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Brief Lives by Paul Johnson
$19.95 AUD
Category: General
In the course of a long and successful career as a journalist and author, Paul Johnson has known popes, presidents, prime ministers, painters, poets, playwrights, even the foul-mouthed publican Muriel Belcher, who ran the legendary Colony Club. Harking back to the scandalously anecdotal 17th century boo ...Show more
Creators by Paul Johnson
$27.00 AUD
Category: General
In his book INTELLECTUALS (1988) Paul Johnson asked whether intellectuals were morally fit to give advice to humanity (no, was the usual answer). In contrast, this book is about the creative and heroic side of outstanding individuals. There are many themes but no typical creator. Courage is always requi ...Show more
Follow the Money - How Much Does Britain Cost? by Paul Johnson
$60.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
What is the truth about Britain's finances? 'This is a brilliant book. Buy it, read it and weep' The Times'This book is the antidote to naivety that our political class needs' Sunday Times Book of the Week'A treasure trove of killer facts' Guardian'Read it, absorb it, and understand how the country wor ...Show more
Heroes by Paul Johnson
$24.99 AUD
Category: General
HEROES ranges widely across human experience, achievement and character. The biblical heroes Deborah and Judith appear along with King David and Samson. Mary Queen of Scots is contrasted with Queen Elizabeth I. There are inspiring national leaders, military geniuses and warrior-queens. On a lighter not ...Show more
Mozart: A Life by Paul Johnson
$27.95 AUD
Category: Historical
Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime. One of the world's most enduringly popular classical musicians, Mozart had a profound influence on Western music and on his contemporaries such as Beethoven and Haydn. Johnson focuses on the importance of Mo ...Show more
Mozart: a Life by Paul Johnson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime. One of the world's most enduringly popular musicians, Mozart had a profound influence on Western music and on his contemporaries such as Beethoven and Haydn. Johnson focuses on the importance of Mozart's mus ...Show more
Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Historical
In his highly acclaimed style, historian Johnson masterfully disentangles centuries of scarce sources to offer a riveting account of a homely but charismatic middle-class man living in Athens in the Fifth Century B.C., and how what this man thought still shapes the way people decide how to act, and how ...Show more
Socrates - A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson
$27.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This brilliant biography of Socrates by historian Paul Johnson situates the father of philosophy in the fifth century BC Athens that he loved, delving into the geopolitics of the time, his service as a soldier, his wide range of acquaintances and the civic unrest that led to Socrates' trial and death. T ...Show more
Time Come - Selected Prose by Linton Kwesi Johnson; Paul Gilroy (Introduction by)
$44.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
'Key to understanding black British history' - Sunday Times 'Sharp and still relevant' - Zadie Smith 'A mosaic of wise, urgent and moving pieces' - Kit de Waal 'As necessary as ever' - The Observer ________ Recognized as one of the great poets of modern times, and as a deeply respected and influential ...Show more
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