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Few journalists exemplify the creed 'without fear or favour' like Gideon Haigh. Shelf Life selects from twenty-one years of writing on myriad subjects by one of our clearest thinkers, sharpest...

A collection of tense thrilllers, each centered on a mystery and the unfortunate officer tasked with solving it, set in the world of Hideo Yokoyama's bestselling Six Four . Four...

This is a literary survival guide to the middle years for women with teenage children, elderly parents and husbands in crisis. Take two women: One finds her high-flying career has...

The doctors used words like 'products of conception' and 'missed abortion' which stung and pulled at my heart. She will always be a baby to me. After the miscarriage I...

Many centuries ago, when the ancient gods ruled the world from Mount Olympus, a rich and powerful king ruled Sicily. His name was Dionysius and he killed and plundered without...

This is a collection of pithy pronouncements - aphorisms, bon mots and maxims from literature, recorded speech, light verse, proverbs, epitaphs and many other sources from the Bible to the...

Stories take us beyond the bounds of our own lives-into new worlds and new situations. Perhaps most importantly, they invite us into new minds. Through the eyes of the characters...

This book was written to improve the confidence of youths today and to prove the existence of optimism in the world. This book is a collection of recent stories written...

The third volume in an anthology series of the most original and exciting new plays for the nineties Europe, set in an international rail station linking several countries examines the...

Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought:...

Four novellas by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, that once again show her to be unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human...

Empathetic, supportive and respectful...Or competitive, manipulative and downright bitchy? Or somewhere in between? In Just Between Us, a host of Australia's best-loved female writers bare all on this age-old quandary:...

Talking to Strangers is a freshly curated collection of prose, spanning fifty years of work and including famous as well as never-before-published early writings, from Man Booker Prize-finalist Paul Auster....

This is an anthology of quotations from literary, religious and philsophical sources and is illustrated with original paintings and designs. The themes of the quotations follow a contemplative pattern from...

The Best Australian Essays 2009 presents a selection of the year's best non-fiction. With wonderful essays by Australia's finest writers, this diverse collection captures the year that was. Whether tackling...

Original cat paintings combined with ancient wisdom- a unique and upmarket book for cat-lovers everywhere _______________________________________ In ancient China, the cat was often a subject of art and poetry. This...

The London theatres arguably were the central cultural institutions in England during the Romantic period, and certainly were arenas in which key issues of the time were contested. While existing...

"The West End may be starved of new work, but real drama flourishes at the Bush." - Michael Billington A celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Bush Theatre.Two new...

These exquisite twin novellas chronicle the difficult choices that reshape the lives of two very different families. In Ordinary Love , Smiley focuses on a woman's infidelity and the lasting,...

This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.

Best known for The Berlin Stories --the inspiration for the Tony and Academy Award-winning musical Cabaret --Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was a major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights...

Volume Nine in Methuen's highly successful series of anthologies provides a stunning selection of plays chosen by theatre director Annie Castledine. In addition to 'these fine new translations by Tinch...

An anthology compiled by Richard Briers and his wife Anne. It is a celebration of the best that food, wine and good fellowship have to offer - from barbeques to...

From the image of a small boy entranced by his mother's GI escort, yet still hoping for the return of his father 'missing in action', to the portrait of an...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe...

In a time of reckoning, this year's National Magazine Awards finalists and winners focus on abuse of power in many forms. Ronan Farrow's Pulitzer Prize-winning revelation of Harvey Weinstein's depredations...

In The Best Australian Essays 2014, Robert Manne assembles his picks of contemporary non-fiction writing. In The Best Australian Essays 2014, Robert Manne assembles his picks of contemporary non-fiction writing....

Sixteen 'whitefellas' explore their relationship with Aboriginal Australia, looking at events in their own lives which shaped their understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal culture and history. Each contributor has shown...

From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps-the largest oral history project in the nation's history-presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people...

A Cosmological Manifesto This book consists of an essay, a credo, twelve poems and 205 aphorisms. The essay provides a personal, scholarly reflection on where Paul Monk started, forty years...

Granta 100 will be edited by William Boyd and will include pieces by: Martin Amis Julian Barnes Bill Buford AM Homes Ian Jack Mario Vargas Llosa Nicholas Shakespeare Ian McEwan...