's seminal work is published for the first time, accompanied by expert commentary an ...Show more
King James Bible: 400th Anniversary Edition by Oxford Bible
$96.95 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
This 400th anniversary edition of the King James Version of the Bible is a reprint of the 1611 text, in an easy-to-read roman font instead of the black-letter type of the original. The original capital letters, many of which are pictorial, have been restored to each chapter in order to replicate the vis ...Show more
Matter: A Very Short Introduction by Cottrell, Geoff (Academic Visitor, Oxford University Dept. of Physics)
$16.95 AUD
Category: Introducing & Short History Series
Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear by Professor of Literature Film and Theatre Studies Marina Warner (University of Essex Writer, historian, cultural critic, and novelist; Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford Writer, historian, cultural critic, and novelist; Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Since the beginning of storytelling, monsters of all kinds have inhabited myths, legends, folklore, and oral traditions, and they continue to thrive amidst society's ever-increasing attraction to the thrill of experiencing fear. Today many of us seek out horror movies, read thrillers and Gothic novels, ...Show more