A story from the inside when Queensland had the most corrupt police force in the country. This is what it's really like to be an undercover police officer.'Banks has told his story in a raw and honest autobiography. It is the best true crime book published in Australia in a decade.' - John Silvester, Crime Reporter for The AgeUndercover was like guerrilla warfare; to understand your enemy, you had to walk amongst them, to become them. The trick...

**“Engrossing and suspenseful." *—*The New York Times“Expertly pulls readers in.” —The Guardian“Smith sharply chronicles the revolutionary moment.” — Financial TimesThe origin story of the post-truth age: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Nick Denton of Gawker Media and Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and BuzzFeed, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale helped release the dark forces that would overtake the inter...

BEN SMITH: PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER. Recognise the name? Of course you don't. That's because most of Smith's years in the game were spent outside the vaunted, big-money environs of the Premier League - and this sporting memoir is all the more entertaining as a result. 1995: an adolescent Ben arrives at the training ground of one of England's biggest clubs to begin his journey and realise his dream of playing top-flight professional football. Aged just sixteen, he shares pre-season sessions ...

Volume 2 - An upside down cathedral floats in the sky above Du Pont, threatening to fall down and crush the city below. Inside, Valorie Valiant races against time to track down three magical totems which Cye has convinced her will somehow save her kingdom, but even if it works; how can Valorie save herself from the scythe wielding Lord Alistair who’s hunting her the whole way.

Volume 1 - Valorie Valiant, the transgender princess of Valenguard, has finally reached Tribestia – a city on a bridge where the rain never stops coming down. With Joshi dying of grub curse, malcontent in her crew, and a mysterious summons from the mayor Valorie needs to take charge if she wants to make it out.

VOL 3 – Valorie Valiant, the transgender princess of Valenguard, crosses swords with Tat while Marium meets her ghostly husband in single combat. Joshi and Sheila defend the Wisteria against the Amalgam, but will Shawn overcome his fear in time to help? The Monitor draws Nem, Cye, and Leah deeper into his nightmare realm. Sooner or later one of them is going to snap. Will the Wisteria Crew escape the Grubscape or will they leave their souls behind to haunt this realm forever?

VOL 2 - The Wisteria Crew scours the Grubscape for the only part which can fix their airship, but the hazards of this long abandoned swamp may just get the best of them. A shadowy figure who wields the powers of necromancy, a monstrous spider made of grub zombies, and the enigmatic monitor all stand between Valorie Valiant, the transgender princess of Valenguard, and getting back to her kingdom in one piece.

VOL 1 – Vanquished is back! Picking up where “Weird Princ{ess}” left off, the mismatched Wisteria Crew desperately speed towards their death as the airship burns out over the ruins of Castle Valiant below, and the Alfainian Lord Umbermane pelts them from a distance. Can Valorie Valiant, the Transgender Princess of Valenguard, survive this and the adventure to come?

Volume 2 - Castle Valiant is overrun with Alfainians, and the few Ma’pah soldiers aren’t enough to hold them back for long. Led by dinosaur riding Lord Gronk, the sadomasochistic Lord Stephens, and more the odds are stacked against Valorie Valiant – the transgender princess of Valenguard. She’ll have to put her trust in the assassin sent to kidnap her just to escape, but will that be enough?

Volume 1 - The prince of Valenguard is a little weird. Everybody thinks so, but what they don’t know is that she is actually transgender! It’s the day of the big war meeting, and Princess Valorie’s on the run! Fleeing the castle with the queen in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, a mysterious assassin has come to town. Her target? The weird princess. Who will catch up to her first?

The hilarious memoir about Australia in the 1950s.When a naive young couple marry, romance clashes with reality and just about everything goes wrong - and right.When a gormless just-married couple rent an impractical shack at Avalon, twenty-six miles from Sydney, they face, among other things, an endless commute in a broken-down car. Soon they have no time for anything except keeping on the road.This memoir, constructed from journals, provides a laugh-out-loud chronicl...

RUNNING AWARDS 2019 – TOP BOOKThe story of Ben Smith, who decided to run 401 marathons in 401 days. People thought he was mad, until they heard his story, then they began to understand. Having endured years of bullying as a child, Ben tried to take his own life.In adulthood, Ben struggled to feel content with the life that was mapped out for him. But having found his passion in running, Ben sold his possessions, escaped his old life and set off on what seem...