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The Myth of Sisyphus
The summation of the existentialist philosophy threaded throughout all his writing, Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus" is translated by Justin O'Brien with an introduction by James Wood in "Penguin Classics". In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: is...
Regeneration
Regeneration by Pat Barker is a classic exploration of how the traumas of war brutalised a generation of young - published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.'I just don't think our war aims -whatever they may be- and we don't know - justify this level of slaughter.'The poets and soldiers Siegfri...
The Seville Communion
Murderous goings-on in a tiny church draw the Vatican into the dark heart of Seville. A hacker gets into the Pope's personal computer to leave a warning about mysterious deaths in a small church in Seville that is threatened with demolition. Father Quart, a suave Vatican troubleshooter is sent to invest...
Americana
Prosperous, good-looking and empty inside, 28-year-old advertising executive David Bell appears on the surface to have everything. But he is a man on the brink of losing his sanity. Trapped in a Manhattan office with soulless sycophants as his only company, he makes an abrupt decision to leave New York ...
The Plague
'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing'. It starts with the rats. Vomiting blood, they die in their hundreds, then in their thousands. When the rats are all gone, the citizens begin to fall sick. Like the rats, they ...
That's What I'm Talking About
Shane Crawford; Glenn McFarlane
When Shane Crawford debuted for Hawthorn Football Club in 1993, little did he know what an amazing future awaited him. The kid from tiny Finley in New South Wales would become a champion of the game, the heart and soul of his club, and a successful media performer.Crawf's seventeen seasons with the Haw...
Seadog
A lively and entertaining picture book about a scruffy but lovable pet dog with an aversion to grooming Our dog is not a clean dog, a shiny or a fluffy dog.Our dog is a seadog . . . Seadog loves to chase birds and find and roll around in fish but doesn't like to take baths. But even this dog kn...
Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe
"Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northe...
Basketball! (Sporty Kids)
Time was running out. Jessica looked up at the ring. With an almighty toss, she took a shot at the basket. Everyone held their breath . . . Jessica is a basketball all-star. So why does she need lucky shoes?...
Troilus and Cressida
This legendary Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Updated for the 21st-century by editors Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA, each book includes an essay on the theatrical world o...
Metal - Dark Knights Rising
Grant Morrison; Scott Snyder; Peter J. Tomasi; Francis Manapul (Illustrator)
Dark Nights- Metal- Dark Knights Rising introduces- The Batman Who Laughs- a lunatic driven mad by his world's Joker. The Red Death- a thief who stole his reality's Speed Force power. The Drowned- a female, amphibious Batman. The Dawnbreaker- a twisted Green Lantern. The Murder Machine- a deranged, dead...
Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
A companion guidebook to the number-one bestselling Good to Great, focused on implementation of the flywheel concept, one of Jim Collins' most memorable ideas that has been used across industries and the social sectors, and with startups.The key to business success is not a single innovation or one plan...
Blueprint - How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses. In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict o...
Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide's Family Murders (*Ned Kelly Awards: Winner 2022 Best True Crime)
Only one suspect has been charged and convicted for The Family Murders of Adelaide, the City of Corpses. Award-winning investigative journalist, Debi Marshall, interrogates these long cold cases. Debi Marshall believes it is time to expose all messy business that lies behind the sophisticated facade of...
Tyranny of the Minority: How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and Forge a Democracy for All
Daniel Ziblatt, Steven Levitsky
An urgent follow-up to bestseller How Democracies Die, by two world-leading experts on democracy In this incisive and razor-sharp analysis of one of the most important issues facing us today, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt draw on their combined expertise of over 40 years...
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