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Bewilderment by Richard Powers
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third g ...Show more
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
A magnificent new novel by Richard Powers, his first novel since the Booker Prize-shortlisted, Pulitzer Prize-winning The OverstoryPicked as one of the 'Best Books of 2021' in the Sunday Times and a finalist for the Booker Prize. Theo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to sear ...Show more
Gain by Richard Powers
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory and Bewilderment, a visionary novel about the failings of the American dream.'It's not possible for powers to write an uninteresting book' Margaret AtwoodIn Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges in ...Show more
Orfeo by Richard Powers
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 Seventy-year old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police outside. His DIY microbiology lab - the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to extract music from rich patterns beyond the ear's ability to hear - has come to the ...Show more
Orfeo by Richard Powers
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: good
Seventy-year old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police outside. His DIY microbiology lab - the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to extract music from rich patterns beyond the ear's ability to hear - has come to the attention of Homeland Security. Panicked ...Show more
Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory and Bewilderment, a kaleidoscopic novel about the wild freedom of the imagination.'Part of the joy of reading Powers over the years has been his capacity for revelation' Colson WhiteheadOn the west coast of America, virtual reality researchers race ...Show more
The Iconic Interior - 1900 to the Present by Dominic Bradbury, Richard Powers
$49.99 AUD
Category: Interiors & lifestyle
This compact, much-praised volume presentsover one hundred ofthe most significantinteriors from thetwentieth century to the present day. An essential resource for interiordesign enthusiasts. Featuring one hundred of the most spectacular interiors across the world, this richly illustrated overview spans ...Show more
The Overstory by Richard Powers
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are ...Show more
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