The Window Seat (First Nations Classics) by Archie Weller, Ernie Dingo
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Runner-up for the inaugural Vogel Award in 1980, Archie Weller is a master storyteller. In these short stories, take a seat and rethink what it means to be Australian.Since Archie Weller was runner-up for the first Vogel Award in 1980 for his novel The Day of the Dog, he has become an important voice in ...Show more
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (First Nations Classics) by Doris (Nugi Garimara) Pilkington
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
A Stolen Generations story of astounding courage- three Aboriginal girls, taken from their mothers, escape barefoot back to their beloved homeland in East Pilbara.This is the true account of Nugi Garimara's mother, Molly, made legendary by the film Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1931 Molly led her two sisters o ...Show more
Don't Take Your Love to Town (First Nations Classics) by Ruby Langford Ginibi, Nardi Simpson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics
First published in 1988, a bestselling, seminal work of Indigenous memoir and a story of courage and humour in the face of poverty and tragedy.Ruby Langford Ginibi's remarkable talent for storytelling grabbed the attention of both black and white Australians when she released Don't Take Your Love to Tow ...Show more
The Beauties - Essential Stories by Anton Chekov; Nicolas Slater Pasternak (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
The essential edition of the greatest stories by the Russian master of the form Chekhov was without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its untidy complexity. His short stories, written throughout his life and newly translated for this essential collection, are exquisite masterpie ...Show more
The Iliad (Penguin Classic) by Homer (Translated by Rieu)
$17.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
An accessible Iliad for twenty-first-century readers A classic of Western literature for three millennia, Homer's Iliad captivates modern readers--as it did ancient listeners--with its tale of gods and warriors at the siege of Troy. Now Herbert Jordan's line-for-line translation brilliantly renders the ...Show more
A Tale of Two Cities (PB Vintage Classics) by Charles Dickens; Hablot Knight Browne
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was theseason of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything ...Show more
Child of Fortune by Yuko Tsushima
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
New in Penguin Japanese Classics- an innovative feminist novel about motherhood and girlhood Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan's most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th century writers, with covers inspired by Japanese art and design. Taking us from a sun-drenched aff ...Show more
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics
This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great America ...Show more
The Black Island (#7 Tintin) by Herge
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Tintin (Paperback)
The world’s most famous travelling reporter solves the mystery of the Black Island. Wrongly accused of a theft, Tintin is led to set out with Snowy on an adventure to investigate a gang of forgers. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical ...Show more
The Shooting Star (#10 Tintin) by Hergé
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Category: Classics | Series: Tintin (Paperback)
The world's most famous travelling reporter voyages to the Arctic Ocean in search of the meteorite that has crash-landed in the north. A huge fireball comes hurtling towards Earth from space! Tintin sets sail with Captain Haddock to find the meteorite in the stormy Arctic Ocean, but a valuable metal is ...Show more
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he i ...Show more
Lady Chatterley's Lover: Popular Penguins by D. H. Lawrence
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
Banned and vindicated, condemned and lauded, Lady Chatterley's Lover is D.H. Lawrence's seminal novel of illicit passion and forbidden desire. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with notes by Michael Squires and an introduction by Doris Lessing.Lady Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless ...Show more