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A House Somewhere - tales of life abroad by Isabel Allende
$24.99 AUD
Category: Lonely Planet | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
We've all dreamt of escaping to a House Somewhere. In this collection some of the finest names in contemporary travel writing reveal the perils and pleasures of exchanging the familiar for the foreign.
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
September 2, 1939, the day of the Spanish exiles' splendid arrival in Chile, the Second World War broke out in Europe. Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life - and the fate of his country - forever changed. Together with his sister-i ...Show more
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The Sunday Times bestseller Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life and the fate of his country forever changed. Together with his sister-in-law, he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile in Chile. There, they find them ...Show more
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of 'The House of the Spirits'. Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the nineteenth century, this magnificent romance tells the story of English foundling Eliza Sommers who grows up in the bustling ...Show more
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials
'My name is Eva, which means 'life', according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back room of a shadowy house, and grew up amidst ancient furniture, books in Latin, and human mummies, but none of those things made me melancholy, because I came into the world with a breath of the ...Show more
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: International Writers Ser.
This is another novel of "magical realism" by the author of "The House of the Spirits", Isabel Allende. Here she has invented a heroine and placed her against the background of a turbulent South American country where love politics, tragedy and disaster all play their part in her life.
Eva Luna: Popular Penguins by Isabel Allende
$12.99 AUD
Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
In her opulent novel, Eva Luna, Isabel Allende uses exquisite prose to describe the survival of a young Latin American woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love, during a time of political unrest in South America. Born in the back room of the mansion where her mother is a servan ...Show more
House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Vintage Magic
As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, Rosa the Beautiful, Clara is mute for nine years. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon to the s ...Show more
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
* In the Midst of Winter touches upon the plights of undocumented immigrants and refugees, human rights, and love in the third act of life. Delving into the past of the three protagonists, Allende explores hopes, dreams, and the need to have a safe place to call home. During their journey to help Evelyn ...Show more
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Fiction
**The captivating new novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover**New York Times bestseller Isabel Allende returns with a beautifully crafted, multi-generational novel of struggle, endurance and friendship against the odds. Amid the biggest Brookly ...Show more
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: 1
"New York Times Bestseller Worldwide bestselling "dazzling storyteller" (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chi ...Show more
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: P.S. (Paperback)
Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue--the daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor who brought her into bondage--ZaritE, known as TEtE, survives a childhood of brutality and fear, finding solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in her exhilarating initiatio ...Show more