The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper; George Stade (Consultant Editor); Bruce L. R. Smith (Introduction by, Intro and Notes by)
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Barnes and Noble Classics Ser.
Natty Bumppo -- also known as the Deerslayer, the Pathfinder, and Hawkeye -- returns in this adventure by America's first great novelist. Originally published in 1841, The Deerslayer was the final installment of James Fenimore Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, although its action precedes that of the ...Show more
Figgie Hobbin by C. Causley
$9.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Considered by some to be a classic collection of children's verse, Figgie Hobbin is by Charles Causley, winner of the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award for Jack the Treacle Eater and receiver of a CBE in 1986 for his services to poetry. Illustrator Gerald Rose is a winner of the Kate Greenaway medal.
New Collected Poems by Elizabeth Jennings
$12.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Poetry pleiade
Does history tell stories? Yes, if the poet listens carefully. Elizabeth Jennings listens carefully, through spiritual, emotional and mental turbulence. She has created an abidingly popular body of poetry, using traditional forms with experimental vigour, keeping her spirit attuned to her art and langua ...Show more
Ways of Escape by Graham Greene
$4.95 AUD
Category: Classics
The second volume of Greene's autobiography, focussing on his intrepid travels and his time spent in Hollywood. With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; as if seeking out danger, Greene travelled to Ha ...Show more
It's a Battlefield by Graham Greene
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than did Graham Greene' Time Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Comer. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues- ...Show more
Family Arsenal by Theroux Paul
$4.95 AUD
Category: Classics
Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions a new urban order through the opium fog of his room. His sometimes bedmate, Mayo, has stolen a Flemish painting and is negotiating for publicity with "The Times". Murf the bomb-maker leaves his mark in red whilst his girlfriend Brodie bombs Euston.
The Locket of Dreams (Vintage Classics) by Belinda Murrell
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Children's Classics Ser.
'She didn?t know why she felt the urge to wear the old necklace. It just seemed to have a magnetic pull on her.? When Sophie wears the heart-shaped locket, she magically travels back to 1858 to learn the truth about her ancestor. Charlotte Mackenzie and her sister, Nell, live a wonderful life on a misty ...Show more
The Tree of Man by Patrick White
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Classics Ser.
"One of Patrick White s most loved novels in which he creates a memorable portrait of human resilience Stan Parker, with only a horse and a dog for companions, journeys to a remote scrubby patch of land that he has inherited in the Australian hills. When the land is cleared enough for a rudimentary hous ...Show more
Michael Palin - Diaries 1969-1979 - The Python Years by Michael Palin
$12.00 AUD
Category: Diaries & Letters
This volume covers Palin's years as one of the stars of Monty Python, the anarchic series which broke the mould of television comedy. Here he records how Python emerged, developed and, at times, seemed to take over his life.Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he wa ...Show more
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
$12.00 AUD
Category: Classics and Literature
From the grandpère of science fiction- a perilous and astonishing adventure into the earth’s core that details encounters with natural hazards, forty foot mushrooms and prehistoric beasts.After decoding a scrap of paper in runic script, the intrepid Professor Lidenbrock and his nervous nephew Axel trave ...Show more