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The Crucible [play]

By: Arthur Miller

Price: $19.95

Publisher: UK, Penguin : 2000

Seller ID: 9780141182551

ISBN-13: 9780141182551

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The Crucible is a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the 'frontier mentality' of Cold War America, published in Penguin Modern Classics.Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' - and the American anti-communist purges led by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and th...
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By: Curtis Sittenfeld

Price: $22.95

Publisher: UK, Black Swan : 2010

Seller ID: 9780552776844

ISBN-13: 9780552776844

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Lee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields, everyone singing hymns in chapel. But as she soon learns, Ault is a minefield of unstated rules and incomprehensible social rituals, and Lee must work hard to find and maintain her place in the pecking order. About the Author: "Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of...
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Dead White Males [play]

By: David Williamson

Price: $22.95

Publisher: Australia, Currency Press : 1995

Seller ID: 9780868194431

ISBN-13: 9780868194431

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Postmodernism verses liberal humanismâ€”can an older male academic convert a young female student to a post-structural, post-patriarchal view of literature and seduce her at the same time? About the Author: DAVID WILLIAMSONâ€™s first full-length play, The Coming of Stork, premiered at Melbourne's La Mama Theatre in 1970. He went on to pen over thirty plays and become Australiaâ€™s most successful playwright. His plays have been produced throughout Australia and internationally. A number of his stage works have been adapted for the screen, including The Removalists, Donâ€™s Party, The Club, Tr...
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Animal Farm

By: George Orwell

Price: $19.95

Publisher: UK, Penguin : 2008

Seller ID: 9780141036137

ISBN-13: 9780141036137

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's timeless satire'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.'Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexp...
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To Kill A Mockingbird

By: Harper Lee

Price: $19.95

Publisher: UK, Arrow : 2001

Seller ID: 9780099419785

ISBN-13: 9780099419785

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Set in a sleepy town in South Alabama during the Great Depression in the 1930s, this multi-layered story dissects the white and black communities of the American South. Told with gentle humour, it focuses on religious turpitude and the ambivalence of adult morality. About the Author: Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, a village that is still her home. She attended local schools and the University of Alabama. Before she started writing, she lived in New York and worked in the reservations department of an international airline. She has been awarded the Pulitzer prize, two hon...
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The Story Of Tom Brennan

By: J. C. Burke

Price: $17.95

Publisher: Australia, Random House : 2005

Seller ID: 9781741660920

ISBN-13: 9781741660920

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

A powerful story of love and loss, secrets and revelations - and making sense of a past that once seemed perfect. For Tom Brennan, life is about rugby, mates and family - until a night of celebration changes his life forever. Tom's world explodes as his brother Daniel is sent to jail and the Brennans are forced to leave the small town Tom's lived in his whole life. Tom is a survivor, but he needs a ticket out of the past just as much as Daniel. He will find it in many forms . . . About the Author: J.C. Burke was born in Sydney in 1965, the fourth of five sisters. With writers for parents, sh...
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The Catcher in the Rye [original American text]

By: J. D. Salinger

Price: $22.95

Publisher: UK, Penguin : 1994

Seller ID: 9780140237504

ISBN-13: 9780140237504

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The Catcher in the Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves- the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection.Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventio...
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Touch Me

By: James Moloney

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Australia, University of Queensland Press : 2007

Seller ID: 9780702236297

ISBN-13: 9780702236297

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Short-listed for the CBCA Book of the Year- Older Readers "When can I hold you then?" He whispered. "I want to. I... " He was going to say I love you - but what did that mean? For Xavier McLachlan, rugby is life. Winning a 1st XV jersey means everything... Until he meets Nuala Magee. Has there ever been a girl like her? She's feisty, she's troubled, she's dangerous. What will his mates think? Does he even care? Everything looks different now. Xavier McLachlan is in love. About the Author: James Moloney has been writing for young people for more than twenty years. Once a teacher and a libraria...
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Tomorrow, When the War Began #1 Tomorrow

By: John Marsden

Price: $16.95

Publisher: Australia, Pan : 2008

Seller ID: 9780330274869

ISBN-13: 9780330274869

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Somewhere out there Ellie and her friends are hiding. They're shocked, they're frightened, they're alone. Their world has changed, with the speed of a slamming door. They've got no weapons â€“ except courage. They've got no help â€“ except themselves. They've got nothing â€“ except friendship. How strong can you be, when the world is full of people trying to kill you? Tomorrow, When the War Began is the first of an enormously popular series that has been translated and published all over the world. It is the book that started the series that became the legend... About the...
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Bridge To Terabithia

By: Katherine Paterson

Price: $16.95

Publisher: UK, Puffin : 2015

Seller ID: 9780141359786

ISBN-13: 9780141359786

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

'We need a place,' Leslie called to him, ' . . . just for us.' Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class, but when Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever. Even though she runs faster than him, Jess thinks Leslie is all right - she's clever, funny and has good ideas. It is Leslie who invents Terabithia, the secret magical kingdom on an island across the creek where Jesse can escape his troublesome family. But one day tragedy strikes and Jesse needs to find the courage to overcome his fears . . .
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The Book Thief : Film Tie-In

By: Markus Zusak

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Australia, Picador : 2013

Seller ID: 9781742613314

ISBN-13: 9781742613314

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The extraordinary international bestseller from the author of new novel Bridge of Clay. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE "Brilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that can be life changing" The New York Times It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as...
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Frankenstein

By: Mary Shelley

Price: $14.95

Publisher: UK, Penguin : 2003

Seller ID: 9780141439471

ISBN-13: 9780141439471

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity. But this botched creature, rejected by its creator and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy Frankenstein and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Lord Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of Gothic horror, and Frankenstein's monster an instantly-recognisabl...
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Boy Overboard

By: Morris Gleitzman

Price: $16.95

Publisher: Australia, Puffin : 2002

Seller ID: 9780141308388

ISBN-13: 9780141308388

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

A story of adventure, ball control and hope. Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. But first they must face landmines, pirates, storms and assassins. Can Jamal and his family survive their incredible journey and get to Australia? Sometimes, to save the people you love, you have to go overboard. About the Author: Morris Gleitzman grew up in England and came to Australia when he was sixteen. After university he worked for ten years as a screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience. He wrote a novel for young people. Now, after 40 books, he?s o...
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Twelve Angry Men : Samuel French Acting Edition

By: Reginald Rose

Price: $26.95

Publisher: UK, Samuel French : 1989

Edition: Acting Edition

Seller ID: 9780573040122

ISBN-13: 9780573040122

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

A young delinquent is on trial for the murder of his aggressive father. The judge has directed the jury to find the boy guilty if there is no reasonable doubt. Eleven of the jurors declare there is no reasonable doubt, but one of them, while far from convinced of the boy's innocence, feels that some of the evidence against him has been ambiguous. At the end of a long afternoon he wins, all the others round to his view.
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The Outsiders

By: S. E. Hinton

Price: $16.95

Publisher: UK, Puffin : 2017

Seller ID: 9780141368887

ISBN-13: 9780141368887

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The Outsiders is an outstanding story of teenage rebellion, written when the author was only 17 years old. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Youngsters in a small Oklahoma town have split into two gangs, divided by money, tastes and attitude. The Socs' idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothers and friends - until the night someone takes things too far. The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to a...
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The Merchant of Venice : Oxford School Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $17.95

Publisher: UK, Oxford University Press : 2010

Edition: Fourth Edition

Seller ID: 9780198328674

ISBN-13: 9780198328674

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. The Merchant of Venice is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes.
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Twelfth Night : Oxford School Shakespeare

By: William Shakespeare

Price: $17.95

Publisher: UK, Oxford University Press : 2010

Seller ID: 9780198328711

ISBN-13: 9780198328711

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Twelfth Night is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes. Full accessible notes ideal for students Additional information and reading lists A range of illustrations, both decorative and explanatory A school edition that is both accessible ...
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