The Dry (#1 Aaron Falk) by Jane Harper
32.99 AUD
Category: Crime Thriller Mystery | Reading Level: very good
"You will feel the heat, taste the dust and blink into the glare. The Dry is a wonderful crime novel that shines a light into the darkest corner of a sunburnt country." Michael Robotham "One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read" David Baldacci Luke Hadler turns a gun on his wife and child, then hi ...Show more
Invincible Summer by Alice Adams
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Inseparable through university, Eva, Benedict, Sylvie and Lucien graduate into an exhilarating world on the brink of the new millennium. Eager to shrug off the hardships of her childhood, Eva breaks away to work at a big bank. Benedict stays behind to complete his PhD in Physics and pine for Eva, while ...Show more
The Healing Party - A Novel by Micheline Lee
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Estranged from her family. Natasha is making a life for herself in Darwin when her sister calls with bad news. Their mother is ill, and has only a few months to live. Confused and conflicted, Natasha returns to the home she fled many years before. But her father, an evangelical Christian, has not change ...Show more
Dodge Rose by Jack Cox
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Eliza travels to Sydney to deal with the estate of her Aunt Dodge, and finds Maxine, a hitherto unknown cousin, occupying Dodge's apartment. When legal complications derail plans to live it up on their inheritance, the women's lives become consumed by absurd attempts to deal with Australian tax law, as ...Show more
Gay and Lesbian, Then and Now - Australian Stories from a Social Revolution by Robert Reynolds; Shirleene Robinson
29.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
'These are our stories. All of us live in them.' -Anton Enus, SBS News This is the story of a peaceful revolution. Drawing on in-depth interviews, it tells the intimate life stories of thirteen gay and lesbian Australians, ranging in age from twenties to eighties. From the underground beats of 1950s ...Show more
What Happened to the Car Industry? by Ian Porter
24.99 AUD
Category: Planes Trains Automobiles
"The Australian car industry is almost 120 years old, and has become been part of the nation's industrial and social fabric. In 1949 the federal government encouraged the industry to invest here so the country could make weapons of defence. Carmakers would not otherwise have made the investment because ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 62: Firing Line: Australia and the Path to War by James Brown
22.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Quarterly Essay
"Going to war may be the gravest decision a nation and its leaders make. At the moment, Australia is at war with the Islamic State. We also live in a region that has become much more volatile, as China asserts itself and America seeks to hold the line. What is it like to go to war? How do we decide to g ...Show more
The Wonder Trail: True Stories from Los Angeles to the End of the World by Steve Hely
32.99 AUD
Category: Travel
Steve Hely, writer for The Office and American Dad , and recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, presents a travel book about his journey through Central and South America. Part travel book, part pop history, part comic memoir, Hely's writing will make readers want to reach for their backpack ...Show more
The Truffle Cookbook by Rodney Dunn
59.99 AUD
Category: Food Cooking Wine
"In his second cookbook, Rodney Dunn, founder of The Agrarian Kitchen in Tasmania, celebrates the natural wonder that is the truffle. In addition to more than 60 recipes, Rodney gives a fascinating insight into the Australian truffle industry and practical advice on buying, storing and (most importantly ...Show more
The Visitors' Book: In Francis Bacon's Shadow: the Lives of Richard Chopping and Denis Wirth-Miller by Jon Lys-Turner
49.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Denis Wirth-Miller and Dicky Chopping were a couple at the heart of the mid-twentieth century art world, with the visitors' book of the Essex townhouse they shared from 1945 until 2008 painting them as Zeligs of British society. The names recorded inside make up an astonishing supporting cast - from Fra ...Show more
Sar - The Essence of Indian Design by Swapnaa Tamhane
95.00 AUD
Category: Interior Design
An exploration of the timeless beauty of Indian design through 200 classic objects. The Indian subcontinent is an amalgamation of peoples, cultures, languages and philosophies. Throughout history Indian culture has been subject to myriad different influences, from the Mughal empire to the British Raj to ...Show more
A Divided Spy (Thomas Kell #3) by Charles Cumming
29.99 AUD
Category: Crime Thriller Mystery | Series: Thomas Kell Spy Thriller Ser.
A Sunday Times top ten bestseller, perfect for fans of THE NIGHT MANAGER, from the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year and 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday). Thomas Kell thought he was done with spying. A former MI6 officer, he devoted his life ...Show more