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Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of the few contemporary poets whose work has mythic scope and power. And few episodes in postwar literature have the legendary stature of Hughes's romance with, and marriage to, the great American poet Sylvi ...Show more
By Heart by Ted Hughes
$19.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: t/u until 2/3/16
What has happened to the lost art of memorising poetry? Why do we no longer feel that it is necessary to know the most enduring, beautiful poems in the English language 'by heart'? In his introduction Ted Hughes explains how we can overcome the problem by using a memory system that becomes easier the mo ...Show more
By Heart : 101 Poems to Remember by Ted Hughes
$21.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber poetry | Reading Level: very good
Jess' pick... (Poetry) What has happened to the lost art of memorizing poetry? Why do we no longer feel that it is necessary to know the most enduring, beautiful poems in the English language "by heart"? In his introduction, Ted Hughes explains how we can overcome the problem by using a memory syste ...Show more
Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science by Susan Hughes
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
Egypt's first female pharaoh disappears around 1457 BCE --- was she murdered? Find out how DNA closes the case. The ancient Arabian Peninsula city of Ubar vanishes, seemingly without trace. Find out how old maps and modern space shuttles help solve the mystery. Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to fin ...Show more
Collected Poems: Ted Hughes by Ted Hughes
$49.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
For the first time, the vast canon of Ted Hughes's poetry together in one beautiful and collectable paperback edition Collected Poems spans fifty years of work, from Hawk in the Rain to the bestselling Birthday Letters. It also includes the complete text of such seminal publications as Crow and Tales fr ...Show more
Collected Poems for Children (Hardback) by Ted Hughes (illus Raymond Briggs)
$39.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
This collection brings together the poems Ted Hughes wrote throughout his life for children. They are arranged by volume, beginning with those younger readers and progressing to the more complex and sophisticated poems of "Under the North Star and What is the Truth?", and" Season Songs", which he remark ...Show more
Country by Michael Hughes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
That was the start of it. A terrible business altogether. Oh, it was all kept off the news, for the sake of the talks and the ceasefire. But them that were around that part of the country remember every bit. Wait now till you hear the rest. Northern Ireland, 1996. After twenty-five years of conflict, ...Show more
Crow by Ted Hughes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser. | Reading Level: good
Crow was Ted Hughes's fourth book of poems for adults and a pivotal moment in his writing career. In it, he found both a structure and a persona that gave his vision a new power and coherence. A. Alvarez wrote in the Observer, 'Each fresh encounter with despair becomes the occasion for a separate, almos ...Show more
Crow by Ted Hughes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Fiftieth anniversary edition of this ambitious, shapeshifting, mythical work. This anniversary edition with a new foreword by Marina Warner celebrates fifty years since the original publication of Crow (1970), which marked a pivotal moment in Ted Hughes's writing career. Growing out of an invitation by ...Show more
Drawings - Elizabeth Newman by Elizabeth Newman; Francis Plagne; Helen Hughes; Erik Jensen
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Elizabeth Newman's minimalist works derive from her pursuit of the most authentic and primitive expression. Contrasting her drawings with her paintings reveals a distinct quality: her drawings evoke a sense of humor. Newman herself acknowledges this distinction, finding amusement in her drawings but uns ...Show more
Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet by Colin Butfield, Jonnie Hughes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
With an introduction from HRH Prince William After 100,000 years of human history, we stand at a tipping point where the next decade will determine the future for our species, and our planet. Between human population growth, overconsumption, climate change, pollution and industrialisation, the world we ...Show more