Books

Dava Sobel gives us the man who revolutionised our understanding of how the universe worked, Polish cleric, doctor and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Never challenging but never predictable, The Litigators is a great read, you'll be cheering David Zinc through the mess in which he finds himself.

This book is refreshingly entertaining and educational, taking us into the rich symbolism of the painting.

By the end of this biography I didn't know whether to love or hate Gabrielle Chanel.

This book is hard to put down even though we all know the story of Hazel Hawke.

This book follows patient Beckett's pent-up courtship of Clare over kiddy sleepovers and sick days in bed with their mom.

Foal's Bread is an extraordinary piece of writing and 47-year-old Gillian Mears' first novel in sixteen years.

This anthology reveals the best of that collection including some telling images of women and children, showing just how far we have come.

New York, 2003. A citizens' jury must decide which is the best design for a healing, heart-lifting memorial to the victims of 9/11.

Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History, by Eric Chaline, Crows Nest, $35 The plus of this beautifully-packaged book on the impact of animals on human history is that it will help you blitz your next trivia night and blind-side your friends; the minus, it could turn you into a crashing bore, arming you […]