The End of the Morning by Charmian Clift
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Category: Classics
In those days the end of the morning was always marked by the quarry whistle blowing the noon knock-off. Since everybody was out of bed very early, morning then was a long time, or even, if you came to think about it, a round time — symmetrical anyway, and contained under a thin, radiant, dome shaped co ...Show more
The Rainbow by Yasunari Kawabata
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Category: Classics
With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters - born to the same father but different mothers - struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, ...Show more
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Children's Classics) by Lewis Carroll
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Children's Classics Ser.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most celebrated children's books of all time. In this edition Lewis Carroll's original story of little Alice's tumble down a rabbit hole is brought to life by stunning illustrations from John Tenniel. The book also features an elegant bonded-leather binding ...Show more
Dreams: A Literary Anthology: William Blake, Charlotte Bronte, Sigmund Freud, Homer, Helen Keller and Others by BOB BLAISDELL
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Category: Classics
The mysterious power of dreams has always fascinated humanity. Theories of interpretation, meaning, and symbolism have varied, yet their intrigue remains eternal. This captivating anthology of dreams represents the experiences of great authors and characters as well as their nighttime wanderings, awaken ...Show more
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. ...Show more
In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki; Thomas J. Harper (Translator); Edward Seidensticker (Translator)
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Category: Classics
A fully illustrated, beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizaki's wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture.'We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates... Were it not for shadows, there would be no ...Show more
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
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Category: Classics | Series: The Penguin English Library
An epic rendition of the imperial experience in India, and perhaps his greatest long work, the "Penguin Classics" edition of Rudyard Kipling's "Kim" is edited with an introduction by Harish Trivedi, and includes a general preface by Jan Montefiore. Kim, orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor white ...Show more
Metamorphoses: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Ovid
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years,Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its representation of women, gendered dynamics of power, and sexual violence in Ovid's classic. A Penguin Classic Ovid's Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns ...Show more
Stories of Love and Friendship by Matthew Oldham; Ellie Snowdon (Illustrator)
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Category: Classics
An enchanting story collection full of endearing woodland characters... and hugs! Badger can't stop worrying. Little Fox can't find her favourite hat and Mole wants to give Grandpa Mole the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER. Step into a warm and cosy world, where worries are shared, friends are always there to help - ...Show more
The Iliad by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
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Category: Classics
After an invocation to the Muses, the story launches in medias res towards the end of the Trojan War between the Trojans and the besieging Greeks. Chryses, a Trojan priest of Apollo, offers the Greeks wealth for the return of his daughter Chryseis, held captive by Agamemnon, the Greek leader. Although m ...Show more
The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
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Category: Classics
Rudyard Kipling's best-loved book, full of timeless and beloved tales of adventure Now a major motion picture from Disney starring Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, and Ben KingsleyThe story of Mowgli, a man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson
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Category: Classics
The Odyssey is a poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed Odysseus has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemac ...Show more