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Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories by Karen Russell
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries
Named a Best Book of the Year by: "The Boston GlobeO, The Oprah MagazineHuffington PostThe A.V. Club"A "Washington Post" Notable BookAn "NPR "Great Read of 2013 From the author of the novel "Swamplandia!--"a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--comes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that ...Show more
Voices in the Night : Stories by Steven Millhauser
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries
Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
$25.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Henry David Thoreau s account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts part social experiment, part spiritual quest is an enduringly influential American classic. In 1845, Thoreau began building a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The inspiring and lyric ...Show more
War and Peace (Vintage Classic Russians Series) by Leo Tolstoy
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classic Russians Series
THE ACCLAIMED TRANSLATION BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY 'If you've never read it, now is the moment. This translation will show that you don't read War and Peace, you live it' The Times From sophisticated Moscow soirees to breathless troika rides through the snow, from the bloody front line ...Show more
Way of Zen by Alan Watts
$28.00 AUD
Category: Religion | Series: Vintage Spiritual Classics Ser.
In his definitive introduction to Zen Buddhism, Alan Watts explains the principles and practices of this ancient religion to Western readers. With a rare combination of freshness and lucidity, he delves into the origins and history of Zen to explain what it means for the world today with incredible clar ...Show more
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
$23.00 AUD
Category: Vintage Classics | Series: Vintage Heroines
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world 'There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is going to fix that' This is the story o ...Show more
We of the Never-Never by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn
$15.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics
In 1902, newly-married Jeannie Gunn (Mrs Aeneas Gunn) left the security and comfort of her Melbourne home to travel to the depths of the Northern Territory, where her husband had been appointed manager of The Elsey, a large cattle station. One of the very few white women in the area, she was at first re ...Show more
What We Talk about When We Talk About Love by R. Carver
$0.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
In his second collection, including the iconic and much-referenced title story featured in the Academy Award-winning film "Birdman," Carver establishes his reputation as one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature a haunting meditation on love, loss, and companionship, and find ...Show more
Where I'm Calling from: New and Selected Stories by Raymond Carver
$31.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
By the time of his early death in 1988, Raymond Carver had established himself as one of the great practitioners of the American short story, a writer who had not only found his own voice but imprinted it in the imaginations of thousands of readers. Where I'm Calling From, his last collection, encompass ...Show more
Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Set in a fictional Colorado town, Kent Haruf's Where You Once Belonged brings to life small town America and the characters that keep the community together.Heavy-built Jack Burdette is quite literally too big for his boots - and too big, certainly, for the small-town attitudes of Holt, Colorado. But wh ...Show more
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
$20.00 AUD
Category: Vintage Classics | Series: Vintage Heroines
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world 'Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget. If you see her, you are safe.' This is the story of Hana and her little sister Emi, who are part of an island community of haenyo, ...Show more
Wise Children by Angela Carter
$12.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
A richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the hazards and chances, Angela Carter's witty and bawdy newnovel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identitiesas any Shakespeare comedy, and celebrates the magic of over a century of show business.