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Compleat Angler by Walton Izaak
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fishing | Series: Modern Library
Since its first publication in 1653, this classic celebration of the joys of fishing has captivated anglers and nature lovers. This is the 1676 fifth edition and is reproduced with stunning nineteenth-century woodcuts and engravings and an introduction by Howell Raines.
For Love Alone by Christina Stead
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Set in Sydney and London in the 1930s, 'For Love Alone' is the story of Teresa Hawkins, an intelligent, ardent young woman, and her search for the ideal passion of love.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë; Diane Johnson
$43.95 AUD
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Modern Library Ser.
Jane EyreBy Charlotte Brontëm grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing. I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer. I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck, and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fe ...Show more
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius; trans. Gregory Hays
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social & Cultural Notes | Series: Modern Library Classics | Reading Level: very good
A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus's insights and advice - on everything from living in the world to ...Show more
Seven Poor Men of Sydney by Christina Stead
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Originally published in 1934, Seven Poor Men of Sydney is Christina Stead's first novel, a brilliant portrayal of a group of men and women living in Sydney in the 1920s amid conditions of poverty and social turmoil. Set against the vividly drawn backgrounds of Fisherman's (Watson's) Bay and the innercit ...Show more
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Modern Library
In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals t ...Show more
The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead
$34.99 AUD
Category: Writing Guides | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for one another. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of the relations bet ...Show more
The Waste Land and Other Writings: and Other Writings by T. S. Eliot
$15.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Modern Library
With an introduction by Mary Kerr, "Waste Land and Other Writings" is Elior's masterpiece and has his related writings.
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