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Anglo-English Attitudes by Geoff Dyer
22.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
"Anglo-English Attitudes" brings together Geoff Dyer's best journalism and other writing from 1984-99. There are studied meditations on photographers (Robert Capa, William Gedney, Cartier-Bresson), painters (Bonnard, Gauguin), musicians (Coltrane, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), and close critical engagements w ...Show more
Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush by Geoff Dyer, (Jo
31.99 AUD
Category: History
As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So as an adult, naturally he jumped at the chance to spend a week onboard the aircraft carrier the USSGeorge H.W. Bush.Part deft travelogue, part unerring social observation, and part finely honed comedy, Another ...Show more
Another Great Day at Sea Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush by Geoff Dyer
45.00 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Another Day at Sea is the first title in the Writers in Residence series — a collectible set of books that brings together some of the greatest writers and photographers on the planet to reveal the normally faceless organizations that shape the modern world. The arresting, full-color photography, depict ...Show more
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon - A Journey Through Yugoslavia by Rebecca West; Geoff Dyer (Introduction by)
39.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Canons Ser.
A travel literature classic. Introduced by Geoff Dyer: 'As a book about Yugoslavia it's a kind of metaphysical Lonely Planet that never requires updating'
'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy': On Where Eagles Dare by Geoff Dyer
19.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre
Where Eagles Dareis both a thrillingly realized Alpine Second World War adventure with tough, compelling acting from its two great stars, Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, and a flippant travesty, infantilizing the central disaster in Europe's modern history in favour of huge explosions and camp SS off ...Show more
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano... In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes the embattled lives of the players who shaped modern ...Show more
Contest Of The Century: The New Era of Competition with China by Geoff Dyer [No relation]
22.99 AUD
Category: History
Description: By sea and on the airwaves, by dollar and yuan, a contest has begun that will shape the next century. China's rise has now entered a critical new phase, as it seeks to translate its considerable economic heft into a larger role on the world stage, challenging American supremacy. Yet he als ...Show more
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
23.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Jeff Atman, a journalist, is in Venice to cover the opening of the Biennale. He's expecting to see a load of art, go to a lot of parties and drink too many bellinis. He's not expecting to meet the spell-binding Laura, who will completely transform his few days in the city. Another city, another assignme ...Show more
Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer
22.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: The Canons | Reading Level: very good
Dyer was a talented young writer and determined to write a study of D.H.Lawrence. But when he sat down to write the book, he found himself distracted by ...everything! Welcome to the world of Dyer! Gripped by indecision at every turn, he agonises over where to settle down to write, whether or not he sho ...Show more
Out of Sheer Rage - In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer
22.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Sitting down to write a book about his hero D. H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to do more or less anything else instead of write. In Sicily he is too preoccupied by his hatred of seafood to follow the great writer's footsteps; in Mexi ...Show more
Paris Trance: A Romance by Geoff Dyer
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'People talk about love at first sight, about the way that men and women fall for each other immediately, but there is also such a thing as friendship at first sight.' In Paris, two couples form an intimacy that will change their lives forever. As they discover the clubs and cafes of the eleventh arro ...Show more