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  • Audiobook

    Henry V

    Directed by David Timson

    Unabridged

    3 hours 6 min

    This widely-studied play is one of the best sellers of the Shakespeare canon. This production is the seventh Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Touching the World

    Narrated by Bernard Smith ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 6 min

    "Touching the World" is the extraordinary story of Cathy Birchall, a blind woman, who set off with her companion Bernard Smith, to become the first blind person ever to circle the world on a motorbike, an 18-year-old BMW R100. What transpired has become an inspirational, worldwide story that challenges people to question their own self-imposed boundaries.From desolate and dangerous mountain roads, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 40-Knot Sailboat

    by Bernard Smith ...
    In The 40-Knot Sailboat, visionary engineer Bernard Smith revolutionizes the way we think about sailing. Blending scientific precision with the passion of a lifelong sailor, Smith challenges centuries of nautical tradition in pursuit of one audacious goal — a sailboat capable of exceeding forty knots. First published at the height of postwar innovation, this groundbreaking work explores the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Easystart: Slave Boy of Pompeii

    by Bernard Smith ...
    Series series Pearson English Active Readers
    Young Mico is a slave in a big house in Pompeii. His only friend is the house dog, Fortunatus. One quiet summer day, Fortunatus suddenly runs away. He takes Mico with him. What does the dog know? What is he afraid of? Is it, perhaps, the mountain behind the town? ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • European Vision and the South Pacific Third Edition

    Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was arguably Australia's greatest art historian and one of the most important humanist thinkers internationally on ideas concerning cultural contact. His European Vision and the South Pacific, first published in 1960, showed how the ideas of the Enlightenment and the empirical structuring of scientific and geographical knowledge during the great eighteenth-century voyages ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • A Philosophy of Information

    (Information Is the Power That Drives and Controls Us All)

    (re-printed in November 2007 with an impressive Names and Subjects index)The author's personal website ,which is devoted entirely to his book, is accesible at:www.theinformationstory.com."A topical review of the book, by SIX OF ONE (the prisoner appreciation society), is given under Preview. Other reviews of the book as well as more background to the book, may be reached at the author's blog: <a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Touching the World

    A Blind Woman, Two Wheels, 25,000 Miles

    Narrated by Bernard Smith ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 6 min

    Cathy Birchall has been blind since she was in her mid 20s. Following the death of her husband of 19 years and finding herself blind and alone she put herself through college and became a Further Education Lecturer. Within this role she met Bernard Smith, and then took a year off from her job with Action for Blind People to go on this journey. Bernard, a motorcyclist for over 30 years, and a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Classic Collection of Immanuel Kant. Illustrated

    The Critique Of Pure Reason, The Critique Of Practical Reason, Critique Of Judgement and others

    "The Classic Collection of Immanuel Kant" is a comprehensive anthology that brings together the most influential works of one of the greatest philosophers in Western history. This collection features Kant's seminal texts, including "The Critique of Pure Reason," "The Critique of Practical Reason," "Critique of Judgment," and more, enhanced with captivating illustrations. In "The Critique of Pure ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Memoires of Japan 1946

    (A People Bowed but Not Broken)

    Having served as a member of the Allied Forces Occupation of Japan, Bernard Smith has produced a book about the time he spent in Japan in 1946 in the city of Iwakuni, near Hiroshima, both of which cities are located on the east coast of Japan alongside its beautiful Inland Sea. Except for his rather mystifying visit to Tokyo in the summer of 1946, his entire book is based almost entirely on his ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Quintessential Quartet, A

    The Story of the Lindsay String Quartet

    Unabridged

    6 hours 11 min

    Bernard takes the reader on an evocative and fascinating journey from his early life, detailing his ancestral influences on his his chosen career of cellist, until the present day.A charming book full of pathos and humour, which tells the true story of the world famous Lindsay String Quartet, their adventures during 40 years of world travel and their achievement of the highest accolades, making ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Diary Of A Dead Man

    Narrated by Laura Castiel ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 18 min

    A distinguished Russian concert pianist vanishes while on tour in New Zealand. His estranged daughter seeks to unravel this mysterious disappearance. She will need help. And help is available. But is it human, angelic or something else? ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deadman Humour

    Thirteen Fears of a Clown

    Series series Fears of a Clown
    In a world of shadows, joyful colours are an act of heroism.Modern tales are filled with clowns who invoke fear not laughter: painted grins covering fanged maws; baggy costumes concealing unspeakable horrors; malevolent parodies of nature.But the tools of a clown work for good as well as ill: only a trickster could tweak a monster’s nose; make-up is war paint for the modern age; the devil cannot ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus