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The Lost Dog
Michelle De Kretser

$35.00 (Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin )

Whatever the linguistic equivalent of perfect pitch may be, she has it - Sunday Telegraph (UK) The Lost Dog is the extraordinary new novel by the acclaimed writer Michelle de Kretser. Her first novel, The Rose Grower, wa... More »

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Slicing The Silence: Voyaging To Antarctica
Tom Griffiths

$34.95 (Paperback book / Univ Nsw Pr )

In the summer of 2002/03, acclaimed writer and historian Tom Griffiths voyaged the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. He was on board the first Australian ship to slice the silence of a year, arriving at Casey Station to del...

Two Kinds Of Silence
Kathryn Lomer

$24.95 (Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr )

In Two Kinds of Silence Kathryn Lomer explores natural as well as inner landscapes, and turns her full focus of attention to things somatic, linguistic, tidal, seasonal, geographical, even floral, roving from kitchen to ... More »

The Peasant Prince
Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas

$29.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )

'This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true . . . '

In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to be taken away from everything he's ever known. He is so afraid,... More »


Town
James Roy

$19.95 (Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr )

From a town near you comes thirteen linked stories, spanning a year in the lives of thirteen young people.

You'll live their love and loss, grief, humour and passion; feel their hope and hopelessness. From the serendipit... More »

Sunrise West
Jacob Rosenberg

$26.95 (Paperback book / Brandl Schlesinger )

Sunrise West is a sequel to East of Time, picking up the author's story where that book left off. But it is also separate and self-contained, and set in a vastly different series of landscapes.

Sunrise West navigates bet... More »


Race And The Crisis Of Humanism
Kay Anderson

$61.00 (Paperback book / Taylor & Francis )

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Feather Man
Rhyll Mcmaster

$29.95 (Paperback book / Brandl Schlesinger )

Growing up in 1950s Brisbane, Sooky, a budding artist, has already lost her innocence. Though not yet in her teens, she has been seduced by a trusted family friend; though living in the pristine world of never-had-it-sog... More »


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