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In Search of Shakespeare by Michael Wood
49.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Using every kind of documentary evidence, this is a new and surprising historical portrait of the world
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great by Michael Wood
29.99 NZD
34.95 (14% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Michael Wood retraces Alexander the Great's amazing journey from Greece to India, searching for the truth behind the legend and experiencing the tremendous scale of his achievements. Using the ancient historians as his guides, Wood follows Alexander's journey as closely as possible, crossing deserts and ...Show more
In the Footsteps of Du Fu by Michael Wood
45.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of China’s greatest poets. His career coincided with periods of famine, war and huge upheaval, yet his secular philosophical vision, combined with his empathy for the common folk ...Show more
India : An Epic Journey Across the Subcontinent by Michael Wood
69.99 NZD
Category: Coffee Table Books
Marco Polo described India as 'a land of wonders' in the 13th century, and his observation is no less true today. Everything about India is older, bigger, more colourful, more diverse and more intriguing than anywhere else. It is the land of a multitude of many armed gods and goddesses, home to the arch ...Show more
The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and its People by Michael Wood
26.99 NZD
Category: History
'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' - Tom Holland ... 'Masterful and engrossing...well-paced, eminently readable and well-timed. A must-read for those who want - and need - to know about the China of yesterday, today and tom ...Show more
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people by Michael Wood
59.99 NZD
Category: History
China's story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK's pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential for reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today.China is the oldest livi ...Show more
The Story of England by Michael Wood
60.00 NZD
Category: History
The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial - and many centuries of recorded history. In the thirteenth century the village was bought by William de Merton, who later founded Merton College, O ...Show more
The Story of India by Michael Wood
29.99 NZD
Category: History
In "The Story of India", Michael Wood weaves a spellbinding narrative out of the 10,000-year history of the subcontinent. Home today to more than a fifth of the world's population, India gave birth to the oldest and most influential civilization on Earth, to four world religions, and to the world's larg ...Show more
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