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  • Sudden Death

    by Rachel Lynch ...
    Book 10 - Detective Kelly Porter
    Scores are dead or injured. But who was the killer’s true target?On a misty morning in the Lake District, two men depart by helicopter from a private estate. Below, they see the stunning views of Wast Water, with Scafell Pike ahead, where fell runners are competing atop England’s highest mountain. It’s at this moment that the pilots lose control, and crash into the mountain top. Runners and ... Read more

    $7.25 AUD

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  • The Memory Keeper of Kyiv

    The most powerful, important historical novel of 2022

    by Erin Litteken ...
    Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Beekeeper of Aleppo."A powerfully moving debut . . . Ukraine’s tragic history painfully echoes its current crisis, and on every page the Ukrainian spirit shines out, unbowed, unbent and unbroken.” Kate Quinn, author of The Diamond EyeIn the 1930s, Stalin’s activists marched through the Soviet Union, espousing the greatness of collective ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sensory Order

    An Inquiry into the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology

    by F. A. Hayek ...
    The Nobel Prize-winning economist explores how the mind works—an early landmark in the field of cognitive science.The Sensory Order, first published in 1952, sets forth F. A. Hayek's classic theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism that classifies perceptions that cannot be accounted for by physical laws. Though Hayek is more commonly known as an icon in the field of economics, ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Burnt Out

    by Victoria Brookman ...
    How do you start again when your life is a smoking ruin?She lost everything in a bushfire and became the celebrity face of climate change. But is fame and living with a billionaire all it's cracked up to be? A warm and witty story for our times.'Here's to rising from the ashes ...'Calida Lyons is having a very bad week. She's long past deadline for her still unwritten second novel; her husband has ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD $4.99 AUD

  • Sacred Nature

    How we can recover our bond with the natural world

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    **'Filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' - Guardian'KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS' - A.N. Wilson, author of The Victorians and** Winnie and WolfIn this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that if we want to avert environmental catastrophe, it is not enough to change our behaviour: we need to learn to think and feel differently about the natural world - to rekindle our spiritual ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • One Last Day of Summer

    The BRAND NEW perfect summer read from #1 bestseller Shari Low for 2022

    by Shari Low ...
    As a flight to St Lucia leaves the runway, four passengers meet for the first time.After escaping her controlling husband, Bernadette Manson is taking the first extravagant holiday of her new life. But when her best friend cancels, will she be strong enough to fly solo?Tadgh Donovan is about to jet off to his destination wedding when he sees a shocking text. Has his bride-to-be written her wedding ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dune

    The breath-taking and Academy Award-nominated science fiction masterpiece

    by Frank Herbert ...
    series S.F. MASTERWORKS
    'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST'I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings' Arthur C Clarke'It is possible that Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published' NEW YORKERThe Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch-enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. Although it is almost completely without ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • The Cowra Breakout

    by Mat McLachlan ...
    The riveting story of the missing piece of Australia's World War II history, told by bestselling historian Mat McLachlan (Walking with the Anzacs, Gallipoli: The Battlefield Guide).During World War II, in the town of Cowra in central New South Wales, Japanese prisoners of war were held in a POW camp. By August 1944, over a thousand were interned and on the icy night of August 5th they staged one ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MUST-READ OF SUMMER 2022

    by Gabrielle Zevin ...
    * RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB Pick July 2022* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* JIMMY FALLON BOOK CLUB PICK'I just love this book and I hope you love it too' JOHN GREEN, TikTokThis is not a romance, but it is about loveTwo kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there. Their love of video games becomes a shared ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Ambassador

    A gripping international thriller

    by Tom Fletcher ...
    Book 1 - The Diplomat Thrillers
    'A gripping thriller from the man on the inside. You need to read this.' Andy McNab'Tom Fletcher was the ultimate Downing Street operator' David CameronA global conspiracy. A man on the run. What happens when diplomacy fails?An unputdownable thriller, written with unique insight into the highest levels of diplomacy. From the former ambassador and No.10 foreign policy advisor Tom Fletcher, an ... Read more

    $7.25 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wolf of Wessex

    A gripping, action-packed historical thriller

    by Matthew Harffy ...
    'Harffy’s Dunston is a fantastic creation – old, creaking and misanthropic. The forest is beautifully evoked. A treat of a book' The Times.AD 838. Deep in the forests of Wessex, Dunston's solitary existence is shattered when he stumbles on a mutilated corpse.Accused of the murder, Dunston must clear his name and keep the dead man's daughter alive in the face of savage pursuers desperate to prevent ... Read more

    $8.90 AUD $1.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Because the Cat Purrs

    How We Relate to Other Species and Why it Matters

    by Janet Lembke ...
    "A new book by Janet Lembke is always a cause for celebration."-Sue Hubbell We share our lives, for better or worse, with a multitude of animals, white-tailed deer and white-tailed eagles, hens and wrens, frogs and guppies, and, last but hardly least, bugs and bacteria. For the most part, we drift along separately, with neither man nor animal affecting the other's way of life. Sometimes, however, ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD $1.99 AUD

  • A Cornish Summer's Kiss

    An uplifting read from the top 10 bestselling author of The Cornish Midwife

    by Jo Bartlett ...
    From the top 10 bestselling author of The Cornish Midwife.Two years after losing her husband, Finn, Lexie Turner is still struggling. She knows she needs to move on, but she has no idea where to begin. Packing up her life in London, Lexie heads to the coastal town of Port Kara to spend the summer working out her next move. With only her beloved Labrador for company, it’s the perfect place to start ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hothouse Earth

    An Inhabitant’s Guide

    by Bill McGuire ...
    'It's a paradox but this was one of the most chilling books I've read this year. It's the definitive guide to where we're heading' ANTHONY HOROWITZ'The Earth is already in a dangerous phase of heating. Many scientists admit privately to actually being "scared" by recent weather extremes. But the public doesn't like pessimism, so we environment journalists hint at future optimism. This book ... Read more

    $16.82 AUD

  • Four Thousand Weeks

    The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will change your life

    by Oliver Burkeman ...
    **The instant Sunday Times bestseller**What if you tried to stop doing everything, so you could finally get round to what counts?Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,' Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing rather than denying their limitations.Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Planetwalker

    22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.

    by John Francis, Ph.D. ...
    When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restore blackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental and personal stand—he stopped using all forms of motorized transportation. Soon after embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, the young man took a vow of silence that endured for 17 years. It began as a ... Read more

    $11.76 AUD

  • The Old Trade of Killing

    An utterly compelling military thriller

    by Max Hennessy ...
    Book 1 - The Shadows of War Collection
    The fighting has long since ended. But the conflict is far from over…Twenty years after the Second World War, five tough veterans return to the Sahara in a desperate search for bomb-buried bullion. But twenty years can change a man.Young ideals have been replaced by greed. Comradeship has vanished along with innocence. And treachery and murder are rife among them.This exciting adventure is set ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Stepmother

    An emotional and suspenseful novel packed with family secrets

    by Ros Carne ...
    One guilty secret will tear her life apart...After a series of heart-breaking miscarriages, Kate's marriage is hanging by a thread. When her husband Michael tells her he has shocking news, at first, she thinks the worst - he's been having an affair. It would explain why he's been so distant. Instead, he reveals that the daughter he abandoned twenty years ago is coming to stay.Kate is blindsided by ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

    The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

    by Bill Gates ...
    In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD

  • The World Beneath Their Feet

    The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas

    by Scott Ellsworth ...
    Longlisted for the 2020 William Hill Sports Book of the Year 'A gripping history' THE ECONOMIST 'The World Beneath Their Feet contains plenty of rollicking stories' THE TIMES 'Gripping' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'So far as adventure stories go, this book is tops.' Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump '[Ells... ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Barack Obama's Books of 2019

    by Professor Shoshana Zuboff ...
    THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S TOP BOOKS OF THE YEARShortlisted for The Orwell Prize 2020Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award 2019'Easily the most important book to be published this century. I find it hard to take any young activist seriously who hasn't at lea... ... Read more

    $13.41 AUD

  • The Salt Path

    The 85-Week Sunday Times Bestseller from the Million-Copy Bestselling Author

    by Raynor Winn ...
    Bring nature into your home with t****he inspiring true story of hope and the healing powers of the natural world, in one of the most talked about books of the decadeFROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'This is what you need right now to muster hope and resilience . . . a beautiful story and a reminder that humans can endure adversity' Stylist*'*A beautiful book, it really lives up to the hype ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Bird Bonds

    by Gisela Kaplan ...
    Some Australian native birds become childhood sweethearts and court for years before they get 'married'. Others divorce because of personality clashes and different skill levels. Many negotiate their parenting duties. But how do these personal life events link to long-lasting bonds, long life-spans and exceptional overall intelligence?Professor Gisela Kaplan, an eminent voice in animal behaviour, ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Garden of the Gods

    by Gerald Durrell ...
    series The Corfu Trilogy
    The third book in The Corfu Trilogy (after My Family and Other Animals and Birds, Beasts and Relatives), the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells.Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious, sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children, ten-year-old Gerald, discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises, ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD