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Liane Moriarty is the author of nine bestselling novels: Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotist's Love Story, The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, Truly Madly Guilty, Nine Perfect Strangers and Apples Never Fall - the No. 1 selling title in Australia in 2021. Her books have been read by millions of eager readers worldwide. Liane Moriarty is also the author of the Nicola Berry series for children. She lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter. You can find out more about Liane's books at her website www.lianemoriarty.com

A father presents as an English gentleman and war hero to his wife and subsequent children who catch up with the truth of the impoverished Welsh beginnings only after his death. His daughter ponders this singular life in the context of a changing Britain in the 20th century.Major Bill Probert emerged from the Second World War a decorated war hero, a gifted linguist in the Intelligence Corps. He met the love of his life, a beautiful Oxford graduate, when they were both posted to the Allied Control Commission occupying Vienna in 1945. He was a cultured and ambitious Englishman, with no living family of his own.After a successful international business career, Bill retires at 59, only to reinvent himself first as a fly fisherman and farmer in Wales, and then - for the last decade of his life - as a resident of the Bearn, lover of the Pyrenees and everything French.Four months after he was buried in St Faust de Haut a letter arrives for him, announcing that his nephew Denzil, from Brecon in Wales, has finally found him, and is coming to visit. Bill's wife and children were about to learn that Bill began life as Roy, in an impoverished Welsh mining family in the Rhondda. His mother and three siblings were alive and well when his children were born.Why did Roy decide to become Bill and erase Wales and his family? Thirty years after his death it was time to unearth his many secrets. This is the story of a daughter's hunt for her perplexing and unpredictable father.

What does the B in Billie B Brown stand for? Ball! Join soccer star Billie B Brown in her favourite soccer stories, with a bonus Hey Jack! football story! This collectible hardback contains: <ol reversed><li>The Soccer Star</li><li>The Grumpy Neighbour</li><li>The Winning Goal</li></ol> Written by the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, Billie B Brown is the perfect first chapter-book series. Every down-to-earth story follows bold, brilliant Billie as she uses her imagination to tackle a new challenge, whether it’s about friends, family or feelings. With her best friend, Jack, by her side, there’s nothing Billie can’t do! Hey Jack! shows new stories from Jack's perspective. Jack's adventures are designed to help support the reader in developing emotionally literacy, with each story focussing on a specific emotion. Whether happiness, excitement or disappointment, Jack can work through it all with the help of his friends! With more than ten million books in print around the world, Billie B Brown and Hey Jack! have helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Each book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there’s plenty of books in the Billie B Brown and Hey Jack! series to explore! For more wonderful series by Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the School of Monsters and Polly and Buster series.

A special edition hardback of the gripping new psychological thriller from the Booker Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Luminaries.

When everyone's a vicious beast, it's hard to spot the monsters . . . Beware of the Turned in the first book in a blockbuster teen horror for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant and Stranger Things. 'A riotously absorbing horror-comedy for readers of 12 and up.' – Guardian Sel Archer lives in a normal town with normal residents, except for one night a month . . . When the full moon comes out, almost all of the adults turn into werewolves, and it's up to the young people to protect themselves from danger. But, as this quiet life begins to unravel, and the Turned start to escape, can Sel and his friends uncover exactly who – or what – is watching their every move, before it's too late? Welcome, to the TOWN OF THE TURNED. Praise for Bite Risk ‘Bite Risk by the most talented S. J. Wills will have you turning each page feeling sheer horror and laughter.’ – A. M. Dassu ‘Pure, thrilling brilliance!’ – Louie Stowell 'This high-concept dystopian tale with a werewolf twist has tension and scares galore and is perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Big Bad Me.' – IrishIndependent ‘I inhaled this book. A concept that crackles, watertight world building, characters you care deeply about, & then the twists & turns . . . ’ – Nicola Penfold ‘Fun, gripping and deliciously gory.’ – Amy McCaw ‘I devoured Bite Risk with ruthless ferocity, or perhaps the book devoured me – I’m not too sure!’ – Sophie Kirtley 'Smart, pacy, twists and turns with a hero who feels real. Exciting, thrilling but not too scary.' – Emma Norry ‘A gripping, fast-paced thriller.’ – Nizrana Farook ‘Bite Risk sinks its claws into you and doesn't let go until its page-racing end.’ – Maria Kuzniar ‘Fresh, exciting and just what teenagers everywhere need!’ – Catherine Emmett ‘Incredible. Astonishing. Sweeps you away and afterwards, there is just SO much to think about.’ – Rashmi Sirdeshpande 'S. J. Wills proves a dab hand at world creation, sketching friendships and rivalries against a backdrop of post-disruption normality.' – Observer

Black Beauty chronicles the life of a horse in Victorian England. At the hands of different owners, he experiences discipline, friendship, overwork, and, ultimately, love. Young readers will be moved by this empathetic novel about animal hardship a story that's still relevant today.

The story of Australia’s Black convicts has been all but erased from our history. In recovering their lives, Santilla Chingaipe offers a fresh understanding of this fatal shore, showing how empire, slavery, race and memory have shaped our nation. On the First Fleet of 1788, at least 15 convicts were of African descent. By 1840 the number had risen to almost 500. Among them were David Stuurman, a revered South African chief transported for anti-colonial insurrection; John Caesar, who became Australia’s first bushranger; Billy Blue, the stylishly dressed ferryman who gave his name to Sydney’s Blues Point; and William Cuffay, a prominent London Chartist who led the development of Australia’s labour movement. Two of the youngest were cousins from Mauritius—girls aged just 9 and 12—sentenced over a failed attempt to poison their mistress. But although some of these lives were documented and their likenesses hang in places like the National Portrait Gallery, even their descendants are often unaware of their existence. By uncovering lives whitewashed out of our history, in stories spanning Africa, the Americas and Europe, Black Convicts also traces Australia’s hidden links to slavery, which both powered the British Empire and inspired the convict system itself. Situating European settlement in its global context, Chingaipe shows that the injustice of dispossession was driven by the engine of labour exploitation. Black Convicts will change the way we think about who we are.

Discover the utterly addictive southern gothic horror saga by that is sweeping Europe, over two million copies sold so far. 'Riveting, terrifying, and just absolutely great' Stephen KingThe second book in the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 1 million copies sold'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KINGPerdido, Alabama, has scarcely recovered from the floods that devasted the community. Now a scheme to build a levee is dogged by a series of mysterious events- unpredictable currents in the river, worrying disappearances. Meanwhile in the Caskey family, Marie-Love, the matriarch, continues her machinations against Elinor, her strange daughter in law. Plots, unholy alliances, sacrifices - in the struggle between them, nothing is off limits. In Perdido, the changes will be profound; the consequences irreversible.The Blackwater Series titles have sold over one million copies, The Bookseller, July 2024

The exciting new rural thriller from the bestselling author of WILD DOGS and NO TRACE.Someone is stalking gold hunters. Now a bushman is stalking them . . .Terry Drage is not the first amateur gold prospector to rock up to the Murchison Hotel, brag about an exciting discovery - and then vanish into thin air. But Gabe Ahern is determined he will be the last.No one knows the land around the remote Western Australian town of Cue better than Gabe - a wild dog trapper who's in his element in the bush. Feeling responsible for his friend's fate, he races there to join the search. But it won't be an easy ride. For a start the local cops seem sure Terry going missing is nothing more than a tragic accident. It's down to Gabe to spot the sinister pattern of disappearances and deaths in recent years.Plus, the last time Gabe was in his old home town it was under the very worst of circumstances. And now, to stop a killer, he'll need to confront the ghosts from his past . . .Praise for the Gabe Ahern series-'Tough, fast and hard - my type of book.' Lee Child on Wild Dogs'High octane, full throttle.' Herald Sun on Wild Dogs'An absolute gem . . . An absorbing, exciting, page-turning thriller. I highly recommend.' Good Reading Magazine on No Trace