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Lovesong
Alex Miller

$39.99$33.95 (Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin )

Seeking shelter in a Parisian cafe from a sudden rainstorm, John Patterner meets the exotic Sabiha and his carefully mapped life changes forever. Resonant of the bestselling Conditions of Faith, Alex Miller's keenly awai... More »

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Free To A Good Home
Catherine Deveny

$24.95 (Paperback book / Black Inc )

'Despite all the big talk and fancy press releases, let's face it, Swine Flu, you're more Babe than razorback. Twenty dead? Come on! More die choking on ham sandwiches every week. Sure, I won't be pashing any pigs for a ... More »


The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver

$35.00$29.95 (Trade paperback / Faber )

The first novel in ten years from Barbara Kingsolver, author of the international bestseller, The Poisonwood Bible.

'You had better write all this in your notebook, she said, the story of what happened to us in Mexico. S... More »

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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel

$32.99 (Paperback book / Fourth Estate )

Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into t... More »

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Parlour Games For Modern Families
Myfanwy Jones and Spiri Tsintziras

$35.00 (Paperback book / Scribe Publications )

Parlour Games for Modern Families sets out to revive the tradition of indoor family games. Its authors want you to push aside the consoles, turn off the telly, and bring some mental stimulation, silliness and laughter, j... More »

Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro

$45.00$39.95 (Hardcover book / Chatto & Windus )

A brilliant, compelling new collection from one of the world's greatest living short-story writers, and winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009.

Brilliantly paced, lit with sparks of danger and underlying menac... More »

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson

$32.95$24.95 (Trade paperback / Maclehose Press )

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. Harriet’s uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone in her own family - the deeply... More »

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Truth
Peter Temple

$32.95 (Trade paperback / Text Publishing )

At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead, a panic button within reach.

So begins Truth, the sequel... More »


The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest
Stieg Larsson

$32.95$27.95 (Trade paperback / Quercus )

Lisbeth Salander is plotting her revenge - against the men who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking... More »

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The Museum Of Innocence
Orhan Pamuk

$35.00 (Trade paperback / Faber )

An irresistible love story: Orhan Pamuk's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.

Set in Istanbul between 1975 and today, The Museum of Innocence tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istan... More »


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