Most Popular Books by Chris Wallace

In printmaking, the artform along with painting, photography and the making of artists'' books that has occupied Bruno Leti for the last half century, the matrix is the object that carries the image the artist has made with the intention of making an impression on a piece of paper when it is run through a press at high pressure.

Around the world, people have witnessed a decline in thinking and language. ''Social media'' has maimed language and manners; it has brought us the violent madness of conspiracy. Twisted media are infected. In Australia, our schools have not kept up. People ignorant of both logic and grammar are unleashed on us. Judges are weighed down by paper and anxiety. We sacked the civil service and trashed the Westminster system. Politicians are mired in jingles, spreadsheets and photo ops; the two main parties are spent and adrift. Nations, including ours, have lost their vision, and people their faith. In 2016, the decline became the fall, when two spoiled brats exploited those lesions on our public life and lured the gullible into fiction. This book is the joint response of a poet and a lawyer- a guide on how to think and how to write. With analyses of ''truth'' and ''bullshit'', there are chapters on grammar, style and professional writing. This is a book for people who want to think straight and write clearly, regardless of their academic record. You don''t need a ticket to use this book, but if you do have one, you will be better off than many people who make it through tertiary. And we face bigger problems in this country than snobbery.

This book reveals a continuity of great skill; and beauty in design and execution. As time separates us from many of their immediate messages, we can enjoy them and appreciate them as works of art.

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Patagonia is a pioneering land of vast horizons and limitless possibilities. Footprint''s ''Patagonia'' will guide you from emerald lakes and snow-capped volcanoes, through estancias on the Argentine steppe, down to granite turrets sculpted by roaring, powerful glaciers. Great coverage of the top activities and sights in the region, including glacier trekking, white-water rafting, whale spotting, boat trips and birdwatching. Loaded with information and suggestions on how to get off the beaten track, from ancient cave art to thermal pools. Includes comprehensive information on everything from transport and practicalities to history, culture & landscape, plus all the usual accommodation, eating and drinking listings for every budget. Full-colour planning section to inspire travellers and help them find the best experiences. From Volcan Villarrica to the Tierra del Fuego, Footprint''s fully updated 4th edition will help you navigate this frontier destination.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Colombia has finally shed its former reputation and is now fulfilling its potential as one of the world''s most interesting and unique travel destinations. Safer than ever, Colombia is home to whitewashed colonial towns, a staggeringly large amount of bio-diversity, parts of the Amazon Rainforest and Andes Mountains, idyllic beaches on both its Caribbean and Pacific coasts, and lively, modern cities. Be inspired to visit this wonderful country by this brand new title, a comprehensive full-colour guide to this fascinating and dramatically beautiful country.

A variable limited edition artists'' book of nine monotypes and six poems produced as a collaboration between poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe and artist Bruno Leti. Bruno Leti designed the book and printed the monotypes in his Melbourne studio. The text, set in 18pt. Bembo Bold (with the poems all in capitals), was screen-printed by Larry Rawling on 300 gsm Hahnmuhle paper at his Fitzroy workshop. Norbert Herold made the covers and slipcase.

An artists'' book of laser-printed reproductions of thirty-seven small acrylic sketches, selected from the artist''s "Clunes" landscape series made during 1995. Wallace-Crabbe''s short poem, a Christmas gift to the artist and his family, seems to question why some classical tropes (a centaur, shepherd, sage, young robed women, and children playing with golden apples) appear in a landscape. In his artist''s statement, Leti writes of "Drawing from nature as unreflected impressions: index cards for experience. Thoughts on the act of seeing and the act of registering. Like ''writing'' a visual message on the act of observing nature with eyes informed by the methodologies of the natural sciences."