The Yellow Book : Little Black Classic by Anon
$4.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
' "She's an adventuress. Yes, an adventuress, but an end-of-the-century one. She doesn't travel for profit, but for pleasure." ' Offering an entertaining introduction to the fin-de-siecle, this selection from the notorious magazine The Yellow Book includes stories and poems by famous writers such as Arn ...Show more
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
$9.99 AUD
Category: Classics
First published in 1943 and written by now-famous French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry, The Little Prince has grown to be a world-wide classic, loved by many. When a pilot finds himself alone and stranded with a broken-down plane, a little prince is his only companion living on a strange deserted plan ...Show more
The Wishing Chair Again (Colour Illustrated) by Enid Blyton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: The Wishing Chair Colour Illustrated
Parents and grandparents will swoon with nostalgia and children will love pouring over the illustrations and be entranced by the magical stories.
Paddington's Finest Hour (HB) by Michael Bond
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Hurrying forward, he held out a welcoming hand. "Sir Percival Rushmoor," he said. "I'm invigilating." "I'm sorry to hear that, Sir Percival," said Paddington. "I hope you feel better very soon." Paddington always finds himself in unusual situations so it is no surprise when he has a run-in with the poli ...Show more
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Reading Level: very good
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, this is the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescu ...Show more
The Songlines: Moleskine Special Edition by Bruce Chatwin
$59.99 AUD
Category: Classics
This Moleskine-bound edition is sold together with a blank Moleskine notebook, for recording your own thoughts and adventures. Perfect for the travel writers of the future. The Songlines is Bruce Chatwin's magical account of his journey across the length and breadth of Australia, following the invisible ...Show more
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; Tom Lathrop (trans)
$11.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens
When an ageing, impoverished nobleman decides to style himself “Don Quixote” and embarks upon a series of daring endeavours, it is clear that his ability to distinguish between reality and the fantasy world of literary romance has broken down. His exploits turn into comic misadventures, in which everyda ...Show more
Cinderella (My Very First Story Time) by Rachel Elliot
$12.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: My Very First Story Time | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
Poor Cinderella is made to sweep, cook and clean, and yet she always shows kindness to her mean stepsisters. This storybook boasts sparkles and spells, heroes and villains, and a triumphant happy ending. It's never too early to introduce children to the magic and wonder of fairy tales. Classic characte ...Show more
The Trial by Franz Kafka
$14.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Reading Level: very good
Presents a psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K, an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis-an event that proves maddening ...Show more
The Odyssey (HB) by Homer; Gillian Cross
$39.95 AUD
Category: Classics
A magnificent retelling of Homer's epic story, illustrated with lavish full colour pictures and exquisite black and white silhouettes. Homer's great story is retold with simplicity and style by award-winning children's writer Gillian Cross, and vividly brought to life in Neil Packer's stunning illustrat ...Show more
Goodbye to All That (War Popular Penguin) by Robert Graves
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: War Popular Penguins
In one of the most honest and candid self-portraits ever committed to paper, Robert Graves tells the extraordinary story of his experiences as a young officer in the First World War. He describes life in the trenches in vivid, raw detail, how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him shell-shocked. ...Show more
Ramayana by Daljit Nagra
$27.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Attributed to Valmiki, thought to be India's first poet, the Ramayana's origins date back thousands of years when it was first committed to Sanskrit. Since then, generations of children the world over have grown up with its story of Rama's quest to recover his wife Sita from her abduction by Raavana, th ...Show more