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Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a "risk thermostat" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the...

* What is the relevance of the concept of risk to social policy? * Has risk replaced need as the key organizing principle of welfare provision? * Do current trends...

Investment analyst Lynn Gregory was used to taking risks. But even Lynn has her doubts when Matt, her best friend, asks her to participate in a charade to hide his...

Anna Del Conte brought Italian cooking to Britain at a time when the nearest most of us came to pasta was a tinned spaghetti hoop. Sharply observant, evocative, full of...

Meet Rita. She's a little girl with very big ideas. When Rita gets cross she imagines she has a ferocious dragon that will make the world shudder with anger. But...

For three generations the ABC's symphony orchestras were a jewel in the crown of Australian culture, allowing audiences to hear Rubenstein, tauber, Szell, Beecham, Schwarzkopf, Rostropovich and Klemperer in their...

Italian-born, Canadian-based documentary photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo has made it his life's mission to photograph the immigrant experience, working class culture and social justice issues. Considered "one of Canada's pre-eminent documentary...

Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine feet under water, police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human hand. The fact that there's no body...

Rituals provides spiritual rituals and meditations for the modern world, for times of celebration and grief. Dorothy McRae-McMahon, who is internationally renowned for her knowledge of rituals, has created meaningful...

'Just like Armstrong's Otherworld series, Cainsville comes to a tense, satisfying head in Rituals .' - Inverse 'Impossible-to-put-down. . . . Bring on the next Cainsville volume, please.' - Sarah...

Fall hard for the Darling Devils in the first in this heartstopping YA rom-com series, for fans of Lynn Painter, Jenny Han and Powerless. Fake dating He falls first HEA...

After surviving battle and sorcery, the city of Kydan now faces internal division between native and Hamilayan colonist. Strategos Galys Valera and her allies must forge a new city from...

Madoc and Fallon. Two estranged teenagers playing games that push the boundaries between love and war . . . She's back. For the three years she's been away at boarding...

Many citizens of Ambient, Wisconsin, believe the old tales of an angel living in the Onion River that runs through the heart of their town. So when Gabriel Carpenter vanishes...

The first River Cafe Cook Book was a publishing phenomenon, winning both the Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year and the BCA Illustrated Book of the Year Awards. As wellas...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 A mesmerising reversal of the east-west immigrant narrative set against China's economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration...

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...

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...

Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is...

Jed needs a miracle. If he can't complete his quest within a year, he will die. If he can, he will become immortal. Jed and Kassia know that time is...

Jed must confront the revelation of his true identity: he is the alchemist Fulcanelli who discovered the elixir of life and used it to become young again. He must take...

Rain falls relentlessly on the Po valley in northern Italy, and the river is swollen to its limits. A huge barge leaves its moorings, steering an erratic course downstream and...

The river of Dawkins's title is a river of DNA, flowing through time from the beginning of life on earth to the present - and onwards. Dawkins explains that DNA...

Rivtow was just a three-boat log-towing operation when Lucille Johnstone came aboard as an unskilled girl Friday in the late 1940s. By the 1980s, Rivtow had taken over its biggest...

A mother can never be free until she finds her children... The Good Morning America Book Club Pick February 2023 is a soaring novel inspired by true events. 'A strong...

The 30th novel from Australia's favourite storyteller Di Morrissey, with new novel The Endless Sky coming December 2025. A story about friendship and what happens when dreams come true ....

From the ancient Nile to the sacred Ganges to the mighty Mississippi-the rivers of the world wind through this glorious anthology from the world's great writers. Rivers and streams play...

'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMES DANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREE From the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him...

His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply the rivers of the American frontier. But when Jean Talon began his journey westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy involving...

The South of France in the Golden '50s. The sun is shining and palm trees cast jagged shadows on a polished motor purring up the drive to the Grand Hotel....

It's summertime on the Riviera, where the Jazz Age is busily reinventing the holiday delights of warm days on golden sand and cool nights on terraces and dance floors. Just...

After Riz and her friends successfully led the Counterfeit Bust, Riz has discovered her passion for forensic science. Riz Chester loves mysteries, and with an interest in forensics she keeps...

After Riz and her friends successfully led the Counterfeit Bust, Riz has discovered her passion for forensic science. Riz Chester loves mysteries, and with an interest in forensics she keeps...

After Riz and her friends successfully led the Counterfeit Bust, Riz has discovered her passion for forensic science. One day at school, she finds the perfect opportunity to break out...

Probably the most famous, and certainly one of the best-loved ships in the world, the Cunard transatlantic liner RMS Queen Mary has now been preserved at Long Beach, California as...

Probably the most famous, and certainly one of the best-loved ships in the world, the Cunard transatlantic liner RMS Queen Mary has now been preserved at Long Beach, California as...

Road Masters offers a fun and informative overview of the five most important cars from 30 of the major car-makers from around the world. Author Dave Morley applies his industry...

"A beautifully mythic world rich with heart and charming characters, Road of the Lost tells a powerful tale of self-discovery that...held me wholly enchanted until the end." -Ashley Shuttleworth, author...

Collects Incoming (2019) #1, Road to Empyre- The Kree/Skrull War (2020) #1, Empyre Handbook (2020) #1. Get ready for EMPYRE - the cosmic saga set to rock the Avengers, the...

Scott McLaughlin is the new young gun of Australian and New Zealand motorsport. He is a star on the rise, and was recently voted the most popular driver in the...