Non-Secondhand Books

A collection of essays in the form of a daybook, written in real-time over a year. Calendar is about tuning in to the unexpected, playful and solemn lives of the...

A new graphic novel from the author of New York City Glow Holborn tube station 1977, a fish called 'Creasy' lives in the cistern of the men's room. He's a...

From legendary Australian feminist writer Barbara Hanrahan, Annie Magdalene is a quietly moving, funny and perfectly formed novel of a beautifully ordinary life. With a new introduction from Farrin Foster....

A tragic accident in paradise ... or a calculated crime? After her parents' death in a car crash two years ago, Eve is back in the tumbledown family house on...

"We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the former." Charlie Sheen should not be alive to tell these stories. But in The Book...

The perfect companion based on the SBS TV show Great Australian Road Trips . Hit the open road alongside four beloved personalities as they journey through the country's most iconic...

Saya Sakakibara triumphed over fear, self-doubt and family tragedy to become an Olympic champion. Her journey will inspire you to face your fears and unlock your greatest potential. Just go....

Thea lives under a mountain - one that's ready to blow. A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she has been called back during maternity leave and is coping -...

What would it take to turn you into a killer? Detective Sergeant Kiara Lui has just broken up a loud brawl between two blokes in front of the Warrigal Public...

What happens when overnight the Next Big Thing becomes a nobody? Twenty-six-year-old Evelyn is well on her way to becoming an international opera star. . . until one night, mid-performance,...

While the question 'why do birds sing?' might seem a simple one, the answer is complex! Throughout our history birdsong has influenced art, poetry and music. It can elevate our...

For celebrated journalist Tracey Lee Holmes, sport has been both a way of life and a lens through which to look at life itself. In this completely candid, wide-ranging and...

Fascinating, candid and insightful, Quentin Bryce- The Authorised Biography tells the remarkable story of one of Australia's most impactful changemakers. When Quentin Bryce was sworn in as Australia's first female...

Sometimes people fall. It happens. Sometimes people are pushed. Sometimes people jump. And sometimes there's someone there to catch them. The summer Beth turns sixteen, she grows. She grows so...

Summer. Winter. Autumn. Spring. As the year unfolds, AFL footy season starts and the dreams of six teenagers play out on and off the field. Elias. Team player. Running keeps...

How did Big Gambling become too big to fail and too powerful to adequately regulate? Australians lose around $32 billion on legal forms of gambling each year, the most of...

AN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY GREAT READ 'An Aussie crime fiction star in the making' Candice Fox Two couples - Annabelle and Luke, Des and Julianni - embark on a camping...

' It is a work preoccupied with love, truth and the cruelty of fate. This, by implication, is the kind of inquiry that can only be undertaken by storytellers and,...

The past is calling him home ... As a prospective barrister, Zaid Saban is on the cusp of achieving everything he has dreamed of. His social and professional world is...

'a clever, funny and propulsive satire that couldn't be better timed.' - The Guardian TRAILBLAZER. VISIONARY. ICON. CRIMINAL? In the sun-drenched chaos of 2010s Silicon Valley, a tech company's meteoric...

Three women. A baby rescued from the sea. Lives forever changed. When Sapphie, a passionate environmentalist, goes on a camping trip in the bush, she miraculously rescues a baby from...

You won't find 'terraglossia' on Google, or in a dictionary. It's a word coined by acclaimed academic and award-winning author Dr Debra Dank in response to the first Europeans' description...

Sweet, fragile poems about intimacy and separation 'In these sweet, fresh, fragile poems, Jensen demonstrates courage and skill at the arts of poetry and of love, and makes the sly...

Stories of courage and conviction from the environmental frontline With a foreword by Geraldine Brooks. For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who...

The first history of childhood play and imagination in pre-war Australia This groundbreaking book is a history of the childhood imagination in Australia between 1890 and the outbreak of the...

Hi! I'm Shawn the Prawn, a 350 million-year-old tiny coral fossil that lives in the floor of the grand Marble Foyer at Australia's Parliament House. Sharing a house with a...

An entertaining and educational retelling of a classic Chinese legend. The Jade Emperor has declared a great race: the first animals to cross the river will win a place in...

'Monumentally epic . . . a superb novel' LEE CHILD 'A tour de force' PETER JAMES From the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of...

'Fresh, fearless, faithful and original. One of the great crime series of our time could not be in safer, more capable hands' Chris Whitaker Discover Lisbeth Salander - one of...

*Sunday Times Bestseller* The fourth spellbinding book in the Interactive Illustrated Harry Potter series, brought to life in spectacular full colour by Karl James Mountford, featuring eight magical, moving paper-engineered...

From the original publishers of Harry Potter come the POCKET POTTERS, a brand-new, gorgeously illustrated, collectable series packed with exciting story moments, quotes and fun information about Harry, Ron and...

From the original publishers of Harry Potter come the POCKET POTTERS, a brand-new, gorgeously illustrated, collectable series packed with exciting story moments, quotes and fun information about Harry, Ron and...

*The Sunday Times Bestseller* From the original publishers of Harry Potter come the POCKET POTTERS, a brand-new, gorgeously illustrated, collectable series packed with exciting story moments, quotes and fun information...

In 38 Londres Street , Philippe Sands blends personal memoir, historical detective work and gripping courtroom drama to probe a secret double story of mass murder, one that reveals a...

The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his...

'The best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way' - Dr Suzi Gage, Book Shambles podcast This is an excellent book for anyone who...

Once upon a time, a young girl ventured into a dark forest, looking for a cure for her much-loved elder sister ... A touching, tender and lyrical fable about what...

From your first investment to a property empire: mastering the Australian tax system to build property wealth. This book will teach you how to navigate the complex world of property...

Love, mythology and magic collide in a delicious, action-packed new romantasy series from Australian author and award-winning podcaster Olivia O'Flynn, for all fans of Sarah A Parker, Carissa Broadbent and...

Gripping, propulsive and intelligent, The Revisionists is a tour de force, an absorbing, unputdownable novel about ambition - and how we curate our own stories and rescript our memories in...

This stunning six-book series explores some of Earth's iconic landmarks and habitats, and the plants and animals that live there. AFRICA explores the incredibly diverse range of habitats and wildlife...

A delicious and steamy new summer romance from the author of One Day in December Sometimes pretending to be someone else helps you figure out who you really are... Freshly...

Count along with Ten Little Bear Hugs and watch as they disappear! Ten little bear hugs for your valentine, along comes a kitten and then there are...nine! Learning to count...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ESCAPE ARTIST ' Magnificent . . . Important and impressive' DAILY TELEGRAPH ' Astonishing . . . Freedland is a...

What happens if the world's richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy? This is the story of the radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel,...

The epic conclusion to Blood for Blood, the cinematic YA mafia romance trilogy. Sophie now lives a dangerous double life, pretending to be a regular teenager while training as a...

In this gripping follow-up to bestselling author Ruth Ware's multi-million-copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10 - coming soon to Netflix, starring Keira Knightley - Lo Blacklock returns to attend...

This is the story of the fall of an Empire - and the rise of another. Who spread Christianity, how, and why? In her quest to find the answer, Professor...