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Book Cover: The Purgatorio

In The Purgatorio , Dante describes his journey to the renunciation of sin, accepting his suffering in preparation for his coming into the presence of God. This brilliant translation of Dante's canticle crystallizes the great poet's immortal conception of the aspiring soul.

In The Purgatorio , Dante describes his journey to the renunciation of sin, accepting his suffering in preparation for his coming into the presence of God. This brilliant translation of Dante's canticle...

Published: 15/12/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531421
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Kidnapped
By Robert Louis Stevenson

Here is the beloved, high-adventure story of David Balfour, whose uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and has him kidnapped and sold into slavery. An odyssey ensues, including a shipwreck, narrow escapes, and desperate fighting.

Here is the beloved, high-adventure story of David Balfour, whose uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and has him kidnapped and sold into slavery. An odyssey ensues, including a shipwreck, narrow escapes...

Published: 08/02/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531438
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Here is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work that gives full play to the author's brilliant imagination.

Here is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work...

Published: 11/05/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531513
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Idiot
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A classic by a Russian master

Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocent Christ figure in a land of sinners, one whose faith in beauty contrasts sharply with that of his society's.




A classic by a Russian master

Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocent Christ figure in a land of sinners, one whose faith in beauty contrasts sharply with that of his society's.




Published: 11/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531520
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  American Tragedy
By Theodore Dreiser
Published: 03/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531551
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Democracy in America (Edited & Abridged)
By Tocqueville Alexis de

Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. His brilliant discussion of majority rule is still vitally relevant today.

Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. His brilliant...

Published: 01/10/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531605
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Doctor Faustus
By Christopher Marlowe

In this brilliant dramatization of the Faust story, a scholar sells his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge and powerful black magic, yet he remains unfulfilled, serving as a warning to those who would sacrifice everything sacred for mere earthly gain.

In this brilliant dramatization of the Faust story, a scholar sells his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge and powerful black magic, yet he remains unfulfilled, serving as a warning...

Published: 09/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531612
RRP: $7.95
Book Cover:  Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained

'[Milton] belongs with Shakespeare and Wordsworth precisely because his writing balances so transcendently both the conservative and the revolutionary.  In one artistic lifetime, he was both historian an d explorer.'
- CHRISTOPHER RICKS

'[Milton] belongs with Shakespeare and Wordsworth precisely because his writing balances so transcendently both the conservative and the revolutionary.  In one artistic lifetime, he was both historian...

Published: 01/12/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531643
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Napoleon
By Felix Markham

A magnificent reconstruction of Napoleon's life and legend, written by a distinguished Oxford scholar, is based on intimate documents – including the personal letters of Marie-Louise and the decoded diaries of Grand Marshal Bertrand, who accompanied Napoleon to his final exile on St. Helena.  It has been hailed as the most important single-volume work in Napoleonic literature.

A magnificent reconstruction of Napoleon's life and legend, written by a distinguished Oxford scholar, is based on intimate documents – including the personal letters of Marie-Louise and the decoded...

Published: 11/11/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531650
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover: The Civil War: A History
By Harry Hansen

WINNER OF THE NEW YORK CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE'S FLETCHER PRATT AWARD

From the firing on Fort Sumter to the shot the killed Abraham Lincoln, this fascinating compendium of the civil War conveys the sights, sounds, and emotions of the conflict that shaped our history and out national consciousness.  Here is the vivid and compelling commentary of generals, common soldiers, politicians, and ordinary...

WINNER OF THE NEW YORK CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE'S FLETCHER PRATT AWARD

From the firing on Fort Sumter to the shot the killed Abraham Lincoln, this fascinating compendium of the civil War conveys the sights...

Published: 11/11/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531667
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover: The Decameron
By Giovanni Boccaccio

THE DECAMERON GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, the hundred linked tales in Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, abbots, nuns, doctors, lawyers, philosophers, students, artists, tradesman, troubadours, peasants, pilgrims, servants, spendthrifts, thieves, parasites, gluttons, gamblers, police-and lovers, both faithful and...

THE DECAMERON GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, the hundred linked tales in Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, abbots, nuns...

Published: 10/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531735
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover:  What to Listen For in Music
By Aaron Copland

LISTEN WITH INTELLIGENCE.

Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites you to ask two basic questions: Are they hearing everything that is going on?  Are you really being sensitive to it?  If you cannot answer yes to both questions, you owe it to yourself to read this book.  With his provocative suggestions, Copland guides you through a deeper appreciation of...

LISTEN WITH INTELLIGENCE.

Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites you to ask two basic questions: Are they hearing everything that is going on?  Are you really being...

Published: 18/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531766
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover: The Red Badge of Courage and Four Stories

'THE OPEN BOAT,' 'THE BLUE HOTEL,' 'THE UPTURNED FACE,' AND 'THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY'

'THE OPEN BOAT,' 'THE BLUE HOTEL,' 'THE UPTURNED FACE,' AND 'THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY'

Published: 09/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531803
RRP: $6.95
Book Cover:  Far From the Madding Crowd
By Thomas Hardy

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FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: THOMAS HARDY

There is no more real or more emblematic distrinct in England than Thomas Hardy's imaginary Wessex. Its scattered fields and farms first appeared in Far From the Madding Crowd , the story of steady, dependable Gabriel Oak and beautiful, headstrong Bathsheba runs Weatherbury Farm without a husband or an overseerer, but she brings trouble on herself...

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FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: THOMAS HARDY

There is no more real or more emblematic distrinct in England than Thomas Hardy's imaginary Wessex. Its scattered fields and farms first appeared...

Published: 13/07/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531827
RRP: $6.95
Book Cover:  Paradise Lost and Other Poems

PARADISE LOST
SAMSON AGONISTES
LYCISDAS



PARADISE LOST
SAMSON AGONISTES
LYCISDAS



Published: 09/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531834
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Communist Manifesto
By Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history.  The Communist Manifesto rapidly realigned political fault-lines all over the world and its aftershock resonates to this day.  In the many years since its publication, no other social program has inspired such divisive and violent debate.  Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union-the...

In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history.  The Communist Manifesto rapidly realigned political fault-lines all over the world and its aftershock...

Published: 09/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531841
RRP: $7.95
Book Cover:  Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
By Ralph Waldo Emerson

SELECTED WRITINGS OF RAPLH WALDO EMERSON

SELECTED WRITINGS OF RAPLH WALDO EMERSON

Published: 13/07/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531865
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
By Oscar Wilde

A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde's wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best.  Subtitled 'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,' this hilarious attack on Victorian manners and morals turns a pompous world on its head, lets duplicity lead to happiness, and makes riposte the highest form of art.  Written, according to Wilde, 'by a butterfly for...

A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde's wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best.  Subtitled 'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,' this hilarious attack...

Published: 19/03/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531896
RRP: $6.95
Book Cover: The Bible's Greatest Stories 
By Paul Roche

From the awe-inspiring story of the Creation to the defeats and triumphs of the Children of Israel and the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus, here are the greatest accounts from the greatest book ever written, presented in an accessible form for contemporary readers. Enhanced with annotations, Paul Roche 's brilliant retelling of these stories is at once impeccably accurate and vibrantly told...

From the awe-inspiring story of the Creation to the defeats and triumphs of the Children of Israel and the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus, here are the greatest accounts from the greatest book...

Published: 07/10/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531926
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover: The Song of Roland
By Robert Harrison & Guy Gavriel Kay

One of the crowning achievements of medieval artistic genius, The Song of Roland tells of the battle of Roncesvals in 778 . At the center of this heroic epic is Roland, the supreme embodiment of the chivalric ideal who leads his men into combat and fights valiantly to the death. But Roland is just one of the superbly defined figures in this panoramic drama. The poem's vivid portrayals of Ganelon's...

One of the crowning achievements of medieval artistic genius, The Song of Roland tells of the battle of Roncesvals in 778 . At the center of this heroic epic is Roland, the supreme embodiment of the chivalric...

Published: 01/05/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531933
RRP: $9.95

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16 May 2012
2012 John Button Prize - longlisted

The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis.

The prize winner will be announced at the John Button Oration to be held with the Melbourne Writers' Festival in August.

For more information please visit: http://johnbuttonprize.org.au

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