The Cockroach by Ian McEwan
16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Kafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwan. That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loat ...Show more
The Last Paradise by Di Morrissey
34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'There's no denying the beauty and opulence of Morrissey's rendering of place . . . She is a master of the genre.' Weekend Australian Grace has the perfect life: a job she loves, a beautiful daughter and a rich, successful husband. But one night, when their world falls apart in a shocking disaster, Grac ...Show more
The Best Kind of Beautiful by Frances Whiting
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
'There are moments when Frances Whiting writes about family dynamics and relationships where you wonder if the woman has a hidden camera set up inside your soul. On a single page she'll tickle your ribs with three laugh-out-loud gags then punch your gut with some deep observation on living. All heart. A ...Show more
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
For fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro is the French phenomenon by Christine Féret-Fleury ready to charm book-lovers everywhere . . . When Juliette takes the métro to her loathed office job each morning, her only escape is in books - she a ...Show more
House of Leaves - The remastered full-colour edition by Mark Z. Danielewski
55.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A blind old man, a young apprentice working in a tattoo shop, and a mad woman haunting an Ohio institute narrate this story of a family that encounters an endlessly shifting series of hallways in their new home, eventually coming face to face with the awful darkness lying at its heart.
The Girl with the Leica by Helena Janeczek
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
WINNER The Strega Prize Gerda Taro was a German-Jewish war photographer, anti-fascist activist, artist and innovator who, together with her partner, the Hungarian Endre Friedmann, was one half of the alias Robert Capa, widely considered to be the twentieth century's greatest war and political photograp ...Show more
The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (and Their Muses) by Terri-Lynne DeFino
27.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A whimsical, moving novel about a retirement home for literary legends who spar, conjure up new stories, and almost magically change the lives of the people around them. Alfonse Carducci was a literary giant who lived his life to excess--lovers, alcohol, parties, and literary rivalries. But now he's co ...Show more
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
7.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine. University of Kent at Canterbury. Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most popular, influential and controversial book written by an American. Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and respons ...Show more
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: very good
One of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union, this is the story of labor camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov and his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of Communist oppression. Based on the author's own experience in the gulags, where he spent nearly a ...Show more
Love Letters from Montmartre by Nicolas Barreau
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Enchanting. Reading Barreau is like having me-time with your best friend' NINA GEORGE, author of The Little Paris Bookshop 'Heart-breaking . . . touching and magical until the very last page' ELLE Julien Azoulay is famous around the world for his beautiful romance novels. But last year, he stopped beli ...Show more
21 Truths about Love by Matthew Green
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Honest, vulnerable, hilarious, and profoundly human' Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six Daniel Mayrock's life is at a crossroads. He knows the following to be true: 1. He loves his wife Jill . . . more than anything. 2. He only regrets quitting his job a ...Show more