Another Country by James Baldwin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Penguin Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, among other locales, Another Country is a novel of passions--sexual, racial, political, artistic--that is stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, depicting men and women, blacks and whites, stripped of their masks of gender and race by ...Show more
The Plague by Albert Camus
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease- some resign themselves to fate, some seek bla ...Show more
Design as Art by Bruno Munari
$24.99 AUD
Category: Design | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
How do we see the world around us? "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari i ...Show more
A Little History of the World by E H Gombrich
$22.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Little Histories | Reading Level: very good
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was published in Vienna to imme ...Show more
This is Paris by Miroslav Sasek
$34.99 AUD
$46.99 (25% off)
Category: Picture Books | Series: This Is...
Following on the runaway success of This is New York, Universe is thrilled to reissue two more titles from M. Sasek's beloved children's travel series: This is London and This is Paris. Like This is New York and This is San Francisco, This is London and This is Paris are facsimile editions of Sasek's or ...Show more
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass [Illustrated Edition] by Lewis Carroll
$49.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Lewis Carroll’s beloved classic stories are reimagined in this deluxe illustrated gift edition from the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima—designed with stunning full color artwork and several interactive features.Originally published in 1865, L ...Show more
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
"How I long to sail!" said the tiny snail. The Snail and the Whale is a delightful tale of adventure and friendship by the unparalleled partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale ...Show more
Girl, Woman, Other: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 by Bernardine Evaristo
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people. Grace is a Victorian orphan dreaming of the mysterious African father she will never meet. Winsome is a young Windrush bride, recently arrived from Barbados. Amma is the fierce queen of her 1980s sq ...Show more
The Enduring Rip: A History of Queenscliffe by Barry Hill
$59.99 AUD
Category: Local
From the beginning the beautiful promontory of Queenscliff played a unique role in colonial history. Its local legend of William Buckley, ‘the wild white man’, who lived with the Wathaurong people for 32 years, is a seminal story of first contact between Aborigines and Europeans. White settlement in Que ...Show more
Flensted Danish Lucky Storks
$27.99 AUD
Category: Mobiles
The Flensted Danish lucky stocks mobile is the very first mobile designed by Christian Flensted. In 1953 Flensted cut 3 storks in cardboard and mounted them on 2 sticks of straw. Today's mobile features storks soaring through the skies made from intricitely die-cut coloured cardstock and three dimension ...Show more
Flensted Science Fiction - Nature - FL008AN
$54.99 AUD
Category: Mobiles
Science Fiction is a classic of Flensted Mobiles’ designs and one of the most popular. Science Fiction was created in 1956. Handmade in Denmark, the Flensted mobiles are unique and stylish elements in home décor and public spaces. While floating in the air, the mobile catches the eye and envokes intere ...Show more
Flensted Swallows Mobile 5 - FL024B
$64.99 AUD
Category: Mobiles
Our best-selling and beloved Swallows Mobile is now available with five beautiful birds! Made of colored cardstock shapes. Hangs 18" tall by 24" wide. Each swallow measures 4" long with a 7" wingspan. Each swallow unfolds to become three dimensional. Made in Denmark.