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Eureka!: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
"The ancient Greeks continue to fascinate us - they gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; established artistic and architectural canons visible to this day on all our high streets; laid ...Show more
Eureka Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones
$23.00 AUD
Category: European | Series: Classic Civilisations
The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; laid the foundations of philosophy, history, tragedy and comedy; and debated everything from the good life and the role of women ...Show more
Guy Griffiths - The Life and Times of an Australian Admiral by Peter Jones
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography
In his long career in the Royal Australian Navy, Guy Griffiths participated in its emergence from Depression-era stricture, pre-World War II, to its reinvention in the 1950s and 60s as a capable middle-power force centred on aircraft carriers in the missile age. In this time, he personally experienced t ...Show more
Hitler's Winter - The German Battle of the Bulge by Anthony Tucker-Jones; Professor Peter Caddick-Adams (Foreword by)
$40.00 AUD
Category: War
'What a brilliant book this is... a terrific narrative of Hitler's Ardennes offensive of December 1944 - superb storytelling that achieves a skilful balance between drama and detail.' - James Holland The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive in the West. Launched in the depths of wint ...Show more
Lobster for Josino by Peter Morgan-Jones; Rod MacLeod; Prudence Ellis
$39.95 AUD
Category: Health
Dazzling doses of flavour combined with appetising injections of creativity, delivered in just the right way to enjoy for days or decades! Lobster for Josino brings the joy of food to many who might otherwise miss out through practical but expert advice and clever, restaurant-quality recipes. Inspired ...Show more
Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us about Old Age and Death by Peter Jones
$30.00 AUD
Category: European
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors two thousand years ago. Romans inhabited a world where man, k ...Show more
Poisoned Chalice: Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House by Anne Watson; Anne Savage (Editor); Clive Jones (Designed by); Fiona Sim (Index by); Peter Webber (Foreword by)
$59.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
Since the announcement of Jorn Utzon's winning Sydney Opera House competition entry in early 1957 the project has excited controversy. Testing the very boundaries of technology, the gestation of this sublime building was long and fraught with problems, none more so than the departure of its architect in ...Show more
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
$30.00 AUD
Category: European
In this original and highly accessible book, Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient wor ...Show more
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
$23.00 AUD
Category: History
Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient world, including science, religion, military mat ...Show more
Reading Latin: Grammar and Exercises by Peter V. Jones
$39.95 AUD
Category: Reference
Reading Latin, first published in 1986, is a bestselling Latin course designed to help mature beginners read classical Latin fluently and intelligently. It does this in three ways: it encourages the reading of continuous texts from the start; it offers generous help with translation at every stage; and ...Show more
Reading Latin: Text and Vocabulary by Peter V. Jones
$34.95 AUD
Category: Reference
Reading Latin, first published in 1986, is a bestselling Latin course designed to help mature beginners read classical Latin fluently and intelligently. It does this in three ways: it encourages the reading of continuous texts from the start; it offers generous help with translation at every stage; and ...Show more
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Romans But Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
'Jones's is a vital public service. He reminds us that while we shouldn't live in the past, we are wiser and stronger when we live with it' Bettany Hughes, Sunday Telegraph The Romans left a long-lasting legacy and their influence can still be seen all around us - from our calendar and coins, to our lan ...Show more