The Same Earth by Kei Miller
$32.99 AUD
Category: General
It all begins with the theft of Tessa Walcott's polkadot panties and a river that changes course overnight...When Imelda Richardson leaves the small village of Watersgate, Jamaica, armed only with one small suitcase, she is doing so for the second time. One of the throng of young Jamaicans who left the ...Show more
Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
$32.99 AUD
Category: General
Twenty-five years on from "Less Than Zero", we pick up again with "Clay". In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis shocked, stunned and disturbed with "Less Than Zero", his 'extraordinarily accomplished first novel' ("New Yorker"), successfully chronicling the frightening consequences of unmitigated hedonism within t ...Show more
The Eyre Affair (#1 Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde
$19.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: Thursday Next | Reading Level: General Adult
The first book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. 'Always ridiculous, often hilarious ... blink and you miss a vital narrative leap. There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for st ...Show more
The Crow Road by Iain Banks
$24.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
From its bravura opening onwards, THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel. 'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death ...Show more
The Miracle at Speedy Motors (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #9) by Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: General | Series: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identi ...Show more
The Comfort of Saturdays (Isabel Dalhousie #5) by Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: General | Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels Ser.
Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; she'd rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws her into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Because for Isabel ethics are not the ...Show more
Like Water For Chocolate: No.1 international bestseller by Laura Esquivel
$19.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: Adult
The bestselling phenomenon and inspiration for the award-winning film. Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant romance and bittersweet wit. This classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama ...Show more
Consolation by James Wilson
$29.95 AUD
Category: General
1910, and Corley Roper, an eminent children's author of his age, mourns the death of his young daughter. Estranged from his wife, and wracked by grief, he happens one night upon Mary Wilson, a woman in a similar position, as she mourns her stillborn son. No longer able to inhabit the fictional world tha ...Show more
20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo
$19.00 AUD
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Category: General
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
$22.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother ...Show more
Ferney by James Long
$24.99 AUD
Category: General
When Mike and Gally move to a new cottage in Somerset, it's to make a new start. But the relationship comes under strain when Gally forms an increasingly close attachment to an old countryman, Ferney, who seems to know everything about her. What is it that draws them together? Reluctantly at first, then ...Show more