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The fierce, irreverent novel of aspiration and rebellion that is both a cornerstone of Australian literature and a feminist classic Miles Franklin began the candid, passionate, and contrary when she was only sixteen, intending it to be the Australian answer to Jane Eyre. But the book she produced-a ...

A lively cultural history of the book from a charmingly idiosyncratic bookseller 'The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.' This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins or just curl u...

The paperback edition of the liberating Sunday Times bestseller is set to enhance readers' lives even further with extra content on how we can all spend our four thousand weeks. The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief- if you live to 80, you have about four thousand w...

Contains new introduction to second edition by volume editor. Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. THE CONSOLAT...

Now with a new chapter, On Being Ninety- a memoir of ageing, memory, and time, written by one of the twentieth century's greatest writers at the age of eighty 'The twentieth century shook the world- it sobers me to have been one of those to see it through' In this powerful and compelling 'view from ...

One of the greatest epics in Western literature, THE ILIAD recounts the story of the Trojan wars. This timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves to its tragic conclusion. In his introduction, Bernard Knox obser...

A unique behind-the-scenes story of love, sisterhood and the trail-blazing Australian poet Dorothy Porter Dorothy Porter was one of Australia's most charismatic and courageous literary figures. Achieving broader fame through her bestselling queer crime verse novel, The Monkey's Mask, and its film ad...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.Author: James A. MichenerFormat: HardbackNumber of Pages: 1024

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please if you have a question about this title.Author: Jane GilmourFormat: HardbackNumber of P...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please if you have a question about this title.Author: Colm ToibinFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 288The book titled by the author Colm Toibin.

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please if you have a question about this title.Author: Hunter S. ThompsonFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 304The book titled by the author Hunter S. Thompson.

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please if you have a question about this title.Author: Edith WhartonFormat: PaperbackNumber of...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please if you have a question about this title.Author: Lajos EgriFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pa...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please if you have a question about this title.Author: Barbara StoneyFormat: PaperbackNumber o...

Author: David SedarisFormat: HardbackNumber of Pages: 400"Genius. It is miraculous to read these pieces. You must read." --Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A CNN and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month For more than twenty-five y...

Author: A. N. Wilson (Author)Format: Paperback / softbackNumber of Pages: 368A Book of the Year in The Times & Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Spectator, Irish Times and TLS. 'Superb' Daily Mail, 'Book of the Week' 'Brilliant' The Times, 'Book of the Week' ' A vivid, detailed account' Guardian, 'Book of t...

The extraordinary tale of Oskar Schindler, the Aryan who saved hundreds of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, is now legendary, but as Tom Keneally reveals in this absorbing memoir, luck and the dogged persistence of one of 'Schindler's Jews' were vital in bringing it to the world's attention through his...

'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the thrills of Tolstoy's stories' Sharon Cameron in her preface to The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories This second volume of Tolstoy's shorter fiction, selected by the criti...

Author: Mystery Writers of AmericaFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 336From 70 of the most successful mystery writers in the business, an invaluable guide to crafting mysteries-from character development and plot to procedurals and thrillers-"this is a writing guide that readers and writers will tur...

Author: Emily BronteFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 368HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?' Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights...

Author: Andrea Kirk AssafFormat: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 400Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size quotes of inspiration and wisdom from one of the greatest females writers in the English language. Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated female writers in history, bes...

The extraordinary tale of Oskar Schindler, the Aryan who saved hundreds of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, is now legendary, but as Tom Keneally reveals in this absorbing memoir, luck and the dogged persistence of one of 'Schindler's Jews' were vital in bringing it to the world's attention through his...

In this book, Bill Gladhill studies one of the most versatile concepts in Roman society, the ritual event that concluded an alliance, a foedus (ritual alliance). Foedus signifies the bonds between nations, men, men and women, friends, humans and gods, gods and goddesses, and the mass of matter that ...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please if you have a question about this title.Author: Jeffrey T. SchnappFormat: HardbackNumbe...