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The Arabian Nights by Richard F. Burton (Translator); A. S. Byatt (Introduction by)
22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad alway ...Show more
The Dream Book: The Modern Mystic's Guide to Understanding Dreams by Raphael
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Category: Mind Body Spirit | Series: Modern Mystic Library
Unlock the meaning of your dreams! Our dreams can be wild, beautiful, and sometimes just bizarre, but what do they mean? First published in the 19th century, but now updated and revised for modern readers, Raphael's The Dream Book is your guide to untangling the meaning of every midnight reverie. The ...Show more
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugo s powerful historical romance "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts afte ...Show more
The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead
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Category: Fiction | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for one another. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of the relations bet ...Show more
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library
Translated, edited, and with an Introduction by Stanley CorngoldFeaturing essays by Philip Roth, W. H Auden, and Walter Benjamin "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly fun ...Show more
The Renaissance: A Short History by Paul Johnson
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Category: History | Series: Modern Library Chronicles
The Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, its great heroes still our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Dante and Chaucer. This period of profound evolution in European thought is credited with transforming the West from medieval to modern and producing the most astonishing outpouri ...Show more
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
69.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Modern Library | Reading Level: very good
One of the greatest biographies of our time by Edmund Morris the author of Dutch: A memoir of Ronald Reagan.
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller; James Berger (Editor, Preface by)
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Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
THE 100th YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION The Story of My Life, a remarkable account of overcoming the debilitating challenges of being both deaf and blind, has become an international classic, making Helen Keller one of the most well-known, inspirational figures in history. Originally published in 1903, K ...Show more
The Unprejudiced Palate by Angelo M. Pellegrini
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Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Modern Library
First issued in 1948, when soulless minute steaks and quick casseroles were becoming the norm, The Unprejudiced Palate inspired a seismic culinary shift in how America eats. Written by a food-loving immigrant from Tuscany, this memoir-cum-cookbook articulates the Italian American vision of the good life ...Show more
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
75.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Modern Library Classics
The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris's classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down from Mount Marcy, New York, to take his emergency oa ...Show more
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
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Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library Torchbearers Ser.
From the author of Jane Eyre, a strikingly modern story of a young woman starting over--with an introduction by Weike Wang, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of Chemistry "Villette! Villette! Have you read it?" exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Brontë's final novel appeared in 1853. "It is a still ...Show more
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
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Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library
"[Zamyatin's] intuitive grasp of the irrational side of totalitarianism- human sacrifice, cruelty as an end in itself-makes [We] superior to Huxley's [Brave New World]."-George Orwell An inspiration for George Orwell's "1984" and a precursor to the work of Philip K. Dick and Stanislaw Lem, We is a class ...Show more