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Shirley, Goodness and mercy

Shirley, Goodness and mercy

$12.00 AUD
Heartwarming, honest and very funny - the story of a young boy growing up in a close and quirky 'coloured' community under apartheid. In 1962, at the age of five,...
A Parrot in the Pepper Tree: A Sequel to Driving over Lemons

A Parrot in the Pepper Tree: A Sequel to Driving over Lemons

$22.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Chris Stewart's Driving Over Lemons told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras - an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada. Funny, insightful...
Tesla

Tesla

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Called a madman by some, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla created astonishing, world-transforming devises that were virtually without theoretical precedent. Tesla not only...
Matisse: Father & Son

Matisse: Father & Son

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The relationship between Henri Matisse and his son, the influential art dealer Pierre Matisse (1900-1989), is at the heart of this biography. Closely involved with great art from an early...
100 Greats: Canterbury Cricket

100 Greats: Canterbury Cricket

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In this 125th Jubilee Year of cricket in Canterbury, Matthew Appleby surveys the 100 leading players, umpires, administrators and writers who have over the decades made this one of New...
Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

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Arthur Conan Doyle's name is indelibly linked with the greatest of all fictional detectives, Sherlock Holmes. But while Holmes may have been the epitome of reason, the real life of...
The Treasures of Leonardo Da Vinci

The Treasures of Leonardo Da Vinci

$30.00 AUD
Born in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci is probably one of the world's best-known artists. This beautifully illustrated project looks at the major events in his life. Packed with information about...