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A Soldier's Story by Omar N. Bradley
$36.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Modern Library
The memoirs of Omar Bradley 'The GI General', who surrounded by a sea of prima donnas during World War II, never stopped quietly learing his trade until he became, during the conquest of Germany in 1945, aguable the most progressive and important senior American commander in the European theater.
Basic Writings of Existentialism by Gordon Daniel Marino
$32.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
The perfect choice for those who wonder what existentialism is all about. Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon Marino Basic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because ...Show more
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
$39.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Modern Library
The epic novel of the violent west - a cult classic and a masterpiece. Based loosely on historical accounts of murder along the border between Tezas and Mexico in the 1850's.
Breakfast at Tiffany's & Other Voices, Other Rooms - Two Novels by Truman Capote
$39.95 AUD
Category: Display & Gift | Series: Modern Library
From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote--also available are "In Cold Blood, Portraits and Observations, "and "The Complete Stories" Together in one volume, here are a pair of literary touchstones from Truman Capote's extraordinary early career: the ...Show more
Cotter's England by Christina Stead
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Cotters' England follows the lives of Nellie Cook, sister Peggy Cotter and brother Tom. Set in post-war England, it is a study of politics and betrayal in Nellie's professional and personal life. It is a story of smothered aspirations and dashed hopes, as class politics trap the Cotters and stifle their ...Show more
Dusk and Other Stories by James Salter
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
First published nearly a quarter-century ago and one of the very few short-story collections to win the PEN/Faulkner Award, this is American fiction at its most vital--each narrative a masterpiece of sustained power and seemingly effortless literary grace. Two New York attorneys newly flush with wealth ...Show more
Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism by Bernard McGinn
$39.99 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
This clear and comprehensive anthology, culled from the vast corpus of Christian mystical literature by the renowned theologian and historian Bernard McGinn, presents nearly one hundred selections, from the writings of Origen of Alexandria in the third century to the work of twentieth-century mystics su ...Show more
Expensive People by Joyce Carol Oates
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library | Reading Level: very good
Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In Expensive People, Oates takes a provocative and suspenseful look at the roiling secrets of America's affluent suburbs. Set in the late 1960s, this first ...Show more
For Love Alone by Christina Stead
$34.99 AUD
Category: 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.
John Brown by W. E. B. Du Bois; David R. Roediger (Editor)
$31.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Published in 1909, it tells the story of John Brown, from his Christian rural upbringing, to his failed business ventures and finally his "blood feud" with the institution of slavery as a whole. Few figures are more seminal in the abolitionist movement in America than John Brown. His firebrand approach ...Show more
KREUTZER SONATA by Tolstoy Leo
$20.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
In a violent rage against the dangers of lust, the hypocrisies of marriage, and the tragic consequences of misinforming young people, especially women, about the disturbing realities of sex, Tolstoy chokes out THE KREUTZER SONATA with palpable fury. Recounting a husband's addictions, sinister guilt, hum ...Show more
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
$17.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library
This novel tells the story of Kimball O'Hara (Kim), who is the orphaned son of a soldier in the Irish regiment stationed in India during the British Raj. It describes Kim's life and adventures from street vagabond, to his adoption by his father's regiment and recruitment into espionage.