My World on Wheels: The Posthumous Autobiography by Russell Mockridge
24.95 AUD
Category: Sport
'Russell Mockridge was Australia's finest cyclist ever, but his career path was hardly conventional.' -- Harry Gordon, Olympic historianShy and bespectacled Russell Mockridge was the black sheep of Australian cycling and also its greatest all-round champion. He dominated both the track and road -- at th ...Show more
Hidden Nature : A Voyage of Discovery by Alys Fowler
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Leaving her garden to the mercy of the slugs, award-winning writer Alys Fowler set out in an inflatable kayak to explore Birmingham's canal network, full of little-used waterways where huge pike skulk and kingfishers dart. Her book is about noticing the wild everywhere and what it means to see beauty wh ...Show more
Music and Freedom by Zoe Morrison
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A gripping and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Elizabeth is Missing and the work of Elizabeth Harrower. I have no use for forgiveness, not yet. But other ideas like that, kindness, for example, I think that is fundamental. Resurrection; I like that too. And love, of course, love, love, lov ...Show more
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall.Your neighbour told you that she didn't want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn't stand her crying. Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door. You'll have the baby m ...Show more
Peacock and Vine: Fortuny and Morris in Life and at Work by A. S. Byatt
35.00 AUD
Category: Design
An alluring and atmospheric enquiry into the creative impulse -- as seen through the work and lives of Mariano Fortuny and William Morris -- by one of our greatest novelists. This ravishing little book, glowing with colour and generously illustrated throughout, opens a window on to the lives, passio ...Show more
Delicieux: The Recipes of France by Gabriel Gaté
49.99 AUD
Category: No Category
D licieux presents a broad selection of the many wonderful dishes Gabriel Gat has collected during his time as a chef, cookery teacher and lover of French food and travel. These are recipes that have been written, tested and adapted for the home cook, who can feel confident in preparing them successfull ...Show more
A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas
32.99 AUD
Category: Crime Thriller Mystery
A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder made to look like a suicide. But a strange symbol found at the crime scene leads the local police to call Commissaire Adamsberg and his team. When the symbol is found near the body of a second disguised suicide, a pattern begins to emerge: both vi ...Show more
The Final Murder (Vik & Stubo #2) by Anne Holt
29.99 AUD
Category: Crime Thriller Mystery | Series: Vik/Stubo
A talk show star is found killed in her home. And when a second body, that of a right-wing party leader, is found, Superintendent Adam Stubo is pulled from leave to lead the investigation.
Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell
27.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Cliff Nelson is the privileged son of an editor at a New York publishing house. Having dropped out of college he's slumming it around Greenwich village, enjoying the nightlife, booze, drugs and the idea that he's the next Kerouac. Eden Katz arrives in New York fresh-faced and filled with ambition to rea ...Show more
My Last Continent by Midge Raymond
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
It is only at the end of the world—among the glacier mountains and frigid waters of Antarctica—where Deb Gardner and Keller Sullivan feel at home. For the few blissful weeks they spend each year studying the habits of penguins, Deb and Keller can escape the frustrations and sorrows of their separate liv ...Show more
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
FINALIST for the PULITZER PRIZELONG-LISTED for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER of the LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST for the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST for the KIRKUS PRIZE LONG-LISTED for the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL TOP 10 NOVELS OF THE YEAR -- TIME, Wall Street Journal, San Franci ...Show more
White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World by Geoff Dyer
32.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
From one of Britain's most original writers, White Sands is a creative exploration of why we travel. Episodic, wide-ranging, funny and smart, the linked journeys recall the themes of Dyer's Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It - - albeit with the wisdom of (middle) age. From a trip to the Ligh ...Show more