'Marvellous. Enlightenment and joy on every page' - Helen Garner
'I loved this book. Anna Goldsworthy's memoir left me awed, inspired and humbled.' - Alice Pung
In this remarkable memoir, Anna Goldsworthy recalls her first steps towards a life in music, from childhood piano lessons with a local jazz muso to international success as a concert pianist. As she discovers passion and ambition, and confronts doubt and disappointment, she learns about much more than tone and technique. This is a story of the getting of wisdom, tender and bittersweet.
With wit and affection, Goldsworthy captures the hopes and uncertainties of youth, the fear and exhilaration of performing, and the complex bonds between teacher and student. An unforgettable cast of characters joins her: her family; her friends and rivals; and her teacher, Mrs Sivan, who inspires and challenges her in equal measure, and who transforms what seems an impossible dream into something real and sustaining.
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Kill Khalid: Mossad's Failed Hit...And The Rise Of Hamas
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
September 1997, in an Amman street in broad daylight five men purporting to be Canadian tourists, accost a Palestinian and inject a mysterious chemical into his ear. Within 48 hours it should kill him and leave no trace.... Buy or find out more →
Up From The Mission: Selected Writings
$34.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
Up from the Mission charts the life and thoughts of Noel Pearson, from his early days as a native title lawyer to his position today as one of Australia’s most influential figures.
This is writing of great passion and ... Buy or find out more →
Churchill and Australia
$34.99 – Trade paperback / Pan Macmillan
Winner of the 2009 Walkley Nonfiction Book Award.
Winston Churchill was a titan of the 20th century, universally acknowledged as one of the greatest leaders of his age. Yet his relationship with Australia was a troubled ... Buy or find out more →
The Water Dreamers: How Water and Silence Shaped Australia
$34.95 – Trade paperback / Text Publishing
The long-awaited history that will change the way Australians think about their country.
The Water Dreamers is the story of the settlement of Australia: of the scarcity of water and the need to fill an imagined silence w... Buy or find out more →
Piano Lessons
$27.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
'Marvellous. Enlightenment and joy on every page' - Helen Garner
'I loved this book. Anna Goldsworthy's memoir left me awed, inspired and humbled.' - Alice Pung
In this remarkable memoir, Anna Goldsworthy recalls her fir... Buy or find out more →
The Wolf
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Heinemann
In a continuous 64,000-mile voyage lasting fifteen months, the freighter SMS Wolf caused havoc across three oceans, launched Germany’s only direct attacks on Australia and New Zealand in the Great War and captured over 4... Buy or find out more →