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Matter (#8 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
$24.99 AUD
$29.99 (16% off)
Category: Fantasy | Series: Culture Ser.
In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, it means ...Show more
Mongolia by Jan Reynolds
$7.75 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Vanishing Cultures Ser.
It is a special day for cousins Dawa and Olana. Dawa's father is going to find them two small horses in the family's herd. Like other young Mongolian boys, Dawa and Olana are learning to be skilled horsemen. Living as nomads on the grassy plains, Mongolians rely on horses to support their traditional wa ...Show more
Mongolia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Alan Sanders
$19.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Culture Smart!
Mongolia is landlocked between its neighbors China and Russia in the heart of Asia. For centuries after the disintegration of Genghis Khan s empire it was ruled by one or the other, but in 1990 the Mongols embraced democracy. Now, after two centuries of Manchu stagnation and seventy years of Soviet comm ...Show more
Nepal by Jon Burbank; Josie Elias
$16.65 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Cultures of the World Ser.
The highly regarded Cultures of the World ® series celebrates the diversity of other cultures in this fully updated and expanded edition. As has always been true of these outstanding titles, an abundance of vibrant photographs-including those new to this edition-stimulate the imaginations of young reade ...Show more
Reading Vergils Aeneid - An Interpretive Guide by Christine G. Perkell
$13.32 AUD
Category: Education | Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
Vergil’s Aeneid has been considered a classic, if not the classic, of Western literature for two thousand years. In recent decades this famous poem has become the subject of fresh and searching controversy. What is the poem’s fundamental meaning? Does it endorse or undermine values of empire and patria ...Show more
Red Planets - Marxism and Science Fiction by Mark Bould (Editor); China Miéville (Editor)
$46.00 AUD
$48.47 (5% off)
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Marxism and Culture Ser.
Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many sf novelists and filmmakers are leftists. Others examine explicit or implicit Marxist concerns.As a genre, sf is ideally suited to critiquing the present through its explorations of the social and political possibilities of the fut ...Show more
Star Trek and History by Nancy R. Reagin
$22.95 AUD
$24.99 (8% off)
Category: Accessories | Series: Wiley Pop Culture and History Series
A guide to the history that informs the world of Star Trek --just in time for the next JJ Abrams Star Trek movie For a series set in our future, Star Trek revisits the past constantly. Kirk and Spock battle Nazis, Roman gladiators, and witness the Great Depression. When they're not doubling back ...Show more
Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Steel Do? by William Irwin
$22.95 AUD
$24.99 (8% off)
Category: Accessories | Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Go beyond the cape and into the mind of the "Man of Steel", in time for release of Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" movie and Superman's 75th anniversary. He has thrilled millions for 75 years, with a legacy that transcends national, cultural, and generational borders, but is there more to the "Man of Steel ...Show more
Surface Detail (#9 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
$24.99 AUD
$29.99 (16% off)
Category: Fantasy | Series: Culture Ser.
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for ...Show more
The Appian Way: Ghost Road, Queen of Roads by Robert A. Kaster
$29.95 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel Ser.
The Roman poet Statius called the via Appia "the Queen of Roads," and for nearly a thousand years that description held true, as countless travelers trod its path from the center of Rome to the heel of Italy. Today, the road is all but gone, destroyed by time, neglect, and the incursions of modernity; t ...Show more
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy: Everything Is Fire by William Irwin & Eric Bronson
$22.95 AUD
$24.99 (8% off)
Category: Accessories | Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
The essential companion to Stieg Larsson's bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest--is an international phenomenon. Thes ...Show more
The Hobbit and Philosophy: for When You've Lost Your Dwarves, Your Wizard, and Your Way by William Irwin
$22.95 AUD
$25.99 (11% off)
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
A philosophical exploration of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classic--just in time for the December 2012 release of Peter Jackson's new film adaptation, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is one of the best-loved fantasy books of all time and the enchanting "prequel" to The Lor ...Show more