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On Forgiveness by Richard Holloway
22.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Canons
"Full of human wisdom, this is a psychologically acute and absorbing approach to a very important subject". (Philip Pullman). In this inspiring work, Richard Holloway tackles the great theme of forgiveness. One of the most important books on this essential topic, On Forgiveness draws on the great philos ...Show more
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi; Patrick Creagh (Translator); Mohsin Hamid
19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Canons Ser.
Dr. Pereira is an aging, lonely, overweight journalist who has failed to notice the menacing cloud of fascism over Salazarist Lisbon. One day he meets Montiero Rossi, an aspiring young writer whose anti-fascist fervor is as strong as Pereira's apolitical languor. Eventually, breaking out of the shell of ...Show more
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Padraig O Tuama
26.99 AUD
Category: Poetry and Drama | Series: Canons Ser.
A beautiful book of immersive poetry, based on the much-loved Poetry Unbound podcast downloaded more than 6 million times
Reconciliation by Naoya Shiga; Ted Goossen (Translator)
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Canons Ser.
Reconciliation, published here for the first time in the English language, is an understated masterpiece of the Japanese 'I novel' tradition (a confessional literary form). Naoya Shiga's novella is a quietly devastating reflection on all kinds of reconciliation: from his own familial reunion, to the uni ...Show more
Rembrandt's Whore by Sylvie Matton; Tamsin Black (Translator)
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Canons Ser.
A sensitive innocent, Hendrickje Stoffels escapes the harsh realities of her garrison home-town to become a servant in Rembrandt's household. She soon becomes his lover and closest confidante, filling the void in his life resulting from the death of his wife and two of their children. But Hendrickje is ...Show more
Snowblind by Robert Sabbag
22.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: Canons
Zachary Swan: world-class smuggler of the finest cocaine, wicked genius, first-class fool. In his brief and brilliant career as a founding father of the trade, Swan serves the world's most elegant clientele by the most inelegant means, always staying just one step ahead.Robert Sabbag's rip-roaring moder ...Show more
Suicide Blonde by Darcey Steinke
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Canons Ser.
Jesse is a twenty-nine-year-old adrift in San Francisco's demi-monde of sexually ambiguous, drug-taking outsiders, desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend. She becomes caretaker and confidante to Madame Pig, a grotesque, besotted recluse. Jesse also meets Madison - Pig's d ...Show more
Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters by Annie Dillard
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Category: Self Help | Series: Canons
In Teaching a Stone to Talk, Annie Dillard fixes her entrancing gaze and powerful sense of wonder on the natural world. Whether watching a sublime lunar eclipse or locking eyes with a wild weasel, Dillard captures the grand and miniature miracles of our universe. Annie Dillard is one of the most respect ...Show more
The Cello and the Nightingales by Beatrice Harrison
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Canons Ser.
In May 1924, the BBC broadcast a miracle to the world: a wild nightingale singing a duet with a remarkable young cellist called Beatrice Harrison. Over a million people tuned in to hear this live performance, which Beatrice repeated with a nightingale for the BBC every spring until 1942. These broadcast ...Show more
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Canons
'Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them . . .'So begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an unforgettable cast of low-lifes, physicians, businessmen and prostitutes, meet our heroine Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gu ...Show more
The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh
19.99 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Canons Ser.
'Unputdownable' Sunday Times'I was hooked from page one' Guardian When Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to discover more about the deceased owner who coveted them. Soon he finds himself sucked into an under ...Show more
The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson
22.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Canons Ser.
"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become corner ...Show more