Search Results: Titles starting with B from The Library Kit

1981 Penguin Book // Slight overall age wear //An epic masterpiece of a marriage and a war, detailing the civilian experience //924 pages, 199mm x 127mm x 51mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

2005 Weidenfeld & Nicolson //Ex-library copy from Woollahra Municipal Library, Lovingly wrapped in Mylar, Light age tanning of pages // Desire and fame in the cultural mix of 1930s New York, inspired by the life of Christopher Robin // 310 pages, 222mm x 142mm x 33mm// 100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

2017 MacLehose Press, Translated from the Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth // Gentle wear along exterior, Light age tanning // The burden of the past culminating in a social and emotional decline of its people, playing out in our protagonist post-WWII // 399 pages, 210mm x 139mm x 37mm// 100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

2013 Penguin Book // Small discolouration along back cover edge, In excellent condition, near new // A standalone psychological thriller written from the perspectives of three young women and their stalker // 370 pages, 181mm x 111mm x 26mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

1991 Virago Modern Classics, Introduction by Elaine Showalter // Gentle overall wear, Light tanning of pages, Creases on spine// A detailed recount of an extraordinary Victorian woman's life, a representative of the Victorian women who rebelled against conventions // 527 pages, 197mm x 128mm x 26mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

2003 Virago Press, Introduction by David Thomson // In excellent condition, as new // A atmospheric collection of horror exploring the sense of dislocation and alienation // 243 pages, 213g, 198mm x 127mm x 18mm // 100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

1998 faber and faber // Gentle overall wear, Light creases along spine and dog-ears // The absurdities of modern-day America as captured by Moore's trademark dark humour // 291 pages, 197mm x 127mm x 24mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

1991 Virago Modern Classics #369// Gentle overall wear, Light creases on spine// A behind the curtain look of a family in crisis, raising questions about parenthood and childrenhood // 196 pages, 196mm x 126mm x 14mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

2012 Random House // Gentle overall wear, Residual sticker on back cover, Light vertical crease along middle of back cover, Red marker line on bottom of page edges // Hamilton traces out her contrarian and unconventional path from hardscrabble childhood to owning the acclaimed New York restaurant Prunes // 308pages, 202mm x 131mm x 19mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

1996 Flamingo, Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 1997 // Gentle overall wear, Light creases on spine, Slight age tanning of pages // A fictional biography of the poet Friedrich von Hardenberg, before he became Novalis, a foundational figure of German Romanticism//223 pages, 196m x 129mm x 15mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

1987 Grafton Books,#4 in the Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway series // Gentle overall wear and creases // A classic mansion murder with a set list of guests who double as suspects! //189 pages, 177mm x 111mm x 16mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

2022 4th Estate // Light overall wear, Light creases on spine // An epic saga of female friendship and obsession, rooted in postwar France
// 348 pages, 210mm x 134mm x 29mm // 100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

2021 Penguin Viking //As new // A manifesto of hope from the world-renowned naturalist // 249 pages, 222mm x 140mm x 28mm// 100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW

2009 Bloomsbury, Shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2009 // Light rubbings along edges, Gentle overall wear, Small tear on bottom edge of front cover // A globally-sweeping novel about shared histories // 363 pages, 233mm x 152mm x 30mm//100% of book sale goes towards Women's Community Shelters in NSW