The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000BCE - 1492CE by Simon Schama
$27.99 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
Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325 by Geza Vermes
$30.00 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
Geza Vermes, translator and editor of "The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls" and worldwide expert on the life and times of Jesus, tells the enthralling story of early Christianity and the origins of a religion. The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the ...Show more
Let Us Dream - The Path to a Better Future by Pope Francis
$35.00 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
In this revelatory, uplifting, and practical book, the preeminent spiritual leader explains why we must--and how we can--make the world safer, fairer, and healthier for all people now. In the COVID crisis, the beloved shepherd of over one billion Catholics saw the cruelty and inequity of our society exp ...Show more
The Lion House: The Coming of A King by Christopher de Bellaigue
$40.00 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
Venice, 1522. Sensitive intelligence arrives from the east confirming the European powers' greatest fear- the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has amassed all he needs to wage total war - and his sights are set on Rome. With Christendom divided, Suleyman the Magnificent has his hand on their entrails. From t ...Show more