Helen Keller: Courage in Darkness by Emma Carlson Berne

$9.99 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous | Series: Sterling Biographies

Helen Keller lived in darkness and silence, but she dazzled the world with her accomplishments. Her powerful story lives on in this remarkable biography by Emma Carlson Berne. Find out about: the illness that destroyed young Helen's sight and hearing; her explosive first meeting with her teacher Annie S ullivan; her struggle to become the first blind/deaf student ever awarded a degree from prestigious Radcliffe College; and the romance that almost led to marriage and her life as writer, lecturer and world traveller. ...Show more

Indispensable Goat ??? by BEUTEL Errol & SCHUT

$29.95 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

Hundreds of goat-lovers and goat-breeders and elderly pioneers have contributed their favourite stories, usually from their childhood days which they spent with their pet goats, working goats and racing goats. This book also unveils a whole social history of regional and outback Queensland.

Return from Heaven - Beloved ...??? by BOWMAN Carol

$19.95 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

What if you could see a loved one who has died, not in a future spiritual realm, but here and now, in this lifetime? It is possible, says Carol Bowman, author of "Children's Past Lives" and a pioneer in reincarnation studies. Based on in-depth research and direct observation of very young children, she shows in this groundbreaking book how common it is for beloved relatives to reincarnate into the same family. Typical families share how their children -- some as young as two and still in diapers -- speak spontaneously of intimate details from the lives of a family member they never knew. These true stories shed new light on age-old questions of family relationships: Do we choose our parents? What relationships survive death? What happens to the soul after a miscarriage or abortion? Bowman offers hope for anyone who has lost a beloved relative and longs to be reunited again. ...Show more

Karen Brown's France - B & B 2009?? by BROWN Karen

$46.95 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

Prophecy of the Gems by Flavia Bujor

$15.95 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

A magical and captivating debut fantasy novel from a young French author of 14 years. Three young girls, Jade, Amber and Opal, each from very different backgrounds, discover on the day of their 14th birthday that they are adopted. An ancient prophecy compels them to leave their families to complete thei r mission in a far-off kingdom. Each girl is given custody of a magic stone which corresponds to her name. Although they dislike each other on sight, they have to overlook their differences in order to escape the dangers that threatens them. They begin a long voyage to Oonagh, the mysterious oracle who becomes their guide. Their quest will lead them into a ferocious battle against the forces of evil. Present day! In a Parisian hospital a 14-year-old girl is dying. Joa no longer speaks, nor fights for her life, but she dreams and her thoughts carry her into a fairy-tale world where three heroines lead an epic war. The distant promise of their victory and the end of their adventures carries with it a secret which could return to her the will to live! ...Show more

Gale Force -Weather Warden ??? by CAINE Rachel

$12.95 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

Ted Kennedy - Priest of Redfern by CAMPION Edmund

$24.95 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

Delectable Dollies by CHAPMAN Gary

$21.50 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

Icons of the Jazz Age, the delectable dancing Dollies were stars of cafe society on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1920s. Gary Chapman reveals the untold 'rags to riches' story of identical twins Jenny and Rosie, set against the glittering backdrop of pre-war high society in America and Europe. Jenny and Rosie Dolly Deutsch were born in Hungary in 1892 and moved to America at the age of twelve, where they began making their living as entertainers in big shows. They were close friends of the elite of Broadway and Hollywood - including Mary Pickford and Irving Berlin - and became the essential prerequisite of any celebrity social gathering. Their talent, their celebrity and their lavish loves and lifestyle enchanted generations and they became models for the 'New Woman' of the liberated 1920s. But lurking behind their glamorous story of fame, fortune, mistaken identity, millionaires, love and sisterly devotion is another tale of rivalry, duplicity and tragedy. "The Delectable Dollies is Some like it Hot" mixed with essence of Hello! - a dizzying cocktail of delight. ...Show more

Opera House Mouse by Jean Chapman

$15.99 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

Mouse can't sleep at night. He's kept awake by the sounds of people singing, orchestras zinging and ballerinas thudding in dance. He decides there must be more to life, so he sets out to climb the nearest mountain, heedless of the dangers that he may encounter there. Will he reach the top?.

The Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee

$24.95 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies. Imprisoned, Michael is unable to bear confinement and escapes, determined to live with dignity. Life and Times of Michael K goes to the centre of human experience - the need for an interior, spiritual life, for some connections to the world in which we live, and for purity of vision. ...Show more

The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier

$27.95 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous

In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. The book shines much-needed light on this group of small nati ons, largely unnoticed by the industrialized West, that are dropping further and further behind the majority of the world's people, often falling into an absolute decline in living standards. A struggle rages within each of these nations between reformers and corrupt leaders--and the corrupt are winning. Collier analyzes the causes of failure, pointing to a set of traps that ensnare these countries, including civil war, a dependence on the extraction and export of natural resources, and bad governance. Standard solutions do not work, he writes; aid is often ineffective, and globalization can actually make matters worse, driving development to more stable nations. What the bottom billion need, Collier argues, is a bold new plan supported by the Group of Eight industrialized nations. If failed states are ever to be helped, the G8 will have to adopt preferential trade policies, new laws against corruption, new international charters, and even conduct carefully calibrated military interventions. Collier has spent a lifetime working to end global poverty. In The Bottom Billion, he offers real hope for solving one of the great humanitarian crises facing the world today. "Terrifically readable." --Time.com "Set to become a classic. Crammed with statistical nuggets and common sense, his book should be compulsory reading." --The Economist "If Sachs seems too saintly andEasterly too cynical, then Collier is the authentic old Africa hand: he knows the terrain and has a keen ear.... If you've ever found yourself on one side or the other of those arguments--and who hasn't?--then you simply must read this book." --Niall Ferguson, The New York Times Book Review "Rich in both analysis and recommendations.... Read this book. You will learn much you do not know. It will also change the way you look at the tragedy of persistent poverty in a world of plenty." --Financial Times ...Show more

Elvis and His Pelvis (Dead Famous) by Michael Cox

$14.99 AUD

Category: Miscellaneous | Series: Dead Famous | Reading Level: From 8 To 12

Age 8-12