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Seeds, Sex and Civilization by Peter Thompson; Stephen Harris
Category: Science & Natural History
Seeds have influenced evolution, and for millennia they have influenced and sometimes determined where and how we live. This is an epic tale, given added enchantment by the fact that to most of us seeds mean little more than tiny objects in paper packets: who thinks first of rice, wheat, coffee, nuts, p ...Show more
The Art of War by Sun Tzu; Peter Harris (Translator)
Category: Reference
Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Critical Notes by Lionel Giles The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, the text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspe ...Show more
The Art of War (Vintage Classics Ed.) by Sun Tzu; Peter Harris (Translator)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise by Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. For the l ...Show more
The Night Pirates (PB) by Peter Harris
Category: Picture Books
One night, young Tom is awoken by noises outside his house. He peeps out of the window and what should he see but PIRATES. And stranger still - they're GIRL PIRATES stealing the front of his house! Tom joins their pirate adventure across the high seas to an island where some rather lazy and silly grown- ...Show more
The Night Pirates Pop-Up Adventure by Peter Harris
Category: Picture Books
This is a pop-up edition of the bestselling picture book. All aboard for a POP-UP adventure! One night, young Tom is awoken by noises outside his house. He peeps out of the window and what should he see but Pirates. And stranger still - they're Girl Pirates stealing the front of his house! Tom joins the ...Show more
The Travels of Marco Polo by Peter Harris (Editor); Colin Thubron (Introduction by); Marco Polo; William Marsden (Translator)
Category: History | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Now in a handsome and newly revised hardcover edition: the extraordinary travelogue that has enthralled readers for more than seven centuries. Marco Polo's vivid descriptions of the splendid cities and people he encountered on his journey along the Silk Road through the Middle East, South Asia, and Chin ...Show more
Transport by John Chris; Rostron Peter; Oxlade Peter; Mellett Michael; Harrison Harris
Category: Fiction | Series: Illustrated Science Encyclopedia
Zen Poems by Peter Harris
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
This collection of translations of the classical Zen poets of China, Japan and Korea includes the work of practitioners and monks as well as scholars, artists, travellers and recluses and covers fifteen centuries of Oriental literature.