Issey Miyake by Kazuko Koike
135.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
Lyrical life-wear: The ultimate Issey Miyake monographIn 1983, Japanese designer Issey Miyake told The New Yorker that he aspired to forge ahead, to break the mold . With the boundary-defying fashion lines that followed, he not only broke molds, but recast clothing altogether. With a unique fusion of po ...Show more
House Rules - An Architects Guide to Modern Life by Deborah Berke; Rick Moody (Foreword by)
89.99 AUD
Category: No Category
Drawing on examples of her own distinctive, humane modern design, celebrated architect Deborah Berke demonstrates how to create a serene haven for contemporary living. House Rules documents the beauty and relevance of Deborah Berke's vision by articulating eight guiding principles to achieve an enrichin ...Show more
Chanel The Enigma by Isabelle Fiemeyer
55.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
This new biography offers unprecedented insight into Coco Chanel's complex and enigmatic life and features previously unpublished information and images. Coco Chanel continues to beguile more than four decades after her death; her life and work are a source of enduring fascination. Chanel expert Isabell ...Show more
Error Australis by Ben Pobjie
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
We're obsessed with reality television these days yet we so often neglect the greatest reality of all: the reality of our nation, and how it came to be. In Error Australis, TV columnist, comedian and history buff Ben Pobjie recaps the history of Australia from its humble beginnings as a small patch of r ...Show more
The City of Mirrors (The Passage #3) by Justin Cronin
32.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror | Series: The Passage | Reading Level: very good
In life I was a scientist called Fanning. Then, in a jungle in Bolivia, I died. I died, and then I was brought back to life... Prompted by a voice that lives in her blood, the fearsome warrior known as Alicia of Blades is drawn towards to one of the great cities of The Time Before. The ruined city of Ne ...Show more
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons t ...Show more
The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes
19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Willa Parker, 646th and least-popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life. Did she choose this life? No, because that would be too easy-and nothing in Willa's life is easy. It's her famous genius mother's idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Pembroke Prep, bu ...Show more
The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones by Rich Cohen
35.00 AUD
Category: Film Theatre | Reading Level: good-very good
When he was 25 years old, budding journalist Rich Cohen got the assignment of a lifetime. He was sent by Rolling Stone magazine to Toronto to hang out with, get to know, and write about The Rolling Stones. The result was an epic adventure with some of the most fascinating people in the world: Mick Jagge ...Show more
The Ties That Bind by Lexi Landsman
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The Ties That Bind is an emotionally riveting debut novel about the power of a mother's love and the bonds among family that, though severed, can never be fully broken. On opposite sides of the world, two lives are changed forever. One by the smallest bruise. The other by a devastating bushfire. And bot ...Show more
The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Annie Barrows, celebrated co-author of the global bestsellerThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters. In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck is forced out of the lap of luxury and sent by her Senator ...Show more
The Gene - An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history, from bestselling, prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form ...Show more
Ending the War on Drugs by Sir Richard Branson
29.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
For the last 50 years, drug prohibition laws have put the market for illegal drugs into the hands of organised criminals. Now, it's time to take control. Ending the failed war on drugs will reduce drug-related violence, tackle organised crime, end the needless criminalisation of millions, and will halt ...Show more