| Author: | Toni Morrison |
| Category: |
Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level: | 4 Non Fiction |
A vital new non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered writers of our time.‘Word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference—t... read more
| Author: | Robin Bowles |
| Category: |
Crime |
Don't fool yourself that the innocent never go to jail.
When Bob Chappell disappeared from his yacht, moored in the Derwent Estuary near the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's marina, on the night of 26 January 2009, he left behind his pipe and tobacco ... read more
| Author: | Anna Pasternak |
| Category: |
Biography |
Who was the real Wallis: an opportunistic American social climber, a master manipulator or the true love of Edward's life? Amid the cacophony of condemnation her story has become obfuscated. Untitled is an intimate biography of one of the most ... read more
| Author: | Lofty Fulton |
| Category: |
Auto-Biography |
A memoir of standing tall against the odds. Australian voice-over artist Lofty Fulton knows what it's like to have the odds stacked against him: Born with achondroplasia, which is a form of dwarfism, his grandmother thought he should be locked away from the world. At scho... read more
| Author: | Kristen Roupenian |
| Category: |
Non-Fiction |
She thought, brightly, This is the worst life decision I have ever made! And she marvelled at herself for a while, at the mystery of this person who'd just done this bizarre, inexplicable thing.
Margot meets Robert. They exchange numbers. They text, flirt and eventually have sex -... read more
| Author: | Huw Lewis-Jones |
| Category: |
Non-Fiction |
Maps can transport us, they are filled with wonder, the possibility of real adventure and travels of the mind. This is an atlas of the journeys that writers make, encompassing not only the maps that actually appear in their books, but also the many maps that have inspired them ... read more
FLINDERS brings to life the fascinating story of this exceptional maritime explorer - from the drama of epic voyages and devastating shipwrecks; his part in the naming of Australia; his cruel imprisonment by the French on Mauritius for six long and harrowing years; the heartbreaking sepa... read more
| Author: | Bill Marx |
| Category: |
Biography |
(Applause Books). Bill Marx is the last living person to have worked professionally with the three Marx Brothers, his uncles Chico and Groucho and his father, Harpo Marx. Because Chico and Groucho had siblings that had written about them, Bill Marx wanted to complete the Marx Bro... read more
| Author: | Emilie Filou; Lonely Planet Publications Staff |
| Category: |
Travel/Holiday |
| Series: | Travel Guide Ser. |
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Madagascaris your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Watch chameleons and lemurs in mountainous national parks, haggle like a local ... read more
| Author: | Wendy Yanagihara; Benedict Walker; Ray Bartlett; Andrew Bender; Lonely Planet Publications Staff; Craig McLachlan; Rebecca Milner; Kate Morgan; Simon Richmond; Tom Spurling |
| Category: |
Travel/Holiday |
| Series: | Travel Guide Ser. |
#1 best-selling guide to Japan
Lonely PlanetJapanis your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore a bamboo grove in Arashiyama, marvel at Shinto and Buddhist architecture in Kyoto, or relax in the hot... read more
| Author: | Paul Carter |
| Category: |
Biography |
Carter writes as if he has ADD, careering through his life on oil rigs in exotic locations. He won't win the Booker, but his yarns burn with anarchic energy ...in a word, irrepressible.' - Herald Sun He's back on the rigs and back in ... read more
