The Martyr and the Red Kimono - A Fearless Priest's Sacrifice and a New Generation of Hope in Japan by Naoko Abe
$40.00 AUD
Category: Historical
The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever. On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish priest named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was murdered in Auschwitz. Kolbe's life had been remarkable. Fiercely intelligent and driven, he founded a mov ...Show more
The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey
$35.00 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: A\Perveen Mistry Novel Ser.
India, 1922. Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable, and very few women have ever seen a doctor. Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women's hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses ...Show more
The Soul: A History of the Human Mind by Paul Ham
$50.00 AUD
Category: History
The Soul is a history of the human mind, from the earliest expression of self-consciousness to its unshakeable belief in the great religions and political systems. Everyone thinks they have one, but nobody knows what it is. For thousands of years the soul was an 'organ', an entity, something that was pa ...Show more
The Echoes by Evie Wyld
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Set between rural Australia and London, The Echoes is a story about the weight of the past and the promise of the future'A book that will stay with you forever' OBSERVERMax didn't believe in an afterlife. Until he died. Now, as a reluctant ghost trying to work out why he remains, he watches his girlfrie ...Show more
The Creeper by Margaret Hickey
$35.00 AUD
Category: Crime
Pre-order - release in July 2024 Victim ... or killer?For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria's high country has been haunted by the horrific murders of five hikers up on Jagged Ridge.Also found dead near the scene was Bill 'Creeper' Durant, a bushland loner, expert deer-hu ...Show more
Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 by Peter Parker (Editor)
$65.00 AUD
Category: British
'Quite simply, this book is a work of genius' Matthew Parris, Spectator The first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensue ...Show more
Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Crime
Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, The Akureyri Sanatorium now sits haunted by the ghosts of its past. But a single wing remains open, housing six employees. When one of the hospital's nurses, Yrsa, is found brutally murdered, it sets in motion a series of terrifying events. Despite j ...Show more
A Great Marriage by Frances Mayes
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. The two are on different courses-Austin is British, temporarily in New York. Dara's from North Carolina, set on law school. They fall in love at first sight, and are determined to make their lives together.Days after their e ...Show more
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks - among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Ens ...Show more
The Muse of History - The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the 20th Century by Oswyn Murray
$65.00 AUD
Category: European
How the modern world has understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter todayThe study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which eac ...Show more
Brave New Words - The End of Education As We Know It (and Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan
$55.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. In Brave New Words, Salman Khan, the visionary behind Khan Academy, explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology will transform learning, offering a roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting (and ...Show more
The Struggle for Taiwan - A History by Sulmaan Wasif Khan
$55.00 AUD
Category: Asian
A gripping account of the past and future of Taiwan In the overwhelming chaos across Asia at the end of the Second World War, one relatively minor issue was the future of the Japanese colony of Taiwan, a large island some one hundred miles off the coast of Fujian. Handed to the Kuomintang-ruled Republic ...Show more