Chuang Tzu by David Hinton
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Category: Classics
Revered for millennia in the Chinese spiritual tradition, Chuang Tzu stands alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding classic of Taoism. The Inner Chapters are the only sustained section of this text widely believed to be the work of Chuang Tzu himself, dating to the fourth century B.C.E. Witty and e ...Show more
Mr Weston's Good Wine by T.F. Powys
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Category: Classics
Among the residents of a small Dorset town called Folly Down, an unlikely struggle between the forces of good and evil is taking place. For a single winter's evening, Time stands still and the bitter-sweet gift of awareness descends upon the people. Because Mr Weston the wine merchant has come to town a ...Show more
Lady with the Dog and Other Love Stories by ANTON CHEKHOV
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Category: Classics
A master playwright and short story writer, Anton Chekhov is revered for his ability to examine the social forces in his characters' lives. His virtuosity with the written word is on full display in this collection of his best stories that explore the euphoria and despair inherent in the process of fall ...Show more
The Invisible Man - A Grotesque Romance by H. G. Wells; Arthur C. Clarke (Introduction by)
$17.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Bantam Classics Ser.
So he lapses into a dream, the undying wonderful dream of his life. And though Kemp has fished unceasingly, no human being save the landlord knows those books are there, with the subtle secret of invisibility and a dozen other strange secrets written therein. And none other will know of them until he di ...Show more
The Rediscovery of North America by Barry López
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Category: Classics | Series: Clark Lectures
" The Spanish incursion into the New World, with its brutal destruction of indigenous peoples and their cultures and its material exploitation of much of two continents, reverberates in our history down to the present century. So contends prize-winning writer Barry Lopez in this beautifully written book ...Show more
About This Life by Barry Lopez
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Category: Classics
Once, when asked for advice on how to become a writer, Lopez found himself replying: "Read. Find out what you truly believe. Get away from the familiar." This collection of essays stems directly from that philosophy. Here is far-flung travel (the beauty of remote Hokkaido Island, the over-explored Galap ...Show more
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
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Category: Classics
Arranged alphabetically by topic, from Adam to Youth, and culled from his novels, speeches, letters, and conversations, this anthology of quotes is timeless and represents the very essence of Mark Twain -- hilarious, cranky, and insightful.
Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot; Josie Billington; Thomas A. Noble (Editor)
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Category: Classics | Series: World's Classics Ser.
Scenes of Clerical Life is the title under which George Eliot's first published fictional work, a collection of three short stories, was released in book form; it was the first of her works to be released under her famous pseudonym. The stories were first published in Blackwood's Magazine over the cours ...Show more
Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
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Category: Classics | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser.
These stories and poems come from the mind of one of the earliest masters of macabre literature.From the mysterious to the macabre, the works of Edgar Allan Poe have the power to evoke readers' deepest emotions. Poe's stories and poems explore the darker side of life and still offer lessons and insight ...Show more
Wuthering Heights (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Emily Brontë; Judith John (Contribution by)
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Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
The complete novel in an easy to read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by a teacher with academic expertise in the area. Explore the contemporary context, Emily Bront 's writing, the novel's critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a deeper reading of the tex ...Show more
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
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Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOODScobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.