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Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner
$19.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Children's Classics | Reading Level: 10+
Short excerpt: Without doubt she was the worst of the seven probably because she was the cleverest. Her brilliant inventive powers plunged them all into ceaseless scrapes.
Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern
$29.99 AUD
Category: FICTION | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 2 Crime
An unputdownable thriller for fans of Liane Moriarty and Caroline Overington. If you were gripped watching The Cry, you'll be hooked on Six Minutes. Impossible to put down and full of twists and turns you won't see coming! I loved this fabulous debut novel.' Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Nine Pe ...Show more
Six Seconds: The Newcastle Earthquake (My Australian Story) by Alan Sunderland
$17.99 AUD
Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: My Australian Story
I could hardly see. There was dust and smoke everywhere. I was falling, sliding down into a gap that had opened up between parts of the collapsed building. It was dark and silent. all I could hear was the sound of my own breathing, and my beating heart thumping in my ears. Then I heard the cry again: th ...Show more
So She Did: The Story of May Wirth (HB) by Simi Genziuk; Renee Treml (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: PICTURE BOOKS | Series: Australian Woman Circus Performer
At a time when girls weren't encouraged to be bold and daring, Australian circus rider May Wirth lived by her own rules. Instead of just looking pretty on a fancy circus pony, she longed to do thrilling stunts that would amaze crowds with her courage and skill... So she did. Here is the story of a girl ...Show more
Songs by Don Walker
$32.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Don Walker is widely considered one of Australia's greatest songwriters. For over forty years - from Cold Chisel and Tex, Don & Charlie to his solo work - he has written songs that capture what it is to be Australian. Collected here, for the first time, are lyrics from his extensive career- from 'K ...Show more
Songs of a War Boy (Young Readers Edition) by Deng Thiak Adut; Ben Mckelvey
$16.99 AUD
Category: CHILDREN'S BIOGRAPHY | Series: Australian | Reading Level: near fine
Deng Adut was six years old when war came to his village in South Sudan. Taken from his mother, he was conscripted into the Sudan People's Liberation Army. He was taught to use an AK-47 then sent into battle. Shot in the back, dealing with illness and the relentless brutality of war, Deng's future was b ...Show more
Split: True stories of leaving, loss and new beginnings by Peter Bishop; Lee Kofman
$32.99 AUD
Category: FICTION | Series: True Stories by Prominent Australian Writers
In this compelling anthology of personal essays, curated by award-winning author Lee Kofman, some of Australia's most beloved writers reveal, for the first time, powerful, occasionally funny and often heartbreaking stories of significant endings and their aftermath. Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie P ...Show more
Spy vs Spy: The New Age of Espionage: Australian Foreign Affairs 9 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE/CURRENT AFFAIRS | Series: AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The ninth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs explores the rapidly evolving espionage threat facing Australia as changes in technology enable malign actors to target individuals, officials, businesses and infrastructure.Spy vs Spy examines how Australian agencies can defend against this attempt to not o ...Show more
Summer Time by Hilary Bell
$24.99 AUD
Category: PICTURE BOOKS | Series: Australian
Summer is here. Put your school shoes away, The long, lazy days can begin. Mangoes and magpies, municipal pools… Take a deep breath and dive in. The bestselling creators of Alphabetical Sydney and Numerical Street are back with their new picture book,Summer Time – a stunning tribute to an Australian sum ...Show more
Surviving Sydney Cove (My Australian Story) by Goldie Alexander
$16.99 AUD
Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: My Australian Story
Lizzie Harvey, a convict transported to Sydney Cove, is starved and overworked. She has to fetch water, mend clothes, please her master, care for his china-doll daughter and tiptoe around his moody soldier son. She can barely find time to dream about the way things used to be, let alone write in her dia ...Show more
Teresa: A New Australian by Deborah Abela
$16.99 AUD
Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: New Australian series
Teresa and her family survived the bombing of their home and went hungry during the long siege of their island during the war. Life in peace time is still hard. Her parents want a better life, and so apply to migrate to Australia to find it. But after the long voyage to Sydney, there are more testing ti ...Show more
The Alice Stories 1918: Our Australian Girl (4 book bind-up) (HB) by Davina Bell; Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1918 Ser.
Four stories in one, all about Alice, a WWI-era girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina It's 1918 and Alice's deepest wish is to be a professional ballerina. But as World War One tears her family apart, a battle is being fought in her heart. Can Alice keep everyone together and still make her dreams ...Show more