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Chantic Bird:Text Classics by David Ireland; George Williamson
16.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
I'm only telling you this to let you know what a silly thing it is to live like I do. What it was, I got sacked from my seventeenth job for fighting or gambling - I don't know which - and because I was hardly ever there. I was gambling all right, but someone called me a cheat and swung at me, I moved my ...Show more
Dog Boy: Text Classics by Eva Hornung; Yann Martel (Introduction by)
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award, 2010Introduced by Yann MartelAbandoned in a big city at the onset of winter, a hungry four-year-old boy follows a stray dog to her lair. There in the rich smelly darkness, in the rub of hair, claws and teeth, he joins four puppies suckling at their mother's ...Show more
Happy Valley: Text Classics by Patrick White
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Patrick White's magnificent debut novel - first published 1939, long out of print and now a Text Classic.Based on Patrick White's own experiences in the early 1930s as a jackaroo at Bolaro, near Adaminaby in south-eastern New South Wales, Happy Valleypaints a portrait of a community in a desolate landsc ...Show more
Swords and Crowns and Rings: Text Classics by Ruth Park
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Jackie Hanna, born with dwarfism, and Cushie Moy, the girl next door, share an innocent love--a love that will be censured, but will persevere. This is the story of the triumph of a special kind of courage.Ruth Park's Miles Franklin-winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the Great Depression.
The Getting of Wisdom: Text Classics by Henry Handel Richardson, Germaine Greer
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics Ser.
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson ease do, Wondrous Fair Tell what happened next," begged Pin and Leppie. "No, not another word. You can only think of sheets and parrakeets." "Please, Wondrous Fair," begged little Frank. "No, I can't now.--Another thing: I don't mind if you call me Laura ...Show more
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