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)
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.
Click through to view the last days for Christmas orders for each State. For customers visiting the shop, our extended trading hours are also available.
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.
Murriyang
Song of Time
Hardback
$39.99
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The Chairman's Lounge
The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold...
Paperback
$36.99
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Minority Report
The New Shape of Australian Politics...
Paperback
$29.99
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Embers of the Hands
Hidden Histories of the Viking Age...
Hardback
$49.99
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Juice
Hardback
$49.99 $39.99
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We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord
Paperback
$17.99
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Squat
A Week Squatting at Kanye's Mansion...
Paperback
$36.99
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The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End...
What has happened • What can happen...
Hardback
$32.99
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You Don't Have to Have a Dream
Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious...
Hardback
$36.99
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Take Flight
Incredible Stories of Australian...
Paperback
$34.99
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Why are We Like This?
An Evolutionary Search for Answers...
Paperback
$32.99
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Mr and Mrs Gould
The Extraordinary Adventurers Who...
Hardback
$49.99
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Swimming Sydney
A Tale of 52 Swims
Paperback
$32.99
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Off to the Nursery
A Celebration of Gardening, Plants...
Hardback
$24.99
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Theory & Practice
Paperback
$32.99
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The Belburd
Paperback
$32.99
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Black Convicts
How slavery shaped Australia
Paperback
$34.99
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The Elements of Marie Curie
How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path...
Paperback
$34.99
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To Stir with Love
Hardback
$24.99
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Dusk
Paperback
$34.99
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Italy by Ingredient
Artisanal Foods, Modern Recipes...
Hardback
$99 $80
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The Granddaughter
Paperback
$34.99
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Australian Gospel
A Family Saga
Paperback
$36.99
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Great Game On
The contest for Central Asia and...
Paperback
$34.99
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When it Rains
#5 Dan Clement
Paperback
$34.99
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Kingmaker
Pamela Churchill Harriman's Astonishing...
Paperback
$34.99
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Murder Under the Sun
Classic Mysteries for Summer
Paperback
$24.99
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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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Oathbreakers
The War of Brothers that Shattered...
Paperback
$35.99
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Land Between the Rivers
A 5,000-Year History of Iraq
Hardback
$55
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Spectacular
#3.5 Caraval
Paperback
$22.99
In Stock 😊
El Cid
The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval...
Paperback
$34.99
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This Earthly Globe
A Venetian Geographer and the Quest...
Paperback
$34.99
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Myths of Geography
Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong...
Paperback
$34.99
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Wonders in the Deep
Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries...
Hardback
$49.99
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The Happiness of Dogs
Why the Unexamined Life is Most...
Paperback
$34.99
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Our Streets
The Regional Cities and Major Towns...
Hardback
$39.99
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Lost Souls
Soviet Displaced Persons and the...
Hardback
$59.99
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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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Tracks on the Ocean
A History of Trailblazing, Maps...
Hardback
$59.99
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The Mysterious Fayum Portraits
Faces from Ancient Egypt
Hardback
$79.99
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The Genetic Book of the Dead
A Darwinian Reverie
Hardback
$49.99
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A Matter of Taste
The Australian Women's Weekly and...
Paperback
$39.99
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A Darkness Returns
Paperback
$34.99
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The Rest is History Returns
An A–Z of Historical Curiosities...
Paperback
$34.99
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Time of the Child
Paperback
$32.99
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Story Orchestra
Hardback
$35
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Lunar
A History of the Moon in Myths,...
Hardback
$100
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Best Australian Political Cartoons 2024
Paperback
$35
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The Last Dynasty
Ancient Egypt from Alexander the...
Paperback
$34.99
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Jasper Cliff
Paperback
$34.99
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Unravelled
#9.5 Keeper of the Lost Cities
Paperback
$17.99
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Comes the Night
Paperback
$24.99
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Australia at the Movies
The ultimate guide to modern Australian...
Paperback
$39.99
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Citizen
My Life After the White House
Hardback
$65 $55
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Icebreaker
#1 Maple Hills (Deluxe Collector's...
Hardback
$39.99
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The Battle of the Generals
MacArthur, Blamey and the defence...
Paperback
$34.99
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Max Dupain
A Portrait
Hardback
$55
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Norse Mythology Illustrated
Hardback
$60
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The Blanket Cats
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
The Best Australian Science Writing 2024
Paperback
$32.99
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Money
A Story of Humanity
Paperback
$36.99
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Imagining a Real Australia
The Documentary Style 1950-1980...
Paperback
$59.99
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Book Curses
Hardback
$29.99
In Stock 😊
Cocktails and Canapes
Step by Step: An Easy Guide
Hardback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
Ten-Word Tiny Tales
Hardback
$27.99
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Midnight and Blue
#25 Rebus
Paperback
$34.99
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Remember When...
Snapshots of Australia from the...
Paperback
$39.99
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Mean Streak
A Moral Vacuum and a Multi-Billion...
Paperback
$35.99
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The Life Impossible
Paperback
$32.99
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What Went Wrong With Capitalism
Hardback
$55
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Health
Spirit, Country and Culture (#8...
Paperback
$24.99
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The Green Ages
Medieval Innovations in Sustainability...
Hardback
$59.99
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The Front Runner
#3 Gold Rush Ranch
Paperback
$22.99
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Wicked
The Story of Oz & the Wonderful...
Hardback
$85
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Odyssey
Paperback
$36.99
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Biblioflora
A Celebration of Floral Beauty in...
Hardback
$49.99
In Stock 😊
Wicked
Defying Gravity: The Illustrated...
Hardback
$29.99
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MoneyGPT
AI and the Threat to the Global...
Paperback
$36.99
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Iron Flame
#2 Empyrean
Paperback
$24.99
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Powerless
#1 Powerless (Deluxe Edition)
Hardback
$36.35
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Buried Deep and Other Stories
Hardback
$42.99
In Stock 😊
Cloud Atlas
Everything You Need to Know About...
Hardback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
Blood Over Bright Haven Limited Edition
Hardback
$49.99
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Is Earth Exceptional?
The Quest for Cosmic Life
Hardback
$55
In Stock 😊
Karla's Choice
A John Le Carré Novel
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
The Seven Deadly Sins of Sport
Sport's Greatest Sinners
Paperback
$36.99
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Design and Building on Country
First Knowledges for Younger Readers...
Paperback
$26.99
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I Shall Never Fall in Love
Paperback
$24.99
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The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World
Essays
Paperback
$39.99
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Robert Manne
A Political Memoir: Intellectual...
Hardback
$59.99
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Indigenous Knowledge
Australian Perspectives
Paperback
$34.99
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Wild Science
Unexpected Encounters When Working...
Paperback
$36.99
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We Who Wrestle with God
Perceptions of the Divine
Paperback
$39.99
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Marigold Mind Laundry
Hardback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
The Book of Elsewhere
Special Edition
Hardback
$49.99
In Stock 😊
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Paperback
$22.99
In Stock 😊
Captive Queen
The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen...
Paperback
$34.99
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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
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Four Points of the Compass
The Unexpected History of Direction...
Hardback
$45
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The New Leviathans
Thoughts After Liberalism
Paperback
$24.99
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Words to Sing the World Alive
Celebrating First Nations Languages...
Paperback
$34.99
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The Olympian Affair
#2 Cinder Spires
Paperback
$24.99
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Beyond The Broken Years
Australian Military History in 1000...
Paperback
$39.99
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The Thinning
Paperback
$32.99
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Adventures in Maps
Hardback
$49.99
In Stock 😊
The Shortest History of Ancient Rome
Paperback
$27.99
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The Baggy Green
The Pride, Passion and History of...
Paperback
$34.99
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The Golden Thread
Paperback
$34.99
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A Bit on the Side
Reflections on What Makes Life Delicious...
Hardback
$36.99
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Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
Hardback
$65
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Memories of Distant Mountains
Illustrated Notebooks
Paperback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
The Wild Reciter
Poetry and Popular Culture in Australia...
Paperback
$34.99
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The Place of Tides
Paperback
$36.99
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All the Beautiful Things
Hardback
$22.99
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Molly
A Prequel to The Dressmaker
Paperback
$34.99
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The Natural Gardener
Advice and Inspiration for Wildening...
Hardback
$59.99
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The Season
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
Karla's Choice
A John Le Carré Novel
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
Remember When...
Snapshots of Australia from the...
Paperback
$39.99
In Stock 😊
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of...
A History of the Ptolemies
Hardback
$51.95
Not in-store but you can order this
The Rest is History
History's Most Curious Questions...
Paperback
$24.99
In Stock 😊
Swimming Sydney
A Tale of 52 Swims
Paperback
$32.99
In Stock 😊
The Happiness of Dogs
Why the Unexamined Life is Most...
Paperback
$34.99
In Stock 😊
On Xi Jinping
How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is...
Hardback
$63.95 $54.95
Not in-store but you can order this
The Masquerades of Spring
Rivers of London Novella
Hardback
$36.99
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Reforged
Paperback
$39.95
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Light Bringer
the absolutely addictive and action-packed...
Paperback
$22.99
Not in-store but you can order this
Song of the Mysteries
Paperback
$35.99
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The Fifth Season
#1 Broken Earth
Paperback
$22.99
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A Is for Alien
An ABC Book (20th Century Studios)...
Hardback
$12.95
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Fortress Sol
Paperback
$34.99
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Doctor Who
In Wonderland
Paperback
$21.99
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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
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Adosphere 3 A2 Livre d'Eleve & CD...
Mixed media product
$39.95
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Adosphere 3 A2 Cahier Activites...
Mixed media product
$29.95
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