Our Summer Reading Catalogue is out now and has 32 pages packed with hundreds of wonderful books.
Plus $150 Gift Vouchers to WIN! (click the treasure chest below)
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Your order must be made by 2pm and all items in the order must be in stock so we can pick them off the shelves, parcel them up and get them away to Australia Post to deliver in time for Christmas.
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Your order must be made by 2pm and all items in the order must be in stock so we can pick them off the shelves, parcel them up and get them away to Australia Post to deliver in time for Christmas.
So many beautiful books pass through our doors. These sumptuous titles are perfect for revelling in the photography in a quiet moment or presenting as a gift that will be remembered.
Murriyang
Song of Time
Hardback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord
Paperback
$17.99
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Take Flight
Incredible Stories of Australian...
Paperback
$34.99
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The Chairman's Lounge
The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold...
Paperback
$36.99
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The Belburd
Paperback
$32.99
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Italy by Ingredient
Artisanal Foods, Modern Recipes...
Hardback
$99 $80
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Off to the Nursery
A Celebration of Gardening, Plants...
Hardback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
Black Convicts
How Slavery Shaped Australia
Paperback
$34.99
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Why are We Like This?
An Evolutionary Search for Answers...
Paperback
$32.99
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Embers of the Hands
Hidden Histories of the Viking Age...
Hardback
$49.99
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Landovel
An Epic Three-Part Fantasy Quest...
Hardback
$39.99
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The Holocaust Codes
The Untold Story of Decrypting the...
Paperback
$36.99
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Quicksilver
#1 Fae and Alchemy
Paperback
$34.99
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The Last Dynasty
Ancient Egypt from Alexander the...
Paperback
$34.99
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Wind and Truth
#5 Stormlight Archive
Paperback
$34.99
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Spectacular
#3.5 Caraval
Paperback
$22.99
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The Genetic Book of the Dead
A Darwinian Reverie
Hardback
$49.99
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Land Between the Rivers
A 5,000-Year History of Iraq
Hardback
$55
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El Cid
The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval...
Paperback
$34.99
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Kingmaker
Pamela Churchill Harriman's Astonishing...
Paperback
$34.99
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Lost Souls
Soviet Displaced Persons and the...
Hardback
$59.99
In Stock 😊
The Great When
#1 Long London
Paperback
$32.99
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Throne of Secrets
#2 Prince of Sin
Paperback
$32.99
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Oathbreakers
The War of Brothers that Shattered...
Paperback
$35.99
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Our Streets
The Regional Cities and Major Towns...
Hardback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
On this Ground
Best Australian Nature Writing
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
This Earthly Globe
A Venetian Geographer and the Quest...
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
Norse Mythology
Hardback
$60
In Stock 😊
Murder Under the Sun
Classic Mysteries for Summer
Paperback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
Wonders in the Deep
A History of the World through Shipwrecks...
Hardback
$49.99
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Tracks on the Ocean
A History of Trailblazing, Maps...
Hardback
$59.99
In Stock 😊
Squat
A Week Squatting at Kanye's Mansion...
Paperback
$36.99
In Stock 😊
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Story Orchestra
Hardback
$35
In Stock 😊
Lunar
A History of the Moon in Myths,...
Hardback
$100
In Stock 😊
Jasper Cliff
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
Remember When...
Snapshots of Australia from the...
Paperback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
Icebreaker
#1 Maple Hills (Deluxe Collector's...
Hardback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
Citizen
My Life After the White House
Hardback
$65 $55
In Stock 😊
The World of Terry Pratchett
Jigsaw Puzzle 1000 Piece
Other merchandise
$39.99
In Stock 😊
The Mysterious Fayum Portraits
Faces from Ancient Egypt
Hardback
$79.99
In Stock 😊
The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End...
What has happened • What can happen...
Hardback
$32.99
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Imagining a Real Australia
The Documentary Style 1950-1980...
Paperback
$59.99
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A Darkness Returns
Paperback
$34.99
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Comes the Night
Paperback
$24.99
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A Matter of Taste
The Australian Women's Weekly and...
Paperback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
Time of the Child
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
Ten-Word Tiny Tales
Hardback
$27.99
In Stock 😊
Book Curses
Hardback
$29.99
In Stock 😊
Swimming Sydney
A Tale of 52 Swims
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
Lower than the Angels
A History of Sex and Christianity...
Hardback
$80
In Stock 😊
Return to Caraval
Boxed Set
Hardback
$220
In Stock 😊
The Front Runner
#3 Gold Rush Ranch
Paperback
$22.99
In Stock 😊
Myths of Geography
Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong...
Paperback
$34.99
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The Life Impossible
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
What Went Wrong With Capitalism
Hardback
$55
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Juice
Hardback
$49.99 $39.99
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Wicked
The Story of Oz & the Wonderful...
Hardback
$85
In Stock 😊
Wicked
Defying Gravity: The Illustrated...
Hardback
$29.99
In Stock 😊
Cocktails and Canapes
Step by Step: An Easy Guide
Hardback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
Blood Over Bright Haven
Hardback
$49.99
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Is Earth Exceptional?
The Quest for Cosmic Life
Hardback
$55
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Money
A Story of Humanity
Paperback
$36.99
In Stock 😊
Australia at the Movies
The ultimate guide to modern Australian...
Paperback
$39.99
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The Green Ages
Medieval Innovations in Sustainability...
Hardback
$59.99
In Stock 😊
MoneyGPT
AI and the Threat to the Global...
Paperback
$36.99
In Stock 😊
Buried Deep and Other Stories
Hardback
$42.99
In Stock 😊
The Blanket Cats
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
Unravelled
#9.5 Keeper of the Lost Cities
Paperback
$17.99
In Stock 😊
Health
Spirit, Country and Culture (#8...
Paperback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
Design and Building on Country
First Knowledges for Younger Readers...
Paperback
$26.99
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Iron Flame
#2 Empyrean
Paperback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
Powerless
#1 Powerless (Deluxe Edition)
Hardback
$36.35
In Stock 😊
I Shall Never Fall in Love
Paperback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
Biblioflora
A Celebration of Floral Beauty in...
Hardback
$49.99
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Cloud Atlas
Everything You Need to Know About...
Hardback
$34.99
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To Stir with Love
Hardback
$24.99
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Sport
Sport's Greatest Sinners
Paperback
$36.99
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The Rest is History Returns
An A–Z of Historical Curiosities...
Paperback
$34.99
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Mean Streak
A Moral Vacuum and a Multi-Billion...
Paperback
$35.99
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Marigold Mind Laundry
Hardback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
Words to Sing the World Alive
Celebrating First Nations Languages...
Paperback
$34.99
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Midnight and Blue
#25 Rebus
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
The Place of Tides
Paperback
$36.99
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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Paperback
$22.99
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How to Kill an Asteroid
The Real Science of Planetary Defense...
Hardback
$49.95
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Collide
#1 Off the Ice
Paperback
$22.99
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Glow of the Everflame
#2 Kindreds Curse Saga
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
The Legend of Vox Machina
The Whitestone Chronicles Volume...
Hardback
$37.99
In Stock 😊
Max Dupain
A Portrait
Hardback
$55
In Stock 😊
The Book of Elsewhere
Special Edition
Hardback
$49.99
In Stock 😊
Captive Queen
The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen...
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
The Olympian Affair
#2 Cinder Spires
Paperback
$24.99
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The Happiness of Dogs
Why the Unexamined Life is Most...
Paperback
$34.99
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The Battle of the Generals
MacArthur, Blamey and the defence...
Paperback
$34.99
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Indigenous Knowledge
Australian Perspectives
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World
Essays
Paperback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
A Bit on the Side
Reflections on What Makes Life Delicious...
Hardback
$36.99
In Stock 😊
Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
Hardback
$65
In Stock 😊
The Natural Gardener
Advice and Inspiration for Wildening...
Hardback
$59.99
In Stock 😊
Minority Report
The New Shape of Australian Politics...
Paperback
$29.99
In Stock 😊
Adventures in Maps
Hardback
$49.99
In Stock 😊
The Wild Reciter
Poetry and Popular Culture in Australia...
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
Captive Prince
#1 Captive Prince
Paperback
$22.99
In Stock 😊
Prince's Gambit
#2 Captive Prince
Paperback
$22.99
In Stock 😊
Kings Rising
#3 Captive Prince
Paperback
$22.99
In Stock 😊
The Best Australian Science Writing 2024
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
Wild Science
Unexpected Encounters When Working...
Paperback
$36.99
In Stock 😊
We Who Wrestle with God
Perceptions of the Divine
Paperback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
The Thinning
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
The Baggy Green
The Pride, Passion and History of...
Paperback
$34.99
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All the Beautiful Things
Hardback
$22.99
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The Wind that Sweeps the Stars
Paperback
$22.99
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The Secret Lives of Numbers
A Global History of Mathematics...
Paperback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
The Name of this Band is R.E.M.
A Biography
Paperback
$36.99
In Stock 😊
Heavenly Bodies
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
Blood of Hercules
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
The Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories
Paperback
$16.99
In Stock 😊
Four Points of the Compass
The Unexpected History of Direction...
Hardback
$45
In Stock 😊
Empires of the Steppes
The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation...
Paperback
$22.99
In Stock 😊
Meeting Churchill
A Life in 90 Encounters
Paperback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
Doctor Who
The Official Annual 2025
Hardback
$21.99
In Stock 😊
Born to Rule
The Making and Remaking of the British...
Hardback
$41.95
In Stock 😊
A Curse of Crows
The internationally acclaimed romantasy...
Paperback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
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Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
The Lindt Cafe Siege
Paperback
$35
In Stock 😊
Juice
Hardback
$49.99 $39.99
In Stock 😊
Orbital
Paperback
$22.99
Not in-store but you can order this
The Thirty-One Legs of Vladimir...
Paperback
$24
Not in-store but you can order this
What the Chicken Knows
A New Appreciation of the World's...
Hardback
$29.99
Not in-store but you can order this
Karla's Choice
A John Le Carré Novel
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the...
Paperback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
Time of the Child
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
The Chairman's Lounge
The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold...
Paperback
$36.99
In Stock 😊
Kingmaker
Pamela Churchill Harriman's Astonishing...
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
Mr and Mrs Gould
The Extraordinary Adventurers Who...
Hardback
$49.99
In Stock 😊
Intermezzo
Paperback
$34.99
Not in-store but you can order this
Wind and Truth
#5 Stormlight Archive
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
The Great When
#1 Long London
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
The Masquerades of Spring
Rivers of London Novella
Hardback
$36.99
In Stock 😊
Unravelled
#9.5 Keeper of the Lost Cities
Paperback
$17.99
In Stock 😊
The Ministry of Time
Paperback
$32.99
Not in-store but you can order this
Children of Time
#1 Children of Time
Paperback
$22.99
Not in-store but you can order this
Piranesi
Paperback
$19.99
Not in-store but you can order this
Norse Mythology
Hardback
$60
In Stock 😊
English File 4th Ed Pre-Intermediate...
Paperback
$74.95
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English File 4th Ed Upper Intermediate...
Paperback
$74.95
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Cutting Edge 3rd Ed Elementary Workbook...
Paperback
$49.95
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Cutting Edge 3rd Ed Intermediate...
Paperback
$49.95
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Cosmopolite 1 A1 Livre d'Eleve Book...
Textbook
Paperback
$62.95
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Cosmopolite 1 A1 Cahier d'Activites...
Activity Book
Paperback
$36.95
In Stock 😊
Adosphere 3 A2 Livre d'Eleve & CD...
Mixed media product
$39.95
In Stock 😊
Adosphere 3 A2 Cahier Activites...
Mixed media product
$29.95
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