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The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (H/B) by Jay Rubin (Editor); Haruki Murakami (Introduction by)
$55.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable examples being written today. Curated by Jay Rubin (who has ...Show more
The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories by Henry Lawson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
One of the great observers of Australian life, Henry Lawson has become part of the Australian national psyche, and his short stories and verse have come to affect how Australian's view their country.Yet at his best Lawson transcends even the very bush, the very outback, the very up-country, the very pub ...Show more
The Perfect Storm - A True Story of Man Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
$24.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.The 'perfect storm' is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into storm winds ov ...Show more
The Persian Boy - A Novel of Alexander the Great: a Virago Modern Classic by Mary Renault; Tom Holland (Introduction by); Seán Hewitt (Introduction by)
$45.00 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'One of the greatest historical novels ever written'SARAH WATERS'I love to find queer representation in historical fiction. . . Renault's eye for intimacy is amazing'DOUGLAS STUART'Fierce, complex and eloquent'MADELINE MILLER'Mary Renault is a shining light'HILARY MANTEL***A groundbreaking queer classic ...Show more
The Persian Expedition : Anabasis by Xenophon
$19.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army – the Ten Thousand – to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed b ...Show more
The Peter Rabbit Stories: with new colour illustrations by Anna Currey (Alma Junior Classics) by Beatrix Potter
$22.99 AUD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Alma Junior Classics Ser.
This collection brings together in a single volume the four books that feature the famous young rabbit with the blue jacket and a penchant for mischief and disobedience: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and The Tale of Mr Tod. From Peter's early adve ...Show more
The Physiology of Taste by Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin; Anne Drayton (Introduction by, Foreword by, Translator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Recipe Books | Series: Classics Ser.
Brillat-Savarin's unique, exuberant collection of dishes, experiences, reflections, history and philosophy raised gastronomy to an art form. First published in France in 1825, this remarkable book reflected a new era in French cuisine- the advent of the restaurant, which gave the bourgeoisie the opportu ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
Dorian Gray, a young man of unique beauty, enchanted by himself, has a portrait made by a painter. Obsessed by the fear of growing old, he obtains with the help of a spell that every sign that time should leave on his face, appears only on the portrait and he remains of his beauty. Greedy for pleasure, ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Collins Classics) by Oscar Wilde
$9.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegratio ...Show more
The Plague by Albert Camus
$22.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
First published in 1947, The Plague was an immediate best-seller, striking a powerful chord with readers who were struggling to understand the fascist 'plague' that had just overwhelmed Europe. Seventy years later, author and director Neil Bartlett has adapted Camus' classic for our own dangerous times. ...Show more
The Plains: Text Classics by Gerald Murnane
$12.95 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
This is the story of the families of the plains--obsessed with their land and history, their culture and mythology--and of the man who ventured into their world.First published in 1982, The Plainsis a mesmerising work of startling originality. This handsome new hardback edition is introduced by Ben Ler ...Show more
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
"This is my letter to the world . . ." -- Emily Dickinson The Poetry of Emily Dickinson is a collection of pieces by 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, who insisted that her life of isolation gave her an introspective and deep connection with the world. As a result, her work parallels her life- ...Show more