Searching for the Beaumont Children - Australia's Most ...
On Wednesday, 26 January 1966 “Australia Day” the three Be...
Horrie the War Dog - The Story of Australia's Most Famo...
In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world...
Horrie The War Dog - The Story of Australia's Most Famo...
In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world...
Searching for the State in British Legal Thought: Compe...
Searching for the State in British Legal Thought: Competing ...
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Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball Pit ...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball Pit ...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball Pit ...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball Pit ...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball Pit ...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball Pit ...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball Pit ...
Manege for the baby Children Baby Boys Girls Ocean Ball...
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Searching For The Beaumont Children - Australia's Most Famous Uns
The Ender Quartet Boxed Set - Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind
This boxed set contains Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game,” “Speaker for the Dead,” “Xenocide,” and “Children of the Mind.” “Ender’s Game“Winner of the Hugo and Nebula AwardsIn order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race’s next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew “Ender” Wiggin lives with his k...
Miss Muriel Matters - The Australian actress who became one of London's most famous suffragists
The Australian actress who became one of London’s most famous suffragists. Discover the most inspiring woman you’ve never heard of …In 1909, a young Australian actress made headlines around the world when she took to the sky over London in an airship emblazoned with the slogan ‘Votes for Women’ and dropped leaflets over the city. Muriel Matters was dubbed ‘that daring Australian girl’, an...
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag - A Flavia de Luce Mystery Book 2
Pigtails, poisons and murder-most-foul A travelling puppet show arrives in the sleepy village of Bishop’s Lacey – and a shocking murder takes place. For eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, the crime will test her precocious powers of deduction to the limit – particularly when she discovers that the murder echoes a tragedy which occurred many years before… Praise for the historical Flavia de Luce ...
The End of the Day - shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year 2017
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR 2017***‘Funny, ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache’ Sunday Times’Extraordinary . . . wildly impressive” Lucy Hughes-Hallett, BBC Radio 4’Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful’ Kirkus Sooner or later, death visits everyone. Before that, they meet Charlie.Charlie meets everyone – but only once. Som...
Reach for the Stars - and Other Advice for Life's Journey
This hilarious look at idiomatic expressions will be loved by both children and adults. It is suitable for children age 4+. The young hero of Serge Bloch’s delightful “Butterflies in My Stomach” is back, along with his loyal dog Roger. The two are embarking further on the perilous journey of life. Like all of us, they encounter many FORKS IN THE ROAD and UPHILL BATTLES – but they also find tha...
Searching for the Beaumont Children - Australia's Most Famous Unsolved Mystery
On Wednesday, 26 January 1966 “Australia Day” the three Beaumont children left their home in the Adelaide suburb of Somerton Park for a morning at the beach. By the end of the day, the worst fears of every Australian parent were realised when Jane, aged 9, her sister Arnna, 7, and their four-year-old brother, Grant, did not return home. The “Beaumont Children Case” remains Australia’s most fa...
The Missing Beaumont Children
The case of the “Missing Beaumont Children” has been forged into Australia’s psyche and soul like no other crime. A crime so shocking that it has often been described as a defining moment in this country’s history. After 50 years of intense police investigation the whereabouts of Jane (9), Anna (7) and Grant Beaumont (4) is still a mystery; Australia’s most famous unsolved crime. On the morni...
The Grandads' Book - For the Grandad Who's Best at Everything
There’s no one quite like your Grandad, with all his daft jokes, songs, old-fashioned games and crazy stories. “The Grandads’ Book” celebrates this most wonderful of family members with a miscellany of all the things that make grandads great. Everything from anecdotes from and about famous grandads to tips and hints for first-time grandads and grandad-themed jokes, there are plenty of amusing ...
Do-Ahead Christmas - stress-free cooking for the festive season
90 creative recipes that can all be made ahead at a leisurely pace, so that the cook isnÂ’t holed up in the kitchen, playing chef, instead of enjoying the fun at Christmas. the festive season is when most of us need a bit of help in the kitchen. So many parties to prepare for, not to mention the big day itself, when family and friends converge for the Christmas feast. this is where James RamsdenÂ...
Kindness - The Little Thing That Matters Most
Kindness – the little thing that matters most aims to motivate and inspire by showing readers what a difference even a small act of kindness can make. It uses the voices of those who have been helped by the author’s charity – 52 Lives – to ground the ideas in real life action. The book is themed around 52 simple actions you can do to spread kindness. Interspersed throughout are nuggets of sci...
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia - History, Principle and Interpretation
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia examines the body of constitutional jurisprudence in an original and rigorous yet accessible way. It begins by exploring the historical and intellectual context of ideas surrounding the ConstitutionÂ’s inception, and closely examines its text, structure, principles and purposes in that light. The book then unpacks and critically analyses the High C...
Field Guide To The Birds Of Australia - 8Th Edition
Since it was first published in 1984, Simpson & Day’s Field Guide to the Birds of Australia has been one of the most – if not the most – respected bird guide in the country. It has sold over 500 000 copies. The guide contains 132 superb full-colour plates showing all Australian bird species; key points of identification using the latest classification system; distribution maps for all species; ...
Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else - The stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names
The stories behind Australia’s many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names. From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names going – now described and explained in one humorous and fascinating book. Australia’s vast spaces and ir...
Burke and Wills - The triumph and tragedy of Australia's most famous explorers
‘They have left here today!’ he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off,...
A BABY FOR THE DEPUTY/RODEO RANCHER
A Baby For The Deputy – Cathy McDavid A secret no-strings relationship with Aaron Travers has suited Melody Hartman just fine for the past eight months. The lives of the Mustang Valley veterinarian and the Deputy Sheriff have always been complicated – and are about to become more so because Mel is pregnant! Raising his toddler daughter and protecting his Arizona town are Aaron’s most importan...
Kill 'Em and Leave - Searching for the Real James Brown
A personal journey in search of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist James McBride The music of James Brown was almost a genre in its own right, and he was one of the biggest and most influential cultural figures of the twentieth century. But the singer known as the ‘Hardest Working Man in Show Business’ was also an immensely troubled, misunderstood and complicate...
Twas the Night Before Christmas - Edited by Santa Claus for the Benefit of Children of the 21st Century
Gold Medal Winner 2012 Moonbeam ChildrenÂ’s Book Award Best Holiday Book. 1st place winner for the Global International Best Christian ChildrenÂ’s Book. This colorful and bright edition was created for young readers in mind. Attracting global media attention, The BBC, The View, The Colbert Report, New York Post, Huffington Post and many others for what the Kirkus Review calls a legitimate editing ...
The Wicked Boy - Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2017
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2017 The gripping, fascinating account of a shocking murder case that sent late Victorian Britain into a frenzy, by the number one bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Â’Her research is needle-sharp and her period detail richly atmospheric, but what is most heartening about this truly remarkable book is the st...
The The Europeans in Australia - The Europeans in Australia Vol. 1
It is the duty of historians to be, wherever they can, accurate, precise, humane, imaginative – using moral imagination above all – and even-handed. The first of three volumes of the landmark, award-winning series The Europeans in Australia gives an account of early settlement by Britain. It tells of the political and intellectual origins of this extraordinary undertaking that began during the ...
Apathy for the Devil
Pitched somewhere between Almost Famous and Withnail and I, Apathy for the Devil is a unique document of this most fascinating and troubling of decades – a story of inspiration, success and serious burn out. As a 20-something college dropout Nick Kent’s first five interviews as a young writer were with the MC5, Captain Beefheart, The Grateful Dead, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. Along with Charles Shaa...
On Track - Searching out the Bundian Way
On Track tells the story of John BlayÂ’s long-distance search for the Bundian Way, an important Aboriginal pathway between Mt Kosciuszko and Twofold Bay near Eden on the New South Wales far south coast. The 360-kilometre route traverses some of the nationÂ’s most remarkable landscapes, from the highest place on the continent to the ocean.This epic bushwalking story uncovers the history, country an...