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48 Laws of Power by Greene & Elfers (eds.)
$39.95 AUD
Category: Health & Self Help
Some play with power and lose it-all by a fatal mistake. Some go too far, others not far enough. And yet others make all the right moves and are able to draw power unto themselves with an almost superhuman dexterity. Amoral, ruthless, cunning and instructive, The 48 Laws Of Power is a piercing distillat ...Show more
A Feast of Wonders: Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes by John E. Bowlt, Zelfira Tregulova and Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (eds)
$120.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Reading Level: very good
In May, 1909 Sergei Diaghilev astonished the world of dance with his first ballet presentations in Paris which demonstrated an unprecedented combination of vitality and grace, originality and technical sophistication. As a primary axis of Diaghilevs activities during the life of the company known as the ...Show more
A Secret Australia: Revealed by the WikiLeaks Exposés by Felicity Ruby + Peter Cronau Eds.
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
In A Secret Australia, nineteen prominent Australians discuss what Australia has learnt about itself from the WikiLeaks revelations - revelations about a secret Australia of hidden rules and loyalty to hidden agendas. However Australians may perceive their nation's place in the world - as battling sport ...Show more
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters from the Malay Archipelago by John Van Wyhe and Kees Rookmaaker (eds)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia), which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as Charles Darwin: that evolutio ...Show more
An Appreciation of Difference - W E H Stanner and Aboriginal Australia by Melinda Hinkson and Jeremy Beckett (eds)
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Reading Level: very good
WEH Stanner was a public intellectual whose work reached beyond the walls of the academy, and he remains a highly significant figure in Aboriginal affairs and Australian anthropology. He contributed much to public understandings of the Dreaming and the significance of Aboriginal religion. His 1968 Boyer ...Show more
Animation Art by eds.
$59.95 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
Covering every aspect of animation from every part of the world, Animation Art reveals the techniques, the stories, the technology and personalities which have fashioned the development of this modern art form.
Another Sky : Voices of conscience from around the world by Lucy Popescu & Carole Seymour-Jones (eds.)
$26.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
This collection of writing from prison, including autobiography, letters and poems, will include new pieces by Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy currently under 'protective custody' in Myanmar, and Orhan Pamuk, who faces prison for a comment published in a Swiss newspaper ear ...Show more
Anthology of Classical Myth by Trzaskoma Et Al Eds
$24.95 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion
BEST OF 2010 BOXSET THE by DREWE ROBERT & KENNEDY CATE (EDS)
$69.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
A special boxset of The Best Australian Stories 2010, The Best Australian Essays 2010 and The Best Australian Poems 2010. The subjects addressed are wide-ranging and often topical. Each book showcases the latest work of Australia's finest contemporary writers, and each is an ideal way to encounter the b ...Show more
Becoming Our Future - Global Indigenous Curatorial Practice by Julie Nagam + Cary Lane eds.
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Becoming Our Future: Global Indigenous Curatorial Practice reflects on international Indigenous methodologies in curatorial practice from the geographic spaces of Canada, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia to assert specific cultural knowledges, protocols and relationships. These knowledges are ground ...Show more
Bird : The Definitive Visual Guide by Peter Francis et al (eds)
$89.95 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
The beauty and drama of the avian world brought to breathtaking life. From hummingbirds weighing less than a coin to monkey-eating eagles this is a unique celebration of birds, photographed and studied in their natural environments around the world. Explore the complete bird story: from their origins to ...Show more
Carter's Everything Vintage - 2007 by eds.
$85.00 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
The 2nd edition of Carter's Everything Vintage 2007 picks up where our antiques price guide finishes, and covers all collectable areas from the 1950's onwards. Each item features a colour photo, description, price and dealers details, following the format of our antiques price guide. Carter's Ev ...Show more