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High Fidelity: Popular Penguins
From the bestselling author of Funny Girl, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserabl...
A Void
Georges Perec (tr from French Gilbert Adair)
Anton Vowl is missing. Ransacking his Paris flat, a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location and, insidiously, a ghost, from Vowl's past starts to cast its malignant shadow. This virtuoso story, chock-full of plots and subplots, shows the skill of both aut...
Three Cheers For The Paraclete
Winner of the 1968 Miles Franklin Award From the moment he allows his young cousin and bride to spend the night in his room, Father Maitland causes raised eyebrows and dark mutterings amongst the brothers at St Peter's. Time and again his efforts to do the right thing for his fellow men lead him into co...
The Runaway Wok : A Chinese New Year Tale
When a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they'll eat for dinner. But then the wok rolls out of the poor family's house with a "skippity-hoppity-ho!" and returns from the rich man's home with a feast in tow! With spirited text and lively il...
Mistaken Identity: The Trials of Joe Windred
Mistaken identity haunted Joseph Windred. It saw him wrongly convicted on two continents, and almost cost him his life. But every time fate knocked him down, Joe got up, and came back stronger. His fighting spirit would make him a hero, and see him strike it rich. Little did the people of Orange NSW kno...
BEND SINISTER
The state has been recently taken over and is being run by the tyrannical and philistine 'Average Man' party. Under the slogans of equality and happiness for all, it has done away with individualism and freedom of thought. Only John Krug, a brilliant philosopher, stands up to the regime. His antagonist,...
Our Australian Girl: A Lesson for Lina (Book 4)
It's 1956 . . . and the Melbourne Olympics is over but for Lina the excitement is just beginning. She has a new best friend, the school magazine is a huge hit, and her parents have a surprise that will change everything. When Lina has the chance to meet her idol, the famous writer Stella Davis, it seems...
Europe: A History
From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Davies here tells the entire story of Europe in a single volume. It is the most ambitious history of the continent ever undertaken....
The Suicide Exhibition: The Never War
Wewelsburg Castle, 1940. The German war machine has woken an ancient threat - the alien Vril and their Ubermensch have returned. Ultimate Victory in the war for Europe is now within the Nazis' grasp. England, 1941 Foreign Office trouble shooter Guy Pentecross has stumbled into a conspiracy beyond his im...
Captive Prince (#1)
From global phenomenon C.S. Pacat comes the compelling first adventure in her critically acclaimed trilogy. Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos, but when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the pr...
Future-Proofing Your Child: Give Your Child the Tools They Need to Become Emotionally Intelligent Adults
By the time children are 15, 16, 18, 21, it's too late to start disciplining them and trying to shape them into the human beings you want them to be. And you can't always be at their side helping them make the right decisions. This book tells parents, in very practical terms, what they need to do from b...
Calm Parents, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life
Popular parenting expert Dr Laura Markham has garnered a large and loyal readership around the world, thanks to her simple, insightful approach that values the emotional bond between parent and child. However, as any parent of more than one child knows, it's challenging for even the most engaged parent ...
Big Bad Book of Bill Murray - A Critical Appreciation of the World's Finest Actor
The man. The movies. The life. The legend. He's played a deranged groundskeeper, a bellowing lounge singer, a paranormal exterminator, and a grouchy weatherman. He is William James "Bill" Murray, America's greatest national treasure. From his childhood lugging golf bags at a country club to his first ta...
Good Me, Bad Me
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERHOW FAR DOES THE APPLE REALLY FALL FROM THE TREE? Milly's mother is a serial killer. Though Milly loves her mother, the only way to make her stop was to turn her in to the police. Milly is given a fresh start: a new identity, a home with an affluent foster family, and a spot at ...
Young Hitler - The making of the fuhrer
WHEN ADOLF HITLER went to war in 1914, aged 25, he lived through what he would later call the 'most stupendous experience of my life'. Twice decorated for bravery, the future dictator thrilled to battle, relished violence and was willing to give everything for his beloved Fatherland.He heard of Germany'...
Nobody Leaves
When the great Ryszard Kapuscinski was a young journalist in the early 1960s, he was sent to the farthest reaches of his native Poland between foreign assignments. The resulting pieces brought together in this new collection, nearly all of which are translated into English for the first time, reveal a p...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2
As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of dragons and magic, he's a little disappointed to find he's become a blind, boneless slime monster. Mikami's m...
Sleep Tight, Platypup
Poor little Platypup is frightened of the dark. What is that shadow? Who made that noise? But there's nothing to fear. With his mother by his side, the little platypus ventures out of his burrow to explore. The moonlight dances on the water. Leaves whisper and gumnuts knock in the wind. Platypup disco...
Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976-2016
From the ultimate David Bowie expert comes an exploration of the final four decades of his musical career, covering every song he wrote, performed or produced from 1976 to 2016. Starting with Low, the first of Bowie's 'Berlin' albums, and finishing with Blackstar, his final masterpiece released just da...
Upheaval - How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change
In his landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel, and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now in the third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis. Diamond’s analysis of the ways in...
The Apothecary Diaries 02 (Manga)
After breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster...and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated period mystery series! After breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with ...
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon: a clever and engaging look at materials, the innovations they made possible, and how these technologies changed us. In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines eight inventions--clocks, steel rails...
The Dinos on the Bus
Hop on and sing along to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus" in this collectable new picture book series!Roar, stomp and clap along with a class of playful dinosaurs as they go on their first bus journey!"The Wheels on the Bus" transforms into the squeals on the bus as the little dinos travel up and dow...
This Book Is for You: I Hope You Find It Mildly Uplifting
Beloved artist Worry Lines shares a sweetly funny and deeply relatable illustrated story about worry, hope, and chocolate chip cookies. Worry Lines has captured hearts around the world by posting daily drawings on Instagram. In this book, Worry Lines interweaves these fan-favorites into an entirely new ...
Hip Hop and Hymns
A memoir of loving hard, falling apart and fighting back, set to an unrivalled playlist.'Hip hop and hymns- the two would always go hand in hand for me. My life would always straddle both. The sacred and the profane, all living on the same block, all divine in the end.'Mawunyo Gbogbo is a church-going A...
The Seven-Day Stress Prescription
Our lives have become increasingly stressful. How can we turn this stress into strength and resilience?Whether it's our to-do lists, deadlines, difficult conversations or crises small or large, our waking hours are filled with constant stressors. We can't eliminate stress - it will always be woven into ...
Everyday Quilting: The Complete Beginner's Guide to 15 Fun Projects
Whether you want to make a functional quilt or one you can hang on a wall in your home for family and friends to admire, this book is the singular resource you need. Filled with step-by-step techniques ideal for beginners as well as aspirational designs for even the most experienced quilter, Everyday Qu...
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