Penguin Books Australia

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, an intrepid and eccentic adventurer, transferred his passion for flying to the written word by writing several classics of aviation literature, including Southern Mail and Night Flight . Based on Saint-Exupery's trail-blazing flights for the French airmail service over the Sahara and, later, the Andes, these two novels evoke the tragic pioneers who took enormous risks, flying...

Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures...