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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, this is the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescu ...Show more
Poems by Banjo Paterson
27.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: A&R Classics
When a young man submitted a set of verses to the BULLETIN in 1889 under the pseudonym 'The Banjo', it was the beginning of an enduring tradition. Today Banjo Paterson is still one of Australia's best-loved poets. This complete collection of his verse shows the bush balladeer at his very best with favou ...Show more
SALE - Due Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital
14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
Lowell tries not to think about the past, about the hijacking that killed his mother. Samantha, on the other hand, cannot let go. As a child she survived the hijacking of Air France 64, and as an adult she obsessively digs for answers, seeking a man called Salamander whom she believes holds key informat ...Show more
Sentimental Bloke by C. J. Dennis
17.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
"For the first time in one volume here are the complete verse stories of the Sentimental Bloke, Doreen, Ginger Mick, Digger Smith and Rose. Dennis's larrikins, lasses, soldiers and settlers won the hearts of Australians when they first appeared early last century. Such is the humanity to be found in the ...Show more
Storm Of Time by Eleanor Dark
14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
Book two of The Timeless Land trilogy, The Storm of Time continues Eleanor Dark's sweeping saga of colonial Sydney under governors Hunter, King and Bligh. Sydney Cove, 1799, and three years since Governor Phillip departed. Against a background of continuing convict settlement, hunger, rebellion and the ...Show more
The Art of the Engine Driver by Steven Carroll
14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics
'An exquisitely crafted journey of Australian suburban life ...fresh and irresistible' - Miles Franklin Literary Award judges As a passenger train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, Vic, Rita and their son, Michael, are off to a party. George Bedser has invited the whole neighbourhood ...Show more
The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell
15.99 AUD
19.99 (20% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey - the international bestseller - an explosive novel of sex, secrecy and escape. A woman finds her voice and leaves behind a book of lessons. It is the story of her secret self. On honeymoon, in the heat and shadows of sultry Marrakech, a conventional young wife makes a s ...Show more
The Cattle King by Ion L Idriess
14.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
At the age of 13, Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King.
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally
14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
The extraordinary Booker Prize shortlisted story of a black man's revenge against an unjust and intolerant society. Thomas Keneally was born in Sydney Australia in 1935. He studied to be a Catholic priest but abandoned his vocation to take up teaching and writing. He is the author of numerous works of f ...Show more
We of the Never-Never and The Little Black Princess by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn
14.99 AUD
24.99 (40% off)
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: A&R Classics
The original, autobiographical account of life and love in the Australian bush. In 1902, Jeannie Gunn, a Melbourne schoolteacher, went with her new husband to live on the remote Elsey cattle station near the Roper River in the Northern Territory. Though she spent little more than a year there, her exper ...Show more
Wild Cat Falling by Mudrooroo
17.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: A&R Classics
This was the first novel by a writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia and in 1965 marked a unique literary event. "Wild Cat Falling" is the story of an Australia Aboriginal youth who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town. He falls into petty crime, goes to gaol and comes out ...Show more