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Just a Girl by Jane Caro
Just a Girl by Jane Caro is a very well written, interesting and factual story about Queen Elizabeth I. Personally, I love Elizabethan history and I especially love the time periods of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, but it’s usually…
All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield
All I Ever Wanted is quite unlike any other Aussie YA book I’ve ever read – in the best possible way.
Sixteen-year-old Mim has grown up in a deadbeat family in a down-at-heel suburb, and she’s determined not to end…
The Protectors: A Journey Through Whitefella Past by Stephen Gray
This powerful and provocative book explores an unspoken but important part of Australia’s history: the motivations and the role of the administrators and patrol officers who carried out the Indigenous ‘protection’ policies in Northern Australia. In short, Stephen Gray uncovers…
The Coffee Story by Peter Salmon
Teddy Everett is dying. We are with him, as he lies inert and helpless on his death bed, in some vile hospital, as he muses on the life he’s had, the life he had thrust upon him. A life, not…
Berlin Syndrome by Melanie Joosten
This is Melanie Joosten’s first novel – and what a ripper of a tale it is. I reckon Ms Joosten must be a die-hard fan of Hitchcock, because this is one writer who seems to relish the power of suspense…
The Shattering by Karen Healy
Keri is still traumatised by the recent and unexpected suicide of her older brother, when she is approached by her classmate Janna, whose brother made the same choice to end his life. Janna has an interesting theory about the disturbing…
Adams, Son of Chamber Symphony
This new disc fromcomposer John Adams,arguably America’s greatestliving composer, is a fineexample of his compositionalstyle. Son of ChamberSymphony, the first piece, is inspired bySchoenberg’s Op. 9 Chamber Symphony.Adams, however, is his own man and createswithin the form something that is…
The Harrow and the Harvest by Gillian Welch
It’s been eight long years since Gillian Welch released an album. Now at long last, the follow-up to Soul Journey is here.
There are no surprises, which some people may see as a negative, but fans of Welch only want…
Wood Angel by Erin Bow
Plain Kate is far from plain. She’s the daughter of a woodcarver in a small village at the back of beyond in a land that’s definitely part of a fantasy realm, yet peopled by characters familiar to everyone. After her…
All Around the World by Geraldine Cosneau
From the deserts to the ocean to the jungle, this unique activity book really does take you all around the world. There are eight fold-out panoramas of different environments, including the Australian Outback, the tropical sea and the Sahara Desert…
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