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A Wonderful Welcome to Oz by L. Frank Baum
$29.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
For more than a century, L. Frank Baum's kingdom of Oz and its delightful denizens have enchanted readers of all ages. In this illustrated Modern Library edition, the bestselling novelist and children's book writer Gregory Maguire takes readers on a guided tour of Oz, gathering and introducing us to thr ...Show more
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: AND Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll; A. S. Byatt (Introduction by); John Tenniel (Illustrator)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Original, experimental, and unparalleled in their charm, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There have enchanted readers for generations. The topsy-turvy drea ...Show more
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
$19.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
Father Brown: The Essential Tales by G K Chesterton
$29.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown may seem a pleasantly doddering Roman Catholic priest, but appearances deceive. With keen observation and an unerring sense of man's frailties-gained during his years listening to confessions-Father Brown succeeds in bringing even the most elusive criminals to justice. ...Show more
Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Bks.
" More dramtatic than fiction...THE GUNS OF AUGUST is a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained....The product of painstaking and sophisticated research." CHICAGO TRIBUNEHistorian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to lif ...Show more
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson; Margot Livesey (Introduction by); Barry Menikoff (Editor)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
This is a biography of Joseph Paxton, horticulturist to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, architect of the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and a great unsung heroe of the Victorian Age.
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius; trans. Gregory Hays
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics
A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. Marcus's insights and advice - on everything from living in the world to ...Show more
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (illus Francis D. Bedford)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
Peter, Wendy, Captain Hook, the lost boys, and Tinker Bell have filled the hearts of children ever since Barrie's play first opened in London in 1904 and became an immediate sensation. Now this funny, haunting modern myth is presented with Bedford's wonderful illustrations, which first appeared in the a ...Show more
Reading Tea Leaves - The Modern Mystic's Guide to Tea Leaf Divination by A. Highland Seer
$16.99 AUD
Category: Mind , Body & Spirit | Series: The\Modern Mystic Library
Reading Tea Leaves is your ultimate guide to the ancient art of tasseography--divination with tea leaves. Traditionally a homespun form of divination often practiced by women, tea-leaf reading gave glimpses into the drama of daily life--who was stopping by after supper and if a letter was on the way. Th ...Show more
Seven Poor Men of Sydney by Christina Stead
$15.00 AUD
$24.99 (39% off)
Category: Classics | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Originally published in 1934, Seven Poor Men of Sydney is Christina Stead's first novel, a brilliant portrayal of a group of men and women living in Sydney in the 1920s amid conditions of poverty and social turmoil. Set against the vividly drawn backgrounds of Fisherman's (Watson's) Bay and the innercit ...Show more
The Best Short Stories of Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky; David Magarshack (Translator)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
After a brief military career, the illustrious Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky quickly turned to writing as a profession with the publication of his first novel, "Poor Folk," in 1846. This novel sparked a literary career that would eventually cement Dostoyevsky's reputation as one of the greatest nove ...Show more
The Dream Book: The Modern Mystic's Guide to Understanding Dreams by Raphael
$22.99 AUD
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