The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
In one terrible moment Jaxie Clackton's life is stripped to little more than what he can carry and how he can keep himself alive. There's just one person left in the world who understands him and what he still dares to hope for. But to reach her he'll have to cross the vast saltlands on a trek that only ...Show more
Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood
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Category: Contemporary | Series: The Maddaddam Trilogy | Reading Level: very good
The narrator of Margaret Atwood's riveting new novel is Snowman, self-named though not self-created. As the story opens, he's sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bed-sheet, mourning the loss of his beautiful and beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. Earlier, Snowman's ...Show more
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
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Category: Contemporary
"Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting on a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total fuckin embarrassment tae ...Show more
Hopscotch by Jane Messer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Forced into an early retirement due to illness, Sam Rosen has lost any semblance of control over his life. His frustration flares into rudeness and obstinacy frequently and bizarrely. His wife Rhonda, confined to the carer role, is feeling her identity ebb slowly away as her former life retreats further ...Show more
The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
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Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
The exhilarating new literary novel from the worldwide bestseller and master storyteller. A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING. When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman's child, she has no idea of the life-changing consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn ...Show more
Shallow Breath by Sara Foster
$32.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Shallow Breath is a mesmerising novel about family secrets and how far you would go to save someone you love. Two years ago, Desi Priest made a horrific mistake and destroyed her family. Now, she is coming home to make amends: to her daughter, Maya, who's nurturing her own dangerous plan; to her brother ...Show more
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
$35.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Mitch Albom creates his most unforgettable fictional character--Frankie Presto (eyy, Frankie Presto), the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth--in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our lives. An epic story of the greatest guitar player to ever live ...Show more
Dark Roots (Short Stories) by Cate Kennedy
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Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
SHORTLISTED FOR 2007 PREMIER'S QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS: AUSTRALIAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION OPRAH MAGAZINE 'NEW VOICE OF THE MONTH' In these sublimely sophisticated tales, Cate Kennedy opens up worlds of finely observed detail. Her stories are populated by people at tipping points in their lives -- m ...Show more