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What Do I Know?: Essential Essays
A selection of Michel de Montaigne's most profound, searching essays, in a new translation and stunning hardback edition featuring an introduction by Yiyun Li 'I myself am the subject of...
The Complete Essays
The range of topics and the careful consideration given to them by Montaigne is unsurpassed; he studies humanity through poetry, love and ectasy - but also through cannibalism and war-horses...
Twenty-Nine Essays
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew writers in the Western canon have matched Michel de Montaigne's extraordinary capacity for honest, penetrating self-inquiry, and...
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts
Part biography, part self-help, an original, funny and moving portrait of Montaigne, Renaissance nobleman and essayist. How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to...
Essays
Reflections by the creator of the essay form display the humane, skeptical, humorous, and honest views of Montaigne, revealing his thoughts on sexuality, religion, cannibals, intellectuals, and other unexpected themes....
A Summer with Montaigne: Notes on a Man Without Prejudice
In his writing and his person, Michel de Montaigne embodied the Humanist ideal. He stands at the start of the French Renaissance in philosophy and literature. But what does Montaigne...
The Story Of San Michele
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Edition: silver jubilee ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - some minor damage; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: gift inscription. Usual shelf-wear. Few memoirs have captivated the world with...
Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest for Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.Author: Eric Sciliagno Format: Other book...
Michelangelo II
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Author: Charles De TolnayBinding: HardbackPublished: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume chronicles the extraordinary life and artistic achievements...
Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324
An enthralling account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, the book recreates the lives of a...
The Films Of Michelangelo Antonioni
$70.00 AUD
Author: Peter BrunetteBinding: HardbackPublished: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor wear of external cloth cover; internal pages in...
Ransacking Paris
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Michelangelo
One of a series of hardback, colour illustrated books on great artists of the world, illustrating their major works.
Michelangelo: 1475-1564
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A study of the life and work of artist Michelangelo, one of the giants of the Italian Renaissance and probably best known for 'David' and the ceiling of the Sistine...
Michelangelo: Six Lectures
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Author: Johannes WildeBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis academic work presents a profound analysis of Michelangelo's artistic genius and his monumental contributions...
Michelangelo
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew names in the history of Western civilization carry the weight of Michelangelo Buonarroti — sculptor, painter, architect, and poet — whose works stand...
Virginia Woolf and the Politics of Language
"A passionate, political and provocative study" Patricia Clements, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, and founding director of The Orlando Project Times Higher Education Magazine "The distillation of many years of...
The Consolations of Philosophy
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The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain de Botton, best-selling author of How Proust can Change Your Life, has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of...
Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment
Author: Benjamin Storey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 264 A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet...
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began
A riveting, exemplary tale of the great cultural \"swerve\" known as the Renaissance. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012 Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man...
Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment
Author: Benjamin Storey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 264 A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy We live in an age of unprecedented...
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories
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The New York Times bestselling collection, from the Man Booker prize-winner for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies , that has been called "scintillating" ( New York Times Books...
Anita de Monte Laughs Last: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
' I have goosebumps just talking about this story ' REESE WITHERSPOON 'Smart, funny - and furious' MARIE CLAIRE ' Genre-busting ... A c lear-eyed deconstruction of skewed value systems'...
True History Of The Kelly Gang (SIGNED)
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: quarter leather cream papered boards - in mylar. Binding remains tight. Clean and tidy copy. From the sun-scorched plains...
Incident at Vichy
Incident at Vichy explores the horrors of anti-semitism and persecution, a theme which Miller was to return to throughout his life and writing In Vichy France, 1942, a group of...
The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life
One of the most important and accessible texts of Eastern Orthodox Christian teaching on the spiritual life, this book draws upon the ascetic and mystical doctrine of the Greek Fathers...
The Unrecovered: A richly atmospheric tale of madness, war and
Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 'Impressive' Sunday Times 'Audacious' Scotsman 'Beautifully written' Michelle Paver What the years have buried is about to be exposed... The gloomy fortress of...
Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality
'[An] erudite, immensely entertaining book...Mount makes for a delightful guide' -- Literary Review From troubadours to Twitter: a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renowned essayist Ferdinand...
Julie Chan is Dead: 'diabolically fun' Monika Kim
The instant internationally bestselling outrageously unputdownable debut for fans of Bunny , Bat Eater and Yellowface 'An absolute masterpiece' STYLIST 'You'll enjoy this nail-biting life-swap ride through the glossy influencer...
Paris Shopfronts: Illustrations of the City's Best-Loved Boutiques,
The illustrator behind the highly-acclaimed books NYC Storefronts, London Shopfronts, and Brooklyn Storefronts turns his eye-and pen-to the City of Light. Brimming with joie de vivre and delightful detail, this...
The Hobbit: Or There And Back Again (SIGNED)
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Edition: Limited Numbered and Signed Edition - No. 90 0f 250 copies. Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Signed and Numbered by the artist. In a hole...
The Accidental Tour-ist: (Final) Dispatches from the Road -THE FOLLOW
FROM THE WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR: 1923 ' A fascinating and inspiring book ... An excellent read' - Phil Liggett MBE In...
The Monk Downstairs
Rebecca Martin is a single mother with an apartment to rent and a sense that she has used up her illusions. I had the romantic thing with my first husband,...
Les Normaux: THE WEBTOON FANTASY ROMANCE PHENOMENON
'One of my favourite webcomics of all time' Alice Oseman Boy moves to new city. Boy meets vampire. They kiss, then become friends. But both would like something more... A...
The Australian Scapegoat: Towards An Antipodean Aesthetic (SIGNED)
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to forge a truly Australian aesthetic in the shadow of European tradition —...
Dark Frontier
A thrilling historical western set in 1890s Oregon. An English soldier turned policeman escapes to the American West for a new future, but life on the frontier proves far harder...
Who Owns the Moon?: In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise...
The Anthony Bourdain Reader: New, Classic and Rediscovered Writing
'This compilation shows he was so much more than the sum of his television work' Spectator THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA...
Battle Mountain
PREORDER C.J. BOX'S THRILLING NEW NOVEL THE CROSSROADS NOW! Can Joe Pickett stop an old friend throwing his life away for revenge? The gripping NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL from...
Operation Barbarossa 1941: The Luftwaffe opens the Eastern Front
Barbarossa was the biggest German invasion of World War II. Comprehensively illustrated, this study explores the air campaign that spearheaded it, and how it evolved during the rest of 1941....
Battle Mountain
PREORDER C.J. BOX'S THRILLING NEW NOVEL THE CROSSROADS NOW! Can Joe Pickett stop an old friend throwing his life away for revenge? The gripping NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL from...