An RAAF photographer survives an explosion in the Korean War and wake up with an Argentine Pilot. They become firm friends but the Aussie has to learn the hard way the true meaning of Machismo. A generation later, their sons fight different sides of another war and discover too late that Machismo has a better side. A tragic story of war, love, and friendship.

Ten year old Edward lives with a group of boys in welfare housing that is badly supervised. He is attacked, abused and is only saved from a certain life of crime by a teacher who adopts him and takes him under his wing.But the community doesnt accept a man adopting a boy and they are both hounded until they make a run for freedom. An adventure story that explores the relationship between males and the fight for the right to a normal life by a little boy and his grown up mentor.

Australians have a love–hate relationship with spiders. Some spiders, such as the Redback and the Sydney Funnelweb, inspire fear. Yet Peacock Spiders, with their colourful fan-spreading courtship dances, have won rapturous appreciation worldwide.A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia uses photographs of living animals to help people identify many of the spiders they encounter. Featuring over 1300 colour photographs, it is the most comprehensive account of Australian spiders...

A whistling butcher is probably not anything particularly abnormal, she told herself. After all there are plenty of singing butchers, butchers who tell you jokes, butchers who tell you their life stories. But this one, with his little striped apron and his long legs in very short shorts, big feet with footy socks, blue singlet under the apron to match the blue denim shorts, the muscular arms and legs shining, hairless, olive skinned.

A pair of blonde headed twins is attacked by a band of drug dealers. They travel the world to find the man who wants them dead. But the man is always one step ahead of them. . Even the help of a detective who travels with them cant free them from the constant threat.A story about young men and their approach to life, sex and bodies. Not a book for refined ladies to read, it speaks in the language of young men, crude, rude and probably lude. And full of action as only young men imag...

From the Scottish Highlands and Spain, to South America and New York, The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by the number one bestseller Lucinda Riley. A spellbinding story of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the famous star constellation.Tiggy D’Aplièse, in her mid-twenties, learns that her father, Pa Salt – an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe – has died. Trusting her instinct...

Out the window they flew, far up into the sky, and soon the whole family was flying around and around together.Every Saturday morning the Gregg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting.Now it's made her so angry that she's PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL.And very strange things have begun to happen . . .The text in this edition of The Magic Finger was updated in 2022 for yo...

A stunningly compelling novel, where compassion meets bigotry, hatred meets love, and ultimately despair meets hope on an isolated island off Western Australia.LOST AT SEAOn a barren island off the coast of Western Australia, a rickety wooden dinghy runs aground. Aboard are nine people who have no idea where they are. Strangers before the violent storm that tore their vessel apart, the instinct to survive has seen them bon...

Passions flare, secrets unravel and love blossoms in the heart of the summer season.As summertime flourishes, it’s time for new beginnings…Heartsease House is in desperate need of renovation. Its owner, widower Joel, is struggling to come to terms with life as a single dad. His plans to refurbish the house and garden suddenly seem like one burden too many.Mum to twin girls, Lauren’s life is a constant juggling act. When her ex Troy turns up she’s determined to keep ...

The horror has just begun... A brilliant thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.'No one writes more gripping stories than Rankin' TLSIt begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve's brother has been found dead in his car in San Diego. The car was locked from the inside, a gun was in his hand. In the US to identify the body Gordon realises that his brother has been murdered. What's more, it's soon obvious that his ...

"All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." — Malala Yousafzai, New York TimesThe first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan in the late 1990s.Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan’s ca...

SHORT-LENGTH NOVELLA exclusive on EBOOK only. Drama, heartbreak, redemption – condensed into an unputdownable novella from the master storyteller.On the surface, Claire Saunders has it all. She has a rewarding career in fashion and a talented concert pianist daughter. Her loving husband is one of the country’s most trusted diplomats..She thinks she’s hidden her secret from her best friends, but they know her too well.Can her friends get her out of harm’s way and pro...