Selections and Essays (John Ruskin) by John Ruskin
24.99 AUD
Category: Religion & Philosophy
A leading art patron, lecturer, and author of the Victorian era, John Ruskin was also one of the period's foremost art and social critics. This anthology features excerpts from some of his best-known books, including Modern Painters and The Stones of Venice, on the subjects he held most dear: nature, ar ...Show more
Stoic and Epicurean by R. D. Hicks
49.99 AUD
Category: Religion & Philosophy
The ongoing popularity of Seneca's Letters from a Stoic and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations testifies to a continuing interest in Stoic philosophy. Epicureanism offers the other side of the same coin, and in spite of the obvious differences between the two philosophies, it is easy to discern their fundame ...Show more
The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
45.99 AUD
Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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The Way We Are: Lessons From a Lifetime of Listening by Hugh Mackay
34.99 AUD
Category: Religion & Philosophy
Australia's leading social psychologist examines our society today and asks timely and urgent questions about its future Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain.Yet none of our differences-whether based on ethnicity, politics, religion,cultural tastes and preferences, or gender ...Show more
A Calendar of Festivals: Celebrations from Around the World by Cherry Gilchrist
17.99 AUD
Category: Barefoot
Discover some of the fascinating stories and traditions that lie behind the festivals of many cultures. This cross-cultural collection includes stores from the Russian New year, the Indian Festival of Holi, the Moon Festival of China and of course, Christmas.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald (Translator)
12.99 AUD
Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Classics Library
In the renowned translation by Edward FitzGerald, with an introduction by Professor Cedric Watts. Here is Edward FitzGerald's original translation of the Rubáiyát, the collection of poems attributed to the Persian astronomer and mathematician, Omar Khayyám. FitzGerald's distinctive version (1859) ...Show more
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
17.99 AUD
Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this ...Show more
Dragon World (HB) by Tamara Macfarlane
24.99 AUD
Category: Mythology | Series: NORSE RELIGION
Meet the fire-breathing beasts of mythology in this beautifully illustrated book brimming with scaled behemoths. Lurking in every corner of the earth, from the deepest depths of the oceans, to the tips of the tallest mountains, even tucked beneath the very ground that you tread on, dragons watch and wai ...Show more
The Rise of the Roman Empire (PB) by Polybius
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Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200 - 118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion: it ...Show more
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. LAWRENCE
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Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature | Reading Level: good
As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major statements about the fighting experience of the First World War'. Lawrence's younger brothers, Frank and Will, had been killed on the Western Front in 1915. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, written between 1 ...Show more
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
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Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full ...Show more
Njal's Saga by Lee M. Hollander
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Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Translated by Lee M. Hollander, with an Introduction by Thorsteinn Gylfason. Njal's Saga is the finest of the Icelandic sagas, and one of the world's greatest prose works. Written c.1280, about events a couple of centuries earlier, it is divided into three parts: the first recounts the touching friends ...Show more