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The Conference of the Birds by Farid Attar
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Classics Ser.
Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. He recounts the perilous journey of the world's birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf in search of the mysterious Simorgh, their king ...Show more
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: 4th Estate Matchbook Classics Ser.
A brilliantly perceptive and moving novel, that announced Jonathan Franzen as one of our greatest living writers. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on ou ...Show more
The Crocodile by Fyodor Dostoevsky
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Oneworld Classics Gift Editions Ser.
The civil servant Ivan Matveyich and his wife Elena Ivanovna are spectators of an exhibition – in a shopping arcade – of a crocodile owned by a German, when Ivan is suddenly swallowed alive by the animal. Unsuccessful in his attempts to be freed from his prison, due to the German’s concern for his croco ...Show more
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
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Category: Drama | Series: Twentieth Century Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Crucible is a study in the mass hysteria which led to the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials, concentrating on the fate of some of the key figures caught up in the persecution. It powerfully depicts people and principles under pressure and the issues and motivations involved. At the same time, it is also ...Show more
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller
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Category: Drama | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
"The Crucible" is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists. M ...Show more
The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham
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Category: Science Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel <i>The Day of the Triffids</i> to moderate acclaim. Nearly seventy years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted by <i>The Times</i> (London) as having “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare.” Bill Mas ...Show more
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith
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Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Classics Ser.
The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith The humors of English suburban life naively revealed by one Charles Pooter, a clerk, who has taken a house in Holloway. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been ...Show more
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank; Otto Frank; Mirjam Pressler; Harry Brockway
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Category: Children's Reference | Series: Puffin Modern Classics Ser.
Anne Franks The Diary of a Young Girl is not just a true story but also a piece of history. Written by Anne Frank for herself, at the age of 13, the diary contains candid and intimate details of Annes thoughts and feelings during the two years of the Second World War she and her family and friends staye ...Show more
The Divine Comedy (Leather-bound Classics) by Dante Alighieri; Paul Gustave Dore (Illustrator)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Drama | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri. A translation into English prose by A. S. Kline. Published in entirety with index, commentary notes and illustrations by Gustave Doré.The Divine Comedy is Dante's record of his visionary journey through the triple realms of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. This, the fir ...Show more
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
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Category: Auto/Biography | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written. The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable book about his experiences locked inside his body. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France. In December 1995, Jean-Domini ...Show more
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
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Category: Auto/Biography | Series: 4th Estate Matchbook Classics Ser.
One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist. In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chi ...Show more
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff; C. Walter Hodges (Illustrator)
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Category: No Category | Series: Everyman's Library CHILDREN's CLASSICS Ser.
"The Everyman edition reprints the classic black and white illustrations of C. Walter Hodges which accompanied the first edition in 1954.Around the year 117 AD, the Ninth Legion, stationed at Eburacum - modern day York - marched north to suppress a rebellion of the Caledonian tribes, and was never heard ...Show more