Bryce Courtenay
Story Of Danny Dunn
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
In the 1930s, two opportunities existed for boys of Balmain, a working-class Sydney suburb: to be selected into Fort Street Boys School or to excel as a sportsman. At just sixteen years Danny Dunn has everything going fo... Buy or find out more →
Fortune Cookie
$29.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
Simon Koo is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese who goes to Singapore in the mid-sixties to work for an advertising agency. But the Wing brothers, who run the agency, are not what they seem. There is soon trouble when ... Buy or find out more →
April Fool's Day
$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life. Damon's story is one of lifelong struggle, his love for Celeste, ... Buy or find out more →
Fishing For Stars
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Nicholas Duncan is a semi-retired shipping magnate who resides in idyllic Beautiful Bay in Indonesia. Grieving the loss of his wife, Anna, he is suffering for the first time from disturbing flashbacks to WWII, the scene ... Buy or find out more →
Four Fires
$26.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
The four fires in this story are passion, religion, warfare and fire itself. While there are many more fires that drive the human spirit, love being perhaps the brightest flame of all, it is these four that have moulded ... Buy or find out more →
Matthew Flinders Cat
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
The story of a drunk, a boy and a cat Billy O'Shannessy, once a prominent barrister, is now on the street where he sleeps on a bench outside the State Library. Above him on the window sill rests a bronze statue of Matthe... Buy or find out more →
Family Frying Pan
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Mrs Moses is a small woman with a big heart and enormous courage. The only survivor of a Cossack raid on her village, she takes with her a big cast-iron frying pan, so heavy that she can only sling it over her back. Yet ... Buy or find out more →
The Power Of One
$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
First with your head and then with your heart . . .
To Peekay, a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world, this is a piece of advice that he will carry with him throughout his life.
B... Buy or find out more →
The Potato Factory
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Ikey Solomon is in the business of thieving and he's very good at it. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted & each must make the harsh jou... Buy or find out more →
The Story Of Danny Dunn
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Viking
In the aftermath of the Great Depression few opportunities existed for working-class boys, but at just eighteen Danny Dunn has a good deal going for him: brains, looks, sporting ability - and an easy charm. His parents r... Buy or find out more →
Tommo And Hawk
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Brutally kidnapped and separated in childhood, Tommo and Hawk are reunited at the age of 15 in Hobart Town. Together they escape their troubled pasts and set off on a journey into manhood. From whale hunting in the Pacif... Buy or find out more →
Solomon's Song
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
This is the story of two families – branches of the Solomons – transported to an alien land, both of whom eventually grow rich and powerful but who, through three generations, never for one moment relinquish their hatred... Buy or find out more →
Whitethorn
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
From Bryce Courtenay comes a new novel about Africa. The time is 1939. White South Africa is a deeply divided nation with many of the Afrikaner people frantically opposed to the English. The world is also on the brink&nb... Buy or find out more →
Persimmon Tree
$49.95 – Hardcover book / Viking
The Persimmon Tree is unashamedly a love story. I've always wanted to write one but until now have been afraid to do so. The reason is simple enough: most men in my experience have very little idea of what really goes on... Buy or find out more →
Jessica
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Bryce Courtenay's bestselling novel is based on the true story of an unforgettable woman, Jessica, who rebels against the rules of her society. When a crime is committed Jessica must fight for what she loves until the en... Buy or find out more →
Power Of One Young Readers Edition
$19.95 – Paperback book / Puffin
Bryce Courtenay?A?A's classic bestseller is superbly narrated by Humphrey Bower. First with your head and then with your heart ... So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being t... Buy or find out more →
Tandia
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Tandia is a child of all Africa: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only sixteen when she is first brutalised by the police. Her fear of the white man leads her to join the black resistance move... Buy or find out more →
Power Of One
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
First with your head and then with your heart&So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, it is a piece of adv... Buy or find out more →
April Fools Day
$26.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
In the end, love is more important than everything and it will conquer and overcome anything. Or that#146;s how Damon saw it, anyway. Damon wanted a book that talked a lot about love.Damon Courtenay died on the morning o... Buy or find out more →
Fishing For Stars
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Viking
Nicholas Duncan is a semi-retired shipping magnate who resides in idyllic Beautiful Bay in Indonesia. Grieving the loss of his wife, Anna, he is suffering for the first time from disturbing flashbacks to WWII, the scene ... Buy or find out more →
Persimmon Tree
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
It is 1942 in the Dutch East indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the b... Buy or find out more →
Sylvia
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
The story of Sylvia Honeyeater, who sings like an angel and can literally charm the birds from the trees, this epic tale of a Europe torn by religious intolerance also features the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Francis of Assis... Buy or find out more →
Brother Fish
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Brother Fish is an inspiring human drama of three lives brought together and changed for ever by the extraordinary events of recent history. Brother Fish is an Australian saga spanning eighty years and four continents. I... Buy or find out more →