1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica by Chris Turney
$34.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z)
The rivalry between Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen is a familiar story; what fewer people know is that, in 1912, five separate teams were exploring beyond the limits of the known world: Scott for Britain, Amundsen for Norway, Mawson for Australasia, Filchner for Germany and Shirase for Japan. The Antar ...Show more
30 Days 30 Ways To Overcome Depression by Bev Aisbett
$24.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z)
From bestselling author Bev Aisbett comes a proven, practical and simple workbook to help people manage their depression, with a month's worth of daily strategies and exercises for work and for home. When you're suffering from depression, sometimes it's as much as you can do to get out of bed, let ...Show more
7 1/2 Seven and a Half by Christos Tsiolkas
$32.99 AUD
$36.99 (10% off)
Category: General (A-Z) | Reading Level: near fine
An audacious and transformative novel about the past, the present and the power of writing and imagination from the award-winning author of Damascus and The Slap. A man arrives at a house on the coast to write a book. Separated from his lover and family and friends, he finds the solitude he craves in th ...Show more
A Brief History of the Age of Steam by Thomas Crump
$24.95 AUD
Category: General (A-Z) | Series: Brief Histories
In 1710, an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years, the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insigh ...Show more
A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion
$27.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z) | Reading Level: very good
This is the story of Libby and her siblings over one long hot summer, and how one decision can have terrible unintended consequences... Rage. That's the feeling engulfing the car as Ellen's mother swerves over to the hard-shoulder and orders her daughter out onto the roadside. Ignoring the protests of ...Show more
A Dangerous Language (#8 Rowland Sinclair) by Sulari Gentill
$29.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z) | Series: The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries
Volunteering his services as a pilot to fly renowned international peace advocate Egon Kisch between Fremantle and Melbourne, Rowland is unaware how hard Australia's new attorney-general will fight to keep the "raging reporter" off Australian soil. In this, it seems, the government is not alone, as clan ...Show more
A Decline in Prophets: Book 2 in the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries by Sulari Gentill
$22.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z) | Series: The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries
Winner of the Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Fiction for 2012 Travel back in time to 1932 and book a first-class suite on the passenger liner RMS Aquitania, but take care, for among your fellow passengers is a ruthless killer.... Direct threats from Australia's warring Right and the Left having qui ...Show more
A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe
$32.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z)
Acutely observed, sharp and absorbing - an insightful exploration of the pain and beauty of mother-daughter relationships. The page-turning new novel from bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe. How can you know so little about those you love? With a coveted promotion dangling within reach, the last ...Show more
A Few Right Thinking Men (Rowland Sinclair #1) by Sulari Gentill
$22.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z) | Series: Rowland Sinclair Ser.
Pre-read / Used. Good condition Shortlisted for Best First Book for the Commonwealth Writers' Price for 2011 Meet Rowland Sinclair, gentleman and artist living in 1931 Sydney. Friend of the Left, son of the Right, he paints in a superbly tailored, three-piece suit and houses friends who include a p ...Show more
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
$22.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z) | Reading Level: very good
Winner of numerous literary awards including the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and the Goldsmiths Prize, Eimear McBride's debut novel A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing plunges us into the psyche of a girl with breathtaking fury and intimacy. Adapted for the stage by A ...Show more
A Great Hope by Jessica Stanley
$32.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z)
John Clare was a titan in Australian politics. The head of a powerful union, he had long been tipped as a future leader himself. Supporting him in his push for power were his elegant wife Grace, his troubled children Sophie and Toby, and Tessa, the mistress he thought would stay secret. But now John ha ...Show more
A King in Hiding: How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion by Fahim
$19.99 AUD
Category: General (A-Z)
Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiralled downwards into homelessness and desperation. By a stroke of luck, Fahim was introduced to one of France's top chess coaches, Xavier Parmentier, ...Show more