Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
$19.95 AUD
$24.95 (20% off)
Category: General
The Doctor will see you now...Meet Peter Brown, a young Manhattan ER Doctor who has a past he'd prefer to stay hidden. When a figure from the old days emerges, it looks increasingly unlikely that his secret will stay intact. Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is given three months to live, and it's ...Show more
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
$32.95 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: good
One of the great untold love stories - how the Grimm brothers discovered their famous fairy tales - filled with drama and passion, and taking place during the Napoleonic Wars. The Wild Girl tells the story of Dortchen Wild. Growing up next door to the Grimm brothers in Hesse-Cassel, a small German kingd ...Show more
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
$32.95 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were s ...Show more
Nemesis (#20 Falco) by Lindsey Davis
$19.95 AUD
Category: General | Series: Falco
In the high summer of 77 AD, Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. Newly bereaved and facing unexpected upheavals in his life, it is a relief for him to consider someone else's misfortunes. A middle-aged couple who supplied statues to his father, Geminus, have disappeared in ...Show more
Jellybird by Lezanne Clannachan
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
'I'm good at secrets,' Libby says. Yes, thinks Jessica, I bet you are ...Jessica should have everything to make her happy: a loving husband, a growing reputation as a jewellery designer, hope for a family of her own in the future. Then she meets Libby - flattering, attentive - and believes she has found ...Show more
The Moon And Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
$12.95 AUD
Category: General | Series: Vintage classics
Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by ...Show more
Trespass by Rose Tremain
$19.95 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
In a silent valley stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic so haunted by his violent past that he's become incapable of all meaningful action, letting his hunting dogs starve and his land go to ruin. Meanwhile, his sister, Audrun, alone in her modern bu ...Show more
Where is Dr Leichhardt?: The Greatest Mystery in Australian History by Darrell Lewis
$39.95 AUD
Category: General | Series: Australian studies
The vast deserts of Outback Australia hold many secrets, but there is one great mystery which stands out among all others the mystery of the lost Leichhardt expedition. In April 1848 Ludwig Leichhardt and six other men set out westward from the Queensland frontier, heading for Swan River settlement in W ...Show more
The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain; Gallic Books Staff (Translator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
This prize-winning French bestseller is a charming fable about the power of a hat that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through French life during the Mitterrand years. Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois M ...Show more
The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story by Matt Bondurant
$39.99 AUD
Category: General
Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant's grandfather and two granduncles, The Wettest County in the World is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition a ...Show more
Dawn on a Distant Shore by Sara Donati
$19.95 AUD
Category: General
In this long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Into the Wilderness, award-winning storyteller Sara Donati once again effortlessly blends fact and fiction into an epic tale of adventure and romance. Into the Wilderness was hailed by bestselling author Diana Gabaldon as 'one of those rare stories that let ...Show more
The Light and the Dark by Mikhail Shishkin
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
Picture two people, young and in love. Picture them being separated from one another. Picture them keeping their love alive through letters. So far, so simple. Now imagine they've not just been separated geographically, but also historically. Imagine that their love and letters now defy time and place, ...Show more