Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
$16.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
This tale of lost innocence and adulthood gained has its roots in the events of summer, 1948. It is at that time in Montana, childhood home of David Hayden, that the memories of those closest to the then 12-year-old David are revealed, showing him that truth is not what he had believed it to be.
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac & William Burroughs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
In 1944, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs were charged as accessories to murder. One of their friends, Lucien Carr, had stabbed another, David Kammerrer. Carr had come to each of them and confessed; Kerouac helped him get rid of the weapon - neither told the police. For this failing they were arres ...Show more
Max by Avi Duckor-Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A beautifully written coming-of-age novel from an exciting new voice in antipodean fiction I want to let her know that choosing something is the entire problem. How do you choose something without feeling the undeniable loss of everything you rejected? Max is about to finish high school. On the surface ...Show more
An Offer From A Gentleman (#3 Bridgertons) by Julia Quinn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Bridgertons Ser.
From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Benedict Bridgerton, in the third of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. BENEDICT'S STORY Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to s ...Show more
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Irresistibly funny, wise and thought-provoking, The Bee Sting is a tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car dealership is going under, and while his wife is frantically selling o ...Show more
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (#4 Bridgertons) by Julia Quinn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Bridgertons Ser.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington, in the fourth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. COLIN AND PENELOPE'S STORY Penelope ...Show more
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue R ...Show more
The Double Comfort Safari Club (No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #11) by Alexander McCall Smith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 11 | Reading Level: good-very good
Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe--with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi--navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, goo ...Show more
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12) by Alexander McCall Smith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 12 | Reading Level: very good
As the countdown to Mma Makutsi's wedding begins, all is not as it should be at the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. While investigating unpleasant occurrences on a southern cattle-post, Mma Ramotswe, always on the side of the weak against the strong, has reason to reflect on Rule No.3 of The Principles o ...Show more
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. 'Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls' One Day' The Times While Riley Purefoy and Peter Locke fight for their country, their survival and their sanity in the trenches of Flanders, Nad ...Show more
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Lucy has been writing her dissertation on Sappho for nine years when she and her boyfriend break up in a dramatic flameout. After she bottoms out in Phoenix, her sister in Los Angeles insists Lucy dog-sit for the summer. Annika's home is a gorgeous glass cube on Venice Beach, but Lucy can find little re ...Show more
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: good
In one of the most striking opening scenes ever written, a bizarre ballooning accident and a chance meeting give birth to an obsession so powerful that an ordinary man is driven to the brink of madness and murder by another's delusions. Ian McEwan brings us an unforgettable story--dark, gripping, and br ...Show more