Second-hand Books

Welcome, baby, to this world Lashes long and fingers curled. From the bestselling author of THERE'S ONLY ONE MUM LIKE YOU comes a warm, heartfelt and modern new baby book.

Ngarta and Jukuna lived in the Great Sandy Desert. They traversed country according to the seasons, just as the Walmajarri people had done for thousands of years. But it was...

High Infdelity is a delightful, warming and a rming romance about one woman's review of her values, her search for love, and the trip-ups along the way. It is well...

For as long as people have lived in Australia, the shark has loomed large in our fears. From the Noongar people of Western Australia who stayed out of the water...

The 7th title in the new series of photographic souvenir guides to the iconic places of Australia from Australian Geographic and Woodslane Press. This 64-page large format book is full...

Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames or bonfires to modern-day lighthouse keeping. Yet most of their stories are little-known. Guiding Lights...

Age range 9 to 12 Winning the Melbourne Cup was just the beginning for Subzero and his best mate Graham Salisbury. Never has there been a greater bond between man...

Augustin is a poor boy who lives in a barn. Celine is a rich girl who lives in a mighty palace. Together they escape into the sky . . ....

Jingle all the way to Christmas with the very first Grug hardback - the perfect gift for younger readers. Grug's first Christmas means lots of lovely surprises for Grug's bush...

Born in 1965 in Taizhou, Zhejiang, Hai An, Chinese scholar-poet and translator, whose real name is Li Dingjun, was the winner of Shanghai Cultural Development Fund (2007), Chinese National Social...

The compelling second volume of the bestselling French fantasy series The Mirror Visitor Quartet-winner of the 2016 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire - Roman jeunesse francophone Suddenly Ophelia finds herself thrust...

Lian Knight has recreated the amazing life of her grandfather, a war hero. What has been published about him is extraordinary 2000 newspaper articles, many printed more than a century...

Mostly Guilty deals with the workings of the lowest level of the Australian legal system. It s about the down-to-earth cases that happen daily in Magistrates Courts. It does so...

The best of Brien Cole's work is the story of Morning Parrot Trees. And it is superb. The concreteness and fantasy of Fisher's search for the parrot flower are perfectly...

King Asa has ruled for many years, but his time is running out. The unfortunate mistakes of the past continue to haunt him, and trouble is brewing in Judah. The...

"I was twenty-one years old when the letter arrived. It was the most exciting letter I ever received. Written in my father's untidy scrawl, it had obviously been sent in...

It was on my 17th birthday that I first heard - or felt - God's voice. In those days, we seemed to have a happy extended family in Anathoth and...

Jayden James thought his family of five was perfect until last Wednesday when Mitchell David arrived. Now the car's too small, picnics are ruined and no one's paying attention to...

The mission of this book is to detail how to better harness the power of the products of photosynthesis to offset adverse climate change. Specifically, this book asserts that trees...

The quarter-century since 1990 has witnessed an unprecedented economic performance by Australia. It stands as an extraordinary world achievement.A prospering economy in an era in which the rest of the...

Broaden your perspective and discover practical ways to feel more at peace with life and within yourself. Between these covers, you'll find tools that will help you savour the good...

How being called 'the world's ugliest woman' transformed one woman's life - and inspired millions of others. Because of a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez has dealt with harassment about...

Travelling with your beloved dog, cat, bird or horse? Independently researched and collated, this newly updated third edition explores the best pet-friendly accommodation (from 5-star hotels to campgrounds) between Melbourne...

A beautifully illustrated and superbly sung collection of 7 classic lullaby rhymes, including Hush Little Baby, Don't Say a Word; Lavender's Blue; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and more.

Three friends: a boy, a girl and a baboon that can talk. One will be orphaned, one will be shot, and one will die. How can there be a happy...

Jess Gordon is out for revenge. Last year the jocks from Knights College tried to shame her best friend. This year she and a hand-picked college girl gang are going...

"In the 1600s Sara de Vos, a mother and painter, loses her young daughter suddenly to illness. In her grief, she secretly begins painting a dark landscape of a girl...

Australia's funniest maths dude is back with another bumper activity book for young and eager minds! Packed full of games, puzzles, quizzes - along with heaps of stuff to draw,...

Do we all have a spirit guide to watch over us? Where do our loved ones go when they die? Can they return to visit and what signs do they...

Have you ever gazed into the night sky at the stars? Have you ever asked yourself questions that make you feel small and insignificant in the vastness of space and...

In the isolated community of Wala Wala, Senior Constable Ray Lorkin struggles to keep an uneasy peace between Aboriginal tradition and the law he is sworn to uphold. But when...

Curious to discover how you can become a high-performing human? High performance is reserved for the special ones - the untouchables, the unbreakables. It's simply not attainable for the ordinary...

AS THE WORLD SWIRLS IN MILITARY CONFLICT, SOCIAL DISORDER AND CLIMATE CATASTROPHE, GOVERNMENT LEADERS RECRUIT SUPER-FORECASTERS - THEIR NATION'S MOST NON-BIASED CITIZENS - TO PREDICT EVENTS AND PROPOSE POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS......

Paris, the early 1980s It is eight o'clock, and the final glimpse of light has just disappeared. The parquetry floorboards are cold, and so is the whisky next to the...

Whether your boss has just fired you through a bathroom door or you need a reminder that hot people aren't that interesting, there's no better guide than Jennifer Coolidge. The...

Suicides, hangings, shootings, car accidents, drownings, cliff falls, electrocutions ... Detective Peter Seymour has seen every type of death imaginable in his time in the NSW Coroner's Court and, after...

CHARLOTTE IS AN ORDINARY TEENAGE GIRL... BUT HER LOVE LIFE IS ANYTHING BUT! From dating the high school misfit-turned-jock, Samuel, to the charming, intelligent, best-looking-guy-ever named Sebastian, Charlotte has no...

"There is surely nobody more qualified to tell the stories of the families of missing people than Nicole Morris, who has dedicated much of her life to the selfless and...

In this origin story, pygmy sloth, Romeo Fortez, is born on remote Escudo Island. At his naming ceremony, a once-in-a-millennium event imbibes him with powers of speed, intelligence, and irresistibly...

Australia is full of girls who dare to do things differently. Adventurous girls. Girls with guts and spirit. You know what they are They're FIERCE. And these are their stories....

Tony Thomas's Anthem of the Unwoke is a new portfolio of his trademark anti-woke essays. He skewers the climate crazies, the green/Left brainwashing and textbooks in schools, the Aboriginal industry,...

From the most famous comedic actor in Ukraine to the most famous political hero in the world today, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky became the unlikely hero of our time. He...

Are you having trouble choosing a name for your baby? Do your parents want to follow a family tradition? Does your partner really like a name you absolutely hate? Or...

This new edition in Australias bestselling walking guide series introduces the best walks for visitors and residents alike, ranging from fascinating city walks, leisurely cliff-top and beach strolls to the...

Lyrical and breathtaking, a study of grief, migration, and motherhood from one of Sweden's most exciting new novelists. In an unnamed coastal city filled with refugees, the mother of a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION An exquisite portrait of Kate Grenville's complex, conflicted grandmother-a woman Kate feared as a child, and only came to understand in adulthood....