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Parlor games for modern times
Winner of the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to 14 years) Parlor Games for Modern Families sets out to revive the tradition of indoor family games: push aside the consoles, turn off the telly, and bring some mental stimulation, silliness an...
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Code blue
In the summer of 1992, patients at a veterans’ hospital in mid-Missouri began dying under suspicious circumstances—but the institution meant to protect them was busy protecting itself. Three decades on, Jake Adelstein comes home to his native Missouri to take up the case his father never stopped ...
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Definitely the best dogs of all time
Amazing and astounding stories of historical, mythical, and real dogs from around the world Powerful dogs, mythical dogs, heroic dogs, talented dogs, literary dogs, dogs who have changed the course of history, and dogs who have set the internet ablaze. Dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs. ...
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Minor bodies
Minor is the desiring body that runs, rises, gravitates towards larger, brighter, more dazzling bodies, that bestows on other bodies the status of suns and planets, fires to be orbited, the reason for everything. There is no center of the universe except the one we invent for ourselves. Jonathan ...
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Birth canal
This dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature explores generational legacies, lost loves, the damage that war does to men, and the damage that men do to women. In today’s Jakarta, an unnamed man tells the story of his lifelong friend Nastiti, and what happened on the day she v...
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The butterfly thief
A scientific true-crime caper stretching across the globe, The Butterfly Thief pieces together the bizarre story of one of the largest, most systematic, and baffling museum heists in the records of natural history. In January 1947, a chance discovery rocks the world of natural science—over 3,000 ...
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Taking sides
The deeply moving memoir of an award-winning war correspondent turned activist—and her rousing defense of human rights in times of resurgent authoritarianism. As a broadcast journalist for Sky News and Al Jazeera, Sherine Tadros was trained to tell only the facts, as dispassionately as possible. ...
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The near and the far
From 21 of the best writers in the Asia-Pacific region comes a collection about finding connections where you least expect them.
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The invention of amsterdam
An essential guide to one of the world’s most remarkable, and often misunderstood, cities by the author of Why the Dutch Are Different. When Ben Coates injures his leg and needs to rebuild his strength by walking, he finds himself presented with an exciting opportunity: to rediscover the city he ...
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Invented lives
A family saga spanning Russia in the twentieth century to Melbourne in the late 1980s.
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Fever of animals
A multi-award winning Australian novel.
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Dark emu
Contradicts the conventional wisdom that native peoples were primitive hunter-gatherers
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The animals in that country
Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She’s never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working as a...
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Well done, those men
Australian Vietnam vet Barry Heard draws on his own experiences as a young conscript, along with those of his comrades, to look back at life before, during, and after the Vietnam War. The result is a sympathetic vision of a group of young men who were sent off to war completely unprepared for the...
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Sentinels
Humans have long observed animals for advanced warnings of danger. What can they tell us about the growing threat of viruses and other infectious organisms in the age of climate change? Coronaviruses jump from bats to chimpanzees to humans. You can give your cat the flu, and pass tuberculosis to ...
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The gifts of reading for the next generation
Inspired by Robert Macfarlane and curated by Jennie Orchard, an anthology of essays about the joys of giving books to children and young people, from some of the world’s most beloved writers. Remember the books that shaped your childhood, sparked your imagination, and ignited a lifelong love of r...
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The end of capitalism
A plan for transitioning to a more sustainable world—while keeping the economy afloat Ulrike Hermann is an economics correspondent whose books on social and economic policy issues are bestsellers in Germany. Here—translated by journalist and international broadcaster David Shaw—Ulrike explores ho...
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No way but this
Film star. Singer. Athlete. Icon. Agitator. Martyr.
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The palace letters
What role did the queen play in the governor-general Sir John Kerr’s plans to dismiss prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975, which unleashed one of the most divisive episodes in Australia’s political history? And why weren’t we told? Under the cover of being designated as private correspondence, t...
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Viennese romance
Available in English for the first time, here is David Vogel’s previously unknown novel that had literary Israel abuzz when it was published in 2012, almost one hundred years after the author started working on it. David Vogel has long been regarded as a leading figure in modern Hebrew literature...
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Hope farm
A devastatingly beautiful story about the broken bonds of childhood, and the enduring cost of holding back the truth.
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Happy never after
Jill Stark was living the dream. She had a coveted job as a senior journalist, she was dating a sports star, and her first book had just become a bestseller. After years of chasing the fairytale ending, she’d finally found it. And then it all fell apart.
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Prosopagnosia
A sly and playful novel about the many faces we all have. Fifteen-year-old Berta says that beautiful things aren’t made for her, or that she isn’t destined to have them, or that the only things she deserves are ugly. It’s why her main activity, when she’s not at school, is playing the “prosopagno...
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Across the universe
A fresh analysis and appreciation of the Beatles’ genius and creativity, from an acclaimed scholar of transpersonal psychology. It would be an understatement to say that there was something special about the Beatles. How did these four young musicians come together at the perfect time, and how di...
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A life less stressed
A holistic guide to the stresses that wear us down and the simple changes we can make to lead happier, healthier, and more resilient lives.
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Giovanna’s navel
A scintillating collection from the award-winning author of The Ice-Cream Makers and Mama Tandoori. The vivid characters in these stories share lives marked by coincidences, deeply felt passions, impulsive decisions, and missed opportunities. There’s Ezio, a lonely apple-picker dangerously obsess...
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Zen in the garden
Spring, summer, autumn, and winterThe seasons come and go, bringing changes both welcome and unexpected Miki Sakamoto has spent a lifetime tending her garden and reflecting on its mysteries. Why do primulas bloom in snow? Do the trees really ‘talk’ to one another? What are the black birds saying ...
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12 rules for strife
This is a handbook for change. Because we all know ways in which life could be better. And it can be better. We can make it better. We don’t need to wait for a leader or savior. We don’t need to limit ourselves to comments and clicks. In this stunningly original comic-book tour of a serious topic...
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The nameless names
Few Australians realize that of the 62,000 Anzac soldiers who died in the Great War, over one-third are still listed as ‘missing’. With no marked graves, the only reminders of their sacrifice are the many names inscribed on aging war memorials around the world.
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Mateship with birds
With the original introduction by C.J. Dennis and a new foreword by Sean Dooley. Ninety years on, A.H. Chisholm’s classic Mateship with Birds is still as fresh and inspirational as an early-morning walk in the bush, the air resounding with birdsong. His account of the secret lives of birds — thei...
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Wandering with intent
WINNER OF THE 2023 AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR NONFICTION To essay means to try, to endeavor, to attempt—and to risk failure. For Kim Mahood, it is both a form of writing and an approach to life. In these finely observed and probing essays, award-winning artist and writer Kim Mahood invites us...
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The nights are quiet in tehran
A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family’s flight from and return to Iran. 1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah’s expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life ...
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Art on fire
A darkly comic and compelling satire of the art world from the author of The Disaster Tourist. An Yiji’s career had been stalling for some time when a representative of the illustrious Robert Foundation offers her a spot on their all-expenses-paid artist residency in California. The residency has...
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The walls came tumbling down
How do you start a journey when the roads are blocked? Who can you trust in a country where the Nazi regime has only just fallen?
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Forgotten anzacs
This is the largely unknown story of another Anzac force, which fought not at Gallipoli, but in Greece, during World War II. Desperately outnumbered and fighting in deeply inhospitable conditions, these Anzacs found themselves engaging in a long retreat through Greece, under constant air attack. ...
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We can do better
“A profound diagnosis and wake-up call.”—Ralph Gerstenberg, Deutschlandfunk Kultur Book Review Political economist Maja Göpel delivers the tools we need to build the world we want to live in Humanity is undergoing a massive process of transformation, and the way we live is about to change in a fu...
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Bulldozed
WINNER OF THE 2023 ABIA GENERAL NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD “The gripping inside story of how Scott Morrison went from miracle man to roadkill. Savva portrays a fatally flawed leader who trashed his government, his party, and his legacy.” —Laurie Oakes Between 2013 and 2022, Tony Abbott beg...
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Fever
A multi-award winning Italian debut, from a bold new voice in contemporary queer literature. Jonathan is 31 years old, living in Milan with his boyfriend of three years and their two Devon Rex cats when, on a day like any other, he gets a fever. But unlike most, this fever doesn’t go away; it's c...
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Looking for the light on the hill
Today, the Australian Labor Party is in crisis. Reduced to minority government after just one term, and at rock bottom in the opinion polls, the party seems to be at a defining moment in its history. The perception of the federal government is that it can’t deliver, can’t be trusted, can’t commu...
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The just
The remarkable story of how a consul and his allies helped save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in one of the greatest rescue operations of the twentieth century. Jan Zwartendijk was just a businessman who worked for Philips, a manufacturer of lightbulbs and radios—until he became Dutch cons...
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When i grow up
When do you become an adult? What does it mean to grow up? And what are the experiences that propel us forward—or keep us stuck? As we get older, we pass many milestones, but for some of us it can feel as if adulthood is always just out of reach. Journalist and psychotherapist-in-training Moya Sa...
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The rare metals war
Is the shift to renewable energy and digital devices going to free us from severe pollution, material shortages, and military tensions?
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The american
In breathtaking developments that link 9/11, America’s dirty wars, Vatican corruption, the Mafia, and Italy’s violence against its own people, Detective Leone Scamarcio has to deal with responsibilities far above his pay grade.
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Why aren't we dead yet?
From highly respected microbiologist and the creator of the YouTube sensation “Dumb Ways to Die,” comes this exploration of the immune system, what keeps it running, and how germs are destroyed… So how come we’re not dead yet? In this lively and accessible book, Idan Ben-Barak tells us why. He e...
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The unseen anzac
The previously untold story of an extraordinary man and a great war photographer.
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Diving, falling
“A masterclass in rendering all the many dimensions of the human heart.”—Porochista Khakpour, author of Tehrangeles It’s never too late to rewrite your own story. For years, Leila Whittaker has been the mediator in her family. She smoothes ruffled feathers between her sons; endures the volatile m...
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Life as told by a sapiens to a neanderthal
Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan José Millás has always felt like he doesn’t quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all, or something simpler. Perhaps he is a Neanderthal who somehow survived? So he turns to Juan Lui...
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In moonland
WINNER OF THE 2022 AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR FICTIONHIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE 2022 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION ‘A parent’s love for a child, you probably know this yourself, it’s pretty bottomless. It goes down into the guts of the world. But a child’s love for a parent is differe...
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The wooleen way
A remarkable memoir detailing a heroic and unswerving commitment to renew the severely degraded land on Wooleen, a massive pastoral property in Western Australia’s southern rangelands.
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Darkenbloom
A panoramic novel of European history, by an internationally bestselling writer. The whole truth, as the name implies, is the collective knowledge of all those involved. Which is why you can never really piece it together again afterwards. Because some of those who possessed a part of it will alr...
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How we relate
Understanding relationships isn’t just about other people—it starts with understanding yourself and where you've come from. In How We Relate, clinical and forensic psychologist Dr Ahona Guha takes us on an illuminating journey through the psychology of human connection. Drawing from her many year...
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The autist's guide to the galaxy
A playful guide to understanding the ways of “normal people”, The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy flips our usual scripts about neurodiversity. Following on from her internationally successful memoir, The Autists, Clara Törnvall has written a fun, comprehensive, and accessible explanation of neuroty...
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Farewell, dear people
For Australia, a new nation with a relatively small population, the death of 60,000 soldiers during World War I was catastrophic. It is hardly surprising, then, that Australians evaluating the consequences of the conflict have tended to focus primarily on the numbing number of losses — on the she...
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One last spin
A poignant and compassionate work of literary journalism that tackles Australia’s most controversial pastime.
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Two-week wait
An original graphic novel based on the IVF stories of its husband-and-wife authors and the 1-in-50 couples around the world like them. Conrad and Joanne met in their final year of university and have been virtually inseparable since then. For a while, it felt like they had all the time in the wor...
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Retro sydney 1950–2000
A collection of beautiful photographs that invites you to immerse yourself and revisit the cool, quirky, glamorous, exciting, menacing, and wonderful times of Retro Sydney. This collection of photographs celebrates the vibrant and exciting coming of age of Australia’s first city in the ‘golden er...
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Rebel island
The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle—and the renewed threat of invasion by China. Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a ‘ball of mud’, Taiwan has a modern GDP larger than that of Sweden, in a land area smalle...
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Kevin rudd
Kevin Rudd emerged after a period of prolonged instability and internal strife within the federal ALP to establish himself as a popular leader who could unify his party and mount a real challenge to John Howard. The early reaction to his leadership, from both voters and his political adversaries,...
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Tall ships and tall tales
Over the last 40 years, Jonathan King has brought history to life, re-enacting events such as the First Fleet’s voyage across the high seas to Botany Bay, the mutiny against ship’s captain William Bligh on the Bounty, Matthew Flinders’ troubled circumnavigation of Terra Australis, Ernest Shacklet...
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The trials of portnoy
For fans of Banned Book Week and champions of freedom of speech, a riveting read about the way a publisher changed censorship laws in Australia with Portnoy’s Complaint.
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The lost boys
An investigative history of one of social psychology’s classic—and most controversial—studies: the Robbers Cave experiment In 1954, a group of American boys attended a remote summer camp where they were split into two groups, and encouraged to bully, harass, and demonize each other. The results w...
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Far from home
From the author of the multi-award-winning bestseller Between a Wolf and a Dog, a powerful collection of previously unpublished stories. A sister is haunted by the consequences of a simple mistake. A daughter searches for certainty as her mother’s memory degrades. An encounter at a house party ch...
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Into the darkness
How did Phoebe Handsjuk fall to her death? In Into the Darkness, Robin Bowles uses her formidable array of investigative and forensic skills to tell a tale that is stranger than fiction.
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Familiar things
A vivid and enchanting novel by one of South Korea’s foremost writers, in a haunting reminder to be careful what we throw away.
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People with no charisma
From the International Booker Prize– shortlisted author of What I'd Rather Not Think About comes a darkly humorous novel about multigenerational family dynamics and individuality in Dutch suburbia. An unnamed narrator grows up overshadowed by her unconventional mother, an ex–Jehovah’s Witness and...
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The secret code-breakers of central bureau
A ground-breaking work of military history that tells the story of Australia’s version of Bletchley Park, of talented and dedicated individuals who, working with General MacArthur and US forces, significantly influenced the course of the Pacific War.
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The dark cloud
A gripping new investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which reveals not only how costly the virtual world is, but how damaging it is to the environment. The Dark Cloud is the searing exposé of the immense toll the “cloud” takes on our environment. A simple “like” sent from our s...
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It’s not fair
Why do some adults think it’s fine to hit children? Why does the school system fail so many pupils? And when their future is on the line, why can’t children vote? How we treat children isn’t fair. Despite the lip service paid to their rights, children are still discriminated against in every aspe...
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Immortal gestures
There is an old Buddhist adage: the teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. To achieve enlightenment, you are not supposed to look at the finger. You are supposed to look to the celestial light. I am asking you to look at the finger. The finger is also the moon. A tilted head. A finger ...
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The few
Leone Scamarcio, a detective and son of a former Mafia boss, navigates corruption and politics against the backdrop of Rome.
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The chinese phantom
A gripping, real-life thriller following the authors’ attempt to uncover the truth about one of the world’s most wanted men. Karl Lee, alias Li Fangwei, plays a key role in the secret struggle between the world powers, bypassing Western sanctions to supply dictators with the weapons they need to ...
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Extraordinary parenting
The Peaceful Home approach to parenting during a pandemic.
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(definitely) the best dogs of all time
Amazing and astounding stories of historical, mythical, and real dogs from around the world
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My soul twin
A modern-day Wuthering Heights from the author of international bestseller The Eighth Life. Two families, one devastating secret, and an epic story of forbidden love. Eight years have passed since Stella last saw Ivo, but when he returns, the reunion of their unconventional family will change the...
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The new world disorder
The West has fatally overestimated itself. What does this mean for the world? Over the past thirty years, through a mixture of naivety and arrogance, the West has lost its global advantage. The challenges are profound: the rise of China, climate change, and the polarization of society. The triump...
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The ghost in the garden
The forgotten garden that inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Darwin never stopped thinking about the garden at his childhood home, The Mount, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It was here, under the tutelage of his gree...
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Rethinking our world
A compelling and persuasive look at the social transformations needed to cope with our environmental crises. As this major German bestseller reports, our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. On the one hand, we have never been so well off; on the other hand, we find destruction ...
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The port fairy murders
The Port Fairy Murders is the sequel to The Holiday Murders, a political and historical crime novel set in 1943, featuring the newly formed homicide department of Victoria Police. The department has been struggling to counter little-known fascist groups, particularly an organisation called Austr...
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The lamb enters the dreaming
A unique, seminal work about co-opted beliefs when European missionaries encountered Australian Aboriginals
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Nature is never silent
For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants and animals, and the ways they communicate with each other. In forests, fields, and even gardens, there is a constant exchange of information going on. Animals and plants must communicate wi...
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Rudd's way
Based on an extensive series of detailed and off-the-record interviews, Nicholas Stuart — Kevin Rudd’s biographer and the author of an acclaimed study into the 2007 election — provides a critical examination of Labor in office and of the key events and crucial moments leading to Rudd’s downfall. ...
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Why i am a hindu
A revelatory and original contribution to our understanding of the role of religion in society and politics.
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The union of synchronized swimmers
An Indie Next Pick for August! "The kind of book you could read in one sitting, one breath, or spread out over weeks of indulgent moments." —Maggie Henrikson, Carmichael's Bookstore "For a quick, inspiring read, pick up a copy of The Union of Synchronized Swimmers... Whether you consume this smal...
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The family
A powerful work of investigative journalism about a notorious cult based in Melbourne, Australia, that captured world-wide headlines. The apocalyptic group The Family and their guru, Anne Hamilton-Byrne, captured international headlines throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Starting in Melbourne, Austr...
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Wakool crossing
In November 1916, just a few years after Federation and while Australia was at war in Europe, Hazel Hood, the beautiful 18-year-old daughter of a Riverina grazier, went to a local dance and never came home. Her mysterious disappearance caused a sensation in the district around the pioneer settlem...
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The portrait
If you, like me, come into the world white and completely blank, with nothing on you at all, you are totally dependent on what they make of you. The Portrait is an ingenious novel from one of Holland’s greatest living writers. Reminiscent of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, it is narrate...
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Kruso
As the Iron Curtain starts to fray, a young man falls under the spell of a charismatic outsider
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The museum of words
A meditation on writing, reading, first words, and last words.
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Trace
The riveting inside story of a journalist investigating the shocking cold-case murder of a bookseller.
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What i’d rather not think about
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE What happens when the person you’ve built your entire life on is suddenly gone? This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma’s deceptively simple What I’d Rather Not Think About. The narrator is a twin whose brother has recently taken his o...
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The secret lives of men
The Secret Lives of Men is an exceptional collection by one of Australia’s leading writers.
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The voids
“After a couple of weeks, I found myself standing outside the voids in the middle of the night listening for human activity, for any sign of life at all. Voids are flats that have been vacated, that will never be lived in again. But there never were any signs of life. Only the wind whistling thro...
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Hell days
When I think of my hell days, I think of crime scenes. Familiar sites, made uncanny with violence. In the fluorescent tedium of a call center in 2018, acclaimed novelist Laura Elizabeth Woollett finds herself meticulously plotting her own death—until her period arrives, and equilibrium with it. A...
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Nightmare in berlin
Available for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable novel about the desolation of Hitler’s post-war Germany. Late April, 1945. The war is over, yet Dr Doll, a loner and “moderate pessimist”, lives in constant fear. By night, he is haunted by nightmarish images of the bombsite in wh...
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The long song of tchaikovsky street
In 1988, at the age of 26, Pieter Waterdrinker was at home in the Netherlands one day when a man knocked on his door and asked him to smuggle a shipment of bibles into the USSR. The resulting adventure would lead to a lifelong journey into Russia and its history. Waterdrinker would eventually fi...
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Journalism ethics for the digital age
Journalism is being transformed by the digital revolution. Journalists working for media organisations are having to file and update stories across multiple platforms under increasing time pressures. Meanwhile, anyone with sufficient literacy skills and access to the internet can aspire to practi...
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