by NRB | 1 Jun 2017 | Non-fiction |
In Defiant Earth, Clive Hamilton invokes Mother Nature as the opposite of passive and fragile. If Earth is our mother, it’s clear we’ve been very naughty children, taking advantage of her goodwill for far too long. Now it’s as though she is shooing us all off her...
by NRB | 22 Nov 2016 | Fiction |
Melissa Ashley’s debut novel brings to life the remarkable Elizabeth Gould – watercolourist and wife of the famous ornithologist. Make no mistake: despite its gentlewomanly veneer, redolent of spring gardens and gentle watercolours, this is a book that is red in tooth...
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