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French Essence is a celebration of life in Provence, one of the most charming regions of France. Vicki Archer reveals the underpinnings of that famous French ambience and sense of...

The newspaper headline of July 29th 1980, Yellow Peril to go', said it all. After barely three months of holding centre stage in Melbourne's new City Square amidst a barrage...

A suspense novel about a murder in the Louvre with clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci, going beyond the novel to the facts we find it's most radical...

Jummy has won a place at Unity Hall, the finest girls' boarding school in Southern Nigeria. It's everything she could wish for, until her less fortunate best friend from home,...

Phileas Fogg is a creature of habit, a man who runs his life with clockwork precision. He knows when his shaving water is supplied two degrees cooler than it is...

The Royal Collection has one of the largest and finest collections of Venetian art from the first half of the eighteenth century. It includes paintings, prints and drawings by Canaletto...

When German journalist Jens Muhling met Juri, a Russian television producer selling stories about his homeland, he was mesmerized by what he heard: the real Russia and Ukraine were more...

Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative of volo (vult) may be a long time ago. But, if you have the vaguest memory...

The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4,163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a...

Numerous great works have been created within the realm of Christian art, but none has received as much acclaim as Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper". Art lovers venerate it for...

A visit to Buckingham Palace is unforgettable. The magnificent State Rooms, with their gilded ceilings and glittering chandeliers, provide a perfect setting for one of Britain's finest collections of paintings...

Approximately 2,025 years ago, an aged Roman architect named Vitruvius wrote down on ten scrolls everything he knew about architecture. He presented this work, known today as "Ten Books on...

Travel Photography discusses all the necessary equipment; deals with lighting; covers different types of film; tells how to take photos of people, landscapes, and buildings; and gives ten self-assignments for...

A house clearance job sounds like easy money, but rising floodwaters, an unstable landscape and a surprise find are going to make life very difficult for Hal and Clunk.Big Bang...

In this richly illustrated book Professor Bernard Smith, who is often referred to as 'the father of art history in Australia', condenses the arguments presented in an earlier publication Modernism's...

An exhibition publication featuring curatorial essays and artwork images

"It had to happen. Carnaby Street was the centre of fashion in the 60s. The 70s belonged to Haight-Ashbury's flower children. Then in the 80s Melbourne gave birth to Brunswick...

The book titled New Country Garden: A Plant Lover's Paradise by the author Elspeth Thompson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Cultural Heritage of Trachyte What is trachyte and how did it come to be the unsung hero of Sydney's building stones? The answer is found in this fascinating story...

The book titled Roads for the People: A History of Victorian Roads by the author Bill Anderson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

The book titled The Coast in Flower by the author Ian McCann. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Race, Sex and Gender in Contemporary Art: The Rise of Minority Culture by the author Edward Lucie-Smith. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The study of architecture requires not only an understanding of the history of buildings, but also knowledge of the correct terminology that is used to describe them. The "Encyclopaedia of...

Who are the Greens, where do they come from and where are they going? In the wake of the Cunningham by-election and the Tasmanian results Amanda Lohrey, novelist and political...

The book titled The Vitamin Guide by the author Nicola Reavley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In the first Quarterly Essay of 2002 Mungo MacCallum provides a devastating account of the Howard government's treatment of the refugees as well as delineating the factors in Australian history...

Shortlisted, Historical + Critical Studies Award Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 1995

Centring on the painted decoration of provincial France, Deborah Kneen combines the history of folk and decorative painting with an illustrated analysis of regional folk art motifs. A projects section...

Three women, one goal... who will be Empress of Rome? Three women, one goal... who will be Empress of Rome? Rome is bathed in blood as the Emperor Tiberius is...

"Sex, murder, corruption and intrigue at the dawning of the Roman Empire. " "Sex, murder, corruption and intrigue at the dawning of the Roman Empire. It is 44 BC and...

This book is now out of print. A new edition is scheduled to be published in 2009. If you would like to register your interest in the new edition, please...

Nearly ten million men and women have served the United States as police officers. Only one has been executed for murder. Mike Dash is a master of atmospheric and entertaining...

The elements of Zen are synonymous with harmony, balance, lack of clutter, inner peace and calm. This book shows how balancing formal design with a respect for nature is a...

With essays by Ed Allington, Malcolm Baker, Anthony Hughes, Neil McWilliam, Miranda Marvin, Alexandra Parigoris, Martin Postle, Erich Ranfft and Marjorie Trusted. This collection of essays is the first of...

The car has become one of the most important accessories of the 20th century. Every type of car, from fa st car to family car is covered, with an A-Z...

The book titled Dictionary of Antiques by the author G. Savage. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An updated edition with hundreds of new photographs, information on the latest equipment, and projects reflecting today's interests. Practical guidance is given on using today's cameras and processing and printing...

This collection of original essays focuses upon Roman Italy where, with over 400 cities, urbanization was at the very centre of Italian civilization. Informed by an awareness of the social...

After the bloody battle of Colden Moor the warlike highlanders had lost their independence. They lived in surly subservience to the Outlanders, and only a teenage girl survived to represent...

Materials are a huge area of study in architecture. Backlashing against the digital and virtual wave, there is a fresh emphasis on the material qualities of buildings while, ironically, it...

This volume presents the history of the Archigram Group which revolutionized British and European architectural thinking in the 1960s. Peter Cook, Ron Herron, Warren Clark and Dennis Crompton proposed a...

This work follows the transformation of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's brick power station, on Bankside, into the Tate Modern art gallery, by Swiss Architects Herzog & de Meuron. It presents...