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Lonely for My Land

Memoir

As one of the earliest properties pioneered north of the twenty-sixth parallel in the Roebourne District of the Pilbara, Karratha Station harbours a fascinating history.

Tish Lees

Real and Reel

Biographic
Memoir

A light-hearted, ironic account of a lifetime's addiction. It is one person's story, but it may strike familiar sparks among many others.

Brian McFarlane

The Laughing Vet

Memoir
Biographic

This book is a collection of anecdotes about various incidents that happened to or were observed by the author over a forty-year period of Veterinary practice.

Dr Dion Danalis

Love Under Occupation

Memoir
Australian History

In 1946, a devastated and defeated Japan was occupied by Australian forces based in the prefecture of Hiroshima.

Christine de Matos

Uncertain Beginnings

Australian History

In the late 1400s, under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal developed into a leader in the discovery of new oceans and islands. However, in 1580, the Spanish invaded Portugal and the country became subservient to the Spanish Crown

Jim Bain

As the Sparks Fly Upwards

Australian Fiction

When Mark, a newly ordained young English Anglican priest feels called to work with one of the bush brotherhoods in the Australian outback he discovers that all of his recently acquired book learning is one thing; the learning of human character is a

Richard Stamp

Music of the Soul

Spirituality
Self Help

This is a life-changing book. The Music of the Soul is a journey of change to realise your highest potential in this lifetime.

Stephen Chong M.Ed.

Mapping the Haunted City

Australian Fiction

Once it was quite an ordinary thing for human beings to see and hear the spirits of the place where they lived and to look to such spirits to provide food and shelter and all the materials for life as well as advice about how to live it.

Al Cochrane

Riding the Rough Road

Memoir

‘I choose to live!’
These were the words Heyward Robertson spoke at his lowest point after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis – a debilitating and incurable disease of the nervous system.

Heyward Mcleod Robertson

So Far & So Good

Biographic

Denis was born on the flat roof of a house in Omdurman in 1931. He and his elder sister Daphne enjoyed happy times there until they were sent to England for their education.

Denis Charles Petmezaki

The Wisdom of Snowy Dalton

Memoir

Reg Mounsey‘s life story is one of courage and determination in a seemingly heartless world. Reg is an optimist despite the rough roads which he has travelled.

Reg Mounsey

Transgression

Australian Fiction

Eleanor is returning to Italy after a fifteen-year absence. She is out to lay old ghosts to rest and to examine at a distance the grief that stalks her.

Geraldine Wooller

An Unquiet State

Australian Fiction

An atmosphere of drought and fire dominates parts of the state of Victoria and intrudes itself inexorably into the everyday life of the people living there.

Ruth Carson

I Know Precious Little

Australian Fiction

Such is Pree’s motto in life. How different the sharp tongued Pree is to Katherine, a suburban housewife and mother.

Joe Reich

On Preferring Life

Biographic

Philosophies of life and humanity, written by an Australian who has spent decades advising leaders on strategy in many capitals of the world.

Gregory R. Copley

Above Help: The Intercessions

Australian History

Most early Australians sought a life in coastal towns where only the wealthy indulged in business operations. The larger towns became havens for criminals and large numbers took to drink and reckless behaviour abounded in the community.

Tom Hobbins

The Lace Tablecloth

Australian Fiction

They came in their tens of thousands and stayed to make Australia their own. What did they leave behind? What did they face?

Anastasia Gessa-Liveriadis

Far Way from the Brewery

Travel

This book is not fiction. This is the story of the author’s life as an expatriate, and takes the reader on a journey through five continents and seven countries.

Isolde Martin

Billy Two

Australian Fiction

The Australian outback is a vast emptiness most people never get the chance to visit. Many that do are overcome by the isolation, the incredible distances and for the most part its deafening silence. However, those lucky ones who live there love the

Gary Boyd

The Fruit of Her Womb

Thriller
Australian Fiction

Molly Sullivan, Australia’s National Security Chief, is looking forward to some time-off to spend with her daughter, Maggie, an overseas investigative journalist who’s coming home for the holidays.

Patti Smith

The Berggeist Letters

Relationships
Philosophy

This book is written in the form of a series of letters to a six-year-old grandson named Angus.

Jeff Lynch

Losing My Marbles

Biographic
Health

Susan Webster is a vibrant fifty-one-year-old, married for twenty-odd years to chauvinistic Nick. She has a family, a career and a lover

Marian Penman

Ringo

Humour

In this sequel to the popular My Word, Laurie Barber highlights some of the common and not-so-common words used as we mangle our language. He also gives some fascinating stories about how words have evolved.

Laurie Barber

Trapped Beneath the Ice

Children's
Fiction

Crossbeak, Bonnet and Bone, a family of three Grey Whales, are trapped beneath the ice with no means of escape. In order to survive they must have air and they can find no breaks in the ice through which they can breathe

Mary Wicks

The Little Digger's Minions

Australian Fiction

Billy Hughes was diminutive in stature but gargantuan in achievements. He bestrode the world’s stage during and after the Great War, alienating and irritating renowned figures.

Graham Fricke

A Woman's War

Historical

Rosie is not alone in her growing apprehension towards Australiaís involvement in a war.

Jaqueline and John Dinan

Tiny Office Great Views

Biographic
Australian History

Crash landings, faulty engines, lightning strikes, drunken passengers, shonky owners, heroic pilots – Ross Isaacson has seen them all; and from what he reckons is the best seat in the house.

Ross Isaacson

Friendship on Fire

Young Adult Fiction

The first few days of year 12 are disastrous for school captain Daisy Brooks.

Danielle Weiler

Blood Her Maiden Sword

Historical Fiction

Set in exotic surroundings including Sydney, the Australian outback, Tahiti, London’s Whitehall, and the tortuous, burning sands of the Sudan...

Grant Rodwell

The Hunted

Horror

Elena Manory is by no means an ordinary teenage girl. Being born with the ability to heal herself from any injury, and with the knowledge that on her eighteenth birthday she will become a vampire, Elena is aware that she is more than a little differe

Kristy Berridge

Girl with the Golden Voice

Thriller

In the early years of the twentieth century, the rich English aristocrat, Lord Delamere, led a group of well-off pioneers out of the northern deserts into the Great Rift Valley in Kenya.

Carl Hancock

Black Mischief

Thriller

Big boss, Abel Rubai, has made himself very wealthy by honest dealing in the international money markets, but he is a man much feared in the country. Upset him and your life could be in danger. He expects to get away with every outrage he sets in mot

Carl Hancock

Boss Takes All

Thriller

Rebecca Kamau has married her Tom. Her golden voice has brought her wealth and fame and she has become the most loved woman in the country. Abel Rubai has at last realised that she is his true nemesis.

Carl Hancock

The Realm of Believe

Fantasy

Early one morning in South Gippsland, an average couple and their dog come face to face with a dragon. They are transported through a star gate above their home to the overlapping second realm.

Geoff Cain

Demons At Dusk

Fact-based historical novel
Historical Novel

“… every Australian should read this book. Demons at Dusk is an extremely powerful account of one of the most tragic and remarkable chapters of Australia’s history …” Peter FitzSimons. Author,

Peter Stewart

Thinking in Fragments

Poetry

I wanted to be somewhere else from a young age. In fact, when I was nine or ten I decided to run away.

Joachim Matschoss

Beyond Indigo

Australian Fiction

Everyone at The Ridge knew that Old Andy had come up with a big black. Everyone knew that he was cutting it himself, with his shaky hands and failing eyesight.

Allan Skerman

Dreamboat

Australian Fiction
Romance

The first time she laid eyes on him, Justine Kendall knew Bradley Lawrence was the one for her – Brad, hair dark as Cadbury Old Gold and eyes like the Tasman Sea midafternoon on a clear blue day.

Bonita Gail

Breaking the Mould

Biographic

With its roots in a violent and abusive childhood where Joy, her mother and her eight surviving siblings lived under the tyrannical reign of their alcoholic and sadistic father, the path for Joy’s life seemed ...

Freya Sundt

Destiny

Fantasy

Lucas Swanson is your average everyday teenager. He is an orphan living in New York City where he goes to school, has limited friends that add up to two, is constantly bullied for no apparent reason, and has the strangest blue eyes anyone has ever se

Anthony La Riccia

Lockie Meets Wiroo

Children's

Lockie was recovering from the steep climb to the forbidden cave when he fell into the crevice of the rock. Far below, his dad and brother, Bray, were building a campfire. The green tent, their home for the weekend, flapped in the gentle breeze.

Robyn Robins

All of Us

Australian Fiction

This story, All of Us, follows Jenny and Witi and their friends and lovers from Kaikoura, New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia.

Mary Rawson

Child of the Universe

Biographic
Memoir

Child of the Universe dares you to walk a mile in the shoes of those who care for a family member experiencing addiction and mental health issues.

Robyn Robins

Philosophy is Life Life is Philosophy

Philosophy

Some people live their lives to the end and they do not know and realise what life is all about. There are so many opinions and competing theories to the meaning of life but what is actually the meaning of life?

Sreng Ngo

Dolores

Historical Fiction

Dolores ranges from the vineyards of the De Lanquez family in Catalonia, Spain in 1853 through to the gold fields of Australia to the present time.

Barry Wilkes

With a Smile and a Song

Poetry

This book contains mostly light rhyming verse, but there is also some equally lighthearted prose. The prose consists mostly of comments on what the author feels is a misuse of the English language.

Paul Ruse

Antarctica to Footscray Arch Hoadley A Man of Inspiration and Courage

Biographic

This fascinating biography of an inspiring and inspired Australian has been researched by his son Jack Hoadley, who was seeking the father that he lost when only thirteen years of age.

Jack A. Hoadley

A Tormented Soul

Biographic

This is the true story of Glen Sabre Valance, the last man to be hanged in South Australia in 1964. Dead at age twenty one, this young man was my stepbrother.

L.K. Clavell

The Hodgkiss Mysteries Volume Six

Detective
Mystery

When he receives a threatening message on his mobile phone, although it is a wrong number, he sets out to track down the caller in spite of his daughter, Esme’s, misgivings.

Peter Sinclair

Jam Dreaming

Australian Fiction

From St Kilda to Naples, a tale of food and self-discovery.
When fifteen year old Eileen meets Mama Jocsdi, the owner of a specialty food shop, she realises she wants to learn more about her own culture and to find a purpose in life.

Jan Gross

Gaining a Sense of Self

Memoir

Many years later when I asked how she felt when the doll was accidentally smashed she replied “I could have killed you”. She meant it. Six decades on she still had not forgiven me.

Karen Laura-Lee Wilson

Isabelle

Historical Fiction

The year is 1851 when the feisty but unworldly 18-year-old Isabelle forsakes her comfortable and sheltered upbringing in the Cumbrian hills of northern England to go against her family’s wishes and marry a dedicated young clergyman.

Ann Gillespie

Recovery; Towards a New Future

Philosophy
Educational

“Ours is proving to be one of those decisive periods of history in which a fundamental transformation of the human prospect is taking place”.

Peter J. Dwyer

In Disgrace with Fortune

lan is just a dreamy, well-meaning young office clerk, but things are going horribly wrong for him.

R. Casey

Catch a Falling Star

Australian Fiction

When asked what it is about fame and celebrity that draws people so desperately to it, the record producer and songwriter Kim Fowley replied, "Inadequacy ... it's over-compensation for a crummy life, and you decide to have a fantasy life."

Peter Haywood

Journey Around My Family

Memoir

The story encompasses two journeys undertaken by the author. Firstly, the narrator travels in Tasmania by car shortly after the death of her husband.

Jan Gross

White Shadows

Fiction

Worn down and cynical, university lecturer Tony has a jaundiced view of life, politics and religion. His friend Sam, is a lecturer and a perpetual playboy.

Michael E. Hoban

The Alpha and the Omega

Self Help
Spirituality

I begin to write this book knowing that life is about keeping true to your inner light. The alpha is the chance to begin and the omega is the legacy you were born to leave behind. First the dream and then the persistence to see that dream be realised

Stephanie Giannis

Capitalism

General
Self Help

It  has been previously noted that “so many people live lives of quiet desperation”. Stress occasioned by money troubles, such as caused by inflation and unemployment, is a major factor in such desperation.

Max Gregory

Truth in Masquerade

Thriller
Crime

A boy who struggles with being caught between two cultures grows up to become a doctor to keep his beloved mother happy.

Cedric Hampson

René the Spirit of the Rainbow

Children's

When Miley and Josh were scared of the thunderstorm, they were told the story of René, the Spirit of the Rainbow, and of her battle to save the world from a colourless existence.

Ivana May

Legacy

Fiction
Political Thriller

Jade Green has done what she had previously thought impossible. The infamous madam has emerged from obscurity and dared to use her legendary videos to sway Toby Brown’s court case in his favour

Jeff Edwards

Sighting of a Dolphin

Fiction
Fantasy

Matthew’s mother disappears one night, but leaves behind Fluke, a plastic dolphin, who becomes Matthew’s constant companion.

Rosslyn Thomas

The Red Witch

British & Australian Fiction

The Extraordinary Tale of Georgiana Lensdale. She was a woman in a man’s world, fighting for her own identity.

Sylvia Story

Letters from Aceh

Biographic
Historical

A collection of letters and photographs exchanged between students from the tsunami devastated Aceh province, and children from international destinations.
The foreword has been written by the Indonesian President, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

The Hodgkiss Mysteries

Fiction
Crime

Hodgkiss is a cranky old sod. The continual sniping and point-scoring between him and his son-in-law, Detective Sergeant Donald Burke, drives his daughter Esme to distraction.

Peter Sinclair

O’Malley MHR

Australian History

He well and truly does. Colour went with King O’Malley. He breezes into the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888 to have international pressmen rocking with laughter as he tells his stories.

Larry Noye

The Long Road Back

Biographic

It is a little-known fact that during the Second World War some Bomber Command aircrews had a second wireless operator, one who could speak fluent German.

H. T. Sargeant

Why Have Babies

General
Philosophy

Being a parent is a lifetime event and there are few guarantees. Nobody can foretell the future. We can only do our best and try to be optimistic about the outcome.

Helen Davis

Goodbye Crackernight

General

One night a year, the infinite normality of the suburbs is shot with utter magic.

Justin Sheedy

The Hodgkiss Mysteries Vol II

Fiction
Crime

The cranky old sod is still sniping at the conniving, manipulative members of Kanundda Council through his letters to the local paper, The Northern Star.

Peter Sinclair

Dream Raider

Johnny Marsh is different. For John the mysterious and unknown is not something to be afraid of. When he was a child he wasnít afraid of the monster under the bed; he would go looking for it.

KC Webb

The Hodgkiss Mysteries Volume III

Crime
Fiction

Hodgkiss is never wrong … or hardly ever. He was quite certain that the number thirteen was never used on houses in the streets of Kanundda.

Peter Sinclair

Occasion of Sin

Fiction

At a young age, Gawain is left by his parents with a community of hippies who live on old Tom Slipper’s farm in the hills inland from the Gold Coast.

Cedric Hampson

Pemberley Through the Ages -- A Grand Reinvention of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Romance
British & Australian Fiction

In the 1400s, the Duke of York rewarded his steward, George Darcy, with a parcel of land in Derbyshire. This parcel of land came to be known as ‘Pemberley’.

Norma Jean Moseley

The Man In The Dress

General

The Man In The Dress is Leonardo from Vinci.

Francesca

My Word

Creative Non-Fiction

Some of the best My Word newspaper columns have been brought together in this entertaining book to challenge our thoughts on the English language.

Laurie Barber

Benito’s Bangle

Fact-based Fiction

Men commit terrible crimes in war. When four Allied soldiers, drawn together in conflict against German General Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps, are captured in the Western Desert during World War II, their experience changes them forever.

Alan Duncan

The Wings of Leo Spencer

Fantasy

Fourteen year old Leo has found the most amazing present for his mum’s birthday. Unfortunately, someone has decided that he will not live to see it ...

Jerome Parisse

Whatever Happened to Ishtar?

Biographic
Memoir

A passionate quest to find answers for generations of defeated mothers.

Anne Frandi-Coory

Upon the Sheep's Back

Australian Fiction

One by one, all the little lambs must die …

S.J. Jordan

Left of Tomorrow – A Journey of Stroke Recovery

It comes as a great shock, when suddenly from one minute  to  the next,
we are who we are, and then we are not...
‘What? You had a stroke? Well, it could not have been very serious,’

Wendy J. Lyons

Trippin’ the Wright Way

Comedy
Satire

From the author of The Wong Way to Marry comes a tale of tripping in a beat-up old Kombi, on a hippie trail, heads full of zombie!

C A Poulter

Mt Kilimanjaro & Me

Travel
Memoir

Ever wondered if you could climb a mountain? Maybe one of the Seven Summits? What if you are a middle-aged, unfit, inexperienced business woman with a sedentary job?

Annette Freeman

Under the Linden Tree

Memoir
WWII History

Under the Linden Tree is the true story of Rudolf as he relates his life experiences in therapy sessions over a period of years.

Margaret Reid

The Eternal Search for God

Religion
Philosophy

The Eternal Search for God takes the reader on a guided tour of the belief systems practiced by the majority of mankind.

Matthew T. Hogan

The Shipping Broker

Biographic
Australian History

On a winter’s day in 1913, Sverre Berg left Norway to get experience in shipping offices in Glasgow and Nantes.

Derek Berg

The Hodgkiss Mysteries Volume Five

Detective
Mystery

>Blurb- Hodgkiss is back. Hodgkiss is a suspicious old sod. When he hears of a dead body found in a locked room and the police have written it off as suicide, his suspicions are seriously aroused.

Peter Sinclair

The Hodgkiss Mysteries Volume Four

Mystery
Detective

Hodgkiss is back. Hodgkiss returns — sharper and crankier than ever.

Peter Sinclair

In and Out of Step

Fiction
Australian Fiction

‘Aren’t you tired of a past littered with escapes? Think about the woman you’re becoming!’ Leonie said, trying to prevent Cassie’s flight. The past denied and her dance championship dreams discarded, Cassie Sleight leaves home. In the seemingly id

Christine M Knight

From the Dreaming to the Dreamers

Australian History
Sport

The Australian Wrestling Tradition
An exploration of the origin and history of the world’s oldest sport

Gavin Dickson

Vaila’s Capri

Historical
Romance

From the windswept Shetland Islands far to the north of Scotland, to the ancient ruins of Zimbabwe and then to the mystical Mediterranean Isle of Capri, young Vaila takes us on a breathtaking romantic journey of history and intrigue

Helen Ross

The Castleton Leads

Australian Fiction

Traumatised cop Sam Brinkley uncovers a murder when he searches for gold.
Donovan was the big boss and had told Sam Brinkley that he was no good to Homicide the way he was.

Allan Skerman

The Wong Way to Marry

Biographic
General

The 70s – an era when V8s ruled, motorbikes were naked, hair was long, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles soared the airwaves …

C A Poulter

Fine Line

Thriller

Every now and then predictable patterns in life are broken and time as we know it can change and alter its nature.

Noel Harding

Jack’s War The Wasted Years

Thriller

As the flames burned furiously, the body seemed to come alive. The fingers began to curl and turn white as the skin blistered and popped. Slowly the body began to sit up as the stomach muscles contracted in the heat.

Ant Dry

Gems of a Generation

Biographic

The beading girls provides an exciting snapshot of the baby boomer era, historically important because of the introduction of the contraceptive pill.

Sue Trethowan-Jones

Before I Forget

Biographic
Australian History

Allan Stanton’s dreams of becoming a professional golfer were cut short in June 1967 when he was called up for National Service in the Australian Army

Allan Stanton

Scorpio’s Lot

Thriller

Following the murder of a young, well-liked man in the small, peaceful community of Pedley, Tom Harrison’s world is plunged into turmoil. Determined to protect his niece Brigit from Scorpio, a notorious drug syndicate.

Ray Smithies

Tojo's Fate

Australian History
Historical

During WW2 many Australian operatives inserted behind Japanese lines by submarine, parachute or boat fell into the hands of the enemy who were waiting for them as they landed.

Cyrus McFarlane

Escape from Oppression

Biographic

Escape from Oppression is a true story, set against the backdrop of Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.

Miriam Aviva Micheel

Three Small Suspects

Biographic
Memoir

No concrete evidence was ever found as to who lit the match but I overheard Dad tell Mum, “I’ve got it narrowed down to three small suspects.”

Nicholas James Horgan

Behind the Rock

Memoir
Australian History

Teen Time, Bandstand, Dig Richards, Johnny O’Keefe, Sing, Sing, Sing, Col Joye & The Joy Boys, The Delltones, Sydney Stadium, Saigon…

Jon Hayton and Leon Isackson

DemiChat and the Kent Street Mystery

Children's

For middle primary school readers
London detectives DemiChat and Lord Flannery Beagle discover that a scientist has gone missing!  He has left behind a trail of purple powder which makes Flannery sneeze his way across France into Italy.

Toni Brisland

Key Clicks and High Tension

Historical Fiction

Tom Adams was fascinated with telegraphy from an early age and was invited to witness the transmission of the first shore to ship message in the Southern Hemisphere.

Barry Abley

The Adventures of the Super Bubbleloos -The Bubble Orb and Splat the Dragon

Children's

The book ‘The Adventures of the Super Bubbleloos-The Bubble Orb and Splat the Dragon’, is the first in my Super Bubbleloos book series.

Janey Howe

Some Kind of Justice

Historical Fiction

For the poor in 18th century England, life was difficult and oftentimes brief, with pain and death a constant presence.

John Newman

New Life in the Mourning

Relationships

And they lived happily ever after. That’s the dream ending we all expect from a committed relationship, but dreams can become nightmares, and relationships end.

Vicky Legge

White Ghosts Black Shadows

Australian Fiction

The scene—the luscious lazy tropical town of Rabaul, New Guinea. The time—January 1942.  

Ray Johnston

My Voyage around Spray

Memoir

(with apologies to Captain Joshua Slocum) is not only about the author’s love of boats and sailing, it is a social commentary about the return of a native son and his re-discovery of Australia after an absence of nearly 40 years.

Val Wake

When the Gates open for Casey Vallen

Young Adult Fiction

Casey is a twelve-year-old boy living in the secluded suburb of Lily Hills, but there is something about his family that has always made him different to the other students at his local primary school.

Leigh van den Broeke

Is this Justice

Australian Fiction

Dom Onsert, a seventy-three year old man, was sitting up in bed with his back against the wall and his eyes moistened with tears.

John Frisina

The Dictates of Destiny

Memoir

The Dictates of Destiny is an intriguing story concerning a most unusual and complex man.View the movie trailer at http://www.dictatesofdestiny.com/

Royce Hall

Life Journeys

Biographic

In this memoir Peter Dwyer reflects on the events and decisions that have shaped his life, comparing them to the experiences of a new generation of young Australians.

Peter J. Dwyer

Fragments from a Forgettory

Memoir
Religion

A tour de force of a memoir in an unmistakable Australian voice. Often humorous and with a heart for the underdog, this is also a kind of love story. Nick Greiner former Premier: "A highly personal, insightful reflection on a life of public service

Doug Buckley

Australia 2050

Educational

An examination of Australia's condition, outlook and option's for the first half of the 21st century.

Gregory R. Copley

The Janus Illusion

Fantasy
Romance

This kind of thing couldn’t happen … or could it? Matt Martin, an Australian soldier, is killed at Gallipoli in 1915, but ninety years later finds himself inhabiting the body of a drug dealer, Damien Hunter.

Christine McCaffrie

You Blokes from the City?

Biographic

James Nott was born into a farming family in the Central West of NSW. His early schooling took place in Dubbo, followed by boarding school in Sydney.

James Nott

Bagamoyo

Historical Fiction

Africa prior to the First World War. When the grandson journeys to Tanzania in order to give the deceased elephant hunter a spiritual homecoming ...

Dennis Nelson

Slick Sisters Motorcycle Club

Action
Fiction

During the year of Our Lord, 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued a Papal Bull declaring ‘that members of both sexes do not avoid to have sexual intercourse with evil angels, incubi and succubi …’

Michael Joseph Stanton

The Mayan Priest

Action
Fiction

When her friends become trapped in an ancient room supported by a 1500 year old rope, archaeologist Gillian Bright knows their time is limited. The rope could break at any moment, plummeting them to their deaths, and she is the only one with the skil

Sue Guillou

Dragon of the Second Moon

Sci Fi

Finding himself resuscitated on a fertile world, exiled through the chasms of space, is only the first of many overwhelming surprises for Alex Hall.

Christian Tamblyn

Now Tell Me This

Thriller

Des Simpson wants to be a professional piano player, but in 1938 opportunities are rare, so when he gets the chance to play in a dance band he takes it.

Penny Becchio

Shallow Water

Thriller
Crime

A lifeless body by the side of the road in Notting Hill …
A gorgeous but high maintenance wife self-destructing because she’s been denied access to the family fortune … Another death – this time in the shallows of the stunning Great Barrier R

Stuart Black

An Introduction to Bernard Lonergan

Biographic

This book aims to help form a basis for inquiry into Lonergan’s achievement in his new approach to the great philosophical questions...

Peter Beer

Bil and Tina Bullying Is Lame

Educational
Educational

7 Steps To Avoid Bullying
In our early school years we are bombarded with many new educational tasks.

Michael L. Bush

Galaxy Trotters

Children's
Sci Fi

‘Hey! What is that thing?!’ asked Nikki with a gasp, for right there inside their galaxy hopper, an enormous hole had opened.

Marie Lukic

The Second Beginning

Sci Fi

The planet Zula is reeling from the effects of global warming and burning amid the flames of a worldwide war over resources.

Tony Green

Occasions of Sin

Crime
Thriller

At a young age, Gawain is left by his parents with a community of hippies who live on old Tom Slipper’s farm in the hills inland from the Gold Coast

Cedric Hampson

A Pogo's Perspective

Biographic
Memoir

The term Pogo was a label given to every soldier in Vietnam whose role it was to support the troops involved in combat duties, supposedly a safe vocation. Examples would be Orderly Room, Q-Store, Cooks, Ordnance, Medical and Dental Staff, et cetera.

Greg Smith

Inside the Ropes

Biographic
Medical

Humour outweighs dignity in this autobiography by a leading Australian surgeon, foundation Professor of Surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, and past President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Professor G Douglas Tracy AO

Seventh Time Lucky

Memoir

A man stepped out from behind a rock. He looked decidedly friendly and identified himself without having to say a word – the Partisans’ red star on his cap said it all. “Jesus Christ!” I blurted out. “We’ve made it

Harry Giesen

Thylacine Man

Fiction
Australian Fiction

A brilliant, fast action novel from the prolific pen of freelance author N.G.Tuckey, which explores the hidden world of the elusive Tasmanian tiger, presumed extinct since 1936.

Noel Tuckey

Solly’s Way

Australian Fiction
Fact-based Fiction

It is the 1890’s and the prosperous years are one. Drought and depression are biting hard across the outback. The falling price of wool triggers violent confrontation between the pastoralists and the shearers’ union.

Ron Thomas

Prophecy of the Pendulum

Magic

Prophecy of the pendulum provides an opportunity for every person to become their own psychic! Board Game

Susan Taylor

The Brotherhood

Australian Fiction
Crime

A new job and a new life seem to have finally put him back on track after a tragedy devastated his family six months before, but soon after starting his new job he finds himself taking risks to investigate the strange events he has witnessed.

Steve Jovanoski

Rainbow Bridge Home

Fiction

That face—she was the one Tahe had seen in his dream before leaving home. She was somehow connected to his distant past

Gary Hillier

Sharing Rice

Biographic

The garden of Phath Kantannam and her husband, Mai Khong, is a slice of Eden in the hardscrabble hills that crowd the Ou River in northern Laos. Young trees do not yet bear fruit, but chili, eggplant, banana, and pineapple earn a modest income.

Bob Hill

Speaking With Dogs

Educational

JB Garry, a successful breeder of Dobermans, has also worked as a dog trainer, providing his services to the police and the military. He has trained hundreds of dogs with great success – admirers say he ‘speaks with dogs’.

JB Garry

Fun, Fast and Fabulous Food

Cookbook

Alison Taafe’s inspirational cookbook takes all the pressure out of home entertaining for the most inexperienced of cooks.

Alison Taafe

Your Sustainable Garden

General

An invaluable and practical guide to those many home owners and keen gardeners as they struggle to cope with the challenge of continuing water restrictions in finding ways to maintain viable gardens.

Robin Johnson

Blow the Wind Southerly

General

Blow the Wind Southerly is a story of adventure and intrigue set against the background of World War 1 and a mother’s attempt to see her daughter disinherited in favour of her son.

Vincent Smith

Boggo Road Prison Riots to Ruin

Australian History
Biographic

Still standing and proud to have served. End of an Era in Penal Servitude and Punishment.

Stephen M. Cage

River Dance

Fiction

What had driven teenage grape-picker Sasha Cantrelle to commit suicide? Or was it murder?
Only six days remain before B&S; Ball revellers and grape-pickers depart the outback river town of Kickabutt.

June Cookson

ADHD to the Power of Three

Biographic
Medical

A mother’s story of raising triplets
Carolyn Angelin wants a quiet life – a husband, couple of kids, a house in the ’burbs, and a dog.
Is that too much to ask?

Carolyn Angelin

Gommera Woman

Australian Fiction

Gommera Woman is the exhilarating story of a colonial family pastoral empire and two brothers who seek to control it. Richard and Robert Barsden coolly and shockingly murder Aborigines in an attempt to drive them from their land.

Grant Rodwell

From the Land Beyond the Forest

Memoir

John Irtel was born in Transylvania, a land rich in traditions and populated by resilient people. Somewhat naively, John absconds in 1947 to escape the ravages of change in postwar Eastern Europe.

John Irtel

No Way to Behave at a Funeral

Medical
Memoir

The abrupt ending of a life by suicide can be the most catastrophic of events for those left behind. Survivors experience intense pain and massive guilt.

Noel Braun

Such a Full Sea

Educational

The book looks at the transformation of a zone on which Australia is already disproportionately dependent for its wealth, and for its future opportunity.

Gregory R. Copley

Gouda Town Mice Chronicles Book 1 Tilly Nibbles, Lilly Squeak and Snowball the Bully

Children's

It’s Tilly’s first day at school and she’s come across a bully called Snowbell who wants to steal her lunch, but Tilly’s found a new friend called Lizzy.

Lainey Sheldon

Pietro's Daughter

Fact-based historical novel

Escaping the crushing rural poverty of southern Italy, Pietro finds further challenges in his adopted country and experiences great personal hardship.

Trish Francese Hunt

Tea in the Library

General
Memoir

Fulfilling the dream of many a book-lover, Annette Freeman bravely stepped outside her mid-life comfort zone and opened a bookshop café in the heart of Sydney.

Annette Freeman

Unshackled

Fiction

It’s 1854 and John Leary has it made with Clarissa his expectant attractive wife and a growing building company.

Michael Beashel

The Sand Symbols

Sarah Gibson sat in her faded but comfortable old chair and looked fondly down at her 6 beautiful grandchildren seated on the ground in front of her.

Nola Turner-Jensen

Marketing With No Money

General
Educational

...how to get your business the attention it deserves" the book by Leah Squire owner of internet based travel company www.byokids.com.au ...your family travel gurus.

Leah Squire

Yesterday was Warm and Sunny

Thriller
Fiction

The disc of light was a thing of incredible beauty backgrounded by the blackness of space but what Ronnie Bleek was seeing and hearing just could not be, he knew.

Allan Skerman

The Evolution of Mankind

Philosophy

My gift for this life is a memory pattern of past lives, several as a writer and many as a mystic.

Una O’Shea

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