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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Collins Modern Classic) by Michael Chabon
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
The winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from the author of 'Wonder Boys'. 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York and the Arctic.One night in 1939, Josef Kavalier shuffles into his cousin Sam Clay' ...Show more
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
$22.99 AUD
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 God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
The Asian literary phenomenon of the 90s.More magical than Mistry, more of a rollicking good read than Rushdie, more nerve-tinglingly imagined than Naipaul, here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy has written an astonishingly rich, fertile novel, teeming with life, colour, ...Show more
The Golden Notebook (Collins Modern Classics) by Doris Lessing
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. In 1950s London, novelist Anna Wulf struggles with writer's block. Divorced with a young ch ...Show more
The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
$14.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive ...Show more
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
The incredible bestselling first novel from Pulitzer Prize- winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri.'The kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person and say "Read this!"' Amy Tan'When her grandmother learned of Ashima's pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family's ...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 Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
$19.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty John Gregory Dunne and Joan ...Show more
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
$12.95 AUD
Category: 8-12 Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics S. | Reading Level: good
Partly autobiographical, this is the story of a Jewish family at the start of World War II.
Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
$19.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more t ...Show more