This beautifully written book tells the story of Australia’s giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which is the world’s tallest hardwood. Tom Griffiths tells the environmental, ecological and social history of…

In December 2002, environmental historian Tom Griffiths set sail with the Australian Antarctic Division to deliver the new team of winterers. In this beautifully written book, he reflects on the…

Presented here are three early Platonic dialogues in a new translation by Tom Griffith combining elegance, accuracy, freshness and fluency. Offering varied examples of Plato’s encounters with the culture and…

Examines the relationship between the expansion of empire and the environmental experience of the extra-European world.

Plato’s Laws is one of the most important surviving works of ancient Greek political thought. This new translation into accessible English also includes an authoritative introduction and notes on the…

Tells of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both the author himself and Everyman through the three realms of the Christian afterlife: Hell…

Written between 1919 and 1926, this text tells of the campaign against the Turks in the Middle East, encompassing gross acts of cruelty and revenge, ending in a welter of…

Presenting case studies that form a wide-ranging critique of contemporary and historical education provision under socialist governance, this well rounded volume also offers positive suggestions for tackling thorny communal issues…