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A Thousand Small Sanities - The Moral Adventure of Liberalism by Adam Gopnik
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'WITTY, HUMANE, LEARNED' NEW YORK TIMESThe New York Times-bestselling author offers a stirring defence of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our timeNot since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been under such relentless attack, from both right and left. The crisis of democracy ...Show more
A Thousand Small Sanities - The Moral Adventure of Liberalism by Adam Gopnik
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
The New York Times-bestselling author offers a stirring defense of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our time Not since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been under such relentless attack, from both right and left. The crisis of democracy in our era has produced a crisis of fa ...Show more
Angels and Ages: A short book about Darwin, Lincoln & modern life by Adam Gopnik
$34.95 AUD
Category: Essays
On February 12th, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work transform mankind's understanding of itself. This book shows how these two giants, who never met, changed the way we thi ...Show more
At the Strangers' Gate by Adam Gopnik
$33.00 AUD
Category: General
When Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha, left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like today, was a pilgrimage site for the young, the arty, and the ambitious. But it was also becoming a city of greed, where both life's consolations and its necessities were increa ...Show more
In Mid-Air - A Point of View by Adam Gopnik
$33.00 AUD
Category: Essays
'Engaging, witty, thoughtful, clever, casual, ebullient, erudite and thoroughly modern' Spectator 'A dazzling talent - hilarious, winning and deft' Malcolm Gladwell In Mid-Air is a collection of short essays by the acclaimed writer and speaker, Adam Gopnik. Known for his ability to perceive 'the whole ...Show more
In Mid-Air - A Point of View (H/B) by Adam Gopnik
$55.00 AUD
Category: Essays
'Engaging, witty, thoughtful, clever, casual, ebullient, erudite and thoroughly modern' Spectator 'A dazzling talent - hilarious, winning and deft' Malcolm Gladwell In Mid-Air is a collection of short essays by the acclaimed writer and speaker, Adam Gopnik. Known for his ability to perceive 'the whole w ...Show more
In Mid-Air - Points of View from over a Decade by Adam Gopnik
$23.00 AUD
Category: Essays
'Engaging, witty, thoughtful, clever, casual, ebullient, erudite and thoroughly modern' Spectator 'A dazzling talent - hilarious, winning and deft' Malcolm Gladwell In Mid-Air is a collection of short essays by the acclaimed writer and speaker, Adam Gopnik. Known for his ability to perceive 'the whole ...Show more
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
$22.95 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris. Charmed by the beauties of the city, Gopnik set out to experience for himself the spirit and romance that has so captivated American writers throughout the twentieth c ...Show more
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
$33.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafes, breathtaking facades around every corner--in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans. In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left ...Show more
S. J. Perelman: Writings (LOA #346) by S. J. Perelman; Adam Gopnik (Editor)
$70.00 AUD
Category: Essays
S. J. Perelman (1904-1979) wrote for the Marx Brothers films Horse Feathers and Monkey Business and won an Oscar for his screenwriting on Around the World in Eighty. He remains best known for his many sketches and essays penned for The New Yorker during its golden age of humour. Author and New Yorker st ...Show more
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik
$33.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Bestselling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik embarks on a wildly creative inquiry into perhaps the oldest question: how do we learn a new skill? For decades, Adam Gopnik has been one of our most beloved writers, a brilliantly perceptive critic of art, food, France, and more. But recently, he b ...Show more
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik
$25.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
"[W]ise, companionable, and often extremely funny." --Oliver Burkeman, The AtlanticBest-selling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik investigates a foundational human question: How do we learn--and master--a new skill?For decades now, Adam Gopnik has been one of our most beloved writers, a brilliant ...Show more