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  • Beauty and Sadness

    Mahler's 11 Symphonies

    by David Vernon ...
    'A beautiful and important book' - Marina MahlerGustav Mahler wrote some of the most challenging and cherished music of all time: eleven extraordinary symphonies that continue to fascinate, intrigue and infuriate music lovers around the world.In his dazzling new book, David Vernon celebrates these vast but often very private works of art. In stimulating prose, he investigates their theatricality ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Sun Forest Lake

    The Symphonies & Tone Poems of Jean Sibelius

    by David Vernon ...
    'David Vernon's book helps everyone, no matter how previously informed, to find their own way into Sibelius's extraordinary world.' - Sakari Oramo, chief conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra'Sibelius's music is as synthetic as a skyscraper but as natural and spontaneous as a dividing cell'Developing a style and logic all his own, outside the trends of modernism, Jean Sibelius wrote some of most ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Beethoven

    The String Quartets

    by David Vernon ...
    '[An] extraordinary and exciting book' - John SimpsonBeethoven's string quartets have long been held up as the pinnacle of chamber music: their fertility, complexity, depth and range mark them out as amongst the greatest of all musical creations. Yet they are also elusive, slippery works of art.In his new book, David Vernon - author of Disturbing the Universe: Wagner's Musikdrama and Beauty and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

    A New Full Cast Adaption

    Abridged

    1 hour 35 min

    Prepare to plunge into a reimagined, atmospheric adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, crafted in the brooding style with cinematic flair. An audio fiction that is a movie for your ears. This is not just a journey beneath the waves—it’s a descent into the human soul. Join Professor Aronnax, his loyal servant Conseil, and the brash harpooner Ned Land as they are swept ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Close to Heaven

    by David Vernon ...
    Thirty-three contemporary, award-winning short stories from the Stringybark Short Story Awards will challenge, amuse and entertain you in this anthology of Australian-themed tales by Australian and international authors. From the beach to the mountains and the city to the country, each tale is a gem in its own right."It's clear I am the good guy in all of this. I am a sensitive person and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Between the Sheets - Eighteen Short Stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards

    by David Vernon ...
    This collection of erotic tales, by sixteen established and new authors, gives a fresh insight into contemporary erotica. Chosen from the entrants in the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards, David Vernon has selected eighteen entertaining, amusing and definitely arousing tales of passion. Ranging from the Garden of Eden to the sizzling streets of Spain, each story is sure to excite."Adam watched her ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Never Never Yes Yes

    The Novels, Stories & Crônicas of Clarice Lispector

    by David Vernon ...
    With Clarice Lispector now widely acknowledged as one of the great writers of the twentieth century, her work is more popular than ever before, earning a global reputation for its honesty, oddity, and empathy, as well as its linguistic versatility and philosophical depth. Yet much of her art remains an enigma, shrouded in ambiguity and difficulty.In Never Never Yes Yes: The Novels, Stories and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Disturbing the Universe

    Wagner's Musikdrama

    by David Vernon ...
    'Wagner's art refuses to stand still, declines to play by the rules and will not observe any of the social graces'What is it that makes Wagner's art so endlessly powerful? So influential, seductive and repellent? So simultaneously creative and destructive? And why does it continue to shock, thrill and disturb all those who encounter it?In Disturbing the Universe, David Vernon probes - in his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Blue Dragon

    by David Vernon ...
    Trent was shorter than she had envisaged but he was fit looking with sun-bleached hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He was in bare feet and wearing a short white robe. He made some small talk – did she have any trouble finding the place, was she having a good day? That sort of thing. Then it was down to business.— From "M'deira M'dear?" by Stephen KnoxBold as day, she strips off in front of me. Her ... Read more

    $3.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gift of a Casserole and Other Deadly Sins

    by David Vernon ...
    Lust, envy, greed, wrath, sloth, gluttony and pride. What a collection of sins to make the heart beat faster. This is the second anthology of short stories we have published that explores these dark human motivations. Our first anthology, The Seven Deadly Sins, was published in 2012 and was so popular that we thought it timely to run another competition and publish a second volume of wicked tales. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Name Wasn't Written - A Malta Memoir (1936-1943)

    by David Vernon ...
    This is the memoir of a young mother struggling to feed, clothe and house her family on "the most bombed island on earth" — Malta, during World War II.Written by two generations of eye-witnesses to the destruction wrought on the strategically vital island of Malta by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.The book contains extensive additional historical information researched from a huge number of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Scientific Method

    Twenty-four highly-commended erotic tales are presented in this anthology for your entertainment. Selected from over eighty entries in the fourth 'Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards' these clever and arousing stories are certain to warm up your love life. Share them with a friend or settle down in some fluffy pillows and enjoy them yourself."Ziz – they called her that at school and it has stuck - ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus