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Darwin's Origin of Species by Browne Janet
$27.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
An enlightening and highly readable introduction to the book that altered forever our understanding of what it is to be human. There is grandeur in this view of life . . . whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beauti ...Show more
Karl Marx's Das Kapital by Wheen Francis
$27.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it', wrote Karl Marx in 1845. This is the essence of Das Kapital, a blazing expos of the new capitalist world of the Victorian era, whose ideas would affect the lives of millions and alter the course of world histo ...Show more
On The Bible by Karen Armstrong
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S. | Reading Level: very good
Second-hand, paperback in reasonable condition. Obvious fold on front cover. A ground-breaking explanation of the single most influential text of all time by the world's foremost religious historian. The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over 2,000 languages, it i ...Show more
On The Wealth of Nations by P J O'Rourke
$29.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: Books That Shook the World | Reading Level: very good
'The Wealth of Nations is, without doubt a 'book that changed the world.' But it has been taking its time. Two hundred and thirty one years after publication, Adam Smith's practical truths are only beginning to be absorbed in full. Although its contents didn't make people gasp, something about The Wealt ...Show more
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