Mansfield Park (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Jane Austen
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Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened, impoverished family sends her at age ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle; it follows her development and concludes in early adulthood. Frances "Fanny" Price, at age ten, is sent from her family home to live ...Show more
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A FAREWELL TO ARMS. Hemingway's description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his ...Show more
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: 40th Anniversary Edition by Robert Pirsig
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Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS
A book which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey.
A Quiver Full of Arrows by Jeffrey Archer
$7.99 AUD
Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS
Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty - with quite unexpected results. An offhand remark is taken seriously by a Chinese sculptor, and a British diplomat becomes the owner of a priceless work of art. An insurance claims advisor has a most surprising encounter on the train home to Sevenoa ...Show more
Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal: by Ben Macintyre
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Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS
Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War.Philby's two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and Jam ...Show more
Daisy and Kate by Meredith Appleyard
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Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS
Friendship lost and found again. Jealousy destroyed their friendship decades ago, but now they need each other more than ever ...Once upon a time Daisy Miller and Kate Hannaford were the best of friends, sharing the woes of shift work and nursing, the delights of days off together in their small country ...Show more
The Iliad by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
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Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS
After an invocation to the Muses, the story launches in medias res towards the end of the Trojan War between the Trojans and the besieging Greeks. Chryses, a Trojan priest of Apollo, offers the Greeks wealth for the return of his daughter Chryseis, held captive by Agamemnon, the Greek leader. Although m ...Show more
Playing Beatie Bow: Popular Penguins by Ruth Park
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Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
The game is called Beatie Bow, and the kids play it for the thrill of giving themselves a scare. It's Beatie Bow, risen from the dead When Abigail is drawn in, the game quickly changes from a harmless little scare to an extraordinary adventure, as she is transported to a place that is strangely familiar ...Show more
Persuasion (Clothbound Classic) by Jane Austen; Gillian Beer (Introduction by, Editor, Notes by); Coralie Bickford-smith (Illustrator)
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Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Sir Walter Elliot, de Kellynch-Hall, dans le comté de Somerset, n'avait jamais touché un livre pour son propre amusement, si ce n'est le livre héraldique. Là il trouvait de l'occupation dans les heures de désoeuvre- ment, et de la consolation dans les heures de chagrin. Devant ces vieux parchemins, il é ...Show more
Johnno by David Malouf
$22.99 AUD
Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS | Series: Modern Classics Ser.
Johnno is a typical Australian who refuses to be typical. Seen through the eyes of the narrator, he is a figure of legendary proportions. His disorderly presence can disturb the staleness of gothic Brisbane, or destroy the tranquillity of a Greek landscape. But what is the truth about Johnno? Semi-auto ...Show more
Don Quixote (Penguin Clothbound Classics) by Miguel Cervantes
$45.00 AUD
Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of ...Show more
The French Promise by Fiona McIntosh
$22.99 AUD
Category: FICTION - CLASSICS/MODERN CLASSICS
Postwar Paris is alive with optimism but lavender keeper Luc Ravens and his love Lisette remain haunted by the horrors they have endured. Casting their fate to the winds, they set sail for Australia, hoping to rebuild their lives in a land that's full of promise.Postwar Paris is alive with optimism but ...Show more