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42 The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams by Kevin Jon Davies (Editor); Douglas Adams
$59.99 AUD
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard drives and even poems...Welcome to the incredible archive of Douglas Adams. After his death in 2001, Douglas Adams's papers were loaned to his old Cambridge college, St John's. Reproduced here, in facsimile ...Show more
5 Wild Homes by Emily Pither (Editor); words&pictures; Natasha Durley (Illustrator)
$18.99 AUD
Category: Early Learning Books | Series: 5 Wild... Ser.
With gentle rhyming text and eye-catching, brightly-coloured illustrations, this interactive board book introduces some amazing animal homes. Simply put your finger on the disc and move it along the trail to trace the shape on each page. Perfect for developing hand-eye co-ordination.
A Different Sound - Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers by Elizabeth Bowen; Daphne du Maurier; Elizabeth Taylor; Lucy Scholes (Editor)
$26.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
Elegant, timeless, and riveting: an exciting anthology of short stories by mid-century women writers from Britain and Ireland--many being published in America for the first time These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and pro ...Show more
A Frenchman's Walk Across the Nullarbor - Henri Gilbert's Diary, Perth to Brisbane, 1897-1899 by Colin Dyer (Editor, Translator); Henri Gilbert
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Henri Gilbert, a French journalist, set out a century ago to walk around the world. His diary records his extraordinary crossing of the Australian continent. This previously unpublished treasure is both a fascinating historical curiosity and a most entertaining glimpse of colonial Australia.
A Gathering: A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems by Alexander McCall Smith (Editor)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A poem does not have to be famous to be cherished. The best-known poems of Robert Burns have been loved by countless people over the years, but there are other poems that may be largely unknown that will mean a great deal to the few who are familiar with them.This anthology is a personal curation and no ...Show more
A Lasting Conversation: Stories on Ageing by Susan Ogle (Editor); Melanie Joosten (Editor)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Short Stories
A Lasting Conversation, Stories on Ageing explores many a spec ts o f ageing including resilience and defeat, satisfaction and reg ret, excitement and fear, love, loss and laughter. These stories are written from various perspectives, including older women and men, their daughters and sons, grandchildre ...Show more
A Letter to My Teenage Self by Grace Halphen (Editor)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Self Help
Melbourne teenager Grace Halphen had a tough time transitioning to high school - she struggled to make friends and fit in. When she realised this was a common experience, she wondered why she'd felt so alone. When she was 13, she embarked on a project to contact all the public figures she admires, and a ...Show more
A Literary Love Affair by British Library Staff (Editor)
$22.00 AUD
Category: Adult Fiction
This spoken word CD looks back over some of the great love affairs of literary history. The anthology includes readings of poetry, letters, and extracts from works of fiction written by British poets and authors from Shakespearean times to the 20th century. Here are real-life romantic couples, such as M ...Show more
A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin's Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution by Jeremy Desilva (Editor) Janet Browne (Foreward)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science
Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern science In 1871, Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, a companion to Origin of Species in which he attempted to explain human evolution, a topic he called 'the highest and most interesting problem for the ...Show more
A Tolkien Tapestry - Pictures to Accompany the Lord of the Rings by Cor Blok (Illustrator); Pieter Collier (Editor)
$115.00 AUD
Category: General Art and Design
Fifty years ago, shortly after The Lord of the Rings was first published, Cor Blok read the trilogy and was completely captivated by its invention and epic storytelling. The breadth of imagination and powerful imagery inspired the young Dutch artist, and this spark of enthusiasm, coupled with his desire ...Show more
A Wild Love for the World by Joanna Macy; Stephanie Kaza (editor)
$47.99 AUD
Category: Spirituality
Joanna Macy is a scholar of Buddhism, systems thinking, and deep ecology whose decades of writing, teaching, and activism have inspired people around the world. In this collection of writings, leading spiritual teachers, deep ecologists, and diverse writers and activists explore the major facets of Macy ...Show more
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Classroom 2 by Kylie Neagle (Editor)
$54.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Classroom 2 suggests effective and meaningful ways to integrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures into the daily life of any teaching and learning environment. The book guides you through ways to encourage students to genuinely ...Show more