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At Home in Australia by Peter Conrad
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Peter Conrad’s special gift is that of the great writer - to make the particular of intense personal concern to each of us. Here he gives his own deeply felt account of a nation’s history and his brilliant word-pictures are inspired by over 200 photographs from the collections of the National Gallery of ...Show more
Shakespeare: The Theatre of Our World by Peter Conrad
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: The\Landmark Library | Reading Level: near fine
In 1623 the actors John Heminges and Henry Condell assembled and published one of the most influential books ever published in the English language: Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies- better known to posterity as The First Folio. In doing so they preserved literature's most ...Show more
The Mysteries of Cinema - Movies and Imagination by Peter Conrad
$49.99 AUD
Category: Film/Television/Media
Ranging from the latenineteenth century to thepresent day, this exhilaratingsurvey by cultural critic PeterConrad explores the ways filmhas changed how we seethe world. This is a thematic roller-coaster ride through cinema history, with film expert Peter Conrad in the seat beside you. Thoroughly interna ...Show more
Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad
$49.99 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfo ...Show more
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