The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Neapolitan (#4) | Reading Level: very good
Soon to be an HBO series, book four in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted epic by one of today's most beloved and acclaimed writers, Elena Ferrante, "one of the great novelists of our time." (Roxana Robinson, The ...Show more
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
One morning Ruth wakes thinking a tiger has been in her seaside house. Later that day a formidable woman called Frida arrives, looking as if she's blown in from the sea. In fact she's come to care for Ruth. Frida and the tiger: both are here to stay, and neither is what they seem. Which of them can Ruth ...Show more
What is This Thing Called Science? by Alan Chlamers
26.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A brand new edition of an internationally renowned science bestseller. Now well into its fourth decade, What is this thing called science? has become something of a classic the world over (it's available in nineteen languages). Each decade Alan Chalmers has drawn on his experience as a teacher and resea ...Show more
Bea's Bad Day: A Big Bright Feelings Book (PB) by Tom Percival
16.99 AUD
Category: Avenue Staff Picks
Bea is REALLY looking forward to her birthday ... until things begin to go wrong. A book about managing disappointment, from the bestselling author of the Big Bright Feelings series.Be open, be honest, be you! Big Bright Feelings for little people. Bea CAN'T WAIT for her birthday. There are only three d ...Show more
The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis
19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
An Italian poolside, Summer, 1970. Sex is very much on everyone's mind. The girls are acting like boys and the boys are going on acting like boys. Keith Nearing - a bookish twenty year old, in that much disputed territory between five foot six and five foot seven - is struggling to twist feminism toward ...Show more
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The doomed hero of The Tragedy of Arthur is Arthur Phillips, a young man struggling with a larger-than-life father, a con artist who works wonders of deception but is a very unreliable parent. Arthur is raised in an enchanted world of smoke and mirrors where the only certain fact is his father's and bel ...Show more
Mrs Wordsmith Vocabularious Card Game by Wordsmith
45.00 AUD
Category: Avenue Staff Picks
Engage kids' imaginations and creative storytelling with a laugh-out-loud card game!Do you have the words to describe a nervous sidekick? An attention-seeking unicorn? A dangerously spicy sauce? May the best storyteller win!Storyteller's Card Game, for ages 7+, teaches rich, descriptive vocabulary to he ...Show more
Red or Dead by David Peace
29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In 1959, Liverpool Football Club were in the Second Division. Liverpool Football Club had never won the FA Cup. Fifteen seasons later, Liverpool Football Club had won three League titles, two FA Cups and the UEFA Cup. Liverpool Football Club had become the most consistently successful team in England. A ...Show more
From the Coolest Corner: Nordic Jewellery by Liesbeth den Besten
69.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Reading Level: near fine
'From the Coolest Corner - Nordic Jewellery' presents groundbreaking and fresh jewellery from Northern Europe, a comprehensive selection of current works by artists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic States. The best and most innovative Scandinavian art jewellery is presented, ...Show more
Mummy Days by Sue deGennaro
17.99 AUD
Category: Avenue Staff Picks
Hooray! It's Mummy Day. Some days are full of tree climbing, cloud watching, and games of hide-and-seek. Other days are for rushing through the shops or answering emails. But no matter what kind of Mummy Day it is, there's always fun to be had and hugs to be shared. A book to celebrate the unique bond t ...Show more
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke
24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Winner: Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist 2015 Literary Fiction Of The Year, Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2015 Debut Fiction, Indie Book Awards 2015 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award 2013 Shorlisted: ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writers 2015 UTS Glenda Adams Debut Fic ...Show more
Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport by Krien Anna
19.99 AUD
Category: Sport
'The Pies beat the Saints and the city of Melbourne was still cloaked in black and white crepe paper when the rumour of a pack rape by celebrating footballers began to surface. By morning, the head of the sexual crimes squad confirmed to journalists that they were preparing to question two Collingwood p ...Show more