 | The Flower Hunter
The Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan
Christine Morton-Evans & Michael Morton-Evans |
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Ellis Rowan was one of Australia's most accomplished artists and an incredible - if somewhat unexpected - adventurer. During World War I, Ellis ventured alone into the tropical jungles of New Guinea in search of all 72 known species of the Bird of Paradise. Not only was she the first white woman to do such a thing, she was also 70 years old. The Flower Hunter is the incredible story of a woman who went to extraordinary lengths to paint her beloved subject matter... | $16.95 | |
 | Herge
The Genius of Tintin: A Biography | Georges Remi, better known as Herge, is widely regarded as the greatest twentieth-century master of European comics whose Tintin books have enchanted millions of readers worldwide.Published to coincide with Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's first Tintin film "Secret of the Unicorn | $32.99 | |
 | In the Firing Line: Diary of a Season
Ed Cowan | Ed Cowan, opening left-hand batsman for Tasmania, has always been a bit of a scribbler. It started with to-do lists and notes to self, but then he started keeping a cricket diary a batting bible with thoughts on the game, other players, motivational philosophies and records of performances... | $24.95 | |
 | The Last Pre-RaphaeliteEdward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination | From the prize winning author of William Morris comes a new biography of Edward Burne-Jones, the greatest British artist of the second half of the nineteenth century. The angels on our Christmas cards, the stained glass in our churches, the great paintings in our galleries - Edward Burne-Jones' work is all around us. The most admired British artist of his generation... | $49.99 | |
 | The Long Road to Paris
Cadel Evans |
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The view atop the cycling world from the winner of the 2011 Tour de France"" ""My mind took control of my body. I had nothing left in the legs, but as a cyclist, you just keep going until the finish. I kept reminding myself that I had to get to the finish.. | $29.95 | |
 | Modigliani: A Life
Meryle Secrest | Amedeo ('Beloved of God') Modigliani was considered to be the quintessential bohemian artist, his legend almost as infamous as Van Gogh's. In Modigliani's time, his work was seen as an oddity: contemporary with the Cubists but not part of their movement. | $45.00 | |
 | Charles Dickens: A Life
Claire Tomalin | Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, but most of all a great novelist - the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination... | $39.95 | |
 | Van Gogh
Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith | This is a definitive biography, based on new materials, by the bestselling, prize-winning authors of "Pollock". Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved - and most expensive - works of art ever made, from the early "The Potato Eaters" to his late masterpieces "Sunflowers" and "The Starry Night"... | $59.99 | |
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