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We wish mums a Happy Mother’s Day this month. We hope you get lots of
pampering and treats. This newsletter has lots of geat ideas for Mother’s Day gifts
and our staff are excited to assist with special selections - just right for your mum.
Whether your mum likes cooking, gardening, relaxing with great fiction or armchair
travel - we have something to suit all tastes.
Mid April saw the opening of Emporium
Melbourne. The first stage of stores in the
centre are looking fabulous and we are eagerly
commencing our shopfitting just after Anzac Day.
Robinsons Bookshop Emporium
Melbourne - a work in
progress...
This month we are selling books at a Father Bob literary event at the Frankston
library. He has a fascinating story to tell, and early bookings indicate there will be a
large gathering of interested community members. Please book early if you would
like to attend as space is limited.
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Father Bob The Larrikin Priest
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Fr Bob Maguire is a man of passion, creativity &
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& a man of brilliant riddles.
Learn more of the life story of Fr Bob Maguire the much loved ‘people’s priest’.
5:30 pm drinks & nibbles provided by the
Frankston Interfaith Network.
This is a free event however bookings are
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the girl who saved the king
of sweden
Jonas Jonasson
“The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden” challenges fundamentalism in all its forms, together with the fallacy that different
peoples have different values.
Nombeko Mayeki started working at the age of five, was orphaned at ten, and run over by fifteen. There was no indication
that she wouldn’t live out her life in her shack in South Africa’s
largest shanty town, and then die, missed by no-one. If she
hadn’t been who she was: Nombeko Mayeki, the illiterate who could count.
Destiny, along with her talent, leads her away from Soweto to international politics, to
the far side of the globe, to two identical and very different brothers. During the trip, she
manages to upset the world’s most feared security service before, one day, finding herself trapped in a potato car. An entrancing tale of luck, love and international relations.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jonas Janasson first started writing when he was working as
a journalist for several Swedish newspapers.
He later on went on to start his own production company. After
several years in the media industry Jonas felt the need to do
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HALF BAD
NAME ON YOUR WRIST
Sally Green
Sally Green’s debut novel Half Bad has been christened as
the next Harry Potter. The young adult novel is a dark fantasy
centered around 16 year old Nathan. Nathan is a powerful
witch & also the son of the most evil witch in England; Marcus.
Nathan is what we call a ‘Half Code’, having been born to
a white witch and a black witch. The first novel in the trilogy
focuses on Nathan’s early teenage years and his ‘outsider’ status. This is the
premise of the novel and is what feeds the plot and the rich subtext.
I enjoyed Half Bad immensely. The character of Nathan was fascinating and is
similar to typical gothic protagonists, more specifically Wuthering Height’s Heathcliff. Much like Bronte’s Heathcliff, Nathan roams the gloomy English countryside,
tortured by the light and dark that lurks inside him. Green’s writing style has been
compared to Markus Zusak and I would agree that there are similarities in the
rhythm of the prose. Yet, unlike Zusak, when reading Green’s writing, it is hard not
to feel the darkness penetrating even the lightest moments of the novel. When
Nathan connects romantically with white witch Analaise, the reader instinctively
senses the grey storm clouds drowning out the light. But of course, this is Green’s
intention, the novel itself is a clever comprise of contrasts.
While Half Bad is an engaging and suspenseful read, I believe the message of the
novel is the most compelling of all. What paves way to evil and good? Nature or
nurture?
THIS IS THE LIFE
Kellie.
Alex Shearer
‘This is the Life’ is a novel that is both engaging and
distressing at the same time; it feels like an easy read until you
realise just what it is you are reading about; the last stage in
life of a terminally ill man who brushes with an autistic lifestyle.
Author, Alex Shearer, ignores any kind of linear narrative
and wanders in and out of the present, a kind of future and
especially the past, where he has always had to deal with the brother that he
longs to follow wherever. The characters in ‘This is the Life’ are genuinely unique
and likable, and the brotherly love ultimately won me over. This is a heartfelt and
beautiful read.
IGNITE ME
Bo.
Tahereh Mafi
The final book in the Juliette chronicles is now one of my
favourite books. I read books two and three (Ignite me is #3)
in a weekend - and I was completely captivated the whole
time. Juliette has changed so much from being the shy, lifeless
girl who was scared of her own shadow in book one to this strong, independent
and confident girl in book three. You get to watch her grow and go through
struggles with her. You experience all of her pain and suffering with her friendships
and relationships. As with any good book - the ending was unpredictable - but
satisfying. I would highly recommend the series for young girls - like myself.
THE VIRGINS
Emma.
Pamela Erens
Set at Auburn, an American pre-college prep-school in the
late 1970s/early 1980s, The Virgins tells a familiar tale of first
love and sexual awakening. The narrative, however, has an
unusual structure: the story of the romance between students
Aviva and Seung is told from the perspective of a third, largely
uninvolved, character, Bruce. Bruce is privy only to occasional,
out-of-context snippets of the couple’s relationship, but around these slivers
of knowledge he embroiders a complex, destructive, ultimately tragic tale. The
Virgins was beautifully written & the entire concept of this novel was interesting
& enthralling. I found it impossible to put down and it was deeply satisfying to
finish. John Irving was correct when he called ‘The Virgins’ ‘flawlessly executed &
irrefutably true’.
Bo.
Helen Hiorns
The Name on Your Wrist was an intriguing book that always
kept me on my toes. Just when I thought I had figured Corin out,
something else happened that had me rethink my ideas. When I
got towards the final pages of the book I was shocked... shocked
by the name on her wrist, shocked by the name on his wrist, and
shocked by the name on her sister, Jacinta’s wrist.
When Jacinta’s story was explained my heart broke for her, she tried to be there for
Corin in her own way that just didn’t work for Corin. She wanted to protect her from
what she went through but she just went the wrong way about it - which meant that
Corin inadvertently got mixed up in it. The ending of The Name on Your Wrist has me
wanting to read more and I hope there will be a sequel at some point.
Emma.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Robert Glancy
Frank is a corporate lawyer specialising in fine print. Following a
terrible car accident, Frank suffered injuries that led to a loss of his
memories. Consequently, the book begins with Frank laying in a
hospital bed with no idea who he is or who the people around him
are. The only thing he does remember prior to the accident is that
he was a lawyer specialising in fine print.
The story continues with Frank as the narrator as he attempts to uncover the events
of his life prior to the accident. As he returns to work at the law firm, he begins to
notice unusual things in the footnotes of previous contracts he has written and these
in turn help him to piece his life back together.
I particularly enjoyed the format in which this book is written. The footnotes at the
bottom of every page add a level of authenticity to Frank’s character as a fine print
lawyer and at times are just downright hilarious*. Frank’s character is witty and
loveable and the novel overall is humorous and very clever. If you are looking for a
cleverly crafted read with a main character who will have you cheering him on to the
end, this one’s for you!
*Definitely do not skip over the footnotes when reading!
Chloe
ONLY THE ANIMALS
Ceridwen Dovey
“What does it mean to be human? Perhaps only the animals
can know.” This quote appears at the beginning of one of the
stories in “Only the Animals” and perfectly illustrates some of the
philosophical ideas in this wonderful book. Ten animals each have
a chapter to tell their stories of life and death, and bear witness to
some of the best and worst qualities of humanity amidst a background of conflict and
war. It’s a funny, moving, and original work with some profound things to say about
human-animal interaction.
Many of the stories have the animals encounter famous writers who have written
about animals in their work, like George Orwell or Virginia Woolf, and we get some
interesting animal perspectives on the creative process. One story has a dolphin
writing a letter to Sylvia Plath, and another has a camel listening to Henry Lawson.
One story in particular, about a free-wheeling mussel whose life playfully mirrors
Kerouac’s “On The Road”, is one of the most delightfully strange things I’ve read in
a long time. Another memorable story concerns a tortoise who, like Forrest Gump,
constantly encounters famous people at crucial moments in their lives, and witnesses
pivotal moments in Twentieth-Century history, ending up as part of the Space Race.
By making the animals the narrator not only are we better able to empathise with their
stories, but it also gives us the non-human perspective we need to better understand
the absurdity and stupidity of much human behaviour, especially during conflict when
we are often at our worst. An audacious novel from a very talented writer.
Paul.
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A new type of serial killer is stalking
the streets of New York - one more
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before. They call this butcher The
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chamber of torture hidden deep underground.
Night Heron
Adam Brookes
PB
$29.99
A lone man, Peanut, escapes a
labour camp in the dead of night,
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north-west China. Two decades
earlier, he was a spy for the British;
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The Killing Season
Mason Cross
PB
$29.99
When Caleb Wardell, the infamous
‘Chicago Sniper’, escapes from
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whose skills lie in finding those who don’t want to be
found. A man to whom Wardell is no stranger.
Through the Cracks
Honey Brown
PB
$29.99
Four-year-old Nathan Fisher
disappears from the bank of a
rocky creek. A decade later, young
teen Adam Vander has grown tall
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door of their rambling suburban home, Adam steps
into a world he knows little of.
Dog Will Have His Day
Fred Vargas
PB
$32.99
Keeping watch under the windows
of the Paris flat belonging to
a politician’s nephew, Louis
Kehlweiler catches sight of
something odd on the pavement.
A small white object, surrounded by the excrement of
local dogs. A piece of bone. Human bone, in fact.
Keep Your Friends Close
Paula Daly
PB
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Natty and Sean Wainwright are
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with Sean to help out at home. Two weeks later and
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Natty’s husband has fallen in love with Eve. He’s sorry,
he tells her, but their marriage is over.
The Wolf in Winter
John Connolly
PB
$29.99
The community of Prosperous,
Maine, has always thrived when
others have suffered. Its inhabitants
are wealthy, its children’s future
is secure. It guards its own. But
the death of a homeless man and the disappearance
of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private
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dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and
by the desire for vengeance.
Fiction
Eeny Meeny
M J Arlidge
PB
$29.99
The girl emerged from the
woods. Traumatised and
emaciated; close to death, but
alive. Her story seemed too
terrible to be true. But it was.
Every dreadful word of it. When, days later, another
survivor is found, a pattern becomes clear.
The Axeman’s Jazz
Ray Celestin
PB
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New Orleans, 1919. As a dark
serial killer - The Axeman - stalks
the city, 3 individuals set out to
unmask him... Though every
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could be behind the terrifying murders, Detective
Lieutenant Michael Talbot, is struggling to find leads.
the Murder Bag
Tony Parsons
PB
$29.99
There’s a serial killer on the
loose. The social network sites
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throats of rich and powerful men.
And he’s good at it. Twenty years ago seven rich,
privileged students became friends at their exclusive
private school, Potter’s Field. Now they have started
dying in the most violent way imaginable. Enter
Detective Max Wolfe.
Judges
Giancarlo De Cataldo
HB
$29.99
Judge Valentina Lorenzi - La
Bambina - is so young and
inexperienced she barely merits
a bodyguard. But when she
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shade of grey.
Everything to Lose
Andrew Gross
PB
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Hilary Blum is barely holding it
together. Josh has Asperger’s
Syndrome. First to the scene
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problems, she makes a split second decision to take
the money - a decision that will have consequences
beyond her worst nightmares.
Sci Fi/Fantasy
The Oversight
Charlie Fletcher
PB
$29.99
Once there were hundreds
of members of the Oversight,
the brave souls who guard the
borders between the mundane
and the magic. Now there are only five. And their
numbers are dwindling further still.
Emperor Of Thorns
Mark Lawrence
PB
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The path to the throne is broken
- only the broken can walk it The
world is cracked and time has
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at the end days. These are the
days that have waited for us all our lives. These
are my days. I will stand before the Hundred and
they will listen. I will take the throne no matter who
stands against me, living or dead.
Star Trek Enterprise
Tower of Babel
Christopher L Bennett
PB
$9.99
The United Federation of Planets
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Federation, jump-starting the young nation’s growth.
Hotwire
Simon Ings
PB
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Ajay had a future once, birthing
intelligent cities for the Haag
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then he is seduced into betraying
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Horror
Midnight Crossroad
Charlaine Harris
PB
$29.99
Welcome to Midnight, Texas,
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inhabitants, located at the crossing
of Witch Light Road & Davy Road.
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at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks
normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth...
The Unwelcomed Child
Virginia Andrews
PB
$16.99
Elle Edwards, who has been told
she’s a product of her mother’s
sinful mistake, has never gone to
school, never met a teenager her
own age, never even been allowed
off of her grandparents’ property.
Erotic Romance
Lick: Stage Dive 1
Kylie Scott
PB
$19.99
Evelyn Thomas’s plans for
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black plague, a very attractive half-naked tattooed
man, and a diamond on her finger large enough to
scare King Kong.
Wicked
Sylvia Day
PB
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Showcases some of the best
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Rush Too Far
Abbi Glines
PB
$17.99
Rush has earned every bit of his
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and line of girls begging for time
between his sheets are the envy
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he needs are his best friend, Grant, and his sister,
Nan. Until Blaire Wynn drives into town in her beat-up
pickup truck with a pistol under her seat.
Romance
The Masterful Mr
Montague
Stephanie Laurens
PB
$24.99
Montague has devoted his life to
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elite, but at a huge cost: a family
of his own. Then the enticing Miss
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presents him, he finds an intriguing new challenge
professionally ... and personally.
How To Seduce A Vampire
Without Really Trying
Kerrelyn Sparks
PB
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Vampire Zoltan Czakvar is on the
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Luck of the Irish
Nora Roberts
PB
$27.99
Two Stories. Irish Thoroughbred
- After receiving a letter from her
uncle, Adelia Cunnane left Ireland
to join him, she then meets Travis
Grant. Irish Rose - Burke Logan
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Classics
Lying Under the
Apple Tree
Alice Munro
PB
$12.99
Spanning her last five collections
& bringing together her finest
work from the past 15 years, this
new selection from the winner of the Man Booker
International Prize is a masterclass in the genre.
Poetry
Australian Love Poems
Mark Tredinnick
PB
$28.99
This collection of new poems
displays the richness and variety
of contemporary Australian poetry.
Here is larrikin love, ironic love and
the understated love we inhabit. This is how we do
love, how we fall in & out of it, yearn & turn & hurt in it.
Liquid Nitrogen
Jennifer Maiden
PB
$24.00
This is the quality of liquid
nitrogen which gives the book
its title- the frozen suspension
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substance which permits the most intense and heated
interactions, and at the same time, the survival of
delicate organisms.
Poems That Make
Grown Men Cry
Anthony Holden
HB
$32.99
In this anthology, 100 men distinguished in literature & film,
science & architecture, theatre &
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poems that haunt them. Representing 20 nationalities
& ranging in age from their early 20s to their 80s, the
majority are public figures not prone to crying.
Non Fiction
Biography
City of Lies
Ramita Navai
PB
$32.99
Far removed from the picture of
Tehran we glimpse in news stories, there is another, hidden city,
where survival depends on an
intricate network of lies and falsehoods. It is where
Mullahs visit prostitutes, gangs sell guns, cosmetic
surgeons restore girls’ virginity and homemade porn
is bought and sold in the bazaars.
Finding Me A Decade
of Darkness
Michelle Burford
PB
$29.99
Michelle Knight was just 21 when
she was kidnapped by Ariel
Castro. Held captive for 11 years
in Cleveland, she finally made
her escape in 2013. She reveals new details about
her years in captivity as Castro’s first victim, as well
as her escape.
Struck by Genius
Maureen Seaberg
PB
$29.99
Jason Padgett was the victim of
a brutal mugging outside a karaoke bar in 2002. That same night
his stepfather died of cancer, & 2
weeks later his only brother went
missing. The combined traumas of these 3 events
proved too much for Jason and he withdrew from
life completely.
Small Bamboo
Tracy Vo
PB
$29.99
In 1978, following a dramatic
escape from war torn Vietnam,
Tracy Vo’s parents boarded a
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wedding rings en route to Malaysia, then sold them
to feed themselves on the journey.
One Million Lovely
Letters
Jodi Ann Bickley
HB
$29.99
Jodi had been performing at
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Wight. She returned with pockets
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Jodi found out that she had been bitten by a tick and
contracted a serious brain infection.
Politics Death &
Addiction
Carolyn Hirsh
PB
$19.99
Tells how an active Member of
Parliament, psychologist and
mother became addicted to
alcohol & ‘pokies’, while rearing
her granddaughter & working as a Member of
Parliament, following her daughter’s suicide.
Africa My Passion
Corinne Hofmann
PB
$24.99
In a compelling personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann, delves
into the slums of Nairobi to
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places, then treks 500 miles across the Namibian
desert to discover the lives of the nomadic Himba
people. Joined by her half-Kenyan daughter, Napirai, they travel to Nairobi together.
The Moth
Neil Gaiman
PB
$27.99
Before television & radio, before
penny paperbacks & mass literacy,
people would gather on porches,
on the steps outside their homes,
and tell stories. The storytellers
knew their craft and bewitched listeners would sit
and listen long into the night as moths flitted around
overhead.
The Buy Side
Turney Duff
PB
$24.99
In the mid-2000’s, Turney Duff was,
to all appearances, the very picture
of American success. One of Wall
Street’s hottest traders, he was
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that the key to Turney’s remarkable success wasn’t
a super-genius IQ or family connections but rather a
winning personality.
Dear Leader
Sung Jang Jin
PB
$34.99
Dear Leader contains astonishing
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which could only be revealed by
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regime. It is also the gripping story
of how a member of the inner circle of this enigmatic
country became its most courageous, outspoken
critic. Jang Jin-sung held one of the most senior ranks
in North Korea’s propaganda machine, helping tighten
the regime’s grip over its people.
North of Normal My
Wilderness
Cea Sunrise Person
PB
$29.99
In the late 1960s, riding the crest
of the counterculture movement,
Cea Sunrise Person’s family left a
comfortable existence in California
to live off the land in Canada. But unlike most commune dwellers of the time, the Persons weren’t trying
to build a new society - they wanted to escape civilization altogether.
Under Magnolia
Frances Mayes
PB
$29.99
Frances Mayes longed to leave the
small town of Fitzgerald, Georgia,
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undercurrents.
Gandolfini
Dan Bischoff
PB
$27.99
When James Gandolfini died suddenly at the age of 51, there was
an outpouring of sympathy and
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Soprano, Gandolfini was the face of a new golden
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mobster has become part of American mythology.
Military
Force Benedict
Eric Carter
PB
$32.99
2nd World War fighter pilot Eric
Carter is one of only 4 surviving
members of a secret mission,
code-named ‘Force Benedict’.
Sanctioned by Winston Churchill in 1941 Force Benedict was dispatched to defend Murmansk, the USSR’s
only port not under Nazi occupation. If Murmansk fell,
Soviet resistance would be hard to sustain and Hitler
would be able to turn all his forces on Britain...
Secret Warriors
Taylor Downing
PB
$32.99
The 1st World War is often viewed
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aided by brutal machinery that cost
the lives of many. But behind all
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Operation Paperclip
Annie Jacobsen
PB
$24.99
In the chaos following WWII, some
of the greatest spoils of Germany’s
resources were the Third Reich’s
scientific minds. The U.S. government secretly decided that the
value of these former Nazis’ knowledge outweighed
their crimes and began a covert operation code-named
Paperclip to allow them to work in the U.S. without the
public’s full knowledge.
Mapping The 1st
World War
Simon Forty
BG
$45.00
This title features over 120 largeformat illustrations presenting detailed and fascinating
wartime cartography. Key battles such as the Somme,
Mons, Gallipoli, Jutland and Ypres are given extensive
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stations.
History
Paris at the End of
the World
John Baxter
PB
$24.99
One of the most fascinating periods
in the city’s history, 1914-18 saw
the citizens of France under constant threat of German invasion,
leading them to live like there was no tomorrow.
The Big Book of Scandalous Australian Women
Kay Saunders
PB
$29.99
Some are wicked, some are scandalous, some are downright mean
and ruthless and some just went
a little bit sideways. Meet the bad
women of Australia together in one book. Tilly Devine,
Mary Bryant, Helena Rubenstein, Lola Montez - these
notorious women defied the times they live in.
Black War Fear Sex &
Resistance in Tasmania
Nicholas Clements
PB
$34.99
At its core, The Black War is a story
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to be free of each other...sooner
or later Europeans and Aborigines
were bound to clash, but it was Tasmania’s unique
circumstances that turned this encounter into a ‘war of
extermination’.
Digging for Richard
the III
Mike Pitts
HB
$39.99
On February 4, 2013 a team from
Leicester University delivered its
verdict to a mesmerized press
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whose history is perhaps the most contested of all
British monarchs. History offers a narrow range of
information about Richard III which mostly has already
been worked to destruction.
The Invention of the
Land of Israel
Shlomo Sand
PB
$24.99
Shlomo Sand examines the
mysterious sacred land that has
become the site of the longestrunning national struggle of the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries. The Invention of the Land of
Israel deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding
the Holy Land & the prejudices that suffocate it.
The Short Strange
Life of Herschel
Grynszpan
Jonathan Kirsch
HB
$21.99
On the morning of November 7,
1938, Herschel Grynszpan, a
desperate 17-year-old Jewish refugee, walked into
the German embassy in Paris & shot Ernst vom
Rath, a Nazi diplomat. Two days later vom Rath lay
dead.
True Crime
Milat
Tom Gilling
PB
$29.99
Milat - the serial killer who
preyed on young hitchhikers.
The backpackers - the innocent
victims of a brutal murderer.
Belanglo - a place that became
synonymous with pure evil. This is the story of how
Ivan Milat was caught.
Murder in the Family
Lindy Cameron & Fin J. Ross
loved each other…
PB
$20.00
Murder in the Family explores fifteen cases where families have
been torn apart by murder. The
saddest thing about the stories
in this book is the fact that the
perpetrators and victims once
the Forgotten Crime
Michael Madigan
PB
$24.99
On Saturday, August 25, 1973
2 young girls- Joanne Ratcliffe,
aged 11, & 4 year-old Kirste
Gordon - were abducted from
Adelaide Oval during an Australian Rules match. The girls did not know each other.
The ‘Adelaide Oval’ Case provided many unwanted
parallels with Australia’s most infamous unsolved
crime - the disappearance of the three Beaumont
children from Glenelg beach 7 years earlier.
Huckstepp
John Dale
PB
$24.99
A blend of biography & detective
novel - Huckstepp investigates
the murder of a charismatic
woman who has fascinated
Australians since she first appeared on national
television and accused NSW detectives of shooting
her boyfriend in cold blood.
Science
Inheritance
Sharon Moalem
PB
$29.99
Geneticist Sharon Moalem
employs his wide-ranging
interdisciplinary skills in science
and medicine to explain how art,
history, superheroes, sex workers and sports stars
can all help us to understand our genetic inheritance
in a radically new way - in our present lives as well
as our children’s future.
Non Fiction
Alex Through The
Looking Glass
Alex Bellos
PB
$29.99
From triangles, rotations & power
laws, to fractals, cones & curves,
bestselling author Alex Bellos
takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit, engaging
stories and limitless enthusiasm. Alex demonstrates
how numbers have come to be our friends, are fascinating and extremely accessible, and how they have
changed our world.
Naturalist’s Voyage
Round the World
Professor Charles Darwin
PB
$18.99
When On the Origin of Species
came out in 1859, it changed the
understanding of life and was the
foundation of evolutionary biology. All the material that
he received for this book was from the famous expeditions he took on the Beagle during the 1830s. This is
the story of that voyage.
Improbability Principle
David Hand
PB
$35.00
Why is it that incredibly unlikely
phenomena actually happen quite
regularly & why should we, in fact,
expect such things to happen?
Eminent statistician David Hand, answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability
into a unified explanation, which he calls the improbability principle.
Current Affairs
Diary of a Foreign
Minister
Bob Carr
HB
$49.99
6 years after vacating his position
as the longest-serving Premier of
NSW, Bob Carr returned to politics
in his dream job: as Foreign Minister of Australia and
a senior federal cabinet minister.
No Place to Hide
Edward Snowden
Glenn Greenwald
PB
$29.99
In June 2013, reporter and political
commentator Glenn Greenwald
published a series of reports which
rocked the world. He revealed shocking truths about
the extent to which the National Security Agency had
been gathering information about US citizens and
intercepting communication worldwide.
Dirty Secrets
Meredith Burgmann
PB
$32.99
In this moving, funny & sometimes
chilling book, leading Australians
open their ASIO files & read what
the state’s security apparatus said
about them. Writers from across
the political spectrum confront and in some cases
reclaim their pasts.
Dangerous Allies
Malcolm Fraser
HB
$65.00
Malcolm Fraser argues that
Australia should adopt a much
greater degree of independence in
foreign policy, and that we should
no longer merely follow a ‘great and powerful friend’
into wars of no direct interest to Australia or Australia’s
security. He argues for an end to strategic independence and for the true independence of Australia.
General Reference
How Intelligent Are You
Victor Serebriakoff
HB
$24.99
The scientific basis of psychology
is often debated, with some arguing
that it is a branch of philosophy
rather than a true science. You can
scientifically test your verbal or numerical skill, your
emotional stability, your assertiveness and, of course,
your intelligence.
Bride’s Essential
Wedding Planner
Amy Nebens
HB
$34.99
Filled with everything a modern
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entire planning process: checklists for every step,
interview questions for service providers, worksheets
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and more.
Bridesmaid’s Handbook
Kathy Passero
BA
$17.99
This essential & modern guide to
being a bridesmaid is here to help
wipe those worries away with its
comprehensive checklists, DIY &
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Business
Think Like a Freak
Steven D Levitt
PB
$29.99
The Freakonomics books have
come to stand for challenging conventional wisdom; using data rather
than emotion to answer questions.
Now Levitt and Dubner have turned
what they’ve learned into a readable and practical toolkit for thinking smarter, harder, and different - thinking,
that is, like a Freak.
Flash Boys
Michael Lewis
HB
$39.99
All we can say is that it involves
Wall Street and features a cast of
misfits and oddballs doing things
with stupefying amounts of money
and data that will have you by turns
shocked, outraged, laughing, tearing your hair out,
cheering - but throughout sitting on the very edge of
your seat.
The 80/20 Principle & 92
Other Powerful Laws
Richard Koch
PB
$27.99
Richard Koch puts science to work,
applying ninety-two other natural
laws to promote the “science of
success” within the ever-changing
world of business. This is a must-have book for
business leaders looking for clear, evidence-based
reasoning that explains why some companies seem to
find success everywhere they turn, while others don’t
make progress.
ebay made easy
Nick Nydam
PB
$29.99
Katrina and Nick Nydam reveal
what it really takes to dominate on
eBay. With over 10 years experience, they have captured media
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create your own story of unlimited possibilities all on a
shoestring budget!
Non Fiction
Music
Riding this Road
Joy McKean
PB
$32.99
CD also available
Joy McKean wrote many of Slim
Dusty’s most famous songs &
won the first Golden Guitar ever
awarded at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Now she turns her talent as a writer to telling us
about her own life.
Nirvana In the Words
of the People Who
Were There
Carrie Borzillo
HB
$29.99
This unique telling of the story of
Kurt Cobain’s years with Nirvana
is made up of quotes & interviews from people who
were there as the story was unfolding.
Face The Music
A Life Exposed
Paul Stanley
HB
$39.99
Compelling personal revelations
that will surprise even the most
steadfast member of the KISS
Army. He takes us back to his childhood, a traumatic
time made more painful thanks to a physical deformity. Born with a condition called microtia, he grew
up partially deaf, with only one ear.
ABBA The Backstage
Story
Magnus & Halling
HB
$49.99
Features never-before-seen
photographs from private collections, & removable
facsimiles of personal items belonging to Anna,
Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha.
Philosophy
Present Shock
Douglas Rushkoff
PB
$19.99
We live in a continuous now,
enabled by Twitter, email, & a
so-called real-time technological
shift. Yet this ‘now’ is an elusive
goal that we can never quite reach.
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Sociology
Everyday Sexism
Laura Bates
HB
$24.99
In a culture that’s driven by social
media, women are using this
online space (@EverydaySexism
www.everydaysexism.com) to come together, share
their stories and encourage a new generation to
recognise the problems that women face. This book
is a call to arms in a new wave of feminism and it
proves sexism is endemic - socially, politically and
economically.
Travel
Never Mind the
Bullocks
Vanessa Able
PB
$27.99
As Vanessa Able learnt, all it
takes is a little bit of gumption,
a whole lot of patience, and
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the gleaming towers of Mumbai to the badlands of
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way down and back round again, Vanessa’s little
yellow Nano takes her on a voyage of discovery.
Beaches
Sabrina Talarico
PB
$39.99
This illustrated volume offers an
exclusive tour of 100 of the most
breathtaking beaches in the world.
Covers all the coasts of the world - so take an exclusive tour of 100 of the world’s most beautiful beaches.
Transport
Iron Road The
Illustrated History of
the Railway
Christian Wolmar
HB
$39.99
Uncover the compelling tales of
bold vision, invention & error, &
social change behind the history of trains & railways,
with famous railways such as the Transsiberian fully
explored.
Sport
World Cup
Paul Hansford
PB
$24.99
The World Cup has a strong, irreverent and humourous writing voice.
It concentrates on the stories behind the legends, teams and great
matches of the World Cup, putting aside the pundits’
picks for who will win and concentrating on the weird,
whacky, controversial and legendary moments of the
world’s best sporting event.
History of Football
Bill Murray
HB
$45.00
Football has a long and fascinating
history in Australia stretching back
to the mid-19th century. It is a rich
history, closely related to one of the main themes in
this country’s development: immigration and the problems of integration of successive generations into a
rapidly evolving national identity. This history tells the
story of the game in a lively and provocative account.
World Cup Player by
Player
Liam McCann
HB
$19.99
A comprehensive collection of the
100 greatest footballers to have played at the World
Cup finals. From the pre-war aces like Guillermo St
bile and Giuseppe Meazza to the golden generation of
Brazilians such as Pel, Carlos Alberto and Jairzinho,
this book also includes entries for the most gifted
players of the 1970s and ‘80s.
Little Book of the
World Cup 2014
Michael Heatley
HB
$14.99
Presented in an A to Z format, this
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Tour de France
Illustrated History
Marguerite Lazell
HB
$39.99
Packed with vivid, action-filled
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Art Of Coaching
David Wheadon
PB
$29.99
A book on the principles that underline the Australian game of football.
Based on David Wheadon’s extensive career as an assistant coach
at many AFL clubs, and with a primary focus on AFL, it
is also a comparative study of the other sports around
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Pets
A Dog Walks into
a Nursing Home
Sue Halpern
PB
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At loose ends with her daughter
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Beautiful Cats
Nick Mays
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Bailey Boat Cat
Louise Kennedy
HB
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Bailey is a boat cat. He loves
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Natural History
Finding Australian Birds
Rohan Clarke
PB
$49.99
Finding Australian Birds is a guide
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A Guide to Spiders of
Australia
Paul Zborowski
PB
$45.00
This definitive guide to the subject,
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New Age
Angels of Abundance
Doreen & Grant Virtue
PB
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Doreen and Grant wrote this book
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Religion
My Door Is Always Open
Pope Francis
PB
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In the summer of 2013, Pope
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Living With a Wild God
Barbara Ehrenreich
PB
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As a teenager Barbara Ehrenreich was an atheist & rationalist,
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Gardening
RHS The Urban
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Matt James
HB
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Garden designer, lecturer
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Creative Vegetable
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Joy Larkcom
PB
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Inspirational colour photographs
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Craft
Quilters Applique
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Kevin Kosbab
PB
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Divided into 3 sections that
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Merchant & Mills
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Carolyn Denham
HB
$22.99
Answers to most frequently
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Fashion
100 Ideas That Changed
Street Style
Josh Sims
PB
$39.99
A look-by-look dissection of the
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Photography
Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton
HB
$39.99
Photographer Brandon Stanton
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Health
Human Anatomy
Alice Roberts
HB
$39.99
You’ll get to see all the biological wonders of the human body,
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Fast Cook
Mimi Spencer
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In response to popular demand, a
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The Superfood Diet
Gurpareet Bains
HB
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The Obesity Paradox
Carl J Lavie
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Carl Lavie, MD, reveals the science behind the obesity paradox
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Eat to Cheat Ageing
Ngaire Hobbins
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Eat to Cheat Ageing is for anyone
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Tapping Solution
Jessica Ortner
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Non Fiction
Cooking & Nutrition
Same Same But Different
Poh Ling Yeow
PB
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The 100 brand new recipes in the
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Asia Express
Marion Grasby
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Marion is no stranger to requests
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Sweet
Alison Thompson
HB
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This new collection from Alison
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The Food Hourglass
Dr Kris Verburgh
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A daily fruit & vegetable juice reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s. Lots of
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I Am Food
Anthia Koullouros
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In this practical guide to eating
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Roast Lamb in the Olive
Groves
Belinda Harley
HB
$49.99
A mix of modern and traditional
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quaint and picturesque island of
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Halliday Top 100
Australian Wineries
James Halliday
PB
$29.99
Arranged alphabetically and
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Childrens
Pre School
Our Island
Alison Lester
HB
$24.99
In this lyrical celebration of
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One Busy Day
Lola M Schaefer
HB
$24.99
All Mia wants is for her big
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The Hueys
None the Number
Oliver Jeffers
HB
$24.99
The Hueys have an important
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THE Girl & the Bicycle
Mark Pett
HB
$19.99
A little girl sees a shiny new
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her piggy bank, but when she comes up short, she
knocks on the doors of her neighbors, hoping to do
their yardwork. They all turn her away except for a
kindly old woman.
Please Louise
Toni Morrison Slad Morrison
HB
$19.99
On one gray afternoon, Louise
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With the help of a new library
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what started out as a dull day turns into one of
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A House for Donfinkle
Choechoe Brereton
HB
$24.99
Up high in the grasslands where
Wooble Beasts roam, Donfinkle
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creatures to babble and squawk, a troublesome
taunt full of bothersome talk…
The Hairy Nosed Wombats Find a New Home
Jackie French
HB
$24.99
Once upon a time, deep underground, there was a colony of
wonderfully whiskery wombats who all had hairy
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Mr Men The Big Match
Roger Hargreaves
PB
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When the Mr Men & Little Miss
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This Little Footballer
BB
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From a leathery ball & rough
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Sugarlump &
the Unicorn
Julia Donaldson
PB
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When Sugarlump the rocking
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Incy Wincy Spider
Karen Erasmus
PB
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We all know that the rain washed
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getting into strife!
Wombat Stew 30th
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Marcia K Vaughan
PB
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One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught
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stew! In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo
catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew.
Drat that Cat
Tony Ross
PB
$16.99
Suzy the cat is always getting into
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decides to teach her family a lesson and make them
realise just how much they love her.
Little Red Riding Hoodie
Kel Richards
PB
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Miss Red Riding Hoodie would
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with a hood And pay her dear
granny a call... But will the sly dingo get to Granny’s
house first? Or will the brave squatter make it in time
to save the day?
Television
LEGO Star Wars The
Visual Dictionary
HB
$29.99
Come face-to-face with LEGO
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Peppa Pig Peppa’s
Big Race
BB
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Peppa and her family enjoy a day
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Peppa and her family are going
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Activities
Peppa Pig Summer Fun
Sticker Activity Book
PB
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Peppa, George and all their friends
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AFL Magpie Mania Footys
Search and Find
HB
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Join Magpie stars like Dane Swan,
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Mr Men Football Sticker
Scene
Roger Hargreaves
PB
$7.99
Join the Mr Men and Little Misses
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anything could happen, and does ...
Socceroos On the Pitch
PB
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A soccer team is made up of players with many different talents and
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Socceroos Sticker
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PB
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Have hours of fun with the Socceroos as you solve code breakers,
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LEGO Star Wars Choose
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Junior Fiction
Billie B Mystery #4
Strawberry Thief
Sally Rippin
PB
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Someone has stolen all of the ripe
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Superhero School 1
Alan MacDonald
PB
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Stan Button had always
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the evil Green Meanie.
Geronimo Stilton
Special Edition
Geronimo Stilton
HB
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Geronimo is on the Hunt! Grandfather William was throwing me,
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Geronimo Stilton
Spacemice #1
Alien Escape
Geronimo Stilton
PB
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He is a spacemouse -- the
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EJ Spy School #3
Spy Secret
Susannah McFarlane
a secret?
PB
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Emma Jacks is Agent EJ10. She
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EJ Spy School #4
Puppy Alert
Susannah McFarlane
PB
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Emma Jacks is Agent EJ10. She
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Billy Slater
Patrick Loughlin
PB
try time
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Josh can play footy. He’s fast
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Banana Kick
Junior is the youngest player
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My Story War Heroes
D Day
Bryan Perrett
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D-Day is the story of the Allied
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My Story War Heroes
Flying Ace
Jim Eldridge
PB
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Flying Ace tells the story of Jack
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of Jack’s volunteering for the Royal Flying Corps.
39 Clues Unstoppable #3
Countdown
Natalie Standiford
HB
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The clock has run out for thirteenyear-old Dan Cahill. As head of the
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Our Australian Girl
Daisy All Alone Bk 2
Hamer & Masciullo
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It’s1930 and Daisy’s worst nightmare has come true. She’s alone
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Pearlies Pet Rescue Bk 2
Wang & Masciullo
PB
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It’s 1941... and school is almost
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Reference
FIFA World Cup 2014
Handbook
Ben Hubbard
PB
$12.99
As excitement builds in the run-up
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players, FIFA World Cup facts, statistics, and more.
The Story of the
World Cup
Richard Brassey
PB
$12.99
From the first tournament in Uruguay to England’s
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fans can use to impress their family and friends.
Meet Douglas Mawson
Mike Dumbleton
HB
$24.99
Douglas Mawson led the first
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Mawson tells the story of how Mawson survived the
dangers and challenges of the frozen continent.
Classics
Magic Faraway Tree &
the enchanted wood
Enid Blyton
PB
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When Joe, Beth and Frannie
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Childrens
Wishing Chair Again
Enid Blyton
HB
$19.99
Join Peter, Mollie & their friend
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Kids Fiction
Brotherband 4
Slaves of Socorro
John Flanagan
PB
$17.99
When the Heron brotherband become the Skandian duty ship to the
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TOM GATES #7 TINY BIT
LUCKY
Liz Pichon
PB
$15.99
From the winner of the Roald
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Tom Gates adventures.
Adventures of Sir Roderick The Not Very Brave
James O’Loghlin
PB
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In a land where peace is threatened by assassins, invading armies
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LAST THIRTEEN BOOK#6 8
James Phelan
PB
$14.99
Solaris stands facing us, his arm
raised, his flame weapon pointed
and ready. Sam’s nightmares
become more unpredictable, and
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where unknown pursuers, long-forgotten treasure and
the perils of the ocean await.
The Luck Uglies
Paul Durham
PB
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Luck Uglies was a name whispered
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outlaws who once stalked the streets. Now they have
faded to ghosts and rumours and Rye isn’t sure they
ever existed.
Warriors Dawn Of The
Clans #1 The Sun Trail
Erin Hunter
PB
$9.99
The first book of a thrilling prequel
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action-packed Dawn of the Clans
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before Firestar left his kittypet home to join ThunderClan, a band of cats from the mountains set off on a
dangerous journey in search of a new home...
Young Adult
Dragonkeeper 5
Shadow Sister
Carole Wilkinson
HB
$24.99
Tao is learning to be a dragonkeeper. With no one to teach him
it is not easy. He must keep Kai
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nomads, tricked by unseen spirits, attacked by a
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who can turn blood into ice.
Forbidden Library
Django Wexler
PB
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Late one night Alice Creighton
hears her father having an
argument with a fairy & a snarling, bald beast with warts and
needle-like teeth. It is threatening her father, insisting he accept a mysterious offer, or else.
Infinity Drake The Sons
of Scarlatti
John McNally
PB
$19.99
Humour and high adventure combine in the biggest action debut in
years - even if its characters are
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Finn - is looking forward to a week away with his
mad scientist uncle when they are summoned to a
crisis meeting.
You Choose series
#1 Treasure of Dead
Mans Cove
#2 Magic School
George Ivanoff
PB
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You find an old treasure map
while holidaying in a secluded seaside town. Could
it be real, or is it someone’s idea of a joke?
World Without Princes
Soman Chainani
PB
$14.99
When Agatha secretly wishes
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ending with Prince Tedros, the
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The Eye of Zoltar Last
Dragonslayer #3
Jasper Fforde
PB
$19.99
The Mighty Shandar, the most
powerful wizard the world has
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Young Adult
Pandora Jones
Admission
Barry Jonsberg
PB
$17.99
Pandora Jones wakes in an
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memory providing only flashes
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has succumbed to a plague pandemic which almost
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have been admitted to The School - a quarantined,
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their strength, hone their skills and prepare for
whatever comes next.
Dangerous Creatures
Book 1
Stohl & Garcia
PB
$19.99
Some loves are cursed ...others
are dangerous. Ridley Duchannes
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Disney Infinity The Essential Guide
HB
$16.99
Discover how to create your own
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fascinating facts about all the amazing locations,
weapons, gadgets, and accessories.
Disney Infinity Official
Sticker Book
PB
$14.99
The Official Sticker Book! Complete puzzles with Mr Incredible,
Sulley, Captain Jack Sparrow and
friends, as well as exploring their
worlds, discovering the toy box and creating cool
sticker scenes. With over 1000 stickers.
Disaster Diaries ZOMBIES R McGeddon
PB
$12.99
It’s the end of term and Sam and
Arty are anxiously awaiting the
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teaches causes an explosion and
accidentally covers one of the
pupils with a strange goo. Then
zombies (and bits of zombies) start turning up.
Disney Princess Royal Carriage Ride BB
$19.99
6 sound triggers are embedded
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moment in a princess’s life, and
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Cinderella, Rapunzel, Aurora, Ariel,
and Snow White are featured.
Disney Vintage Cinderella
HB
$24.99
Cinderella was made to work hard
by her cruel stepmother. One day
an invitation arrives from the King,
inviting all the girls in the land to
attend a grand ball so the Prince
may choose a bride. But alas, for
Cinderella, her stepmother and ugly stepsisters spoil
any chance of her attending. That is, until Cinderella’s
Fairy Godmother turns up.
Disney Vintage Bambi
HB
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When Bambi is born in the middle
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thicket and into a new and wondrous world.
Marvel Little Golden Book Favorites
HB
$12.99
Marvel Heroes Little Golden Book
Favorites collects the SpiderMan, Iron Man, and Avengers Little
Golden Books into one hardcover
book.
Adventure Time Slumberparty Panic
PB
$9.99
When Finn tries to help his friend
Marceline the Vampire Queen
reunite with her father, the Lord
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is releasing a terrible curse upon
the land of Ooo. If he doesn’t act
quickly, the citizens of Ooo stand
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Adventure Time It Came from the
Nightosphere
PB
$9.99
Princess Bubblegum wants to
bring all the candy people who have
died back to life. But her decorpsinator serum is incomplete! The
experiment goes horribly wrong,
and soon the Candy Kingdom is
teeming with half-dead candy people determined to
feast on its sweet citizens...
Angry Birds Star Wars
Search and Find
PB
$9.99
With an all-new team, including
Chuck ‘Ham’ Solo, Terebacca, Red
Skywalker, the Pigtroopers and Lard
Vader, you have an exciting mission
to complete. Search through the packed pages to find
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well as exciting objects such as lightsabers, lasers and
the mighty Pig Star!
The Muppets OmnibusRoger Langridge
HB
$79.99
It’s time to play the music, it’s time
to light the lights! It’s time to turn
the pages of this Omnibus tonight!
The Muppets take on Marvel in this
zany collection of Roger Langridge’s
award-winning, gag-filled adventures
of Kermit and the gang. From Bunsen
and Beaker to Piiiigs In Spaaaace, all
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compendious.
Graphic Novels
Asterix Omnibus 9
Rene Goscinny
HB
$39.99
A special collector’s edition of three
Asterix stories - Asterix And The
Great Divide, Asterix And The Black
Gold And Asterix And Son - in one
volume.
Sherlock Bones 5
PB
Yuma Ando
$17.99
Takeru and Sherdog have once again
found themselves in the midst of a
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and with her iron-clad alibi, it looks
like she has brains to match her
looks. How will they solve the case to
reveal the murderous devil that lies
behind the angelic face of London’s mayor?
THE Books Of MagicNeil Gaiman
PB
$27.99
Timothy Hunter could be the most
powerful magician in the world, but
does he really want to be? Guided
through the magical world starting
at the begining of time by a group of
DC Universe magicians, often refered
to as the Trenchcoat Brigade (John
Constantine, Phantom Stranger,
Mister E, and Doctor Occult), they attempt to aid Timothy in his decision whether or not to embrace his gift.
World War One 1914-1918 Alan Cowsill
PB
$19.99
The First World War, also known as
the Great War, involved over thirty
nations and resulted in the deaths of
millions of young men. This stunning
new book brings history to life as we
see the war through the eyes of the
young conscripted servicemen on all
sides of the conflict.
Manga
Cardfight Vanguard v1
AKIRA ITOU PB $17.99
Unfortunately for Aichi, his favorite
card was stolen by a vengeful
classmate. Furthermore, the Blaster
Blade was later lost in a winnertakes all competition to one of the best players around
his community. Now to retrieve his priceless card, Aichi
is going to have to break from his mold of shyness and
win his property back by finally engaging someone!
neW releAse cOmics
Marvel
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Prelude
PB
$20.99 You’ve seen The Amazing SpiderMan, now get the full story!
Spider-Man swings from the
comic page to the silver screen and
back again in this adaptation of
the blockbuster movie - including
“deleted scenes” in an additional
tale inspired by the film.
Spider-Man Family Business
HB
$34.99
Someone has Spider-Man in their
crosshairs and the only person in
the Marvel Universe who can save
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who damns him? And what does the KINGPIN have to
do with it?
X-MenHB
$55.99
For years, the X-Men have fought
to avert a nightmarish future
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mutants into camps...or kill them
on sight. But no matter what they
do, that future seems to loom
ever closer. Now, all the classic
tales featuring this dystopian alternate ti meline are
collected in one oversized volume!
Emerald City of Oz
HB
$34.99
Uncle Henry can’t pay the
mortgage, so he, Aunt Em and
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home. Where can they go? To the
Land of Oz, of course! Dorothy and
the Wizard take Em and Henry on
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paper dolls, solving living puzzles, suffering abuse
from living kitchen utensils and drooling over living
baked goods - but will anyone in Oz be left living after
the Nomes attack?
Wolverine Volume 2 Killable
PB
$27.99
After the recent loss of his healing
factor, Logan must adjust to a very
different reality. Wolverine thinks
a cure has been found...but it’s in
Wakanda, where he’s not exactly
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react to his new status quo, a
hefty bounty is placed on Logan’s
head, and villains and mercenaries begin popping out
of the woodwork to try to take him down.
Mighty Avengers Vol 1
No Single Hero
PB
$24.99
These unlikely heroes must
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- against the unrelenting attack
of Proxima Midnight! But that’s
easier said than done...and when
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time, Cage’s ad-hoc Avengers might not be able to
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the Mariana Trench!
New Avengers Vol 1
Everything Dies
PB
$27.99
When the Illuminati experiences
its first dimensional incursion, can
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to use the Infinity Gems in unison?
And when they learn Earth is the center point for the
death of the universe, doesn’t that mean destroying
it might save everything else? Enter the world-eater,
Galactus, as the Illuminati does the unthinkable!
Uncanny X-Men Volume 1
Revolution
PB
$27.99
Once again, robotic Sentinels hunt
the team and the mutants they
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squad - who is it? A weakened
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the Phoenix Five to emerge unscathed!
All New X-Men Volume 4
All Different
HB
$34.99
The X-Men are shaken to the core
by the fallout from the Battle of
the Atom event! Kitty Pryde is
particularly affected, and her faith
in Wolverine’s Jean Grey School is
eroded. With her students gone, what is Kitty to do?
Thor God of Thunder Vol
3 The accursed
HB
$34.99
It’s the bloody return of one of
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the Accursed! The former lord
of the Dark Elves is freed from
his otherworldly prison, and the
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As Malekith begins a bloody rampage, Thor finds a new
allie to aid him: a Dark Elf sorceress!
DC Comics
Batman Vol 3 Death Of The Family
PB
$27.99
Every legendary hero has an opposite - the darkness to their light.
These reflections of evil, death and
menace bring out the best in our
champions. But none compare to
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Batman Vol 4 Zero Year Secret City
HB
$39.99
Batman must stop a robbery by...
Bruce Wayne. Twists and turns
are around every corner as Bruce
must clear his name and stop this
mysterious perpetrator, all leading to the epic “Zero Year.”
Adventures Of Superman Vol 1
PB
$22.99
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN is
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Joker The Death Of The Family
PB
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After having his face sliced off one
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features Batman’s entire network
of partners in crimefighting,
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more. While The Joker threatens
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villains - must find a way to survive.
Arrow Vol 2
PB
$27.99
Spinning out of the hit CW
television show, these digitalfirst chapters, written by show
creators Marc Guggenheim and
Andrew Kreisberg, fill in the gaps
between the television show and
the comics. This volume explores the mystery of what
really happened to Deadshot after his dramatic showdown with Oliver during season one of Arrow!
Green Lantern Vol 3 The End
PB
$32.99
The universe is in shambles and
the Guardians are the cause. Their
mysterious Third Army has risen
across the cosmos like a plague,
destroying everything in its path
and Hal Jordan and Sinestro are
nowhere to be found. It is up to
wrongfuly accused Simon Baz to
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needs in order to get to the bottom of Hal and Sinestro’s disapperance and the Rise of the Third Army!
Green Lantern Vol 4
Dark Days
HB
$39.99
Lanterns from all over the universe
begin to lose power, but unlike
times’ past, the reasons for
the outage don’t seem to be infighting. Allying with enemies and
friends alike, Hal links the answers to the mysterious
alien Relic, and their confrontation will leave all the
corps forever changed!
Green Team The Teen
Trillionaires Vol 1
PB
$27.99
When four teen trillionaires join
forces, nothing is impossible. The
highest tech gadgets, faraway
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Superman Batman Vol 1
Public Enemies
PB
$32.99
The iconic super-heroes unite
when longtime Superman enemy
Lex Luthor, now president of the
United States, accuses Superman
of a crime against humanity, and
assembles a top-secret team of
powerhouse heroes to bring Superman in - dead or
alive! And in the second story arc, prepare for the
arrival of Supergirl!
Batman AnthologyHB
$79.99 2014 marks the 75th Anniversary of Batman, the World’s Greatest Detective! And if a hero is
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is unrivaled in comics history.
Talon Vol 2 The Fall Of The Owls
PB
$32.99
In this volume, Calvin must slip
unseen onto Bane’s personal
island fortress of Santa Prisca
to capture scientist Sebastion
Clark and uncover the truth about
Bane’s ongoing experiments on
the island. What Calvin finds would
make even Doctor Moreau tremble
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