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  • Melting Moments

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    A charming, sharply observed first novel from one of Australia's best writersFrom the bestselling author of Piano LessonsSometimes events occur as one might wish but sometimes they do not.So says the ever-practical Ruby, always striving for what is right and proper, from the time we meet her as a striking soldier's fiancee through to the rather less steady years of her old age. With an eyebrow ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Welcome to Your New Life

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    When classical pianist Anna Goldsworthy falls pregnant with her first child, she is both excited and anxious about what lies ahead. Should she indulge her craving for sausage after sixteen years without meat? Will her birth plan involve Enya or hypnosis, or neither? And just how worried should she be about her baby falling into a composting toilet?This delightful memoir reveals the love that binds ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The God We Made

    The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence; Quarterly Essay 102

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    Series Book 102 - Quarterly Essay
    Humanity in the age of AIHow will we be changed by the rise of artificial intelligence? In this scintillating essay, Anna Goldsworthy argues that AI is a rupture that makes us confront what it is to be human – what we do, and want. As it learns human ways, AI raises big questions about work, leisure and education. It brings new existential, social and ethical risks. Above all, it invites us to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Piano Lessons

    A Memoir

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    The award-winning, much-loved memoir of renowned author and musician Anna Goldsworthy about her first steps towards a life in music.In this remarkable story, Anna Goldsworthy recalls her journey from childhood piano lessons with a local jazz muso to a successful career as a concert pianist. As she discovers passion and ambition, and confronts doubt and disappointment, she learns about much more ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Piano Lessons

    A Memoir

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    Anna Goldsworthy was nine years old when she met Eleanora Sivan, the charismatic Russian émigré and world-class pianist who became her piano teacher. Piano Lessons is the story of what Mrs. Sivan brought to Anna's lessons: a love of music, a respect for life, a generous spirit, and the courage to embrace a musical life.Beautifully written and strikingly honest, Piano Lessons takes the reader on a ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 50 Unfinished Business

    Sex, Freedom and Misogyny

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    Series Book 50 - Quarterly Essay
    On the surface, it seems the best time ever to be a woman in Australia. The prime minister, governor-general and the richest person are all female; women are at the forefront of almost every area of public life. Yet when Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech ricocheted around the world, it clearly touched a nerve. Why?In the fiftieth Quarterly Essay, Anna Goldsworthy examines life for women after the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    Melting Moments

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    Narrated by Olivia Beardsley ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 3 min

    It is 1941. Eighteen-year-old Ruby leaves behind the family farm, her serious mother and roguish father, and heads for Adelaide. After a brief courtship, she enters into a hasty marriage with a soldier about to go to war - who returns a changed man. With an eyebrow pencil in one hand and gardening shears in the other, Ruby navigates the years doing her duty as a woman, contending with her damaged ... Read more

    $38.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Piano Lessons

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    Narrated by Anna Goldsworthy ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 23 min

    In this remarkable story, Anna Goldsworthy recalls her journey 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 technique. Piano Lessons captures the hopes and uncertainties of youth, the fear and exhilaration of performing, and the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Unfinished Business

    Sex, Freedom and Misogyny

    by Anna Goldsworthy ...
    Narrated by Louise Crawford ...
    Series Audiobook 50 - Quarterly Essay

    Unabridged

    2 hours 49 min

    Western women today have unprecedented freedom and power. In Australia we have a female prime minister and governor-general; women are at the forefront of almost every area of public life. Yet when Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech ricocheted around the world, it clearly touched a nerve. Why? In the fiftieth Quarterly Essay, Anna Goldsworthy examines the world we’ve landed in after the gains of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The End of Cuthbert Close

    by Cassie Hamer ...
    Narrated by Rebecca Macauley ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 7 min

    From bestselling author Cassie Hamer, comes a hilarious tale of warring neighbours in Australian suburbia, with a mystery at its heart.'Captures Australian suburbia perfectly. Has the reader gripped until the end. Perfect for anyone who wants to devour easy-to-read fiction, while also doing some detective work of their own.' MamamiaYou can choose your friends, but you can't choose your neighbours. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    Golden Earrings

    by Belinda Alexandra ...
    Narrated by Caroline Lee ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 1 min

    From Civil War Barcelona to 1970’s Paris, a sweeping story of two women, of great passions and great betrayals where nothing is quite as it seems. Catalina, the grand-daughter of Spanish refugees is a disciplined student with the School of the Paris Opera Ballet. Little gets in the way of her career until the visit of an otherworldly being, who leaves her a mysterious pair of golden earrings. ... Read more

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  • Quarterly Essay 51 The Prince

    Faith, Abuse and George Pell

    by David Marr ...
    Series Book 51 - Quarterly Essay
    The leading Catholic in the nation and spiritual adviser to Tony Abbott, Cardinal George Pell has played a key role in the greatest challenge to face his church for centuries: the scandal of child sex abuse by priests.In The Prince, David Marr investigates the man and his career: how did he rise through the ranks? What does he stand for? How does he wield his authority? How much has he shaped his ... Read more

    $6.99 USD