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On Animals by Susan Orlean
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A delightful and entertaining collection of a lifetime of musings, meditations and in-depth profiles about animals, by the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book.
On Animals by Susan Orlean
22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Magnificent." --The New York Times * "Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny." --San Francisco Chronicle * "Spectacular." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * "Full of astonishments." --The Boston Globe Susan Orlean--the beloved New Yorker staff writer hailed as "a national tre ...Show more
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend of the World's Most Famous Dog by Susan Orlean
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Rin Tin Tin was born on a battlefield in France towards the end of WW1. He died in 1932, supposedly in the arms of Jean Harlow, the original 'blonde bombshell', epic in death as he was in life. In his prime, he was one of Hollywood's biggest stars. He received two thousand fan letters a month, had jewel ...Show more
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
29.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Reading Level: very good
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, "Once that first stack got going, it was `Goodbye, Charlie ...Show more
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
22.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Susan Orlean's bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is "a sheer delight...as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library" (USA TODAY)--a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. "Everybod ...Show more
The Library Book (US H/B) by Susan Orlean
55.00 AUD
Category: True Crime
The bestselling author of The Orchid Thief reopens the unsolved mystery of one of the most catastrophic library fires in history and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries.
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