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  • Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics

    by Matthew Wright ...
    How key concepts in modern physics came from the work of a New Zealander whom Einstein labelled ‘a second Newton’.By the mid-nineteenth century, physicists believed they had discovered the last secrets of the universe. Then a new world opened up: one of waves, particles, and new, fundamental forces. This mysterious world swiftly captured the public imagination, not least because of the technical ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Those Who Have the Courage

    The History of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps

    by Matthew Wright ...
    ‘Those Who Have the Courage will be a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the military and social history of New Zealand. It is a comprehensive history of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, the Mounted Rifles and predecessor units …’ — Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, from the Foreword The product of painstaking, multi-year research by esteemed historian and author Matthew Wright ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Coal

    The Rise and Fall of King Coal in New Zealand

    by Matthew Wright ...
    From hero to zero, coal has taken New Zealand on a rollercoaster ride since its glory days as the hero fuel of colonial-age New Zealand.Coal was the fuel on which the colony grew the stuff that made possible the heating, cooking and lighting essential to family life, a lifestyle exalted during two World Wars and a depression. Coal was pivotal to the country’s growth, even as everybody grumbled ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Bateman Illustrated History of New Zealand

    by Matthew Wright ...
    New Zealand's past has been a rollercoaster ride of hopes, dreams, wars and peace. In his fully revised Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent, exciting past to life, tracing our journey from the arrival of Polynesians over 800 years ago, to the present day. Nearly 600 paintings, maps, sketches and photographs from the collection of the Alexander ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Seasick Steve - Ramblin' Man

    by Matthew Wright ...
    I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHIN', AND I’VE STILL GOT MOST OF IT LEFT'.It remains one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in music history. Until New Year's Eve, 2006, former hobo Steven Gene Wold, a 65 year-old blues musician, playing a beat-up, three-string guitar (aka The Three-String Trance Wonder, or 'the biggest piece of shit in the world') and stomping on a wooden box with a Mississippi ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Road Out of Nowhere

    by Matthew Wright ...
    On her search for answers, Jill's adventure is crashed by Rocket, a crazy old scientist. Along with troubled Kyle, they find themselves on a marvellous journey of wonders and dangers along The Road. Curiosity and desperate circumstances lead them to leave their homeland of Nowhere and set out to meet the Lord of the Way in a far country. On their travels they encounter extraordinary people and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy (Volume 2)

    Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides

    by Dr Matthew Wright ...
    The surviving works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have been familiar to readers and theatregoers for centuries; but these works are far outnumbered by their lost plays. Between them these authors wrote around two hundred tragedies, the fragmentary remains of which are utterly fascinating.In this, the second volume of a major new survey of the tragic genre, Matthew Wright offers an ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Natural Law and Evangelical Political Thought

    by J. Daryl Charles, Paul R. DeHart, David VanDrunen, Matthew Wright, J. Budziszewski, Vincent Bacote, Jesse Couenhoven, Robert P. George ...
    Natural law has long been a cornerstone of Christian political thought, providing moral norms that ground law in a shareable account of human goods and obligations. Despite this history, twentieth and twenty-first-century evangelicals have proved quite reticent to embrace natural law, casting it as a relic of scholastic Roman Catholicism that underestimates the import of scripture and the division ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • Euripides and Quotation Culture

    by Dr Matthew Wright ...
    Series series Classical Literature and Society
    **Presenting a new approach to Euripides' plays, this book explores the playwright's ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture.**Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, both in social contexts (on the comic stage, at symposia, in law courts, in education) and in different ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy (Volume 1)

    Neglected Authors

    by Dr Matthew Wright ...
    Numerous books have been written about Greek tragedy, but almost all of them are concerned with the 32 plays that still survive. This book, by contrast, concentrates on the plays that no longer exist. Hundreds of tragedies were performed in Athens and further afield during the classical period, and even though nearly all are lost, a certain amount is known about them through fragments and other ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Menander: Samia

    by Dr Matthew Wright ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions
    Matthew Wright brings Menander's Samia to life by explaining how it achieves its comic effects and how it fits within the broader context of fourth-century Greek drama and society. He offers a scene-by-scene reading of the play, combining close attention to detail with broader consideration of major themes, in an approach designed to bring out the humour and nuance of each individual moment on ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Fake-Checking

    A Journalist’s Guide to Deepfakes

    by Andrea Hickerson, Christopher Schwartz, Matthew Wright ...
    Designed to help journalists keep pace with the rapid evolution of deepfakes as well as integrate ‘fake-checking’ methods into their routine reporting practices, this book offers a concise and accessible guide for reporters navigating this evolving challenge.This guide aims to assist journalists in understanding the complexities of deepfakes from a number of angles including philosophical, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD