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Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis by Leo Hollis
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
The 21st century will be the age of the city. Already over 50% of the world population live in urban centres and over the coming decades this percentage will increase. Blending anecdote, fact and first hand encounters - from exploring the slums of Mumbai, to visiting roof-top farms in Brooklyn and atten ...Show more
Cities Are Good for You - The Genius of the Metropolis by Leo Hollis
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
The 21st century will be the age of the city. Already over 50% of the world population live in urban centres and over the coming decades this percentage will increase - with consequences for us all. But this does not mean that things will only get worse. In fact our urban future might just be something ...Show more
Inheritance: the Lost History of Mary Davies - A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness by Leo Hollis
$43.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities.' Dan Snow In June 1701, a young widow, Mary Davies wakes up in a hotel room in Paris and finds a man in her bed. Within hours they are married. Yet three weeks later, Mary ...Show more
The Phoenix - St. Paul's Cathedral and the Men Who Made Modern London by Leo Hollis
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
'A tour de force of biography, history, politics, philosophy and experimental science' ECONOMISTThe remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fire of 1666 into the most powerful city in the world, and the men who were responsible for that achievement.'Wonderfully rich ...Show more
The Phoenix: The Men Who Made Modern London by Leo Hollis
$35.00 NZD
Category: World History
Opening in the 1640s, as the city was gripped in tumult leading up to the English Civil War, THE PHOENIX charts the lives and works of five extraordinary men, who would grow up in the chaos of a world turned upside down: the architect, Sir Christopher Wren; gardener and virtuosi, John Evelyn; the scient ...Show more
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