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Book Cover:  Greek Pilgrimage: In Search of the Foundations of the West
By John Carroll

THIS IS A TRAVEL BOOK IN THE GRAND SENSE.  THE HORIZONS IT EXPLORES ARE OF LAND AND SEA, AND OF THE MIND.

Greek Pilgrimage
is a meditation on classical Greece, journeying through its great sites, monuments, and cultural works. On the way, it examines the country's pivotal role in the foundation of the modern world. We who are born into the West are all Greeks. Here lie our roots.


THIS IS A TRAVEL BOOK IN THE GRAND SENSE.  THE HORIZONS IT EXPLORES ARE OF LAND AND SEA, AND OF THE MIND.

Greek Pilgrimage
is a meditation on classical Greece, journeying through its great sites...

Published: 25/10/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640742
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
By Shell Ellen Ruppel

A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain

A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain

Published: 12/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143117636
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Maori Arts of the Gods
By Deidre Brown & Brain (photog) Brake

Traditional objects of great beauty, made of wood, bone, greenstone, feathers and fibre, are collected in this sumptuous pictorial guide to Maori art.   Deidre Brown has selected the finest of Brain Brake's photo's and adds interesting and informed commentary on the Maori gods and legends that inspired these works.


Traditional objects of great beauty, made of wood, bone, greenstone, feathers and fibre, are collected in this sumptuous pictorial guide to Maori art.   Deidre Brown has selected the finest of Brain...

Published: 30/06/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143010272
RRP: $26.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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