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News From Nowhere And Other Writings
Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834 96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of utop...
The Communist Manifesto: Popular Penguins
The Communist Manifesto changed the face of the twentieth century beyond recognition, inspiring millions to revolution, forming the basis of political systems that still dominate countless lives and continuing to ignite violent debate about class and capitalism today....
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" portrays a world on fire, split between Paris and London during the brutal and bloody events of the French Revolution. This "Penguin Classics" edition of is edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of ti...
The Three Musketeers
Mixing a bit of seventeenth-century French history with a great deal of invention, Alexandre Dumas tells the tale of young D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis. Together they fight to foil the schemes of the brilliant, dangerous Cardinal Richelieu, who pretends to support th...
On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual
Merle Miller; Charles Kaiser (Afterword by); Dan Savage (Foreword by)
Originally published in 1971, Merle Miller's On Being Differentis a pioneering and thought-provoking book about being homosexual in the United States. Just two years after the Stonewall riots, Miller wrote a poignant essay for the New York Times Magazineentitled "What It Means To Be a Homosexual" in res...
The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian
'Poverty does not consist in the want of money', I answered, 'nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through violent means if necessary'. From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the Cynic philosophers sought to cure humanity of g...
Ho! Ho! Ho! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Christmas Cake
Share all the joy and fun of preparing for a family Christmas with your favourite characters from the best-selling picture book series, There?s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake....
Joyous Science
Friedrich Nietzsche; R Kevin Hill (Trans)
The Joyous Scienceis a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche's realization that 'God is dead' and his critique of morality, the arts and modernity give way to an exhilarating doctrine of self-emancipation and the concept of eternal recurrence. Here is Nietzsche at his most personal and affirmative...
What's it Like to be Chased by a Cassowary? Fascinating answers to perplexing questions: The most informative and entertaining explainers from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald
Ever wondered what happens to us as we die? Or how the Esky became an Aussie cultural icon? Or why we have leap years? Then look no further - and even if you haven't wondered, you'll want to find out. This anthology is a diverse collection of explainers by some of the finest writers from The Age and The...
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