Out-Side - Queer Words and Art from Regional Victoria by Michael Earp (Editor, Foreword by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classics & Poetry
There’s a lot that can be found outside… Myths emerge from the wood; rainbow parents and grandparents reflect on full lives; daughters spin yarns about black eyes; dragons fight beside their human companions. Poets muse on the mysteries of love and transformation. A three-headed cat stands as proud as ...Show more
Old/New World: Selected Poems by SKRZYNECKI PETER
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Category: Classics & Poetry | Series: UQP Poetry Ser.
For nearly forty years Peter Skrzynecki has published poetry that explores the assimilation of post-war immigrants in Australia, chronicling their struggle for identity and acceptance into mainstream society. His poems are elegiac, meditative and lyrical - intimately concerned with the Australian landsc ...Show more
The Longest Memory by Fred D'aguiar
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Category: Classics & Poetry
Please note you are pre-ordering this book. We are expecting delivery of them by Wed 9th November 2022. From William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turnerto Toni Morrison's Beloved, modern American fiction engaged with slavery has provoked fiery controversy. So will The Longest Memory, the powerful, ...Show more
W. B. Yeats selected by Seamus Heaney by W.B. Yeats
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Category: Classics & Poetry | Series: Poet to Poet Ser.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the ...Show more
Twelve Angry Men: Methuen Student Editions by Reginald Rose
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Category: Classics & Poetry | Series: Student Editions
The Methuen Drama Student Edition of Twelve Angry Men is the first critical edition of Reginald Rose's play, providing the play text alongside commentary and notes geared towards student readers. In New York, 1954, a man is dead and the life of another is at stake. A 'guilty' verdict seems a foregone co ...Show more
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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Category: Classics & Poetry
The Pearl is a haunting and timeless tale of the dangers of unexpected wealth by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Kino is a desperately poor Mexican pearl diver. But when he finds 'The Pearl of the World' ...Show more
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
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Category: Classics & Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins
Truman Capote's masterpiece, In Cold Blood, created a sensation when it was first published, serially, in The New Yorker in 1965. The intensively researched, atmospheric narrative of the lives of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and of the two men, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, wh ...Show more
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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Category: Classics & Poetry
Lord of the Flies is a novel that has captivated schoolchildren ever since it was first published in 1954. A teacher himself, Golding clearly understood what excites and interests children. It is not only a gripping story, with strong, sympathetic characters, but it also raises timeless and profound que ...Show more
Selected Poems: W. B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats
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Category: Classics & Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
This selection of the works of W B Yeats, includes the final book from the unfairly neglected narrative poem "The Wanderings of Oisin" and a number of lyrics from Yeats' work as poetic dramatist. It breaks new ground by allowing the reader to engage with a dozen poems in alternative versions; in many ot ...Show more
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
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Category: Classics & Poetry
Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem - he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his feelings. So when he discovers that the handsome b ...Show more
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Category: Classics & Poetry | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY GEOFF DYERThe world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby?s party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say he?s a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy dur ...Show more