'We hit Cairo like a train! ... Every dirty little alley, every dusty back-room bar. The pyramids are marvellous, but I could spend the rest of my days quite happily in the arms of your temptation.'Inspired by the State Library of New South Wales' jaw-dropping collection of World War I diaries and letters, A Town Named War Boy explores both the events of war and the impact it has upon soldiers and their families. Written with insight, humour and sensitivity, Ross ...

Henry sets out to build a boat one day.He has a hammer and a sawand a sister and a Teddyand a shed full of big ideas.With a buoyant, rhythmic text, ideal for reading aloud, The Boy Who Built the Boat celebrates the simple joy of making things.

'Journalism is telling stories that some people want to be kept secret, it's not about awards.' - 'Mate, you know that is bullshit. Journalism is a dead language.'Tonight! A simple negotiation over an accident in a car park escalates into a brutal newsroom street fight. This is the end of the road for Brian Mathews and the end of the past for Real Time News.#This Is Not Journalism is the exciting first offering from Australian Writers Theatre, an urgent comedy for ...

‘Failure is not on the whiteboard.’Feel like you’re drowning in paperwork? Beaten by the impenetrable weight of office bureaucracy? Adrift in a sea of jargon? You’re not alone.Andrew, former rock muso and new CEO of youth music organisation, Staccato, was parachuted in to save the company from oblivion. Mission accomplished, he’s setting his sights on implementing a bold, new strategic plan.But the Board has unanimously scrapped the plan and neglected to te...

Imagine a suburb beneath the waves; contemplate the idea of palatial living in a pyramid amongst the stars. Codes Set in Stone embraces both of these somewhat grandiose scenarios in a story set in the not too distant future. Containing the essential ingredients of Relationship, Romance and Rescue, the novel tells of men on a mission to solve mysteries and investigate intrigue and skulduggery - a mission that takes them from Belgium to Venice to Rome to the Himalayas and back again and fina...

Authored by current and former physicians at the Mayo Clinic, Faust's Anesthesiology Review, 6th Edition, is an invaluable review source for success on exams and in practice. It covers a broad range of important and timely topics in a succinct, easy-to-read format, providing the essential information you need to master the latest advances, procedures, guidelines, and protocols in anesthesiology. - Provides in-depth, yet succinct clinical synopses of all topic areas found on the ABA/ASA exa...

This is the story of two families – branches of the Solomons – transported to an alien land, both of whom eventually grow rich and powerful but who, through three generations, never for one moment relinquish their hatred for each other. It is also the story of our country from the beginning until we came of age as a nation.I have learned a great deal about Australia and those things which concern us as a people and make us, in many ways, who we are today. To write this book, I visit...

Another incredible novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist.July 14, 1099. The city of Accra awaits the invasion of the crusaders who have surrounded the gates. There, within the city walls, men and women of every age have gathered to hear the words of a mysterious man known only as the Copt. He has summoned the townspeople to address their fears with truth, hope and comfort.They begin with questions about defeat and struggle; they contemplate t...

The Child Bride can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 2 of 3.You can read Part 2 two weeks ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Cathy Glass, international bestselling author, tells the shocking story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from her family.When 14 -year-old Zeena begs to be taken into care with a non-Asian family, she is clearly petrified. But of what?Pla...

The news that he was going to be a dad shocked the heck out of sexy executive Trent Crosby! Having had enough of deceptive women in his lifetime, he had his doubts about Rebecca Holley, the "mother" of his child.But when the beautiful nurse who'd accidentally received his sperm refused to negotiate a deal, Trent found himself proposing a marriage of convenience.Before long, the love-weary businessman was rushing home to be by Rebecca's side…and to hold her in his arms. Then...

'The best vicar ever' - Caitlin MoranTHE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CANON CLEMENT SERIES, THE REVEREND RICHARD COLESAfter a life of sex, drugs and the Communards, recounted in his acclaimed memoir Fathomless Riches, the Reverend Richard Coles devoted himself to God and Christianity. So what is life like for the parson in Britain today?From his ordination, through Advent and Christmas to Lent and Ea...

Louise McAvoy lives an ordinary life: ordinary job, ordinary boyfriend. She’s grown so used to it that she’s forgotten how dull ordinary can be, until the day she sees classical pianist Jennifer Bellerose at a recital. The beautiful performance unlocks the artistic inspiration Louise thought she’d lost upon leaving art school three years ago. Inspired, Louise begins to paint again, her trademark rich abstract pieces bursting forth, and her life turns around and upside down in more ways tha...