The Red Sphinx : A Sequel to the Three Musketeers by Lawrence (TRN) Alexandre; Ellsworth Dumas
26.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Temple of the Scapegoat: Opera Stories by Alexander Kluge
26.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Combining fact and fiction, each of the one hundred and two tales of Alexander Kluge's Temple of the Scapegoat (dotted with photos of famous operas and their stars) compresses a lifetime of feeling and thought: Kluge is deeply engaged with the opera and an inventive wellspring of narrative notions. The ...Show more
A Shout in the Ruins by Kevin Powers
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Achingly relevant' - Grazia 'Gorgeous and devastating' New York Times 'An American Civil War epic [which] confirms Powers as a significant talent' - Andrew Motion, Observer 'Contains moments that burn' Daily MailA stunning novel about violence, power and love by Kevin Powers, the acclaimed author of ...Show more
The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: Near Fine
As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl - a crime some believe he did not commit. In a tale taut with tension, events unfol ...Show more
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Condition: **NEW** *LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE AND THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018* 'A riotous hymn to urban life... passionate, compelling' Guardian 'A novel that doesn't flinch, and demands change right now' Ali Smith 'A novel so of this moment that yo ...Show more
The Key by Kathryn Hughes
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Riveting' Lesley Pearse on The Letter. 'Gripping' Good Housekeeping on The Secret. From Kathryn Hughes, the #1 bestselling author of The Letter, comes The Key, a powerful, heartbreaking story set to get everyone talking in spring 2018. 1956 It's Ellen Crosby's first day at work as a student nurse at Am ...Show more
The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Loved Ruth Hogan's The Keeper of Lost Things? Keep on reading... Masha's life has stopped. Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, her life has been forever changed by a tragic event twelve years ago. Unable to let go of her grief, she finds solace in the silent company of the sou ...Show more
The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
You are warmly invited to . . . The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book ClubSunday 25th June 1978, 10 o'clockRSVP to Sybil Baxter - ask the operator for 'Fairvale'~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Brimming with atmosphere and warmth' Jenny Ashcroft, author of Island in the East'An absolute gem of a novel' Bette ...Show more
The President's Gardens by Muhsin Al-Ramli; Luke Leafgren (Translator)
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: MacLehose Press Editions Ser.
On the third day of Ramadan, a small village in Iraq wakes to find the severed heads of nine of its sons stacked in banana crates by the bus stop. One of them belonged to one of the most wanted men in Iraq, known to his friends as Ibrahim the Fated. How did this good and humble man earn the enmity of so ...Show more
Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen (#3 Six Tudor Queens) by Alison Weir
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Six Tudor Queens Ser. | Reading Level: very good
NEW Acclaimed author and historian Alison Weir continues her epic Six Tudor Queens series with this third captivating novel, which brings to life Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII's most cherished bride and mother of his only legitimate male heir. Ever since she was a child, Jane has longed for a cloi ...Show more