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The Universal Translator: Everything you need to know about 139 languages that don't really exist

The Universal Translator: Everything you need to know about 139 languages that don't really exist

$39.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
A linguistic and creative masterpiece on entertainment's constructed languages to instruct and delight fans and creators alike. This is a book about languages that aren't real: those from countries that...
The Milliner's Secret

The Milliner's Secret

$21.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
June 1940. As Paris, the City of Light, approaches its darkest hour, a young woman treads the line between survival and collaboration. Londoner Cora Masson has reinvented herself as Coralie...
The Comfort Book

The Comfort Book

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
'Profound, witty and uplifting' - Observer'Full of eloquent, cogent and positive reminders of the beauty of life' - IndependentThe Comfort Book is a collection of consolations learned in hard times...
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era

Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
'I wish it was science fiction, but I know it's not' Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype'If you read just one book that makes you confront scary high-tech realities that we'll...
Children of Paradise: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023

Children of Paradise: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023

$39.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Camilla GrudovaFormat: Hardback, 135mm x 216mm, 362g, 208 pagesPublished: Atlantic Books, United Kingdom, 2022Longlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for FictionWhen Holly applies for a job at the Paradise...
Our Country Friends

Our Country Friends

$22.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Gary ShteyngartFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 237g, 336 pagesPublished: Atlantic Books, United Kingdom, 2022'A masterpiece . . . There cannot be a more relevant novel for our moment, certainly...
Where the Crawdads Sing - Collector's Edition

Where the Crawdads Sing - Collector's Edition

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Delia OwensFormat: Hardback, 140mm x 218mm, 520g, 384 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2023'Painfully beautiful' The New York Times Book Review'Heart-wrenching... a compelling love story' Entertainment Weekly'Astonishing'...
Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas

Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Matthew HollisFormat: Paperback, 156mm x 233mm, 215g, 416 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2012Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling and influential of First World War poets. Now...
Devil House

Devil House

$12.00 AUD
Author: John DarnielleFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 416 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2023From New York Times bestselling author and Mountain Goats singer/songwriter John Darnielle, an epic, gripping novel about...
Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

$20.00 AUD
Author: Juan Jose MillasFormat: Hardback, 135mm x 216mm, 224 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2022A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to...
The Royal Librarian

The Royal Librarian

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Daisy WoodFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 270g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations... Windsor, 1940: Secretly...
The House of Eve: Totally heartbreaking and unputdownable historical fiction

The House of Eve: Totally heartbreaking and unputdownable historical fiction

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Sadeqa JohnsonFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 236mm, 640g, 384 pagesPublished: Dialogue, United Kingdom, 2023'Amazing' Reese Witherspoon'Heart-rending' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'Luminous and moving!' Kate Quinn'Unforgettable' Kristen Harmel The heartbreaking and completely...
Romancing Mister Bridgerton TV Tie-in

Romancing Mister Bridgerton TV Tie-in

$22.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Julia QuinnFormat: Paperback, 137mm x 205mm, 409g, 496 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 New York Times BestsellerA special TV Tie-In edition to BRIDGERTON, a series created by...
Dada: The Revolt of Art

Dada: The Revolt of Art

$17.99 AUD$8.00 AUD
Author: Marc DachyFormat: Paperback, 125mm x 177mm, 210g, 128 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2006The word 'Dada' was chosen at random by a group of young artists and...
Medieval People: Vivid Lives in a Distant Landscape - From Charlemagne to Piero della Francesca

Medieval People: Vivid Lives in a Distant Landscape - From Charlemagne to Piero della Francesca

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Michael PrestwichFormat: Hardback, 186mm x 246mm, 1110g, 288 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014In an engrossing panorama of the medieval world that carries its learning lightly, Michael...
FOOTBALL: Designing the Beautiful Game

FOOTBALL: Designing the Beautiful Game

$70.00 AUD$35.00 AUD
Author: Eleanor WatsonFormat: Hardback, 205mm x 270mm, 1340g, 304 pagesPublished: Design Museum, United Kingdom, 2022This book - the first of its kind - explores the design story behind football, diving...
Nhum:  Recipes from a Cambodian Kitchen

Nhum: Recipes from a Cambodian Kitchen

$39.95 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Chef Nak Format: Hardback Number of Pages: "Nhum" means "eat" in Khmer, the language of Cambodia. If you follow the 80 recipes in the Nhum cookbook, you'll be eating...
The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

$42.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Robin InceFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 240mm, 765g, 400 pagesPublished: Atlantic Books, United Kingdom, 2021'A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.' - Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at...
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars - A Times Best Art Book of 2022

The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars - A Times Best Art Book of 2022

$70.00 AUD$35.00 AUD
Author: Frances SpaldingFormat: Hardback, 186mm x 246mm, 1400g, 384 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022The Times and Sunday Times Art Book of the Year 'Superb ... Spalding is...
Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination

Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination

$60.00 AUD$30.00 AUD
Author: Glyn MorganFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 245mm, 1420g, 288 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022A compelling, fully illustrated account of the worldwide phenomenon of science fiction as depicted...
Open Minded

Open Minded

$22.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Chloe Seager Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'Funny, smart and fresh' Reader review 'A unique and very different take on the traditional RomCom . . . I adored...
The Vintage Tea Party Book

The Vintage Tea Party Book

$55.00 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Angel Adoree Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4'S HIT TV SERIES ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU 'The Vintage Tea Party helps you plan not only...
Blood on the Siberian Snow: A charming murder mystery set in a village full of secrets

Blood on the Siberian Snow: A charming murder mystery set in a village full of secrets

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: C J Farrington Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Winter has come early to the tiny Siberian village of Roslazny, but for Olga Pushkin, aspiring writer and Railway Engineer...
Why We Play: How to find joy and meaning in everyday life

Why We Play: How to find joy and meaning in everyday life

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Joanna Fortune Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Discover how to reconnect with the child in you and unlock the transformative power of play to live a more joyful...
A Dangerous Business: from the author of the Pulitzer prize winner A THOUSAND ACRES

A Dangerous Business: from the author of the Pulitzer prize winner A THOUSAND ACRES

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Jane Smiley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'I raced through this murder mystery' Good Housekeeping, 10 Books to Read Right Now! 'Smiley is a masterful writer' Sunday Times...
Deliciously Simple: Fast, fuss-free recipes for any occasion

Deliciously Simple: Fast, fuss-free recipes for any occasion

$59.99 AUD$30.00 AUD
Author: Jane Lovett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Page after page of the sort of deliciously simple food I love to eat every day' Darina Allen, Ballymaloe Cookery School...
Perfect Pasta at Home: Bring Italy to your kitchen with over 80 quick and delicious recipes

Perfect Pasta at Home: Bring Italy to your kitchen with over 80 quick and delicious recipes

$55.00 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Pasta Evangelists Ltd Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Over 80 delicious and authentic pasta recipes that can be made in just 30 minutes - simple, fresh and truly...
The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After

The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After

$45.00 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Corey Mintz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In the years before the pandemic, the restaurant business was booming. Americans spent more than half of their annual food budgets...
The Slow Cooker Cookbook: Time-Saving Delicious Recipes for Busy Family Cooks

The Slow Cooker Cookbook: Time-Saving Delicious Recipes for Busy Family Cooks

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Audrey Deane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 The bestselling slow cooker classic This book contains more than 80 delicious recipes developed specifically with your needs in mind to...
Think Like a Therapist: Six Life-Changing Insights for Leading a Good Life

Think Like a Therapist: Six Life-Changing Insights for Leading a Good Life

$29.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Professor Stephen Joseph Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Life throws a lot of unexpected and unpleasant things at us. Many people just struggle on, but others find someone...
Untamed Shore: by the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic

Untamed Shore: by the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of MEXICAN GOTHIC, comes UNTAMED SHORE, a dark cocktail mixing a nuanced...
The London Bookshop Affair: A Novel

The London Bookshop Affair: A Novel

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Louise Fein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 From the bestselling author of Daughter of the Reich, an historical drama set in London about a bookshop involved in an...
Toto Among the Murderers: Winner of the Portico Prize 2022

Toto Among the Murderers: Winner of the Portico Prize 2022

$22.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Sally J Morgan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Vividly portrays the human face of young women on the margins of society, women who defy being statistics, who have...
The Stolen Hours

The Stolen Hours

$45.00 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Allen Eskens Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Lila Nash is on the verge of landing her dream job-working as a prosecutor under the Hennepin County Attorney-and has settled...
Vogue The Shoe

Vogue The Shoe

$160.00 AUD$80.00 AUD
Author: The Conde Nast Publications Ltd Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Shoes fascinate women of all ages and have the power to crystallise a moment in fashion. In VOGUE:...
Turning Pointe: How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself

Turning Pointe: How a New Generation of Dancers Is Saving Ballet from Itself

$45.00 AUD$17.50 AUD
Author: Chloe Angyal Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Every day, in dance studios all across America, millions of little girls line up at the barre and take ballet class....
The Recollections Of Rifleman Bowlby

The Recollections Of Rifleman Bowlby

$22.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Alex Bowlby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 'One of the great Second World War memoirs ... will be read as long as that war is remembered' John Keegan...
Crystal Craft: How to choose, use and activate your crystals with 25 creative projects

Crystal Craft: How to choose, use and activate your crystals with 25 creative projects

$36.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Nicole Spink Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Activate the energy of your crystal collection and create beautiful, personalised homeware, jewellery and gifts with 25 easy, step-by-step projects. Discover...
Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian

Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian

$45.00 AUD$17.50 AUD
Author: Ellen Jovin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'The history of language has never seen anything like this. Ellen's mobile grammar travelogue, presented with an engaging humour and humility...
A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice - Sports Book Award Special Commendation

A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice - Sports Book Award Special Commendation

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Hana Walker-Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should. A teenage rugby player plays on through multiple blows - and never...
The Way of Nagomi: Live more harmoniously the Japanese way

The Way of Nagomi: Live more harmoniously the Japanese way

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Ken Mogi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 NAGOMI is the Japanese ideology that advocates embracing everything life throws at us so we can live peacefully and harmoniously. There...
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023

Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Andrey Kurkov Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 "Both a pleasure and a testament to life in Ukraine, before" Sunday Times "Ukraine's greatest living novelist" New European "A Ukrainian...
Reasons Not to Worry: How to be Stoic in chaotic times

Reasons Not to Worry: How to be Stoic in chaotic times

$39.95 AUD$31.96 AUD
Author: Brigid Delaney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Reasons Not to Worry is an accessible introduction to the Stoic principles of virtue, moderation and self-discipline, adapting this ancient knowledge...
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict

The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict

$55.00 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Andrew Pettegree Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are...
The Schoolhouse: 'Stylish, pacy and genuinely frightening' The Times

The Schoolhouse: 'Stylish, pacy and genuinely frightening' The Times

$22.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Sophie Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A compelling, fast-moving narrative . . . delivers real emotional impact' Telegraph 'A literary provocateur' Guardian SHORTLISTED for the POLARI PRIZE...
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground

$59.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Dylan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s,...
The Coward

The Coward

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Jarred McGinnisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 215g, 320 pagesPublished: Canongate Books, United Kingdom, 2022After a car accident Jarred discovers he'll never walk again. Confined to a 'giant roller-skate', he...
All You Need is Rhythm and Grit: How to run now, for health, joy and a body that loves you back

All You Need is Rhythm and Grit: How to run now, for health, joy and a body that loves you back

$42.99 AUD$6.00 AUD
Author: Cory Wharton-MalcolmFormat: Paperback, 154mm x 204mm, 420g, 272 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024'Everything Wharton-Malcolm does has the aim of helping people achieve the best version of themselves'...