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A Daughter of the Samurai by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto; Karen Tei Yamashita (Introduction by); Yuki Obayashi (Introduction by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library Torchbearers Ser.
A young Japanese woman leaves the only home she's ever known for married life in nineteenth-century Ohio in this delightful, charming memoir, a tribute to the struggles of the first generation of Japanese immigrants--with an introduction by Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi The youngest daughter ...Show more
Cotter's England by Christina Stead
$23.99 AUD
Category: Accessories | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Cotters' England follows the lives of Nellie Cook, sister Peggy Cotter and brother Tom. Set in post-war England, it is a study of politics and betrayal in Nellie's professional and personal life. It is a story of smothered aspirations and dashed hopes, as class politics trap the Cotters and stifle their ...Show more
For Love Alone by Christina Stead
$24.99 AUD
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Category: Fiction | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Set in Sydney and London in the 1930s, 'For Love Alone' is the story of Teresa Hawkins, an intelligent, ardent young woman, and her search for the ideal passion of love.
Portrait of Hemingway by Lillian Ross
$30.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Modern Library Ser.
The definitive sketch of one of America's greatest writers. On May 13, 1950, Lillian Ross's first portrait of Ernest Hemingway was published in The New Yorker. It was an account of two days Hemingway spent in New York in 1949 on his way from Havana to Europe. This candid and affectionate profile was tr ...Show more
Seven Poor Men of Sydney by Christina Stead
$24.99 AUD
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Category: Accessories | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Originally published in 1934, Seven Poor Men of Sydney is Christina Stead's first novel, a brilliant portrayal of a group of men and women living in Sydney in the 1920s amid conditions of poverty and social turmoil. Set against the vividly drawn backgrounds of Fisherman's (Watson's) Bay and the innercit ...Show more
The City - A Global History by Joel Kotkin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Modern Library Chronicles Ser.
If humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that represent the most eloquent expression of our species's ingenuity, beliefs, and ideals: the city. In this authoritative and engagingly written account, the acclaimed urbanist and bestselling author examines the ev ...Show more
The Last 100 Days - The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe by John Toland
$39.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Modern Library War Ser.
A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-on ...Show more
The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead
$24.99 AUD
$29.99 (16% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: Miegunyah Modern Library Ser.
Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for one another. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of the relations bet ...Show more
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