One Hot Summer - Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Gre...
A unique, in-depth view of Victorian London during the recor...
Asterix: Omnibus 8 - Asterix and the Great Crossing, Ob...
In this special collectors edition, books 22 to 24 are bro...
Roald Dahl Magical Gift Set (4 Books) - Charlie and the...
Four of Dahls most beloved bestselling books are packaged ...
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
A splendiferous new hardback of Charlie and the Great Glass ...
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (colour edition)
Roald Dahls Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator in glorio...
Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of C...
Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea,...
Reporting the First World War: Charles Repington, The T...
Reporting the First World War: Charles Repington, The Times ...
Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the ...
Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great...
Catholicism and the Great War: Religion and Everyday Li...
Catholicism and the Great War: Religion and Everyday Life in...
Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas: With ...
Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas: With an Ap...
Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Cente...
The first book in a new series that will explore Australia...
The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm
How the wind blew! How the thunder crashed! How the lightnin...
One Hot Summer - Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, And The Great Stink O
Carving a History: a Guide to the Great Court
This comprehensive guide to the sandstone centrepiece of The University of Queenslandâs St Lucia campus â the Great Court â navigates the reader effortlessly through the siteâs iconic carvings and their history.Carving a History: a Guide to the Great Court is a major update and restructure of the existing publication A Guide to the Great Court; first produced by UQ's Media and ...
The Great Shame
The eagerly-awaited paperback of an incredible work of history, h social injustice and survival
a grandly conceived and prodigiously researched homage to his Irish forebears The Age
the range and coverage of this material is impressive
his zest is infectious Sydney Morning Herald
engaging and meticulously compiled Australian Financial Review In the nineteenth century, the Ir...
Catherine the Great - Portrait of a Woman
[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.The Wall Street Journal The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful, ...
Catherine the Great and Potemkin - The Imperial Love Affair
One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra
Excellent, with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair Economist It was historys most successful political partnership as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin wil...
My First Camping Book - Discover the Great Outdoors with This Fun Guide to Camping: Planning, Cooking, Safety, Activitie...
Start with Getting Ready to Camp and plan everything you need to take with you, and why not make a camp diary before you go so you can record every camping trip? Once you arrive at your campsite, you will find out how to identify a good place to camp, how to put up your tent and the best way to store your food. Once youve pitched your tent, learn how to make a campfire (with the help of an a...
The Great Hunt - Book 2 of the Wheel of Time
Epic in every sense Sunday Times The second novel in the Wheel of Time series one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere has been found and the Dead are rising from their dreamless sleep. The Prophecies are being fulfilled but Rand alThor, the shepherd the Aes Sedai have proclaimed as the Dragon Reborn, desper...
Frankie Fish and the Great Wall of Chaos
From Australias favourite comedian and childrens author Peter Helliar comes the second book in his best-selling Frankie Fish series! A hilarious time-travel adventure about mega-mischief, misbehaving grandparents, and one very naughty dog
Pranksters Frankie Fish and Drew Bird have got hold of Grandads time machine, but its no laughing matter. Grandad and Nanna have disappeared to 17th ce...
Asterix: Omnibus 8 - Asterix and the Great Crossing, Obelix and Co, Asterix in Belgium
In this special collectors edition, books 22 to 24 are brought together in one fabulous volume. In ASTERIX AND THE GREAT CROSSING, a storm blows Asterix and Obelix off course. Luckily they land on the shores of a Roman colony or is it? Teepees, totems, gobbling birds: its not what theyre used to. Julius Caesar sends Caius Preposterus, graduate of the Latin School of Economics, to corru...
The Little Italian Bakery - A heart-warming summer read about love and new beginnings
A true feast for the senses Jenny Ashcroft, author of Beneath a Burning Sky The scent of freshly baked biscuits, lemon and aniseed reminds Elettra of her mothers kitchen. But her mother is in a coma, and the family bakery is failing. Elettra is distraught; she has many unanswered questions about her mothers childhood Edda was a secretive woman. The only clue is a family heirloom: a ne...
Gilbert the Great
From the time Gilbert the Great White Shark was a tiny pup, Raymond the Remora stuck to him like glue. Raymond was always on Gilberts side. Then one day, Gilbert wakes up to discover that Raymond has gone. Mrs Munch does everything she can to help her little shark come to terms with his loss and slowly but surely Gilbert learns to smile a wobbly smile through his sadness. He knows that...
The Great Fire of London
With ones face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops A selection from Pepys startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguins 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many c...
Snowy White and the Seven Wombats
Down near the Great Australian Bight, There lived a girl called Snowy White. This sad girl lived a nightmare not a dream, Her step-mum was the Queen of Mean! Snowy Whites nasty step-mother loves dialling up the Magic Mirror on her phone to find out who is the fairest in the bush. Until one day, when the Magic Mirror declares Snowy to be the fairest of them all. Will the seven wombats be ...
Asterix: Omnibus 11 - Asterix and The Actress, Asterix and the Class Act, Asterix and the Falling Sky
In this special collectors edition, three great Asterix albums are collected in one fabulous volume for the first time ever. In ASTERIX AND THE ACTRESS, Asterix and Obelix celebrate their joint birthday party and some surprise guests have been invitied! ASTERIX AND THE CLASS ACT contains 14 stories, including tales of the day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fist fight...
Olive of Groves and the Great Slurp of Time
Exciting, imaginative, charming and very, very funny Judith Rossell, award-winning author of WITHERING-BY-SEA on OLIVE OF GROVES Olive is gobsmacked. Basil Heffenhuffenheimer has just hiked out of the Black Forest in 1857 and into Mrs Groves Boarding School for Naughty Boys, Talking Animals and Circus Performers. When he offers to take Olive into the past, she cannot resist a time-travel...
The SACCONEJOLYs and the Great Cat-Nap
Hello, Friends! Welcome to the world of the Friendliest Friends six Maltese puppies on a mission to be the Best. Dogs. Ever! Inspired by the real-life SACCONEJOLY family, this childrens picture book is packed full of fun, adventure and mischief. Emilia wants something that only a girl with six dogs would want a cat! Her six dogs make it their mission to help, and they attempt to cat-nap...
Little Cat and the Big Red Bus
The bus went over and the bus went around. The bus went up and the bus went down. Winter and summer Little Cat goes to school on the big red bus with her big sister. But one day, Little Cats big sister is sick and Little Cat must go to school on her own. Unfortunately, on the way back home, Little Cat falls asleep on the bus and no one notices. When she wakes up the bus is empty and its...
Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
The first book in a new series that will explore Australias role in the Great War.From the earliest days of the Great War, Australians volunteered to fight in the air warfares newest arena, and one that would transform the nature of military operations. In the squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps and with Britains flying services, Australian airmen fought in campaigns that spanned the...
Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese
On one side, Dita Von Teese shares the beauty of the burlesque world, with bubblegum dreams and show tunes to strip to. Flip over for fantasies in fetish with dramatic costumes and the allure of submission. Burlesque and the Art of the TeeseI advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute. Im a good dancer and a nice girl, but Im a great showgirl. I sell, in a word, magic. Burlesque is a ...
The Great World
Every city, town and village has its memorial to war. Nowhere are these more eloquent than in Australia, generations of whose young men have enlisted to fight other peoples battles from Gallipoli and the Somme to Malaya and Vietnam. In THE GREAT WORLD, his finest novel yet, David Malouf gives a voice to that experience. But THE GREAT WORLD is more than a novel of war. Ranging over seventy yea...
The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi - Laughter, Madness and the Story of Britain's Greatest Comedian
The son of a deranged Italian immigrant, Joseph Grimaldi (1778 1837) was the most celebrated of English clowns. The first to use white-face make-up and wear outrageous coloured clothes, he transformed the role of the Clown in the pantomime with a look as iconic as Chaplins tramp or Tommy Coopers magician. One of the first celebrity comedians, his friends included Lord Byron and the actor Ed...
Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate
An appealing and non-stereotypical love story with a strong female main character and a pirate making this book great for both girls and boys. The fierce little woman lived in a house at the end of a jetty. She knitted socks in blue and green wool, to sell to sailors who had got their feet wet. But when there were no ships at her jetty, she was quite alone. One stormy day, a pirate came to the...