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Geraldine Brooks
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and People of the Book comes a vivid and unique new novel for lovers of sweeping historical fiction and books about iconic racehorses…
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A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey toward peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘March’ and ‘People of the Book’. A young woman’s struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when…
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An action-packed, violent and surprising novel about the life of a real historical figure, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book and March.
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Brooks’s luminous second novel, after 2001’s acclaimed Year of Wonders , imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr March. An idealistic abolitionist, March has gone to serve the Union cause…
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This book gives you a glimpse of life's minutiae - good and bad. One that will make you wonder and ponder.
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The New Yorker Australian writer, the author is now known internationally for her bestselling novels. And when her poised and sophisticated assistant at the Cairo bureau of the Wall Street…
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An award-winning memoir from a bestselling Australian author, Geraldine was born in the late 1950s and longed to discover the vivid places where she believed history and culture were made…
Growing up in a small settlement, Bethia Mayfield meets a Wampanoag chieftain’s son, Caleb. The two forge a friendship, and when Bethia’s father decides to educate Caleb, Caleb soon finds…
When book conservator Hanna Heath gets a call about a medieval manuscript that has been recovered from the ruins of war-torn Sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of…
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Marion Taffe
The engrossing and propulsive historical fiction debut from a talented new writer, for readers of Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders, Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, Lauren Groff's Matrix, Robyn Cadwallader's The Anchoress…
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of?Horse
Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
'He tilted his desk lamp so that the light fell on the image. The head of a bright bay colt gazed out of the canvas, the expression in the eyes…
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A gift of an essay that illuminates the literary talents of two of Australia’s greatest writers.
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Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure…
"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." -The New York Times Book Review
"Horse isn't just an animal story-it's a moving narrative about race and art." -TIME
"A thrilling story…
In 1666, a young woman comes of age during an extraordinary year of love and death. Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a plague village in the rugged hill…
Sally Colin-James
A beautiful, enthralling and powerful story of three women separated by centuries, yet connected by a thread of longing and a singular creative spirit - for readers of Geraldine Brooks…
William Burden
This series has been created to assist students of English in their understanding of a variety of texts.
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Virginia Lee
A text guide written by a highly experienced classroom teacher of senior English and Literature who is the Head of English at Emmaus College in Melbourne.
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Geraldine Brooks’s March, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…
Every year, the ABC board invites a prominent Australian to present a series of radio lectures, expressing their thoughts on major social, cultural, scientific or political issues.
In 2011 the…
In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American graduate of Harvard College. From the few facts that survive of this extraordinary life, Brooks creates a…
When Hanna Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript that has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of…
From the Pulitzer Prize - winning author of PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, YEAR OF WONDERS and MARCH comes a unique and vivid novel that retells the story of King David’s…
Designed to illustrate the different types, epochs and sections that made up the early American history; this book includes: Anne Hutchinson, of Boston, founder of the First Woman’s Club in…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition.
A richly imagined new novel from the author of the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, PEOPLE OF THE BOOK…
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: T.Y. Crowell
""Dames and Daughters of the French Court"" is a historical non-fiction book written by Geraldine Brooks and published in 1905. The book explores the lives of the women of the…
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An action-packed new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book and March.
After finding her childhood pen pals’ letters, the foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal embarks on a treasure hunt to locate distant friends and memories.
