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100 Selected Stories of O. Henry by O. Henry
$6.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With a new Introduction by Professor Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D. This selection of a hundred of O. Henry's succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging f ...Show more
Anthill: A Novel by E. O. Wilson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Anthill follows the thrilling adventures of a modern-day Huck Finn, whose improbable love of the "strange, beautiful and elegant" world of ants ends up transforming his own life and the citizens of Nokobee County. Part thriller, part parable, Anthill will not only transfix readers with its stunning twis ...Show more
Appliance by J. O. Morgan
$33.00 AUD
Category: Sci Fi/Fantasy
A novel for our times- the story of how technology and our addiction to innovation is eroding our human rights and freedoms'Are they paying you extra for this? You'd better be getting something. We'd better be getting something. For the inconvenience I mean. The machine's here for the whole weekend is w ...Show more
Beauty and the Beast by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$15.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books
A captivating retelling of the nation's favourite fairy tale, from the nation's favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. After encountering a fearsome beast at a mysterious palace, down-on-his-luck merchant Marco is forced to make a promise in exchange for his life: he must persuade one of his three dau ...Show more
Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
In fifth-century Denmark, a murderous monster stalks the night, and only the great prince of the Geats has the strength and courage to defeat him. Beowulf's terrifying quest to destroy Grendel, the foul fiend, a hideous sea-hag and a monstrous fire-dragon is the oldest surviving epic in British literatu ...Show more
Better Living Through Criticism - How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty and Truth by A. O. Scott
$35.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A. O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight a ...Show more
Black, White, and The Grey by Morisano, John O.
$47.00 AUD
Category: Food
A story about the trials and triumphs of a Black chef from Queens, New York, and a White media entrepreneur from Staten Island who built a relationship and a restaurant in the Deep South, hoping to bridge biases and get people talking about race, gender, class, and culture. "Black, White, and The Grey b ...Show more
Body Electric by Robert O. Becker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Mind & Body
The Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the filed of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body. He found clues to the healing process in the l ...Show more
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson
$33.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
An enormous intellectual adventure. In this groundbreaking new book, the American biologist Edward O. Wilson, considered to be one of the world's greatest living scientists, argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for consilience--the proof that everything in our world i ...Show more
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson
$34.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
In this work, the author argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for what he calls "consilience", the composition of the principles governing every branch of learning. Edward O. Wilson, pioneer of sociobiology and biodiversity, breaks from the conventions of current thin ...Show more
Corner by ZO-O
$35.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books
A quirky and relatable story about balancing creativity and connection. A crow finds itself in an empty corner and begins to make the space its own. First, it furnishes the corner with a bed, a bookshelf, a rug, even a potted plant. In the newly decorated space, the crow reads and eats, listens to music ...Show more
Day Trip Melbourne: 52 Nature Adventures by Evi O, Andrew Grune
$34.99 AUD
Category: Travel Guides
With a trip for every week of the year, Day Trip Melbourne takes you to mountains, waterfalls, swimming holes, beaches, forests, coastlines, snow trails, urban parks, Aboriginal sites, rivers, canyons, cliffs, historic architecture and more. Each adventure includes directions by car or public transport, ...Show more