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Pip Williams
The follow-up and companion to one of the most successful Australian novels ever, The Dictionary of Lost Words
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In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.
A warm, poignant and often hilariously self-deprecating story of a family's search for a better way of living
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In this beautiful companion to the international bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams explores another little-known slice of history seen through women’s eyes
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A moving and immersive debut: when a team of scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary, one of their daughters starts a parallel book containing all the objectionable words the…
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As World War One brings women unexpected new freedoms, bookbinder Peggy has the chance at a new future.
'A wonderful book' Fiona Valpy, author of The Dressmaker's Gift
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A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when World War I upends her life in this new novel from the…
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'Vivid and moving ... I absolutely loved it!' Ruth Hogan, author of…
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In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy…
Pip and Shannon dreamed of living the good life. They wanted to slow down, grow their own food and spend more time with the people they love. But jobs and…
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - "Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford…
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Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020 –Title page verso.
Play hide-and-SNOW-seek with this magic searchlight book where hidden Christmas characters are revealed on the ‘clever window’ on each right-hand page! There are five festive scenes to ‘go-seek’ and find…
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One Italian Summer is a warm, funny and poignant story of a family’s search for a better way of living, in the homes and on the farms of strangers. Pip…
Anita Kate Garai
Using a red string as a metaphor for the energy of strong feelings, this storybook is a journey of the physical sensations of anger as it runs through the character’s…
This unique set, consisting of a comprehensive, practical toolkit, accompanied by four illustrated storybooks, is designed to develop children's mental, physical and emotional wellbeing, in a way that it can…
This charming storybook helps children identify and manage feelings of anxiety, fear and uncertainty. Readers learn alongside the narrator that a head full of worries is often the result of…
A vital resource for developing and nurturing children’s physical, emotional and mental wellbeing, this guidebook supplies a range of easily implementable, creative options to enable young people’s feelings to be…
Amelie feels as if she doesn’t want to be who she is. One day she goes on a walk where she meets a series of friends all just being themselves…
This colourful and engaging storybook introduces the reader to a child overwhelmed with all of life’s choices. Should they sit with their friends or befriend someone new? Should they share…
Sally Colin-James
A beautiful, enthralling and powerfully resonant story of three women, separated by centuries, yet connected to each other through a thread of longing, a yearning for independence and a singular…
A beautiful, enthralling and powerful story of three women separated by centuries, yet connected by a thread of longing and a singular creative spirit - for readers of Geraldine Brooks…
Linda Chapman
Grace and Jack have a plan - to find purrfect homes for purrfect pets!
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Pip Jones
Lila and Barney are helping Queen Cassie to prepare for the Whispering Wood Waltz but they can’t believe their eyes when they find a large, miserable dragon sitting on their…
A unique comparison of laws and institutional designs in two continuing socialist states: China and Vietnam. The book will appeal to scholars and graduate students researching comparative law, socio-legal studies…
After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady. Tom Hardy returns…
Venom - Tom Hardy stars as the lethal protector and anti-hero Venom - one of Marvel’s most enigmatic and complex characters. Venom 2 - Tom Hardy returns to the big…
