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The Wanton Bride by Mary Brendan Mark Hunter managed to vex her at every opportunity - and seemed to enjoy doing so. Though to prevent a family scandal, Emily Beaumont...

Teachers are all around us -- it's time to give them a gold star! The new bestseller from the creators of IF I WAS PRIME MINISTER. School teachers teach us...

Inspired by the true story of an unlikely hero, and adapted from the major motion picture starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver I guess we all kinda knew...

SAVE is full of clever ideas to help you get the most from everyday household items. In the process you'll save money, save time and save the planet! these days,...

A fascintaing illustrated guide to Antarctica for children aged 8+ Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, coldest, cleanest, most isolated and most peaceful continent on Earth. It is a continent...

We all know the story: a couple (naked) in a beautiful garden, surrounded by peaceful animals and only themselves to please--an idyllic existence. Enter a talking snake, the offer of...

A Scobie Malone mystery set in the world of shady financial deals and desperate dreams.

Alby Murdoch is back in the saddle and sweating it out in the jungles of Vietnam and the bars of Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Darwin on the trail of...

The author tells the biography of the pound from the Vikings to cyberspace, when - single European currency or not - it may have come to the end of its...

"War has afflicted the life of mankind in this century as it has done in no other. The First World War killed ten million people, the Second fifty million, and...

One woman's harrowing story about life under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan Shirin-Gol was just a young girl when her village was levelled by the Russians' bombs in 1979. After...

A powerful story of life and death on the run, from the Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning author of Too Much Lip Roo Glover has two highly desirable talents - he...

In this unforgettable collection, Tony Birch introduces a cast of characters from all walks of life. These remarkable and surprising stories capture common people caught up in the everyday business...

A provocative novel about love and death and the narrow line between them. Over one weekend in a small Tasmanian town, a transsexual mortician prepares three bodies for burial at...

This subtle, intelligent novel soothes as well as disturbs, like the undulating music of the flute that flows through it. This mesmerising novel draws us in to a life that...

The Federalist Papers are a collection of eighty-five articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in favor of ratifying the United States Constitution. First appearing...

This new paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau's compelling account of Cape Cod contains the complete, definitive text of the original. Introduced by American poet and literary critic Robert Pinsky...

This text articulates central issues in the relation of film to anthropology. The essays provide an overview of the history of visual anthropology, as well as commentaries on specific subjects,...

Consumption of alcohol: Illegal. Football and other "violent" sports: Illegal. Ownership of guns, chain saws, and/or large dogs: Illegal. Body piercings, tattoos: Illegal. Its late in the twenty-first century, and...

Think carefully... Thats the advice Jean Wainwright always gets from her beloved Aunt Constance, Jeans guardian and headmistress at the boarding school where she lives. Its advice that proves valuable...

Studio 54 was the epicentre of disco culture and pre-AIDS debauchery. Haden-Guest probes the seamy under side of the club, including the drugs, the deaths and the co rruption that...

From the acclaimed author of the perennial favorite Boundaries, Where to Draw the Line is a practical guide to establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries in many different situations. With every...

The Sydney Hobart yacht race is world famous: the crowds at the Boxing Day start; the Harbour full of colour; giant super-maxis competing for line honours and glory. But in...

AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR Fil always suspected that her cat Harry could talk if he really tried. Sometimes she even dreamed about it. But it was still a shock when he did...

In top-secret talks in Barcelona, ex-spy Dr Tori Swyft seals a landmark deal over the Arctic that sends Washington DC and Moscow reeling. The next morning, she wakes beside two...

The sport of triathlon has evolved considerably since the first triathlon-like events were held in Australia in 1980 and 1981. The Australian triathlon journey is full of triumphs. Australia hosted...

It's the adventure of a lifetime. An Overseer has crossed generations to save the world. Times itself is moving too quickly, with each day becoming shorter than the last. Society...

The world's most notorious art heist. Where did all the loot go? Art conservator JJ Jego is housesitting an apartment for her museum director boss in an exclusive part of...

Bowls Skills

Roe never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she never wanted to see him dead - especially not dropped from a plane right into her own back yard. Luckily, even...

'A novel of huge heart and fierce intelligence.' - Ann Patchett 'An electric debut' - New York Times 'Exhilarating' - Claire Messud 'Deeply affecting' - Salman Rushdie A new coming-of-age...

Inside the Scriptorium in the Museum of Magical Miscellany, a black flame flickered across an open page. The letters of the spell twisted and distorted in the dark fire until...

The First World War holds a unique place in the nation's history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation's hearts. To mark the centenary of the First...

'The knives are out for you, always. But that is the mission you accepted, David. So you have to face the knives, with fortitude. Just as we ask of the...

From the author of The Child that Books Built , a rapturous history of the amazing achievements of British engineers. Britain is the only country in the world to have...

A budding poet and his adoring mother are the central characters of this intriguing early novel by Milan Kundera. He takes us through the young man's fantasies and love affairs...

Twenty-eight-year-old Harvard-educated Billy Schine finds himself suddenly without prospects - a balled-up bit of litter riding the boom of New York in the nineties. His classmates make millions on Wall...

This book suggests the connections that exist between unlikely people and events to reveal the hidden passion which distorts human relations - woman-hating. Drawing on material from films, novels, trial...

What is extinction? What causes it? Can it be prevented? In The Great Extinctions leading palaeontologist Norman MacLeod reveals how, contrary to popular conception, species extinction is as natural a...

Work. Romance. Life itself .... Now everything's on the line! ix friends are selling home appliances to the US from a call centre in India. They have serious issues of...