Head of State by Andrew Marr
$19.99 AUD
Category: General
Two corpses. A country on the edge of a political precipice. A conspiracy so bold it would make Machiavelli wince. Andrew Marr's debut novel imagines what really might be going on behind the door of 10 Downing Street. When a young investigative reporter is found dead on the streets of London few people ...Show more
Self by Yann Martel
$19.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
A fictional autobiography of a young writer which takes the reader to Canada, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere. This story of love, sex and ambiguity is the first novel by the Canadian author of the award-winning short-story collection, "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios".
The Group by Mary McCarthy
$22.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: VMC | Reading Level: very good
THE GROUP follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip and party in 1930s Manhattan. THE GROUP can be seen as the original SEX AND THE CITY. It is the first novel to frankly portray women's real lives, exploring subjects such as sex, contr ...Show more
The Home Girls - Text Classics by Olga Masters
$12.95 AUD
Category: General | Series: Text Classics
The Home Girls is a collection of candid, witty stories about rural and suburban life. Set in the mid-twentieth century, these are tales of ordinary people and domestic life. Masters was, as the Advertiser remarked, 'a natural storyteller'. Between the publication of The Home Girls, in 1982, and her dea ...Show more
Paper Hearts & Summer Kisses by Carole Matthews
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
A beautiful and heart-warming novel about following your dreams, starting over and finding love. Perfect for fans of Cathy Kelly, Veronica Henry and Jill Mansell I keep my eyes closed in the shower so that I can hold onto the pretence of sleep for just a little while longer. Christie Chapman is a single ...Show more
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
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Category: General
WINNER OF THE 2017 PEN/FAULKNER AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARAN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A formidable storyteller' Jonathan Franzen 'Savage and compassionate in all the right places' New York Times Book Review 'Eerily timely ... bittersweet and buoyant' Jessie Burton New York, 2007. After ...Show more
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
$29.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the James Tait Black Prize for FictionShortlisted for the International Dublin Literary AwardShortlisted for the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlisted for the 2016 Bord G is Energy Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the Year The breathtaking new novel from Eimear McBride, about an extraordinary, all ...Show more
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers by Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: General | Series: 44 Scotland Street #9
Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its ninth season in The Scotsman. Anything could happen to B ...Show more
The Revolving Door of Life : A 44 Scotland Street Novel by Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: General | Series: 44 Scotland Street Ser.
Excitement abounds when the revolving door of life brings fresh faces and hilarious new developments to the residents of 44 Scotland Street. Things are looking up for seven-year-old Bertie Pollock. The arrival of his spirited grandmother and the absence of his meddlesome mother--who is currently running ...Show more
Emma : A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: General
The best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series deftly escorts Jane Austen's beloved, meddlesome heroine into the twenty-first century in this delightfully inventive retelling. The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury to prepare for the lau ...Show more
Knowledge is Beautiful by David McCandless
$39.99 AUD
Category: General
A fascinating and thoroughly modern glimpse of world knowledge. It offers a deeper, more ranging look at the world and its history, and an entirely democratic, global look at key issues bedded into the foundations of world knowledge - from questions and facts on history and politics to science, literatu ...Show more
The Convent by Maureen McCarthy
$22.99 AUD
Category: General
'I woke up with a feeling about today,' Stella says dreamily. 'Something truly amazing is going to happen.' 'To us or to the world?' I say. 'To you.' 'To me?' I laugh. 'Nothing ever happens to me, Stella.' 'But today it will.' 'Will it be good?' She looks thoughtful and then frowns. 'I ...I don't know.' ...Show more