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Radish by Mo Yan
$9.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Specials
During China's collectivist era in the late 1950s, a rural work team responsible for building an important floodgate receives a strange new recruit: Hei-hai, a skinny, silent and almost feral boy. Assigned to assist the blacksmith at the worksite forge, Hei-hai proves superhumanly indifferent to pain or ...Show more
Reclaiming Epicurus: How an Ancient Philosophy of Happiness Could Save the World (Penguin Specials) by Luke Slattery
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Specials
Epicureanism has been diluted into a byword for gourmet dining, but does the original ancient Greek 'philosophy of the Garden' contain insight that could save the world? Luke Slattery argues that reading Epicurus could help us rethink our materialist ways and challenge the inevitability of man-made clim ...Show more
Rise of the Extreme Right: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: The New Global Extremism and the Threat to Democracy by Lydia Khalil
$12.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special
ASIO says right-wing extremism now makes up half its case load, and that it anticipates a terrorist attack on Australian soil within the year. There is a 250% increase in right-wing terrorism globally since 2014. But what exactly is right-wing extremism? Why is it a global problem? How does it threaten ...Show more
Rockstar Files (Zac Power Special Files #2) by H. I. Larry
$14.95 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Zac Power Special Files | Reading Level: 6-8
Zac Power: The Special Files consists of 16 of the most popular 'classic' Zac Power titles, packaged into themed doubles. The Special Files will be established as a collectable spin-off series, with a distinct cover design and logo that is strongly reminiscent of the original series, but slightly older ...Show more
Rowdy Revolutions by Terry Deary
$17.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Horrible Histories Special | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Readers can discover all the foul facts about Rowdy Revolutions, including which Chinese emperor was overthrown by his mum, why one revolution made ugly people very scared indeed and what Count Dracula was really like. With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of extra-horrible bits, these bestselling ...Show more
Rudd, Gillard and Beyond (was Where Should Labor Go Next?) by Troy Bramston
$9.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Specials
Troy Bramston is a former principal speechwriter for Kevin Rudd and an adviser to the Rudd government. He spent 10 years working as an adviser to federal Labor politicians in government and in opposition. He has been a party member for nearly 20 years and has held many positions in the party at a local ...Show more
Siege (#1 Special Forces Cadets) by Chris Ryan
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Special Forces Cadets
Tough enough? Smart enough? Max Johnson will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet ...A top-secret government programme needs a crack team of undercover military operators. They must have awesome levels of determination, endurance and fitness. They must be able to think on ...Show more
Stella the Star Fairy (Rainbow Magic Special Edition #3) by Daisy Meadows
$12.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Rainbow Magic Special Edition | Reading Level: 6-9
Stella the Star Fairy is all in a flutter, trying to put the sparkle into Christmas. Stella looks after all the special Christmas lights - from the overhead illuminations,to the Christmas tree fairy lights, right through to the twinkling stars. Three magic Christmas baubles control all of these elements ...Show more
Sunny Side Up by Holly Smale
$24.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Geek Girl Special
"My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek." A brand new summer story from the no. 1 bestselling and award-winning GEEK GIRL series! Harriet Manners knows many facts. And she knows everything there is to know about Paris...except what to do when you're the hottest new model at Fashion Week. Can Harrie ...Show more
Take Your Best Shot The Prime Ministership of Julia Gillard by Jacqueline Kent
$9.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Specials
Following from her successful biography The Making of Julia Gillard, here Jacqueline Kent analyses the tumultuous term in office of our first female prime minister. Take Your Best Shot is an insightful and immensely readable account of Gillard's time at the top, and of just how adversarial her environme ...Show more
Tempra the Time Stealer by Adam Blade
$12.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Special
When Tom drinks the potion of Tempra the Time Stealer, he finds himself in an alternative Avantia, ruled by an evil wizard. Can he and Elenna defeat the Beast and fix the past to ensure the safety of Avantia's future? Don't miss this new bumper special edition of the bestselling series!
The 39 Clues Superspecial #1: Outbreak by C Alexander London
$19.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: 39 Clues: Super Special
CALLING ALL CAHILLS! Announcing a 39 Clues Superspecial adventure -- the gang is back, and called to investigate one of their own: Sinead Starling.