Refiners Fire - The Academy of Ancient Music and the Historical Performance Revolution by Richard Bratby
$50.00 AUD
Category: Music
Founded in 1973 by conductor Christopher Hogwood with the aim of energising baroque and classical music, the Academy of Ancient Music heralded a revolution in the way orchestral music is performed. During the 1970s and 80s the Academy surfed the digital boom in recorded music with unprecedented success ...Show more
Life Worth Living by Miroslav Volf; Matthew Croasmun; Ryan McAnnally-Linz
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A landmark book answering the greatest philosophical questions of our time, from Yale's leading theologians.What kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world would be truly worth seeking? How should we live?We are facing a crisis of meaning. Swept up in the obstacles of the day-to-day, ...Show more
You May Never See Us Again - The Hidden Story of the Billionaire Family Who Influence Britain by Jane Martinson
$70.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
'A tour de force' - Guardian 'Forensic ... Strong on financial detail' - Financial Times The untold story of post-war Britain. Told through the lives of the two men who helped shape it: Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay. You May Never See Us Again is the only definitive story of David and Fre ...Show more
Britney Spears - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
$50.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the ...Show more
Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile by Fiona Maddocks
$50.00 AUD
Category: Music
The moving story of Rachmaninoff's years in exile and the composition of his last great work, against a cataclysmic backdrop of two world wars and personal tragedy.
My Journeys in Economic Theory by Edmund Phelps
$45.95 AUD
Category: Business & Economics | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Edmund Phelps is among the most important economists of his generation. He developed a new understanding of unemployment and inflation and went on to rethink the roots of innovation. His work represents a lifelong project to put "people as we know them" into economic theory.In this book, Phelps tells th ...Show more
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway
$35.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future. These are the six most crucial substances in human history. They took us from the Dark Ages to the present day. They power our computers and phones, build our homes and offices, and create life-saving me ...Show more
Restless Dolly Maunder (H/B) by Kate Grenville
$45.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
An exquisite portrait of Kate Grenville's complex, conflicted grandmother-a woman Kate feared as a child, and only came to understand in adulthood. Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors were finally starting to creak ajar for women. Born into a po ...Show more
The Pole and Other Stories by J. M. Coetzee
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee reaffirms his place as one of the English language's most acclaimed authors with this fascinating examination of life, death and animals. These six stories by Nobel-Prize-winning J. M. Coetzee remind us that he is a writer whose language explores moral and emotional quandar ...Show more
Feast by Emily O'Grady
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
A compelling novel of three women and their dark secrets from the award-winning author of The Yellow House. Three women. Three secrets. One weekend. Alison is an actress who no longer acts, Patrick a musician past his prime. The eccentric couple live an isolated, debauched existence in an old manor ho ...Show more
Praiseworthy (H/B) by Alexis Wright
$60.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The new novel from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning Australian author Alexis Wright.Accompanied by new editions of Wright’s classic novels, Carpentaria and The Swan Book, to be released by Giramondo in May 2023.Praiseworthy is an epic set in the north of Australia, told with the richness of ...Show more
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic by Simon Winchester
$35.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—here is award-winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our li ...Show more