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  • Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 20th Anniversary Edition by Mitch Albom | Conversation Starters

    by dailyBooks ...
    Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 20th Anniversary Edition by Mitch Albom | Conversation StartersMorrie's name in Hebrew means "my teacher." In college, sportswriter Mitch Albom looked up to Morrie as his mentor and promised to stay in touch after graduation. He went on to become a successful journalist, winning awards and recognition along the way. For the ... Read more

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  • Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection

    by Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) ... Read more

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  • The Winners

    From the New York Times bestselling author of TikTok phenomenon Anxious People

    by Fredrik Backman ...
    'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' JOJO MOYESWHAT DOES IT TAKE TO STAND TOGETHER?‘It’s often said that winners write history, but there are no winners here’This is a small story about big questions.It's a story about family, community, life.It starts with a storm - and a death.But how does it end?Two years have pass... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Wifedom

    Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

    by Anna Funder ...
    * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023 * * THE FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023 - LITERARY NON-FICTION *'Simply, a masterpiece. Here, Anna Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full. And this in a narrative that grips the reader and unfolds through some of the most consequential moments - historical and cultural - of the twentieth century.' GERALDINE BROOKS ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

    The new deliciously dark Christmas cracker from the bestselling author of Murder on the Christmas Express

    by Alexandra Benedict ...
    THIS CHRISTMAS, A KILLER TAKES FAMILY GAMES TO A MURDEROUS NEW LEVEL.On 19th of December, renowned puzzle setter, loner and Christmas sceptic Edie O’Sullivan finds a hand-delivered present on her doorstep. Unwrapping it, she finds a jigsaw box and, inside, six jigsaw pieces. When fitted together, the pieces show part of a crime scene – blood-spattered black and white tiles and part of an outlined ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD $4.99 AUD

  • The Story Collector

    by Evie Woods ...
    '[A] sweet tale about the healing power of kindness' Irish TimesIn a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything…One hundred years ago, Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor translate fairy stories from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart of a mystery that threatens her very ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Position of Spoons

    and other intimacies

    by Deborah Levy ...
    From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writerIn The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy invites the reader into the interiors of her world, sharing her most intimate thoughts and experiences, as she traces and measures her life against the backdrop of the literary and artistic muses that have ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Thomas Hardy: The Complete Works

    The Hand of Ethelberta,The Trumpet-Major,The Woodlanders, Wessex Tales... (Illustrated) (Bauer Classics)

    by Thomas Hardy, Bauer Books ...
    Series Book 21 - All Time Best Writers
    While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets ... Read more

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  • Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Novels and Novellas

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    Here you will find the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy in the chronological order of their original publication. - Childhood - Boyhood - Youth - Family Happiness - The Cossacks - War and Peace - Anna Karenina - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - The Kreutzer Sonata - Resurrection - The Forged Coupon - Hadji Murad ... Read more

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  • Odyssey

    The Sunday Times bestselling final part of the acclaimed Greek myths series

    by Stephen Fry ...
    Series Book 4 - Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
    **READ THE FINAL BOOK IN STEPHEN FRY’S ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING GREEK MYTHS SERIES TELLING THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEYCAN A HERO FIND HIS WAY HOME?**The most famous heroic story of all time, Odyssey is chock full of monsters, murder, maelstroms, gods, giants, wit, wisdom – and the most cunning hero of them all: Odysseus'Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books . . . Fry <strong... ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD

  • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

    From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo

    by George Saunders ...
    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPICKED BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, IRISH TIMES, SPECTATOR, TLS, NEW STATESMAN, MAIL ON SUNDAY, I PAPER, PROSPECT, REVEW31 AND EVENING STANDARD AS A BOOK OF 2021'A masterclass from a warm and engagingly enthusiastic companion' Guardian Summer Reading Picks 2021</str... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The Perfect Couple: by Elin Hilderbrand | Conversation Starters

    by dailyBooks ...
    The Perfect Couple: by Elin Hilderbrand | Conversation StartersThe Perfect Couple, the newest novel from “Queen of the Summer Beach Read,” Elin Hilderbrand, is the author's first murder mystery novel. In The Perfect Couple, Hilderbrand takes readers back to Nantucket. This time the “Wedding of the Century” will be taking place between the wealthy Benjamin Winbury and Celeste Otis, who worked at ... Read more

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  • She Speaks!

    What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said

    by Harriet Walter ...
    New parts for thirty of Shakespeare's women, letting them speak their minds, written by famed stage and screen actress, Dame Harriet Walter DBE'Bold and original . . . a book that anyone who cares about Shakespeare will want to own, and share' JAMES SHAPIRO'With her gravitas, empathy, intellect and absolute belly laugh wit, the unheard voices soar. A real celebration of her life and art' PHYLLIDA ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Meditations: A New Translation

    by Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays, Masterpiece Everywhere ...
    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121–180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161—and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others. ... Read more

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  • The Secret Lives of Booksellers & Librarians

    True stories of the magic of reading

    by James Patterson ...
    **Features an exclusive interview with beloved author Judy Blume!_______________________________________To be a bookseller or librarian . . .**You have to play detective.Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker. A brilliant listener.A person who creates a kind of magic by pulling a book from a shelf, handing it to someone and saying, 'You've got to read this. You're going to love it'.In this love letter ... Read more

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  • The Tiger's Prey

    by Wilbur Smith ...
    Set in the eighteenth century and reviving Tom Courtney, hero of Wilbur Smith's bestsellersMonsoon (1999) and Blue Horizon (2003), this new novel packs action, romance, and exotic settings into a rousing historical adventure.Francis Courtney flees the comfort of his grand country estate, when his stepfather's gambling debts leave him penniless and in grave danger. He travels to South Africa with ... Read more

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  • Shame and the Aging Woman

    Confronting and Resisting Ageism in Contemporary Women's Writings

    by J. Brooks Bouson ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism
    This book brings together the research findings of contemporary feminist age studies scholars, shame theorists, and feminist gerontologists in order to unfurl the affective dynamics of gendered ageism. In her analysis of what she calls “embodied shame,” J. Brooks Bouson describes older women’s shame about the visible signs of aging and the health and appearance of their bodies as they undergo the ... Read more

    $125.99 AUD

  • The Rope and Other Plays

    by Plautus ...
    Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254 -184 bc ) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters that were to influence the comedies of Shakespeare, Molière and many others. In The Ghost, a dissolute ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Edie’s Home for Strays

    by Gracie Taylor ...
    ‘A real page-turner full of wartime friendships, hope and love’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐On the Home Front, one girl is determined to make a difference.But Edie’s hopes of serving overseas are dashed when she’s sent to be a Land Girl in a sleepy Cumbrian village.Prue has shut the world out since her son went away to fight. Yet when she’s asked to take in a Land Girl and two little evacuees from ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King

    by J. R. R. Tolkien ...
    Darkness Will Bind Them… watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 on Prime VideoAll three parts of the epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers & The Return of the King – available as one download, featuring the definitive edition of the text, hyperlinked footnotes and page references, and 3 maps including a detailed map of Middle-earth.S. ... Read more

    $31.49 AUD

  • Ender's World

    Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game

    by Janis Ian, Aaron Johnston ...
    Experience the thrill of reading Ender's Game all over againGo deeper into the complexities of Orson Scott Card's classic novel with science fiction and fantasy writers, YA authors, military strategists, including:Ender prequel series coauthor Aaron Johnston on Ender and the evolution of the child heroBurn Notice creator Matt Nix on Ender's Game as a guide to lifeHugo award–winning w... ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD

  • The Duke Goes Down

    The Duke Hunt

    by Sophie Jordan ...
    Series series Duke Hunt
    AMAZON BEST ROMANCE PICK IN AUGUSTNew York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan begins the all new The Duke Hunt series with the illegitimate son of a duke who meets his match in the daring daughter of a vicar.The Bastard Rogue...Peregrine Butler’s privileged blue-blooded world is rocked to the core when it is revealed he was born before his parents’ marriage and therefore is not the legal heir ... Read more

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  • The Darkest Timeline

    by Bram E. Gieben ...
    Like Black Mirror on steroids, The Darkest Timeline issues 9 vignettes of doom in the form of theoretical essays that outline not the likelihood, but the certainty of our demise as a species. Taking into account an array of apocalyptic modalities, Bram E. Gieben shows us with sardonic wit and erudition that there may be no silver lining. We are left to choose how to countenance our demise. The ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Dylan Goes Electric!

    Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties

    by Elijah Wald ...
    THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. One of the music world’s pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan “went electric” at the Newport Folk Festival.On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, Like a Rolling Stone. The audience of committed ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD