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A Full Account of the Dreadful Explosion of Wallsend Colliery by Which 101 Human Beings Perished! by Various Authors
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Category: History | Series: The London Library
"The rushing of the foul air to the mouth of the shaft, bringing up with it some of the pitmen's clothes and other light articles from the bottom, left no room for conjecture as to what had occurred in the mine" Although (shallow) coal mining dates back as far as the 13th century, it was the development ...Show more
A Woman's Walks by Various Authors
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Category: Travel | Series: The London Library
"To anyone of my sex who feels inclined to follow my example and visit Billingsgate Market when it is in full blast, I would recommend the use of Louis XV. heels - the higher the better - in fact, a pair of stilts would not be inappropriate" From young men seeking outdoor adventure to intrepid ladies o ...Show more
Great Italian Stories / Grandi Racconti Italiani: 10 Parallel Texts by Various Authors
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Category: Anthologies
A spellbinding selection of short stories in the original Italian alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Italy. Each story appears in the ...Show more
Great Spanish Stories: 10 Parallel Texts by Various Authors
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Category: Anthologies
A riveting selection of short stories in Spanish alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Spain. Each story appears in Spanish alongside an ...Show more
Hints on Etiquette: A Shield Against the Vulgar by Various Authors
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Category: Mind Body Spirit | Series: The London Library
"If you are so unfortunate as to have contracted the low habit of smoking, be careful to practise it under certain restrictions" With nineteenth-century fashions constantly changing, but the importance of the baffling social codes entirely rigid, a newly-prosperous and bewildered middle class was in dir ...Show more
Our Earth is a Poem by Various Authors
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Category: Picture Books
This is a book of poetry for everyone. Inside is a treasure trove of writing celebrating the natural world. Read the poems aloud or curl up with them in a quiet corner. Begin your journey into a lifelong love of poetry. This beautifully illustrated collection features powerful poems written by a wide ra ...Show more
Proud by Various, Various Authors
19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story has an illustration by an artist identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. A boy’s coming out is overshadowed by gay penguins, a m ...Show more
Right Way Down and Other Poems by Various Authors
17.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Featuring entertaining poems with themes of animals and nature, this is a great introduction to the wonder of poetry for middle readers, and is complete with stunning illustrations on every page. Stand on your head with Sally Murphy, explode some dynamite with Cristy Burne or shoot some hoops with Cher ...Show more
Summer Days: Stories and Poems Celebrating the Kiwi Summer by Authors, Various
39.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
The great Kiwi summer conjures images of the beach, swimming, boating, fishing, families, friends adventures ... This collection of seven stories and ten poems capture that quintessential summer feeling, and is perfect summertime reading to share with children. Dive in to find all sorts of treasures by ...Show more
The Noble English Art of Self-Defence by Various Authors
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Category: Sport | Series: The London Library
"Never let the heat of action lead you to forget good-temper. Be manly; seek no undue advantage. Science and pluck give advantage enough" Ned Donnelly, a former prize fighter turned boxing instructor and author (with a lot of help from his literate friends), was a household name as a one of the most suc ...Show more
The Right to Fly by Various Authors
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Category: Sport | Series: The London Library
"If I am dreaming, let me dream on, - but I defy any one to awaken me! - Let me contemplate the air studded with barques travelling with such rapidity as to humiliate the Ocean and all the locomotives of the Earth!" The first balloon flight with passengers (a sheep, a duck, and a rooster) took place on ...Show more
The World's Greatest Love Letters by Various Authors
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Category: Anthologies | Series: Signature Anthologies Ser.
An elevated, gifty anthology of love letters from history's most passionate romantics.This beautiful volume features love letters from a variety of people throughout history, including Heloise and Abelard, Henry VIII, Margaret of Valois, Napoleon Bonaparte, Mary Wollstonecraft, Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, ...Show more