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The Thirteen Gun Salute
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Captain Jack Aubrey sets sail for the South China Sea with a new lease on life. Following his dismissal from the Royal Navy (a false accusation), he has earned reinstatement...
Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis
Green shoots, green leaves, California green vesicles be-neath the California green-brown mud. A hormonal transition is a new start, but it is not a new start like a shoot emerges...
Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama in
Acting the Right Part is a cultural history of huaju (modern Chinese drama) from 1966 to 1996. Xiaomei Chen situates her study both in the context of Chinese literary and...
Singing Lessons: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Healing
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The respected singer and songwriter describes her journey of loss, grief, and recovery following the 1992 suicide of her son and the near-death of her companion of fifteen years, after...
Love and Duty
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As girls, Kate, Effie and Stella watch the MK&T race through town, wondering if they will ever be on that train, bound for somewhere wonderful. Their youthful dreams take them...
Babydreams
A successful and wealthy career woman yearns for her first child, but finds she must make a choice between her own maternal longings and the man she loves, in this...
Rooms of One's Own: 50 Places That Made Literary History
Writers' relationships with their surroundings are seldom straightforward. While some, like Jane Austen and Thomas Mann, wrote novels set where they were staying (Lyme Regis and Venice respectively), Victor Hugo...
Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories
From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child's first-ever autobiographical collection. From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child's first-ever autobiographical collection. On Monday...
Anaïs Nin: An Introduction
$45.00 AUD
Author: Benjamin Franklin V And Duane SchneiderBinding: PaperbackPublished: Ohio University Press., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor discolouration to spine and front of cover, spine is...
French Literature: Its History And Its Meaning
$60.00 AUD
Author: Wallace FowlieBinding: HardbackPublished: Prentice-HallCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and tear, previous owner name inside, some previous owner marks...
Giants Of Literature: Kipling
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Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: Sampson Low, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine, previous owner name inside first pageThis volume presents a comprehensive...
Knocking Round
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Author: J. Le Gay BreretonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Ltd, Australia, 1930Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection of verse, Knocking Round, presents the lyrical observations...
The Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett: Volume III of the Grove
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Edited by Paul Auster, this four-volume set of Beckett's canon has been designed by award winner Laura Lindgren. Available individually, as well as in a boxed set, the four hardcover...
English Trader, Indian Maid: Representing Gender, Race, and Slavery in
On March 13th, 1711, an article appeared in "The Spectator about Thomas Inkle, a young and aspiring English trader cast ashore in the Americas, who is saved from violenct death...
Changing Places: Australian Writers in Europe 1960s-1990s: Australians
Australians have always been long-distance travellers, but the trip to Europe has changed. The leisurely shipboard approach to the grand tour and cultural pilgrimage has been overtaken by jet travel...
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
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One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review , New York 's "Vulture", The Week , Bustle, BookRiot An NPR Best Book of...
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
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The author describes his bizarre coming-of-age years after his adoption by his mother's psychiatrist, during which he witnessed such misadventures as a fake suicide attempt and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers.
Debate and Dialogue: Alain Chartier in his Cultural Context
In early humanist France two debating traditions converge: one literary and vernacular, one intellectual and conducted mainly via Latin epistles. Debate and Dialogue demonstrates how the two fuse in the...
The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal
The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was published in 1923 and has been widely...
The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits
A scholarly edition of a work by Bernard Mandeville. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
Great Expectations
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I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.' Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the...
Create Dangerously
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry 'To create today is to create...
Metamorphoses
Ovid's deliciously clever and exuberant epic, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the...
A Lover's Discourse: Fragments
'A kind of mercurial elegy. . . Some extraordinary passion leaks through Barthes' lucid prose' Peter Ackroyd, Spectator 'May be the most detailed, painstaking anatomy of desire that we are...
The Ruskin Study Guide For Australian School Students - Volume 2)
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Author: T. J. DwyerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Ruskin Group Pty. Ltd., 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed and worn boards....
Sannazaro & Arcadia
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Author: Carol KidwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Duckworth Publishing, 1993Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCarol Kidwell's Sannazaro & Arcadia chronicles the life and literary contributions of Jacopo Sannazaro, a pivotal...
Professing Poetry
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Author: John WainBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsProfessing Poetry presents a compelling collection of essays that scrutinize the art and craft of verse. John Wain,...
The Bodley Head Monographs
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Author: Roger Lancelyn Green, Anthea Bell, Elizabeth NesbittBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor nick/tear on DJ. The collection The Bodley Head...
Art, Society, Revolution: Russia 1917-1921
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Author: Nils Ake (ed.) NilssonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Red marks on rear cover as shown in photo. Small crease on top...
An Outline Of Modern Knowledge
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Author: William Rose (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1932Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cover has some light wearBook involves the works of twenty-four of the world's...
The Musical Companion
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Author: A.L. Bacharach (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cover has wear and spine tanned (see photo), previous owner name inside, light...
The Oxford Illustrated History Of English Literature
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Author: Pat RogersBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded spine and some minor bumps to DJ.This authoritative volume chronicles the rich tapestry of...
Australia Through The Looking-Glass: Children's Fiction 1830-1980
$35.00 AUD
Author: Brenda NiallBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some sun-fading to spine of DJ. This scholarly work chronicles the evolution of Australian...
The Bible: Designed To Be Read As Literature
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Author: Ernest Sutherland BatesBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Limited., 1950Condition:Book: PoorJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: DJ is damaged with some soiling...
A Charm Of Names
$65.00 AUD
Author: Ivor BrownBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1972Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA captivating journey through the etymological landscape of language, A Charm of Names presents the...
Australian Literature: A Bibliography To 1938, Extended To 1950
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Author: E. Morris Miller And Frederick T. MacartneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson., 1956Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight chips and minor...
Selected Works William Shakespeare
These volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. This finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes "Hamlet," "Macbeth,"...
Getting Away with Murder: My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen
'Screamingly funny and deliciously candid, full of wisdom and joie de vivre, this is memoir with the grip of a thriller' ERIN KELLY 'A rollercoaster ride' THE TIMES 'Fascinating and...
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...
The Illustrated Koka Shastra: Medieval Indian Writings on Love Based
$15.00 AUD
A translation of Indian writings cover all aspects of sex and love.
Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays
Going to see a 'Shakespeare' and want a quick run-down on the plot? Studying Shakespeare and want to know who's who? Teaching the 'Henrys' and need a handy guide to...