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Baudolino by Umberto Eco
54.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
It is 1204 and Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage, one Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story. Hardback
Baudolino by Umberto Eco
27.95 NZD
28.99 (3% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors ...Show more
Belief or Nonbelief? by Umberto Eco
27.95 NZD
Category: Mind/Body/Spirit
Standing on opposite sides of the church door, Umberto Eco, author and committed agnostic, and Cardinal Martini, the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, discuss the controversies and burning issues of our day.
Chronicles of a Liquid Society by Umberto Eco
50.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. In this, his last collection, the celebrated essayist and novelist observes the changing world around him with irrepressible curiosity and profound wisdom. He sees with fresh eyes the upheaval in ideological values, the crises in politics, and the unb ...Show more
Five Moral Pieces by Umberto Eco
27.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Recalls experiencing liberation from fascism in Italy as a boy, and examines the various historical forms of fascism, always with an eye toward ugly manifestations. The author reflects on a question underlying the reflections in this book - what does it mean to be moral or ethical when one doesn't belie ...Show more
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
28.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Three book editors, jaded by reading far too many crackpot manuscripts on the mystic and the occult, are inspired by an extraordinary conspiracy story told to them by a strange colonel to have some fun. They start feeding random bits of information into a powerful computer capable of inventing connectio ...Show more
How to Spot a Fascist by Umberto Eco
8.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again. But who are 'they'? HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance - including Eco's iconic essay 'Ur-Fascism', which lists the four ...Show more
How to Travel with a Salmon: And Other Essays by Umberto Eco
26.95 NZD
28.99 (7% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Libraries: Candida Hofer by Umberto Eco
150.00 NZD
162.00 (7% off)
Category: Coffee Table Books
Mouse or Rat?: Translation as Negotiation by Umberto Eco
29.99 NZD
32.95 (8% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
From the world famous author of In The Name of the Rose, an illuminating and humorous study on the pleasures and pitfalls of translation 'Translation is always a shift, not between two languages but between two cultures. A translator must take into account rules that are not strictly linguistic but, bro ...Show more
Numero Zero by Umberto Eco
36.00 NZD
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: very good
1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured by local partisans and shot in a summary execution. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in confusion and controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed writer picking up hack work, is offered a fee he can't refuse to ghost ...Show more
Numero Zero by Umberto Eco
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose. 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in confusion and controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna takes a job at a f ...Show more