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Around the World in 80 Birds

Around the World in 80 Birds

$45.00 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Mike Unwin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 This beautiful and inspiring book tells the stories of 80 birds around the world: from the Sociable Weaver Bird in Namibia...
The History of Magic

The History of Magic

$24.00 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Chris Godsen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history: science, religion and magic. But magic - the idea that we...
Natural Cakes

Natural Cakes

$39.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Giovanna Torrico Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Cakes are the utmost symbol of celebration and add sweetness to our lives beyond the sugar used to make them. Natural...
Stars in an Italian Sky: A sweeping and romantic multi-generational love story from bestselling author of The Light We Lost

Stars in an Italian Sky: A sweeping and romantic multi-generational love story from bestselling author of The Light We Lost

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Jill Santopolo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a sweeping and achingly romantic story of the...
Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War

Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Al Murray Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'My bookshelves were groaning with WW2 books, Hitler's baleful eyes staring out at me from covers and spines for any new...
Med: A Cookbook

Med: A Cookbook

$55.00 AUD$44.00 AUD
Author: Claudia Roden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 World-renowned food writer Claudia Roden revisits Mediterranean cookery 30 years on with new simple, vibrant dishes. A treasure for fans of...
The Last Butterflies: A Scientist's Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature

The Last Butterflies: A Scientist's Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Nick Haddad Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 280 A remarkable look at the rarest butterflies, how global changes threaten their existence, and how we can bring them back from...
The Brain: Everything You Need to Know

The Brain: Everything You Need to Know

$34.99 AUD$16.00 AUD
Author: New Scientist Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped...
Invisible Child: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction 2022

Invisible Child: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction 2022

$35.00 AUD$28.00 AUD
Author: Andrea Elliott Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Andrea Elliott, comes the unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty...
Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici

Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici

$35.00 AUD$28.00 AUD
Author: Estelle Paranque Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A thrilling joint biography of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici, uncovering how their complex 30-year relationship shaped their dynasties, perfect...
A Flaw in the Design: 'A psychological thriller par excellence' Guardian

A Flaw in the Design: 'A psychological thriller par excellence' Guardian

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Nathan Oates Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A literary thriller of the highest order' - Julia May Jonas, author of Vladimir Gil has been estranged from his sister...
Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes

Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Sara Pascoe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN, WRITER AND ACTOR SARA PASCOE 'Funny, sad, engaging, Pascoe nails everything that...
Geneva: 'A sensational debut.' CLARE MACKINTOSH

Geneva: 'A sensational debut.' CLARE MACKINTOSH

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Richard Armitage Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'An outstanding debut - ingenious, fast-paced and unpredictable.' - HARLAN COBEN 'Geneva is one of the best thrillers I've ever read....
Watch Us Dance: The vibrant new novel from the bestselling author of Lullaby

Watch Us Dance: The vibrant new novel from the bestselling author of Lullaby

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Leila Slimani Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The seductive, vibrant new novel from international bestselling author Leila Slimani. Morocco, 1968. As she stands at the window, Mathilde reflects...
Jane Austen, Early and Late

Jane Austen, Early and Late

$54.99 AUD$27.50 AUD
Author: Freya Johnston Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 296 A reexamination of Austen's unpublished writings that uncovers their continuity with her celebrated novels-and that challenges distinctions between her "early" and...
Looking Glass Sound: from the bestselling and award winning author of The Last House on Needless Street

Looking Glass Sound: from the bestselling and award winning author of The Last House on Needless Street

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Catriona Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The new dark thriller from the bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street In a windswept cottage overlooking the...
A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans

A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans

$29.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Jessica Pierce Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 From two of the world's leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without people What would...
The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece

The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece

$34.99 AUD$17.50 AUD
Author: Maria Michela Sassi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 232 An acclaimed study of the diverse origins of ancient Greek philosophyIn this acclaimed book, Maria Michela Sassi reconstructs the intellectual...
Waterloo Sunrise: London from the Sixties to Thatcher

Waterloo Sunrise: London from the Sixties to Thatcher

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: John Davis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 600 Waterloo Sunrise is a panoramic and multifaceted account of modern London during the transformative years of the sixties and seventies, when...
Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation

Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation

$39.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Roosevelt Montas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 248 What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterised by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and...
A Place like No Other: Discovering the Secrets of Serengeti

A Place like No Other: Discovering the Secrets of Serengeti

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Anthony R. E. Sinclair Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 From famed zoologist Anthony Sinclair, an account of his decades-long quest to understand one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystems....
Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece

Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece

$34.99 AUD$17.50 AUD
Author: William E. Wallace Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 328 Finalist for the Marfield Prize (The National Award for Arts Writing), Arts Club of Washington The untold story of Michelangelo's...
The Lives of Literature: Reading, Teaching, Knowing

The Lives of Literature: Reading, Teaching, Knowing

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Arnold Weinstein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Why do we read literature? For Arnold Weinstein, the answer is clear: literature allows us to become someone else. Literature changes...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Commemorative Edition: the heartbreaking and unforgettable international bestseller

The Tattooist of Auschwitz Commemorative Edition: the heartbreaking and unforgettable international bestseller

$45.00 AUD$17.50 AUD
Author: Heather Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved. Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies' man....
You Are What You Read: A Practical Guide to Reading Well

You Are What You Read: A Practical Guide to Reading Well

$39.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert DiYanni Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 We are what we read, according to Robert DiYanni. Reading may delight us or move us; we may read for instruction...
Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau

Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau

$39.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Andrew Blauner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 From twenty-seven of today's leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of Walden Features essays by Jennifer Finney...
The Last to Disappear: a chilling and heart-pounding thriller full of surprise twists

The Last to Disappear: a chilling and heart-pounding thriller full of surprise twists

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Jo Spain Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 The chilling new thriller from the bestselling author of The Confession and Dirty Little Secrets A small town. A frozen lake....
Living on a Thin Line

Living on a Thin Line

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Dave Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The all new, must-read memoir by legendary Kinks guitarist Dave Davies Dave Davies is the co-founder and lead guitarist of epoch-defining...
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet with a New Introduction by the Author

Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet with a New Introduction by the Author

$12.00 AUD
Author: Andrew Blum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 An engaging, narrative tour behind the scenes of our everyday lives to see the dark beating heart of the Internet itself....
The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine

The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine

$19.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Marty Jopson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show's resident scientist Marty Jopson explains the answers to all of...
Foul Lady Fortune: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends

Foul Lady Fortune: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends

$22.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Chloe Gong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 Assassin. Immortal. Spy. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights comes the first book in a...
The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World

The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World

$29.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Suzie Sheehy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The astonishing story of twentieth-century physics, told through the twelve experiments that changed our world A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR...
Nightcrawling: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 - the youngest ever Booker nominee

Nightcrawling: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 - the youngest ever Booker nominee

$29.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Leila Mottley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 - THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER _______________ 'Mottley attempts...
End of Story

End of Story

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: A. J. Finn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of the smash hit bestseller The Woman in the Window. 'Elegant, absorbing,...
Brilliant Bites: 75 Amazing Small Bites for Any Occasion

Brilliant Bites: 75 Amazing Small Bites for Any Occasion

$45.00 AUD$22.50 AUD
Author: Maegan Brown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 Maegan Brown (aka The BakerMama), the bestselling author of Beautiful Boards, continues her quest to share her tips for effortless, stress-free,...
The Dream Clean: Simple, Budget-Friendly, Eco-Friendly Ways to Make Your Home Beautiful

The Dream Clean: Simple, Budget-Friendly, Eco-Friendly Ways to Make Your Home Beautiful

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Chantel Mila Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 220 The ultimate guide to making your home look and feel like a dream. After years of sharing her top home-cleaning hacks...
What You Need to Be Warm

What You Need to Be Warm

$19.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Neil Gaiman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 A fantastic Christmas present for Neil Gaiman super fans ** AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4 NEWS ** Sometimes it only takes...
Boundary Crossers: The hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers

Boundary Crossers: The hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Meg Foster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Bushrangers are Australian legends. Ned Kelly, Ben Hall, Captain Thunderbolt and their bushranging brothers are famous. They're remembered as folk heroes...
Human Frontiers: The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

Human Frontiers: The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

$26.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Michael Bhaskar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'A fascinating book . . . Bhaskar is a reassuringly positive and often witty guide' Observer 'A fascinating, must-read book covering...
Rome: Eternal City

Rome: Eternal City

$59.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Ferdinand Addis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 648 A portrait of the city at the heart of Western civilization, brought to life in twenty-two scenes from its 2,500-year history....
The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal

The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Simon Parkin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 The police came for Peter Fleischmann in the early hours. It reminded the teenager of the Gestapo's moonlit roundups he had...
The Real Prime Suspect: From the beat to the screen. My life as a female detective.

The Real Prime Suspect: From the beat to the screen. My life as a female detective.

$55.00 AUD$17.50 AUD
Author: Jackie Malton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023 *** 'Jaw-dropping.' -Val McDermid 'Pacy, witty... 4*' -...
A Flaw in the Design: 'A psychological thriller par excellence' Guardian

A Flaw in the Design: 'A psychological thriller par excellence' Guardian

$39.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Nathan Oates Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A nephew. An uncle. A psychopath - but which of them is it? Gil knows his nephew Matthew is dangerous. The...
Goose Green: The decisive battle of the Falklands War  - by the British troops who fought it

Goose Green: The decisive battle of the Falklands War - by the British troops who fought it

$27.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Nigel Ely Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Published to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands war 'There was a time when we did extraordinary things.' On 28...
The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions

$55.00 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Adam Kuper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 This is a history of the ways in which foreign and prehistoric peoples were represented in museums of anthropology, with their...
The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance

The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance

$28.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Nessa Carey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The most important revolution in modern biology - and what it means for humanity. The cutting-edge of biology, however, is telling...
Glowing Still: A Woman's Life on the Road - 'Funny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel' Daily Telegraph

Glowing Still: A Woman's Life on the Road - 'Funny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel' Daily Telegraph

$55.00 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Sara Wheeler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Britain's foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to Zanzibar A Times Literary Supplement...
Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control  Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities

Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities

$49.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Author: David B. Auerbach Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives - as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics - are transforming...