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We Don't Live Here Anymore
Matt Nable

In this startling debut novel, Matt Nable follows the fortunes of Charlie, Tess and their families and neighbours.
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The Night My Bum Dropped
Gretel Killeen

In this gleefully exaggerated memoir Gretel Killeen looks at the big questions that we're confronted with in times of calamity.
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We Are All Made of Glue
Marina Lewycka

The story of a very unlikely friendship, from the bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.
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Death and the Running Patterer
Robin Adair

Suspenseful, original and intriguing, Death and the Running Patterer will grip you from start to starling conclusion.
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The Family Farm
Fiona Palmer

Isabelle Simpson longs to take over the family farm, but her ailing father is locked in a tragedy of the past and won't give her the chance she deserves.
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Between the Assassinations
Aravind Adiga

The eagerly awaited new book from the Booker Prize winning author of The White Tiger
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What's Hot

Breath by Tim Winton, winner of the 2009 Miles Franklin Award

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2009 ABIA Winners

 

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

Book of the Year: Younger Children
 

Penguin
For Sonya Hartnett

International Success Award

 

The Lucy Family Alphabet
Judith Lucy

Biography of the Year

Finnikin of the Rock
Melina Marchetta

Book of the Year: Older Children
 

The Tall Man
Chloe Hooper

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year

 

The Boat
Nam Le

Newcomer of the Year

 

New: Fiction

Cockroach
Rawi Hage

As the stories in this remarkable book converge, our narrator must confront the events of the past in the form of another moral but potentially murderous dilemma in the present.
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Medusa
Clive Cussler

Packed with blazing action and daring exploits, a nerve-shredding Kurt Austin thriller from the best in the business.
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Moscow Rules
Daniel Silva

The violent death of a journalist leads secret agent Gabrial Allon to Russia.
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Dune Road
Jane Green

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a timely novel about old flames, new friendships, and lives reclaimed.
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The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Monique Roffey

An unforgettable love story, brimming with passion and politics, set over fifty years in Trinidad.
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The Contract
Brett Hoffmann

A forgotten file.
A woman on the run.
Secrets can be bad for business.
Guaranteed Great Read or Your Money back
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The Lost Book of Salem
Katherine Howe

This stunning page-turner will be a must-read for fans of the phenomenal bestseller The Historian
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The Help
Kathryn Stockett

Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
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Strange Angels
Lili St Crow

Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever—or whoever— is hunting her?
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Keeping it in the Family
Sinead Moriarty

'Marian Keyes has for years been the undisputed queen . . . Sinead Moriarty is now a worthy competitor' - Sunday Independent
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The Atlantis Code
Charles Brokaw

'The Atlantis Code will take you to a new level of mystery, wonder, adventure and excitement' DEEPAK CHOPRA
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Secret Son
Laila Lalami

When a young man is given the chance to rewrite his future, he doesn't realize the price he will pay for giving up his past.
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New Non-Fiction

Little Vietnam
Nhut Huynh

Little Vietnam brings together 80 authentic recipes that capture the colour and energy of Vietnamese cooking.
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Riverfolk
Allan M. Nixon

Take a journey up the Murray with Allan Nixon, bestselling author of the Bushies and Beaut Utes series and long-time friend to the mighty river.
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Playtime
Elspeth & Fiona Richards

This book includes all sorts of games and ideas for children aged 1-5, as well as babies.
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Binge Trading
Seth Freedman

Binge Trading reveals just how easy it becomes, when a fortune is put in your hands, to forget that anything else matters.
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Country Women's Association Cakes
CWA

CWA Cakes includes more than 80 of their recipes for classic, country-style food.
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Country Women's Association Soups and Stews
CWA

Soups and Stews includes more than 80 of their recipes for classic, country-style comfort food.
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What's Happening to Our Girls?
Maggie Hamilton

Too Much Too Soon. How Our Kids Are Overstimulated, Oversold and Oversexed.
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Beaten by a Blow
Dennis McIntosh

'The genuine article: gritty and honest and harsh as a crow's cry.' Robert Drewe
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D-Day
Antony Beevor

The definitive account of the most famous invasion in military history, the battle for Normandy 65 years ago.
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Brotherhood
Peter McConchie

Father Jeff O'Hare introduces us to 29 extraordinary people whose compelling stories will both move and inspire you.
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The Ghost at the Wedding
Shirley Walker

Written with the emotional power of a novel, here is a true story whose sorrow is redeemed by astonishing beauty and strength of spirit.
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Escape
Carolyn Jessop

The dramatic first-person account of life inside an american religious sect, and one woman's corageous flight to freedom with her eight children.
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WWE Encyclopedia

Come face to face with your favourite WWE stars including John Cena, The Rock, Kane, Triple H and many more.
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The Most Explosive Science Book in the Universe by the Brainwaves

Get set for a stupendous survey of the dazzlingly dramatic science that makes the world go round.
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WOW! Planet Earth

Catch their eyes and their mind will follow. Wow! Planet Earth is a spectacular show-and-tell experience.
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Teenage Reads

Love, Aubrey
Suzanne LaFleur

Something heartbreaking has happened. Eleven-year-old Aubrey is on her own.
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Raw Blue
Kirsty Eagar

Kirsty Eagar's first novel is a powerful story about a teenage girl recovering from her painful past, set in the surfing culture of Sydney's northern beaches.
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Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen

As she gets to know herself – and a secretive boy with dark, brooding eyes – can Auden begin to let go and finally feel like she truly belongs?
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Film & Television

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

At the movies July 2.
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Hannah Montana

In cinemas now.
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The Ascent of Money
Niall Ferguson

ABC 1, Thursday nights at 8.30pm.
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Mr Men Show

Men Men Show now on ABC TV.
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In the Night Garden

Now showing on ABC TV.
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Public Enemies
Bryan Burrough

At the movies July 30.
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Harry Potter

Coming to the movies in July.
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Transformers the Movie Universe

In cinemas now.
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World Wrestling Entertainment Encyclopedia

As showing on Foxtel.
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The Clone Wars

Join the Jedi Knights on an exciting intergalactic Clone Wars adventure.
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Saturdays on Network Ten
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Wolverine: Inside the World of the Living Weapon
Matthew K Manning

In cinemas now.
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For Crying Out Loud
Jeremy Clarkson

As showing on SBS.
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Breath
Tim Winton


Dune Road
Jane Green


Arctic Drift
Clive Cussler


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Aravind Adiga



D-Day
Antony Beevor

 

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