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A fun and cheeky children's rhyming book. Stanley Cat dreams he's a hero in pink (furry godmother), white (doctor), blue (policeman), black (Zorro), green (Noah), and red (fireman). BUT...he also...

Stanley Cat is a snappish cat...and when he's like that - he's out on the mat! He's a contrary, defiant, sneaky, troublesome, calamitous, wayward cat! BUT...he is also angelic (prrrrrr)....

A young girl named Amanda longs for a change from her everyday life and dreams of seeing the Eiffel Tower. Stepping out of her comfort zone, she takes the plunge...

Bec Reich is recovering from surgery when Emily phones, so naturally Bec thinks she is hallucinating. Emily, famous worldwide for her paintings and also for her madness, lives in Beijing...

In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of The Hydro Majestic - Medlow Bath, where trouble seems distant indeed. And then Harry Simpson...

Being a grandmother is one of life's most important roles and many women can feel unprepared to take it on. New Age Nanas presents the rich and diverse views of...

Ally Queen, is fifteen, flat-chested and totally trapped in a tiny coastal town where the killer pythons are stale and there are only three types of people- bogans, surfies and...

Set largely in wartime and postwar Sandringham, in Melbourne's bayside 'sand belt' of suburbia, this is a story of an average Australian family in a middling period of our history,...

'After spending much of my life dedicated to the serious craft of politics, I have to admit that I am distressed by what it is becoming. Under siege from commercial...

We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study...

Infamous erotica author and accomplished dominatrix Nora Sutherlin is doing something utterly out of character this summer: hiding. While her longtime lover, Soren- whose fetishes, if exposed, would be his...

Rose Zarelli, self-proclaimed word geek and angry girl, has some confessions to make... 1) I'm livid all the time. Why? My dad died. My mum barely talks. My brother abandoned...

Liesel Albright has dreamed of starting a family. She never bargained on inheriting one already in progress...or one so deeply damaged. When nineteen-year-old Sunshine appears on the Albrights' doorstep claiming...

Laura Brandon's promise to her dying father was simple: to visit an elderly woman she'd never heard of before. A woman who remembers nothing- except the distant past. Visiting Sarah...

In many ways, Carrie Parker is like any other eight-year-old. She plays make-believe, 'hates' school, dreams of faraway places and things. But even her naively hopeful mind can't shut out...

The unscrupulous new Council Chair has charged Jace, Marc and me with trespassing, kidnapping, murder and treason. Yeah, we've been busy. But now it's time to take justice into our...

Bridget Duke is the uncontested ruler of her school. The meanest girl with the biggest secret insecurities. But when new girl Anna Judge arrives, things start to fall apart for...

Sometimes playing cat and mouse in no game Play? Right. My pride is under fire from all sides, my father's authority is in question and my lover is in exile....

A beautiful Christmas story based on the traditional legend of the Christmas Rose. The fields near Bethlehem are filled with great joy when angels appear telling of the birth of...

The world is in economic meltdown but a mining town of Hopetoun, Western Australia, is booming.With the town's population exploding, it's easy enough to hide a crime - and a...

The Seeker: Delia Sebastian is a trained historian and psychic. Former army captain Jake Tyler is her swaggering ex-lover, who can read her most intimate thoughts - and desires. Together...

'Real and Reel' is a light-hearted, ironic account of a lifetime's addiction. It is one person's story, but it may strike familiar sparks among many others. Though there have been...

What if it is simply unconscious biases - in the way of memory, emotion and attention - that produce most misunderstandings and conflicts between people, groups and even nations? The...

Unknowingly bound to two souls for eternity, and the emotional tug of war between them, Ana delves into the deep, dark secrets of her family's long standing ties to witchcraft...

The motionless form of a giant of Gath lay face down on the battlefield of Shochoh and blood from his forehead seeped into the earth below his face. The great...

Introducing the gorgeous Violet Mackerel, a character who girls 5 + are going to fall in love with. Violet Mackerel thinks she would QUITE LIKE to own the blue china...

Set in Sydney in the nineteenth century, when Henry Parkes asked Florence Nightingale for trained nurses to reform the previously turgid and oppressive hospital system in the fledgling colony. Electra...

Our media is full of parenting success stories: pregnancy through IVF, becoming first-time parents after age 45, overcoming mental or physical barriers to successfully conceive, or even surrogacy. But what...

In an age of ever increasing litigation we have become highly tuned to the need for justice. But is there room for mercy? In this book Fr Ken Barker argues...

The Little Black School Book, Volume 2 (Exams) can be appreciated as a sequel to Volume 1 (Essays) or enjoyed on its own. It provides you with powerfully effective exam...

'The process of photography is so beautiful that sometimes I find myself working in a state of absolute disbelief as the pictures present themselves to me.' This is Australia through...

How strong was the American economy going into the present crisis? How strong will it be a year from now? How about five years from now? Investors and citizens around...

In 2005, in the wake of the Cornelia Rau scandal, a citizen's inquiry was established to bear witness to events in Australian immigration-detention facilities. Until then, the federal government had...

David Donald is a simple boy with an amazing bowling arm. He's a spinner who becomes the stuff of legend. His guardian, Uncle Michael, is also a spinner - a...

Speed up your metabolism and lose weight naturally How would you feel if you knew exactly what to do to finally shed unwanted body fat and keep it off Imagine...

Zac's going to boot camp! Zac loves doing drills - he's always been top of the spy ladder. But then there's an emergency at the camp, and this time it's...

Lorraine McGee-Sippel was just a small girl when she asked her parents what a half-caste was. It was the 1950s and the first step on a journey that would span...

From the popular and respected Marie Claire series comes this delicious collection of 65 lunch recipes. marie claire Lunch is full of tasty recipe ideas, some of which you can...

John Perkins' controversial expose', Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, became an international word-of-mouth sensation, a long-running New York Times bestseller, sold over 20000 copies in Australia and NZ. But...

High-profile Australian and international personalities discuss the role of spirituality in their personal lives and the life of the nation. Australian contributors include Clive Hamilton, John Anderson, Tim Flannery, Duncan...