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Vietnam Remembered: including the names of all of those who served by Gregory (Editor) Pemberton
$35.00 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
This book makes the first real assessment of what the Vietnam War meant, on the battlefields and in Australia. When the first Australian troops landed on Vietnamese soil, the significance of the conflict was scarcely realised - but in time it was to affect not only tens of thousands of Australians who s ...Show more
War Childhood - Voices from Sarajevo for Our Times by Jasminko Halilovic (Editor)
$44.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
In this unforgettable book of 1,000+ quotes and 20 full-page color photos, adults reflect on their childhoods in war. In 2010, Sarajevo native Jasminko Halilovic began following through on a dream: collecting as many short recollections from as many people as possible who were children during the Bo ...Show more
Wassily Kandinsky: a Life in Letters 1889-1944 by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine (Editor); Kate Kangaslahti (Assisted by)
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
"Even if they don't speak of art very skilfully, what artists say is generally alive."Wassily Kandinsky was not only the inventor of abstract painting, but also its gifted propagandist. His letters reveal an artist who thought deeply and communicated and organised incessantly. He was also a straightforw ...Show more
Waterfalls of the Otway Ranges by Anthony Car (Photographer, Editor)
$55.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
A book that documents and covers 226 waterfalls located in the Otway Ranges, which is in Victoria, Australia. It contains historic articles and accounts. Information on each waterfall is documented including name, location, height, and other important data. Every waterfall has a photo displayed. Histori ...Show more
Way Makers: An Anthology of Women's Writing about Walking by Kerri Andrews (Editor)
$37.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
A sweeping collection of women's writing on the wandering path, moving across genres, geographies, and centuries. The follow-up to the celebrated Wanderers, Kerri Andrews's Way Makers is the first anthology of women's writing about walking. Moving from Elizabeth Carter's correspondence with Catherine Ta ...Show more
Ways of Hearing - Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces by Scott Burnham (Editor); Marna Seltzer (Editor); Dorothea von Moltke (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music Reference | Reading Level: near fine
An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more--from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon--explore the influence of music on their lives and work Contributors include: Laurie Anderson ● Jamie Barton ● Daphne A ...Show more
We of the Never Never by Jeannie Gunn; Bogdan Meunier (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
What Did You Say Stopped Play? - 25 Years of the Wisden Chronicle by Matthew Engel (Editor); Nick Newman (Illustrator); Wisden
$19.99 AUD
Category: Cricket
It's normal for rain to stop play in cricket. But that's not all: flying objects, passing dictators, animals of all kinds including a very improbable tiger--they have all had the same effect. But even when the game keeps going, cricket is a magnet for the weird and wonderful. For the past quarter-centur ...Show more
What Is a Bird? - An Exploration of Anatomy, Physiology, Behavior, and Ecology by Tony D. Williams (Contribution by, Editor); Scott McWilliams (Contribution by); Julia A. Clarke (Contribution by); Elizabeth MacDougall-Shackleton (Contribution by); Scott MacDougall-Shackleton (Contribution by); Frances Bonier (Contribution by); Chad Eliason (Contribution by)
$59.99 AUD
Category: Birds
A large-format, beautifully illustrated look at the natural history of birds There are some 10,000 bird species in existence today, occupying every continent and virtually every habitat on Earth. The variety of bird species is truly astounding, from the tiny bee hummingbird to the large flightless ostri ...Show more
Who Invented This? - Smart People and Their Bright Ideas by gestalten (Editor); Becky Thorns (Illustrator); Anne Ameri-Siemens
$39.95 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
A time-tunnel trip that shows how some of history's greatest makers, creators, and ideas helped to shape the world of today. Who invented the car, different types of vaccinations, the light bulb or the microwave? The things we are surrounded by didn't just appear out of nowhere, they were conceived by t ...Show more
Wild Forest by Robert Blakers (Editor)
$47.99 AUD
Category: Pictorial Books
WILD FOREST is a stunning and timely new photographic book about Tasmania's unprotected forests, focusing on the Florentine, Styx and Weld Valleys. It features the work of eleven Tasmanian photographers, a foreword by Christine Milne and essays on biodiversity, green carbon and water by Professor Jamie ...Show more