Persuasion by Jane Austen
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Her last completed novel, marrying witty social realism to a 'Cinderella' love story, Jane Austen's "Persuasion" is edited with an introduction by Gillian Beer in "Penguin Classics". Anne Elliot, twenty-seven and still single, seems destined for spinsterhood. In her youth, she broke off an engagement to ...Show more
The Spoils of Poynton by Henry James
$4.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
Mrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughter-in-law. Only the dreamy, highly-strung young woman can genuinely appreciate, and perhaps eventually share, Mrs Gereth's passion for her 'things' - the antique treasures she has amassed at Poynton Park in the south of England. Owen ...Show more
Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes by Albert Jack
$6.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Mr Jack has been nimble and he's been quick, searching through the history of nursery rhymes and he's found out all kind of plum tales, just like little Jack Horner. He's unearthed the answers to some very curious questions...Who were Mary Quite Contrary and Georgie Porgie? How could "Hey Diddle Diddle" ...Show more
The Grapes of Wrath : John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (1902-2002) by John Steinbeck
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics
The Histories: Herodotus by Herodotus; Aubrey De Selincourt (Translator); A. R. Burn (Notes by, Revised by, Introduction by)
$6.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics
Widely referred to as the "Father of History", Greek Historian Herodotus lived during the 5th century BC and "The Histories" is generally accepted as the first work of historical literature in Western Civilization. Departing from the ancient Homeric tradition of treating historical subjects as epically ...Show more
The Matisse Stories
$6.50 AUD
Category: Classics
This brilliant collection has been called "a masterpiece" by the Sunday Telegraph. Each of the three stories is touched in a different way by the paintings of Henri Matisse. Their subjects' lives unravel from simple beginnings -- a trip to the hair dresser, a cleaning woman's passion for knitting, lunch ...Show more
A Voyage From Plymouth to Melbourne in 1839: Jonathan Binns Were. 1964
$40.00 AUD
Category: Classics