Love by Angela Carter; Audrey Niffenegger (Introduction by)
$12.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
"One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed her for she had no instinct for self-preservation if she was confronted by ambiguities." Annabel and Lee are married; Lee and Buzz are brothers. A quirky threesome, they have s ...Show more
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
$9.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Penguin English Library
'It was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation, that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions'. A searing, shocking tale of women as consumer items in a man's world, "The House of Mirth" sees Lily Bart, beautiful and charming, living among the wealthy families of ...Show more
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The Century Trilogy 1 | Reading Level: very good
The first in Ken Follett's bestselling Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh ...Show more
Mary Ann in Autumn (#08 Tales of the City) by Armistead Maupin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Tales of the City - Old covers
Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pursue her dream of a television career in New York. Now, a pair of personal calamities has driven her back to the city of her youth and into the arms of her oldest friend, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, a gay ga ...Show more
Forecast: Turbulence by Janette Turner Hospital
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Forecast: Turbulence is a breathtaking and exquisitely lyrical collection of nine short stories and one memoir piece from Janette Turner Hospital. Featuring a compelling and enigmatic cast of characters - a loner obsessed with the beautiful face of a neighbour; a militant religious cult; the mute skippe ...Show more
In One Person by John Irving
$32.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Spanning fifty years, In One Person is an breathtaking examination of sexual identity. A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual ...Show more
The Last Thread by Michael Sala
$24.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
This poignant, haunting and beautiful novel retells Michael Sala's fascinating life through fiction. From his early years in the Netherlands to moving (twice) to Australia in the 1980s, 'Michaelis' recalls the mysterious secret surrounding his estranged father, the relentless bullying of his stepfather, ...Show more
Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: good
Vienna, 1913. It is a fine day in August when Lysander Rief, a young English actor, walks through the city to his first appointment with the eminent psychiatrist Dr Bensimon. Sitting in the waiting room he is anxiously pondering the particularly intimate nature of his neurosis when a young woman enters. ...Show more
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
$26.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: good-very good
An unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraq veteran and poet, The Yellow Birds is already being hailed as a modern classic. Everywhere John looks, he sees Murph. He flinches when cars drive past. His fingers clasp around the rifle he hasn't held for months. Wide-eyed s ...Show more
Amsterdam Stories by Nescio
$27.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
H. F. Gr nloh was a successful Dutch businessman, executiveof the Holland-Bombay Trading Company and father offour, with a secret life: under the pseudonym Nescio (Latin for"I don't know"), he wrote a series of short stories that wentunrecognized at the time but that are now widely consideredthe best pr ...Show more
The Memory Tree by Tess Evans
$27.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
When Paulina dies mid-dance, leaving 12-year-old Zav and 7-year-old Sealie with Hal, their loving yet often unstable father, the family decides to plant a tree in her memory. This beautiful magnolia tree grows apace with the children, standing proud in the garden, a special place where secrets are whisp ...Show more
The Amber Amulet by Craig Silvey
$16.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: 12+
Meet twelve-year-old Liam McKenzie, who patrols his suburban neighbourhood as the Masked Avenger - a superhero with powers so potent not even he can fully comprehend their extent. Along with his sidekick, Richie the Powerbeagle, he protects the people of Franklin Street from chaos, mayhem, evil and low ...Show more