Walk Like a Cow: A Memoir by Brendan Ryan

$25.00 AUD

Category: BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

Australian poet Brendan Ryan speaks about his life in this memoir of "the child, the youth and the young man finding his footing amidst the mysteries of cows and the ruthless cycles of the farm, the dry-eyed melancholy of the milking-shed and the mercy of the weather. Here also are the puzzles of existe nce contained in parents and siblings, in small things and small talk, and the revelations of the school bus and the school. This is a classic memoir: Brendan Ryan's words come at us directly, and often with startling intensity, from indelible experience. And we feel his need to return." (Don Watson, 2020) ...Show more

Windcatcher: Migration of the Short-Tailed Shearwater (HB) by Diane Jackson Hill; Craig Smith (Illustrator)

$24.99 AUD

Category: CHILDREN'S BOOKS

 Age range 3 to 9 A short-tailed shearwater flies from the edge of the Southern Ocean to the rim of the Arctic Circle – and back – every year. This remarkable 30,000 kilometre journey is driven by seabird law. Instinct and community will guide her. A wingspan the size of a child’s outstretched arms will support her.  But first, she must catch the wind… Based on birds that live on Griffith Island, near Port Fairy, Victoria, Windcatcher is a tale of migration, conservation and survival that begins with one small bird called Hope. ...Show more

The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong

$22.99 AUD

Category: CONTEMPORARY FICTION

Darren Keefe is in the boot of a car. The gag, the cable ties, the bullet hole in his knee - everything points towards a shallow grave. His story, now unrolling beneath him, starts with a boy wrestling his brother in a suburban backyard - all the fury in his small body poured into the rules of a made-up game. A kid with a pure talent that makes him a sporting star. A young man gorging himself on fame, seasoned with all the usual spices. A bloke who gets away with things, and just keeps getting. Until now... ...Show more

On the Java Ridge by Jock Serong

$22.99 AUD

Category: CONTEMPORARY FICTION

On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored off the Indonesian island of Dana. In the Canberra office of Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, a federal election looms and a hardline new policy on asylum-seekers is being rolled out. Not far from Dana, the Takalar is having engine trouble. Among the passengers on board fleeing from persecution are Roya and her mother, and Roya's unborn sister. The storm now closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all. 'Taut and impressive.' Sydney Morning Herald 'You won't be able to put it down.'SA Weekend 'Cements Serong's place as one of Australia's most innovative and ambitious crime writers.' NZ Listener ...Show more

Night-Night, Sleep Tight by Paul Burman

$25.00 AUD

$28.95 (13% off)

Category: CONTEMPORARY FICTION

Meg Dapsy's family home has been destroyed in an arson attack. Her mother is dead and her father is missing, but Stella, the younger sister she's always taken care of, has one secret too many... and it involves an old boyfriend. With suspicion falling on a group of militant Animal Rights activists, Meg has no doubt where the blame really lies. Night-night, Sleep Tight is a psychological thriller set against the backdrop of a vast, forested wilderness. This is the third novel from Paul Burman, author of the surreal The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore and the thriller The Grease Monkey's Tale. ...Show more

The Burning Island by Jock Serong

$32.99 AUD

Category: CONTEMPORARY FICTION

Eliza Grayling, born in Sydney when the colony itself was still an infant, has lived there all her thirty-two years. Too tall, too stern--too old, now--for marriage, she lives by herself, looking in on her reclusive father in case he has injured himself while drunk. There is a shadow in his past, she k nows. Something obsessive. Something to do with a man who bested him thirty-three years ago. Then Srinivas, another figure from that dark past, offers Joshua Grayling the chance for a reckoning with his nemesis. Eliza is horrified. The plan entails a sea voyage far to the south and an uncertain, possibly violent, outcome. Out of the question for an elderly man--insanity for a helpless drunkard who also happens to be blind. Unable to dissuade her father from his mad quest, Eliza begins to understand she may be forced to go with him. Then she sees the ship they will be sailing on. And in that instant, the voyage of the Moonbird becomes Eliza's mission too. ...Show more

The Grease Monkey's Tale by Paul Burman

$25.00 AUD

Category: CONTEMPORARY FICTION

For Nic the mechanic 'grease monkey extraordinaire' life is becoming a journey of stories: good, bad, happy and sad. When Siobhan McConnell beautiful, dynamic, but shadowed by secrets - hurtles into his world, Nic's life bounces between tragedy, romance and thriller. Framed for armed robbery, it seems h e's on the brink of losing everything until he's offered the 'job-of-a-lifetime' in the remote township of Gimbly, where very little is what it seems to be. Nic, haunted and supported by his past, attempts to uncover the truth behind Gimbly, and starts to discover a devastating truth peeking out from beneath the surface. Should Nic learn to live with what he finds, or take action to shake the town to it very core? ...Show more

The Maremma and the Mermaid by Mellisa Lane (Mellisa Lynch)

$16.99 AUD

Category: CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Do Mutton Birds Have Maps And Other Poems by Ganga Powell

$19.99 AUD

Category: CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Whimsical poems and quirky illustrations make this a charming childrens' book. Simple rhymes make it easy to read them aloud to toddlers. Likewise, young readers can read them on their own and enjoy the funny poems and illustrations that accompany them.

A Wedding Beneath a Banyan Tree - A Rich Tapestry of Family History by Ganga Kumar Powell

$29.95 AUD

Category: BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

A rich tapestry of family history woven into the history of preindependence India. Ganga Kumar Powell navigates the by-ways and highways of her unconventional family story and the turbulent times, deftly joining the dots. Theosophy, with its subversive message of universal brotherhood, is a part of this story and the life of her family. Explorations into the political and social history of the times give the book depth alongside the colour, charm and intimacy of personal connections. Written with warmth and a light touch, this engaging account will appeal to readers from the subcontinent as well as Indophiles, armchair historians and genealogy buffs. ...Show more

Odd Fellows by Richard Walter (Illustrator)

$22.99 AUD

Category: POETRY

A collection of poems reflecting the authors response to the natural and cultural history of South Western Victoria, including some social comment and memories of growing up in 1940s and 1950s in country Victoria. The book contains seven black and white linocuts and pen and ink sketches by the author. ...Show more

THE CHURCH ON THE HILL by DOYLE, HELEN

$39.99 AUD

Category: Local History