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Renaissance Art in Venice: From Tradition to Individualism by Tom Nichols
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: Renaissance Art
Art and architecture have always been central to Venice but in the Renaissance period, between c.1440 and 1600, they reached a kind of apotheosis when many of the city's new buildings, sculpture and paintings took on distinctive and original qualities. The spread of Renaissance values provided leading a ...Show more
The Alert Grey Twinkling Eyes of C. J. DeGaris by David Nichols
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Entrepreneur, aviator, publisher, publicist, propagandist, playwright, songwriter, motorist, land developer, dreamer: for five brief years it seemed like there was nothing Clement John DeGaris couldn't do. He'd inveigle your life savings out of you with a promise of doubling them in a year and then, whe ...Show more
The Bogan Delusion - Myths, Mischief and Misconceptions by David Nichols
$22.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Nothing defies cultured Australia's sense of itself more than the bogan - that boorish, racist, drunken, sexist, bethonged, Barnesy-loving embarrassment out there in the back blocks. Part travelogue, part social critique, The Bogan Delusion explores the cultural and social landscape of Australia in 2011 ...Show more
The Divine Comedy - 700th Anniversary Edition by Dante Alighieri; tranlated by J.G. Nichols
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Dante's dramatic journey down the circles of Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory and through the spheres of Heaven in search of redemption - and his encounter with devils, monsters and the souls of sinners and saints - is one of the cornerstones of Western literature, the summit of medieval thinking and ...Show more
The Duel by J. G. Nichols (Translator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
The notorious adventurer and seducer Giacomo Casanova tells of his travels on the run from the authorities of his native Venice around northern Europe, poking fun at the ruling classes he encounters there, before focusing on a pivotal incident that occurs in Warsaw. Insulted by a Polish count over an It ...Show more
The Fat Black Woman's Poems - Virago 50th Anniversary Edition by Grace Nichols
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Beauty is a fat black woman walking the fields pressing a breezed hibiscus to her cheek while the sun lights up her feet Nichols gives us images that stare us straight in the eye, images of joy, challenge, accusation. Her 'fat black woman' is brash; rejoices in herself; poses awkward questions to politi ...Show more
The Go-Betweens by David Nichols
$29.95 AUD
Category: Music
The rock band the Go-Betweens were cult favourites of the 1980s new wave, releasing a succession of critically acclaimed albums. They reunited in 2001 to produce The Friends of Rachel Worth, their most successful album to date. Their latest album Bright Yellow, Bright Orange builds on that achievement a ...Show more
Trendyville: The Battle for Australia's Inner Cities by Graeme Davison; Renate Howe; David Nichols
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Australian Studies
In the 1960s and 70s, Australia's inner cities experienced an upheaval which left them changed forever. People from all walks of life who valued their suburbs - places like Balmain, Battery Point, Carlton, Indooropilly, North Adelaide, or Subiaco - resisted large-scale development projects for freeways, ...Show more