The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World: A Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson by Brian Doyle
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San Francisco while waiting for his beloved's divorce from her feckless husband, dreamed of writing a soaring novel about his landlady's adventurous and globe-trotting husband--but he never got around to it. And very soon thereafter he was ...Show more
Hannah Coulter: A Novel by Wendell Berry
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Category: Fiction | Series: Port William Ser.
"Ignorant boys, killing each other," is just about all Nathan Coulter would tell his wife, friends, and family about the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Life carried on for the community of Port William, Kentucky, as some boys returned from the war and the lives of others were mourned. In her s ...Show more
Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff (HB) by Sean Penn
39.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"It seems wrong to say that so dystopian a novel is great fun to read, but it's true. I suspect that Thomas Pynchon and Hunter S. Thompson would love this book." --Salman Rushdie From legendary actor and activist Sean Penn comes a scorching, darkly funny novel about Bob Honey--a modern American man, ...Show more
Assassin's Fate (#3 Fitz and the Fool Trilogy) by Robin Hobb
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Category: Fiction | Series: Fitz and the Fool Ser. | Reading Level: very good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The stunning conclusion to Robin Hobb's Fitz and the Fool trilogy, which began with Fool's Assassin and Fool's Quest "Every new Robin Hobb novel is a cause for celebration. Along with millions of her other fans, I delight in every visit to the Six Duchies, the Rain Wilds, a ...Show more
A Girl in Exile by Ismail Kadare
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Category: Fiction
When a girl is found dead with a signed copy of Rudian Stefa's latest book in her possession, the author finds himself summoned for an interview by the Party Committee. Unable to guess what transgression he has committed Rudian goes fearfully to meet his interrogators. He has never met the girl in quest ...Show more
A House-Boat on the Styx by John Bangs
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Category: Fiction
The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died has gone to Styx, the river that circles the underworld. Charon, ferryman of the Styx being startled-and annoyed-by the arrival of a houseboat on the Styx. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business, he later finds out that he is ...Show more
Choose Somebody Else by Yvonne Fein
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Category: Fiction
"Oh Lord, I know we are the Chosen People but just for once couldn't you choose somebody else?" is an old plea, heartsick yet ironic, and with it these stories lift off on their journey around the world. An enthralling, entertaining and compelling collection of short stories redolent of the great Yiddis ...Show more
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
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Category: Fiction
In Carter Beats the Devil, Glen David Gold subjects the past to the same wondrous transformations as the rabbit in a skilled illusionist's hat. Gold's debut novel opens with real-life magician Charles Carter executing a particularly grisly trick, using President Warren G. Harding as a volunteer. Shortly ...Show more
The Poppy Girls (The Maitland Trilogy #1) by Margaret Dickinson
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Category: Fiction | Series: The\Maitland Trilogy Ser.
Even amidst the horror of the trenches, friendship will survive.Thwarted in her desire to become a doctor like her brother Robert, Pips Maitland rebels against her mother's wishes that she settle down and raise children. However, when Robert brings home a friend from medical school, Giles Kendall, it se ...Show more