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God's War by Christopher Tyerman
$42.50 NZD
Category: World Military History | Series: Allen Lane History S.
The story of how warriors, driven by faith, greed and wanderlust, carved out new Christian-ruled states in the Middle East is one of the most extraordinary of all epics. The crusaders' stunning initial success started a sequence of great Crusades, each with its own story. This book presents an account o ...Show more
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
$35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Allen Lane History Ser.
"A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty, and clear." --New York Review of Books In this Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists tackles the workings of the human mind. What makes us rational--and why are we so often irrational? How do we s ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog : Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
$65.00 NZD
Category: Captain Cook & Pacific Exploration | Series: Allen Lane History S. | Reading Level: good-very good
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog is a spectacular recreation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys. The Pacific voyages of James Cook explored the ice-bound fringes of the Arctic and Antarctic, sailed across perilous tropical seas, survived hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, dis ...Show more
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