Scotland April 1945, and there is little joy in Iain McCraig’s life. Struggling to look after his farm and herd of prize dairy cows, he finds himself forced to accept help from an enemy PoW despite all his misgivings. Then his prisoner arrives and the quiet farmer begins to wonder if his life will ever be the same. When events take a turn for the worse, will he be able to save something far more precious than his farm?

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read"One of the most—if not the most—beloved of American novels." —The New YorkerHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into mo...

An orphan girl's epic journey to womanhood takes her across the world—and back to the man she loves—in this sweeping novel of early twentieth-century Australia.Western Australia, 1898. In the vast and unforgiving desert, a miner discovers a baby girl in the sand, miraculously still alive. Sent to an orphanage, Leonora is still mute with grief and fear as she slowly bonds with another orphan, James. He fights to protect her until both are sent away—Leonora ...

The long-awaited new novel from the award-winning author of The Grass Sister tells the story of two generations of the Nancarrow family and the high-jumping horse circuit prior to the Second World War. A love story of impossible beauty and sadness, it is also a chronicle of dreams 'turned inside out', and miracles that never last, framed against a world both tender and unspeakably hard.Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction 2012,...

Through the richly intertwined narratives of two women from different generations, Ashley Hay, known for her “elegant prose, which draws warm and textured portraits as it celebrates the web of human stories” (New York Times Book Review) weaves an intricate, bighearted tale of the many small decisions—the invisible moments—that come to make a life.“Readers who loved the quiet introspection of Anita Shreve’s The Pilot’s Wife and Elizabeth St...

After seven years on the road with her family, Kerry McGinnis is tired of the wandering life and yearns for a proper home. When her father, the irascible but loveable Mac, buys a property in Queensland's Gulf Country, it seems like she might have found one.But not everything goes smoothly. In their struggle to make a go of things, the McGinnis family encounters fire, flood, a three-metre python, and other, human obstacles. Sian, the eldest son, is at loggerheads with his father, wh...

In the tradition of The Man from Snowy River comes a gripping and courageous sequel to A Waltz for MatildaThe year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particularly for orphaned sixteen-year-old Flinty McAlpine, who lost a brother when the Snowy River men marched away to war.Why has the man Flinty loves return...

Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back in Richmal Crompton's William's New Year's Day.Just William makes his mark in this hilarious collection of twelve classic stories. Whether it's trying to arrange a marriage for his sister or taking a job as a boot boy as step one in his grand plan to run away, William manages to cause chaos wherever he goes.Features a charming introduction by one of William's famous fans, the wonderful comic writer Sue Town...

In this haunting story, two Australian men are hired to clear the ubiquitous manuka scrub in a bleak and rain-swept New Zealand gully. As their wide open homeland and dreams of teaching the locals how to break in horses begin to seem increasingly remote, the backbreaking, monotonous work and isolation soon take their toll, on body and mind.

Nita Tehris life seems sorted. She has a good job, she lives in a pretty apartment in a quiet street and she has escaped from the family who endangered her.Yet despite everything shes achieved she still has a problem. She doesnt look like her neighbours. And when a grizzly discovery is made outside her door all eyes turn towards her.She has done nothing wrong. But slowly, inexorably, her life turns inside-out. How can the people she used to think of as her friends and colle...

With her family's future resting on her shoulders, will she ever find a happiness of her own?Lynda Page writes another touching saga in Against the Odds - a tale of a young woman's journey to happiness and contentment. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Elaine Everest.Twenty-four-year-old Lynnie Downs has a lot on her plate. First and foremost are her plans to marry Ozzie Matthews - but the odds are stacked against him ever settli...

PRE-ORDER SALTWASH NOW: THE DISTURBING NEW NOVEL FROM ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY'The new master of menace' Sunday TimesA blizzard a century ago has passed into fable in the Endlands. Trapped by the snow, the residents of the valley found themselves at the mercy of the Devil, who brought death and destruction before being driven back to the moors.Now, the three farming families of the Endlands face a new test. The patria...