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  • Grimmish

    by Michael Winkler ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARDPain was Joe Grim’s self-expression, his livelihood and reason for being.A superstar boxer who rarely won a fight, Grim distinguished himself for his extraordinary ability to withstand physical punishment.In this wild and expansive novel, Michael Winkler moves between the present day and Grim’s 1908–09 tour of Australia, bending genres and ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • 110 Per Cent: Great Australian Sporting Speeches

    Great Australian Sport Speeches

    by Michael Winkler ...
    Don Bradman on his 'small' contribution to cricket.Roy Masters on getting the best out of the hard men of Western Suburbs Rugby League FC.John Howard on cycling legend Sir Hubert Opperman.Cathy Freeman on lighting the Olympic flame.Phonse Kyne on making sure his players made history for the right reasons.Jeff Fenech hollering 'I love youse all!' to a packed-out stadium.Ranging from the eloquent ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Kick it to the Shithouse

    by Michael Winkler ...
    From the MCG to the SCG, from golf courses and racetracks, from boxing rings to tennis courts and beyond come the best witticisms, piss-takes, putdowns and observations to ever cross the lips of our favourite players, coaches, commentators and competitors.'As you slide down the banister of life, you are bound to pick up a splinter or two in your arse.' Vic Rail, horse trainer ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Fahfangoolah!

    The despised and indispensable Welcome to Woop Woop

    by Michael Winkler ...
    Welcome to Woop Woop: worst Australian movie of all time, or invaluable cultural artefact? With wild behind-the-scenes stories featuring Rod Taylor, Susie Porter, Johnathon Schaech, Barry Humphries, Stephan Elliott and a drunk clown; the mapping of links to other outback films; and a detailed argument for its place in the national canon, this companion is as vibrant and provocative as the movie ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Finding Froebel

    The Man Who Invented Kindergarten

    by Professor Helge Wasmuth, Ulf Sauerbrey, Michael Winkler ...
    Friedrich Froebel, the 'father of kindergarten', is one of the most influential pedagogues of the 19th century. However, relatively little is known about his life, his successes and failures, and his personal relationships. Based on many untranslated and unknown letters, this new biography presents Froebel as a brilliant but also flawed man.Beginning with his childhood and the early death of his ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • Unsung Heroes

    Stories from the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre

    by Michael Winkler, Michael Winkler ...
    These one hundred and fifty true stories give voice to the many men and women who played an important part in establishing Australia's pioneering spirit but who mostly didn't make it into the history books.Drawn from the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame 'Unsung Heroes' database, they reveal the characters who were drovers, property owners, shearers, missionaries and amateur explorers. They bring ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

    by Archie Thompson, Michael Winkler ...
    What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger is a book of inspirational stories from Australian A-League football star Archie Thompson that shares his love of the game and his family through the highs and lows.What does it take to become a success on or off the field? How can setbacks make you stronger? Where do you find guidance on the road to the top? Archie Thompson is one of Australia's best loved ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Rilke and Andreas-Salomé

    A Love Story in Letters

    by Rainer Maria Rilke, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Edward Snow, Michael Winkler ...
    Translated by Edward Snow, Michael Winkler ...
    "Immensely readable...a significant piece of scholarship."—Fred Volkmer, New York SunHe would become one of the most important poets of the twentieth century; she a muse of Europe's fin-de-siècle thinkers and artists. In this collection of letters, a finalist for the PEN USA translation award, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salomé, a writer and intellectual fourteen years his senior, ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Symbolic Regression

    by Gabriel Kronberger, Bogdan Burlacu, Michael Kommenda, Stephan M. Winkler, Michael Affenzeller ...
    Symbolic regression (SR) is one of the most powerful machine learning techniques that produces transparent models, searching the space of mathematical expressions for a model that represents the relationship between the predictors and the dependent variable without the need of taking assumptions about the model structure. Currently, the most prevalent learning algorithms for SR are based on ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • What Philosophy Is For

    by Michael Hampe ...
    Translated by Michael Winkler ...
    What is the state of philosophy today, and what might it be tomorrow? With What Philosophy Is For, Michael Hampe answers these questions by exploring the relationships among philosophy, education, science, and narrative, developing a Socratic critique of philosophical doctrines.Philosophers generally develop systematic theories that lay out the basic structures of human experience, in order to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Correspondence

    1923 - 1966

    by Theodor W. Adorno, Siegfried Kracauer ...
    Translated by Susan Reynolds, Michael Winkler ...
    Theodor W. Adorno and Siegfried Kracauer were two of the most influential philosophers and cultural critics of the 20th century. While Adorno became the leading intellectual figure of the Frankfurt School, Kracauer’s writings on film, photography, literature and the lifestyle of the middle classes opened up a new and distinctive approach to the study of culture and everyday life in modern ... Read more

    Was $36.00 USD Now $20.00 USD

  • Diaries of a Young Poet

    by Rainer Maria Rilke ...
    Translated by Edward Snow, Michael Winkler ...
    "In the diaries [Rilke] kept from 1898 to 1900, now translated for the first time . . . the overall impression is that of a genius just coming into his own powers."—Boston PhoenixIn April 1898 Rainer Maria Rilke, not yet twenty-three, began a diary of his Florence visit. It was to record, in the form of an imaginary dialogue with his mentor and then-lover, Lou Andreas-Salome, his firsthand ... Read more

    $16.39 USD