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All the Rage by A. L. Kennedy
44.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Here, as before, lies the battlefield of the heart, where characters who have suffered disaffection, alienation or emotional damage somehow emerge - haltingly, awkwardly - into the astonishment of intimacy. And here, too, are the ones who will not shake off the hurt and the loss, who will not come throu ...Show more
Beneath the Skin - Great Writers on the Body by Ned Beauman; Naomi Alderman; Thomas Lynch (Introduction by); Philip Kerr; A. L. Kennedy; Chibundu Onuzo
22.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies | Series: Wellcome Collection
Fifteen talented writers each explore a different body part in this funny and moving collection.
Beneath the Skin - Great Writers on the Body by Ned Beauman; Naomi Alderman; Thomas Lynch (Introduction by); Philip Kerr; A. L. Kennedy
27.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Wellcome Ser.
Our bodies all have stories to tell - and who better to tell them than fifteen of the world's finest writers? Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us. In Beneath the S ...Show more
Doctor Who: the Drosten's Curse by A. L. Kennedy
45.00 AUD
Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Isn't life terrible? Isn't it all going to end in tears? Won't it be good to just give up and let something else run my mind, my life? Something distinctly odd is going on in Arbroath. It could be to do with golfers being dragged down into the bunkers at the Fetch Brothers' Golf Spa Hotel, never to be s ...Show more
On Writing by A. L. Kennedy
49.95 AUD
Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
After six novels, five story collections and two books of non-fiction, and countless international prizes, A. L. Kennedy certainly has the authority to talk about the craft of writing books - it's just a wonder she's found the time. These are missives from the authorial front line - urgent and vivid, fu ...Show more
Serious Sweet by A. L. Kennedy
49.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
A good man in a bad world, Jon Sigurdsson is 59 and divorced: a senior civil servant in Westminster who hates many of his colleagues and loathes his work for a government engaged in unmentionable acts. A man of conscience. Meg Williams is 'a bankrupt accountant - two words you don't want in the same sen ...Show more
Serious Sweet by A. L. Kennedy
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE A good man in a bad world, Jon Sigurdsson is 59 and divorced: a senior civil servant in Westminster who hates many of his colleagues and loathes his work for a government engaged in unmentionable acts. A man of conscience. Meg Williams is 'a bankrupt accountant ...Show more
The Blue Book by A. L. Kennedy
19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
An extraordinary novel of love, loss and the act of deception. You are crossing the Atlantic on a liner with your boyfriend who may or may not be planning to propose. You are fleeing the past - your ex-lover Arthur, the man who helped you dupe the vulnerable into believing loved ones were trying to mak ...Show more
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp by A. L. Kennedy
24.99 AUD
Category: Film Theatre | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Winston Churchill hated The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and tried to have it banned when it was released in 1943. But Martin Scorsese, a champion of directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, considers it a masterpiece. It's a film about desires repressed in favour of worthless and unsatisfyi ...Show more
The Little Snake by A. L. Kennedy
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Some time ago, perhaps before you were even born, a young girl was walking in her garden. She may have been called Mary - that's what most of the stories say. Mary was a little bit taller than the other girls her age and had brownish crinkly hair. She was quite thin, because she didn't always have exac ...Show more
Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure by A. L. Kennedy; Gemma Correll
17.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Uncle Shawn
Humorous black-and-white illustrations throughout; perfect for Roald Dahl fans; exhilirating, delightful, and a just a little bit bonkers; first in a hilarious new series.Badger Bill needs rescuing. He's been kidnapped by two nasty sisters who are about to make him fight a boxing match against three eve ...Show more
Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure by A. L. Kennedy
14.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Uncle Shawn
Humorous black-and-white illustrations throughout; perfect for Roald Dahl fans; exhilirating, delightful, and a just a little bit bonkers; first in a hilarious new series.Badger Bill needs rescuing. He's been kidnapped by two nasty sisters who are about to make him fight a boxing match against three eve ...Show more