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Cold is the Dawn: A Novel of Irish Exile and the Great Irish Famine
Hunger deepened in Ireland in 1848 as the potato crop failed again. In London, the government, alarmed by austerity in England and revolution in Europe, refused to re-open the soup...
What Will They Think Of Next...?: Unpublished Letters to the Daily
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Readers of the Telegraph Letters Page will be fondly aware of the eclectic combination of learned wisdom, wistful nostalgia and robust good sense that characterise its correspondence. But what of...
Dunbar
'I really did have an empire, you know,? said Dunbar. 'Have I ever told you the story of how it was stolen from me? ? Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful...
Welcome to Paradise
Welcome to Paradise opens a window into the hearts of a small group of African would-be emigrants, waiting on the beach in Morocco for a boat that will take them...
Brazilian Adventure
First published in 1933, Brazilian Adventure is Peter Fleming's account of his expeditionary search for the lost Colonel. Peter Fleming was the brother of Ian Fleming, author of the James...
Three Women of Herat: Afghanistan 1973-77
In 1973, the Afghans still had a King who ruled from a palace in Kabul with his own resident court of musicians when Veronica set up home in Herat. This...
Travels in a Dervish Cloak
Shortlisted for the 2018 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year 'A discursive, funny, moving portrait of Pakistan, one of the most opaque and difficult and complex of countries, but...
A Goddess in the Stones: Travels in Eastern India: Bihar and Orissa
Not for Norman Lewis the tourist sights of Delhi and Rajasthan. His travels in India begin in the impoverished, overpopulated and corrupt state of Bihar, scene of a brutal caste...
Gavin Maxwell: A Life
Gavin Maxwell was a romantic, self-destructive, aristocratic adventurer who worked as secret agent, shark fisherman, racing driver, poet and travel writer. His fame rested on the bestselling story of the...
Empire of the East: Travels in Indonesia
Norman Lewis was eighty-three years old when in 1991 he embarked on a series of three arduous journeys into the most contentious corners of Indonesia: into the extreme western edge...
The Scorpion-Fish
The narrator arrives in his 117th rented room at the end of an epic journey, abandoned by his lover, almost broke and certainly feverish. His obsession with the insects he...
Dinner of Herbs: Village Life in 1960s Turkey
Carla Grissman spent the better part of a year living with a local peasant family in a farming hamlet in remote Anatolia, some 250 km east of Ankara. The hospitality,...
A Place Apart: Northern Ireland in the 1970s
A Place Apart is a remarkable geographical and psychological travelogue that rises above history, politics, theology and economics. Created by a southern Irishwoman, cycling into the mayhem of Northern Ireland...
In Sicily
In Sicily is a loving take on an extraordinary island, based on Norman Lewis's sixty-yearlong fascination with all things Sicilian! Few places on earth have escaped the singular eye of...
Unicorn, A Dinosaur, and a Shark Were Riding a Bicycle
Nobody wants to read a book about unicorns, dinosaurs and sharks just relaxing. That's just boring! According to the narrator of this book, a unicorn, a dinosaur and a shark...
Vinny the (not-so-nice) Guinea Pig
Meet Vinny. A guinea pig who isn't very nice. He steals food from small babies; he's done that more than twice. You cannot teach him any tricks; he ignores all...
Woo Woo
SHORTLISTED - Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction 'Confirms Baxter as one of the most exciting Australian novelists to have emerged this decade . . . she's the real deal.'...
How to Survive 1985
When four friends find themselves thrown back in time to 1985, how will they handle being teens in their parents' era? And will they ever get back to the future?...
Bad Bunny the Pirate
Bad Bunny, the meanest pirate to sail the seas, is on the hunt for treasure! But when his crew comes up against a nasty enemy, will Bad Bunny prove that...
Love & Autism
'Love has always intrigued me, in part because I have carried for a long time a feeling that I am doing love wrong.' Michael made a name for himself on...
Australia: Inspired Escapes and Culinary Journeys
Gourmet Traveller is proud to partner with Southern Crossings to present Australia- Inspired Escapes + Culinary Journeys. From Sapphire Freycinet in Tasmania to Longitude 131 in Uluru-Kata Tjuta, this luxury...
Letters to Our Robot Son
'impressively ambitious' - The Guardian An unexpected story of life, family, hope, and redemption-at the end of the world (maybe). Arto wakes up in a desolate world devoid of humanity-he's...
Desolation
' It is a work preoccupied with love, truth and the cruelty of fate. This, by implication, is the kind of inquiry that can only be undertaken by storytellers and,...
We Are All Strong
No matter who you are, how big, how small, how short, how tall, this book celebrates the power and resilience in all of us, and the many different ways of...
Lady MacGyver: Unbelievable Stories with Altitude
From the cockpit of a Boeing 737 to the sun-kissed shores of Kiribati, Lady MacGyver is a remarkable memoir of grit, courage, and sky-high ambition. Michelle Huntingtons dreams of flight...
A Stone's Throw Away
'A story of faith, courage, strength and future prospects ... a sizzling summer read.' Mrs B's Book Reviews on Once Burnt, Twice Shy When a drought dries up the contents...
Compulsion
Set against the backdrop of the new millennium, a seductive summer read about obsession, sex, friendship and music from an exciting new talent. 'The cleverness is what's compulsive.' COURIER MAIL...
The Bumper Treehouse Fun Book
The Bumper Treehouse Fun Book is packed with over 300 pages of treehouse-inspired fun! With the FUNNEST activities from the Treehouse Fun Books and a whole heap of brand new...
Treehouse Tales: Too SILLY to be told ... UNTIL NOW!
WARNING DO NOT READ THIS BOOK! IT CONTAINS 13 OF THE SILLIEST TALES ANDY AND TERRY HAVE EVER TOLD. TALES SO SILLY THEY COULD BREAK YOUR BRAIN*. YOU HAVE BEEN...
The Happiest Boy on Earth: The incredible story of The Happiest Man on
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie lived with his family and adorable dachshund, Lulu, in the beautiful city of Leipzig in...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - YA Edition
I tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart. In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners...
Disney Aladdin: Movie Novel
A beloved classic comes to life for a new generation in the upcoming Walt Disney Studios live action Aladdin film, and this thrilling novel invites fans to revisit Aladdin's tale...
The Boo Zoo
Perfect for Halloween - a ghoulishly fun adventure through the spookiest zoo in town! We're off on a trip to the Boo Zoo, in the creepiest part of town ......
Skylarking
By the author of The Hummingbird Effect and The Mother Fault Kate and Harriet are best friends, growing up together on an isolated Australian cape in the 1880s. As daughters...
Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: Life inside one of America's largest
Psychiatrist Stephen Seager was no stranger to locked psych wards when he accepted a job at California's Napa State hospital, known locally as 'Gomorrah', but nothing could have prepared him...
The Little Llama Who Lost His Pyjamas
Little Llama is having a very odd morning. Can you help him look for his pyjamas? With interactive lift-the-flap pages and gorgeous illustrations by Jedda Robaard, join Little Llama on...
Bedtime Stories about Really Useful Engines
Join Thomas the Tank Engine and all of his Really Useful friends on the Island of Sodor in this beautifully illustrated collection of all-new stories. Follow along as Thomas goes...
The First Summer of Callie McGee
'The water in a rip current is always calmer than the waves on either side. Once in it, you're best just to go with the flow.' It's the last summer...
Shoes From Grandpa (25th Anniversary Edition)
When Grandpa decides to buy Jessie a new pair of shoes for winter, the rest of the family join in with offers of new socks, skirt, blouse, sweater, coat, scarf,...
The Crazy Friend: Volume 2
Ginger Green is BRIMMING with excitement, BURSTING to dance and BUSTING to play with her friends. But will she ever have a drama-free play date? There's no such thing, but...
Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief
Twelve-year-old Theophilus Grey - Philo to his friends - heads a team of linkboys who guide Londoners home through the dank eighteenth-century alleys by the light of their torches. In...
THE ROAD TO HOPE
Bestselling author Rachael Johns takes you back to Hope Junction and the characters from Jilted. Nurse Lauren Simpson is known in Hope Junction for the wrong reasons - and she's...
I WANT IT THAT WAY
Nadia Conrad has big dreams, and she's determined to make them come true. But between maintaining her college scholarship and working at the local day care to support herself, dating's...
All the Crooked Saints
Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado, is likely to find...
DADS: A Field Guide
What kind of Dad do you have? What kind of Dad do you have? Find out with this handy field guide, a celebration of the many & varied types of...
Cook's Tour of France: Regional French Recipes
The gastronomy of France is quite simply superb. Its outstanding fish and seafood, excellent wines and liqueurs, extraordinary cheeses, unique range of charcuteries, delicious bread, cakes and p tisseries are...
The Best Australian Science Writing 2016
From the furthest reaches of the universe to the microscopic world of our genes, science offers writers the kind of scope other subjects simply can't match. Good writing about science...
Star Witness
Set against the seductive backdrop of Hollywood glamour and deception, charismatic attorney Joseph Antonelli, finds himself defending Stanley Roth, the most prominent film director in LA, against a charge of...