Ruth Pretty Entertains by Ruth Pretty
Whether your occasion is a celebration, a summer barbecue, a cosy winter fireside meal, a posh affair or simply drinks and nibbles, you are sure to find plenty of recipes to delight and impress your guests and create special memories in Ruth Pretty Entertains
Hubble: imaging space and time By Dan Devorkin & Robert W. Smith
This large-format, full-color volume illuminates the solar system's workings, the expansion of the universe, the birth and death of stars, the formation of planetary nebulae, the dynamics of galaxies, and the mysterious force known as "dark energy."
Maalika: my life among the Afar nomads of Africa by Valerie Browning
In 1973, Valerie Browning, a young Sydney nurse, volunteered to go to Ethiopia to help the victims of a devastating famine Even as she discovered brutality and corruption at the heart of these political movements, she also found love, marrying Ismael Ali Gardo, whose people, the Afar, roamed Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Sudan as nomadic herdsmen. In one of the most inhospitable landscapes on earth, Valerie and Ismael have waged an incredible struggle, bringing health and education to a people who would otherwise have nothing.
Counter-Knowledge by Damian Thompson
For Damian Thompson, unproven theories and spurious claims are forms of 'counterknowledge', and, helped by the internet, they are creating a global generation of misguided adherents who repeat these untruths and lend them credence. 'The sleep of reason brings forth monsters', warns the title of Francisco Goya's famous etching of 1799. As Damian Thompson demonstrates, unless the defenders of enlightenment values fight back soon, the counterknowledge industry has the potential to create new political, social and economic disasters.
The Half: photographs of actors preparing for the stage by Simon Annand
For twenty-five years actors have given Simon Annand unprecedented access to photograph them in the intimacy of their dressing-rooms during the 30 minutes before curtain up - 'the half'. This magnificent book offers not only a dazzling gallery of actors - including Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Jeremy Irons, Glenda Jackson, Jude Law, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Martin Sheen, Felicity Kendal, Kevin Spacey and Ralph Fiennes - but also a meditation on the mystery of the final stage of an actor's journey.
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Ronnie by Ronnie Wood
Ronnie Wood is one of rock's true originals. This is his story, in his own words, about his life, loves, family, friends, music, art and survival against the odds. RONNIE is an up-front and personal look at life as a Rolling Stone, from the inside, and at the Stones as the rest of the world has never seen them.
Gallipoli Sniper by John Hamilton
The Anzac battlefield on Gallipoli was made for snipers. John Hamilton has written an extraordinary account of a hidden side of the campaign - the snipers' war taking us on a journey into the squalor, dust, blood and heroism of Gallipoli, seen from the unique viewpoint of the sniper. Gallipoli Sniper is a powerful and very different account of war and its effect on those who fight.
Fishing in Utopia By Andrew Brown
From the 1960s to the 1980s, Sweden was an affluent, egalitarian country envied around the world In the 1970s Andrew Brown married a Swedish woman and worked in a timber mill raising their small son. Fishing became his passion and his escape. In the mid-1980s his marriage and the country fell apart. The Prime Minister was assassinated. The welfare system crumbled along with the industries that had supported it. Twenty years later Andrew Brown travelled the length of Sweden in search of the country he had loved, and then hated, and now found he loved again.
Bizarre Buildings By Paul Cattermole
Bizarre Buildings is a collection of outrageous oddities and extravagant exceptions--a celebration of unique works of architectural genius that are unapologetically weird. From the vigorous imaginations of ingenious architects, builders and patrons, here are the finest and the strangest from every school of architecture.
Richard Burton: Prince of Players by Michael Munn
A fascinating, headlong dive into the world of starlets, directors, and drinking that defined Burton's rise to the top. From the depths of a small mining village in Wales to a star of Hollywood's silver screen, Richard Burton broke every rule in his quest for the American Dream. This first-ever look at the real Richard Burton is a must-read for any follower of film, history, and the rise of celebrity in America. |
