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Shipwrecks: Australia's Greatest Maritime Disasters
From the first wreck in 1622 off Western Australia to the tradegy of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race this book captures all the drama of Australia's maritime history. McHugh has made extensive use of first-hand accounts and contemporary records and also delves into the mysteries & controversies...
A Clockwork Orange
In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost?...
Collected Stories
This title features three classic Ruth Rendell stories: "Means of Evil", "The Fallen Curtain" and "The Fever Tree". Ruth Rendell is unequalled in her ability to weave stories that challenge our preconceptions and prejudices, from Wexford and Burden's investigation of a wife's apparent suicide, with all ...
Teachings of Don Juan
The first book in Carlos Castaneda's spiritual journey into the world of sorcery... In 1960 Carlos Castaneda first met don Juan, a Yaqui Indian feared and shunned by the ordinary folk of the American Southwest because of his unnatural powers. During the next five years don Juan's arcane knowledge led Ca...
Inferno: Popular Penguins
Welcome to hell.On Good Friday evening in the year 1300, Dante finds himself lost in a dark and menacing wood. The ghost of Virgil offers to lead him to safety but the path lies through the terrifying kingdom of Satan. On his journey deep into the underworld, Dante crosses paths with both old acquaintan...
Puffin Nibbles: The Littlest Pirate
Nicholas Nosh, the littlest pirate in the world, isn't allowed to go to sea. When his parents board their ship, 'The Pig's Breakfast' and sail off to capture treasure, Nicholas is left at home with his babysitter, Gretta and some lazy pirates. But Nicholas has other ideas - he is going to run away and l...
Wendy
Wendy doesn't want to be just any old chicken. She wants ADVENTURE. She wants EXCITEMENT. She wants TO BE A STAR! And then a travelling circus comes to town ...'This chicken is destined for great things!' The Pecking Order Post 'Gus Gordon's delightful Wendy is a trill-seeking chicken with enough ambiti...
Children of the King
Three children have been sent to live in the countryside, safe from the war in London. When they find two boys hiding in a castle, the past and future come together to make an extraordinary adventure. A hauntingly beautiful story from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers for adults and children....
Blue Dog
'The kind of book that changes readers for the better' Guardian When a family tragedy means Mick is sent to the outback to live with his Granpa, it looks as if he has a lonely life ahead of him. The cattle station is a tough place for a child, where nature is brutal and the men must work hard in the hea...
Guff (HB)
This is my Guff.He's really nice.I've known him since I was little.And I still know him even now I'm big...A funny and delightful picture book for 4+ for anyone who's ever had a little fabric friend. From the award-winning and best-selling author, Aaron Blabey....
Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492-1900
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY AND OBSERVER Belonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour. From the Jews' expulsion from Spain in 1492 it tells the stories not just of...
It's Not Scribble to Me
Have you ever had so many wonderful, wild and beautiful ideas that paper isn't enough to hold them all?Bear has. Upstairs and downstairs, outside and in, the whole house is covered in Bear's colourful art - even Bear's little sister. Can Bear convince her parents that she?s creating more than just 'scri...
The Warehouse
'Engrossing ... Big Brother meets Big Business - that pretty much nails it' Stephen King 'A gripping read, a literary blockbuster with brains. Horribly compelling' The Observer 'A triumph' The Guardian ___________________ In a world ravaged by bankruptcy and unemployment, Cloud is the only company left ...
Lessons in Stoicism - What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live
What aspects of your life do you really control? What do you do when you cannot guarantee that things will turn out in your favour? And what can Stoicism teach us about how to live together? In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoics believe? In Lessons i...
The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or famine-stricken the source.'The definitive, eye-opening story of the most powerful and secretive traders in the world.' Bradley Hope, co-author of Billion Dollar Whale_____The modern world is built on com...
My First Classic Library (Peter Rabbit)
The ideal introduction to some of Beatrix Potter's best-loved tales, including The Tale of Peter Rabbit.The perfect gift to introduce the classic tales of Beatrix Potter.This wonderful collection brings together the first four Beatrix Potter stories. Featuring a mischievous little rabbit and his friends...
Bullet Train
Five killers. One train journey. But who will survive? An original and propulsive thriller from a Japanese bestseller.Five killers. One train journey. But who will survive? An original and propulsive thriller from a massive Japanese bestseller.*SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BRAD PITT AND SA...
Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War
Brendan Simms, Charles Laderman
A riveting account of Pearl Harbor and the five history-making days that followedThis gripping book dramatizes the extraordinarily compressed and terrifying period between the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war on the United States. These five days transformed much ...
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