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Children of Silence - Studies in Contemporary Fiction by Michael Wood
$30.75 AUD
Category: General Fiction
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France 15 (Lonely Planet) by Nicola Williams, Alexis Averbuck, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Fabienne Fong Yan, Michael Frankel, Rooksana Hossenally, Cyrena Lee, Daphne Leprince-Ringuet, Sixtine Lerouge, Christina Mackenzie, Chrissie McClatchie, Ashley Parsons, Helen Ranger, Anna Richards, Madeleine Rothery, Paul Stafford, Nicola Leigh Stewart, Samantha Wood McGarry
$39.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
Lonely Planet's France is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Sample French cuisine, explore Bordeaux's wineries or reach new heights in the French Alps; all with your trusted travel companion ...Show more
In Search of Myths and Heroes by Michael Wood
$59.95 AUD
Category: Travel Literature | Reading Level: very good
Michael Wood goes in search of four of the most famous myths in the world: Shangri-la, the Golden Fleece, the Queen of Sheba, and the Holy Grail. These four romantic journeys take him to some of the remotest and most exciting places on earth including Western Tibet, the mountains of Georgia and the Cauc ...Show more
In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
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 the Footsteps of Du Fu by Michael Wood
$39.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
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
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: General Fiction | 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
$22.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
'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
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people by Michael Wood
$59.99 AUD
Category: Asian
China's story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK's pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential for reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today.China is the oldest livi ...Show more
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