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The American Future by Simon Schama
64.99 NZD
Category: History
In November 2008 the United States will elect a new President. But the imminent collapse of twenty years of Republican conservativism means the country is already conducting an intense self-examination about the trajectory of its history; how it came to find itself in multiple crises and how an America ...Show more
The American Future: A History from the Founding Fathers to Barack Obama by Simon Schama
32.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In November 2008, the United States elected a new President. But the collapse of twenty years of Republican conservativism means the country is already conducting an intense self-examination about the trajectory of its history; how it came to find itself in multiple crises and how an America that began ...Show more
The Bastille Falls (Pocket Penguins 70 Years) by Simon Schama
4.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pocket Penguins 70's S.
Taken from Schama's award-winning work Citizens, this account of the storming of the Bastille vividly dramatises one of history's most significant moments. In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblemat ...Show more
The Embarrassment of Riches by Simon Schama
59.95 NZD
64.95 (7% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
A social and cultural investigation of how a modest collection of farming, fishing and shipping communities without shared language, religion or government transformed itself in the 17th century into the formidable empire of the Dutch Republic.
The Face of Britain: The Nation Through its Portraits by Simon Schama
75.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a black Ot ...Show more
The Power of Art by Simon Schama
84.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art
"Great art has dreadful manners," Simon Schama observes wryly at the start of his epic and explosive exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. "The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things; visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually th ...Show more
The Power of Art by Simon Schama
59.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Reading Level: good
'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. 'The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merc ...Show more
The Story of the Jews : Finding the Words 1000BCE - 1492CE by Simon Schama
39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes ...Show more
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000BCE - 1492CE by Simon Schama
28.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
It is a story like no other- an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes ...Show more
Wordy - Sounding off on high art, low appetite and the power of memory by Simon Schama
39.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Wordy is about the intoxication of writing; my sense of playful versatility; different voices for different matters: the polemical voice for political columns; the sharp-eyed descriptive take for profiles; poetic precision in grappling with the hard task of translating art into words; lyrical recall fo ...Show more