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Book Cover:  Jamrach's Menagerie
By Carol Birch

London, 1857: after surviving an encounter with an escaped tiger on the streets of Bermondsey, nine-year-old Jaffy stumbles into a job for its owner, the wild animal collector, Mr Jamrach.

Commissioned by Jamrach to find and collect a sea dragon, Jaf soon joins a ship bound for the South Seas, and so begins a wonder-filled voyage of discovery.

But when things start to go awry, Jaf's journey becomes...

London, 1857: after surviving an encounter with an escaped tiger on the streets of Bermondsey, nine-year-old Jaffy stumbles into a job for its owner, the wild animal collector, Mr Jamrach.

Commissioned...

Published: 21/09/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921758959
RRP: $23.95
Book Cover:  Jamrach's Menagerie
By Carol Birch

London, 1857: after surviving an encounter with an escaped tiger on the streets of Bermondsey, nine-year-old Jaffy stumbles into a job for its owner, the wild animal collector, Mr Jamrach.

Commissioned by Jamrach to find and collect a sea dragon, Jaf soon joins a ship bound for the South Seas, and so begins a wonder-filled voyage of discovery.

But when things start to go awry, Jaf's journey becomes...

London, 1857: after surviving an encounter with an escaped tiger on the streets of Bermondsey, nine-year-old Jaffy stumbles into a job for its owner, the wild animal collector, Mr Jamrach.

Commissioned...

Published: 28/03/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921758454
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover: The Lieutenant
By Kate Grenville

In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other side of the world.

In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke...

Published: 25/10/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921656767
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Conquest
By Stewart Binns

1066 - SENLAC RIDGE, ENGLAND.  WILLIAM THE BASTARD, DUKE OF NORMANDY DEFEATS HAROLD GODWINSON, KING HAROLD II OF ENGLAND IN WHAT WILL BECOME KNOWN AS THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS.

The battle is hard fought and bloody; thousands of lives are spent, including that of King Harold.  But England will not be conquered easily - the Anglo-Saxons will not submit meekly to Norman rule.


1066 - SENLAC RIDGE, ENGLAND.  WILLIAM THE BASTARD, DUKE OF NORMANDY DEFEATS HAROLD GODWINSON, KING HAROLD II OF ENGLAND IN WHAT WILL BECOME KNOWN AS THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS.

The battle is hard fought...

Published: 13/04/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718156770
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Warrior of Rome: The Caspian Gates
By Harry Sidebottom

AD262 - the imperium is in turmoil after the struggle for the throne. Furthermore, Ephesus, Asia's metropolis, lies in ruins, shattered by a mighty earthquake. Its citizens live in fear as the mob overwhelms the city, baying for blood to avenge the gods who have punished them.

Yet an even greater threat to the Empire advances from the North. The barbaric Goth tribes sail towards Ephesus, determined...

AD262 - the imperium is in turmoil after the struggle for the throne. Furthermore, Ephesus, Asia's metropolis, lies in ruins, shattered by a mighty earthquake. Its citizens live in fear as the mob overwhelms...

Published: 02/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718155926
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Wolves of the North:Warrior of Rome
By Harry Sidebottom

The Roman Empire is in crisis, with threats coming from all directions. Ballista, Warrior of Rome, must once again embark on an epic journey - one with a secret mission.

Turmoil reigns across the entirety of the imperium . But the most worrying source of danger comes from the savage barbarian tribes, whose raids have become increasingly commonplace. Ballista undertakes his most treacherous journey...

The Roman Empire is in crisis, with threats coming from all directions. Ballista, Warrior of Rome, must once again embark on an epic journey - one with a secret mission.

Turmoil reigns across the entirety...

Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718155940
RRP: $29.99
Book Cover: The Betrayal of the Blood Lily: A Pink Carnation Novel
By Lauren Willig

Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation novels are 'great fun' ( The Boston Globe ) and ' grandly entertaining' ( Publishers Weekly ). Now she whisks readers away to nineteenth-century India – home to romance, intrigue, and a spy know only as the Marigold . . .

Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation novels are 'great fun' ( The Boston Globe ) and ' grandly entertaining' ( Publishers Weekly ). Now she whisks readers away to nineteenth-century India – home to romance...

Published: 21/04/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451232052
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Crusade
By Stewart Binns

1072 England is firmly under the heel of its new Norman rulers. The few survivors of the English resistance look to Edgar the Atheling, the rightful heir to the English throne, to overthrow William the Conqueror. Years of intrigue and vicious civil war follow: brother against brother, family against family, friend against friend.

1072 England is firmly under the heel of its new Norman rulers. The few survivors of the English resistance look to Edgar the Atheling, the rightful heir to the English throne, to overthrow William the...

Published: 02/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241957578
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Mr Midshipman Hornblower
By C S Forester

1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command . . .
 
As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves...

1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command . . .
 
As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly...

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955505
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Lieutenant Hornblower
By C S Forester

The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower faces the fury of the French and Spanish fleets combined.

The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower faces the fury of the French and Spanish fleets combined.

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955512
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Hornblower and the Atropos
By C S Forester

1805, and Hornblower is both humbled and honoured in quick succession . . .

1805, and Hornblower is both humbled and honoured in quick succession . . .

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955529
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Happy Return

June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full . . .
 

June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full . . .
 

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955536
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Hornblower and the Crisis
By C S Forester

The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon's plans to invade England . . .
 
Set in 1805, Hornblower and the Crisis finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a vicious hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig. The admiralty rewards Hornblower by sending him on a dangerous espionage mission that will light the powder trail leading to...

The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon's plans to invade England . . .
 
Set in 1805, Hornblower and the Crisis finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches...

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955543
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Hornblower and the Hotspur
By C S Forester

April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission . . .
 
On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur and head for Brest - war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty's navy with its britches round its ankles. With thoughts of his new life as a husband intruding on his duties...

April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission . . .
 
On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered...

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955550
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Hornblower in the West Indies
By C S Forester

1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas . . .
 
As an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the French wars, Horatio Hornblower, Commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, must still face savage pirates, reckless revolutionaries and a violent hurricane.
 


1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas . . .
 
As an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the French wars, Horatio...

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955567
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Commodore

1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower . . .

1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower . . .

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955574
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: A Ship of the Line
By C S Forester

May, 1810 - and thirty-nine-year-old Captain Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line . . .

May, 1810 - and thirty-nine-year-old Captain Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line . . .

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955581
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Lord Hornblower
By C S Forester

1813, and Horatio Hornblower is propelled toward the heart of the French Empire and his old enemy, Napoleon . . .

1813, and Horatio Hornblower is propelled toward the heart of the French Empire and his old enemy, Napoleon . . .

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955598
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Excalibur
By Bernard Cornwell

ARTHUR'S FINAL TEST OF COURAGE IS UPON HIM . . .

Arthur has crushed Lancelot's rebellion, but at a cost.
Guinevere's betrayal has left him reeling, and his Saxon enemies seek to destroy him while he is weak. Chaos threatens to engulf Britain. Yet Arthur is a military genius and noble leader.


ARTHUR'S FINAL TEST OF COURAGE IS UPON HIM . . .

Arthur has crushed Lancelot's rebellion, but at a cost.
Guinevere's betrayal has left him reeling, and his Saxon enemies seek to destroy him while he is...


Published: 11/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955697
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Flying Colours

A humiliated and shipless captive of the French, Horatio Hornblower faces execution unless he can escape and make a triumphant return to England . . .

A humiliated and shipless captive of the French, Horatio Hornblower faces execution unless he can escape and make a triumphant return to England . . .

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955499
RRP: $19.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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