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A hilarious, fast-paced tale about a boy, a necklace, his crush and how the booby traps set by his maniacal neighbour save the day. The perfect book for fans of...

One of the world's best loved presenters meets one of the world's greatest authors in this beautiful selection of timeless, haunting stories. Vividly brought to life through abundant illustrations and...

A magical coming-of-age story about a boy spending his first weekend without his parents . . . and the lion who comes to babysit him. Get ready to fall in...

Oscar is a cat living in a care home for elderly people.Based on a true story, Oscar is a cat who comes when needed, to watch with and comfort those...

Osnat was born five hundred years ago - at a time when almost everyone believed in miracles. But very few believed that girls should learn to read. Yet Osnat's father...

It's the summer of 1936, and the writer Stefan Zweig is in crisis. His German publisher no longer wants him, his marriage is collapsing, and his house in Austria-searched by...

Includes the plays The Forest , Artistes and Admirers , Wolves and Sheep and Sin and Sorrow Four of Ostrovsky's finest plays. The best known of these, The Forest (1871),...

Omens, signs and portents-surely it's not the end of the world? Mercurio the Magnificent? Mercurio the Rubbish, more like-and his name isn't even Mercurio. Oswald's dad is a fake fortune-teller...

Mess and disorder upset Oswald. They make his legs jiggle and his palms itch - all the time. Counting his crayons helps, but it is so exhausting. How can Oswald...

'Othello' has long been recognised as one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the...

A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play in which a jealous general is duped into thinking that his wife has been unfaithful, with tragic consequences.

From the award-winning author of Cannily, Cannily and Change the Locks . Bon raised his hand as if to say hello to me, but I turned quickly away. I didn't...

An illustrated, first-hand account of a history-making dig in lush and beautiful jungles and caves of North Vietnam, the subject of a November 19899, National Geographic feature and a television...

Sarah Stovell's gripping new novel, Every Happy Family is available now! Hilarious, unputdownable, suspenseful fiction, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Motherland They all have opinions. They all have...

For eight-year-old Rufus, life has become complicated. His mother and father, Josie and Tom, have divorced amicably enough, and are set to pursue their separate paths. But other people have...

Fifteen-year-old Lola lives in a quiet, rural town with her mother, her over-achieving older brother, Daniel, and her annoying but lovable younger brother, Toby. When Lola s mother receives an...

Alice Day's theory has led to five strangers meeting in a bar to take part in her experiment. But can this one-time bestselling author, now a mother and housewife, follow...

We all depend on the finance sector. We need it to store our money, manage our payments, finance housing stock, restore infrastructure, fund retirement and support new business. But these...

When offering to drive her brother to Byron Bay to escape the bitter Blue Mountains winter, Sidney neglects to mention her planned detour to the small coastal town of Watercolour...

The work of 36 modern Japanese women poets, writing in an "imported" Western verse form and astonishing us with their diverse viewpoints, rhythms, themes, and insights. A companion to A...

When the house at the end of the lane burned down, none of the townspeople knew what happened. A tragedy, they called it. Poor Rita Frost and her ward, Bevan,...

But what difference does the looking of a finite terrestrial neurally aglow mammal really make? Deep space. Jupiter. Medellin. Olympic Sydney. Europa. Northern Territory. Other worlds where "The Monkey's Mask"...

When physicists began exploring the inner workings of the atom, they uncovered a world so weird that it overturned our very concept of reality. When you journey into the quantum...

It's just another day for best friends Myra and Rohan - until they discover that Rohan's baby cousin Shilpa has been stolen and taken to Otherland, the magical underworld ruled...

Shrouded in secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. Vast amounts of money have been lavished on it. The best mind of two generations have laboured...

'Kelley Armstrong has long been a favorite of mine.' - Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series 'This might just be the welcome diversion you...

The Our Australia stories focus on a young Greek-Australian boy, Taha, who goes on a road trip with his Mum, visiting Australian regional towns and cities. On the way he...

Follow Lina on her adventure in the final of four excitingstories about a passionate girl finding a place to belong. It's 1956 . . . and the Melbourne Olympicsis over...

Follow Alice on her adventure in the second of four stories about a gifted girl in a time of war. It's 1918 . . . and Alice has never felt...

Follow Alice on her adventure in the third of four exciting stories about a gifted girl in a time of war. It's 1918 . . . and the war has...

Sally Rippin's heartwarming historical fiction for the Our Australian Girl series. It's 1956 . . . and Lina is working hard on the school newspaper. But mean Sarah Buttersworth isn't...

Join Marly in the final of four stories about a daring girl torn between two worlds. It's 1983 . . . and the long-awaited baby has finally arrived. But Marly...

Meet Grace and join her adventure in the first of four exciting stories about a convict girl who is given a second chance. It's 1808 . . . and Grace...

Historical childrens book set in Melbourne, Meet Rose, is part of the Our Australian Girl series. It's 1900 . . . and Rose lives with her family in a big...

It's 1850 . . . and Nellie is returning to Adelaide after searching for the Thompson family at the Burra. She's keen to get back to her best friend, Mary,...

Follow Nellie on her adventure in the third of four exciting stories about an Irish girl with a big heart, in search of the freedom to be herself. It's 1850...

It's 1864 . . . and Poppy is on the road again, heading to the town of Wahgunyah. On the way she meets a stranger who seems to know something...

It's 1864 . . . and Poppy, disguised as a lost princess from India, has joined a travelling medicine show. Join Poppy in the final of four exciting stories about...

Meet Ruby and join her adventure in the second of four stories about a happy-go-lucky girl in a time of great change. It's 1931 . . . and Ruby and...

Meet Grace and join her on a historical adventure about a convict girl who is given a second chance. All four Grace stories in one edition, with a bonus chapter...

AUSTRALIAN THEATRE in the 1990s is a vigorous enterprise displaying the energies and contradictions of a multicultural society. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Australian theatre and drama...

Our baby, our baby, what do they need? I think they are hungry. Time for a feed. Babies are excellent communicators, once you learn how to hear what they're saying!...

From the editors of the classic "Bible of Women's Health," a trustworthy, up-to-date guide to help every woman navigate the menopause transition. For decades, millions of women have relied on...