When the Heavens Went on Sale - The misfits and geniuses racing to put space within reach by Ashlee Vance
$35.00 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Acid-dropping NASA renegades and the new the space race no one knows is coming. When the Heavens Went on Sale is a fast-paced, exclusive, behind-the-scenes narrative about the race for space that's happening under our noses and over our heads. While the billionaire battles of Bezos vs Branson vs Musk do ...Show more
Island Home by Tim Winton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
I grew up on the world's largest island.' This apparently simple fact is the starting point for Tim Winton's beautiful, evocative and sometimes provocative memoir of how this unique landscape has shaped him and his writing. For over thirty years, Winton has written novels in which the natural world is a ...Show more
Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex & Intimacy by Krissy Kneen
$24.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
When she was a child Krissy Kneen fell deeply, helplessly in love with her own sexuality. As a young woman she pursued her desires down whatever risk-strewn paths they led. Now, middle-aged and happily married, she remains driven by the need for orgasm, racked by obsessive lust, constantly in thrall to ...Show more
The Sound Of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
'From its wonderfully atmospheric opening to its touching conclusion, this is a heartbreaking story, beautifully told' Literary Review From the winner of the Man Booker Prize. One of the most-loved and biggest-selling literary novels in Australian history.In the winter of 1954, in a construction camp in ...Show more
The Gilded Cage (#2 The Prison Healer) by Lynette Noni
$19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Kiva trades one cage for another when she leaves behind a deadly prison for a deceptive palace in this dark and dangerous sequel to The Prison Healer, from Australia's #1-bestselling YA author Lynette Noni. Kiva Meridan is a survivor. Not only did she survive Zalindov Prison, but also the deadly Trial b ...Show more
Notes on Her Colour by Jennifer Neal
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
A coming-of-age story from an American-Australian, with a speculative premise, but very much grounded in the reality of being a person of colour living in North America. 'It wasn't long before my wet and sticky fascination with life beyond the walls of our home could be read all over my face like soot' ...Show more
The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan by Mitchell Zuckoff
$35.00 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
The incredible, true story of a breathtaking rescue in the frenzied final hours of the US evacuation of Afghanistan - and how a brave Afghan mother and a compassionate American officer engineered a daring escape.When the US began its withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Afghan army instantly collapsed, ...Show more
A Nature Poem for Every Winter Evening by Jane McMorland Hunter
$27.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A wonderful bedside companion on a winter's evening to enjoy our place in nature, even on a cold wintery night, in a collection of poems taken from the Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year anthology. From Shakespeare to Keats to Ted Hughes, this is the perfect book to immerse yourself in the seaso ...Show more
Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game (#6 Mr. Lemoncello's Library) by Chris Grabenstein
$16.99 AUD
Category: 8-12 Fiction | Series: Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Before Mr. Lemoncello became everyone's favorite game maker, he was a kid who liked to roll the dice. . . . Discover the origins of what James Patterson calls the coolest library in the world in this PREQUEL to the New York Times bestselling Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. Go back to the START and ...Show more
Naked Ambition by Robert Gott
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
'You're a politician, a public figure. What on earth were you thinking?' Up-and-coming junior minister Gregory Buchanan has had a portrait painted of himself by the acclaimed artist Sophie White - a painting she intends to enter in this year's Archibald Prize. Until then, Gregory has hung it in pride of ...Show more
Croatia 2023 (DK Eyewitness) by DK Eyewitness
$32.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
Discover the sun-drenched Adriatic coast and explore ancient cities steeped in history.Whether you want to visit the medieval walled city of Dubrovnik, explore the quaint villages of enchanting Eastern Dalmatia or hike in breathtaking Plitvice Lakes National Park, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes s ...Show more
How Brave I Can Be (Teeny Tiny Stevies) by Byll Stephen, Beth Stephen, Teeny Tiny Stevies
$22.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books Hard Back
Empowering and fun picture books from the cool musician mums everyone loves to sing along with ... You've got my back, and I know that I've got this, I'll show you how brave I can be. 'Cause I had you to teach me.From Byll and Beth Stephen, the writers behind the ABC TV musical sensations Teeny Tiny Ste ...Show more