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October 2011 New Releases - more inside...
Ellen Degeneres..
Fiction $44.99 Non-Fiction $59.95 Kids $19.95 DVD $59.95 Audio $24.99
New postage rates: For orders over $70 postage is FREE
INHERITANCE 09.11.11
Exciting Events Coming Up!
18 Oct - Kaz Cooke “Womens Stuff” in-store
8 Nov - Nicholas Sparks “The Best of Me”
Pre-order
Eragon & Eldest now $19.95 each
Brisingr now $21.95
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News
Robinsons Bookshop was proud to be part of the Government funded
“Get Reading” Campaign in September. We sold lots of the ‘50 Books
You Can’t Put Down’, so we hope the initiative worked and a lot of people
were reading during the month.
October is going to be a transformative month for Robinsons. Towards
the end of the month we will be offering e-books for sale via our website.
Robinson’s has been working in conjunction with the book industry to
bring an e-book offer to our customers. An innovative company called
‘readcloud’ is making e-books a reality for independent bookshops like
Robinsons who already have webstores in place.
We see this as a genuine innovation in our offer to our customers and we
wish to show that we intend to keep supporting our customers’ needs in
terms of reading material - in whatever form they choose to read it. We
want to be here for our community in 50 years time - and this is an important
step for our future sustainability.
During late October we will be trialling the integration of our site with readcloud
and plan to have a complete platform in place by early November.
We are planning some ‘petting zoo sessions’ where you can bring your
digital devices in to Robinsons and we can teach you how to download
our e-books. We are also hoping to be selling e-readers by November,
but are still assessing the best option for our customers. We ask for a
little patience from our customers wanting to jump on-board straight away
as this is a complex process that has been in development for the past
two years and we need to get this last stage right.
Please also note we have two exciting events coming up. Kaz Cooke
is conducting a talk for us on her new book “Women’s Stuff” this month.
It is sure to be an excellent girls’ night! We are also very excited that
Nicholas Sparks has agreed to come to Frankston. We are selling tickets
to a session with Nicholas in early November, followed by a screening
of The Notebook. Tickets include a book which can be collected before
the event. So don’t buy your book anywhere else if you want to meet the
amazing Nicholas Sparks.
And for now GOOD READING!
Kaz Cooke
Tuesday 18th October
In Store, 6:30pm, FREE Event
Join Kaz Cooke for a girl-talk and book signing:
“WOMEN’S STUFF”
Whether you’re starting or ending a relationship, a friend has
found a lump in her breast, you’re in debt, your partner’s lost
interest in sex or you don’t know whether to believe the moisturiser
label, Women’s Stuff is your must-have guide, from
leaving school to menopause and beyond. It’s a best friend in
book form, a complete guide to how to get your life together
and face any challenge at any age.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL AS SEATING LIMITED
OCTOBER BOOK OF THE MONTH
AUTUMN LAING
Alex Miller
Autumn Laing seduces Pat Donlon with her pearly
thighs and her lust for life and art. In doing so she not
only compromises the trusting love she has with her
husband, Arthur, she also steals the future from Pat’s
young and beautiful wife, Edith, and their unborn child.
Fifty-three years later, cantankerous, engaging,
unrestrainable 85-year-old Autumn is shocked to find
within herself a powerful need for redemption. As
she begins to tell her story, she writes, ‘They are all dead and I am old and
skeleton-gaunt. This is where it began...’
Written with compassion and intelligence, this energetic, funny and wise
novel peels back the layers of storytelling and asks what truth has to do
with it. Autumn Laing is an unflinchingly intimate portrait of a woman and
her time - she is unforgettable.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alex Miller is twice winner of
Australia’s premier literary prize, The
Miles Franklin Literary Award, first
in 1993 for The Ancestor Game and
again in 2003 for Journey to the Stone
Country. He is also an overall winner
of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize,
in 1993 for The Ancestor Game. His
fifth novel, Conditions of Faith, won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in
the 2001 New South Wales Premier’s Awards. In 2011 he won this award
a second time with his most recent novel Lovesong. Lovesong also won
the People’s Choice Award in the NSW Premier’s Awards, the Age Book
of the Year Award and the Age Fiction Prize for 2011. In 2007 Landscape
of Farewell was published to wide critical acclaim and in 2008 won the
Chinese Annual Foreign Novels 21st Century Award for Best Novel and the
Manning Clark Medal for an outstanding contribution to Australian cultural
life. It was also short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award, the Christina Stead
Prize for Fiction, the ALS Gold Medal and the Commonwealth Writers’
Prize. Alex is published internationally and widely in translation. Autumn
Laing is his tenth novel.
Nicholas Sparks
Tuesday 8th November
Hoyts Cinemas, Frankston, 6:30pm
Join Nicholas Sparks for talk and book signing:
“THE BEST OF ME”
They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the
tracks with a passion that would change their lives for ever.
Followed by the film “The Notebook”
Tickets: $40, includes copy of the book, meet Nicholas
Sparks and the film “The Notebook” on the big screen
* Tickets available from Robinsons Bookshop ONLY - NOT HOYTS
* Books can be obtained in advance of the evening (October release)
* An alternative Nicholas Sparks book can be substituted

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Lionel Shriver
I can’t tell you how many times I looked at this book
and thought “I should read this.” It wasn’t until I heard
of the impending movie (Due in cinemas November
10th) that I finally thought right! I have to read this
book! So I did. The first thing that got me was the
format the book is written in – entirely in letters from
Eva (the mother of Kevin), to her estranged husband Franklyn. Within
the first few pages the basics of the plot are established. Kevin is in
a prison for juvenile offenders – he has murdered seven of his classmates,
a teacher and a cafeteria worker. The reader gets a very real,
very personal insight into the character of Eva, her reluctance to have a
child and her struggle to bond with Kevin. This book brings up the often
heated debate over whether it is nature or nurture that has the greater
influence on people. Right from the start, Kevin is different – cunning,
calculated and often manipulative. As a reader I found his character
haunted me. When I wasn’t reading the book, I was thinking about it,
talking about it, and desperately wanting to continue reading it. This is a
book that grabs the reader and won’t let go, until its shocking, horrifying
conclusion – which left me completely shocked. When I finished this
book, I had to stay sitting for just a few minutes to let the magnitude
of what I’d just read sink in. It is written in such a beautiful, believable
fashion that it feels like a biography – the characters were so incredibly
real. “We Need To Talk About Kevin” is an exquisitely written journey,
one of those rare books that will stay with you for the rest of your life.
Laura.
AUTUMN LAING
Alex Miller
“Lovesong” was a good book and this one is possibly
better. Reads like poetry at times, an epic love story
at others.
The thrust of the novel is an old lady in her dotage
hankering for redemption for a few of the decisions
made selfishly in her younger years.
Decisions that impacted hugely on those she held dearest.
She feels if she writes a truthful account of her history she can’t fail to
make amends. She is cantankerous and witty and I thoroughly enjoyed
sharing her reflections.
As a younger woman Autumn Laing jeopardizes the love of a wonderful
man to seduce the younger, tempestuous, married artist Pat Donlan.
Their relationship is fraught but she is smitten. Her artist friends warn
her but she readily makes a fool of herself for him.
Ultimately it is a tragedy for her but she does find closure in her final
days.
Fiona.
DOWNTON ABBEY DVD
As a longtime lover of period drama, I couldn’t resist
the pull of Downton Abbey. I watched it as it aired on
TV and then sat down and deliciously devoured the
series on DVD. The show is centered around the family
that lives at Downton Abbey and the wealth of servants
that support it. It demonstrates the distinct class
structure that existed in England at the time and I find it fascinating how
it all worked and also astounding that it was not that long ago. However,
it also deals with a lot of the changes that society was going through at
the time like women’s rights to vote and antiquated laws around passing
on of titles and property and how society and the characters dealt with
these changes.
Life within the walls of Downton goes on with the Crawleys upstairs and
their staff below facing their own dramas. In service, it’s young maid
Gwen (Rose Leslie) under fire when it’s discovered she has something
in her possession no woman of good character should own - a
typewriter! ‘’I want to be a secretary!’’ she says to the horror of all. The
daughter of a milkmaid dreaming of bettering herself Unthinkable!
Susanne.
Reviews
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes is such an established and uncontroversial
fixture on the UK literary scene that he’s often overshadowed
by his more high-profile contemporaries like Martin
Amis and Ian McEwan. While Amis and McEwan often feel
like they’re treading water, struggling perhaps to live up to
their huge reputations, Barnes can quietly produce a little
masterpiece like “The Sense of an Ending”. It is a novel of only 150 pages,
and is often about seemingly inconsequential events, yet the examination of
memory and time is extraordinary, and the narrative gains a cumulative power
that you barely notice building until the end. Ostensively the book is about
the narrator, Tony Webster, who tells us his life story and then goes back to
examine a specific time in his youth when his life, and those of his friends,
changed dramatically. We’re not quite sure what happened, and neither is
the narrator, who grapples with the way that memories can be imperfect, how
much we can forgot, and also how much we can choose to forget. Barnes is
great at making the reader drop his guard, often using humour, and then casually
dropping in a reference that makes you re-examine everything you’ve
read. You never feel on firm ground, and as the story develops an imperceptible
feeling of dread builds with each new subtle revelation. As a Pom I also
loved the critique of modern Britain, with the gentrified pubs, moronic popular
culture, and the general self-obsession of everybody. The novel is terrific at
showing how we seem to have lost just as many good things as bad things
between the Sixties and now, and there doesn’t seem like much hope of
getting any of them back. This is the fourth book by Barnes to be shortlisted
for the Booker Prize and I hope it’s his year - fiction simply doesn’t get much
better than this.
Paul B.
POWER OF SIX
Pittacus Lore
I have been waiting for The Power of Six to be released
for months. I devoured I Am Number Four in hours and the
sequel didn’t let me down. It follows John Smith (Number
Four), Six (Number Six) and Sam (John’s best friend from
his latest school) on their relentless mission to survive.
They are continually being hunted by the Mogadorians who
killed all of John and Six’s people, excluding a select few who travelled to
earth; the powerful Nine.
The book slips between John, Six and Sam, and introduces Marina, number
seven, living in a convent in Spain, desperate to escape to join with the
others to fight for her planet. In the sequel more questions are answered
and even more are created as five and eight are still out there, and they are
unaware that the protection over the nine has been broken. The Power of Six
is a page turner that will have you guessing what could go wrong next and
how will they save themselves this time.
Ellie.
WONDERSTUCK
Brian Selznick
I was so excited to hear that Brain Selznick (author if ‘The
Invention of Hugo Cabret’) had a new book coming out.
While I’ve only just started reading it, I’ve decided to make
it my review for this month as it is already quite amazing!!
Using his usual style of mixing text with black and white
illustrations, ‘Wonderstruck’ follows the life of two kids. One is Ben who is
followed with words and the other is Rose who is followed through pictures.
Both storylines are set 50 years apart and, while they seem very separate
from each other, come together and follow each other with remarkable precision.
Like I mentioned earlier, I have only just started this book, but I already can’t
wait to see how it ends!!
Nicole.
Introducing Flipbacks
The Netherlands has given us a lot of things, from edam cheese, clogs and
windmills, as well as some of the best artists in the world, but back in 2009
at Manuscripta - a book and literary exhibition - Dutch Christian publishing
house, Jongbloed, introduced the Flipback book. The Dutch refer to it as the
'Dwarsligger', now a registered trademark to describe a convenient pocket
book that fits in your shirt or jean pocket or in your purse. It is made from
the same wafer-thin paper used for bibles and will stay open on it's pages
without the need of both hands to hold it open. Great for Commuters!

Best Sellers
Fiction
1. THE HELP
Kathryn Stockett
PB $24.95
Non Fiction
1. GO THE F**K TO SLEEP
Adam Mansbach
HB $17.95 (Humour)
2. ONE DAY
David Nicholls
PB $22.99
2. STRAIGHT SHOOTER
Mathew Lloyd
B $49.95
3. RED DOG
Louis deBernieres
PB $19.95
3. NANCY WAKE BIOGRAPHY
Peter Fitsimons
PB $24.95
4. GAME OF THRONES #1
George R. R. Martin
Series Tie-in PB $19.99
Original Cover PB $16.99
5. CLASH OF KINGS #2
George R. R. Martin
PB $16.99
4. THE BRO CODE
Barney Stinson
PB $19.95
5. JAMIE’3 30 MINUTE MEALS
Jamie Oliver
HB $49.95
Children’s/Teens
1. 13 STOREY TREEHOUSE
Andy Griffiths
PB $9.99
2. DEATH BRINGER
Derek Landy
HB $19.99
3. BLOODLINES #1
Richelle Mead
PB $19.95
4. THE POWER OF SIX
Pittacus Lore
PB $19.95
5. HADES #2
Alexandra Adornetto
PB $24.99
Music/DVD
1. VARIOUS RELAXATION &
CLASSICAL CDS
Various
CD $4.99
2. ELEGANT CLASSICS FOR
HIGH TEA
CD $9.95
3. DOWNTON ABBEY
DVD $39.95
4. TOUR DE FRANCE 2011
DVD $39.95
5. GRAND DESIGNS S8
DVD $39.95
CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF VINTAGE CLASSICS

Biography
Lady Almina & the
Story of the Real
Downton Abbey
Carnarvon Countes
PB $32.99
Almina married George, the
Earl of Carnarvon, at 19 with
an enormous dowry. At first, life
at Highclere was blissful until the First World War
broke out and life at Highclere changed forever.
Almina was forced to draw on her deepest reserves
of courage in order to ensure her family, the staff
and the castle survived.
Me and Mine
Anna May Mangan
PB $29.99
An Irish immigrant family left
rural Ireland in the 1950s to find
work and a better way of life in
England. But home is never far
away as aunts ferry over suitcases
dripping with blood from the Irish boat train
because English meat is ‘dirt’ or smuggle poteen
disguised as holy water in Virgin Mary shaped
bottles, and gossip is delivered weekly in the form of
the local county paper.
The Elegant Art of
Falling Apart
Jessica Jones
PB $32.99
After beating breast cancer Jessica
Jones travelled to Sydney to
begin a celebratory three-month
holiday with her boyfriend only
to find herself dumped on arrival! She faced a decision:
return immediately, heartbroken and defeated
or step forward into the unknown. Jessica made the
decision to stay, to undertake a new adventure.
The Necessary
Aptitude A Memoir
Pam Ayres
PB $34.95
Writing with her usual mix of
good humour and poignancy,
Pam’s autobiography is a classic
memoir of a post-war country
childhood in the vein of Cider with Rosie.
Prime Time
Jane Fonda
PB $32.95
Jane Fonda, the number one
bestselling author, actress and
workout pioneer, explores how
to make all of your life prime
time by reflecting on her own
experiences. From health & fitness to sex, love &
self-understanding Fonda writes candidly about
her own life and that of others, providing you with a
blueprint for living well.
Here Comes Trouble
Michael Moore
PB $29.95
Before Michael Moore became
the Oscar-winning filmmaker
and all-round rabble rouser and
thorn-in-the-side of corporate
and right-wing America, there
was the guy who had an uncanny knack of just
showing up where history was being made. This
book is a wild, revealing, take-no-prisoners ride
through his early life.
Charles Dickens A Life
Claire Tomalin
HB $49.95
Charles Dickens was a phenomenon.
Perhaps the greatest novelist
in the English language, the creator
of characters who live immortally
in the English imagination. He
was also a demonically hard-working journalist, father
of ten children, indefatigable walker and traveller, and
tireless in his support of liberal social causes.
Dannii My Style
Dannii Minogue
HB $37.99
This style bible helps you learn to
love the way you are, focusing on
ways to accentuate the positive,
and covers everything from great
hair and glowing skin to make-up and healthy eating.
Dannii shares her tips on red carpet looks and what to
wear for every occasion, and offers advice on dressing
for your shape and choosing the right accessories.
Seriously ... I’m
Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres
PB $32.99
DeGeneres has won 11 People′s
Choice Awards for Favourite
Daytime Talk Show Host, Favourite
Funny Female Star and Favourite
Talk Show. She′s hosted the Oscars and served as a
judge on AMERICAN IDOL. Her previous books were
both New York Times bestsellers. SERIOUSLY ... I′M
KIDDING is a look at Ellen′s life through her humour.
Being Kendra
Kendra Wilkinson
HB $35.99
Now with a husband and baby
in her life, a booming brand to
manage, and her own needs to
think about too, Kendra is learning
the art of balance, sometimes the
hard way. Not wanting to pawn her child off to nannies
like so many other stars, Kendra relishes the role of
supermom.
History
Into the Unknown
John Bailey
PB $34.99
Ludwig Leichhardt is undoubtedly
Australia’s most fascinating early
explorer. Born and educated in
Prussia in the early 19th century,
Leichhardt felt shackled by the
narrow expectations of his family and the highly
regimented society of his birth. He was a polymath, a
man fascinated by the natural world and everything in
it and he longed for adventure and exploration.
The Borgias
Mary Hollingsworth
HB $49.99
The Borgia family of Renaissance
Italy have become a byword
for pride, lust, cruelty, avarice,
splendour and venomous intrigue.
They have inspired abomination
and fascination in almost equal measure, comparable
to the Corleone clan depicted in Mario Puzo’s novel
The Godfather.
Illustrated History
of Australia
A.K. Macdougall
PB $39.95
The Illustrated History Of Australia
traces the history of this island
continent from the dinosaurs to the
coming of the Aboriginal people to
the arrival of the Europeans.
Non Fiction
Military
Digger Smith &
Australia’s Great War
Peter Stanley
HB $39.99
The last name of Smith unites all
those in this book. Smiths were
among the first men to land at
Gallipoli. Smiths fought & died at
Pozières, Bullecourt & Passchendaele. Smiths were
wounded & treated by doctors & nurses named Smith.
Ghost Platoon
Frank Walker
PB $35.00
For 39 years the Australian
Defence Force strenuously denied
a unit called the 2nd Defence and
Employment Platoon existed during
the Vietnam War. The platoon was
a makeshift deployment force of 38 men, all regular
troops, based at the Australian Task Force Headquarters
at Nui Dat in 1969 from late April to June.
The End Hitler’s
Germany 1944-45
Ian Kershaw
HB $49.95
The last months of the Second
World War were a nightmarish time.
Unimaginable levels of violence
destroyed entire cities. Millions
died or were dispossessed. By all kinds of criteria it
was the end: the end of the Third Reich and its terrible
empire but also, increasingly, it seemed to be the end
of European civilization itself.
Shanghai Fury
Peter Thompson
HB $49.95
Shanghai is a city defined by war.
The city & its armed struggles were
central to the relationship between
China & Australia from the fall of
the Manchus in 1912 to the Communist
victory in 1949. Yet the Australian contribution
has been largely neglected & no single volume covers
the experiences of the many remarkable Australians
caught up in the drama.
Current Affairs
Broadcast Wars
Michael Bodey
PB $35.00
A look at a tumultuous period
(2003-2011) in Australian television
as the 9 & 7 networks traded blows,
new technologies emerged & management
clung on for dear life.
Science
Discover The Night
Sky - Boxed Set
Robin Kerrod
PB $49.95
Discover the Night Sky is a simple,
introduction to astronomy for beginning
enthusiasts. It contains lots of good reading, and
the planisphere will help newcomers’ orientation. Its
readers will probably next find themselves investing in
a decent telescope & batteries for the torch.
MAGIC OF REALITY
Richard Dawkins
HB $39.95
The Magic of Reality, with its explanations
of space, time, evolution
and more, will inspire and amaze
readers of all ages - young adults,
adults, children, octogenarians. In stunning words and
pictures this book presents the real story of the world
around us.

Non Fiction
Reference
Planet Word
Stephen Fry
HB $45.00
According to the Snohomish tribe
of North America, we speak different
languages today because
of a row about a duck. There
are more than 6,000 languages
spoken in the world, some by only a handful, but
by the end of the century there will be just 900
left. Why does linguicide occur and what are its
consequences
Transport
Top Gear 100
Maddest Cars
HB $19.95
From amphibious automobiles
to record-breaking supercars,
Top Gear’s 100 Maddest Cars is
a truly bonkers collection of the craziest cars we’ve
ever encountered. From the amazing and ambitious
to the downright rubbish, this book is packed with
facts and stats on the strangest things on four (and
sometimes more) wheels.
Little Book of the
Spitfire
HB $16.99
In the history of the airplane
there is one aircraft that is fully
deserving of the accolade “legendary,” and Little
Book of the Spitfire, written by David Curnock tells
its story.
True Crime
Road to Nowhere
Mark Read
PB $34.99
“This book is about my journey
through the Australian prison
system. You’ll have heard a few
of these stories before, but not
like this. It’s a history of my 23
years behind bars; what day to day life was like in
jail, what I did to survive & why I’ll never go back.
It’s not a nice story. I was not a nice prisoner...”
Australian Crime
Malcolm Brown
PB $29.95
Australian Crime is an enthralling
account of the crimes that have
made headlines and shocked
the nation. Each case looks at
the most chilling events and
hardened characters in our history, as well as those
of the new millennium.
Gardening
Paul Bangay’s Guide
to Plants
Paul Bangay
HB $59.95
Gardens designed by Paul
Bangay are renowned for their
elegant proportions, careful use
of materials and inspired choice
of planting. Give your own patch of green the Paul
Bangay look.
Organic - 2nd Ed
Don Burke
HB $35.00
Organic covers all that you need
to know to start and cultivate
your own vegetable garden
including composting, pests and
diseases, growing conditions,
chickens, harvesting and scrumptious recipes. Why
not start a grocery store in your own backyard
Sport
The Ox is Slow but the
Earth is Patient
Malthouse & Buttifant
HB $29.99
The 2 men responsible for Collngwood’s
recent success dig
to the core of what success - in
sport and life in general.This is not
just another sport book. If you’re
interested in success, or in improving yourself in any
endeavour at all, this book will change you forever.
Collingwood A Love
Story
Paul Daley
PB $34.99
It’s the turn of the 20th century,
& one player, Doc Seddon, introduces
his childhood sweetheart,
Louie, to his dashing teammate,
Paddy Rowan. Paddy sweeps Louie off her feet and
they marry, but war intervenes. Doc and Paddy go off
to fight, leaving Louie in Collingwood to raise Paddy’s
baby. Before Paddy is killed, Doc promises that he will
always look after his wife and child.
One Way Road
Robbie McEwen
PB $34.95
Robbie McEwen is one of the
most successful road cyclists of
the last 20 years, having achieved
the rare distinction of winning over
100 professional races, including
multiple stages in the prestigious Tour de France
and Tour of Italy. Born in Queensland, McEwen first
realised that he was incredibly competitive at his first
grade sports day.
Travel
Billy Connolly’s
Route 66
Billy Connolly
PB $35.00
Having always dreamed about
taking a trip on the legendary
Route 66, Billy Connolly is finally
heading off on the ride of a lifetime.
Travelling all 2,488 miles of this epic road, known as
‘The Main Street of America’, the Big Yin will share
the experiences of the countless travellers who have
taken the journey before him.
World’s Must-See
Places
HB $39.95
The World’s Must-See Places
takes you on a tour of over 100 of
the world’s greatest sights. In true
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide style,
each page of the book will show
you what other books only tell you, with unique 3-D
cutaway artworks that let you look inside each building
as if you were there.
Melbourne’s Best Bay
Park & City Walks
Julie Mundy
PB $29.95
Melbourne boast’s a huge range
of beautiful environments, making
the city and the country around
it perfect for exploring on foot.
Melbourne’s Best Bush, bay & City
Walks introduces the best walks for visitors and residents
alike, ranging from fascinating city walks and
leisurely bay-side strolls to the more natural parklands
and bush tracks beyond the urban fringes.
Australiana
Great Australian CWA
Stories
Bill Marsh
PB $32.99
Put your hand up if you think the
CWA is a tea-&-scones group of
women who sit around tables &
chat away. Wrong! Well, they do
make the best jams and scones in the world, but as
these stories reveal, these big-hearted, fun-loving,
practical women are the backbone of communities.
The Man Who Loved
Crocodiles
Marg Carroll
PB $32.99
What’s it like to hunt wild buffalo
on horseback, or hover calmly underwater
to avoid the bends while
being circled by bronze whaler
sharks What’s it like to escape twice from Nazi SS
camps, or to capture rogue saltwater crocodiles, or to
walk in the footsteps of Burke and Wills
Humour
My Life in Shorts
H. G. Nelson
PB $34.99
H.G. takes us back to his Barossa
childhood to show us how a very
different Australia shaped the boy
who was to become the man who
was to become the legend. H.G.
takes the lot off and reveals his formative years in full,
unflinching detail.
Crap at My Parents’
House
Joel Dovev
PB $22.50
Crap at My Parent’s House is a
reader content-submitted blog in which people send
in photos of the bizarre, ugly and tacky jokes, do-dads
& random furnishings at their parents house. Includes
deer hoof bottle openers, plush Oscar Mayer Wiener
mobiles, Soccer-playing Jesus ceramics & grizzly bear
toilet paper holders.
Pets
Pet Rescues: Amazing
Dog Stories
Davy & Adams
PB $29.95
This uplifting collection brings
together over 100 stories of canine
survival, loyalty & unconditional
love. These dogs have overcome
troubled backgrounds to bring joy & companionship to
the lives of their new families.
Sophie dog overboard
Emma Pearse
PB $32.99
Jan & Dave Griffith’s beloved cattle
dog, Sophie, fell overboard from the
family yacht during rough weather.
Sophie, a true Aussie battler, wasn’t
going to give up. She swam 6 miles
through shark-infested waters to a remote Whitsunday
island where she survived for 5 months before being
miraculously reunited with her amazed owners.
Philosophy
The Five-Minute
Philosopher
Gerald Benedict
PB $24.99
The Five-Minute Philosopher draws
on sacred texts, humanist writings,
and poetry to help readers shed
their blinders, put on their thinking
caps, and see the world and themselves anew.

Music
Clapton
C Welch
HB $49.99
With a recording career spanning
5 decades & a rep as one of the
greatest guitarists to ever tread
the planet, Eric Clapton looms
large among music fans and musicians. Here at last
is the first complete illustrated history of Clapton’s
career, from the Yardbirds in the early 1960s, up to
the present.
This Is A Call
Paul Brannigan
PB $35.00
In 1990, little-known punk-metal
upstarts Nirvana added a new
drummer to the band. They
were soon to become a global
phenomenon - but as we all
know, things went wrong. Dave′s
friend Kurt, frontman of Nirvana, took his own life,
plunging the band and their future into chaos. His
friends′ grief was mirrored by worldwide sorrow to
an unprecedented degree.
Happy Accidents
Jane Lynch
PB $29.99
This is no typical Hollywood
memoir of torment, grief, regret
& plastic surgery. It’s a simple
candid story of how a girl from
Chicago came to Hollywood,
overcame demons, & finally hit the big time. Taking
a good, hard look at herself, Lynch reveals that she
and Sue Sylvester actually aren’t all that different. At
times in her life she ‘was a real pain in the ass’.
Freddie Mercury
Lesley Anne Jones
PB $32.99
This is the definitive biography
of Freddie Mercury. Written by
an award-winning rock journalist,
Lesley-Ann Jones toured widely
with Queen forming lasting
friendships with the band. Now, having secured
access to the remaining band members and those
who were closest to Freddie, from childhood to
death, Lesley-Ann has written the most in depth
account of one of music’s best loved and most
complex figures.
It’s So Easy
(and other lies)
Duff McKagan
PB $35.00
Duff McKagan was a co-founder
of Guns N’ Roses, with a 13-year
tenure on bass in what was at
the time the biggest band on
earth. As well as pulling together the classic line-up
(Slash on guitar, Steven Adler on drums, rhythm guitarist
Izzy Stradlin and vocalist Axl Rose), Duff was
the unofficial musical director of the band and the
most experienced musician, playing bass, drums
and guitar, as well as co-writing many of the songs.
Fashion/Style
Lady Gaga Style
Bible
David Foy
PB $29.99
A photographic fantasy storybook:
part fashion show pictorial,
part retrospective homage-a
complete guide to Monster Fashion,
categorised from A to Z. Style subjects include
‘Attention to Detail’, ‘The Retro Nod’, ‘Hair & Hats’,
& ‘Meat & Greet’, an expansive look at her eyepopping
Franc Fernandez designer creation made
from raw beef and worn at the 2010 VMA awards.
Minxy Vintage
Kelly Doust
HB $45.00
Whether you’ve been trotting out
in vintage forever, or you’ve come
late to the vintage trend, quality
vintage pieces are a modern staple
of every woman’s wardrobe for their unique beauty
and flair. But how do you find the best vintage pieces,
or know them when you see them And how can you
customise and wear them, without looking dated
Sleeping with the
Enemy
Hal Vaughan
PB $32.95
Crafter, fashionista and vintage
vixen Kelly Doust delves through
her wardrobe and scours flea markets
far and wide to bring together
a fabulous collection of delectable vintage finds.This
is not just a book about loving vintage fashion: it’s
about seeing the wonderful possibilities for updating
all old clothes, and how to look fabulous doing so, no
matter what your age, location or budget.
Parenting
What I’d Do If I Were
You
Mandy Nolan
PB $29.99
Welcome to the wonderful, slightlywacky
world of Mandy Nolan. She
is a stand-up comedian, artist &
mother of five children ranging in
age from toddler to teen. Her on-stage accounts of
everyday events of family life have entertained audiences
for years.
Growing Great
Families
Ian Grant
PB $29.95
In a world lacking in intimacy but
swimming in sexuality we need to
offer our children real intimacy and
emotional safety. They need to
know the security of a family operating as a team and
receive the joy in their everyday experience of being
contributors not just takers. Whatever we parents
honour or treat as sacred or special, our children will
also honour, whether that is the TV, regular family
times or sport.
Antiques
Miller’s Antiques
Handbook & Price
Guide 2012-2013
Judith Miller
HB $65.00
Every year more than 8,000 items
are photographed to make Miller’s
Antiques Handbook the most comprehensive
and informative price guide on the market.
Whether you’re buying or selling, a dealer, collector or
auctioneer, this is the book you need to help you keep
track of the international market.
Craft
101 Tees
C Filian
PB $16.99
The best way to find a t-shirt that
suits you to a T is to make one!
Popular craft personality Cathie
Filian has dreamed up more than
101 ways to embellish, customise,
and transform the everyday t-shirt
into something truly fashionable.
Non Fiction
Handbag Designer 101
E Blumenthal
HB $29.99
Handbag Designer 101 is the bible
for handbag designers or women
who aspire to make their own
bags. Included in the book are
instructions for creating the fifteen
essential bag styles - clutch, hobo, tote, and more -
made simple with easy-to-follow how-to illustrations,
suggested difficulty levels, and colour photography.
Decorating
Monster Moves
Carlo Massarella
HB $34.99
Meet the movers as they slice and
dice mansions with chain saws,
hoist church spires with helicopters
and winch locomotives down
highways with bulldozers.
Cooking
Jamie’s Great Britain
Jamie Oliver
HB $55.00
I grew up in one of the first true
British ‘gastropubs’, which my Mum
and Dad still run today. For me, the
heart and soul of real British cooking
is food that makes you happy
and puts a smile on your face. And
that’s what I want to share with you: the real essence
of British food, done properly.’
Zumbo
Adriano Zumbo
HB $49.99
Join Adriano Zumbo on a whirlwind
tour through his whimsical world of
sweet treats. Learn how to create
his Willy Wonka-style inventions,
from melt-in-the-mouth macarons with bold flavour
combinations to sublime chocolates.
Bill’s Everyday Asian
Bill Granger
HB $49.99
Bill has simplified his favourite
classics to create the very best that
Asian food has to offer, drawing
on his own colourful and varied
experiences: from a home-cooked dinner in Singapore
to a businessman′s breakfast in Japan, along with his
most memorable flavour encounters at beach shacks,
restaurants and roadside stalls.
Personal
Development
The Reality Slap
Russ Harris
PB $29.99
The “reality slap” takes many
different forms. Sometimes it is so
violent it’s more like a punch: the
death of a loved one, a serious
illness, a major injury, a freak accident,
a disabled child, the loss of a job; bankruptcy,
divorce or disaster. Sometimes it’s a little gentler: . But
whatever form it takes, one thing’s for sure: it hurts!
And most of us don’t deal with the pain very well
Third Alternative
Stephen R Covey
HB $29.99
In any conflict, the First Alternative
is my way, and the Second Alternative
is your way. The fight always
boils down to a question of whose
way is better. This book presents
a new and practical, but incredibly effective and eyeopening,
way to reach resolution through using the
‘Third Alternative’.

Fiction
General Fiction
Scarecrow and the
Army of Thieves
Matthew Reilly
HB $44.99
The 4th installment of the Scarecrow
series. At an abandoned
Soviet base in the Arctic, the
battle to save the world has begun. Scarecrow and
his team are called in to face the ultimate Army of
Thieves to secure a weapon of terrible destructive
force that has just been reactivated...
Lola’s Secret
Monica McInerney
PB $29.95
At the Valley View Motel, 84 yea
old Lola Quinlan is up to her
usual mischief. She’s sent her
family away for Christmas & invited
a number of mystery guests
to come and stay. But who are all these people, and
why aren’t they spending the festive season with
their own loved ones
Silk Road
Colin Falconer
PB $29.99
1259 AD: Josseran Sarrazini
is a man divided in his soul. A
Christian Knight Templar haunted
by a shameful past, he hopes to
find redemption in a dangerous
crusade: a journey from Palestine to Xanadu, to
form a crucial allegiance against the Saracens at
the legendary court to Kubilai Khan - the seat of the
Mongol Empire.
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
PB $32.95
In 1886 a mysterious travelling
circus becomes an international
sensation. Open only at night,
constructed entirely in black
and white, the Cirque des R ves
delights all who wander its circular paths. Behind
the scenes a dangerous game is being played out
by two young magicians.
Golden Earrings
Belinda Alexandra
PB $32.99
Paloma lets little get in the way
of her career at the School of
the Paris Opera Ballet, until she
receives a visit from an otherworldly
being who leaves her
with a pair of golden earrings. Sensing that she has
been given a quest, Paloma begins exploring her
own Spanish heritage.
The River’s Woman
Philippa Gregory
HB $36.00
Jacquetta was married to the
great Englishman John, Duke
of Bedford, uncle to Henry
VI. Widowed at the age of 19
she took the risk of marrying a
gentleman of her house hold for love, & then carved
out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou’s
close friend.
Animal People
Charlotte Wood
PB $29.99
As Stephen makes his way
through the hours of a single day,
he must fend off his demanding
family, endure another shift of
his dead-end job at the zoo , face up to Fiona’s aggressive
ex-husband and the hysteria of a children’s
birthday party that goes terribly wrong. As an ordinary
day develops into an existential crisis, Stephen
begins to understand that love is not a trap.
The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides
PB $29.99
In the spring of her final year, Madeleine
has enrolled in a semiotics
course ′to see what all the fuss
is about′. Life and literature will
never be the same. Not after she
falls in love with Leonard Morten who is possessed of
seemingly inexhaustible energy and introduces her to
the ecstasies of immediate experience. And certainly
not after Mitchell Grammaticus resurfaces in her life,
obsessed with the idea that she will be his wife.
War & Peace & Sonya
Judith Armstrong
PB $29.99
In 1862 Sonya Tolstoy married the
greatest author the world has ever
known. For 48 years they shared
their lives in a union that was at
once passionate, collegial and
combative. Sonya, 16 years younger than her husband,
bore him 13children and worked for years as
his copyist, rewriting countless drafts of his timeless
novels. But, towards the end, Tolstoy deserted her.
Nightwoods
Charles Frazier
PB $32.99
Luce is a caretaker of an old lodge
in the mountains of North Carolina
that’s as isolated as she is. Until
her sister Lily is murdered, and
Luce inherits mute, traumatised
twins. Luce knows that if the children come to harm
under her care she will never be able to forgive
herself, but it takes all her energy to keep them away
from a world of dangers. And Lily’s husband is a chilling
killer who is missing a horde of cash, and thinks
the twins must have it.
With My Body
Nikki Gemmell
PB $29.99
A wife despairs of ever finding a
way through her family to her own
identity. Even her husband, whom
she loves, has never reached the
core of her. In desperation, she flees her comfortable
life to revisit an old love affair an extremely passionate,
transforming one. The consequences will be
devastating, liberating and entirely unexpected.
The Secret in Their
Eyes
Eduardo Sacheri
PB $29.99
Determined to put to rest his
obsession with the decades-old
brutal murder of a beautiful young
woman, former detective Benjamín
Chaparro sets out to write a book about it. As he
reaches into the past and the lives of others who became
entangled in the case, he recalls the beginning
of his own private drama - a long unrequited love.
Bel-Ami
Guy de Maupassan
PB $19.95
George Duroy, known to his friends
as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a
journalist on La Vie francaise and
soon makes a great success of
his new career. But he also comes
face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in
which he lives and swiftly learns to become an archseducer,
blackmailer and social climber in a world
where love is only a means to an end.
Death of Kings
Bernard Cornwell
PB $29.99
King Alfred is dying and his passing
threatens the island of Britain to
renewed warfare. Alfred wants his
son, Edward, to succeed him but
there are other Saxon claimants to
the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings.
Matilda Is Missing
Caroline Overington
PB $32.95
Sophie and Garry married with lttle
in common and produced the only
thing they ever had in common.
Matilda. Now, two years later,
their golden-haired child is at the
centre of a bitter custody battle. Both parents insist
that her well-being is the only thing they care about.
Yet, in truth, Matilda was always the one most likely to
become lost.
Fiennders Abbey
Jean Marsh
PB $19.99
The mistress of Fiennders Abbey
was often pleased to have her
corsets loosened by the estate
gardener. Her elder son, Richard,
never forgot his true childhood
love - Mary - the daughter of the Fiennders’ trusted
gamekeeper. The world was changing: pony, trap and
track gave way to motor car and road. Class divisions
and prejudices were heightened even as the new
century promised to end them.
Moneyball
Lewis
PB $19.95
Billy Beane, general manager of
the Athletics, is putting into practice
on the field revolutionary principles
garnered from geek statisticians
and college professors. Beane
defied tradition and his own scouting department to
build winning teams of young affordable players and
inexpensive castoff veterans.
The Ugly Sister
Jane Fallon
PB $29.95
Abi has spent her life in the shadow
of her stunningly beautiful, glamorous
older sister Cleo. When Abi
is invited to spend the summer in
Cleo’s large London home with her
sister’s perfect family, she can’t bring herself to say
no. Despite serious misgivings. Maybe Cleo is finally
as keen as Abi to regain the closeness they shared in
their youth But Abi is in for a shock...
Literary/Book Clubs
Autumn Laing
Alex Miller
HB $39.99
Autumn Laing has long outlived the
legendary circle of artists she cultivated
in the 1930s. Now ‘old and
skeleton gaunt’, she reflects on her
tumultuous relationship with the talented Pat Donlon
and the effect it had on her husband, on Pat’s wife and
the body of work which launched Pat’s career.
THE Hypnotist’s Love
Story
Liane Moriarty
PB $32.99
Ellen O’Farrell is a hypnotherapist
who helps her clients deal with everything
from addictions to life-long
phobias. So when she falls in love with a man who is
being stalked by his ex-girlfriend she’s more intrigued
than frightened. What makes a supposedly smart,
professional woman behave this way

You Deserve Nothing
Alexander Maksik
PB $29.99
In an international high school in
Paris, there is Will a charismatic
young teacher; Gilad, one of
Will’s students who has grown up
behind compound walls in places
like Dakar and Dubai, and Marie, the beautiful,
vulnerable senior with whom, unbeknowst to Gilad,
Will is having an illicit affair.
Shelter
Frances Greenslade
PB $29.99
A father, known to his two girls,
aged twelve and fourteen, as
“Mr Safety” taught his youngest
how to survive, how to find and
make a shelter in all weather
conditions. But when he is killed in an accident and
their mother disappears...what kind of shelter can
two young girls make then
Scenes From A
Village Life
Amos Oz
HB $29.95
Set in a village in Israel, each villager
is searching for something,
yet in this almost dreamlike
world nothing is certain, nothing
is resolved. A stranger turns up at a man’s door, to
persuade him that they must get rid of his ageing
mother in order to sell the house.
The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman
PB $32.95
One of Adam Zignelik’s late
father’s closest friends, William
McCray, suggests a promising
research topic. By chance,
Charles McCray’s wife’s cousin,
Lamont, recently released from prison and working
as a hospital janitor, strikes up an unlikely friendship
with a patient, an elderly Jewish Holocaust survivor.
If
Rudyard Kipling
PB $12.95
Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If ‘ is one of
the most popular poems ever
written in the English language. Written as a guide
to life from a father to his son, it was published
in 1910 and immediately struck a chord with the
public. The poem acts as a beacon of hope on a
dark night, and is as relevant one hundred years on
as the day it was written.
Crime/Suspense
The Affair
Lee Child
PB $32.95
Set 6 months before Killing Floor,
a woman has her throat cut
behind a bar in Carter Crossing,
Mississippi in March 1997. Just
down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer
a local guy - or is he a soldier Jack Reacher, still
a major in the military police, is sent in undercover
and what unfolds will test his faith in the army.
Impossible Dead #2
Ian Rankin
PB $32.99
Malcolm Fox and his team from
Internal Affairs have been sent to
Fife to investigate whether fellow
cops covered up for a corrupt
colleague, Detective Paul Carter.
But what should be a simple job is soon complicated
by intimations of conspiracy and cover-up - and a
brutal murder, a murder committed with a weapon
that should not even exist.
Headhunters
Jo Nesbo
PB $32.95
Roger Brown has it all but he’s
also a highly accomplished art
thief. At a gallery opening, his wife
introduces him to Clas Greve.
Greve owns one of the most
sought-after paintings in modern art history. Roger
sees his chance to become financially independent,
and starts planning his biggest theft ever...
Lethal
Sandra Brown
PB $29.99
When her 4-year-old daughter
informs her a sick man is in their
yard, Honor Gillette rushes out to
help him. But that ‘sick’ man turns
out to be Lee Coburn, the man accused
of murdering seven people the night before. He
promises Honor that she and her daughter won’t be
hurt as long as she does everything he asks.
Reamde
Neal Stephenson
PB $35.00
A wealthy tech entrepreneur is
caught in the crossfire of his
own online fantasy war game,
as Chinese hackers unleash a
contagious virus.
The Most Dangerous
Thing
Laura Lippman
PB $24.99
Years ago, they were all the best
of friends. As time went on they
began to forget about each other.
Suddenly they are thrust back together when Gordon
dies. They all share a terrible secret from years ago.
Now each member of each group has to wonder if
they’ve finally been found out - and if someone within
the circle has betrayed their long-held secrets.
The Deadly Touch of
the Tigress
Ian Hamilton
PB $29.99
Ava Lee is a petite young Chinese-
Canadian forensic accountant who
works for an elderly Hong Kongbased
‘Uncle’. In tracking millions
of dollars across continents the stakes are often high
but Ava Lee’s razor-sharp intelligence and unorthodox
rules of engagement allow her to succeed where
traditional methods have failed.
The Faithless
Martina Cole
PB $29.99
To the outside world, Cynthia Tailor
is deeply unhappy with her life.
But now, Cynthia will let nothing
stand in her way, even if it means
devastation and tragedy for those
nearest to her. But the victims who suffer the most are
Cynthia’s children. For James Junior and Gabby, the
pain she causes will stay with them for ever...
Paranormal
Succubus Revealed
Richelle Mead
PB $32.95
The City of Sin is a dream gig for a
succubus, but Georgina Kincad’s
allies are suspicious. Why are the
powers-that-be so eager to get
her away from Seattle - and from
Seth Georgina is one of Hell’s most valuable assets,
but if there’s any way out of the succubus business
she plans to take it - no matter how much roadkill she
leaves behind. She just hopes the casualties won’t
include the one man she’s risking everything for...
Fiction
Daughter of Smoke &
Bone
Laini Taylor
PB $24.99
Karou manages to keep her two
lives in balance. On the one hand,
she is a seventeen-year-old art
student in Prague; on the other,
errand-girl to an inhuman creature who deals in wishes
and is the closest thing she has to family. Her life is
surrounded by mysteries she is desperate to unveil.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Conan the Barbarian
Robert E Howard
PB $22.99
Conan the Barbarian is a swordsman
who cuts a swath across
the lands of the Hyborian Age,
annihilating powerful sorcerers,
deadly creatures, and whole armies
of ruthless foes. Discover how it all began...
Vengeance
Ian Irvine
PB $32.99
In Cython’s underground slave
camps, only the timid and obedient
survive but Tali is neither of these.
In Cython, having magic means
the death penalty, and Tali’s gift is
swelling out of her control.
The Revenge of the
Dwarves
Markus Heitz
PB $24.99
Life has not been easy for battleweary
Tungdil the dwarf. Now he
must face the most formidable
enemy the kingdom has ever
encountered. A new evil is terrorising the land of
Girdlegard. They are out to steal an artifact which is
vital for the kingdom’s defense, and whoever holds it
could control the world.
Prince of Thorns
Mark Lawrence
PB $29.99
Jorg Ancrath has become the
Prince of Thorns, a charming,
immoral boy leading a grim band
of outlaws in a series of raids and
atrocities. The world is in chaos.
Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead,
but returning to his father’s castle Jorg must confront
horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future
with all hands turned against him.
The Cold Commands
Richard Morgan
PB $29.99
Ringil Eskiath, scarred wielder
of the kiriath-forged broadsword
Ravensfriend, is a man on the run -
from his past & the family who have
disowned him, from the slave trade
magnates of Trelayne who want him dead & from the
dark gods themselves, who are taking an interest but
making no more sense than they ever have.
Graphic Novel
The Death Ray
Daniel Clowes
HB $35.00
Teen outcast Andy is an orphaned
nobody with only one friend, the
obnoxious-but-loyal Louie. They
roam school halls and city streets, invisible to everyone
but bullies and tormentors, until the glorious day
when Andy takes his first puff on a cigarette. That night
he wakes, heart pounding, soaked in sweat, and finds
himself suddenly overcome with the peculiar notion
that he can do anything.

Childrens
Pre-School
Guess How Much I
Love You Pop-Up
McBratney & Jeram
HB $29.95
Guess How Much I Love You
tells the story of a game Big Nutbrown Hare and
Little Nutbrown Hare play as they try to express
their love for each other. But as each tries to outdo
the other, they discover that love is not an easy
thing to measure! This gorgeous new pop-up edition
is one that children will ask for time and again.
My First Gruffalo
Colours, Opposites,
Numbers,
Animal
Actions
Julia Donaldson
BB $12.99 ea
The launch of an exciting new Gruffalo baby and
toddler series from the bestselling Julia Donaldson
and Axel Scheffler, featuring all your favourite characters
from “The Deep Dark Wood”! titles include
“Colours”, “Opposites”, “Numbers” and “Animal
Actions”. All perfect for small paws!
Little Puppy
BB $19.95
Little Puppy wants to learn the
things that big dogs can do. Join
him as he romps with his friends
at the park. Have fun with Little
Puppy! Children will enjoy the simple text, adorable
artwork and soft plush puppet that brings the story
to life. It’s a wonderful way to interact with the story.
Octonauts Meet the
Crew (sound book)
BB $12.99
The Octonauts follows a team of
adventure heroes who dive right
into action whenever there is
trouble under the sea. In a fleet of amazing aquatic
vehicles, the Octonauts explore incredible new
underwater worlds, rescue wonderful sea creatures,
and often save the day before returning safely home
to the Octopod.
Also $12.99
Octonauts Ready for Action in Gup-A
Octonauts & the Great Penguin Race
Octonauts Go Go Gups!
At $9.99
Octonauts and the Giant Squid
Ocotonauts & the Electric Torpedo Ray
Octonauts & the Decorator CraB
Octonauts & the Whale SharK
Octonauts Monster Map
The Artist Who
Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle
HB $24.95
‘I am an artist…’ begins Eric
Carle’s vibrant tribute to the
creative life. And just like an imaginative child, this is
one artist who paints the world as he sees it—a red
crocodile, an orange elephant, a purple fox, a black
polar bear (!) and a wonderful polka-dotted donkey.
The Jewel Fish of
Karnak
Graeme Base
HB $29.95
In Ancient Egypt, Jackal & Ibis
are brought before the Cat Pharaoh
to be punished for stealing
from the town market. In a merciful
moment, the cat Pharaoh decides to give the
friends one last chance. She tells them they must
journey up the River Nile to the temple of Karnak
and bring back something that has been taken from
her – a beautiful and precious Jewel Fish.
Possum Magic Book &
Toy Set
Mem Fox
HB $29.99
Possum Magic, the classic story
of Hush and Grandma Poss, is
presented together for the first time with a cuddly
toy Hush. On its first publication in 1983, Possum
Magic was an instant success, and has been voted
by booksellers as Australia’s best-selling children’s
picture book.
Christmas
Tin Toys
Bruce Whatley
HB $19.95
Christmas Eve is drawing close.
High on a shelf in an old toy
shop, the wind-up Space Ride is
gathering dust. It hasn’t worked in years. The tin toys
remember how bright, how shining, how exhilarating
the Space Ride was. But the new toys don’t believe
them. The tin toys are determined: this Christmas,
they’ll prove that even old toys can be magical.
Christmas Wombat
Jackie French
HB $24.99
Christmas comes but once a year,
and it′s just as well for Santa′s
reindeer, who have to fight with
Mothball for the carrots left out for them by the local
children. And when Mothball takes an unexpected
sleigh ride, it′s not just Santa who faces the prospect
of getting stuck in the chimney.
All I Want For
Christmas (with CD)
Don Gardner
HB $16.99
Poor Monkey’s two front teeth are
missing! The Tooth Detective is
on the case, but maybe Santa can
help. All Monkey wants for Christmas are his two front
teeth! Sing along with sensational performer Craig
Smith with the CD recording plus bonus original track
‘Toothless’!
Junior Fiction
Pearlie In Paris
Wendy Harmer
PB $14.95
Ooh-la-la! Pearlie has arrived
in a grand palace garden in
Paris, where Fifi the French fairy
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Darlison & Brailsford
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Quinn, Willow, Krystal and Ellabeth
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Wizard of Oz
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Seder Rufus Butler
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We’re off to see the wizard …
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BEAST QUEST: Raksha
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Adam Blade
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M Mellow
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John Flanagan
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Everyone knows the legends of the
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Rachel Renee Russell
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Chris Bradford
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Dr Seuss
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When We Were Two
Robert Newton
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Lian Tanner
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Brian Selznick
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Cornelia Funke
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Ruby Redfort Look
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Lauren Child
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Rick Riordan
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Silence
Becca Fitzpatrick
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The noise between Patch & Nora
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Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick
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Scott Westerfeld
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Alek and Deryn are aboard the
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Meloy & Ellis
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Prue McKeel’s life is ordinary. At
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Carrie Jones
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Never Have I Ever
Sara Shepard
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Carrier Of The Mark
Leigh Fallon
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When Megan Rosenberg moves to
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Lost in Time #6
Blue Bloods
Melissa de la Cruz
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Schuyler’s hunt for the Gates is
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The course of forbidden love never runs smooth...
Glow #1
Amy Kathleen Ryan
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What if you were bound for a new
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since birth16 year olds Waverly
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Wyrmeweald #1
Stewart
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17 year old Micah, enters the
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Zoe Marriott
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Trained in the magical art of
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Melina Marchetta
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3 years after the curse on Lumatere
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A Long Long Sleep
Anna Sheehan
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Locked away in the chemicallyinduced
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Mary Arrigan
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