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  • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    **THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.'21 Lessons is, simply put, a crucial book' Adam KayHow can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • The Secret Sister

    A compelling suspense novel about family and secrets

    by M. M. DeLuca ...
    How far would you go for family?Anna’s done bad things before. Neglected and unloved as a child, she had to do whatever it took to keep herself and her little sister, Birdie, safe. But the worst thing she’s ever done is let her sister walk out of a diner when they were teenagers. She would never see her sister again.Years later, and Anna is a new person. After a whirlwind romance, she’s married ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD

  • It Ends With Us

    Tiktok made me buy it! The most heartbreaking novel you'll ever read

    by Colleen Hoover ...
    **THE TIKTOK SENSATION'A brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn't let go, long after you've finished it'** Anna Todd, author of the After series'A glorious and touching read, a forever keeper' *USA Today**'***Will break your heart while filling you with hope' Sarah Pekkanen, Perfect NeighborsSOMETIMES THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU IS THE ONE WHO HURTS YOU THE MOST.<... ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Puff Piece

    by John Safran ...
    The folks that bring you Marlboro – Philip Morris – are wheezing, slowly dying. Cigarettes are out of favour with everyone, from world governments and investors to, increasingly, smokers. So, what’s their plan?Prepare to be dazzled. Or, at the very least, befuddled.Philip Morris has announced they will shut down as a cigarette company, and relaunch as a health enterprise, dedicated to convincing ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD $12.99 AUD

  • The Farmer’s Friend

    by Fiona McArthur ...
    They’d bought a stock and feed store called, of all things, The Farmer’s Friend.Gracie could tell Jed thought it a great name. ‘Farmers stick together. I like it.’Jed and Gracie’s move to Featherwood brings big dreams and open hearts, despite the drought around them. The ready-made rural store even comes with an ancient homestead overlooking the river, albeit one requiring some TLC. Gracie is ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • Think Like a Monk: The secret of how to harness the power of positivity and be happy now

    by Jay Shetty ...
    The Sunday Times Number One BestsellerJay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast ‘On Purpose’, distils the timeless wisdom he learned as a practising monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life.Over the past three years, Jay Shetty has become a favourite in the hearts and minds of millions of people worldwide. One of his clips ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

  • Outliers

    The Story of Success

    by Malcolm Gladwell ...
    From the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever.Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary?In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • A Distant Journey

    by Di Morrissey ...
    Celebrating 25 years as Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel Before the Storm out now.Di Morrissey's, A Distant Journey is a tribute to the real Australia she knows so well.In 1962 Cindy drops out of college to impulsively marry Australian grazier Murray Parnell, moving from the glamorous world of Palm Springs, California, to an isolated sheep station on the sweeping plains of the ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • The Cat and The City

    'Vibrant and accomplished' David Mitchell

    by Nick Bradley ...
    A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick'Ingenious ... touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking.' Guardian'If you're itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell ... try this.' The Times_______________In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate li... ... Read more

    $9.89 AUD

  • The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

    by Mona Eltahawy ...
    Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the “seven necessary sins” that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to be angry, ambitious, profane, violent, attention-seeking, lustful, and powerful. All the necessary “sins” that women and girls ... Read more

    $10.66 AUD

  • Kindred

    The ground-breaking masterpiece

    by Octavia E. Butler ...
    Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayòbámi Adébáyò.'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' NEW YORK TIMES'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' GUARDIAN'One of the most significant literary artists of the twentieth century. One cannot exaggerate the impact she has had' JUNOT DIAZ--<... ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Aftershocks

    Dispatches from the Frontlines of Identity

    by Nadia Owusu ...
    'One of the most moving books of the new year' STYLIST'Gorgeous and unsettling' NEW YORK TIMES'Brilliant and devastating...tender and lacerating' PANDORA SYKES'One of the literary world's most promising new voices' REDI have lived in disaster and disaster has lived in me. Our shared languages are thunder and reverberation.... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Ache

    by Eliza Henry-Jones ...
    The much anticipated new novel - about how a family, and a rural community, recover from a terrible bushfire - from a stunning young Australian writer, Eliza Henry Jones.A year ago, a devastating bushfire ripped Annie's world apart - killing her grandmother, traumatising her young daughter and leaving her mother's home in the mountains half destroyed. Annie fled back to the city, but the mountain ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Horizon

    by Barry Lopez ...
    'Horizon is magnificent; a contemporary epic' Robert Macfarlane, author of UnderlandFrom the author of the classic Arctic Dreams comes a vivid recollection of his travels around the world and the encounters that shaped an extraordinary life.Taking us nearly from pole to pole - from modern megacities to some of the earth's most remote regions - Barry Lopez gives us his most far-ranging and personal ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The First Stone

    25th Anniversary Edition

    by Helen Garner ...
    In the autumn of 1992, two young women students at Melbourne University went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party. The man they accused was the head of their co-ed residential college.The controversial book that Helen Garner wrote about the resulting Ormond College sexual harassment case caused a social media storm. Prominent feminists were outraged at Garner's ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Beyond Human Nature

    How Culture and Experience Shape Our Lives

    by Jesse J Prinz ...
    In this provocative, revelatory tour de force, Jesse Prinz reveals how the cultures we live in - not biology - determine how we think and feel. He examines all aspects of our behaviour, looking at everything from our intellects and emotions, to love and sex, morality and even madness. This book seeks to go beyond traditional debates of nature and nurture. He is not interested in finding universal ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Wild Silence

    The Sunday Times Bestseller 2021 from the author of The Salt Path

    by Raynor Winn ...
    The incredible Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller from the million-copy bestselling author of the phenomenon and80-week Sunday Times bestselling The Salt PathLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2021'Beautiful, a thrill to read . . . you feel the world is a better place because Raynor and Moth are in it' The Times'Brilliant, powerful and touching . . . will connect with anyone w... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • All You Need Is Love

    An emotional, uplifting story of love and friendship from bestseller Jessica Redland

    by Jessica Redland ...
    'A cracking read. I loved it!' Nicola May When you’ve loved and lost, how do you find the strength to let love in again?Jemma thinks she’s found the love of her life. Scott is everything she ever dreamed of and she can’t wait to begin the next stage of their life together. But just as she is heading for her happy ever after, a shock revelation shatters Jemma’s life as she knows it. Left to pick up ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD

  • Mating in Captivity

    How to keep desire and passion alive in long-term relationships

    by Esther Perel ...
    When you love someone, how does it feel? And when you desire someone, how is it different?In Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel looks at the story of sex in committed couples. Modern romance promises it all - a lifetime of togetherness, intimacy and erotic desire. In reality, it's hard to want what you already have. Our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. And often, the ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Three Women

    THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    by Lisa Taddeo ...
    The International No. 1 Bestseller'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times'A book that begs discussion' Vanity FairAll Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't touch her?All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town?... ... Read more

    $15.72 AUD

  • Faking It

    A brand new laugh-out-loud romantic comedy for 2021

    by Portia MacIntosh ...
    ‘A brilliantly funny and unique story about love, loss, family and fitting in. I laughed, I cried - I loved it.’ Holly MartinThe perfect house, the perfect husband and the perfect life... or is she just faking it?Life has been a bit of a rollercoaster for Ella. Growing up as the 'less successful' identical twin to her 'perfectly successful' sister, Emma, has left her feeling isolated, inadequate ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD

  • Heart of the Dreaming

    by Di Morrissey ...
    series Heart of the Dreaming
    From Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel Before the Storm out now.The book that launched Di Morrissey as Australia's most popular female novelist. Heart of the Dreaming is the bestselling prequel to Follow the Morning Star.At twenty-one, Queenie Hanlon has the world at her feet and the love of handsome bushman TR Hamilton.Beautiful, wealthy and intelligent she is the only daug... ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • Lily's Promise

    How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live

    by Lily Ebert ...
    A heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming Holocaust survivor story that demonstrates the power of love to see us through the darkest of times.When Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in 1945, a Jewish-American soldier gave her a banknote on which he’d written ‘Good luck and happiness’. And when her great-grandson, Dov, decided to use social media to track down the family of the GI, ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Generations

    Does When You’re Born Shape Who You Are?

    by Bobby Duffy ...
    'Subtle and compelling.' ObserverAre we in the middle of a generational war? Are Millennials really entitled 'snowflakes'? Are Baby Boomers stealing their children's futures? Are Generation X the saddest generation? Will Generation Z fix the climate crisis?In this original and deeply researched book, Professor Bobby Duffy explores whether when we're born determines our attitudes to money, sex, ... Read more

    $14.51 AUD