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Maximum Ride: Manga Volume 1
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the 'Flock' - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel - are just like ordinary kids - only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives ca...
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey of five thousand people conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club in 1991. In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies d...
To Kill a Mockingbird
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel - a black man charged with attacking a white girl. Through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Lee e...
A Desirable Residence
Liz and Jonathan are in trouble. They can't sell their old house. Here they are, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn't wanted to move anyway. Then it seems Marcus Witherstone will solve all their problems. He knows the perfect tenants from London who wil...
Abla's Lebanese Kitchen
In this inspired collection of recipes, acclaimed cook and restaurateur Abla Amad shares the secrets of Lebanese cooking. Go behind the scenes at the famous Abla's Lebanese Restaurant in Carlton, Melbourne and join Abla's extended family as they share the traditions and pleasures of the table. Beautiful...
It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words
Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados? In "It's a Wonderful Word", bests...
The Concert
It's the 1970s and cracks are starting to appear in the alliance between China and its Communist cohort Albania. When an Albanian steps on the foot of a Chinese diplomat the tension cranks up - couriers between Tirana and Beijing carry annotated x-rays of the foot back and forth. The Chinese intend to p...
Doctor Faustus
Adrian Leverkühn is a young man destined for success. He is a composer - creative and brilliant, but he will stop at nothing to achieve greatness. Intentionally contracting syphilis in order to deepen his creative potential through madness, Adrian makes his pact with nature. Mann's interpretation of the...
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories
WONDER tells the story of Auggie Pullman- an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, whose first year at school changed the lives and the perspectives of everyone around him.AUGGIE & ME is a new side to the WONDER story- three new chapters from three different characters - bully Julian, oldest frie...
Moon Tiger
'I'm writing a history of the world,' she says . . . And in the process, my own.' Claudia Hampton is dying. A professional historian in her seventies, she casts her mind back through her own life to identify the currents and winds upon which she has been cast adrift. We see how this strong, independent ...
A Country Too Far
"I don't think I've seen a more impressive collection of Australian writers in a single book.'aStephen Romei,aThe Australian One of the central moral issues of our time is the question of asylum seekers, arguably the most controversial subject in Australia today. In this landmark anthology, twenty-seven...
The Merchant of Prato : Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City
In 1870 an astonishing cache, containing some 150,000 letters and great numbers of business documents, came to light. Iris Origo drew on this material to paint, in detail, a picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance. Francesco di Marco Datini, the 14th-century Tuscan merchant who fo...
On Living
What are the greatest regrets of the dying? At her patients' bedside, witnessing their final moments, this is what Kerry Egan discovers. How do the dying seek to making meaning of their lives, the people and moments that have shaped them; and what are those things above all else that they wish they cou...
Noragami Stray God (#8)
Yato is a homeless god. He doesn't even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers So to achieve his ambitious goals, he's set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee), hoping he'll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish temple of his dreams. Of course, he can't afford to b...
Attack On Titan : Colossal Edition, Vol. 4
Contains Vol. 16-20 of Attack on Titan in an extra-large size, on premium-quality paper Attack on Titan: Colossal Edition 4 is an oversized collection of Vols. 16-20 of the Attack on Titan manga series. Weighing in at a massive 944 pages and a 7-inch by 10.5-inch trim, Colossal Edition 4, like its ...
Manga for the Beginner Chibis - Everything You Need to Start Drawing the Super-Cute Characters of Japanese Comics
The ultimate guide to creating chibis They populate manga with chunky bodies, oversized heads, and huge expressive eyes. They're schoolgirls and schoolboys, magical girls and mad scientists, fairies and fighter princesses, cyborgs and sci-fi secret agents, bikers and bad samurais, robots and rebel leade...
Spectacle - Rare and Astonishing Photographs
Mark Thiessen (Foreword by); Susan Tyler Hitchcock (Text by); National Geographic Book Service Staff
In life, there are certain sights that are as beautiful as they are unforgettable--from a majestic supercell to the secrets of a deep blue ice cave to the world's largest library. These fascinating spectacles shock us in their diversity, their complexity, and their epic scale, bringing us the miraculous...
LGB My Little Golden Book About Airplanes
Little pilots can learn all about exciting airplanes and famous aviators in this high-flying Little Golden Book!Climb aboard and soar the skies with this adventure-filled look at a subject all children are fascinated by- airplanes! Full of exciting illustrations, simple sentences, and unbelievable facts...
The Magic Crayon
Amy Sparkes; Ali Pye (Illustrator)
Jack was seven and Chloe was six. Jack liked his sister, but loved to play tricks . . . So begins this rollicking, rhyming tale of sibling rivalry - with a difference! When Chloe's silvery crayon develops magical powers, it sparks a thrilling chase through a fairytale world - an unbelievable adventure w...
A Glasshouse of Stars: Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Younger Readers 2022
An exquisite, heartbreakingly beautiful gem of a novel for anyone who loved Wonder, Lenny's Book of Everything, A Monster Calls or When You Reach Me.'Heart-twisting and hopeful, bursting with big feelings and gentle magic. This is a special book from a powerful, compassionate new voice in children's lit...
Water Cycles
This beautifully illustrated children's book takes a close look at the lifecycle of water, including how it supports all life forms, how humans harness its power, and why we need to conserve it. Water is essential for life. In fact, about 60 percent of an adult human is made up of water! We drink it, ba...
How Dogs Work
Take a sideways look at the dog - from nose to tail, and everything in between That humans all over the world love dogs is beyond doubt, but do we really understand our four-legged friends, beyond their wet noses and wagging tails? How Dogs Work is packed with canine insight. Fun infographics give you a...
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