"Exploring the psychological and political implications of Gothic fiction, the author focuses on some major works in the tradition: The Castle of Otranto, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Dracula,...
In 1923 the writer Katherine Mansfield went to the guru Gurdjieff in Fontainebleau in the hope that he might ‘cure her soul’. In the 1980s in Sydney, a young man...
A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have...
This series helps children to explore worlds of civilisations whose passing shaped the world as we know it today.The Romans were pioneers of trade, engineering and government, and founded an...
This cultural and psychological study of gender identity and sexual development in a New Guinea Highlands society includes initiation rites and socialisation studies, and contrasts the Sambia with other societies,...
The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife Product Details Publisher: Angus & Robertson Year: 1986 Format: Hardcover/Dust Jacket Condition: Very good hardcover in a good dust jacket. Minor wear on the...
Starting in 1931 with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the author reveals how Japan planned to challenge the established colonial powers and why her forces were able to inflict such...
After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one...
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition...
In this compelling dramatic triptych, three terminal cancer patients dwell in separate cottages on a hospital grounds. The three are attended and visited by family and close friends: Agnes and...
The Shakespeare Book is the perfect primer to the works of William Shakespeare, packed with witty illustrations and inspirational quotes.Covering every work, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You...
How far would you go for love? For art? What would you be willing to change? Which price might you pay? Such are the painful questions explored by Neil Labute...
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the...
20th Century Archives: Full-page reproductions of 161 Russian silent film posters are presented here in chronological order: from the very beginning of the twentieth century till the 1930s. The introductory...
Set in the Roman Empire in AD 70, this book tells about Marcus Didius Falco, a deadbeat, low-life informer whose normal working day consists of spying on adulterous husbands for...
Alone and fending for themselves in a Poland devastated by World War Two, Jan and his three homeless friends cling to the silver sword as a symbol of hope. As...
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican...
Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including: ‘Chicken Licken’, ‘The Princess and the Bowling Ball’; ‘The Really Ugly Duckling’, and ‘Jack's Bean Problem’. Chosen by children as...
Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including: ‘Chicken Licken’, ‘The Princess and the Bowling Ball’; ‘The Really Ugly Duckling’, and ‘Jack's Bean Problem’. Chosen by children as...
John Ruskin, Edited with an Introduction by by Jan Morris
Ruskin wrote the work in order to apply to the architecture of Venice the general principles enunciated in his The Seven Lamps of Architecture. He discusses architecture and its functional...
Jeff is a pretty regular guy. A plumber in Sydney, he shares a house with his widowed dad, Harry. Harry likes a few beers and is actively looking for a...
When the wizard Merlyn comes to tutor Sir Ector’s sons, Kay and the Wart, studying suddenly becomes much more exciting. After all, who wouldn’t enjoy being turned into a fish,...