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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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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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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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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…
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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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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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…
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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…
"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…
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A gift of an essay that illuminates the literary talents of two of Australia’s greatest writers.
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…
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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…
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.
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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.
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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…
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Richard and Judy pick. From the author of the acclaimed ‘Year of Wonders’ and ‘People of the Book’, a historical novel and…
'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…
An action-packed new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book and March.
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…
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…
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…
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…
A portrait of a world that lifts the veil on the lives of Islamic women. This is the story to discover the truth about women and Islam.
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…
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 extraordinary…
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The new novel from the author of ‘March’ and ‘Year of Wonders’ takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to…
In 1665, a young man from Martha’s Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks has created a luminous tale of…
From Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, March, and has added adult resonance to portray the moral complexity of war and a…
Traces the arc of King David’s journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and…
Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famous Sarajevo Haggadah, which was rescued during the Bosnian war. When Hanna…
A scientist from Australia and a Nigerian-American art historian become connected by their shared interest in a 19th century race horse, one studying its remains, the other uncovering the history…
An intimate portrait of the lives of modern Muslim women reveals how male pride and power have distorted the message of Islam to justify the subjugation of women and how…
