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Eureka Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones
$22.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | 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
Hitler's Winter - The German Battle of the Bulge by Anthony Tucker-Jones; Professor Peter Caddick-Adams (Foreword by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
'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
Ove Arup Masterbuilder Of The Twentieth Century by Peter Jones
$79.95 AUD
Category: Biography
A biography of Ove Arup, a leading engineer of the twentieth century, complete with some 80 historic photographs. It tells the story of Ove Arup's extraordinary life, his social, aesthetic, and environmental concerns, and his practical contributions during a period of political and technological upheava ...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
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Romans But Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones
$35.00 AUD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
'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
Vote for Caesar: How the Ancient Greeks and Romans Solved the Problems of Today by Peter Jones
$20.00 AUD
Category: History and Politics
The expansion of the congestion charge zone, prices going up on the Underground, bendy buses - all ideas brought about to try to make the traffic situation in our capital city run more smoothly. Surely there must be a better way? In fact there is. In Roman times, when the streets were even more crowd ...Show more
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