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Doom and Bloom is a self-help book that distils powerful insights into actionable steps to help you turn the sh*t you’ve faced in life into fertiliser for personal growth. Doom is the feeling when everything seems hopeless and hard, and you want to give up. Bloom, on the other hand, is a state o...

The Eyes of Gaza offers an intimate glimpse through the eyes of 22-year-old Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad, capturing the experience of living through the first 45 days of the 2023 genocide in Gaza. Formatted in the style of a series of diary extracts - reminiscent of Plestia's own journal...

The killers were Pevay and Timme. In 1841 they slew two men and wounded others in an angry rampage. As Tasmanian Aborigines, they had many reasons to be angry. Despite ambushes, they evaded pursuers for weeks before being captured in a blaze of gunfire. Their murder trial was a farce. Now, their ...

Part memoir, part biography, part imagination, Little Bit is a story with a third side. Told in the alternating perspectives of Debbie and Stella, Heather writes the story of her mother's and grandmother's lives, where addiction is rife and regret is a constant, where survival for a woman in a ma...

This book looks at Australian art through the lens of dog painting, showcasing over 150 works that illustrate the deep bond between Australians and their best friends. Miller's whimsical text argues that all the major shifts which occurred in Australia art really occurred because of dogs.

Gemma loves gymnastics. But she has just had the worst class ever, and her coach isn’t happy. Are Gemma’s gym dreams over? Or will her clever plan keep her on the team?

Freya, it's down to you to finish what I started . . . Freya Lockwood has avoided the quaint English village in which she grew up for the last twenty years. That is until news arrives that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya's estranged mentor, has died . . . and the circumstances seem...

A super-weird story of overcoming odds and defying your destiny. What would happen if the end-of-school bell never rang ? Meet Justin Monaghetti. He is destined to be a loser. His new school is terrifying. His only friend wants to run away forever. And he’s just been given a detention for somet...

‘We live in a caravan. Our family has everything we need – and you know what’s best of all?' We Live in a Caravan is the picture book for every Australian family to inspire travel and an appreciation for experiences over possessions. The book follows a family travelling around Australia in their...

In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician. Informed by hundreds of interv...