Mythos: The stunningly iIllustrated story by Stephen Fry
$80.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling, we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld ...Show more
Stoic at Work: Ancient Wisdom to Make Your Job a Bit Less Annoying by Annie Lawson
$25.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
A sharply observed workplace survival guide that spins 49 entertaining modern rules from the wisdom of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius's timeless insights into human behaviour show that 2000 years on, not much has changed in the workplace and we could all do well if we focus on what we ca ...Show more
The Christmas Book by Phaidon Editors, Dolph Gotelli, Bob Richter, David Trigg
$69.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
A visual celebration of Christmas, from religious beginnings to festive cultural touchstones - a book to treasure This book is a unique and groundbreaking visual celebration of Christmas, a joyous religious and cultural occasion observed by billions of people around the world. The origins of Christmas a ...Show more
The Little Book of Tom. Bikers by Tom of Finland (Illustrator); Dian Hanson (Editor)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
In 1953 Marlon Brando donned a black leather Perfecto motorcycle jacket, military cap, denim jeans, and engineer boots to portray Johnny, sneering leader of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, in The Wild One. In 1954 Tom of Finland abandoned brown leather in his artwork to create his own wild ones: muscu ...Show more
The Little Book of Tom. Blue Collar by Tom of Finland (Illustrator); Dian Hanson (Editor)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
As a boy, Tom's first crush was a strapping young farmhand who worked the fields around his family home. Finland is a land of tough physical men, catching fish in the icy sea; cutting logs in the endless forests; threshing oats, rye, and barley on the farms. Tom, a more sensitive boy, admired these roug ...Show more
The Little Book of Tom. Cops & Robbers by Tom of Finland (Illustrator); Dian Hanson (Editor)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Tom's taste for police officers and felons-and for sexual tension between the two-developed late in his career. "I've never been to prison," he told a class at the California Institute of the Arts in 1985, "but I hear it's a closed world where there are different roles and people behave different from w ...Show more
The Little Book of Tom. Military Men by Tom of Finland (Illustrator); Dian Hanson (Editor)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
When we think Tom of Finland we first picture muscular, macho young men in military gear. Tom's vision of masculine perfection was formed during his service as an officer during World War II. Though he served in the Finnish air force, it was the German troops, stationed in Finland to help the country re ...Show more
Plant Bingo: A game for green thumbs
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Are you one of the millions of people who've become plant parents in lockdown? Sad that you don't get class photos of your babies to look at? Well, be sad no longer - they are all here in one great package - introducing, Plant Bingo. From fabulous ferns, splendid succulents, marvelous mosses and beautif ...Show more
School of Life Quotes To Live By: Quotes To Inspire and Enlighten by The School of Life
$33.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
This is a selection of the very best and most psychologically acute quotations from The School of Life, covering such large and diverse topics as relationships, regret, anxiety, work, friends, family, travel and, not least, the meaning of life. Some of these quotations elicit an immediate nod of recogni ...Show more
Matchmaking: The Jane Austen Memory Game by Mullan John
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Put your memory skills to the test as you pair up Austen's most famous couples. Simple game play that everyone will understand and enjoy. The perfect gift for fans of Jane Austen. Learn more about the characters and their relationships in the accompanying booklet 'It is a truth universally acknowledg ...Show more
Agatha Christie Bingo by Agatha Christie Ltd
$55.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
FUN FOR DETECTIVE NOVEL FANS - the whole family will love this high-stakes game featuring 64 characters and clues from Agatha Christie's novels PLAY AND LEARN - this board game comes with a leaflet packed with Agatha Christie trivia. Learn about Poirot's toughest cases, Agatha Christie's medicine ca ...Show more
How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic by Sallust
$30.00 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman Republic, the aristocrat Catiline tried to topple its elected government. Backed by corrupt elites and poor, alienated Romans, he fled Rome while his associates plotted to burn the city and murder its leading politicians. The attempte ...Show more