Bibliotherapy
$34.99
A beautiful, thoughtful guide to finding your perfect next read, no matter what life’s throwing at you, from the founder of Aphra a.k.a. ‘your inclusive AF feminist book club’ <p>Through turbulent times, stories keep us afloat. Books, particularly, console and guide us, feed our souls, and open our eyes to worlds, possibilities and experiences we may never have considered before. Many of us have been self-medicating with books for years without identifying the practice as ‘bibliotherapy’.</p><p>This carefully curated collection will help you to identify the right reads for the right time. Whether you are in the throes of first love or the depths of heartbreak, embarking on a new beginning or questioning which path to take, use this guide to lose yourself in literature and find yourself anew, and discover the books that will always matter to you.</p><p>Includes celebrated classics, as well as overlooked modern masterpieces, with a focus on underrepresented voices. Recommended reads, include:</p><p><em>You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty </em>by Akwaeke Emezi</p><p><em>Good Morning, Midnight </em>by Jean Rhys</p><p><em>A Little Life </em>by Hanya Yanagihara</p><p><em>Letter to my Daughter </em>by Maya Angelou</p><p><em>The Days of Abandonment </em>by Elena Ferrante</p><p><em>Be Not Afraid of Love </em>by Mimi Zhu</p>
Big Veg Energy
$49.99
BIG VEG ENERGYThe debut cookbook by Christina Soteriou, the plant-based chef with a rapidly-growing online platform of 350k followers. For fans of Mob, Anna Jones and Ottolenghi FLAVOUR.100 simple, tasty and secretly healthy recipes, with flavour in every bite.From restaurant-trained chef and content creator Christina Soteriou (more than 350k followers @christinasots), this is unbelievably delicious plant-based food, packed with protein, whole foods and nutrients.Chapters include:- Small plates, for snacks and starters- Big platters, for sharing and meal prep- Cosy bowls, as comforting as they sound- Baking dish, for hearty one-dish wonders- Dessert spoon, to satisfy your sweet toothExpect nourishing, vibrant dishes - including Spicy Mushroom Skewers with Peanut Lime Sauce, Sweet Potatoes with Tahini Butter Chickpeas, Pulled Leeks with Pistachio Cream and Peanut Butter Cherry Jam Semifreddo - as well as extra features on key ingredients, debunking vegan myths and tips on saving money and storing produce to keep it fresh for longer.
Biggest Secret Ever!
$16.99
The third book in the New York Times bestseller Middle School and Other Disasters series, witch-in-training Heidi Heckelbeck struggles to keep a secret alongside magical mishaps and everyday mayhem at her new boarding school. Featuring black-and-white illustrations and doodles throughout and perfect for fans of Dork Diaries, The Worst Witch and Harper Drew! Heidi is making new friends at Broomsfield Academy—in particular, a popular girl named Isabelle. But it turns out Isabelle has a big secret that Heidi discovers by accident! Heidi promises to keep the secret, but as more time goes by, it becomes more and more difficult…especially with nosy Melanie Maplethorpe snooping around. This secret is huge. Will Heidi be able to keep her promise? Join Heidi and her friends for pranks, potions and magical misahaps in this bestselling series!
Birdle
$22.99
What do you get when you combine birds with word games? Birdle, of course! From wordsearches to crosswords, word pyramids to pop quizzes, have fun solving more than 100 puzzles all about Australian birds. This delightful and addictive mash-up is created by expert puzzler Liam Runnalls, who is known for his puzzles that have appeared everywhere from the Sydney Morning Herald to The Saturday Paper. And fear not if you don't consider yourself an expert puzzler or backyard bird spotter! Every puzzle is graded as easy, medium or hard, so you're sure to find plenty of games for a rainy day, commute or a screen-free hangout with family and friends anytime of the year.
Bitter Greens
$22.99
A lovely stew of sex, fairytales and, well, sex really. THE AGE.An exquisite rendering of the story behind the Rapunzel fairy tale.Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. She is comforted by an old nun, S?ur Seraphina, who tells her the tale of a young girl who, a hundred years earlier, is sold by her parents for a handful of bitter greens.After Margherita's father steals a handful of parsley, wintercress and rapunzel from the walled garden of the courtesan Selena Leonelli, he is threatened with having both hands cut off unless he and his wife give away their little girl. Selena is the famous red-haired muse of the artist Tiziano, first painted by him in 1512 and still inspiring him at the time of his death, sixty-four years later. Called La Strega Bella, Selena is at the centre of Renaissance life in Venice, a world of beauty and danger, seduction and betrayal, love and superstition.Locked away in a tower, growing to womanhood, Margherita sings in the hope that someone will hear her. Three women, three lives, three stories, braided together to create a compelling tale of desire, obsession, black magic and the redemptive power of love.
Black Beauty
$24.99
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.
Blackwater I: The Flood
$22.99
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 KingDiscover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KINGAs the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood. Led by Mary-Love, the powerful matriarch, and by Oscar, her devoted son, the family must pick itself back up. But what they haven't anticipated is the sudden appearance of Elinor Dammert - a mysterious but seductive young woman with a troubling past. Her sole ambition appears to be to infiltrate the very heart of the Caskey clan...'Beyond any trace of a doubt, one of the absolutely best writers of horror' Peter Straub'One of the genre's most underrated writers' Poppy Z. Brite
Blackwater Ii: The Levee
$22.99
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
Blast The Bush
$24.99
With his road building exploits behind him, Beadell was the perfect choice for the task of selecting and preparing the location for the weapons testing trials. With his characteristic humour and embellished with his own cartoons, Beadell tells the story of the people who worked on the project - in some cases it was as much a trial of them as it was of any weapon - and he recounts the sequence of events that led up to the gigantic explosion that was to BLAST THE BUSH.
Blood And Gold
$34.99
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
