A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to Coast by Amber Creswell Bell
$65.00 NZD
Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction | Series: Across Australia from Bush to Coast
I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror The wide brown land for me! Dorothea Mackellar's words have a knack for swelling the metaphorical chest of many Austr ...Show more
A Song Only I Can Hear by Barry Jonsberg
$18.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult
Rob has a huge crush on the new girl at school. But Rob is painfully shy and suffers severe panic attacks. How is her heart to be won? Another wonderful and heart-warming comedy drama from the award-winning author of My Life as an Alphabet. Good evening, Rob. Your first challenge follows. These challeng ...Show more
All the Ways to be Smart by Davina Bell
$30.00 NZD
Category: Children's | Reading Level: very good
Smart is not just ticks and crosses, smart is building boats from boxes. Painting patterns, wheeling wagons,being mermaids, riding dragons … From the award-winning creators of The Underwater Fancy-dress Parade and Under the Love Umbrella comes this joyful ode to all the unique and wonderful qualities th ...Show more
Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough
$22.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult
From Ampersand Prize-winning author Erin Gough comes this ferociously funny romp through an elite private school, and a brilliant feminist hoax that could change - or ruin - everything. Harriet Price has the perfect life: she's a prefect at Rosemead Grammar, she lives in a mansion, and her gorgeous girl ...Show more
Any Ordinary Day - Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens after the Worst Day of Your Life by Leigh Sales
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories--and a terrifying brush with her own mortality--sent her looking for answers about how vulnerable each of us is to a life-chang ...Show more
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
$35.00 NZD
Category: Debut Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious criminal for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwin ...Show more
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak
$37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"Let me tell you about our brother. The fourth Dunbar boy named Clay. Everything happened to him. We were all of us changed through him." The Dunbar boys bring each other up in a house run by their own rules. A family of ramshackle tragedy - their mother is dead, their father has fled - they love and fi ...Show more
Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina; Ezekiel Kwaymullina
$22.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult
An extraordinary thriller, told from the perspective of two Aboriginal protagonists, which weaves together themes of grief, colonial history, violence, love and family. Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since she died. Her dad, a detective, is the only one who can see and hear her, and he's drowni ...Show more
Dreamscapes - Inspiration and Beauty in Gardens Near and Far by Claire Takacs
$74.99 NZD
Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Captured in stunning detail by a world-class photographer, Dreamscapes features 70 of the most spectacular gardens in the world, all photographed at the height of their beauty. The gardens featured range from the classic, like the beautiful Edwardian idyll of Bryan's Ground in Herefordshire, and Kenroku ...Show more
Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee
$32.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "This debut from a former Queensland judge's associate breaks the silence around sexual assault and all the ways Australia's court system tries to silence victims. If you're wondering why Australia's #metoo movement hasn't g ...Show more
Family: New Vegetable Classics To Comfort and Nourish by Hetty Lui McKinnon
$39.99 NZD
Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction
This beautifully illustrated vegetarian cookbook by bestselling author Hetty McKinnon features modern, easy, and healthy recipes for a new generation of families. Dreaming up flavorful yet nutritious meals, night after night, is one of the greatest challenges in home cooking. The secret to success is de ...Show more
Hive (#1 The Vault) by A. J. Betts
$19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult | Series: The Vault
All I can tell you is what I remember, in the words that I have. Hayley tends to her bees and follows the rules in the only world she has ever known. Until she witnesses the impossible: a drip from the ceiling. A drip? It doesn't make sense. Yet she hears it, catches it. Tastes it. Curiosity is a hook. ...Show more