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Creation: Artists, Gods and Origins by Peter Conrad
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art
Throughout history artists, writers and musicians - 'creative' people - have tried to outdo God or the Gods in the acts of creation. This extraordinarily wide-ranging study traces the different concepts of creation in Western civilization, following the struggle between man and god for the right to crea ...Show more
How the World Was Won - The Americanization of Everywhere by Peter Conrad
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
In this dazzling new book, cultural critic and historian Peter Conrad tells the story of the spectacular rise and subsequent waning of American influence across the world since 1945. Politics, war and commerce form the inevitable backdrop to his tale, but Conrad also treats us to a kaleidoscopic present ...Show more
Islands: A Trip Through Time and Space by Peter Conrad
$45.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Peter Conrad, who was born in Tasmania, has produced an original and highly personal account of the role islands play in our dreams and nightmares. He visits every corner of the globe to explain why islands appeal to us.
The Mysteries of Cinema - Movies and Imagination by Peter Conrad
$50.00 AUD
Category: Film
Ranging from the latenineteenth century to thepresent day, this exhilaratingsurvey by cultural critic PeterConrad explores the ways filmhas changed how we seethe world. This is a thematic roller-coaster ride through cinema history, with film expert Peter Conrad in the seat beside you. Thoroughly interna ...Show more
Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad
$49.95 AUD
Category: Music
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfo ...Show more
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