Yonder - A Novel by Jabari Asim
$47.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this spare, gripping, and beautifully rendered novel exploring love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-19th century.They call themselves the Stolen. Their owners call them captives. They are taught their captors' tongues and their be ...Show more
The Trayvon Generation by Elizabeth Alexander
$29.99 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
*Named one of TIME magazine's Most Anticipated Titles of 2022*From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author and poet comes a galvanizing meditation on the power of art and culture to illuminate America's unresolved problem with race.In the midst of civil unrest in the summer of 20 ...Show more
Walking the Bowl - Hope and Hardship on the Streets of Lusaka by Chris Lockhart; Daniel Mulilo Chama
$51.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
For readers of Behind the Beautiful Forevers and Nothing to Envy, this is a breathtaking real-life story of four street children in contemporary Zambia whose lives are drawn together and forever altered by the mysterious murder of a fellow street child.Based on years of investigative reporting and unpre ...Show more
Stay True - A Memoir by Hua Hsu
$48.00 AUD
Category: Biography
From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art."This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come." --Rachel Kushner, two-time National Book Award finali ...Show more
Son of Elsewhere - A Memoir in Pieces by Elamin Abdelmahmoud
$31.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A "funny and frank" (The New York Times) collection of essays on Blackness, faith, pop culture, and the challenges--and rewards--of finding one's way in the world, from a BuzzFeed editor and podcast host. "A memoir that is immense in its desire to give . . . a rich offering of image, of music, of place ...Show more
Seek and Hide - The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy by Amy Gajda
$54.00 AUD
Category: History
"Gajda's chronicle reveals an enduring tension between principles of free speech and respect for individuals' private lives. ...just the sort of road map we could use right now."--The Atlantic "Wry and fascinating...Gajda is a nimble storyteller [and] an insightful guide to a rich and textured history ...Show more
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff
$63.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winner about the most essential Founding Father-- the one who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution. "A glorious book that is as entertaining as it is vitally important." --Ron Chernow "A beautifully crafted, invaluable bio ...Show more
Red Blossom in Snow - A Lotus Palace Mystery by Jeannie Lin
$27.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Murder and forbidden love in the Tang Dynasty. The latest in the bestselling Lotus Palace Mystery series.Magistrate Li Chen harbors a secret. One that could destroy his hard-earned reputation, as well as his growing passion for the talented courtesan, Song Yi. ?Li Chen's duty to his family and the Emper ...Show more
The Quiet Before: On the unexpected origins of radical ideas by Gal Beckerman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker 'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rarely does a book give you a new way of looking at social change. This one does.' Walter Isaacson Why do som ...Show more
Picasso's War - How Modern Art Came to America by Hugh Eakin
$60.00 AUD
Category: Art & Photography
A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world--and Picasso the most famous artist alive--in the shadow of World War IIIn January 1939, Picasso was renowned in Europe, but disdained by many in the United States. One year later, Americans ...Show more
Path Lit by Lightning - The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss
$60.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A riveting new biography of America's greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered.Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, ...Show more
Now Do You Know Where You Are by Dana Levin
$31.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Previously selected for major prizes by Nobel prize-winning poet Louise Glück Levin’s book are consistently well reviewed and critically-acclaimed Has published with Copper Canyon Press since her debut in 1999 This particular book has many poems sparked, informed, or reshaped by the 2016 president ...Show more