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Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow'Excellent' Guardian'Enthralling' Sunday TimesBritain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?Central to this huge question are...
Emperor of Rome: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Author: Professor Mary Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller...
Classics
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Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her books and TV presenting....
Emperor of Rome: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow'Excellent' Guardian'Enthralling' Sunday TimesBritain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?Central to this huge question are...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard examines the history of beauty in civilisation. Beginning with the Jericho painted skulls from 10,000...
Emperor of Rome: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Author: Professor Mary Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller...
The Colosseum
The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial...
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have...
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
Author: Mary Beard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 392 What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to...
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome matters.Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape...
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
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The American Spirit: A Study Of The Idea Of Civilization In The United States
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of American intellectual history, The American Spirit: A Study of the Idea of Civilization in the United...
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her books and TV presenting....
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust: Unlock the Stories Behind the
A beautiful gift for fans of the BBC Hidden Treasures of the National Trust. Go behind the scenes with the National Trust as they uncover extraordinary stories and save our...
Democracy: Eleven writers and leaders on what it is - and why it
This is an exceptional moment for democracy.In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what democracy means - and why it...
Democracy: Eleven writers and leaders on what it is - and why it
This is an exceptional moment for democracy.In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what democracy means - and why it...
The Rise Of American Civilization: Volume I: The Agricultural Era
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Author: Charles A. Beard & Mary R. BeardBinding: HardbackPublished: The Macmillan Company, 1927Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis seminal historical work,...
The Authority Gap: Why women are still taken less seriously than men,
Based on new, original research and interviews with pioneering women including Baroness Hale, Mary Beard and Bernadine Evaristo, this is a fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract...
Mary, Mary
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Twentieth-Century Man: The Wild Life of Peter Beard
An exuberant biography of the life of the iconic photographer and naturalist Peter Beard, whose life and work captured the cultural imagination Peter Beard lived an astonishing life. The artist,...
Twentieth-Century Man: The Wild Life of Peter Beard
An exuberant biography of the life of the iconic photographer and naturalist Peter Beard, whose life and work captured the cultural imagination Peter Beard lived an astonishing life. The artist,...
Dance Around The Sun: The Life Of Mary Little Bear Inkanish: Cheyenne
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn but not faded - jacket still in good condition. One tear on back...
The Collected Works of Jo Ann Beard: 'The literary world's best kept
Weaving a complex tapestry drawn from interviews, anecdotes, moments from Beard's own life, and sheer imagination, these extraordinary pieces embody the hospitality of spectacular writing: they are spaces you fall...
My Imaginary Mary
It's aliiiiiiiive! The New York Times bestselling authors of My Lady Jane present an electric, poetic, and (almost) historical tale of the one and only Mary Shelley-perfect for YA fantasy...
Mary Mary
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The Collected Works of Jo Ann Beard: 'The literary world's best kept secret' The Times
Author: Jo Ann Beard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Weaving a complex tapestry drawn from interviews, anecdotes, moments from Beard's own life, and sheer imagination, these extraordinary pieces embody...
Mary Robinson: The Authorised Biography
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Beards Rock: Facial Hair in Contemporary Art and Graphic Design
Curated by Sarah, "la barbiere de Paris," this book presents a visual history of beards in art and society from ancient statues to self-portraits of Van Gogh. Showcasing celebrities, tattoo...
Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
'A must for Tudor fans everywhere' Tracy Borman'Thrilling, captivating . . . unforgettable' Kate Williams'A gripping story that's underpinned by a wealth of research . . . this is Alison...
The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard
'If you crossed The Miniaturist with Promising Young Woman , you'd get The House of Barbary . . . a blazing feminist roar of a novel' Naomi Kelsey Beatrice has...
My Contrary Mary
Long live the queen: The authors who brought you the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane kick off an all-new historical trilogy with the classy, courtly tale of Mary,...
Torchbearers: A Centenary History Of Carey Baptist Grammar School (SIGNED)
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Author: Helen PenroseBinding: HardbackPublished: HistorySmiths pty ltd, 2023Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Minimal underlining in grey lead. Torchbearers: A Centenary...
From Moree to Mabo: The Mary Gaudron Story
Including a Foreword by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG,From Moree to Mabo is the remarkable story of Mary Gaudron QC, the first female justice of the High Court of...
Mary Earps: Volume 129
Champion, Advocate, Lioness - Mary Earps' legacy is as powerful off the field as it is on. Little People, BIG DREAMS Mary Earps is the positive guide for life that...
Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
'A must for Tudor fans everywhere' Tracy Borman'Thrilling, captivating . . . unforgettable' Kate Williams'A gripping story that's underpinned by a wealth of research . . . this is Alison...
The Transportation Escape And Pardoning Of Mary Bryant
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Author: C. H. CurreyBinding: HardbackPublished: Halstead Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work of historical non-fiction meticulously chronicles the extraordinary life of Mary Bryant, one of...
The Progressive Historians: Turner/Beard/Parrington
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears; clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Intact. At the crossroads of history and intellectual biography, Richard Hofstadter's...
The Best Of Beardsley
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in the history of Western art provoke as immediate and visceral a reaction as Aubrey Beardsley, whose brief life —...
In Our Time: Celebrating Twenty Years of Essential Conversation
Author: Melvyn Bragg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'Melvyn not only makes you think ... he makes it enjoyable too. He's brilliant.' - John Humphrys, the Today Programme. 'In...
The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE* A Book of the Year in the Times; Telegraph; Spectator; Financial Times; Observer; Waterstones and Daunt...