Category: Politics & Society
Australia is poised at a critical moment of its history - but the time to act is now. Since publishing Talking to My Country in early 2016, Stan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream. But Stan knows ...Show more
Category: Fiction - General
'Glamorous and nostalgic and very sexy... One of those books that stays with you' Paula Hawkins 'The new Gatsby... With shades of F Scott Fitzgerald, Revolutionary Road and even Mad Men. It is so, so good' Stylist (The Top 10 Books of 2019) September 1957 Henry and Effie, young newlyweds from Georgia, ...Show more
Category: Fiction - General | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
'You look the type to break your father's heart.''Yeah, but he broke mine first.' When Rosie Gennaro first meets Jimmy Hailler, she has walked away from life in Sydney, leaving behind the place on Dalhousie that her father, Seb, painstakingly rebuilt for his family but never saw completed. Two years lat ...Show more
Category: Fiction - General | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
A suspenseful, truthful and compelling novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Roving Party. 'I'm a great fan of Rohan Wilson - and this is his best novel yet.' - Favel Parrett, bestselling author of Past the Shallows and When the Night Comes 'It's impossible not to consider, as you read Daugh ...Show more
Category: Biography
For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to ...Show more
Category: Children's Non-Fiction | Reading Level: 7 Kids Picture Books
When Apollo 11 blasts off for the moon, the whole world is watching. On the other side of the planet, Billy, Mickey and Buzz decide to be astronauts too.
Category: Fiction - Crime & Thriller | Reading Level: 1
A compulsive, note-perfect debut for fans of The Virgin Suicides and Picnic at Hanging Rock 'We lost all three girls that summer. Let them slip away like the words of some half-remembered song and when one came back, she wasn't the one we were trying to recall to begin with.' Tikka Molloy ...Show more
Category: Politics & Society | Reading Level: 4
One of the age-old questions of philosophy is whatdoes it mean to live a good life? In this extraordinary book, scholar and writer, Julienne van Loon, applies a range of philosophical ideas to her own experience. Van Loon engages with the work of six leading contemporary thinkers and writers -- Rosi Bra ...Show more
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Ninja Kid | Reading Level: 5+
Nelson can't wait for the athletics carnival now that he's a NINJA! For the first time ever, he won't be a nerd - he'll be AWESOME! But just when Nelson needs his powers the most, they get switched...with GRANDMA'S! How's he going to win ANYTHING when he runs and jumps like an old lady?!
Category: Politics & Society
It's compulsory to vote in Australia. We are one of a handful of countries in the world that enforce this rule at election time, and the only English-speaking country that makes its citizens vote. Not only that, we embrace it. We celebrate compulsory voting with barbeques and cake stalls at polling stat ...Show more
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Starfell | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers
Willow Moss, the youngest and least powerful sister in a family of witches, has a magical ability for finding lost things - like keys, or socks, or wooden teeth. Useful, but not exactly exciting . . . Then the most powerful witch in the world of Starfell turns up at Willow's door and asks for her help. ...Show more
Category: Children's Picture Books
What if every young girl loved her body? Freedom is loving your body with all its "imperfections" and being the perfectly imperfect you! This book encourages young girls to admire and celebrate their bodies for all the amazing things they can do, and to help girls see that they are so much more than t ...Show more
