Sweeney and the Bicycles by Philip Salom
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
The scar on the back of Sweeney's head is shaped like an S. He is obsessed with the beauty of bicycles, which he steals after painting his face in astonishing shapes and patterns.Asha Sen is the psychiatrist he begins to see for sessions. Then he meets sisters Rose and Heather, two look-alike women who' ...Show more
Sydney Bridge Upside Down by David Ballantyne
$12.95 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"There was an old man who lived on the edge of the world and he had a horse called Sydney Bridge Upside Down. He was a scar-faced old man and his horse was a slow-moving bag of bones, and I start with this man and his horse because they were there for all the terrible happenings up the coast that summer ...Show more
Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
Terra Nullius (def): land belonging to no one; no man's land "Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was ...Show more
The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
'...this is a mighty fun read' - Jessie Tu Freycinet Barnes has built herself the perfect existence. With beautiful children, a successful husband and a well-ordered schedule, it's a life so full she simply doesn't fit. When she steps outside her calendar and is accidentally thrown into the generous b ...Show more
The Bellbird River Country Choir by Sophie Green
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
A warm-hearted story of fresh beginnings, unexpected friendships and the sustaining power of love and community, from the Top Ten bestselling author of The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle and Thursdays at Orange Blossom House.Bellbird River, 1998: Teacher and single mum Alex is newly arrived in the sm ...Show more
The Book Thief (PB) by Markus Zusak
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up an object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, and it is her first act of book thieve ...Show more
The Cattle King by Ion L Idriess
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
At the age of 13, Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King.
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
Kate Morton's highly acclaimed novels have sold over 11 million copies worldwide and are number one bestsellers around the world. '. . . in her most ambitious work yet . . . Morton proves once again that history is not a straight line but an intricate, infinite web.' - Booklist '. . .(a) meditative read ...Show more
The Dictionary of Lost Words: Over a million copies sold by Pip Williams
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words ...Show more
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
The discovery of a long-lost letter reveals an old secret and the truth behind a woman's mysterious past in the best-selling novel from international publishing sensation, Kate Morton, author of The Shifting Fog and The Forgotten Garden. Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a lon ...Show more
The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
The bestselling author of The Party returns with a deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing a dangerous past – and the wealthy society wife she saves from drowning, who pulls her into a dark web of secrets and lies. Lee Gulliver never thought she ...Show more