Category Archives: Accessories
An Unkindness of Ravens: A Book of Collective Nouns
Why are geese in a gaggle? Are crows really murderous? And what makes lions so proud? Collective nouns are one of the most charming oddities of the English language, often with seemingly bizarre connections to the groups they identify. But have you ever stopped to wonder where these peculiar terms actually came from? Most of
The Quarry
On a lonely stretch of road a nameless man commits a murder. The victim is a religious minister on his way to take up a post in a nearby town. The murderer decides to steal the dead man`s identity in order to conceal the crime. But one of his first duties as the new minister
Secrets of the Rainforest
Discover the amazing animals that live in the lush rainforest, with this gorgeously illustrated book of natures hidden habitats. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a light behind each page, young children will be able to discover the animals and plants that live in and around a kapok tree, from
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who`s Been There
Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you, you lose a family member, you can`t pay the bills. But it can be pretty great, too: you`ve had the hottest sex of your life, you get that plum job, you muster the courage to write your novel. Everyday across the world, people go through the
Build! A Knight`s Castle: Pop Out and Build a Castle Battle Scene
Think like an archaeologist with this fun paper-craft title! Readers are given information about how archaeologists uncover remains, and use secondary sources. They are then given visual and textual clues about the site of a medieval castle, which was the location of a sieged battle. The final part of the book contains the press-out pieces
Spirit House
David is thirteen and confused. His mum has left with her lover and dumped David on his grandparents. David`s grandfather, Jimmy, is seventy. He spends his days at the social club grumbling with his three best friends, all of them Jewish-Australian survivors of the enforced labour camps of the WWII Thai-Burma Railroad. But behind their
The Gypsy Goddess
Tamil Nadu, 1968. Village landlords rule over a feudal system that forces peasants to break their backs in the fields or suffer beatings as punishment. In the misery of their daily lives it is little wonder that the Communist Party begins to gain traction, a small spark of defiance spreading from villager to villager. As
Barracuda
Daniel Kelly, a talented young swimmer, has one chance to escape his working-class upbringing. His astonishing ability in the pool should drive him to fame and fortune, as well as his revenge on the rich boys at the private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. Everything Danny has ever done, every sacrifice
The Death`s Head Chess Club
SS Obersturmfuhrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz from the Russian front. After being badly wounded he is fit only for administrative duty and his first and most pressing task is to improve flagging camp morale. He sets up a chess club which thrives, as the officers and enlisted men are allowed to gamble on the
The Impostor
When Adam moves into an abandoned house on the dusty edge of town, he is hoping to recover from the loss of his job and his home in the city. But when he meets Canning – a shadowy figure from his childhood – and Canning`s enigmatic and beautiful wife, a sinister new chapter in his
The Iceberg: A Memoir
โ€In 2008 the art critic Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The tumour was located in the area controlling speech and language, and would eventually rob him of the ability to speak. He died early in 2011. Marion Coutts was his wife. In short bursts of beautiful, textured prose, Coutts describes the eighteen
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Romans but Were Afraid to Ask
The Romans left a long-lasting legacy and their influence can still be seen all around us – from our calendar and coins, to our language and laws – but how much do we really know about them? Help is at hand in the form of Veni, Vidi, Vici, which tells the remarkable, and often surprising,
Himmler`s Cook
Aged 105, Rose has endured more than her fair share of hardships: the Armenian genocide, the Nazi regime, and the delirium of Maoism. Yet somehow, despite all the suffering, Rose never loses her joie de vivre. As she looks back over her long life – one of survival and, sometimes, one of retribution – she
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: Extraordinary Journeys into the Human Brain
What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this gripping and illuminating book, Dr Allan Ropper reveals the extraordinary stories behind some of the life-altering afflictions that he and his staff are confronted with at the Neurology Unit of Harvard`s Brigham and Women`s Hospital. Like Alice
How to be Normal: A Guide for the Perplexed
โ€Normal people are extremely unusual. Think of all the people you know and ask yourself how many are normal. None of them! In fact you`re probably the most normal of the lot and, let`s face it, even you`re not that normal. All normal people believe they are a little bit different, a little bit unique
The Good Doctor
Laurence Walters arrives at his rural hospital posting full of optimism. Frank, the disgruntled deputy, is forced to share his room with the new arrival but is determined to stay out of Laurence`s ambitious schemes. When the dilapidated hospital is looted, the two men find themselves uneasy allies in a world where the past is
The Jesus Man: A Dark and Violent Novel from the Author of the Slap, About the Effect of Pornography on an Australian Family
The Jesus Man tells the story of one family, trapped between conflicting identities – while the parents were born Greek and Italian, the three sons, Dom, Tommy and Louie, have grown up as Australians. Haunted by their history and increasing inability to relate to each other, Tommy inexorably descends into a cycle of violence, pornography
Akram`s War: A Novel of One Young Muslim`s Journey to Radicalization
One night, Akram Khan walks out of his house towards an appointed time and place where he is supposed to detonate a bomb that will end his life and that of many innocent bystanders. As he wanders through the town he encounters Grace, whose life has been marred just as his has, forming an unlikely
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language
In this original and highly accessible book, Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient world, including science, religion, military
