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Napoleon's Roads - Short story collection by David Brooks
$23.95 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Description: 'What are the crimes of love, anyway, but fragments of passion broken from their moorings, evidence of a kind of shipwreck? (But what kind of ship? Where was it? What was its name?) Or crows, a flock of them, high in the air, fighting against a wind that no-one can see.' David Brooks' mast ...Show more
Second Mountain (The) by David Brooks
$39.99 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development
Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you - or others? About success - or something deeper? The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest- career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we ...Show more
The Conversation by David Brooks
$29.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
"She came about five minutes later and sat at a table opposite him and closer to the wall, her back to the sea. Slim, not particularly tall, auburn hair, close-cropped, rather more studious than beautiful. Strong-featured. Or was it sharp-featured? A blend. In black jeans, a black jacket. Silver bracele ...Show more
The Conversation by David Brooks
$23.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A young woman and an older man meet by accident - a gust of wind - at a restaurant in Trieste and find themselves dining together. They embark upon a conversation of the kind that can perhaps only happen between total strangers - risky, philosophical, full of the most intimate stories and confessions. S ...Show more
The Fern Tattoo by David Brooks
$32.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
The Fern Tattoo is a beguiling novel about the certainty of fate and the randomness of love that announces David Brooks' return as one of Australia's most distinctive literary novelists.
The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens by David Brooks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development | Reading Level: very good
David Brooks weaves a vast array of new research into the lives of two fictional characters, revealing a fundamental new understanding of human nature. He outlines a new definition of success, highlighting what economists call non-cognitive skills - those hidden qualities that can't be easily measured, ...Show more
The Sons of Clovis by David Brooks
$39.95 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
The Sons of Clovis is a scholarly tour de force. It begins with the Ern Malley affair, establishing previously unrecognised connections between the Australian scene and French symboliste poetry, before embarking on a fascinating journey through literature, culture, and poetics. Making full use of his sk ...Show more
The Umbrella Club by David Brooks
$32.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
During World War I a friendship is forged on the battlefields of France between Axel and Edward, two young Englishmen. There, inspired by barrage balloons, they develop a mutual fascination that will change the course of their lives. After the war, as Axel's passion for flight and freedom consumes him, ...Show more
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