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Rome, Blood and Politics: Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic

Rome, Blood and Politics: Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic

$75.00 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Gareth C. Sampson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 286 The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile...
The Valkyrie

The Valkyrie

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Kate Heartfield Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 *The Embroidered Book shortlisted for the Aurora Award for Best Novel* From SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Kate Heartfield comes...
The Last Assassin

The Last Assassin

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Peter Stothard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'A political thriller, and a human story that astonishes' Hilary Mantel Many men killed Julius Caesar. Only one man was determined...
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind

Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind

$26.99 AUD$13.00 AUD
Author: Tom Holland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great...
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century

Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century

$39.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Christina Riggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 When it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turning the boy-king into...
The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent

The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent

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Author: Richard Wrangham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 It may not always seem so, but day-to-day interactions between individual humans are extraordinarily peaceful. That is not to say that...
Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West

Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West

$27.99 AUD$13.00 AUD
Author: Tom Holland Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been...
The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition

The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition

$35.00 AUD$29.75 AUD
Author: Robert Graves Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 784 Definitive, comprehensive and unparalleled - a fresh look for Graves's classic retelling of the Greek Myths Including many of...
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic

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Author: Daniel Mendelsohn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 From award-winning memoirist and critic, and bestselling author of The Lost, comes a deeply moving tale of a father and son's...
Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: The Initiatory Path of Spiritual Journaling

Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: The Initiatory Path of Spiritual Journaling

$29.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Normandi Ellis (Normandi Ellis) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Tools to powerfully write about and manifest your life using the power found in the sacred sites...
The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy

The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy

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Author: Reader in Classical Art Michael Squire (King's College London UK) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 The classical human body is perhaps the single most important and...
As the Romans Do: Authentic and reinvented recipes from the Eternal City

As the Romans Do: Authentic and reinvented recipes from the Eternal City

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Author: Eleonora Galasso Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 204 Rome is steeped in history and tradition, and this is reflected in the sheer vibrancy and variety of its food. In...
30-Second Ancient Rome

30-Second Ancient Rome

$19.99 AUD$5.00 AUD
Author: Matthew Nicholls Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 30-Second Ancient Rome presents a unique insight into one of the most brilliantly governed societies, where military might and expansive...