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'A loving history of the Australian people' - Sydney Morning Herald '...displays historical literacy, and plenty of humanity, empathy and compassion, all qualities rare in our public culture to be cherished when we find them.' - Weekend Australian As...

'Natalie has a wealth of knowledge on so many topics and provides great bite-sized pieces of advice.' Nadia Lim 'Finally a book that deals with the things that really matter, based on the actual science and a depth of clinical experience.' Nigel Latta ...

Highly Commended in the 2022 NSW Premier's History Awards Some generations are born unlucky. Australians who survived the horrors of the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic that followed were soon faced with the shock of the Great Depression. Today...

Oats in the North, Wheat from the South is a guided tour of Great Britain's baking heritage. Each of the timeless recipes is accompanied by stories of the landscape, legends and traditions of Great Britain, from Saffron cake, Cornish pasties, Welsh Bara...

Selected as one of the Best Australian Fiction titles for 2023 by Readings Books Shortlisted, Literary Fiction Book of the Year, ABIA Awards Shortlisted, Fiction Award, South Australian Literary Awards Shortlisted, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, NSW...

'Karly Lane is without question the queen of rural romances.' Cindy L Spear At twenty-nine years old, single, living in a very small country town, and working in the same job she's had since she left school, some would say Bel Buckley's life is mediocre...

Make mealtime stress-free with 100 easy to prep grab bags, giving you freezer-ready recipes that save time, money and effort - perfect for people with busy lives.   Prep it, Freeze it, Cook it! The Grab Bag Everyday Cookbook is the ultimate guide...

She makes the rules, and God help anyone who dares to break them - Jia Khan had achieved power that most could only dream of. In a world full of self-posturing men she had given women a voice and had built a criminal empire that spanned the globe. But...

25 days, 25 chapters. This December, the countdown to Christmas will chill you to the bone. Hoping to bring his family closer together, Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain. Things take a dark turn, however, when someone...

Can she get it right the second time(line) around? Nieve Monroe is devastated. Her boyfriend Carter died trying to saving her from drowning, and she blames herself. Worse still, so does his best friend, Max, who never liked Nieve in the first place...

'Painting is a companion with whom one may hope to walk a great part of life's journey.' Winston Churchill first took up painting in 1915 and pursued it with great pleasure until his death in 1965. While largely self-taught, he was mentored by some of...

Meet Suki Cat - an adorable preschool character starring in a series of action-packed stories with easy-to-use sliders! Who will Suki be today? Peek inside the box and play! Toddlers will love discovering who Suki Cat will become at the start of each...

'A superb, sexy sequel to Presumed Innocent' Sunday Times 'A legend of suspense fiction' Steve Cavanagh 'The master of the courtroom drama' Daniel Silva 'A writer with few peers in any genre' David Baldacci Daily Mail Books to Watch 2025 The Times Best...

From the Booker Prize-winning John Banville comes a playful, multilayered novel of nostalgia, life and death, and quantum theory. A man with a borrowed name steps from a flashy red sports car? Also borrowed? Onto the estate of his youth. But all is not...

It's Christmas Eve, and Old Bear and the other toys are busy putting the finishing touches on the tree. Time is running out before the big day, but something is missing: the shining star that goes on top! The other toys all snuggle down to sleep, but one...

Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party! His friends have brought cheesy treats of every kind - there's even a dinosaur made of cheese! But - OH NO - Mo is ALLERGIC to dairy. Luckily his friends find a way to save the day and help Mo celebrate...

'Brilliant and necessary.' - Cariad Lloyd 'It's now top of my recommendation list!' - Dr Jo Steer 'Empowering' - Anna Mathur 'A revelation' - Char Bailey 'Engaging... well-researched' - Dr Tony Lloyd Darkly funny, relatable and unflinchingly honest,...

It's deep winter and time to light the fire, pull up a blanket and curl up with your cat. But has it occurred to you that your feline companion might be licking blood from its paws? Slink through shadows and brush with death in these three classic...

Broadway Tarot is based on the structure of the classic Rider-Waite system, featuring the 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana. Each card has been thoughtfully paired with an iconic Broadway musical, beautifully illustrated by Melbourne-based artist Ella...

5-minute calming stories and activities that explore the wonders of the universe, from a Zen Buddhist astrophysicist. Open your child's eyes to the wonders of the universe ... by looking up at bedtime! Take off on a remarkable journey through 20...

'So there is no one to whom I can speak the words thatmost need to be spoken, about the events which mostclosely concern our family and what has happened tous; I have to keep them bottled up inside me and thereare times when they threaten to choke me.' ...

Intervention; Reading; Phonics; SEN; Dyslexia; Dyslexic; Decodable; Explicit instruction; Practise reading; Consolidate reading; Reading skills; Reading knowledge gaps; Fluency Zak's adventures begin when he's captured by two men and his shepherd's...

'The demon's dagger teeth glinted. I'm going to tie you up and tip these spiders over you.' Spiders and snakes and rats? The slippery demons are going to make Tashi talk.and there's more trouble for Tashi when the fierce River Pirate returns without a...

The first monograph on the internationally celebrated Nigerian American painter who blends her personal history and the African diasporic identity in layered compositions "Critics have often (and rightly) marveled at the care and finesse with which...

'Everything around me went still...the warrior's eyes were following me' Spooky things happen when an ancient burial site is discovered in the village and Tashi is nearly buried alive! Then the precious Book of Spells disappears and the villagers won't...

WELCOME TO ARMERY ACADEMY. FIRST LESSON - SAVE YOUR SAVAGED LAND. A defiant heiress at an elite academy in a post-eco-apocalyptic Manhattan must survive brutal society trials, conceal a dangerous power, and resist her forbidden connection to a...

A number one bestseller, this favourite New Zealand novel captures a real 19th century community. A number one bestseller, this favourite New Zealand novel captures a real 19th century community. The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated...

Anything goes in the woods... Drowning in student loan debt, Claire Collins is about to be made an offer she can't refuse: spend thirty days indulging corporate lawyer Shane Underwood's primal desires in exchange for $30,000. All she has to do is give...

An enlightening guide to success, fulfilment and wholeness by the world's master of modern meditation, Deepak Chopra Discover the keys to a life of success, fulfilment, wholeness and plenty We live in a time of fear and insecurity, wrapped up in a...

A bestselling rural novel from the 'heart of Australian storytelling' Nicole Alexander. A Changing Land tells of one woman's fight to keep the farm that has been in her family for generations. A bestselling rural novel from the 'heart of Australian...

A sweeping rural saga through four generations of the Gordon family, from bestselling author Nicole Alexander, whose novels go right to the 'heart of Australian storytelling'. A sweeping rural saga through four generations of the Gordon family, from...

Ten years after the death of the magnetic Donald 'Sully' Sullivan, the town of North Bath is going through a major transition as it is taken over by its much wealthier neighbour, Schuyler Springs. Peter, Sully's son, is still grappling with his...

In March 2008, the Intelligence Bureau of Mashhad summoned Mahvash Sabet. She told her husband she would be back home in Tehran by the evening. She wouldn't be released for ten years. The authorities would go on to arrest every other member of the Y ir...

Between 1910 and 1970, Latin America experienced a rapid and radical transformation. Rural societies became urban, and peasants found themselves forced into precarious wage labor. The Latin American novel became the key witness to this upheaval,...

A practical card deck packed with traditional and modern discoveries to help you explore life-enhancing medicinal plantsOrganised by common health complaints: From arnica for aching muscles to sage for the mind and memory, many common garden plants have...

A high school romantic comedy with five times the cute girls! A high school boy must work part-time to help five sisters study so they can graduate, but the only thing these quintuplets have in common is that they all hate studying! A high school...

Part cookbook, part travelogue,Ikariais an introduction to the food-as-life philosophy of the Greek island "blue zone" and a culinary journey through luscious recipes, gorgeous photography, and captivating stories from locals. The remote and lush island...

Why do we collect? Is it to rescue objects from oblivion? Is it a kind of desire - or even a kind of madness? In this mosaic of fiction, philosophy, sociology, biography and autobiography, virtuoso thinker Robert Irwin takes us on a wayward journey...

From the author of the international bestseller The Elegance of The Hedgehog comes a mouth-watering tale delving into the life of a monstrous food critic. 'A foodie's delight; just don't read it when you're hungry'Daily Mail 'The exquisite...

For every book sold, a donation will be paid to Maggie's, a charity that helps families living with cancer. Discover the life of Sir Chris Hoy, the cycling champion who became an inspiration to millions. As a boy growing up in Scotland, Chris loved...

A classic Japanese mystery, from the author of The Honjin Murders 'The Japanese Agatha Christie' Sara Cox, Between the Covers Tokyo, 1947. The Pink Labyrinth is one of the bomb-scarred city's most shady neighbourhoods. There, in the dead of night a...

Intervention; Reading; Phonics; SEN; Dyslexia; Dyslexic; Decodable; Explicit instruction; Practise reading; Consolidate reading; Reading skills; Reading knowledge gaps; Fluency Zak is given a strange gift with special powers by his grandfather, but...

Marge is back and this time she's taking the Button family on a train journey. When Mum and Dad go out for a 'romantic' (i.e BORING) dinner, Marge takes the kids on an adventure of their own. Jakey's always longed to drive a train - and with Marge around...

Marge is back and exploring the neighbourhood with the kids! With some help from Jemima and Jake, can she stay in charge and keep 'pirate' baby Zara under control? And can the children make sure Marge behaves at Uncle Desmond and Annie's wedding? The...

My Roommate is a Vampire meets Casey McQuiston in this enemies-to-lovers queer paranormal romance. Samantha Cooper is having a day from hell. In less than 24 hours, her life has unravelled, leaving her single and with nowhere to live. To top it all...

Into the world of 1950s Ireland - a lushly green, windswept landscape studded with holy wells and the decaying country houses of a vanished ruling class - arrives Ithell Colquhoun. An occultist and a surrealist painter, Colquhoun's travels around the...