'I'm ignited by three small words. I will not.'It's 9 October, 2012. She's been PM for two years and four months and she's worn down. She's been hounded, slurred, dissected, libelled. She's been violated over and over again by words. Julia Gillard's prime ministership was marred by the Australian media monopoly's inability to step over one thing: that she was a woman. A woman who, as a young aspiring lawyer, was told, 'When you are on your way up, don't forget the flowers ...

'Love is what interests me. It's just that love is indivisible from murder.'It's 1995 in the Swiss Alps and the ailing reclusive crime writer Patricia Highsmith is visited by a genial young man from her New York publisher, sent to convince her to write the final instalment of her best-selling Mr Ripley series. What first appears to be a standard cat-and-mouse game of wit and wiles, soon becomes a dance to the death. Who is the cat and who is the mouse? And … who w...

A spine-tingling romantic thriller.Charlotte is a Berliner through and through. Tom is a foreigner, travelling around Europe. After meeting in a bar, sparks fly between them and she invites him to spend the night at her place. As they navigate the ritual of seduction, their desire gives way to secrets that cannot be ignored and questions neither of them can answer. Does young love stand a chance against the suffocating reach of the past?Joanna Murray-Smith is one o...

In 1996 Trainspotting was the biggest thing in British culture. Brilliantly and aggressively marketed, it crossed into the mainstream despite being a black comedy set against the backdrop of heroin addiction in Edinburgh. Produced by Andrew Macdonald, scripted by John Hodge and directed by Danny Boyle, the team behind Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting was an adaptation of Irvine Welsh's barbed novel of the same title. The film is crucial for understanding Briti...

Pools. Tennis courts. Luxury station wagons. Welcome to Sunnyside.Olivia wants to sleep with her teacher. Harry wants a B&O sound system. Alice want a cure for writer's block. Molly wants to move in with the pool man. Justin wants to kill his mother. Grace wants to be famous, even if she is only eleven. And Scarlett wants what she can't have and will do anything to get it.'Eloquent, rich, vivid . . . Murray-Smith's novel presents a mirror to the realities of noughties living,...

In For Us and for Our Salvation, N. Gray Sutanto provides a comprehensive study of humanity created and fallen. Sutanto begins with biblical-theological foundations, then provides a dogmatic synthesis and application to contemporary issues like gender, sexuality, and race.This is a fresh and thorough investigation of what it means to be human and our need for Christ's redemption, written from a confessionally Reformed perspective in dialogue with the historical authorities...

When seemingly happily married couple Tess and Curtis announce that they're calling time on their 20-year relationship, Bonnie and Annie are devastated. Who will they have cosy foursome dinners with? What will happen to their carefully planned couples trip to Bhutan? And what will become of all their shared history?Joanna Murray-Smith's Three Little Words will have anyone who feels settled in matters of the heart shaking in their boots. The power of social connection and t...

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.Meryl Davenport – A mother who tells the story of her non-stop day in a rapid-fire internal monologue.Tiggy Entwhistle – A cactus lover bravely attempting to rise above her relationship crisis.Mary O'Donnell – A feisty teenage schoolgirl competing in a talent quest.Theresa McTerry – An increasingly disillusioned bride on her wedding day.Winsome Webster – A widow with an appe...

Examining the Doctrine of Human Depravity in Scripture and throughout Church HistoryFor centuries, theologians have debated the doctrine of total depravity—the belief that people are wholly and naturally corrupt due to original sin. Reformed theology upholds this truth, acknowledging it to be essential for understanding the gospel and humanity's need for a Savior.Ruined Sinners to Reclaim persuasively reaffirms the doctrine of total depravity from ...

Characters - those fictional agents populating the fictional worlds we spend so much time absorbed in - are ubiquitous in our lives. We track their fortunes, judge their actions, and respond to them with anger, amusement, and affection - indeed the whole palette of human emotions. Powerfully drawn characters transcend their stories, entering into our imaginations and deliberations about the actual world, acting as analogies and points of reference. And yet there has been remarkably little ...

Westminster Abbey has held a hugely important role in Britain's History over the last 800 years. This fascinating book describes the inside of the Abbey, giving the reader an amazing insight into the architecture, history and feel of the building. Many full colour illustrations are included to give the reader a complete picture of this historic abbey where Kings and Queens are crowned. This version has been specially formatted for today's e-readers.

A deliciously wicked comedy that proves that the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male. From the author of the West End-hit, Honour.Thirty years ago Margot Mason, pioneer of the 1970's Women's Liberation movement and fearless academic, wrote her groundbreaking work, The Cerebral Vagina. Numerous best-sellers and international adulation followed, but now she has writer's block.As she sits in her country house struggling with ...