How to Insult, Abuse and Insinuate in Classical Latin by Michelle Lovric & Nikiforos Doxiadis Mardas
$21.95 AUD
Category: Small Pleasures | Reading Level: very good
A humourous repertoire of classical invective, using the language of Cicero, Martial, Ovid, Catullus, Horace and others. Arranged in sections for the sexless, gormless, worthless and unscrupulous, with regional taunts and threats. Contains illustrations from classical sources.
The Nautical Puzzle Book by The National Maritime Museum
$35.00 AUD
Category: Small Pleasures
Think you know the difference between a ship and a boat? Do you really understand the shipping forecast? And what do all the different flags at sea mean?The Nautical Puzzle Book is packed to the brim with over 100 puzzles inspired by the National Maritime Museum's objects and their stories.Inside this b ...Show more
Jane Austen: Illustrated Quotations by Bodleian Library Staff
$19.99 AUD
Category: Small Pleasures
"Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend."--from a letter to Cassandra, October 27, 1798 "You express so little anxiety about my being murdered under Ash Park Copse by Mrs. Hulbert's servant, that I have a great mind not to tell you wheth ...Show more
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
$35.00 AUD
Category: Small Pleasures
A limited edition of an extraordinary book. Bound in green cloth, including a gold ribbon marker and new rainbow drawing. Discover the book everyone is falling in love with... Experience the world of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together, in sometimes di ...Show more