2nd hand Like a House on Fire by Cate Kennedy
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Category: Literature
WINNER OF THE 2013 STEELE RUDD AWARD, QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 STELLA PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 KIBBLE AWARD From prize-winning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots. In Like a House on Fire, Kennedy once again ...Show more
2nd Hand To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird' - Meet Scout, the narrator of this book. Her story is one of Deep South summers, fights at school and playing in the street. The spooky house of her mysterious neighbour, Boo Radley, sags dark and forbid ...Show more
2nd Hand Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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Category: Literature | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the stro ...Show more
2nd Hand Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
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Category: Literature
When the plague visits an isolated village in the English countryside, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers endure a self-imposed quarantine to keep the disease from sp ...Show more
2nd Hand The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Category: Literature | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: good
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY GEOFF DYERThe world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby?s party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say he?s a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy dur ...Show more
2nd Hand The Longest Memory by Fred D'aguiar
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Category: Literature
Please note you are pre-ordering this book. We are expecting delivery of them by Wed 9th November 2022. From William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turnerto Toni Morrison's Beloved, modern American fiction engaged with slavery has provoked fiery controversy. So will The Longest Memory, the powerful, ...Show more
2nd Hand Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
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Category: Literature
This tale of lost innocence and adulthood gained has its roots in the events of summer, 1948. It is at that time in Montana, childhood home of David Hayden, that the memories of those closest to the then 12-year-old David are revealed, showing him that truth is not what he had believed it to be.
2nd Hand Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
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Category: Literature | Reading Level: good
It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a c ...Show more
2nd Hand Runaway by Alice Munro
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Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this dazzling new collection. At its centre are three stories connected into one marvellously rich narrative about Juliet - who escapes from teaching at a girls' school and throws herself into a wild and passionate love match. Here are men and w ...Show more
2nd Hand Animal Farm - Penguin Modern Classic by George Orwell
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Category: Literature
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 ...Show more
2nd Hand Growing Up Asian in Australia by Alice Pung (ed)
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Category: Australian Literature | Series: Growing Up
Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award-winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. These are not predictable tales of food, festivals and traditional dress. The food is h ...Show more
2nd hand Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, Emily St. John Mandel
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Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
What was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beauty. One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetime. That same evening a deadly virus touches down in North America. The world will never be the sa ...Show more