Fairy Tales from Around the World (Barnes & Noble Omnib...
Fairy Tales from Around the World is a treasure trove of the...
Teachers' Strangest Tales - Extraordinary but true tale...
A fascinating collection of bizarre tales from classrooms th...
Tales From The Darkside: Scripts By Joe Hill
The storied history of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE winds ever da...
Tales From Watership Down
Tales From Outer Suburbia
Do you remember the water buffalo at the end of our street, or the deep-sea diver we found near the underpass? Do you know why dogs bark in the middle of the night?A new picture book from the international award-winning illustrator Shaun Tan, Tales from Outer Suburbia is a unique and inspiring collection of original stories and illustrations.Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival, The Lost Th...
Murphy's Lore - Tales From The West
Bob Murphy footballer, music fan, dog walker, coffee drinker, hand shaker, train traveller and tree lover has been a favourite of footy followers for many a year. Now captain of his beloved Western Bulldogs, hes showing the young pups at the Kennel how to play the great game the right way. Collected here for the first time are the best of Bobs much-loved weekly ne...
Lonely Planet Better than Fiction - True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
a brilliant collection of travel stories
threaded with great warmth, as readers are invited to travel in the company of these famous authors and experience their passions and revelations. BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHER We asked some of the worlds most acclaimed fiction authors, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht and DBC Pierre, to ...
Tales from a Bondi Vet - An international hit TV series
As the son of a country vet, animals have been a part of Dr Chris Browns life for as long as he can remember so its not surprising that he has followed in his fathers veterinary footsteps. But Chriss life has one twist his dad never had to deal with
a TV camera crew following him around to capture the day-to-day life of an urban vet. Tales from a Bondi Vet is based on the hit Australia...
Business Adventures - Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street: The New York Times bestseller Bill Gates calls...
The best business book Ive ever read. Bill Gates, Wall Street Journal The Michael Lewis of his day. New York Times What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular ...
Plain Tales From The Raj - Images of British India in the 20th Century
The Raj was, for 200 years, the jewel in the British imperial crown. Although founded on military expansionism and undoubted exploitation, it developed over the centuries into what has been called benign autocracy the government of many by few, with the active collaboration of most Indians in recognition of a desire for the advancement of their country. Charles Allens classic oral history...
Last Man Standing - Tales from Tinseltown
In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has been at the very heart of the show business scene. Of course, hes an actor and has starred in films that have made him famous the world over; but hes also a tremendous prankster, joker and raconteur in fact, hes well known as one of the nicest guys in the business, and someone who has always been up for some fun. In this fabulous ...
Tales from the Hood (The Sisters Grimm #6) - 10th Anniversary Edition
More in the New York Times bestselling series! More than 500,000 copies of the series in print! The Grimms defend Mr. Canis in Ferryport Landings trial of the century! This book sees Mr. Canis, dear friend and protector of the Grimm family, put on trial for past crimes. Considering that hes really the Big Bad Wolf, he has a lot to answer for. Is there any truth to the story told by Little Red ...
Ostro - The Pleasure That Comes from Slowing Down and Cooking with Simple Ingredients
My approach to food favours intuition over strict rules and is about using your hands, rushing a little less and savouring the details. It is food that slowly weaves its way into the fabric of your daily life food for living and sharing. Julia Busuttil Nishimura has gained a strong and loyal following for her generous, uncomplicated, seasonal food. Her interpretations of dishes from Italy...
Tales From Watership Down
Tales From Watership Down is the enchanting sequel to Richard Adamss bestselling Watership Down, the enduring classic of contemporary literature that introduced millions of readers to a vivid and distinctive world. Here, he returns to the delightful characters we know and love including Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion, and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah and presents new heroes as th...
Good Losers Die Broke - A Lifetime of Tales from the Track
Melbourne Mick Bartley wasnt big noting when he described $6000 in 1976 as toilet paper. To call him a punter wasnt sufficient. Nobody played horses better in roles as a commission agent, SP bookmaker and master architect of betting coups. But the punt giveth and the punt taketh away
From copy boy at the Sydney Sun to his current weekly column for Fairfax, Max Presnell has lived, breathed a...
Great Convict Stories - Dramatic and moving tales from Australia's brutal early years
Graham Seal has the knack of the storytellerWarren Fahey AM Graham Seal takes us back to Australias ignominious beginnings, when a hungry child could be transported to the other side of the globe for the theft of a handkerchief. It was a time when men were flogged till they bled for a minor misdemeanour, or forced to walk the treadmill for hours. Teams in iron chains carved roads through ...
Watership Down
40th anniversary edition of Richard Adams picaresque saga about a motley band of rabbits Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of our time. Sandleford Warren is in danger. Hazels younger brother Fiver is convinced that a great evil is about to befall the land, but no one will listen. And why would they when it is Spring and the grass is fat and succulent? So together Hazel and F...
Watership Down
A Puffin Book stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. Watership Down by Richard Adams has become one of the most famous animals adventures ever written.In this epic story, a young rabbit called Fiver senses that somethi...
Teachers' Strangest Tales - Extraordinary but true tales from over five centuries of teaching
A fascinating collection of bizarre tales from classrooms throughout history. A hilarious assortment of the weirdest and wackiest tales ever to come out of the classroom and theyre all true. Featuring the flamboyant swimming teacher who spent his spare time fighting bears, the story of how a fight with his teacher paved the way for Al Capones infamous crime empire, and the bizarre tale o...
Star Wars: Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens - Star Wars: Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens
The worlds of Star Wars are full of countless alien species, each stranger and more fascinating than the last. Here youll find six stories for kids about some of the amazing aliens who appear in the smash-hit movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Featuring a dashing tale of piracy and double crosses, the story of a wise Jakku constable and an unfortunate droid, and a mystery that can be solved onl...
Tales from Watership Down
Tales from Watership Down is the enchanting sequel to Richard Adamss bestselling classic Watership Down, which won the Carnegie Medaland Guardian Childrens Fiction Award. Adams returns to the vivid and distinctive world he created in that enduring work, reacquainting readers with the characters we know and love, including Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahr...
The Disappearing Spoon...and other true tales from the Periodic Table
Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium (Cd, 48)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curies reputuation? And why did tellurium (Te, 52) lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history? The periodic table is one of our crowning scientific achievements, but its also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, betrayal and obsession. T...
Tales From a Tall Forest
Once upon a time being, forever and ever ago, there lived a forest tall of tales
â When an innocent princess wanders into the forest, she finds herself trapped between a wolf with a ravenous appetite and a sweet little house with a secret. Meanwhile, a desperate fisherman enters into a very bad bargain with a power-hungry monkey. And meanerwhile still, a tiny tricksy tailor promises a promis...
The Box - Tales from the Darkroom
In this delightful sequel to Peeling the Onion, G nter Grass writes in the voices of his eight children as they record memories of their childhoods, of growing up, of their father, who was always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives. Memories contradictory, critical, loving, accusatory they piece together an intimate picture of this most public of men. To say nothing of M...
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Ten illustrated stories following the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Simon has been a human and a vampire, but after the events of City of Heavenly Fire left him stripped of his memories, he isnt sure who he is any more. When the Shadowhunter Academy reopens, Simon throws himself into this...