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The Winter of Frankie Machine
<p>Frank Machianno is a retired hit man. But a favour called in by the local boss is one Frank simply can't refuse, and before he knows it he's sucked back into the treacherous currents of his former life. Someone from his past wants him dead, and he has to figure out who, and why, and he ...
Why Weren't We Told?
Historian Henry Reynolds has found himself being asked these questions by many people, over many years, in all parts of Australia. The acclaimed Why Weren't We Told?is a frank account of his personal journal towards the realisation that he, like generations of Australians, grew up with a distorted and i...
The Dark Room
In a place and time with little tolerance for physical flaws, a photographer with a withered arm secures a chance to serve his country? As the war ends, a girl and her siblings flee to safety with a concentration camp survivor whose false papers claim he is Jewish? Half a century later a schoolteacher b...
Keep the Aspidistra Flying: Popular Penguins
A novel by the author of 1984 about a man determined to reject middle-class values who finds living in noble poverty more difficult than expected. Gordon Comstock despises the materialism and shallowness of middle-class life--the worship of money, the striving for dull, stuffy respectability. To live ...
Doctor Zhivago
"From the acclaimed translators of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, a stunning new translation of Boris Pasternak s Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, the first since the 1958 original. anned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during ...
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus Book 2)
Percy is confused. When he awoke after his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain-fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight. Somehow Percy managed to make it to the camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he had to continuall...
The Business Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
This is an innovative and accessible guide to business, management and commerce. Learning about business can be daunting, but The Business Book makes it easier than ever by giving you all the big ideas simply explained. Simple explanations and stylish infographics open up the business world to even the ...
Napoleon's Australia
A fascinating insight into French ambition and amity in Australia, bursting with joie de vivre' - David Hunt, bestselling author of GirtIn the northern winter of 1814, a French armada set sail for New South Wales. The armada's mission was the invasion of Sydney, and its inspiration and its fate were int...
Alice-Miranda 10th Anniversary HB
From bestselling author Jacqueline Harvey comes this new edition of Alice-Miranda at School.Can one tiny girl change a very big school? Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones is waving goodbye to her weeping parents and starting her first day at boarding school. But something is wrong at Wincheste...
Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman
A beautiful collectable gift edition celebrating the 30 year anniversary of the ultimate cult feminist classic Within every woman, there lies a powerful force of energy, creativity and self-knowing: their wild woman. For centuries, she has been repressed by a male-orientated value system that trivialise...
The Day the World Stops Shopping: How ending consumerism gives us a better life and a greener world
We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives and our future. This ground-breaking work of reporting and thought-experiment explores what would happen if we did.We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives...
The Power of Fun: Why fun is the key to a happy and healthy life
'An antidote to all the darkness' New York TimesWhen did you last feel exhilarated and lighthearted? When were you last engaged, focused and completely present? When is the last time you felt fully alive? In other words, when did you last have fun? In our always-on, tech-addicted lifestyles, we often th...
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