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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
Redburn by Herman Melville
$34.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
Drawn from Melville's own adolescent experience aboard a merchant ship, "Redburn" charts the coming-of-age of Wellingborough Redburn, a young innocent who embarks on a crossing to Liverpool together with a roguish crew. Once in Liverpool, Redburn encounters the squalid conditions of the city and meets H ...Show more
Tarzan of the Apes by RICE BURROUGHS
$16.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
The first and best of the Tarzan novels, of which Edgar Rice Burroughs eventually wrote several dozen, TARZAN OF THE APES remains one of the signature stories of American popular literature, as readable as it is famous. Tarzan himself, in the words of Arthur C. Clarke, is 'the best known character in th ...Show more
The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; John Berendt (Introduction by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... do. "There is a well-known agency for governesses in the "West End called Wes ...Show more
The Adventures of Amir Hamza - Special Abridged Edition by Ghalib Lakhnavi; Abdullah Bilgrami; Musharraf Ali Farooqi (Translator)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Here is a special abridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic: a panoramic tale of magic and passion, a classic hero's odyssey that has captivated much of the world. It is the spellbinding story of Amir Hamza, the adventurer who in the service of the Persian emperor defeats many enemies, l ...Show more
The Basic Writings of Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Modern Library
This title presents five central works by the most important and readable philosopher of modern times. It is translated by Walter Kaufmann, with a fresh introduction by Peter Gay.
The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
Richard Howard's definitive and bestselling translation of Stendhal's saga of Napoleonic intrigue -- in paperback for the first time.
The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library
Presents the complete collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's short stories, including "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Beach of Falesaa.".
The Cossacks by Cynthia (INT) Peter (TRN); Ozick Leo; Constantine Tolstoy
$24.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics
The Cossacks is a short novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1863 in the popular literary magazine The Russian Messenger. It was originally called Young Manhood. Both Ivan Turgenev and the Nobel prize-winning Russian writer Ivan Bunin gave the work great praise, Turgenev calling it his favorite work by To ...Show more
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
This new edition combines Tolstoy's most famous short tale, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, with a less well known but equally brilliant gem, Master and Man, both newly translated by Ann Pasternak Slater. Both stories confront death and the process of dying: In Ivan Ilyich, a bureaucrat looks back over his li ...Show more
The Duel by CHEKHOV ANTON
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Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
About This Book"Hate you " Laevsky said quietly, breathing heavily. "I've hated you a long time " This new translation of the literary masterpiece-- which combines a beautiful romance with high suspense-- is here presented for the first time as a stand-alone volume.One of Chekhov's most important length ...Show more
The Lost World : Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E.d. Malone of the by Michael (INT) Sir; Crichton Arthur Conan Doyle
$27.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
_____________________ Something has survived. THE BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO JURASSIC PARK Six years have passed since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park. In the years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end, the island has been indefinitely closed to the public, it ...Show more