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Sound: A Story of Hearing Lost and Found by Bella Bathurst; Wellcome Collection Staff (Contribution by)
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Wellcome Ser.
'By the summer of 1998, it had become clear that there was something wrong with my hearing. It didn't happen suddenly but softly, so softly I almost wasn't aware of it happening; sound seemed to have stolen away ...'For twelve years, Bella Bathurst was deaf. She missed the punchlines and the jokes, avoi ...Show more
Sound: Stories of Music, Connection and Hearing Lost and Found by Bella Bathurst
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Wellcome
In 1997, Bella Bathurst began to go deaf. Within a few months, she had lost half her hearing, and the rest was slipping away. She wasn't just missing punchlines, she was missing most of the conversation - and all of the jokes. For the next twelve years deafness shaped her life, until, in 2009, everythin ...Show more
The Bicycle Book by Bella Bathurst
19.99 AUD
Category: Sport
A rip-roaring narrative celebration of the 21st century's great transport success story: the bicycle. Millions of us now cycle, some obsessively, and this glorious concoction of history, anecdote, adventure and lycra-clad pedalling is the perfect read for two-wheelers of all kinds. 'At last - a bicycle ...Show more
The Lighthouse Stevensons by Bella Bathurst
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Ser.
An exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds. 'Whenever I smell salt water, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880. ...Show more
The Wreckers - A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships by Bella Bathurst
28.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered ShipsA fine wreck has always represented sport, pleasure, treasure, and in many cases, the difference between living well and just getting by. The Cornish were supposedly so ferocious that notices of shipwrecks were given out during morning service by ...Show more
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