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A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb
$22.00 AUD
Category: Travel
Peter Robb's most recent book combines travel, history, culture and his own memories over twenty years to create a portrait of Brazil - one of the strangest and most beautiful countries in the world. Robb describes the careers of two remarkably different men: Lula da Silva, who in 2002 became Brazil's f ...Show more
A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb
$22.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
Peter Robb's most recent book combines travel, history, culture and his own memories over twenty years to create a portrait of Brazil–one of the strangest and most beautiful countries in the world. Robb describes the careers of two remarkably different men: Lula da Silva, who in 2002 became Bra ...Show more
Lives by Peter Robb
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In Lives, an extraordinary writer encounters some remarkable people - and evokes their inner lives. Peter Robb has an uncanny ability to get into the skin of other people- to show them in a new light, to home on what makes them tick. In Australia, these range from Alex Dimitriades to Ivan Milat, from Ma ...Show more
M Biography of Caravaggio by Peter Robb
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This extraordinary book about the great Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi from Caravaggio is being reprinted for the exhibition of the artist's work that opens in the Art Gallery of NSW in November 2003 and later moves to Melbourne. Richly illustrated, the book will have an insert giving page referenc ...Show more
M - The Man Who Became Caravaggio by Peter Robb
$60.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: good
A New York Times Notable Book of the YearAs vividly and unflinchingly presented herein with "blood and bone and sinew" (Times Literary Supplement) by Peter Robb, Caravaggio's wild and tempestuous life was a provocation to a culture in a state of siege. The end of the sixteenth century was marked by the ...Show more
Midnight In Sicily by Robb , Peter
$25.99 AUD
Category: Travel
"Cola Pesce was always playing in the sea and one day his mother said in exasperation she hoped he'd turn into a fish..."Peter Robb, who lived in southern Italy for 15 years, tells the story of Sicily, its opulent coasts, its stark interior, its extraordinary art and rich food, and its layers of culture ...Show more
Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb
$30.00 AUD
Category: Travel
Midnight in Sicily, Robb's first book, published in 1996, gained him many admirers around the world. Its nominal subject is the role of the mafia of Sicily and Naples in the corruption of the Italian state. However, based on Robb's many years spent living in southern Italy, the book explores the region' ...Show more
Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb
$22.95 AUD
Category: Travel
On innumerable bestseller lists, this is a brilliant combination of Italian art, crime, food, history, and travel, presented with tremendous narrative verse and fascinating detail. Originally published 1996. "Cola Pesce was always playing in the sea and one day his mother said in exasperation she hoped ...Show more
Street Fight in Naples: A Book of Art and Insurrection by Peter Robb
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Reading Level: very good
A journey through the history, culture and mean streets of Naples by the acclaimed bestselling author of Midnight in Sicily and M.
Street Fight in Naples - A Book of Art and Insurrection by Peter Robb
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A journey through the history, culture and mean streets of Naples by the acclaimed bestselling author of Midnight in Sicily and M.
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