Great Novels: The World's Most Remarkable Fiction Explored and Explained by DK
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Category: CLASSICS
A beautifully illustrated guide to the greatest novels ever writtenDiscover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels.From medieval romances and tales of chivalry through the realist novels of the 19th century to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the sel ...Show more
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee
22.99 AUD
Category: CLASSICS | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
'The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in the grass and caught there like a piece of sheep's wool, was the last I saw of my country home as I left it to discover the world' Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring an ...Show more
The Little Book of Shakespeare: Timeless Wit and Wisdom by Orange Hippo!
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Category: CLASSICS | Series: The\Little Books of Literature Ser.
Full of the Bard's clever insights, witty asides and timeless nuggets of wisdom, and complemented by facts about his life and talents. 'He was "not of an age, but for all time".' (Shakespeare's contemporary Ben Jonson) No writer, before or since, has matched Shakespeare in terms of influence, critical a ...Show more
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World by Rene Girard
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Category: CLASSICS | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World presents a highly original global theory of culture. Here, in his greatest work, Rene Girard explores the function of violence, mimetic desire and the mechanism of the scapegoat, in the history of society and religion. Girard's vision is a brilliant and de ...Show more
Brave New World: A Graphic Novel by Aldous Huxley, Fred Fordham
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Category: CLASSICS
Available in graphic novel form for the first time, "one of the most prophetic dystopian works of the twentieth century" (Wall Street Journal) Aldous Huxley's classic novel of authoritarianism Brave New World, adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham, the artist behind the graphic novel edition of To Kil ...Show more
The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits by Joshua Frydman
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Category: CLASSICS
The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami, their divine offspring and the creation of Japan, to medieval tales of vengeful ghosts, through to ...Show more
Norse Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters by J. K. JACKSON
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Category: CLASSICS | Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions Ser.
Beautiful edition with a new introduction to the origins of Thor and Loki, Odin and Freya, the gods and giants of the Vikings, highlighting the origins of modern fiction in myth and fable. Gorgeous Collector's Edition. From the legends of Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya and all the gods of Asgard come the 'The ...Show more
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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Category: CLASSICS | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerv ...Show more
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs
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Category: CLASSICS
Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes.It begins between the Creation and Noah's Flood, follows the footsteps of the earliest generation of giants from an age when the children of Cain and the progeny of fallen angels walked the e ...Show more
Meditations - The Annotated Edition by Marcus Aurelius; Robin Waterfield (Editor)
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Category: CLASSICS
This definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is an insightful look into the mind of Ancient Rome's sixteenth emperor. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome--and by far the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely privat ...Show more
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo; Gian Carlo Calza (Translator)
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Category: CLASSICS | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
An enlightening account of how the Japanese tea ceremony influences so much of Japanese life and culture.The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life.This short book, written in English by a Japanese schol ...Show more
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Category: CLASSICS
A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much gri ...Show more