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When two teenagers go missing on the same day on Mariner's patch, it seems to be nothing more than a coincidence. Leaving aside their age and disappearance, the two have...

Bushie meets crocs. John Lever is one of the outback's seriously tough characters. He owns Australia's largest croc farm that's home to 3000 saltwater crocs. Meet John Lever - adventurer,...

The Darker Proof , an anthology of stories about suffering with the HIV virus, was first published in 1987 to critical acclaim. This updated version, which includes stories by Adam...

Now living in Melbourne, Isabelle and Dr Jack are expecting their first child. And, naturally, Isabelle is the very model of a calm Earth Mother-to-be...Or she would be if she...

A new super magical story featuring Mr Majeika, the popular wizard turned teacher, and illustrated in black and white by Frank Rodgers. Fun and magic combine as usual in this...

Designed to help speakers inspire and persuade, this guide supplies the right words, phrases, paragraphs and even complete model speeches for the whole spectrum of business and personal speaking situations....

Dublin, 1907. A young actress begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Outspoken and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a Catholic...

This is the story of how we grow old - how we give up the dreams of youth for something better - and how many chances we have to get...

Operation Meltwater: FreeFlow, a group of internet activists committed to the freedom of information have video evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and have chosen Iceland as...

In THE LAIR OF BONES the stars fall from heaven and the very earth trembles in pain. With Gaborn's kingdom of Mystarria in ruins, four powerful kings march to claim...

An electrifying historical thriller - a journey into the dark streets of Prussia where a deadly serial killer has a city at his mercy. It's 1793, and Hanno Stiffeniis is...

This title is part of a series of nine plays for children aged seven to nine. It is intended for guided reading sessions and is in line with literacy guidance....

Following a near-death experience as a child, the narrator becomes cursed with the ability to foresee the deaths of the people closest to him. These visions come to him in...

Stevie was a young woman who took life very seriously indeed: wouldn't drink coffee if it came from a chain, would never buy a card on Valentine's day. Why would...

The Wild Things by Dave Eggers is the novelisation of Maurice Sendak's classic Max likes to make noise, get dirty, ride his bike without a helmet and howl like a...

A dramatic novel, based on a wonderful historical concept: the power of evil, given to one man. For thirty pieces of silver, Judas committed the most famous betrayal in history....

This text tackles the fundamental beliefs of Christianity, from the existence of God and the authority of the Bible to sexuality, suffering and a society growing ever more distant from...

This is an easy-to-read book in the trademark Ken Blanchard style that offers simple truths and profound wisdom. Jesse Stoner teams up with Ken Blanchard to take the mystery out...

Children expect the earth from their fathers. They have to be able to conjure up games from thin air, to answer every question under the sun, to skim stones, and...

Brought up in Tanzania and Surrey, Trisha's early career as an air stewardess led to travel writing for magazines and then, when she settled in Australia in the mid-1980s, a...

This exciting new autobiography charts legendary broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson's love of cricket, football and family throughout his life. Reflecting on his sporting life, he touches on his relationship with...

The mass media communicate messages to everyone within their circulation area, that is to those who buy their newspaper, tune into their TV channel or log on to the World...

This is a true story. A story of love, friendship and endurance; of courage, faith and hope. Two people of different nationalities, backgrounds and environment meet, fall in love and...

John 'JC' Coutis is an exceptional person. Born with a severe disability that rendered him a double amputee, John defied medical opinion by refusing to die. Today he gets around...

Topics include climate and climate change, world population and cities, the environment, the world economy, the growth in telecommunications, and world conflict. Major global issues including the AIDS epidemic, the...

A brilliantly warm, witty and moving portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heart-rending short stories ***A GUARDIAN BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS AUTUMN*** A brilliantly warm, witty...

From schooldays in Durban to later years as an Oxford don, director of the Helen Suzman Foundation and formidable political commentator, Johnson has produced an entertaining and occasionally eye-popping memoir...

A group of kids must stop invaders before they take over Titus-and the rest of the universe-in this first book in a brand-new series from bestselling Pegasus author Kate O'Hearn,...

Thirteen-year-old Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid: She supports her soccer-star brother, bakes with her nana, and puts her friends' needs before her own. So of course, Ivy...

Fast-paced and laugh-out-loud funny, Lucky Leonardo is not to be missed. Leonardo Cook, practicing psychiatrist, is experiencing a delicate emotional phase. His wife has left him for another man, his...

Advises on the most efficient, cost-effective and practical ways to clean all kinds of household and personal items. Includes advice on inexpensive, home-made cleaning solutions, a comprehensive stain and spot...

In Why Forgive? Arnold lets the untidy experiences of ordinary people speak for themselves--people who have earned the right to talk about forgiving.Some of these stories deal with violent crime,...

This collection contains over 160 classic poems, including works by Wordsworth, Shakespeare and Blake, and also contemporary verse from the likes of Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney.

Her whole world hinged on the moment one man jumped. On a perfect summer's day in Paris, tourists on a river trip watch in horror as drama unfolds. A small...

Can you imagine the amazing wisdom available when three of today's most admired Christian women get together to share with younger women what they've learned through the journey of their...

Authored by tournament champions each hand picked by Namco to contribute their world class strategy to the guide. Complete move lists, combos, and details for all 50 characters. Frame data...

The poems in Circle Work are concerned with the everyday, the here-and-now, and how this can feed the imagination. Grounded in the physical immediacy and imagery of suburban space, these...