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A-League Skills & Drills: learn to play like the A-League's top players
Edwards Alistair | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Sep 2008 | $19.95 | 9780143304258

Abla's Lebanese Kitchen
Amad Abla | Adult | Hardback | Lantern | 1 Mar 2010 | $49.95 | 9781921382215

Abyssinia
Dubosarsky Ursula | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Sep 2008 | $16.95 | 9780143300519

The Accidental
Smith Ali | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 May 2006 | $24.95 | 9780141010397

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
Kilcullen David | Adult | Paperback | Scribe Publications | 30 Mar 2009 | $35.00 | 9781921372537

The Accidental Princess
Storer Jen & Masciullo Lucia (Illus) | Children's | Hardback | Viking | 1 Aug 2011 | $19.95 | 9780670074969

The Accidental: Popular Penguins
Smith Ali | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Aug 2011 | $9.95 | 9780143566502

Accidentally Single: 15 mistakes that ruin romance and how to avoid them
Aiken John | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Aust | 1 Feb 2010 | $26.95 | 9780143204213

Across the Universe
Revis Beth | Children's | Paperback | Razorbill | 4 Jan 2011 | $16.95 | 9780141333663

The Address Book
Clifton Jane | Adult | Paperback | Viking | 30 May 2011 | $32.95 | 9780670075485

Adults Only
Gleitzman Morris | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 2 Jul 2001 | $14.95 | 9780141308371

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain Mark | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 24 Feb 2003 | $9.95 | 9780141439648

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Popular Penguins
Twain Mark | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045184

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Popular Penguins
Doyle Arthur Conan | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045160

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Popular Penguins
Twain Mark | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 28 Jun 2010 | $9.95 | 9780141194936

The Adventures of Vin Fiz
Cussler Clive | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 May 2006 | $14.95 | 9780141321165

After Romulus
Gaita Raimond | Adult | Paperback | Text | 29 Aug 2011 | $32.95 | 9781921758782

After the Darkness
Brown Honey | Adult | Paperback | Viking | 25 Jan 2012 | $29.95 | 9780670075973

After the Darkness
Brown Honey | Adult | Digital | E-Penguin | 25 Jan 2012 | $19.99 | 9781742534510

Against All Enemies
Clancy Tom | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 28 Nov 2011 | $32.95 | 9780718158996

Against the Tide
Yeldham Peter | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 4 May 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143010395

The Age of Reason
Sartre Jean Paul | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 21 Mar 2001 | $22.95 | 9780141185286

The Age of Reason: Popular Penguins
Satre Jean-Paul | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045573

Ai Weiwei Speaks with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Weiwei Ai & Obrist Ulrich | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 5 Aug 2011 | $12.95 | 9780241957547

Air Kisses
Foster Zoe | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 31 Aug 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143009627

Airman
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 29 Jun 2009 | $17.95 | 9780141322216

Alaska
Saliba Sue | Children's | Paperback | Penguin | 27 Jun 2011 | $19.95 | 9780143206118

Alfred Gregory
Gregory Alfred | Adult | Hardback | Lantern | 1 Oct 2007 | $100.00 | 9781920989613

Alice in Wonderland (Book of the Film)
Burton Tim | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Feb 2010 | $14.95 | 9780141330464

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Carroll Lewis | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 5 May 2003 | $9.95 | 9780141439761

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Pocket Penguin Classics
Carroll Lewis | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 6 Mar 2006 | $14.95 | 9780141023557

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Popular Penguins
Carroll Lewis | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 28 Jun 2010 | $9.95 | 9780141194752

All I Can Be
Buckley Nathan | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 3 Aug 2009 | $35.00 | 9781921518263

All I Ever Wanted
Wakefield Vikki | Children's | Paperback | Text | 27 Jun 2011 | $19.95 | 9781921758300

All My Dangerous Friends
Hartnett Sonya | Children's | Paperback | Viking | 1 Sep 1998 | $18.95 | 9780670880270

All That I Am
Funder Anna | Adult | Paperback | Hamish Hamilton | 29 Aug 2011 | $29.95 | 9781926428338

All Together Now
McInerney Monica | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 1 Jun 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143202202

All Tomorrow's Parties
Gibson William | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 Nov 2000 | $22.95 | 9780140266139

Alone in Berlin
Fallada Hans | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 4 Mar 2010 | $26.95 | 9780141189383

Along for the Ride
Dessen Sarah | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 29 Jun 2009 | $17.95 | 9780141327488

The Alphabet Sisters
McInerney Monica | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 4 Oct 2004 | $24.95 | 9780143002918

Alphabet Sisters Special Edition
McInerney Monica | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 1 Aug 2011 | $9.95 | 9780143565888

Alphabet Weekends
Noble Elizabeth | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 29 Mar 2010 | $24.95 | 9780141044729

Amazing Face: clever beauty tricks, should-own products + spectacularly useful how-to-do-its
Foster Zoe | Adult | Paperback | Viking | 27 Jun 2011 | $39.95 | 9780670075256

American Notes
Dickens Charles | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 30 Nov 2000 | $9.95 | 9780140436495

Anaconda Ambush: Extreme Adventures
D'Ath Justin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 29 Sep 2008 | $14.95 | 9780143303701

Anastasia's Secret
Dunlap Susanne | Children's | Paperback | Penguin | 29 Oct 2010 | $16.95 | 9780143203704

And Another Thing - The World According to Clarkson Volume Two
Clarkson Jeremy | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 7 Jan 2008 | $26.95 | 9780141028606

And Another Thing...Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three
Colfer Eoin | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 2 Aug 2010 | $24.95 | 9780141042138

And So It Went
Ellis Bob | Adult | Paperback | Viking | 4 May 2009 | $35.00 | 9780670072460

And the Ass Saw the Angel: Popular Penguins
Cave Nick | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045610

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
Burroughs William S & Kerouac Jack | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 26 Oct 2009 | $24.95 | 9780141189673

Angel Cake
Cassidy Cathy | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 27 Apr 2009 | $14.95 | 9780141325170

The Angel's Command: Castaways Book Two
Jacques Brian | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 25 Mar 2004 | $14.95 | 9780141315218

Angelology
Trussoni Danielle | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 28 Feb 2011 | $24.95 | 9780141044408

Animal Farm
Orwell George | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 Sep 2008 | $17.95 | 9780141036137

Animal Farm
Orwell George | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 22 Jun 2000 | $17.95 | 9780141182704

Animal Heroes
Hill Anthony | Children's | Paperback | Penguin | 1 Mar 2005 | $19.95 | 9780143003809

Anna and the French Kiss
Perkins Stephanie | Children's | Paperback | Penguin | 4 Jan 2011 | $19.95 | 9780143206262

Another Country: Popular Penguins
Baldwin James | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Aug 2011 | $9.95 | 9780143566335

Answers to everyday questions about relationships: When to stay, when to go, and how to make it work
Lamble Jo | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 30 May 2011 | $19.95 | 9780143565222

Antarctica: that sweep of savage splendour
McGregor Alasdair | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 27 Jun 2011 | $39.95 | 9780670074426

Anthropology
Rhodes Dan | Adult | Paperback | Canongate | 10 May 2010 | $19.95 | 9781847675507

Anybody Out There
Keyes Marian | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 2 Apr 2007 | $24.95 | 9780141019376

An Anzac's Story
Kyle Roy, Courtenay Bryce-introduction | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 1 Mar 2005 | $29.95 | 9780670910748

The Anzacs
Adam-Smith Patsy | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 7 Oct 1991 | $26.95 | 9780140165395

The Anzacs: From Gallipoli to the Western Front
Pedersen Peter | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 29 Mar 2010 | $35.00 | 9780143008460

The Apothecary
Meloy Maile | Children's | Paperback | Text | 29 Aug 2011 | $19.95 | 9781921758171

April Fool's Day
Courtenay Bryce | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 28 Aug 2006 | $26.95 | 9780143004608

April Fool's Day: Popular Penguins
Courtenay Bryce | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 29 Aug 2011 | $9.95 | 9780143566564

The Architecture of Happiness
De Botton Alain | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 3 Sep 2007 | $22.95 | 9780141015002

Arctic Drift: A Dirk Pitt Novel
Cussler Clive Cussler Dirk | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 Feb 2010 | $19.95 | 9780141038919

Aristotle's Nostril
Gleitzman Morris | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 21 Nov 2005 | $14.95 | 9780143301974

Around the World in Eighty Days: Popular Penguins
Verne Jules | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 28 Jun 2010 | $9.95 | 9780141194769

The Art of Graeme Base
Watts Julie | Adult | Paperback | Viking | 23 Nov 2009 | $49.95 | 9780670074297

The Art of Pasta
Galletto Lucio & Dale David | Adult | Hardback | Lantern | 3 Oct 2011 | $59.95 | 9781921382284

The Art of War
Sun-tzu | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 1 Sep 2008 | $9.95 | 9780140455526

The Art of War
Sun-tzu | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 14 Jul 2009 | $9.95 | 9780143105756

The Art of War: Popular Penguins
Tzu Sun | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045276

Artemis Fowl
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Jul 2002 | $16.95 | 9780141312125

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 2 Aug 2010 | $22.95 | 9780141328041

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 4 Aug 2008 | $22.95 | 9780141383347

Artemis Fowl: Lost Colony
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 7 Jan 2008 | $16.95 | 9780141320793

Arthur's War
Bancroft Arthur & Harman John | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 2 Aug 2010 | $39.95 | 9780670073467

Artists @ Work
Wolfe Richard | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 27 Sep 2010 | $65.00 | 9780670074693

As One: Individual Action, Collective Power
Baghai Mehrdad & Quigley James | Adult | Hardback | Penguin (General Uk) | 11 Mar 2011 | $55.00 | 9780241954003

Ashling: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 3
Carmody Isobelle | Children's | Paperback | Penguin | 23 Oct 1997 | $22.95 | 9780140271515

Asian Cook
Tan Terry | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 1 Mar 2010 | $39.95 | 9780670074501

Assassin's Creed
Bowden Oliver | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 2 Aug 2010 | $24.95 | 9780141046303

Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Bowden Oliver | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 16 Nov 2011 | $29.95 | 9780718157463

Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
Bowden Oliver | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 3 Jan 2012 | $22.95 | 9780241951729

The Assistant
Walser Robert | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 12 May 2008 | $24.95 | 9780141189284

At Elizabeth David's Table: Her Very Best Everyday Recipes
David Elizabeth | Adult | Hardback | Michael Joseph | 22 Nov 2010 | $49.95 | 9780718154752

At Home with the Templetons
McInerney Monica | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 27 Sep 2010 | $32.95 | 9781921518225

At Home with the Templetons
McInerney Monica | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 2 May 2011 | $24.95 | 9780143205579

At My French Table
Webster Jane | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 7 Apr 2008 | $59.95 | 9780670070329

The Atlantis Code
Brokaw Charles | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 Mar 2010 | $19.95 | 9780141040806

Atlantis Found: A Dirk Pitt Novel
Cussler Clive | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 5 Feb 2001 | $19.95 | 9780140287967

Audition
Ward Kehoe Stasia | Children's | Paperback | Penguin | 31 Oct 2011 | $19.95 | 9780143566595

Australia Street
Whitehead Ann | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 2 Mar 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143009535

Australia: 150 photographs
Dupain Rex | Adult | Hardback | Lantern | 25 Oct 2010 | $59.95 | 9781921382550

Australia: A Sense of Place
McCutcheon Sandy & Rains Nick | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 26 Sep 2005 | $59.95 | 9780670029013

The Australian Book of Lists
Barnett Steve | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 23 Nov 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143011729

The Australian Calorie Counter
Penguin Group (Australia) | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 9 Jan 2006 | $9.95 | 9780143004509

Australian Family Table: Food Everyone Will Love
Anon | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 2 Mar 2009 | $29.95 | 9780143011064

Australian Gardening Calendar
Penguin Adult Publishing | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 21 Nov 2005 | $14.95 | 9780143002468

Australian Long Story
Sayer Mandy | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 3 Oct 2011 | $24.95 | 9780143203193

Australian Slang
Anon | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 2 Jun 2008 | $16.95 | 9780143009115

Australian Sports Quiz
Clancy Rob | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 30 Jul 2007 | $16.95 | 9780143007210

Australian Style
Penfold Melissa & Tabakoff Jenny | Adult | Hardback | Lantern | 26 Oct 2009 | $39.95 | 9781920989767

The Autograph Man
Smith Zadie | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 2 Jun 2003 | $24.95 | 9780140276343

The Autograph Man: Popular Penguins
Smith Zadie | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Aug 2011 | $9.95 | 9780143566519