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'Ruth Park . . . that steady glow at the heart of Australian literature.' Ruth Cracknell Three of Ruth Park's best loved books - Missus, The Harp in the South...

Ruth Park's classic novel The Harp in the South is one of Australia's greatest novels. Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops...

A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Ruth Park, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she is swept back to the Sydney of a hundred years ago...

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The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves. But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA charming work of Australian children's fiction, One-A-Pecker, Two-A-Pecker presents a warm and playful story crafted...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA warm and richly observed work of autobiographical fiction, Missus chronicles the early married life of a young woman navigating...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterful collection of supernatural and ghost stories, Things in Corners presents Ruth Park's singular talent...

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Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable Jacket: Wear and tearPages: FEP missing Markings: Previous ownerMissus is a novel by Ruth Park that explores the life of a woman in Australia during the early...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - yellow card cover with minor soiling and shadow marks. Page Condition: good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: No issues noted. Two...

Follow the journey of David Hockney's exceptional life in a unique graphic novel format. From his childhood in Bradford and early years making it as an artist, to his sun-drenched...

Author: Ruth ParkBinding: HardbackPublisher: Readers Book Club, 1959Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsOne-A-Pecker Two-A-Pecker presents a delightful journey into the world...

Edition: 3rd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA warm and nostalgic work of autobiographical fiction, Pink Flannel chronicles Ruth Park's early years as a young...

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Hailed as the Queen of Creativity, Julia Cameron is the authority on artistic life and has brought her wisdom to millions around the world. The four essential, accessible tools she...

Who was the laughing, half-demented man in the mirror of the vintage car? What was the creature guarding Willy's aunt's house? Or the pulsing, jelly-like blob in the corner of...

Follow Peter and Benjamin through Mr McGregor's garden as they hunt for treats for their picnic. Use the sliders to help them escape a cat, look under the flaps to...

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Ruth Park's Miles Franklin-winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the midst of the Great Depression. Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie...

The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and important in the history of twentieth century visual culture. From its roots in the development of printing, graphic...

A fresh new edition of a timeless classicAges: 4+ Josh is a little boy who likes to make faces. He practises his scary faces every day. If only Josh had...

Author: Philip Hughes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 180 From Karinjini in the west to Fraser Island in the east, via the northern Kimberley and far southwest of Tasmania, Painting...

The American realist artist John Sloan (1871-1951) is best known for his portrayals of daily life in early 20th-century New York and as a member of The Eight and the...

In this richly illustrated landmark book, author and journalist Will Ellsworth-Jones documents the sold, stolen and destroyed works of Banksy, perhaps one of the most renowned and controversial artists of...

Author: Ruth Chivers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 From the ancient hanging gardens of Babylon to modern Japanese zen, Ruth Chivers discovers gardens through the ages and across the...

The book titled British Bombers of World War I in Action by the author Peter G Cooksley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

The great painter Henri Matisse was also a great book illustrator. A pioneering member of the Fauves, a supreme colorist, a remarkable draftsman, and a creative genius: this is the...

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also...

This landmark publication presents, for the first time ever, 500 of the very best and previously unpublished graphic works by cinema's master of film. Created in collaboration with RGALI -...

A joyful rhyming Suessian romp that puts a playful twist on getting a pet. If it's wet, it isn't a pet! You can play with a puppy and snuggle a...

A fascinating guide to Van Gogh's itinerant life, with vibrant images and stories about the many places he lived and worked. Vincent van Gogh travelled widely through various countries in...

Take a look inside the homes of some of your favourite artists and explore how each one reflected their spirit and creativity. From William Morris and Pablo Picasso to Georgia...

Winner of the Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. 'Sharp, elegiac...

What should you do at Christmas? In Edvard Munch's Christmas in the Brothel , the artist depicts himself sleeping off the effects of drink, but the Madame reads a book....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA warm and nostalgic work of autobiographical fiction, Pink Flannel chronicles a chapter in...

The catalog published for the exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in 2000 retraces all of the projects by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang (born 1957), through documentation of...

Do you know that water covers nearly 70 percent of the earth and that nearly 70 percent of the human body is made up of H2O? That more than half...