Sorry by Gail Jones
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australian author
This is a story that can only be told in a whisper...In the remote outback of North-west Australia, English anthropologist Nicholas Keene and his wife Stella raise a curious child, Perdita. Her childhood is far from ordinary; a shack in the wilderness, with a distant father burying himself in books and ...Show more
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
* Reissued in a new look is this richly imagined historical novel that combines mystery, history, politics and passion in a story of gripping power, from the author of SACRED HEARTS
A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Former steel worker Harry Perkins, has, against all the odds, led the Labour Party to a stunning victory at the general election. His manifesto includes the removal of American bases, public control of finance, and the dismantling of the newspaper monopolies. The Establishment is appalled by the prospec ...Show more
The Ghost Writer by Robert Harris
$24.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now...' The narrator of Robert Harris's gripping new novel is a professional ghostwriter - cynical, mercenary, and with a nice line in deadpan humour. Accustomed to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities, he jumps ...Show more
Sand by Robert Drewe
$27.95 AUD
Category: Australian author
Renowned novelist and creative non-fiction writer Robert Drewe teams up with internationally acclaimed poet John Kinsella to explore a common geography in poetry and prose. Sand is quintessentially Australian. It is a property from which many of our stories, assumptions and geographical reckonings are d ...Show more
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
'A small wonder of a book . . . A particular historical moment, one that cannot be told too often' Guardian What happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil? Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted ...Show more
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
This is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. These are beguiling, provocative stories about manipulative men and the women who outwit them, about destructive marriages and curdled friendships, about mothers and sons, about moments which change or haunt a life. Alice Munro's stories surprise and ...Show more
Savage Crows,the by Robert Drewe
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian author
This story, of a tragic, cruel, brave and misguided episode in Australia's history - the "saving" of the Tasmanian Aboriginies - is seen through the eyes of an obsessive young narrator, looking back over time. It portrays the collision of worlds, generations and mythologies.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
The acclaimed Couture Classics with cover designs by Ruben Toledo have become collector's items in the worlds of literature, fashion, design, and popular culture. Now, Toledo's signature style graces the covers of three new Deluxe Editions of gothic literature greats-"Jane Eyre, Dracula," and "The Pictu ...Show more
Quiver: A Book of Erotic Tales by Tobsha Learner
$24.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A collection of stories focusing on the spontaneous erotic experiences of a small group of middle-class acquaintances, from the heterosexual to the bisexual, and from the exhibitionistic to the sadomasochistic.
The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
$25.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
The Bronte family was a literary phenomenon unequalled before or since. Both Charlotte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights have won lofty places in the pantheon and stirred the romantic sensibilities of generations of readers. For the first time ever, Penguin Classics unites these two enduring fav ...Show more
The Last Talk with Lola Faye by Thomas H. Cook
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Thomas H. Cook returns to his home territory in this Southern Gothic mystery set in Alabama. Luke Paige, historian and writer, is signing his latest work in a bookstore when in the queue he spots a woman he hoped never to see again. Lola Faye was once his father's secret lover, the destroyer of his chil ...Show more