The Books that Changed My Life by Bethanne (editor) Patrick
27.99 AUD
Category: No Category
"One hundred of today's most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their hearts-that made them who they are today. Leading authors, politicians, CEOs, actors, and other notables share the books that changed their life, why they love them, and their passi ...Show more
What The Light Hides by Mette Jakobsen
29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: very good
"Vera and David have been passionately in love since the day they met more than twenty years ago. They live in the Blue Mountains where Vera is a sculptor and David makes furniture. Their son, Ben, is at university in Sydney. Or at least he was. What the Light Hides begins five months after Ben's death, ...Show more
Margaret Preston by Art Gallery Art Gallery of NSW; Deborah Edwards
80.00 AUD
Category: Art
Bearing 'the conspicuous mark of talent' from an early age, the fiercely independent and opinionated Margaret Preston is one of Australia's most innovative early modernists. From the 1920s Preston moved rapidly to the forefront of Australian progressive art, producing a body of work that has remained cr ...Show more
Out of the Ice by Ann Turner
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
By the bestselling author of The Lost Swimmer, a tense, eerie thriller set in the icy reaches of Antarctica When environmental scientist Laura Alvarado is sent to a remote Antarctic island to report on an abandoned whaling station, she begins to uncover more than she could ever imagine. Despite new life ...Show more
Gate of Lilacs: A Verse Commentary on Proust by Clive James
29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
Over a period of fifteen years Clive James learned French by almost no other method than reading #65533; la recherche du temps perdu. Then he spent half a century trying to get up to speed with Proust's great novel in two different languages. Gate of Lilacs is the unique product of James's love and enga ...Show more
The Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
North London in the twenty-first century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother, rather than lose the council flat. A time of golden job opportunities, though you might have to dress up as a coffee bean or work as an in ...Show more
Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Henry has ended his marriage to Caroline and headed off to Noosa with Mercedes' grade three teacher, Martha. Caroline, having shredded a wardrobe-full of Henry's suits, has gone after them. Craig and Lesley have dropped over briefly from next door to catch up on the fallout from Henry and Caroline's al ...Show more
One Hundred and One Beautiful Small Towns in France by Simonetta Greggio
49.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Rizzoli Classics Ser.
A celebration of the most enchanting hamlets in France, now available in a popular format. Gorgeously illustrated as well as informative, One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in France is a tour through the pleasures of the French countryside, a place where the pace slows, locals engage strangers ...Show more
The Book of Pearl by Timothee de Fombelle
19.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Reading Level: 12+
A compelling story of a first love that defines a lifetime; perfect for fans of David Levithan, told with the intricate and beautiful writing style of bestselling author Timothee de Fombelle. Joshua Pearl is from a world that our own no longer believes in. He knows that his great love is waiting for him ...Show more
Apples and Robins by Lucie Félix
29.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
All you need for apples . . . are circles and the color red. In this extraordinary book, one thing transforms into another as each page turns—a circle becomes an apple, an oval becomes a bird, winter becomes spring. Constantly surprising and brilliantly constructed, Lucie Félix's Apples and Robins is fu ...Show more
Construction Sites by Marie Fordacq
39.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Magnetology
Awesome, Amazing--and Magnetic!Take a look at any busy playroom--it's a construction site! From their first blocks to when they pick up a toy car and go "Vroom-vroom!", kids are drawn to vehicles and putting things together. That irresistible combination is featured is this over-sized, so-much-to-do ent ...Show more
The Hidden Oracle (#1 Trials of Apollo) by Rick Riordan
22.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: The Trials of Apollo
How do you punish an immortal?By making him human.After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world ...Show more