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WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 'Deftly traversing time, culture and continent to weave a tale of both home and unbelonging, this...

History has portrayed Australia's First Peoples, the Aboriginals, as hunter-gatherers who lived on an empty, uncultivated land. History is wrong. In this seminal book, Bruce Pascoe uncovers evidence that long...

An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture! "Utterly absorbing. Kristin Hannah is singular in her ability to tell unforgettable stories about some of the...

WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2005 Two years ago, Eva Khatchadourian?s son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker, and a popular algebra teacher....

Stasiland Insight Text Guide has highly visual Character Map with notes on each character and their relationships; in-depth and comprehensive background and context notes; excellent notes on genre, style and...

Breath is set in a country recovering from a brutal and divisive civil war between north and south. The war may be over but people's memories are long and hatreds...

**Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** Beginning at a love hotel by Japan's Inland Sea and ending by a river in Tasmania, Question 7 is about the choices we...

#1 New York Times Bestseller - New York Times Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21 st Century - The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill...

CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS Now an HBO Max original TV series The New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award Longlisted for the Baileys Women's...

Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper. **OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD** WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION A...

***Winner of the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award*** 'Pulse quickening. A nonfiction thriller - equal parts The China Syndrome and Mission Impossible ' New York Times...

One of the classics of Australian literature, Alexis Wright's Miles Franklin award-winning novel is being rereleased in a new edition designed by Jenny Grigg. Accompanies the April release of Praiseworthy...

Since it won the 2002 Booker Prize, Life of Pi has gone on to sell nearly 2 million copies, it is the biggest selling winner of all time, and is...

The extraordinary #1"New York Times"bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi...

With an introduction by novelist John Banville. In a burned-out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the coast. They have no...

The million-copy bestselling phenomenon, Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step. Perfect for...

One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from...

Shortlisted for the 2014 National Book Awards Observer Thriller of the Month DAY ONE The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like a neutron bomb. News reports...

The post-apocalyptic modern classic with an introduction by novelist John Banville. In a burned-out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the...

First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are...

The international bestselling romantic comedy "bursting with warmth, emotional depth, and...humor," ( Entertainment Weekly ) featuring the oddly charming, socially challenged genetics professor, Don, as he seeks true love. The...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY * A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE LAST 30 YEARS...

* Winner of the Costa First Novel Award * No.1 Sunday Times bestseller * Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon 'Funny, touching and unpredictable' Jojo...

The final instalment of China's best-selling, award-winning apocalyptic space opera trilogy that ranges from the 1960s to the heat death of the Universe. Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction...

Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon - soon to be a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones . Imagine the universe as a forest,...

After a spate of apparent suicides among elite scientists, nanotech engineer Wang Miao is asked to infiltrate a secretive cabal. During his investigation, Wang is inducted into a mysterious online...

Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an...

Now a major motion picture, starring Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, and Richard Roxburgh. Breath , by renowned Australian author Tim Winton, is a story of risk, of learning one's limits...

Mediterranean cooking is a real food approach to healthy eating that embraces variety, flavour and nutrient-rich foods. Based on the traditional cuisines of Spain, France, Italy and Greece as well...

"Impossible to put down. . . . Who, in the end, needs to talk about Kevin? Maybe we all do." -- Boston Globe Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver's gripping international bestseller...

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2005 ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of a boy named Kevin who...

WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 2021 'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times 'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell TWO EXTRAORDINARY...

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 'A marvellous book . . . I just loved it all,...

After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with...

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as...

Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting toumament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His...

Kevin Katchadourian killed seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher, shortly before his sixteenth birthday. He is visited in prison by his mother, Eva, who...

Anna Funder's Samuel Johnson Prize-winning Stasiland is an Australian classic, the definitive account of tyranny and resistance in the former East Germany. WINNER OF THE BBC FOUR SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE...

A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF CLOUD ATLAS With an introduction by Gabrielle Zevin (author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ) and a new afterword by David...

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN 'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ' This House of Grief , in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold Blood '...

This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is...

Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life...

In the past year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unexpected literary success, been diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition, and been asked by his best friend to help...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME * A NEW YORK TIMES READER TOP 100 PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF...

* Winner of the Costa First Novel Award * No.1 Sunday Times bestseller * One of the Sunday Times ' 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years * Soon...

#1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 International Bestseller - Now a Peacock Original Series starring Harvey Keitel and Melanie Lynskey This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is...

'Find out who you are, and live that life.' Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail and looks down at the...