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David Bowie by Robert Dimery
Category: Music | Series: Lives of the Musicians Ser.
A relentless innovator, scoring chart hits while simultaneously incorporating radical and ground-breaking elements into his work. As with all great pop stars, Bowie's image changed with almost every new album release. This appetite for reinvention, both musically and visually, saw him dubbed the 'chamel ...Show more
David Hockney by James Cahill
Category: Art and Design | Series: Lives of the Artists Ser.
The latest addition to the 'Lives of the Artists' series: highly readable short biographies of the world's greatest artistsDavid Hockney is the most famous living British artist. And he is arguably one of the more famous American artists as well. Emerging from the north of England in the 1960s, he made ...Show more
Deeper Blue The Life and Music of Townes Van Zandt by Hardy Robert Earl
Category: Film & Tv | Series: North Texas Lives of Musician Ser.
Like Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt was the embodiment of that mythic American figure, the troubled troubadour. "A Deeper Blue" traces Van Zandt background as the scion of a prominent Texas family; his troubled early years and his transformation from p ...Show more
Demetrius - Sacker of Cities by James Romm
Category: History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back againThe life of Demetrius (337-283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander (323-282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ...Show more
Demetrius: Sacker of Cities by James Romm
Category: History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again
Descartes - The Renewal of Philosophy by Steven Nadler
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Renaissance Lives Ser.
A critical biography of René Descartes, whose first principle ("I think therefore I am.") reshaped modern philosophy. Often called the father of modern philosophy, René Descartes set the intellectual agenda for seventeenth-century philosophy, mathematics, natural science, and beyond. In this critical bi ...Show more
Desert Animals by Deborah Hodge; Pat Stephens (Illustrator)
Category: Education | Series: Who Lives Here? Ser.
Deserts are home to amazing animals whose bodies are built for living in hot places, where there is very little water to drink. Scorpions, sand cats and camels all have special ways of staying cool, finding food and raising their young in a hot, dry habitat.The Who Lives Here? series looks at animals in ...Show more
Dictionary of World Biography by Barry Jones
Category: Reference Dictionaries Words | Series: ANU Lives Series in Biography Ser.
Jones, Barry Owen (1932- ). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the A ...Show more
Dictionary of World Biography, 7th edition by Barry JONES
Category: Biography | Series: ANU Lives Series in Biography Ser.
Weaves historical facts with perspective on the subjects and the influence they had on theirs and on modern times. Gain a unique insight into the life and times of important identities, cultural icons and controversial characters, including Shakespeare, Freud, Mari I, Nero, Matisse and Pol Pot.
Distractions (The Secret Lives of Emma #2) by Natasha Walker
Category: Fiction | Series: The Secret Lives of Emma
The continuing adventures of Emma! A series of erotic novels that tap into our deepest romantic fantasies...After a steamy affair with her young neighbour, Emma Benson flees to her friend Sally's beach house to recharge her emotional batteries. Her marriage to David has been going through a testing time ...Show more
Diving with Dolphins by Nick Arnold
Category: Fiction | Series: Wild Lives S.
As with all "Wild Lives" titles, this book takes the form of a diary and contains a combination of action, humour and lots of animal facts. It is set in Shark Bay, Western Australia and covers four months in the life of a young bottlenose dolphin.
Dogopolis - How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London, and Paris by Chris Pearson
Category: History | Series: Animal Lives Ser.
Dogopolis presents a surprising source for urban innovation in the history of three major cities: human-canine relationships. Stroll through any American or European city today and you probably won't get far before seeing a dog being taken for a walk. It's expected that these domesticated animals can e ...Show more