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Icilio Martich-Severi (1920-1999) came to Australia in the 1950s from Fiume (an Austro-Hungarian port city now annexed by Italy). It wasn't easy for the young artist whose creative endeavors included sculpture, poetry and painting. He believed that life is art and that it mattered less 'what you do' than 'how you do it'. This was his starting point. He could see the beauty of a single flower among the weeds or in a single loving gesture. He read his own poetry at the Australian National University and his work has been exhibited in Sydney galleries. This volume is illustrated with black and white reproductions of his artwork. Despite a lot of mileage in cyberspace, we can't find out much more about this enigmatic man - we contacted relatives, one or two bloggers and art galleries and received no response from any. The publishing house that printed this volume no longer exists and while it is advertised in Google searches as being available from a Mr I.M. Severi of Oatley, no-one by that name now lives at the listed address. Suffice it to say this is an extremely rare volume and moreover, is autographed by Icilio. -
"Dusty" Miller, who had once served under Biggles during the war, approaches him with a problem. His son, Tommy, had been wrongfully imprisoned and the experience had embittered him. Upon his release he had fallen in with a gang of jewel robbers, but, as always, the gang had fallen out. Now Tommy is the only one who knows exactly where the stolen jewels are hidden. Biggles has a dilemma. The police do not make deals with criminals, but here is a chance to recover some valuable stolen property - and will Tommy be prepared to make a fresh start? -
Beginning in 1135 and concluding forty years later, this is an epic, unputdownable tale of treachery, politics, civil war, medieval life and the building of a cathedral. Follett has created the most memorable characters in fiction since Gone With The Wind. Tom, the master builder; Aliena, the noblewoman reduced to poverty - a lady who fights back! Philip, the Prior of Kingsbridge; Jack, the artist in stone and Ellen, the mysterious woman who dwells in the forest and her curse that reverberates down the decades. These characters and many more are wonderfully alive in a well-researched narrative that never dives in sickly romance. We have recommended this book to many - all of whom have come back in search of more books by Follett. Cover art by Andrew Wheatcroft. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/evening-morning-ken-follett/ -
When priceless champion bulls start vanishing from stock-farms around England. Gaskin asks for Biggles and the Air Police to investigate Bertie, whose family also once bred cattle, has background knowledge which comes in useful. And it's obvious it isn't the work of a couple of country yokels - the crooks are highly organised - therefore, dangerous... -
Book III of the Allways chronicle. Having taken his readers down the garden path and over his thatched roof, Beverley Nichols now takes on for a walk through the village of Allways '...a very tiny village in the quietest county of England. It is the story of doors opening and shutting on empty lanes, of smoke ascending into tranquil skies, of whispers about nothing borne on the winds over wide fields and broad brooks.' Yet even in such sylvan contentment there are many adventures, many country thrills, village rumours and of course, dramas - some of which are sad, more are hilarious but all are unforgettable. Illustrations by Rex Whistler. -
Untold waves, by life and land ne'er guessed; Now, Voyager, sail thou forth to seek and find. Charlotte Vale, born into an aristocratic Boston family, has led an unhappy, sheltered life. Lonely, dowdy, repressed by a domineering mother and teased by members of her family into a breakdown Charlotte finds salvation at a sanitarium and help from Dr. Jaquith. She undergoes an emotional and physical transformation, what would be called now an extreme makeover and the new Charlotte tests her mettle by embarking on a cruise. She finds herself in a torrid love affair with a married man - an affair which must end at the conclusion of the voyage. But only then can the real journey begin, as Charlotte is forced to navigate a new life for herself. First published in 1941, Now, Voyager is more than a romance; it is the empowering story of a woman who finds the strength to chart her own course in life; who discovers love, sex, and even motherhood outside of marriage; and who learns that men are, ultimately, dispensable in the quest for happiness and fulfillment. -
Byzantium: Stephen Lawhead
$120.00Aidan is a scribe in an Irish monastery on the far edges of remote Christendom. He is content with his life of prayer and meditation and work, even though he was robbed of his royal birthright by the savage Danes. Then he is chosen to accompany a band of monks travelling to glittering Byzantium, to make a gift of a handsome, illuminated script of The Book of Kells to the Emperor of Christendom. On the journey he will be, in turns, a sailor and slave, a spy and a warrior, a Saracen and a Viking - and he will face the ultimate choice that any man of any age will face: the determination of his fate.
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The Blood Star: Nicholas Guild
$110.00The sequel to The Assyrian. Tiglath Ashur is now in exile, banished by his brother Esarhaddon, the King of Assyria. With assassins close behind him, Tiglath flees first to the lands of the bloodthirsty Chaldeans, then to Egypt, a land ruled less by its pharaoh and more by court intrigue and pleasure-seeking. Here he finds love - and betrayal. Escaping to the port of Sidon, he is besieged by the armies he once led. Facing capture and death at the hands of the brother who now hates him, he slips through the trap set for him and ends his journey in Sicily where he wants to live a simple life. But an uneasy reconciliation takes him back t Assyria, where he must decide the fate of the empire.
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Book I of the Allways chronicle. When Nichols bought his dream cottage, sight unseen and swept away on a sea of happy memories of past visits there with the previous owner, he had no idea how neglected its once-beautiful gardens had become. Complete with his pet cats and Gaskin, his 'gentleman's gentleman', he sets about making it beautiful again - and literally takes the reader down the garden path with humour, stubbornness and plenty of planting mistakes. This is one of his most popular books, going into edition after edition for decades. With 'decorations' - not illustrations! - by Rex Whistler.
