The Great Gatsby: Popular Penguins by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby's party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne, his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say he's a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in and whispe ...Show more
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Black Classics
When a young student at a military academy mails some of his poetry to the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke, seeking advice, he initiates years of correspondence, during which Rilke expresses his most personal insights into the artist's relationship with life, the interior needs of the individual growing t ...Show more
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx And Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' "The Communist Manifesto" is edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones in "Penguin Classics". Marx and Engels' revolutionary summons to the working classes, "The Communist Manifesto" is one of the most ...Show more
The Jungle Book: Popular Penguins by Rudyard Kipling
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Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Mowgli, the man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as Bagheera, the graceful black panther, and Shere Khan, the tiger with th ...Show more
The Women in Black: Text Classics by Madeleine St John
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Category: 100 Club - MUST READ AUSTRALIAN NOVELS | Series: Text Classics Ser.
A classic novel by a superb observer of contemporary manners, The Women in Black illuminates on every page the extraordinariness of ordinary lives. It's Sydney in the late 1950s, and the Ladies' Cocktail Frocks department of the famous F.G. Goode department store is bracing itself for the Christmas rus ...Show more
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig
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Category: Classics | Reading Level: good
A book which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey.
Purple Threads: First Nations Classics by Jeanine Leane, Evelyn Araluen
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Category: Classics
Winner of the David Unaipon Award, an engaging, moving and often funny yarn about growing up in the home of two Aunties running a sheep farm in rural Gundagai.Growing up in the shifting landscape of Gundagai with her Nan and Aunties, Sunny spends her days playing on the hills near their farmhouse and he ...Show more
The Little Prince: Adult Gift Edition by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Category: Classics
Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. A beautiful gift edition for adults of this touching and wise classic book. Featuring the original translation by Katherine Woods and full-colour illustrations by the author. A pilot stranded in the desert aw ...Show more
The Plains: Text Classics by Gerald Murnane
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Category: 100 Club - MUST READ AUSTRALIAN NOVELS | Series: Text Classics Ser.
This is the story of the families of the plains--obsessed with their land and history, their culture and mythology--and of the man who ventured into their world.First published in 1982, The Plainsis a mesmerising work of startling originality. This handsome new hardback edition is introduced by Ben Ler ...Show more
About Love by Anton Chekhov
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Category: Classics
Widely considered to be one of greatest ever writers of the form, Anton Chekhov's short stories offer unforgettable character, crystalline expression, and a beautiful, quiet uncertainty. Collected here are five of his very best tales- 'The Lady with the Little Dog', 'The House with the Mezzanine', and t ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer Homer, Homer, Homer
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
The Odyssey is a classic poem written by Homer that consists of 12.110 verses. It is unique already in that it has reached our days in its original form. This poem is a genuine revelation of the poetic thought of ancient Hellas....After the Trojan War, most of the survived Greek leaders returned by sea ...Show more
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Category: Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird' - Meet Scout, the narrator of this book. Her story is one of Deep South summers, fights at school and playing in the street. The spooky house of her mysterious neighbour, Boo Radley, sags dark and forbid ...Show more