The Poison Principle : A Memoir about family secrets and literary poisonings by Gail Bell
$1.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
When Dr William Macbeth poisoned two of his sons in1927, his wife and sister hid the murders in the intensely private realm of family secrets. Macbeth behaved as if he were immune to consequences and avoided detection and punishment. Or did he? Secrets can be as corrosive as poison, and as time passed, ...Show more
The Polish Deportees of World War II - Recollections of Removal to the Soviet Union and Dispersal Throughout the World by Tadeusz Piotrowski (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Among the great tragedies that befell Poland during World War II was the forced deportation of its citizens by the Soviet Union during the first Soviet occupation of that country between 1939 and 1941. This is the story of that brutal Soviet ethnic cleansing campaign told in the words of some of the su ...Show more
The Politics Of Suffering: Indigenous Australia and The End of the Liberal Consensus (New Edition) by Peter Sutton
$36.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Peter Sutton asks why, after three decades of liberal thinking, has the suffering and grief in so many Aboriginal communities become worse? The picture he presents is tragic. He marshals shocking evidence against the failures of the past, and argues provocatively that three decades of liberal consensus ...Show more
The Politics of Myth by Stephen Knight
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In The Politics of Myth, Stephen Knight studies nine figures still vividly alive, all of them appearing in twenty-first century film and television. Analysing how they relate to the major themes of Power, Resistance and Knowledge, he shows how fact and fiction mix to help us explore and understand the c ...Show more
The Pool of Two Moons: Book 2, The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth
$19.98 AUD
Category: Fantasy Fiction | Series: Witches of Eileanan
The Witches of Eileanan, Book Two. At the Day of Reckoning witchcraft was outlawed in Eileanan. Behind the persecution is the beautiful and mysterious Banr gh. Not all the witches were killed on the Day of Reckoning.The wood witch Meghan leads the half-blackbird, half-man Bacaiche and the Scarred Warrio ...Show more
The Pope's Assassin by Tim Severin
$9.99 AUD
$29.99 (66% off)
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Saxon
Rome, 799 AD. The Pope is viciously attacked in the street, by unknown assailants. Sigwulf, a Saxon prince who has been exiled to the court of King Carolus in France, is sent to Rome as a spy to discover who was responsible. There, he discovers a web of lies - the only clue to the attackers' identity is ...Show more
The Porpoise by Mark Haddon
$32.99 AUD
Category: International Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'I really am so very, very sorry about this,' he says, in an oddly formal voice... They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour. A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash. She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She kno ...Show more
The Portrait by Ilaria Bernardini
$27.99 AUD
Category: International Fiction
'A gripping story of love, death, art and deceit' - Sofka Zinovieff, author of Putney An internationally renowned writer, Valeria Costas has dedicated her life to her work and to her secret lover, Martìn Acla, a prominent businessman. When his sudden stroke makes headlines, her world implodes; the idea ...Show more
The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq
$26.99 AUD
Category: International Fiction
Who, among you, deserves eternal life? Daniel is a highly successful stand-up comedian who has made a career out of playing outrageously on the prejudices of his public. But at the beginning of the twenty-first century, he has begun to detest laughter in particular and mankind in general. Despite this, ...Show more
The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, Revised and Expanded Second EditionA Guide to Healing, Recovery, and Growth by Glenn Schiraldi
$39.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
How millions of PTSD suffers learned to live without fear, pain, depression, and self-doubt The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, Revised and Expanded Second Edition introduces survivors, loved ones, and helpers to the remarkable range of treatment alternatives and self-management techniques a ...Show more
The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
$15.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pout-Pout Fish
Deep in the water, Mr Fish swims about; with his fish face stuck In a permanent pout. Can his pals cheer him up? Will his pout ever end? Is there something he can learn, from an unexpected friend? Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that glum isn't really his destiny.