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Adolescent Country: A Lowy Institue Paper - Penguin Specials by Peter Hartcher
$9.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Specials
The great crises that threaten Australia's national prosperity come from abroad. So do the grandest opportunities. But in Australian politics the big matters are commonly crowded out by the small. International policy is used for domestic point-scoring. Leaders are criticised for travelling beyond the w ...Show more
Badlands: Penguin Special by Paul French
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Category: History | Series: Penguin Specials
An evocative account of the infamous nightlife district of pre-communist Beijing, from the internationally acclaimed author of the book Midnight in Peking. The Badlands, a warren of narrow hutongs in the eastern district of pre-communist Peking, had its heyday in the 1930s. Home to the city's drifters, ...Show more
Battles of the Clans (Warriors: Special Edition) by Erin Hunter
$26.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Warriors: Special Edition
The warrior cats from Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling series come alive in this collectible companion book. Readers will hear the stories behind the most legendary battles in Warriors history.
Beyond the Boom: Penguin Special by John Edwards
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
After decades of prosperity Australians are now worried about their jobs, their incomes and their future. The mining boom, said to explain Australia's past success, is declared to be over. Unemployment has increased, carmakers have folded, the government is running a huge deficit. In a striking analysis ...Show more
Christmas Castle (Secret Kingdom) by Rosie Banks
$12.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Secret Kingdom Special
It's Christmas in the Secret Kingdom, and all of the creatures in the realm are on their way to Christmas Castle for their special Christmas Eve sleepover, which will be followed by a Christmas Day visit from Santa Claus himself! Summer, Ellie and Jasmine are so excited to be able to celebrate with all ...Show more
Classic Romances by Bronte Austen
$24.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Special Editions
Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen constructed Pride & Prejudice with wit, social precision and an irresistible heroine. Beginning with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, it is a perfect ironic novel of manners. Persuasion Jane Austen's question 'What is persuasion?' - a firm bel ...Show more
Classic Short Stories (Wordsworth Collection) by VARIOUS
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Category: Classics | Series: Special Editions
Poignant, wry, chilling, challenging, amusing, thought-provoking and always intriguing, these accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are object-lessons in the art of creating a literary masterpiece on a small canvas. From the straightforwardly anecdotal to the more analytical of human behavio ...Show more
Coal Face by Tom Doig
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Penguin Specials
On 9 February 2014 a fire took hold in the Hazelwood coal mine near Morwell in Victoria; it wasn't brought under control until 25 March 2014. How was this small town affected by this huge disaster?
Collected Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Special Editions
Few American novelists of the twentieth century have stayed as modern as F. Scott Fitzgerald. He gave a name to his age, 'the Jazz Age', but his reputation has outlived it. Gathered here are the five novels he wrote in his relatively short career, together with a number of the many short stories he wrot ...Show more
Collected Works of Oscar Wilde by WILDE OSCAR
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Category: Classics | Series: Special Editions
Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture o ...Show more
Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
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Category: Classics | Series: Special Editions
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The T ...Show more
Does Cooking Matter? (Penguin Special) by Rebecca Huntley
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Penguin Specials