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In Zodiac Light
It is December 1922 and the aftershocks of the First World War continue to make themselves felt. Ex-soldier, poet and composer Ivor Gurney, suffering from increasingly frequent and deepening bouts of paranoid schizophrenia, is transferred to the City of London Mental Hospital, Dartford. Neglected by the...
Frozen Tracks
It's autumn in Gothenburg and an anxious mother calls the police; her little boy was lured into a car by a man offering sweets. The child is returned unharmed but then the same thing happens with a little girl, and then another. Each child attends a different nursery, and each parent contacts a differen...
My First Ever and Best Story Collection (Charlie and Lola)
This is a collection of five extremely good stories all about absolutely very important things like making friends, being independent and even taking part in your very first school sports day! It contains: 'You can be my friend', 'Help! I really mean it', 'I am really, really concentrating', 'I can do a...
Black Beauty (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Although his mother warns him that there are 'bad, cruel men? in the world, he begins his life in a happy home, with a friendly groom to look after him and plenty to eat. However, when a change of circumstances means that he is sold, he soon discovers the truth of his mother?s words. Anna Sewell?s movin...
The Americans, Baby
In The Americans, Baby the milieu is a Sydney under-40 population who, hoping that being earnest or outrageous will make them feel real, are left saturated with anxiety instead. An inherent resistance to American cultural intrusions and the risks that those from a great powerful land such as the US take...
A Man In Love (#2 My Struggle)
"'Intense and vital... Ceaselessly compelling... Superb' James Wood, New Yorker/b>his is a book about leaving your wife and everything you know. It is about fresh starts, about love, about friendship. It is also about the earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of fami...
Ballots Bullets and Kabulshit - An Afghan Election
Toby Ralph, described as one of the 'most powerful spinners and advisers in Australia', joined a UN team to assist with preparations for Afghanistan's 2009 presidential elections. Ballots, Bullets and Kabulshit offers a rare glimpse into the chaos and danger of attempting to deliver democracy in a war z...
Redwall (Vintage Classics) (#1)
Welcome to Redwall Abbey. Inside its enormous doors, mice live in peace, helping those in need and throwing epic feasts for the great and the good of Mossflower Woods. But outside a grave threat is gathering. An army of evil rats led by a vicious, one-eyed warlord, is on its way. Matthias is just one li...
I'm the King of the Castle
'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.' But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the large and rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Hooper sets about subtly persecut...
The Sandman Overture Deluxe Edition (Sandman Prequel)
Twenty-five years since The Sandman first changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman's legendary series is back in a deluxe hardcover edition! The Sandman: Overture heralds New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman's return to the art form that made him famous, ably abetted by artistic lum...
The Flower Workshop: Lessons in Arranging Blooms, Branches, Fruits, and Foraged Materials
Ariella Chezar, Julie Michaels
Written by a celebrated floral designer and lavishly illustrated with full-color photography, this book not only provides step-by-step instructions for 50 stunning floral projects from simple to spectacular, but also equips readers with the skills to customize arrangements at home. Whether hosting a par...
Gallipoli: from the author of The Opera House, Batavia and Mutiny on the Bounty
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail.Turkey regards the victory to this day as a defining moment in its histo...
Vacationland - True Stories from Painful Beaches
Disarmed of falsehood, he was left only with the awful truth- John Hodgman is an older white male monster with bad facial hair, wandering like a privileged Sasquatch through three wildernesses- the hills of Western Massachusetts where he spent much of his youth; the painful beaches of Maine that want to...
A Million Junes
Romeo and Julietmeets One Hundred Years of Solitudein Emily Henry's brilliant follow-up to The Love That Split the World, about the daughter and son of two long-feuding families who fall in love while trying to uncover the truth about the strange magic and harrowing curse that has plagued their bloodlin...
The Ladybird Big Book of Dead Things
Ned Hartley; Binny Talib (Illustrator)
Welcome to the Museum of Dead Things. Your expert guides are here to introduce you to the exhibits, from fierce dinosaurs to exploding dead stars. The Big Book of Dead Things is a funny, stylishly-illustrated non-fiction guide to all things dead and gone. The stylish illustrations and engaging animal ch...
Summer Will Show
The story of a young English aristocrat, who - cut adrift by tragedy - is led by her husband's former mistress deep into the fervour, chaos and blood of the French revolution. Summer Will Show is a fearless and wildly entertaining tale of loss and daring self-discovery....
Capital Hates Everyone - Fascism or Revolution
Maurizio Lazzarato; Robert Hurley (Translator)
Why we must reject the illusory consolations of technology and choose revolution over fascism. We are living in apocalyptic times. In Capital Hates Everyone, famed sociologist Maurice Lazzarato points to a stark choice emerging from the magma of today's world events: fascism or revolution. Fascism now d...
Baby Love
The bestselling, beloved Jacqueline Wilson returns with a brilliant novel for older readers. A heart-breaking, compelling and timely story for older readers about teen pregnancy, family trouble and unlikely friendships, set in 1960. When Laura meets a French exchange student, Leon, she is flattered by...
Artists: Inspiring Stories of the World's Most Creative Minds
Wonder at the incredible stories behind more than 50 artists who have inspired the worldMeet the cool creatives behind awe-inspiring art, with this non-fiction book for kids. Pour paint onto a canvas with Jackson Pollock, laugh along with the pranks of Hokusai, and find beauty in your self-portrait with...
The Colourful World of Poppy Starr Olsen
A funny and fresh novel for young readers from Australian Olympic skateboarder and creative soul Poppy Starr Olsen. Meet Poppy Starr Olsen. Poppy is twelve and bursting with energy. She loves everything active, from surfing, swimming and skating to playing soccer or rugby in the school yard. But there's...
The Tree at Number 43
A warm, inspirational story about determination, conservation, the magic of nature . . . and grandads. In a noisy, grey city, Sam and his Grandpa long for the deep, dark wonderful jungle. But when their dream comes true, can they find a way to protect it? A delightful story book for all generations abou...
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