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'You should know of the legend. At a time when the rocks were soft and the air was misty, there was an abomination and an evil in this place which...

In the same way Sean saw it coming, he recognised it as the murderous rage which before had nearly killed a man, but still he could not prepare himself. And...

She glanced down at the drawer in which she kept all her floppy disks. That and all the other drawers had been pulled out and thrown on the floor. They...

She is omnivorous. No matter age or appearance, physical frailty or imperfection. It is not their flesh that feeds her appetites, but their souls. She devours young and old, men...

It takes one to recognise one. This was a man trained to live with, and by, violence. He was muscle, a soldier, in the jargon. I had hoped never to...

The tall wave of green water that raced across the pit hit the Land Rover, upending her, throwing Johnny into the jubilant frothing water, while the Land Rover rolled over...

A gendarme snatched up his rifle from where it lay at his feet; Bruce saw him elbow his way towards the side of the truck to begin firing; he was...

For the first time they confronted each other. These two who had played murderous hide-and-seek for three long years across ten thousand square miles of bush. 'Ja!' Fleischer's jubilant bellow...

Fame and popularity breed envy in high places, and the adulation of the mob is fickle. They often take as much pleasure in tearing down the idols that they have...

Shasa closed his mouth slowly. The very foundations of his political beliefs and principles were shaken, and the walls cracked through. They had led him up into a high place...

'We are Courtneys. We don't have to fight with our fists. We fight with power and money and influence. Nobody can beat us on our own ground.' A powerful family....

The sun went down behind the storm clouds, and stained them with its blood, then the rain fell upon the ship in torrents. Solid sheets of water hammered the wooden...

Each time it seemed that she could not rise in time to meet the cliff of water that bore down her. The water was black under the grey, sunless sky....

It was in Mexico that he first learnt how to exploit his extraordinary good looks and to develop his natural winning ways with women. By the age of seventeen his...

'Underground Manager,' he said. There was a long silence and he could hear the man breathing on the other end. 'Speak, man, what is it?' 'The whole bloody thing has...

'The poachers that come across this side are organised and better armed than we are. They shoot to kill - men as well as elephants and rhino. We have been...

The Syrian plane disintegrated, evaporating in a gush of silvery smoke, rent through with bright white lightning, and the ejecting pilot's body was blown clear of the fuselage. For an...

They recognised in each other that same restlessness that was always driving them on to new adventure, never staying long enough in one place or at one job to grow...

Jim sprang back on to the truck of the violently rocking wagon, and stared across at Manatasee. She saw him and pointed her assegai at his face. Then he saw...

'Africa!' The sound of that mysterious name on his own lips raised goose pimples along his arms and made the thick dark hair prickle on the back of his neck....

From directly overhead he heard the loud flapping of heavy wings and another vulture rose from beyond the screen of banana plants. Leon felt the chill of dread. If the...

The lion charged. He came straight at them out of the thicket as his mate had done, but even more swiftly, driven by the agony in his belly and the...

Mark picked the weapon off the rack and the shape and feel of it brought memories crowding back. He thrust them aside. He would need a rifle where he was...

I've been writing novels for over fifty years. I was lucky enough to miss the big wars and not get shot, but lucky enough to grow up among the heroes...

In this volume, Peanuts celebrates its 40th birthday! Snoopy and Spike decline to compete in an ugly dog competition, entering their brother Olaf instead. Charlie Brown and Marcie spend quality...

In this latest collection, romance is in the air. Charlie Brown's attempt at flirting in class sends him to the school nurse, while Linus is thwarted in his attempt to...

A timeless collection of over 130 tried-and-true recipes. Jam Drops and Marble Cake celebrates 60 successful years of the Cookery Competition held by The Land newspaper and the Country Women's...

A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist...

A special anniversary edition of the popular modern classic. Celebrating twenty years of Australia's favourite sheep, Pete. Shaun the shearer doesn't have a sheepdog. He has Pete. And Pete is...

From award-winning author, Jane Harrison, comes an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction. WINNER OF THE...

From award-winning creator Freya Blackwood comes a beautifully tender story about curiosity and the joy of listening. One day, curious Sadie follows a cat into the tangled vines behind the...

'A RIVETING EMOTIONAL READ THAT KEPT ME ON THE EDGE!' -- Melissa Marr, author of the bestselling Wicked Lovely series, on The Darkest Minds Ruby can't look back. Fractured by...

'A riveting emotional read that kept me on the edge!' -- Melissa Marr, author of the bestselling Wicked Lovely series, on The Darkest Minds Ruby never asked for the abilities...

'A riveting emotional read that kept me on the edge!' -- Melissa Marr, author of the bestselling Wicked Lovely series When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Other Woman and House of Spies comes another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue. NOW YOU SEE...

"But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever. So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever!" Curl up with Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in A.A.Milne's...

"But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever. So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever!" Curl up with Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in A.A.Milne's...

"They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice." Curl up with A.A.Milne's classic book of poetry for children, When We Were Very Young. This is...

Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for...

One of literature's most renowned stories of decadence and betrayal is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for classic...

New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines welcomes you on an imaginative adventure through nature's small surprises and invites you and your children to be curious, slow down, and take...

"A hilariously fresh and spicy rom-com that I couldn't put down!" - Meghan Quinn, USA Today Bestselling Author Help Wanted: Grumpy mountain man seeks baby mumma. Job is an incubator...

Duty can only get a man and a dragon so far... Samael Veles is one of the most respected warriors in the Black Dragon Clan - the king's man -...

From a bestselling Australian author, this compellingly realised novel brings to life the story of an enigmatic figure, wife to feted colonial architect Francis Greenway, and asks, whose hand really...

Two days before an auction of the contents of High Gates House in Borrow dale,Christopher Henderson bumps into Jennifer Reade, the heir to the entireestate, and the expected recipient of...

Chicago, 1931. While the Great Depression has tightened its grip on the world,there are still some men who have the means to make their dreams a reality. One of these...

Inspired by a handwritten note from his idol, Frank Lloyd Wright, MerlinRichards sets off from the Welsh valleys to the Arizona desert to launch hisarchitectural career. Now here in Wright's...