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Chiron: Rainbow Bridge Between the Inner and Outer Planets (2nd edition) 2E by Barbara Hand Clow
55.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Modern Astrology Library
Since its discovery in 1977, few books have examined this exciting planetoid. This newly revised and expanded classic explores Chiron's mythological background and history. Analyzing its effect in each sign and house, you'll learn how Chiron rules Virgo and the 6th house, as well as Tarot, initiation, h ...Show more
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
23.00 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
Recounts the connected stories of people from the past and the distant future, from a nineteenth-century notary and an investigative journalist in the 1970s to a young man who searches for meaning in a post-apocalyptic world.
Cotter's England by Christina Stead
19.99 AUD
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Category: Fiction | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Cotters' England follows the lives of Nellie Cook, sister Peggy Cotter and brother Tom. Set in post-war England, it is a study of politics and betrayal in Nellie's professional and personal life. It is a story of smothered aspirations and dashed hopes, as class politics trap the Cotters and stifle their ...Show more
Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret MacMillan
32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Modern Library Chronicles
Acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan explores here the many ways in which history affects us all. She shows how a deeper engagement with history, both as individuals and in the sphere of public debate, can help us understand ourselves and the world better. But she also warns that history can be misuse ...Show more
Disquiet, Please! by David Remnick
36.95 AUD
Category: Humour | Series: Modern Library
"The New Yorker" is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years it's also been a hoot. Now an uproarious sampling of its funny writings can be found in this collection, by turns satirical and witty, misanthropic and me ...Show more
Dusk and Other Stories by James Salter
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
First published nearly a quarter-century ago and one of the very few short-story collections to win the PEN/Faulkner Award, this is American fiction at its most vital--each narrative a masterpiece of sustained power and seemingly effortless literary grace. Two New York attorneys newly flush with wealth ...Show more
For Love Alone by Christina Stead
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Set in Sydney and London in the 1930s, 'For Love Alone' is the story of Teresa Hawkins, an intelligent, ardent young woman, and her search for the ideal passion of love.
In Search of Lost Time #1: Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
24.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Swann's Way is the first part of the saga In Search of Lost Time by a classic of theFrench literature Marcel Proust.Back in the day, this book confused the most sympathetic readers and critics,because at the first sight, it was an unsuccessful autobiographic novel that waschronologically complicated and ...Show more
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
32.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Modern Library
This is a new paperback edition of the final "Deathbed" edition of Whitman magnum opus. It includes an introduction by John Ashberry.
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius; trans. Gregory Hays
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Modern Library Classics | Reading Level: very good
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
New York, New Wave: The Legacy of Feminist Artists in Emerging Practices by Kathy Battista
34.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art Ser.
New York is a centre of creative production for an exciting, emerging generation of women artists. Their work investigates themes such as the body as medium and subject matter; the deconstruction of the existing patriarchal order of the art world; the appropriation of earlier art historical references; ...Show more
Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, And The Complete Shorter Poems by Milton John
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Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon Derived from the Modern Library's esteemed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this new volume, extensively revised and updated by its editors, contains Milton's two late masterpieces, the brief epic Paradise Regain ...Show more