Category: General
Once inseparable, the Michelet sisters were driven apart by war and by the men they married: a German aristocrat who loved his country and a British diplomat working alongside Churchill in the Cabinet War Rooms. Laila Embelton describes the extraordinary lives of her mother and aunt in a moving story th ...Show more
Category: 9-12 Years Middle Readers | Series: Treehouse | Reading Level: 8+
Come on back to the most amazing treehouse in the world You're probably wondering just how Andy and Terry met. Well, it's a long story, but a pretty exciting one, and it's mostly true Come on up, choose a hammock, and they'll tell you all about it. Andy and Terry's newly expanded treehouse now featur ...Show more
Category: Parenting/Adolescence
Steve Biddulph's Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys' specific needs - parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons' inner world. But today, things have changed. There has been a sudden and universal deterioration in girls' mental health, ...Show more
Category: 9-12 Years Middle Readers | Series: Treehouse
Andy and Terry's amazing treehouse has thirteen new levels! They've added a chocolate waterfall you can swim in, a volcano for toasting marshmallows, a bulldozer-battling level, a baby-dinosaur-petting zoo, a not-very-merry merry-go-round, a boxing elephant called the Trunkinator, an X-ray room, a disco ...Show more
Category: Chefs & Cooks
15-Minute Mealsis Jamie's simplest and most straightforward book yet. It pushes the concept of fast, everyday food to a new level, without compromising on flavour. It's designed to excite and inspire people to prepare a balanced, nutritional, no-nonsense meal every night of the week.It covers everything ...Show more
Category: History
Winner, 2014 Indie Award for Non-Fiction Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia... In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments t ...Show more
Category: General
"It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book."--A.S. Byatt, Guardian Laura Fraser grows up in Sydney, motherless, with a cold, professional father and an artistic bent. Ravi Mendis lives on the other side of the globe--expl ...Show more
Category: Health & Diet
Gwyneth Paltrow, Academy-Award winning actress and bestselling cookbook author, returns with recipes for the foods she eats when she wants to lose weight, look good, and feel more energetic. Last spring, after a particularly grueling schedule and lapse of overindulgence, Gwyneth Paltrow was fee ...Show more
Category: Crime/Thriller | Reading Level: very good
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read The #1 New York Times Bestseller On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when ...Show more
Category: Military
An epic yarn based on the true story of a great Australian war horse who rode with bravery and valour at Gallipoli, the desert campaigns of Egypt, and Palestine.
Category: 9-12 Years Middle Readers | Series: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ser.
A #1 New York Times BestsellerDiary of a Wimpy Kid SeriesGreg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over ...Show more
Category: Military
When Mark Donaldson was awarded the Victoria Cross in 2009, he was the first Australian to receive our highest award for bravery since Keith Payne's medal in 1969. Mark showed extraordinary courage when he rescued an Afghan interpreter under heavy fire during a bloody ambush in Afghanistan. Something ab ...Show more
