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When the spring came the people - what was left of them - moved back by the old paths from the sea. But this year strange things were happening, terrifying things that had never happened before. Inexplicable sounds and smells; new, unimaginable creatures half glimpsed through the leaves. What the people didn't, and perhaps never would, know, was that the day of their people was already over. From the author of Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors is a startling recreation of the lost world of t

If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements. Certainly the Earth has its points, but what most people need is something smaller and more manageable. Of course there are those who say that's planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that there's somebody left to see it. In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big. Anyone trying to save it shoul

One house, ten contestants, thirty cameras, forty microphones, one murder ... and no evidence. Dead Famous is a killer read from Ben Elton – Reality TV as you've never seen it before. This book is second hand. Can be Sent by Australia Post Standard Service cost . (Australia only, please message me for postage cost and bank transfer details) Message me for address for local pickup. I Live in Swan View but Book also can be picked up at Cannington and Belmont if those locations are more

Mexico, 1517. The Aztec capital is awash with fear and rumors. A strange figure has been seen running through the streets. A being with the face of a snake, his body covered with glittering green plumage: Quetzalcoatl---the Feathered Serpent. Is it an omen? Or is it the god himself, come to warn of impending disaster? Yaotl, the chief minister's slave, has more immediate matters to worry about than omens and portents. Engaged in a desperate search for his son, he's on the run from

Like-new audio book 9 compact discs Running time 9 hours 30 minutes Narrated by Suzi Dougherty Bolinda Publishing 2004 ISBN-13: 9781740947480 The photograph forms part of the description The town of Wirrawee is emerging from war, slowly. School's back in, Juicy's is open for coffee, farmers are bidding at the cattle sales. Ellie Linton at last gets what she longed for and what she fought for, to be back on the farm with her parents. But it's not the same. A new nation is on the other sid

Nine misfit academics on an expedition to find the volcryn, a mythic race of intersteller nomads, and the only ship available for this strange quest is the Nightflyer, a cybernetic wonder with a never-seen captain... Nine innocents are about to find themselves in deep space, trapped with an insane murderer who can go anywhere, do anything, and intends to kill them all. This book is second hand. Can be Sent by Australia Post Standard Service cost . (Australia only, please message me for postag

From the Russian pogroms of the early 1900s to Israel's Sinai War in 1956, Mitla Pass is an extraordinary epic novel of love and war, violence and passion, and man's eternal quest for freedom, from the bestselling author of Battle Cry, The Haj and Mila 18. This book is second hand. Can be Sent by Australia Post Standard Service cost . (Australia only, please message me for postage cost and bank transfer details) Message me for address for local pickup. I Live in Swan View but Book also can b

In 1865, English author CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (*****1898), aka Lewis Carroll, wrote a fantastical adventure story for the young daughters of a friend. The adventures of Alice-named for one of the little girls to whom the book was dedicated-who journeys down a rabbit hole and into a whimsical underworld realm instantly struck a chord with the British public, and then with readers around the world. In 1872, in reaction to the universal acclaim *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* received, Dodgs

David Lurie learns that all beginnings are hard. He must fight for his place against the bullies in his Depression-shadowed Bronx neighborhood and his own frail health. As a young man, he must start anew and define his own path of personal belief that diverges sharply with his devout father and everything he has been taught. This book is second hand. Can be Sent by Australia Post Standard Service cost . (Australia only, please message me for postage cost and bank transfer details) Message me f

Wonderful modern retelling of tales of centuries past. Recognize themes that appear in the myths of other lands (such as the story of Tristan and Iseult), and find the amazing reasons behind the parallels. This book is second hand. Can be Sent by Australia Post Standard Service cost . (Australia only, please message me for postage cost and bank transfer details) Message me for address for local pickup. I Live in Swan View but Book also can be picked up at Cannington and Belmont if those loca

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Vintage blue hardcover with black imprinting to faded spine, light watermark to top corner of cover (see scan), previous owner's details, scattered foxing, pages are otherwise unmarked. 241 pages, 19 x 12.5 cms, The Book Club, London, stated first edition 1956. The photographs form part of the description. Stanton Laird comes to the Australian outback to search for oil. There he meets and falls in love with Mollie. However cultural differences between Stanton and Mollie's world force the tw

'A fantastic tale of murder and twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity ... Clever, stylish, absorbing and well worth reading' Literary Review 'A meditation on the nature of death, desire and decay ... a remarkable debut' Peter Ackroyd, The New York Times Book Review This book is second hand. Can be Sent by Australia Post Standard Service for an extra $9.55 (Australia only, please message me for bank transfer details) Message me for address for local pickup. I

Just when you thought it was safe to read, Chuck Norris is back with another roundhouse kick to the face. Fans of this bestselling series will rejoice at this newest addition to the hilarious anthology. The Last Stand of Chuck Norris contains 400 all-new, kick-ass facts about the book's indomitable namesake, including: ? Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun. ? When Chuck Norris crosses the street, the cars have to look both ways. ? Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups. He pushes the

Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. This book is second hand. Can be Sent by Australia Post Stan

Glossy softcover, light crease to spine edge, toned endpapers, pages are unmarked. 414 pages, 18 x 11 cms, Redwood (Hinkler Books), 2003. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: 1741211328 Aboard a fishing boat named Genevieve, a small group of British officers and French fishermen - armed only with a flame thrower and small arms - plan a secret commando mission against the might of the German army after the fall of France in World War II. Each man has experienced a terrible l

The Age Book of the Year Award 1982. Glossy softcover, previous owner has made some study notes which may be of value to the buyer, lightly toned pages are otherwise unmarked. 134 pages, 20 x 12.5 cms, Penguin Books, 1983. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: 014007015X In this shimmering work of imagination, one of Australia's most honoured writers conjures a single still moment on the edge of the 20th century in which two unlikely people share a friendship. When Ashley C

Glossy softcover, creases to spine edge, lightly toned pages are unmarked. 490 pages, 18 x 11 cms, Pan Books Ltd., 1996. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: ******3075 The sequel to Porterhouse Blue. With a new master, Scullion, now in charge and doubts still surrounding the death of the late Master, more unspeakably awful goings-on are inevitable at Cambridge's most disreputable college. All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be

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Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has her hands full dealing with every sort of undead and paranormal creature imaginable. And after being betrayed by her longtime vampire love, Sookie must not only deal with a new man in her life—the shapeshifter Quinn—but also contend with the long-planned vampire summit. The summit is a tense situation. The vampire queen of Louisiana is in a precarious position, her power base weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans. And there are some vam

Since Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has so few living relatives, she hates to lose one - even her cousin Hadley, undead consort of the vampire Queen of Louisiana. Hadley's left everything she has to Sookie, but claiming that inheritance has a high risk factor. Some people don't want her looking too deeply into Hadley's past, or Hadley's possessions. And they're prepared to do anything in their power to stop her. Whoever it is, they're definitely dangerous - and Sookie's life is

Like-new softcover, cover and lightly toned pages are unmarked. Includes Reading Group questions. 459 pages, 20 x 13 cms, Orion Books, 2007. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780752881676 Vida Winter, a bestselling yet reclusive novelist, has created many outlandish life histories for herself, all of them invention. Now old and ailing, at last she wants to tell the truth about her extraordinary life. Her letter to biographer Margaret Lea - a woman with secrets of her own

Large blue hardcover with white imprinting to spine, light shelf wear to spine ends, one library stamp, small library sheet remnant, pages are otherwise unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is now protected with a clear plastic jacket. 400 pages, 24 x 16 cms, Picador, first edition 2010. The photographs form part of the description. ISBN-13: 9781405040433 Bobby Wabalanginy never learned fear, not until he was pretty well a grown man. Sure, he grew up doing the Dead Man Dance, but with him it was a

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