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Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
$20.00 AUD
Category: General | Series: Eminent Lives Ser.
William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal ...Show more
Shakespeare - Anthony Burgess by Burgess A
$20.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas | Series: Vintage Lives Ser.
Among Shakespear's many biographers none brings to his subject more passion and feeling for the creative act than Anthony Burgess. He breathes life into Shakespear the man and invigorates his times. His portrait of the age builds upon an almost personal tenderness for Shakespear and his contemporaries ( ...Show more
Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah by Ian Buruma
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632–1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life guided by strong moral principles despite his disbelief in an al ...Show more
Talleyrand by Duff Cooper
$35.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Grove Great Lives Ser.
Unique in his own age and a phenomenon in any, Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand, was a statesman of outstanding ability and extraordinary contradictions. He was a world-class rogue who held high office in five successive regimes. A well-known opportunist and a notorious bribe taker, Talleyrand's gi ...Show more
The Bletchley Girls: War, secrecy, love and loss: the women of Bletchley Park tell their story by Tessa Dunlop
$25.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories Ser.
'Lively...in giving us the daily details of their lives in the women's own voices Dunlop does them and us a fine service' New Statesman 'Dunlop is engaging in her personal approach. Her obvious feminine empathy with the venerable ladies she spoke to gives her book an immediacy and intimacy.' Daily Mail ...Show more
The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives: A Natural History of Cephalopods by Danna Staaf
$59.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: The\Lives of the Natural World Ser.
An engaging and beautifully illustrated introduction to some of the world's most interesting and charismatic marine creatures Dive deep into the fascinating world of cephalopods--octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and the mysterious nautilus--to discover the astonishing diversity of this unique group of int ...Show more
The Lives of Seaweeds: A Natural History of Our Planet's Seaweeds and Other Algae by Julie A. Phillips
$60.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: The\Lives of the Natural World Ser.
An engaging and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of seaweeds and other algae As photosynthetic organisms, seaweeds and other algae transfer billions of tons of carbon globally from the atmosphere to the deep ocean each year. Coming in all manner of colors, shapes, and sizes, from ...Show more
The Lives of Sharks: A Natural History of Shark Life by Daniel C. Abel, R. Dean Grubbs
$59.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: The\Lives of the Natural World Ser.
Sharks are the top predators in many marine ecosystems. But tales of the killer instincts and fearsomely sharp senses of these hunters can obscure their full life histories. In fact, sharks are characterful, exhibit surprisingly complex behaviors, and lead secretive lives full of interest in every type ...Show more
The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz by Denis Avey & Rob Broomby
$23.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two Ser.
THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp, E715, near Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality me ...Show more
The Pirate Captain's Cat (#1 The Nine Lives of Furry Purry Beancat) by Philip Ardagh
$13.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (5 to 8 years) | Series: The\Nine Lives of Furry Purry Beancat Ser.
Meet Furry Purry Beancat - one EXTRAORDINARY cat with nine EXTRAORDINARY lives!Just like every other cat, Furry Purry Beancat loves a catnap. But unlike every other cat, when Furry Purry Beancat wakes up she finds herself in a whole new place and about to embark on an exciting adventure! In this first b ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Dragons by Professor Zoya Agnis
$35.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: The Secret Lives
Discover a whole new world of dragons in this beautifully illustrated book on the scaliest of magical creatures. From every detail of their wings to the history of their treasure, you'll learn about famous dragons from around the world. The latest research into dragon culture will be revealed, and you'l ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Dragons (PB) by Zoya Agnis
$25.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: The\Secret Lives Ser.
Discover a whole new world of dragons in this beautifully illustrated book on the scaliest of magical creatures. From every detail of their wings to the history of their treasure, you'll learn about famous dragons from around the world. The latest research into dragon culture will be revealed, and you'l ...Show more