Nothing to Cry About by Joan Atherton Hooper

$35.00 AUD

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Memoir, Family Life Story

Milk. Made.A Book About Cheese: How to Make it, Buy it and Eat it by Nick Haddow

$55.00 AUD

Category: Staff Picks | Reading Level: General Adult

Milk. Made. is an elegant and comprehensive tour of the art of cheese-making and eating - from selecting cultures, to the practises of production that cross continents, and right through to the best recipes to enjoy them. Within the pages, you will find sections on the key types of cheese (and other dai ry products) as well as how to make the cheese, store the cheese, serve the cheese, and the history of the cheese itself. For those who don't want to make it but simply love to eat it, Milk. Made. includes 60 comprehensive recipes such as croque monsieur, onion soup with grilled cheese croutons, beetroot and feta tart, sour cream scones, classic fondue and many more. Beautifully photographed and styled, Milk. Made. also includes profiles and interviews with some of the most inspiring and internationally recognised cheese connoisseurs from around with world. From the Uplands Cheese Company in Wisconsin to Carlos Petrini, founder of Slow Food in Italy, and Connecticut nun Mother Noella Marcellino, who is internationally renowned among cheese lovers for her raw milk cheese, to the maturation cellars at Fort Des Rousse on the French/Swiss border. It will also be peppered with chatty snapshots on different talking points of the cheese world including raw milk cheese, the relationship between cheese and wood and the dark art of maturation. At once casual, familiar, sophisticated and cultured, this book is the ultimate guide to cheese-making and the best cheeses of the world. ...Show more

Remarkable Plants: Five Year Journal by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

$24.99 AUD

Category: Staff Picks | Series: Thames and Hudson Gift Ser.

This book is suitable for anyone interested in the natural world and the extraordinary diversity and wonder of plants, this beautifully illustrated and presented range of stationery will be a delight. Products in the range are illustrated with exquisite and exotic images taken from the book Remarkable P lants That Shape Our World and all are attractively packaged. ...Show more

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

$23.99 AUD

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A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love; Committed, and Big Magic. Look out for Elizabeth Gilbert's newest book, City of Girls. In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert return s to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker--a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction--into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist--but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe--from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who--born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution--bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert's wise, deep, and spellbinding tale is certain to capture the hearts and minds of readers. ...Show more

Hyperbole and a Half Journal

$12.99 AUD

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This is a journal. What you do with it is up to you, but whatever it is, you can rest assured that there will be quotes and pictures in the vicinity of whatever it is you are doing with your journal, and those quotes and pictures will be from Hyperbole and a Half.

Sprinkle of Glitter 2016 Diary: Have the Best Year of Your Life!

$19.99 AUD

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YouTube sensation, Sprinkle of Glitter, has designed a gorgeous diary for 2016! As well as a week by week diary, there are make-up tips, motivational messages, check lists, party planning, craft and recipe ideas and more, this diary is packed with fun interactive activities that young women will love. R eaders will be encouraged to share things from their year online with hash tags found throughout the diary. With a week-to-view on each right-hand page, every left-hand page has something from Louise (Sprinkle of Glitter) to help make 2016 the best year ever. Louise's friendly, cheerful voice will appeal to anyone who's look to be inspired to have a year of fun. ...Show more

Go Wild Notepad/pen Crocodile design

$12.99 AUD

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Journal-Russian Dolls

$0.00 AUD

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The Romantic Language of Flowers

$14.99 AUD

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The Book of ShadowsA Personal Journal of Your Craft

$16.99 AUD

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For Wiccans who wish to chart the progress of their individual practice, jot down dreams and aspirations, or inscribe personal spells and rituals, this elegant journal is the perfect keepsake. There's space for every important reflection throughout the year, and an introduction by noted author Cassandra Eason explains basic concepts and invites all Wiccans to come here to safeguard their innermost thoughts. ...Show more

Punk Rock Writers Journal by Chronicle Books

$14.95 AUD

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This punk rock journal reimagines classic writers Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde and more as modern misfits. With attitude to spare, it's sure to inspire creative rebellion.

From Colac to CambridgeA 1938 Sea Journal by Graham A. Brown

$0.00 AUD

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The 1938 journal of a young naturalist from Colac who sails to England with his parents to study medicine at Cambridge University. He describes what he sees and hears on board and on excursions to, among others, Sydney, Brisbane, Thursday Island, Darwin, Batavia, Singapore, Burma, and Scandinavia. He al so records private feelings as he grows from boyhood to manhood. Illustrated with maps, photographs of ships, hotels, and some of the main characters. With an introduction and notes by his son. ...Show more