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Amo, Amas, Amat... And All That : How to Become a Latin Lover by Harry Mount
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Uncover the hidden charms of LatinThose endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative of volo (vult) may be a long time ago. But, if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative absolute, the locative and the gerund, your mastery of Latin will spring back ...Show more
Amo, Amas, Amat... and All That: How to become a Latin lover by Harry Mount
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative may be long gone, but if you still have the vaguest memory, your mastery of Latin will spring back to life. Harry Mount uncorks its magic using authors such as Kingsley Amis, John Cleese and Evelyn Waug ...Show more
Et Tu, Brute? - The Best Latin Lines Ever by Harry Mount; John Davie
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without understanding the background and context within which they were actually used. 'Carpe diem'; 'Stet'; 'Memento mori'; 'Et tu Brute' - examples would fill a book. And often these phrases are also used in English translation: 'T ...Show more
How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours by Harry Mount
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
Harry Mount's "How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours" is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories. Q. Why are English train seats so narrow? A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as h ...Show more
The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson by Harry Mount
$19.99 NZD
Category: World fiction
A return to the wit and wisdom of Boris Johnson - Brexiteer, Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister. New and updated edition.2019 - the year that Boris took on the 'lingering gloomadon-poppers', pledged to steer the UK between the 'Scylla and Charybdis of Corbyn and Farage' and into the calmer waters of poli ...Show more
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