A Thoreau Gazetteer by Robert F. Stowell; William L. Howarth (Editor)
$21.50 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction | Series: Princeton Legacy Library
The primary aim of this book is to give its readers an idea of the places Thoreau describes in his own books. The importance of those places will depend upon the readers' critical views of Thoreau. To those who read him literally, the maps will provide a convenient way of following his travels in Massac ...Show more
Alexander the Great - Epic and Legendary Leaders by Alexandra F. Morris (Introduction by); J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Alexander the Great died in 336 BCE, when he was only thirty two. His military campaigns had swept across Ancient Greece, through Asia Minor, Arabia, Persia, Egypt and North Africa to North West India, forging one of the largest empires in recorded history. He was undefeated in battle and is widely cons ...Show more
Analects by Confucius
$35.00 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction
One of the most influential books in human history, in a revelatory new translation The book that the Chinese have returned to repeatedly for reflection, renewal, and validation of their own views, "The Analects" was compiled by the disciples of Confucius, China's earliest teacher and moral thinker, fro ...Show more
Cyrus the Great - Epic and Legendary Leaders by Macgregor Macgregor Morris (Introduction by); J. K. Jackson (Editor)
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Category: Classic Non-Fiction | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire in the 500s BCE, and sealed his pre-eminence as one of the greatest founders of empire. He conquered all major civilizations in his region and his influence reached from the Balkans in the West to the Indus river in the East. His brilliant campaigns broug ...Show more
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
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Category: Classic Non-Fiction
Volume 1 of The Complete Works of George OrwellFew authors can have striven so hard to make themselves professional writers as did George Orwell. As a child he talked of becoming a writer; he wrote for student publications at Eton; whilst serving in the Imperial Police in Burma he sketched out ideas for ...Show more
Evergreen Review Reader, 1967-1973 by Barney Rosset (Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction
Gathers the most representative writings featured during six years spanning the sixties and seventies.
Hell's Angels: Popular Penguins by Hunter S. Thompson
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
From the father of 'gonzo journalism', Hunter S. Thompson's research for Hell's Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America, resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published in Penguin Modern Classics.'A phalanx of motorcycl ...Show more
London Characters and Crooks by Henry Mayhew, Edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert
$45.00 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction
Secondhand. First edition. Various sketches of London characters derived from the mid-1800s book London Labour and the London Poor, itself derived from articles in the Morning Chronicle written by Henry Mayhew,