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Andy Warhol (Great Lives) by Wayne Koestenbaum
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Lives Ser.
'Properly analytical ... always entertaining' TIME OUT'Should tempt both those generally familiar with Andy Warhol and, even more, young people who have trouble imagining how popular art can challenge the status quo' L A TIMESPainter, filmmaker, photographer, philosopher, all-round celebrity, Andy Warho ...Show more
Botticelli: Artist and Designer by Ana Debenedetti
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Renaissance Lives Ser.
In this vivid account Ana Debenedetti examines the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, through the lens of the organisation of his workshop and the commercial strategies he devised to make his way in the very competitive art market in Florence at that time. She looks at the remarkable ...Show more
Charles Dickens (Great Lives) by Jane Smiley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Lives Ser.
Superb, highly accessible biography of one of the giants of English literature by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A THOUSAND ACRES'Engaging and stimulating' Simon Callow'Jane Smiley, in her admirable contribution to Weidenfeld's series of short biographies, deals briskly with Dickens's career and w ...Show more
Hannah Arendt by Samantha Rose Hill
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Critical Lives Ser.
Hannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century, and her work has never been more relevant than it is today. Born in Germany in 1906, Arendt published her first book at the age of twenty-three, before turning away from the world of academic philosophy to reckon with ...Show more
Jane Austen by Carol Shields
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Lives Ser.
Bestselling, award-winning novelist writing about one of the most popular and enduring English novelists of all time.'Splendid ... a gem' LITERARY REVIEW'An excellent biography' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Shields on Austen offers up a delicious prospect. And we are not disappointed' SCOTSMANJane Austen was one of t ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Charles Darwin by Dan Green
$12.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Little Guides to Great Lives is a brand-new series of small-format guides introducing children to the most inspirational figures from history in a fun, accessible way. From Curie to Kahlo and Darwin to Da Vinci, Little Guides to Great Lives tells the stories of the most amazing people from all over the ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Marie Curie by Isabel Thomas
$12.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Marie Curie was a brilliant scientist who coined the term "radioactivity," discovered polonium and radium, and helped develop treatments for cancer. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, but her dedication to physics ultimately caused her death from radiation.From artists to aviators and scienti ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Maya Angelou by Danielle Jawando
$17.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Maya Angelou was an African-American author, poet, playwright and civil rights activist. She wrote seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and a long list of plays, films and television shows. Never taking 'No' for an answer, Maya used her voice and her art to overcome pre ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives - Stephen Hawking by Isabel Thomas; Marianna Madriz (Illustrator)
$17.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Stephen Hawking was one of the world's most famous scientists. His ground-breaking research into black holes and the Big Bang has helped to explain the beginnings of our universe and his book A Brief History of Timehas sold over 10 million copies. Diagnosed with a form of motor neuron disease when he wa ...Show more
Music of Another World by Szymon Laks; Chester A. Kisiel (Translator)
$50.00 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
Compassionate yet detached, ironic yet pitilessly honest, Szymon Laks, the kapellmeister of the Auschwitz orchestra, presents a disturbing description of a phenomenon seldom mentioned in the literature of the Holocaust: the presence of music among the crematoria. His story is a testament to the human s ...Show more
Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
A spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art. One of twentieth-century America's most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters ...Show more
Pollock Confidential - A Graphic Biography by Onofrio Catacchio
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Graphic Lives Ser.
Forceful, intense and visionary - in an incredibly short and turbulent life Jackson Pollock changed painting forever. This vivid graphic novel delves into his pioneering physical approach to making art, highlights the key characters surrounding the New York mid-century art scene and reveals the intrigui ...Show more