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Bawa: The Sri Lanka Gardens by David Robson
35.00 AUD
Category: Gardening Landscape Plants
This is a story of two brothers, Geoffrey and Bevis, and their exquisite gardens, Brief and Lunuganga, set in the lush tropical landscape of Sri Lanka. It begins with a largely photographic overview of the country's natural features, showing the varied palette of landscapes that inspired Bawa's sensitiv ...Show more
Beyond Bawa - Modern Masterworks of Monsoon Asia by David Robson
60.00 AUD
Category: Architecture
This brilliantly illustrated volume looks back at the life and career of Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003), one of the most influential architects in southeast Asia in the last decades of the 20th century and the principal force behind what is today known globally as tropical modernism, and at the continuing le ...Show more
In Search of Bawa: Master Architect of Sri Lanka by David Robson
39.99 AUD
Category: Architecture
This book answers some important questions about Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's pre-eminent architect, and his legacy. A sizeable introduction to Bawa's world, life, education and work is reviewed by eminent Bawa scholar, David Robson. This precedes a site-by-site tour of 45 of his buildings scatterd throug ...Show more
The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life by David Robson
22.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKPeople who believe ageing brings wisdom live longer.Lucky charms really do improve an athlete's performance.Taking a placebo, even when you know it is a placebo, can still improve your health.Welcome to The Expectation Effect.David Robson takes us on a tour of the cutting-e ...Show more
The Intelligence Trap: Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions by David Robson
22.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
'A startling, provocative and potently useful book' Sunday TimesWhat blinkered Einstein and Edison? Why did Steve Jobs and NASA make lethal errors of judgement? How might environmental disaster and social inequality be averted? It is time for us to learn a new way of thinking.The twenty-first century p ...Show more
The Intelligence Trap: Why smart people do stupid things and how to make wiser decisions by David Robson
32.99 AUD
Category: Business Finance Management
'As a rule, I have found that the greater brain a man has, and the better he is educated, the easier it has been to mystify him,' Houdini to Arthur Conan Doyle Smart people are not only just as prone to making mistakes as everyone else-they may be even more susceptible to them. This is the "intelligenc ...Show more
The Laws of Connection - The Transformative Science of Being Social by David Robson
34.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
Award-winning science journalist and author of The Expectation Effect David Robson explores why social connection matters even more than we thought, how to build better relationships and improve our lives
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