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Blues for New Orleans - Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul by Nick Spitzer (Contribution by, As told to); John F. Szwed (As told to, Contribution by); Robert Farris Thompson (Contribution by, As told to); Roger Abrahams
$0.00 AUD
Category: Music | Series: The\City in the Twenty-First Century Ser.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the citizens of New Orleans regroup and put down roots elsewhere, many wonder what will become of one of the nation's most complex creole cultures. New Orleans emerged like Atlantis from under the sea, as the city in which some of the most important American ver ...Show more
Documents That Shaped Australia: Records of a Nation's Heritage by John Thompson
$49.95 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
Spanning more than 400 years, from the first documented sighting of the Southern Cross in 1516 to the Rudd Government's national apology to the Stolen Generations, this anthology presents in chronological form a richly varied spectrum of 100 historical documents that, like pieces in a mosaic, contribute ...Show more
Ian Fairweather: A Life in Letters by Claire Roberts (Editor); John Thompson; John Thompson (Editor)
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design
When he died in 1974 after a long period of self-imposed austerity and improvisation on Bribie Island, Queensland, Ian Fairweather was at the apex of his fame. He had been called 'our greatest painter', and his works were keenly sought by galleries, collectors and artists. Born in 1891 in Scotland, Fair ...Show more
Merchants of Culture by John B. Thompson
$39.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
The world of book publishing is going through turbulent times. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the 21st century the industry finds itself faced with perhaps the greatest challenges since Gutenberg. A combination of eco ...Show more
The Patrician and the Bloke: Geoffrey Serle and the Making of the Australian Bloke by John Thompson
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
In the era following World War II, Alan Geoffrey Searle came to stand in the forefront of historians and biographers of Australia. This biography reflects on the various stages of Searle's life from his education at Scotch College, service in WWII and chair at Monash University.
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