The West Australian Calendar 1956 -

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Plants can be flamboyant and voluptuous, funny and frivolous, even shy and retiring, but do they really have personalities? They most certainly do, according to plantswoman Carol Klein, who has been growing, propagating and showing plants for more than thirty years. In Plant Personalities, she demonstrates how understanding their needs and giving them the best conditions in which to thrive enables plants to develop their true characters - the qualities that make them what they are - or who they are.Personality traits are as valueable as height, habit and flower colour when choosing which plants to grow and how to grow them. Good-natured, bread-and-butter plants contribute to the overall picture for months, while others are fleeting, shooting to stardom for a brief but breathtaking performance. Wafty whisperers add a touch of frivolity, bringing rustling rhythms to beds and borders.… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.This book, completely revised and brought up to date for this edition, covers more than 100 of the Dutch Masters, not only the most famous - Rembrandt, Vermeer and Frans Hals - but also dozens of lesser painters, some of whose works are reproduced here in colour for the first time.The detailed introduction, tracing the history of Netherlandish painting during the seventeenth century, is followed by an alphabetical guide to the artists that includes a complete list of collections where the painters' work may be found and a full bibliography.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.The popular concept of Toulouse-Lautrec as an emotionally insecure, physically deformed aristocrat living a reckless bohemian existence in fin-de-siècle Paris is enshrined in John Huston's classic movie Moulin Rouge. The publicity for this described Lautrec as a 'gifted painter and tortured soul.' Major exhibitions in Chicago in 1979 and London in 1991/2, however have suggested that the interpretation of Lautrec's work as that of artist as victim is an over-simplification. The critic Robert Hughes has acclaimed his 'precocious modernity' and argued that his 'caustic and tender view of the world speaks directly to our culture of narcissistic display.'Frank Milner's richly illustrated and penetrating study focuses not only on the Montmartre cabaret life Lautrec portrayed so brilliantly in his witty and elegant graphics, but also on his claim to a place in the history of avant-garde painting… Read More

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Read about flood, blood, the glitter of gold. Sense the hubbub in sailors' pubs and feel the force of big, jagged ice punching through roofs in the 1966 hailstorm. Picture yourself on one of the spooky, lamp-lit ghost tours of the old mortuary chapel. Hear the bells still tolled every March for a convict woman and the Time Cannon go 'bang' in the main street every Thursday. This, and more, is in these pages with 50 remarkable drawings.This book is Maryborough as it was, and a part of something it is today - a rare old 'town' of about 27,000 with a bright future. The year 2005 marks its 100th year as a City.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Captain Cook; The Seamen's Seamen; An Iceland Fisherman;Sailing Alone Around The World; A Night To Remember; The RA Expeditions

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Gardens in their many forms have always inspired us. Today, with increasing pressures on urban spaces, gardens are even more important to our sense of well being. A place to express our creativity, to refresh the spirit and to spend time with friends and family, the garden is a vital extension of our living space.

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In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.It was a fateful day when Maui, in defiance of the wishes of his older brothers, sneaked on board their canoe. Revealing himself only when they were far out to sea, he baited his magic hook and, chanting a powerful incantation, cast his line. There was no doubts that the fish would be wondrous, but even Maui's brothers were in awe of it when it leapt through the waves. Falling on the fish in their hunger, they hacked at it, tearing its edges and pitting its surface. So Aotearoa was born to the world of light. Aotearoa New Zealand: land of lakes and forests, mountains and rivers. Aotearoa: the legendary land.The legendary land is revealed in all its astonishing beauty in this exceptional book. Through the images of the young German photographer Holger Leue and the words of distinguished Maori writer Witi Ihimaera, The Legendary Land captures the essence of the timeless New Zealand landscape… Read More

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.It is generally supposed that until this century and after the First World War, all Royal Marriages were arranged for political or national motivesThese included the acquisition of territory and the optimistic hope that the linking of two Ruling houses would ensure peace for the peoples over whom they ruled.Ninety-nine people out of a hundred were also sure that when Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, now our beloved Queen Mother, married the Duke of York, later George VI, it was the first love-match in Britain.I have therefore found it fascinating to discover that the first English King to marry for love was William the Conqueror. Far more Royalty in Europe have made love-matches than anyone had ever imagined. I do hope you enjoy reading about some of them.