The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
This book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize; and shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award. It was the winner of the Encore Award. It is longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. It is longlisted for the Impac Prize. Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerou ...Show more
Anchor Point by Alice Robinson
$27.00 AUD
Category: Australian
As her parents clash over unwashed dishes and unlit fires, ten-year-old Laura works hard to keep the household running. When her mother disappears into the bush, Laura finds a farewell note and makes an impulsive decision that alters the course of her family's life. Despite her anger and grief, Laura he ...Show more
All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman (Univ. of Georgia)
$27.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
"One of the saddest, funniest, strangest, and most romantic books. . . . Brilliant!""The Bookselle"r (UK)All Tom's friends really are superheroes. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, Perf is hypnotized by her ex-boyfriend, Hypno, to believe Tom is invisible. Nothing he ...Show more
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon--Private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of th ...Show more
Whatever by Michel Houellebecq; Paul Hammond (Translator); Toby Litt (Introduction by)
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Serpent's Tail Classics Ser.
"Houellebecq captures precisely the cynical disillusionment of disaffected youth."--Booklist "This boy needs serious therapy. He may be beyond help."--The Washington Post Just thirty, with a well-paid job, depression and no love life, the narrator and anti-hero par excellence of this grim, funny, and ...Show more
Titanic Deception by John Rakestraw
$0.00 AUD
Category: Sci Fi/Fantasy
The Titanic had to sink. And Michael Kearney has learned why. When he overhears an intriguing conversation, he follows a trail that includes the diary his great-grandmother kept of her journey on the ill-fated oceanliner. When others take notice of his discovery, Michael finds his life in jeopardy.
Glory by Rachel Billington
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'I wonder who chose the word 'glory',' murmured Arthur. 'You mean there's nothing very glorious about war.' The Major smiled. 'People expect words like glory. I do myself.' 'Oh, I'm not against it. There were glorious deeds performed.' The fields and gulleys of Gallipoli are thickly scattered with bulle ...Show more
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (#8 Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon
$20.00 AUD
Category: Sci Fi/Fantasy | Series: Outlander
In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears . . . into 1743. The story unfolded from there in seven bestselling novels, and CNN has called it "a grand ad ...Show more
Adeline by Norah Vincent
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Adeline is a gorgeous reimagining of the historical events that brought Virginia Woolf to the riverbank, with a stunning dénouement worthy of its protagonist. An ambitious work in the tradition of Woolf herself, Adeline audaciously explores the interior consciousness of the most interior of authors from ...Show more
Novel Habits of Happiness (Isabel Dalhousie #10) by Alexander McCall Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels
Isabel Dalhousie is one of Edinburgh's most generous (but discreet) philanthropists - but should she be more charitable? She wonders, sometimes, if she is too judgmental about her niece's amorous exploits, too sharp about her housekeeper's spiritual beliefs, too ready to bristle in battle against her en ...Show more
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The international bestseller, translated from the German by Simon Pare. On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only ...Show more
The African Equation by Yasmina Khadra
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish."--Los Angeles Times "A skilled storyteller working at the height of his powers."--Times Literary Supplement "Like all the great storytellers of history, [Khadra] espouses the contradictions of his characters ...Show more