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Burmese Days
Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, "Burmese Days" describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when 'after all, natives were natives - interesting, no doubt, but finally only a 'subject' people, an inferior people with black faces'. Against the prevailing orth...
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This is a stunning novel in the great tradition of American coming-of-age novels from "Catcher in the Rye" to "The Secret History". Lee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with im...
Gravity's Rainbow
"The greatest, wildest author of his generation Guardianb>e could tell you the year is 1944, that the main character is called Tyrone Slothrop and that he has a problem because bombs are falling across Europe and crashing to earth at the exact locations of his sexual conquests. But that doesn t reall...
Beauty in the Broken Places - A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience
"An inspiring, intimate memoir about faith, resilience and the tenacity of love."--People "In this emotional tale, a young couple see their lives changed in the blink of an eye--and learn to find love again."--US Weekly Five months pregnant, on a flight to their "babymoon," Allison Pataki turned to her...
The Lost Boy: Tales of a Child Soldier
In episode 1 of the Ray Martin fronted SBS series Look me in the eye two South Sudanese migrants now resident in Brisbane sat across from each other and looked into each other's eyes. One of them, Ayik, was once a ten-year-old boy soldier training in the junior forces of the SPLA and like many of the yo...
Sailor Moon Eternal Edition (#9)
The guardians in sailor suits return in this definitive edition of the greatest magical girl manga of all time Features all-new cover illustrations by creator Naoko Takeuchi, a glittering holographic coating, an extra-large size, premium paper, French flaps, and a newly-revised translation Ages 13 a...
Deacon King Kong
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKTOP TEN BOOKS OF 2020, NEW YORK TIMES'A hilarious, pitch-perfect comedy set in the Brooklyn projects of the late 1960s. This alone may qualify it as one of the year's best novels.' The Washington PostFrom the winner of a National Book Award and aut...
Why You Should Give a F*ck About Farming
'Australia has no national food security policy. No national agriculture policy. We know what has been going on with water allocations and there is still no national response. Those with the means and access shop at farmer's market and order their brunch referring to the origins of their eggs, bacon, bu...
A Fatal Crossing
Gripping crime fiction set on board a cruise liner sailing from Southampton to New York in the 1920s. This fresh take on the classic locked-room mystery will appeal to fans of Anthony Horowitz, Sophie Hannah and Richard Osman. November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail from Southampton carrying 2,000 passen...
The Subtle Knife - The Graphic Novel
Philip Pullman; Stephane Melchior
A stunning graphic novel adaptation of The Subtle Knife, the second book in the His Dark Materials trilogy. Enter the remarkable world of His Dark Materials like never before with this stunning, full-colour graphic novel. Lyra has stepped into a brand-new world. Will has just killed a man. Their paths c...
Lucy by the Sea (HB)
In March 2020 Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past ...
Blast Off!
Are you ready to explore? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . .Rocket through the solar system in this funny, fact-filled whirl around the planets. Join two junior astronauts as they discover what makes each planet unique and what might happen if you were to get too close. 'You couldn't land on Mercury - the heat would b...
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