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?

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 aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and engineering principles behind high-speed sailing, setting ...

It has been widely asserted that Bernard Smith established the discipline of art history in Australia. He was the founding professor of contemporary art and the directory of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney, published the classic art text Australian Painting, three volumes on the art of Captain Cook's voyages, and two memoirs. His work was seminal for histories of Pacific encounter and he also authored some of the country's most eloquent memoirs. This publication br...

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 of discovery affected notions of identity-both for Europeans and the Indigenous peop...

Daddy Chronicles is a monthly, daily devotional of themed stories, experiences and lessons about a son dealing with a father that has Alzheimer’s and dementia and a teenage son. Three generations under one roof. Daddy Chronicles provides an on-scene account of my experience of becoming “full circle” as a parent and father. A birds eye view from being on top of the hill ( middle life) and being able to look to my left or down the hill, watching and aiding my son to climb up and looking to m...

Saga of a Crack Addict is a book that can be described as being as much as a textbook as it's a novel. The purpose is to share and educate you of a man who found something that proved to be more than he could handle. Hopefully, you won't try this. It's actually more powerful than a locomotive.

"Mahogany Soul" is a book of poetry that chronicles E. Bernard Smith's spiritual journey through life, love and the pursuit of happiness. The first of many books to come from this talented author, "Mahogany Soul" is filled with words of inspiration, love and relatable material that is sure to move your spirit, challenge your mind and touch your heart. Whether you are a fan of Poetry, Spoken Word or simply good literature this book will deliver! En...

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 former teacher then working for the RNIB, had an ambition to circle the world. On their return from...

"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, difficult border crossings and numerous mechanical breakdowns, to climbing Wayna Picc...

**'**An elegant and powerful study, finely crafted fully worthy of its subject.' Peter Beilharz, Curtin University, PerthBernard Smith began life as a ward of the State; he would go on to become the father of Australian art history. In 2008 Smith invited writer and art historian Dr Sheridan Palmer to write his biography. Through years of interviews and exclusive access to Smith's papers and library, Palmer reveals the unique character of an exceptional man.Read Andrew Fuhrm...

BernardSmith (19162011) was unquestionably one of Australia's greatest humanistscholars and its finest art historian. His EuropeanVision and the South Pacific, 17681850 (1960) was a foundationaltext of post-colonialism, and in AustralianPainting (1962) he set out the definitive history of Australian artto that time. Antipodean Perspective: TheSelected Writings of Bernard Smith presents twenty-six arthistorians, curators, artists and critics, from Australia and ov...

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.