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On Paper. Lucian Freud
Speaking recently about his early years as an artist Lucian Freud claimed, 'I would have thought I did 200 drawings to every painting in those early days. I very much prided myself on my drawing.' Drawing is fundamental to Freud's development as an artist and to how he sees in a way that that it was not...
Batavia
Bataviais the greatest story in Australia?s history and history comes to life with Peter Fitzsimons.The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do of sea-faring adventure, mu...
Walking on Water
Finalist for the 2004 Westwield/Waverley Library Award for Literature Chester Porter's life in the law began in 1948, when at the age of 21 he was the youngest lawyer to be admitted to the Bar. He took silk in 1974 and quickly became known as Sydney's best defence lawyer, shunning the courtroom theatric...
Caller, The
One summer evening Lily and her husband are enjoying a meal while their baby daughter sleeps peacefully in her pram beneath a maple tree. But then Lily steps outside to find her baby soaked in blood. The distraught parents rush to the hospital where they discover that she is unharmed. Inspector Sejer is...
Literature and Evil
George Bataille, Georges Bataille
'Literature is not innocent', stated Georges Bataille in this extraordinary 1957 collection of essays, arguing that only by acknowledging its complicity with the knowledge of evil can literature communicate fully and intensely. These literary profiles of eight authors and their work, including Emily Bro...
A Certain Music
A fairytale in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen u heart-warming and enchanting. It is 1823 and the child is a loner who spends her time hiding in the Vienna Woods until she spies an old man - a music maker. And so begins an odd friendship which develops through their mutual love of music. The ma...
I Ching: The Essential Translation Of The Ancient Chinese Oracle And Book Of Wisdom (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
This is a landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, in a stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. The I Ching, or Book of Change, has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental questions about the world and our place in it. T...
Talking as Fast as I Can
In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood-along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again. In Tal...
Boston - DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
Discover the sights of this historic east-coast city with DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Boston. The best places to visit in Boston - from the iconic Faneuil Hall and The Old State House, to the stunning Harvard Yard and the New England Aquarium - are showcased with fantastic photography, illustrations, map...
My Not So Perfect Life: A Novel
Katie Brenner has the perfect life- a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed.OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn?t really hers. But one day her dreams a...
Complete Massage: All the Techniques, Disciplines and Skills You Need to Massage for Wellness
Want to really understand the health and wellness benefits of massage? Interested in practising massage at home or considering taking a course? Let this book be your guide on everything from effleurage to epineuria.Annotated anatomy and physiology illustrations show you how different levels of pressure ...
Zen Mamas - Finding Your Path Through Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond
Sarah Wright Olsen; Teresa Palmer
Being Zen(ish) is what we call it - and it's the ish that we endorse!Teresa Palmer and Sarah Wright Olsen are two mums from opposite sides of the world who are doing their best to raise happy, empathetic children while working, travelling and maintaining their sanity. With six kids between them, the fou...
Batman The Ultimate Guide New Edition
New edition of the best-selling in-world guide to DC's timeless Super Hero BatmanTM, featuring his greatest adventures, allies, and foesExplores Batman's entire career, with full details of his breathtaking adventures and battles, resolute allies, chequered love life, and formidable Rogues Gallery.DC's ...
Archeology Of Violence
Clastres's final, posthumous book on the affirmative role of violence in "primitive societies." The war machine is the motor of the social machine; the primitive social being relies entirely on war, primitive society cannot survive without war. The more war there is, the less unification there is, and t...
Nature, Man and Woman
A poetic examination of nature, humanity and spirituality by pioneering Zen scholar Alan Watts'The perfect guide for a course correction in life' Deepak ChopraTo be forever looking beyond is to remain blind to what is hereIn this engaging and enduring work, pioneering Zen scholar Alan Watts examines hum...
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service
'Awesome!' ANDY McNAB | 'You must read this book' Colonel TIM COLLINS OBE | 'Extraordinary' Sir RANULPH FIENNESForget what you thought you knew. Discover the REAL story of how the SAS was created.From ex-SAS Commander Tom Petch, this is the never-before-told story of how the world's preeminent Special F...
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