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  • Question 7

    By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West’s affair through 1930s nuclear physics to Flanagan's father working as a slave labourer near Hiroshima when the atom bomb is dropped, this daisy chain of events reaches fission when Flanagan as a young man finds himself trapped in a rapid on a wild river not knowing if he is to live or to die.At once a love song to his island home and to his parents, this ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • The Cancer Finishing School: Lessons in Laughter, Love and Resilience

    ‘My first stray thought: cancer is a gift. I’m lucky to have it. What priceless material for a doctor-writer.’What lessons might cancer teach him before it finishes him off? Peter Goldsworthy asks, obliquely.A GP of forty years’ practice, as well as one of Australia’s most awarded and celebrated writers, Goldsworthy (‘Doctor Pete’ to his patients) brings his characteristic black humour and ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing

    'Funny, fascinating and compelling' The Times

    by Matthew Perry ...
    'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir ... and it may just save lives' Daily Mail'Funny, fascinating, compelling ... also a wonderful read for fans of Friends' The TimesThe beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence.... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • 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

  • The Bell Jar

    by Sylvia Plath ...
    The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir

    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION‘Dazzling. Potent. Vital’ TARA WESTOVER‘To read it is to believe that words can save’ MARLON JAMES‘I adored this book … Unforgettable, heartbreaking and heartwarming’ ELIF SHAFAKAn extraordinary and inspiring memoir of family, education and resilience, from award-winning poet Safiya Sinclair.There was m... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

    by Jia Tolentino ...
    A Times book of the year A Guardian book of the year **‘Magnificent’**The Times ‘Dazzling’ New Statesman ‘It filled me with hope’ Zadie SmithWe are living in the era of the self, in an era of malleable truth and widespread personal and political delusion. In these nine interlinked essays, Jia Tolentino, the New Yorker’s brightest young talent, explores her own coming of age in this warped and ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • The Iliad

    by Homer ...
    A kidnapped queen, a ten-year siege, countless clashes on the battlefield – Homer’s epic masterpiece brings to life the legendary battles between the forces of Troy and the Aecheans. King Agamemnon and his allies go to war, seeking revenge against the Trojan prince Paris for abducting Helen, the wife of Spartan king Menelaus. With Apollo, Athena, and other gods joining the fray, heroes will rise ... Read more

    $3.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

    From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPICKED BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, IRISH TIMES, SPECTATOR, TLS, NEW STATESMAN, MAIL ON SUNDAY, I PAPER, PROSPECT, REVEW31 AND EVENING STANDARD AS A BOOK OF 2021'A masterclass from a warm and engagingly enthusiastic companion' Guardian Summer Reading Picks 2021</str... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism

    by Anna Kornbluh ...
    Contemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of "disintermediation": cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but for art. Immediacy names this style to make sense of what we lose when the contradictions of twenty-first-century capitalism demand that aesthetics negate mediation. Surging realness as an aesthetic ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The 30 Plan

    Why eating 30 plants a week will revolutionise your gut health

    'The ultimate guide and go-to book for all things gut health, written by an expert'Rhiannon Lambert, BSc MSc RNutr, founder of RhitritionRevolutionise your gut health with this simple plan from an expert dietitianGet on board with the 30 plant challenge! Gut health goes far beyond the stomach - it is linked to how your metabolism, brain and body functions, and even to your mental wellbeing. As ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD $16.99 AUD

  • She is the Earth

    She Is the Earth is the luminous new verse novel from celebrated poet Ali Cobby Eckermann. It charts a journey through grief and celebrates the healing power of Country. We follow Eckermann’s soft footfalls in the open (but far from empty) spaces between earth and sky; from sandstone to wetlands, from plains to mountain ranges.Eckermann’s writing soars in this meditative and transformative piece. ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD

  • Emboldened

    On finding the fire to keep going when all seems lost

    How do you begin your life again when you've lost everything you've worked for and your dreams have been shattered?That was the question beloved Australian author Belinda Alexandra faced one freezing winter night when she ran from her home in terror, clutching only her wallet, her phone and her latest manuscript on a USB stick.To pull herself up from rock bottom, Belinda drew strength from the ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • Best Wishes

    The funny new book from the bestselling, much loved and eternally hopeful author of The Land Before Avocado and Flesh Wounds

    Making the world a better, less annoying place one wish at a time.LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INDIE BOOK AWARDS'I wish I could think, hope, laugh, dream and, indeed, write like Richard Glover. And I wish every Australian could read this book. A soaring tribute to the power of wishful thinking' Trent Dalton'Glover asks life's big questions and helps us celebrate the simple joys - bin night, tax ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD

  • Private Equity

    'A vivid account of a world of excess, power, admiration and status'

    by Carrie Sun ...
    Named a most-anticipated book of 2024 by the Sunday Times, Financial Times, Stylist, Vogue, NPR.org, Oprah Daily, Town & Country and more.'A moving story of how easily a life can be submerged by work, and what it takes to regain one's soul' Oliver Burkeman, bestselling author of Four Thousand WeeksWhat are you willing to sacrifice to get to the top?What ... ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD

  • Africa Is Not A Country

    Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

    by Dipo Faloyin ...
    **A bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story.'Warm, funny, biting and essential reading.' Adam Rutherford'An exhilarating journey through the myths, misconceptions and stereotypes of modern Africa. This book is the history lesson that we all need.' Jeffrey Boakye, Guardian**You already know these stereotypes. So often Africa ... Read more

    $16.99 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

  • The Prophet

    by Kahlil Gibran ...
    The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry essays written in English by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran. The prophet, Almustafa, has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

    The powerful, pocket-sized manifesto

    by Elif Shafak ...
    'Elegant ... calm and generous' Mary Beard, GuardianThe must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020One of the Guardian's 'Best Books to Inspire Compassion'One of Independent's Books of the MonthA Cosmopolitan 'Revolutionary Read'Ours is the age of contagious anxiety. We feel overwhelmed by the events around us, by injustice, by suffering, by an en... ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

  • Daring to Fly

    The TV star on facing fear and finding joy on a deadline

    by Lisa Millar ...
    'The utterly inspirational story behind one of our country's most superb journalists. To have played even the tiniest of roles in helping to ignite Lisa's early fire for journalism gives me more joy than she will ever know.' LISA WILKINSONLisa Millar has spent her whole life showing up, getting things done and making things happen. As a child growing up in country Queensland, she dreamed of a big ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Complete Novels

    This book contains the complete novels of Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the chronological order of their original publication. Poor Folk The Double Notes From The Underground Crime and Punishment The Gambler The Idiot The Possessed (The Devils) A Raw Youth The Dream of a Ridiculous Man The Brothers Karamazov ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    Series series Unabridged Start Publishing LLC
    The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner is a hauntingly beautiful work, acclaimed both for the lyrical quality of its language and for the ghostly atmosphere it evokes. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's masterpiece related the tale of a sailor who shoots a lucky albatross and is condemned to wander the sea in search of redemption, burdened with guilt over his deed and the resulting deaths of his shipmates. ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD

  • A Memoir of My Former Self

    A Life in Writing

    by Hilary Mantel ...
    'A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century' Guardian'Like hearing the voice of an old friend' Observer'Extraordinary . . . a quality of timelessness and prescience' New Statesman, Book of the Year'Magical . . . Here we meet not just Mantel the Cromwell-catcher, but Mantel the quill-sharp critic of contemporary life' The Times, Book of the Year</e... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Blood Orange

    by Yaffa AS ...
    "Blood Orange" is a highly emotional, important and timely poetry collection by Mx. Yaffa (They/She), a trans Muslim displaced Indigenous Palestinian. Their writings probe the yearning for home, belonging, mental health, queerness, transness, and other dimensions of marginalization while nurturing dreams of utopia against the background of ongoing displacement and genocide of indigenous ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus