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Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness history forgot.

TTroy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods, and so the warriors remain in limbo - camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed, kept co...

‘Life will sometimes seem long and tough. And you will sometimes be happy and sometimes sad. And then you’ll be old. And then you’ll be dead. There is only one sensible thing to do with this empty existence, and that is: fill it.’A book for the science-loving reality-romantic in all of us, You Do...

I have learned that love is what really matters… My life experiences brought about that discovery. I deeply wish that you learn unconditional love, firstly of yourself, then of others, then of life itself. It’s your true nature.In the dazzling world of fashion, Elle Macpherson is synonymous with ...

When the lives of four very different women become entangled in a boutique Venice hotel, dark secrets unravel and not everyone who checked into the hotel will check out again.Signora Loretta Bianchi, the world famous cook at Venice’s Hotel Il Cuore, is forced to choose between once-in-a-lifetime ...

Sophia and Ollie are zookeepers for a day . . . cleaning up after the animals!Sophia and Ollie have always wanted to work at the zoo like their parents. Now they’re getting the chance to volunteer! But there’s a lot to learn before they’re allowed to work with the zookeepers at Taronga Zoo Sydney...

It’s Ollie’s birthday, and Sophia has a secret. She knows what he's getting for his birthday. It's AWESOME, but she's not allowed to tell him! And it's her job to get him there on time. But will Ollie think she's ignoring his special day? Or will Ollie get the wild and wonderful birthday he's dre...

I was thinking about what present to give you, and I knew it had to be absolutely AWESOME. Something you’d really want.Something you’d remember forever.Something . . . SUPER-AMAZING FANTASTICO!What would YOU choose as the best present ever? A magical creature? A swimming pool filled with candy? O...

When Arabella Grant’s wicked aunt dies suddenly, both Arabella and her cousin Lady Isabelle cannot help but feel relieved. She’d made their lives miserable, and now Lady Issie is free to read to her heart’s content, and Bella is free from taunts about her ignoble birth. Their newfound freedom is ...

From Rita Bradshaw, the author of A Woman of Courage, comes a story, set during the second world war, of overcoming betrayal and learning to love once more in Saffron Skies and New Beginnings.Bella McFadyen has a privileged lifestyle but from a child she isn't afraid to kick against an upper-clas...