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Through Her Eyes: Australia's Women Correspondents from Hiroshima to Ukraine by Melissa Roberts, Trevor Watson EDS
Category: Philosophy and Religion
In Through Her Eyes Australian women correspondents tell their own stories from the frontline – covering the breaking news, the issues and the events that are changing the world. They tell of Russian tanks and Ukrainian mothers fleeing with their children, vicious Afghan warlords, anti-government rebels ...Show more
Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery - A guide to the truly good restaurants and food experiences of the: WorldWorld by Jill Dupleix and Giles Coren (eds)
Category: Food and Drink
Of all the qualities that distinguish a truly outstanding restaurant or food experience, perhaps truth, love and care are the most important: a passion for creating food that is so good that it will never be forgotten; an environment that makes that extraordinary food taste even better; and a care for t ...Show more
Vā: Stories from Women of the Moana (Va) by Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Young (eds)
Category: Classic
Creative fiction from thirty-eight Oceania women writers, including Wahine Maori. Stories that tell Covid how we really feel, where a Centipede God watches on with wry humour and wrath, where a sexy Samoan goes on a hot Tinder date in Honolulu, where a New Zealand doctor is horrified to be stuck at her ...Show more
War by Kurt Almqvist & Alexander Linklater (eds.)
Category: Military | Series: Essay Ser.
It has been claimed that around 14,500 wars have been fought since 3,500 BC. Humanity has only experienced 300 years of peace on Earth. During the twentieth century more people in total, were killed in wars, than during any previous century. Relatively, though we kill each other less often now. Are we g ...Show more
We Love Artists by Someone's Garden eds
Category: Art
The artists-in-residence phenomenon has influenced many artists such as Gauguin, Donald Judd and Takashi Murakami. This visual book introduces around 90 artists-in-residences around the world and the more than 100 artists who use them. Also included are shorter summaries on 520 artists-in-residences wit ...Show more
We Rise We Resist We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson (eds)
Category: Non-Fiction
Fifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators--including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander--share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this beautiful, full-color keepsake collection, published in partnership with ...Show more
What Philosophers Think by Julian Baggini & Jeremy Stangroom (eds)
Category: Philosophy
What does evolution mean today? Do we have free will? How is technology changing the way we understand life? Where is God? Does art have a value? Is science the new philosophy? What are the ethics of making war? How does language hold meaning? Is freedom possible? These are only some of the questions ...Show more
Where Architects Live by Fulvio Irace, Francesca Molteni and Davide Pizzigoni (eds)
Category: Architecture
We are used to seeing works created by architects, those designed for other people and for the lives of others. But where do architects live? Or rather, what are their houses like? Are they an accurate reflection of their poetic design, absolute experimentation or something else altoget ...Show more
Wizardology - A Guide to Wizards of the World by Dugald A Steer and A F Wood (eds)
Category: Fiction
World of Mother Goose by eds. & Giles Greenfield (ill.)
Category: Picture Books
This new anthology of nursery rhymes from around the world is illustrated by award winning children's illustrator Giles Greenfield.This unique collection of nursery rhymes bridges stories from around the world, and combines culturally diverse, traditional and contemporary rhymes. Classic rhymes, includi ...Show more
XAVIER HERBERT - LETTERS by FRANCES DE GROEN AND lAURIE HERGENHAN (eds)
Category: Biography Memoir