Dramatisations of two novels by the Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick WhiteAustralian author Patrick White is is widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century. His debut novel, 1939’s Happy Valley, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society, and he won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature – the only Australian to have received the honour. Two of his critically acclaimed works are featured h...

The first book in the epic Masters of Rome series.Rome. 110BC. A city which is home to Gaius Marius, prosperous but lowborn, a proud and disciplined soldier emboldened by his shrewdness and self-made wealth. It is also home to Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a handsome young aristocrat corrupted by powerty, a shameless pleasure seeker.Two men of extraordinary vision, men of ruthless ambition, both blessed and cursed by the special favour of Fortune. men fated to lay the foundations...

A boy called George had a wonderful plan To search for a real pirate crew. So he packed up a pizza, his favourite feast And rowed off on the wide ocean blue. Join George, a young and courageous explorer with all the pluck of a little Indiana Jones, who longs to meet a real pirate crew. Seeing sail with a cheesy treat to sustain him on his voyage, he soon finds scurrilous sea dogs and marine monsters – not to mention an unusual feathered friend!

A boy called George had a magical plan, One Christmas Eve, frosty and bright. As Santa brought presents to him every year, He’d take gifts to Santa that night. Join George, a young and courageous explorer with all the pluck of a little Indiana Jones, on a very festive quest – to find Father Christmas himself! This time George is heading to the North Pole to deliver lots of presents to Santa for a change! But oh no – Santa and the elves are in trouble, and Rudolf has lost the light from his...

A boy called George had a brilliant idea, To be like the heroes of old. He would go off and search for a dragon. To prove he was fearless and bold. Join George, a young and courageous explorer with all the pluck of a little Indiana Jones, as he zooms back in time to track down a dragon! George climbs in his time machine with only a scooter, some cakes and tasty doughnuts to aid him in his quest. When he arrives in long, long ago he spies a dragon straight away! Or does he ...?

A boy called George had a staggering thought: The T-Rex could still be alive! So he built a hang glider and packed up his bag, With the tools he would need to survive. Join George, a young and courageous explorer with all the pluck of a little Indiana Jones, on a Jurassic Park-style journey to find an island of dinosaurs! George swoops off to seek the fearsome T-rex on his home-made hang-glider with just his dog Trixie for company. But will he find the lost dinosaur island he seeks? And ho...

'Hurrah!' shouted George, 'At last it is you. I've been looking so hard for the Yeti.' The monster looked down with a horrible howl ... 'Are you bonkers? My name is Netty!' Join George, a young and courageous explorer with all the pluck of a little Indiana Jones, on a quest to track down the elusive Yeti against all the odds. With only a map, a woolly hat and a tin of spaghetti in his rucksack, George sets off on his journey up the steep mountain path ... and spots the Yeti immediately! Bu...

A famous writer travels to the remote, windswept islands of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides looking for peace of mind and a chance to dispel his inner demons. On the way, a car accident throws him together with the raven-haired doctor Kathleen McNeil. He also falls in with the Red Wolf, a man who lives by the old codes – some of them violent. As a love triangle develops, the refined, civilised writer finds himself pitted against the rough-hewn man of nature. Summer of the Red Wolf is an epic sto...

A boy called George had a marvellous idea. One night as he gazed at the stars, 'I'll go and find out what sweets Martians like best.' So, he planned his first mission to Mars. Join George, a young and courageous explorer with all the pluck of a little Indiana Jones, as he blasts into space to seek life on Mars! With his homemade rocket and map of the stars, George is sure the Martians will be easy to find. But when he lands, the Martians can't be seen. George is alone ... or so he thinks. ...

Dashing, proud and brave, Uncle Peder had never made so fine a horse before. The little wooden horse loves Uncle Peder like a father and hopes never to leave him. Then the toymaker falls upon hard times, the little wooden horse must go out into the world to seek his fortune. But whether he's working in a coal mine, sailing the seven seas with a band of pirates or walking the tightrope in a circus, the loyal little horse has only one thought: to return to his beloved master's side.

One small, yellowed photograph of a man on horseback. Old files from Stalin's time, mouldering in the Kremlin archives. An Israeli Prime Minister who seems determined to throw his people into further war. A trail of murder and terrorism across Australia, the Middle East and Europe... Whoever holds the photograph holds the key to unlock many secrets - as Miriam Davis, a Sydney lawyer, and her journalist partner Paul Sinclair, discover when Miriam's grandfather is murdered. But what are the ...

First published anonymously in 1929 because its language was considered far too frank for public circulation, The Middle Parts of Fortune was hailed by T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, by Lawrence of Arabia and Ernest Hemingway, as an extraordinary novel. Its author was in fact Frederic Manning, an Australian writer who fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and who told his story of men at war from the perspective of an ordinary soldier.