100 Books that Changed the World by Scott Christianson
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Category: Literature
A chronological survey of the world's most influential books. Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the way we see and think? In 100 Books that Changed the World, authors Scott Christianson and Colin Salter bri ...Show more
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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Category: Literature
This elegant hardback edition presents Emily Dickinson's best loved work, featuring a silver-embossed cover design, gilded page edges and beautiful patterned endpapers. A deeply personal collection of poetry, the raw emotion and mastery of Emily Dickinson's poems cannot be denied. Her unique style ...Show more
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Category: Literature
The highly acclaimed, provocative New York Times bestseller from the award-winning author of Americanah, "one of the world's great contemporary writers" (Barack Obama). In this personal, eloquently-argued essay--adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name--Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers ...Show more
Poems 1957-2013 by Geoffrey Lehmann
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Category: Literature
Geoffrey Lehmann's distinguished career as a poet culminates in this volume of collected work from 1957-2013. Displaying the breadth and depth of his poetry, Lehmann explores human nature in settings as diverse as ancient Rome and rural New South Wales, from searing satire to the domestic life of a fami ...Show more
W. B. Yeats: The Great Poets by W.B. Yeats
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Category: Literature | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams' is one of the most well-known and repeated lines of poetry ever written. Less haunting, but still so relevant: 'Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.' W B Yeats was one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. Winner of ...Show more
Poetry Rebellion: Poems and Prose to Rewild the Spirit by Paul Evans (Editor)
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Category: Literature
Life in the 21st century is throwing up challenges across the globe. From climate emergency to extreme politics, from women's rights to gender identity. We can often feel powerless and unable to make a difference in these bewildering times. But throughout history, poets, writers and campaigners have use ...Show more
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James
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Category: Literature
Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In this book, completed before just before his death, he offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary on each.In the last months of his life, his vision impaired by surgery and unable to read, Clive James exp ...Show more
100 Poets: A Little Anthology by John Carey
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Category: Literature
A wonderfully readable anthology of our greatest poetry, chosen by the author of A Little History of Poetry"Does anyone know more about poetry than John Carey? Almost certainly not."--The TimesA poem seems a fragile thing. Change a word and it is broken. But poems outlive empires and survive the devasta ...Show more
Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
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Category: Literature
In October 1997, a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests - most of them university students - had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a mas ...Show more
The Queen Is Dead: The passionate and powerful bestselling book by critically acclaimed journalist and author of Tears of Strangers and Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
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Category: Literature
From Stan Grant, leading journalist and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Talking to My Country and Australia Day, comes an extraordinary and powerful call to action. 'History is not weighted on the scales, it is felt in our bones. It is worn on our skin. It is scarred in memory.' The Que ...Show more
The Way Forward by yung pueblo
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Category: Poetry | Series: Yung Pueblo Ser.
The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most ambitious collection yet. In this third and final installment of his poetic trilogy, Yung Pueblo expands upon favorite themes while guiding readers further, toward a life lived authentically, intuitively, and in harmony with others. In the ...Show more
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James
34.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Essentially, this is Clive James' desert island poems: a selection of his favourite verse and a personal commentary on each.The Fire of Joy was the final book Clive James completed before his death in 2019. It takes its title from the French expression Feu de Joie, which refers to a military celebration ...Show more