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  • Nexus

    The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the author of Sapiens

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together.Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other.What will AI do?... ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

  • Ideas to Save Your Life

    Philosophy for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure

    by Michael McGirr ...
    This book is about the quest for order in a perplexing world.Ideas to Save Your Life follows Michael McGirr’s much-admired Books that Saved My Life (2018). This time, instead of sharing his love of literature, McGirr shares his love of philosophy, focusing on the works of twenty-plus eminent thinkers across history.The book goes back to Pythagoras and comes forward to the contemporary Australian ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

  • Four Shots in the Night

    A True Story of Stakeknife, Murder and Justice in Northern Ireland

    by Henry Hemming ...
    'A truly page-turning, compulsive and also profoundly moving narrative. Superb.' - JAMES HOLLAND'Gripping, urgent, superbly reported and brilliantly written' - DAN JONES'A gripping and pacey book that reads like a thriller. I found it shocking in a world where I didn't think I could be shocked any more. Henry Hemming wears his extensive research very lightly and manages to shape a great narrative ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Undercover Nazi Hunter

    Exposing Subterfuge and Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany

    by Wolfe Frank ...
    A 1949 series of articles on life in post-World War II Germany, written by an undercover German reporter for an American paper—and the story behind them.Wolfe Frank was chief interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials where he was dubbed “The Voice of Doom.” A playboy turned resistance worker branded an “enemy of the state—to be shot on sight,” he had fled Germany for England in 1937. Initially interned ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Behindlings

    by Nicola Barker ...
    The breakthrough novel from one of the greatest comic writers in the language – one of the twenty selected by Granta as the Best of Young British Writers 2003.Some people follow the stars. Some people follow the soaps. Some people follow rare birds, or obscure bands, or the form, or the football.Wesley prefers not to follow. He thinks that to follow anything too assiduously is a sign of weakness. ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD $7.99 AUD

  • The Ecclesiastical History of the English People

    by Bede, Judith McClure, Roger Collins ...
    Translated by Bertram Colgrave ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731 AD) is Bede's most famous work. As well as providing the authoritative Colgrave translation of the Ecclesiastical History, this edition includes a new translation of the Greater Chronicle, in which Bede examines the Roman Empire and contemporary Europe. His Letter to Egbert gives his final reflections on the English Church just before his death ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Book of the Order of Chivalry

    by Ramon Llull ...
    Translated by Noel Fallows ...
    New English translation of Llull's classic and significant text, restoring the nuances of the original.Ramon Llull (1232-1316) composed The Book of the Order of Chivalry between 1274 and 1276 as both an instrument of reform and an agent for change. His aim was to create and codify the rules for a unilateral Order of Chivalry. Loyalty to the Order, coupled with common sense, religious faith, ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Sister Outsider

    by Audre Lorde ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deepThe revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women'. Uncompromising, angry and yet full of hope, this collection of her essential prose - essays, speeches, letters, interviews - explores race, sexuality, ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Too Much

    the hilarious, heartfelt memoir

    by Tom Allen ...
    'An extraordinary portrait of a son navigating his way through grief and loss in real time. Funny, candid, and measured' GRAHAM NORTONHappily settled in a new relationship and with a dream house of his own, Tom Allen could finally call himself an adult. But when his beloved dad died suddenly, Tom's life was rocked by a fresh set of challenges, and he started to find comfort in his friends, his ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa ...
    'It was with aweThat I beheldFresh leaves, green leaves,Bright in the sun'When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He writes of the seasons changing, the smell of the rain, the brightness ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Women of a Certain Rage

    Edited by Liz Byrski ...
    This book is the result of what happened when Liz Byrski asked 20 women from widely different backgrounds, races, beliefs and identities to take up the challenge of writing about rage.The honesty, passion, courage and humour of their very personal stories is engergising and inspiring. If you have ever felt the full force of anger and wondered at its power, then this book is for you. ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lost Connections

    Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions

    by Johann Hari ...
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: A radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety'A book that could actually make us happy' SIMON AMSTELL'This amazing book will change your life' ELTON JOHN'One of the most important texts of recent years' BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE'Brilliant, stimulating, radical' MATT HAIG'The more peo... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • How to be the Perfect Submissive

    by Romi Foxx ...
    Seven Steps to Successful Service50 Shades of Grey and other spin off books have seen an increase in interest about the BDSM lifestyle. Do people really sign contracts giving themselves away? Do they honestly enjoy being smacked, restrained, used?Some people do, within very specific contexts. How to be the Perfect Submissive answers these questions and more.Guiding you through the quagmire of ... Read more

    $4.05 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Notes on Heartbreak

    The Must-Read Book by Vogue's Dating Columnist

    by Annie Lord ...
    'Arresting and vivid, raw and breathtaking...told with stunning originality' DOLLY ALDERTON, author of EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE'Annie Lord tells us a story at once both specific and universal' SHON FAYE, author of THE TRANSGENDER ISSUE'An electrifying debut' CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE, author of THE RACHEL INCIDENTDark, fierce and raw, Notes on Heartbreak is a love story told... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Ridge Hill

    Book Three in the beautifully heartwarming Gibson Family Saga

    by Anna Jacobs ...
    Series Book 3 - Gibson Saga
    **The third book in the stunning Gibson Family series**, perfect for fans of 'Call the Midwife', Dilly Court and Catherine Cookson********Lancashire, 1848. Preparations are under way for Annie Gibson's wedding to Bilsden's wealthy mill owner, Frederick Hallam. But not everyone is as pleased as they are.Frederick's daughter is horrified at the prospect of a new, attractive stepmother arriving at ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Collected Works of W. Somerset Maugham (Novels, Short Stories, Plays and Travel Sketches)

    by William Somerset Maugham ...
    This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Works of W. Somerset Maugham (Novels, Short Stories, Plays and Travel Sketches)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the ... Read more

    $2.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Red Hand

    Stories, Reflections and the Last Appearance of Jack Irish

    by Peter Temple ...
    ‘One of the world’s finest crime writers.’ The Times‘He was to terse blokes with hard jobs and wounded souls what Proust was to memory. He made every sentence count and shot the stragglers.’ Shane MaloneyPeter Temple didn’t start publishing novels until he was fifty, but then he got cracking, writing nine of them in thirteen years. When he died, in March 2018, there was an unfinished Jack Irish ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD

  • From the Outer

    Footy Like You've Never Heard It

    Edited by Nicole Hayes, Alicia Sometimes ...
    A celebration of our great game, From the Outer brings together 30 personal stories about Aussie Rules from unexpected voices: those who are female, Indigenous or gay; those with a disability, a foreign accent or even – perhaps most dubious of all – literary leanings.Some are closet fans, some are out and proud. Many are ground-breaking and revolutionary, shaking up the institution that has ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

    The internationally bestselling classic

    by Dr Maya Angelou ...
    A beautiful new edition of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, the iconic, beloved and deeply moving first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography.The international classic and bestseller, Maya Angelou's memoir paints a portrait of 'a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA'I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it's ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • A History of the World in 47 Borders

    The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

    by Jonn Elledge ...
    'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND | 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOEPeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Boy Behind the Curtain

    by Tim Winton ...
    In Tim Winton’s fiction, chaos waits in the wings and ordinary people are ambushed by events and emotions beyond their control.Winton’s own life has also been shaped by havoc. The extraordinarily powerful true stories that make up The Boy Behind the Curtain take us behind the scenes, revealing the accidents, both serendipitous and traumatic, that have influenced his view of life and fuelled his ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

    by Oliver Sacks ...
    In his most extraordinary book, "one of the greatest clinical writers of the 20th century" (New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders.It tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Try Not to Think of a Pink Elephant

    by Patrick Marlborough, Katharine Pollock, Sienna Rose Scully, Dani Leever, Martin Ingle ...
    Try Not to Think of a Pink Elephant is a collection of real-life stories about living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Contributors are Martin Ingle on OCD and sexual intimacy; Dani Leever on contamination-based OCD; Patrick Marlborough on living with OCD in NYC; Katharine Pollock on over-achievement and control of food and body; and Sienna Rose Scully on the untimely death of her mother, an ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Happening – WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

    by Annie Ernaux ...
    Translated by Tanya Leslie ...
    In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep that child. This is the story, written forty years later, of a trauma Ernaux never overcame. In a France where abortion was illegal, she attempted, in vain, to self-administer the abortion ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus