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A Short History of Ancient Greece by P. J. Rhodes
$39.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories
Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any other, helped shape the intellectual c ...Show more
A Short History of the New Testament by Halvor Moxnes
$39.95 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories
Few documents in world history can match the inspirational impact of the New Testament. For all its variety - gospels, letters and visions - this firstcentury collection of texts keeps always at its centre the enigmatic figure of Joshua/Jesus: the Jewish prophet who gathered a group around him, proclaim ...Show more
A Short History of the Russian Revolution by Geoffrey Swain
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories
In 1917 revolutionary fervour swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and instigating political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. Arising out of proletariat discontent with the Tsarist autocracy and Lenin's proclaimed version of a Marxist ideology, ...Show more
Colonialism: A Consise Survey by Macqueen Norrie
$29.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Short Histories of Big Ideas
Europe's rapacious hunger for other people's lands is one of the key shaping forces of our contemporary world. Everything is touched by our colonial past, from the way we see the world to the food we eat. Our contemporary preoccupations and ills from globalization to humanitarian intervention to interna ...Show more
Iraq: A History by John Robertson
$36.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Short Histories
In this insightful analysis, highly-respected expert John Robertson canvases the entirety of Iraq's rich history, from the seminal advances of its Neolithic inhabitants to the aftermath of the American-led invasion and Iraq today. Grounded in extensive research, this balanced account of a country and it ...Show more
Iraq: A History by John Robertson
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Short Histories
Cities, scripts, literature, the rule of law - all were born in Iraq. That so many see this ancient land as nothing more than a violent backwater steeped in chaos is a travesty. This is the place where, for the first 5,000 years of human history, all innovations of worth emerged. It was the cradle of ci ...Show more
Moustaches, Whiskers and Beards by Lucinda Hawksley
$35.99 NZD
Category: Humour | Series: NPG Short Histories
Taking as her starting point images from the holdings of the National Portrait Gallery, London, writer and art historian Lucinda Hawksley explores the history of facial hair, from prehistoric times to the present day. By way of introduction, she investigates how cave men shaved, the Pharaonic beard in a ...Show more
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