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100 Artists' Manifestos - From the Futurists to the Stuckists by Danchev Alex
$27.99 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In this remarkable collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years, Alex Danchev presents the cacophony of voices of such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Feminism, Communism, Destructivism, Vorticism, Stridentism, Cannibalism and Stuckism, taking in along the way film, architect ...Show more
50 Politics Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon
$19.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: 50 Classics Ser.
We live in politically charged times, but little of what we contend with today is new and much can be learned from history. 50 Politics Classics reveals the major writings of political leaders, philosophers, and activists, spanning over 2,000 years. With insightful commentaries on the texts and biograph ...Show more
84 Charing Cross Road by Hélène Hanff; Juliet Stevenson (Introduction by)
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Category: Biography | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
84, Charing Cross Road with introduction by Anne Bancroft. 'A charmer. Will beguile an hour of your time and put you in tune with [humankind].'
A Bird in the Hand (#1 George and Molly Palmer-Jones) by Ann Cleeves
$18.99 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Pan Heritage Classics Ser.
Originally published in 1986, A Bird in the Hand announced Ann Cleeves, now the bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series, as a brilliant new voice in contemporary crime fiction.Who could have known birdwatching was such a dangerous sport?Young Tom French has been found dead in a marsh ...Show more
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
$16.99 AUD
Category: CH Classics | Series: Liberty Classics Ser.
The Handsome New Edition of the Classic Christmas Story with Brand-New Illustrations Follow along with stingy Ebenezer Scrooge as he encounters the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future in this handsome new edition of the classic A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens's original novel is now acc ...Show more
A Christmas Carol (Vintage Classics Dickens Series) by Charles Dickens
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Dickens Ser.
'Bah ' said Scrooge, 'Humbug ' Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths abo ...Show more
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writingscollects stories of matchless charm and enduring popularity that enchanted listeners at Charles Dickens's public readings. This Penguin Classics is edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Slater.Since it was first published in 1843 A Christmas Carol ...Show more
A Clockwork Orange: Restored Edition by Anthony Burgess
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'What's it going to be then, eh?' This special edition of A Clockwork Orangerestores the text of Anthony Burgess' novel as he originally wrote it, and includes a glossary of his teen slang 'Nadsat', pages from the original typescript, explanatory notes, interviews, articles and reviews, shedding light o ...Show more
A Doll's House and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen; Peter Watts (translator)
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Category: Plays | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Delivering three distinct and powerful visions of characters who choose to defy convention in the pursuit of happiness, Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Peter Watts in Penguin Classics. The League of Youth was Ibsen's first venture into realistic social ...Show more
A Dutiful Daughter by Thomas Keneally; Geordie Williamson (Introduction by)
$12.95 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
It is the duty of a good child to let his parents know the second they turn into animals.Barbara Glover?s parents metamorphosed when she hit puberty, becoming bovine from the waist down. Fearful of her transformative powers, she tends diligently to them, keeping them like animals on the family?s remote ...Show more
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A FAREWELL TO ARMS. Hemingway's description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his ...Show more
A Gift Of Love by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Category: Spirituality | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'[He] inspired a generation ...He changed the course of history' Barack Obama As Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his best-known lectures. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in ...Show more