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The Fear and Trembling and the Book on Adler by Søren Kierkegaard; Walter Lowrie (Translator)
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Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Recognized as one of the 19th century's leading psychologists and philosophers, Kierkegaard was, among other things, the harbinger of existentialism. In this book he explores the psychology of religion, addressing the question What is faith?
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
$39.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Giorgio Bassani's acclaimed novel of unrequited love and the plight of the Italian Jews on the brink of World War II has become a classic of modern Italian literature. Made into an Academy Award--winning film in 1970, "The Garden of the Finzi--Continis "is a richly evocati ...Show more
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
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Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
First published in 1915, Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier" begins, famously and ominously, "This is the saddest story I have ever heard." In a nutshell, "The Good Soldier" us the post-mortem of a good-on-paper marriage that much later turned out to be even less than the little the narrator thought of ...Show more
The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War by Jaroslav Hasek
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Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics S.
Set in the Central Europe of old, this anti-war novel features a simple soldier whose determination to survive brings into question the powerful social and political institutions he confronts. A portrait of a "little man" waging his own war against authority, it becomes a satire on the old regime.
The Grapes of Wrath (Everyman's Library HB) by STEINBECK JOHN
$27.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
This reader is accompanied with a CD that contains the full audio of the text in MP3 format.During the Great Depression in the United States, and after the loss of their farm in Oklahoma, the Joad family is faced with a journey of more than one thousand miles to California in search of a better life. Ca ...Show more
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Fitzgerald's classic tale of jazz-era New York and the mysterious, party-throwing millionaire Jay Gatsby. It's 1922 and New York is electric. A hotbed of jazz, glamour and scandal. The playground of the super-rich. And the new home of Nick Carraway, a Mid-Western man chasing his American dream. For ei ...Show more
The Histories by Herodotus; E. H. B (Editor)
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Category: Ancient History | Series: Everyman's Library Classics
The Histories is a book by a Greek historian Herodotus from Halicarnassus (V century BC), the first fully preserved historical and prosaic work in the European literature. It is the most valuable source of the early history of Greece and the East. Detailed descriptions and accurate observations are put ...Show more
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Single woman of 29, Lily Bart is Edith Wharton's quintessential trapped heroine. Orphaned following the death of her parents, Lily understands that she must use her beauty, grace and charm to attain the social position she longs for, but she is caught between her desire for wealth and a strong moral con ...Show more
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
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Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics
Chilean writer Isabel Allende's classic bestseller is a richly symbolic family saga that is also the riveting story of an unnamed Latin American country's turbulent history. In a triumph of magic realism, Allende constructs a spirit-ridden world and fills it with colourful and all-too-human inhabitants ...Show more
The Human Factor by Graham Greene
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Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
"A leak is traced to a small sub-section of SIS, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his African wife, ...Show more
The Idiot by F. M. Dostoevsky
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Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library classics
The Iliad (Everyman's Library) by Homer (Translated by Robert Fitzgerald)
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Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
The greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization - an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and the cornerstone of Western culture. The story centres on ...Show more