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Author: David Galef Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Destroy a nation, but its mountains and rivers remain.' Japanese Proverb This is a collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations...

Author: Lafcadio Hearn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Eerie tales of Japanese goblins, ghosts and magic beautifully illustrated in a deluxe collector's edition! This collection of fifteen chilling tales...

Author: Soseki Natsume Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Botchan has a chip on his shoulder. His elder brother is his parents' obvious favorite and Botchan only receives any attention...

Now in its fifth edition, Award Winning Australian Writing (AWAW) continues its commitment to showcasing the best short stories and poems that have won competitions around the country. This year,...

A collection of short stories that veer from the psychological to the slapstick, and from surrealism to satire. This collection covers 16 stories which flaunt Boyle's astonishing range. There are...

For the first year of his solitary confinement in Beirut, Terry Waite was given nothing to read. During those days, not only did he write his autobiography in his head,...

The book titled Crime: The Pocket Library of Classic Short Stories by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books, including the classic bestseller Nigger: An Autobiography and the 2017...

Fay Marles has lived a life of firsts. As Victoria s first Commissioner for Equal Opportunity, she played an instrumental role in the landmark case that resulted in Ansett employing...

The most comprehensive anthology of writings by visitors to the eternal city ever compiled witty, profound and endlessly entertaining. Drawing on French, Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian and American sources,...

Contains 47 microstories or tales of less than 1000 words, most of which were originally commissioned for publication in 'Australian Book Review'. Includes contributions by Australian writers such as Marion...

'We stand on the shoulders of giants. Now we learn their names.' A powerful, joyous, stunningly illustrated collection of essays by queer icons about the LGBTQ+ trailblazers throughout history who...

The book titled Famous Last Words by the author Jonathon Green. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Deeply moving and now with the added intricacies of professional illustrations, And Sugar Crashes is the syrupy sequel to Of Lips and Lashes. Featuring poems largely inspired by infatuation, music...

Raw, real and emotion-charged, this collection of poetry encompasses the thoughts that have undoubtedly gone through the heads of every lover, fighter, and heartbroken soul. These poems are creative and...

The book titled Culprit: A Crime Writers' Annual: 2nd by the author Liza Cody. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

CAUSE OF DEATH - New year's Eve & the final murder scene of Virginia's bloodiest year takes Scarpetta 30 feet below the icy surface of the Elizabeth River. A diver...

Alcohol is mankind's favourite drug. Tipple, red-eye, poison, mother's ruin, mud in your eye, juice, sauce, a shot of the hard stuff and plonk - all of these terms are...

Nick Hornby...Giles Smith...Helen Fielding...Roddy Doyle...Irvine Welsh...Zadie Smith...Dave Eggers...Robert Harris...Melissa Bank...Patrick Marber...Colin Firth...John O'Farrell Compiled by bestselling author Nick Hornby and featuring brand new stories from the hottest writers on both...

A gorgeously illustrated collection of 19 classic Korean tales of the supernatural! From spine-chilling tales of shape-shifting beasts and vengeful demons to romantic stories of enchanted love, the 19 stories...

"Lippman is a writing powerhouse." -- USA Today New York Times bestselling author and winner of every major prize awarded for crime fiction--including the Edgar(R), Anthony, Shamus, Agatha, and Nero...

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...

Delight in the most wonderful time of the year with a collection of heartwarming and heartfelt Christmas classics in this beautiful, giftable Christmas collection, featuring stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

A collection of contemporary one-act plays by 44 established writers: Koko Abe, Edward Albee, Amiri Baraka, Jane Bowles, Richard Ford, David Hare, Vaclav Havel, Gert Hoffman, Adrienne Kennedy, David Mamet,...

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...