Paint Like Renoir - Unlock the Secrets of the Master of...
Oil paint has tremendous versatility, from the dilute and t...
Colour Bar - The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Natio...
The true story of a love which defied family, Apartheid, and...
Rubicon - The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic...
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history...
Burke and Wills - The triumph and tragedy of Australia'...
‘They have left here today!’ he calls to the others. When ...
My Promised Land - The Triumph And Tragedy Of Israel
An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of th...
The Fight for Australia - From Changi and Darwin to Kok...
The compelling story of AustraliaÂ’s desperate fight for sur...
A History of Religious Ideas - From Gautama Buddha to t...
In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues...
Monet. The Triumph Of Impressionism
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas’ thrilling tale of bravery, brotherhood and the triumph of good over evil, The Three Musketeers is translated with an introduction by Richard Pevear in Penguin Classics. ’All for one, one for all – that is our motto!’ Young d’Artagnan arrives in Paris to join King’s Louis XIII’s elite guards, but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come...
Monet and the Impressionists for Kids - Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities
A lifelong love of art is one of the greatest gifts an adult can bestow on a child—and no period of art is better loved or more available to children than Impressionism. Monet and the Impressionists for Kids invites children to delight in CassattÂ’s mothers and children, RenoirÂ’s dancing couples, and GauginÂ’s island scenes; 21 activities explore MonetÂ’s quick shimmering brush strokes, CezanneÂ...
Xahara Active Designer Triumph Santorini Short
This short offers versatility, featured in its lightweight and practical design. Printed in our bright Santorini print and complimented by contrast drawstring and a back zip pocket to keep your valuables safe. Perfect for an intense workout, an afternoon stroll and everything in between. FEATURES: Hidden back zip pocket Two front pockets Feather light quick dry fabric Drawstring Our model takes a ...
Only The Heart
When logic says the dream is beyond your reach, only the heart knows the truth… From the chaos and the fear of post-war Saigon, and the terror of pirates on the open ocean, to the triumph and tragedy of new life, Only the Heart is the story of Toan and Linh, and a family that endures the nightmare, in search of the dream. ‘Only the Heart is an outstanding book; a tense, exciting, mo...
The Sisters of Battle Road - The Extraordinary True Story of Six Sisters Evacuated from Wartime London
‘A tale of survival’ Daily Mail ‘Amazing story’ The Sun In 1939 Annie Jarman and her six young daughters were evacuated from their south London home and sent to the Sussex countryside to wait out the war. Refusing to be parted, they faced the unknown together, never imagining just how much their lives would change. From the trials and tribulations of leaving London, the destructive horror of t...
The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
Part of the highly-successful Anholt’s Artists series about great painters, which tells the stories of real meetings between world-famous artists and the children who knew them. When Julie’s dog disappears into a mysterious garden, Julie follows him – and finds herself in a beautiful garden-within-a-garden where the roses grow like splashes of paint and a Japanese bridge bows over a silent pool...
The Power Of One
‘First with your head and then with your heart’ is advice Peekay, a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world, will carry throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, this one small boy will come to lead all the tribes of Africa. And in a final conflict with his childhood enemy, the Judge, Peekay will fight to the ...
Facing the Flame
There have been fires before, but not like this. Heartbreaking and powerful, FACING THE FLAME is a story of the triumph of courage and community, and a love for the land so deep that not even bushfire can erode it. ‘The perfectread for anyone who loves immersing themselves in Australian fiction. Gripping,emotional and moving, Facing the Flame is a great book to curl up with on awarm spring night...
Burke and Wills - The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers
‘They have left here today!’ he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off,...
Monet. The Triumph of Impressionism
No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called “only an eye, but my God what an eye!” who stayed true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, painting directly from the object.It could be said that Monet reinvented the possibilities of color. ...
Mad Enchantment - Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
Claude MonetÂ’s water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century. Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness for the artist. The dramatic history behind these paintings is little known; Ross KingÂ’s Mad Enchantment tells the full story for the first time and, in the process, presents a compelling and origina...
The Triumph of Caesar
The new novel from the internatinal bestselling author of Roma, is set against the background of CaesarÂ’s stupendous quadruple triumphs in Rome in 46 BC, full of colour and spectacle. Having obliterated the opposition, Caesar is now dictator for life. In the upcoming celebrations, Vercingetorix the Gaul is scheduled to be executed, as is Arsinoe, the sister of CleopatraÂ…and Cleopatra herself i...
Colour Bar - The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation
The true story of a love which defied family, Apartheid, and empire – the inspiration for the major new feature film A United Kingdom, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike London, 1947. He was the heir to an African kingdom. She was a white English insurance clerk. When they met and fell in love, it would change the world. This is the inspiring true story of Seretse Khama and Ruth Willia...
My Promised Land - The Triumph And Tragedy Of Israel
An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today. Not since Thomas FriedmanÂ’s groundbreaking From Beirut to Jerusalem has a book captured the Middle East as keenly and dynamically as My Promised Land. In this riveting narrative, Ari Shavit draws on interviews, histo...
Triumph and Demise
Featuring a new introduction in response to Julia GillardÂ’s memoir, this revised edition brings Paul KellyÂ’s masterpiece on the Rudd-Gillard years up to the present. Drawing on more than sixty on-the-record interviews with all the major players, Triumph and Demise is full of remarkable disclosures. It is the inside account of the hopes, achievements and bitter failures of the Labor Government f...
Jumping at Shadows - The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream
Why does a disease that killed only a handful of Americans like ebola provoke panic, but the flu-which kills tens of thousands each year-is dismissed with a yawn? Why is an unarmed young black woman who knocks on a strangerÂ’s front door to ask for help after her car breaks down perceived to be so threatening that the stranger shoots her dead? In Jumping at Shadows, Sasha Abramsky sets his sights ...
The Bush
Lee Kernaghan is ‘the Boy From the Bush’, an iconic star and 2008 Australian of the Year whose music has shaped a generation of country music fans. For the first time, Lee steps off the stage and invites you behind the scenes, into the ute and over the rutted red dirt on a rollocking journey through his songs and the stories that inspired them. In a plot with more twists than the Gwydir River, ...
The Triumph of the Dwarves
The Dwarves are back! GermanyÂ’s Number One bestselling author returns to his best-loved series.After decades of occupation by the alfar, the dark elves have been defeated and peace has finally been declared.But the nations still distrust each other, and when a child is found in the Grey Mountains who speaks the language of the alfar, the dwarves believe this little girl heralds a new threat. And ...
The Triumph of the Sun
In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, the Madhi or ‘Expected One’. The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the scores of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others...
Rubicon - The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness – the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Julius Caesar, ...
Katie - Katie and the Waterlily Pond
Make art an adventure with classic picture book character, Katie, in this wonderful introduction to some of MonetÂ’s best-known paintings. Katie desperately wants to win the art competition at the gallery. She just has to create a painting in the style of Monet. That should be easy . . . right? This first introduction to Monet features five of his most magical paintings: The Waterlily Pond, I...