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The Beauty of Everyday Things by Soetsu Yanagi
23.00 AUD
Category: Home | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be natural and ...Show more
The Best of Lupin: Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc
32.99 AUD
Category: Classic | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Ars ne Lupin is a gentleman and a thief, a world-famous master of disguise and a planner of elaborate heists. His exploits are regularly splashed across newspaper pages, entertaining all of France as Inspector Ganimard of the Paris Police fruitlessly pursues him. Lupin often turns detective himself when ...Show more
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Read John Boyne's powerful classic ahead of the sequel ALL THE BROKEN PLACES by John Boyne
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Category: Teen (12-14) | Series: Vintage Children's Classics Ser.
'Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone.' Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the 'Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out-With' ...Show more
The Call of the Wild - Puffin Classics by Jack London
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Category: Junior Fiction (7-11) | Series: Puffin Classics Ser.
Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck mus ...Show more
The Cattle King by Ion L Idriess
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Category: Classic | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
At the age of 13, Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King.
The Complete Fables by AESOP
22.99 AUD
Category: Classic | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
'Many people are not in the least disturbed at the harm that befalls them, provided they can see their enemies' downfall first' In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quic ...Show more
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas
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Category: Classic | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Ch teau d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of ...Show more
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller
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Category: Classic | 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: Classic | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his bandages the next morning, he finds masses of sightless people wandering the city. He soon meets Josella, another lucky person who has retained her sight, and together they leave ...Show more
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Chartwell Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe
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Category: Classic | Series: Chartwell Classics Ser.
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe is a collection of Poe's key works, including such famous short stories as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and classic poems such as "The Raven." Revel in the sumptuous language of Edgar Allan Poe's best works. The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe feat ...Show more
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
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Category: General/Contemporary | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
One of the century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powe ...Show more
The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov
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Category: Classic | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
"The Gift" is the phantasmal autobiography of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdynstev, a writer living in the closed world of Russian intellectuals in Berlin shortly after the First World War. This gorgeous tapestry of literature and butterflies tells the story of Fyodor's pursuits as a writer. Its heroine is not Fy ...Show more