Last Bookshop by Emma Young

$32.99 AUD

Category: Chick novels

Cait is a bookshop owner and book nerd whose social life revolves around her mobile bookselling service hand-picking titles for elderly clients, particularly the grandmotherly June. After a tough decade for retail, Book Fiend is the last bookshop in the CBD, and the last independent retailer on a street given over to high-end labels. Profits are small, but clients are loyal. When James breezes into Book Fiend, Cait realises life might hold more than her shop and her cat, but while the new romance distracts her, luxury chain stores are circling Book Fiend's prime location, and a more personal tragedy is looming.   ...Show more

Honeybee by Craig Silvey

$32.99 AUD

Category: Australian authors | Reading Level: near fine

The highly anticipated new novel by the bestselling author of Jasper Jones. 'Find out who you are, and live that life.' Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail and looks down at the road far below. At the other end of the same bridge, an old man, Vic, smokes his last cigarette. The two see each other across the void. A fateful connection is made, and an unlikely friendship blooms. Slowly, we learn what led Sam and Vic to the bridge that night. Bonded by their suffering, each privately commits to the impossible task of saving the other. Honeybee is a heartbreaking, life-affirming novel that throws us headlong into a world of petty thefts, extortion plots, botched bank robberies, daring dog rescues and one spectacular drag show. At the heart of Honeybee is Sam: a solitary, resilient young person battling to navigate the world as their true self; ensnared by loyalty to a troubled mother, scarred by the volatility of a domineering stepfather, and confounded by the kindness of new alliances. Honeybee is a tender, profoundly moving novel, brimming with vivid characters and luminous words. It's about two lives forever changed by a chance encounter - one offering hope, the other redemption. It's about when to persevere, and when to be merciful, as Sam learns when to let go, and when to hold on. ...Show more

The Adventures of Ellie's Wellies - Ellie's Wellies by Teniele Arnold; Bronwyn Blackwell (Illustrator); Pauline Murphey (Prepared for Publication by, Designed by); Jay Crisp Crow (Editor)

$29.99 AUD

Category: Early Readers 0 - 6 years

The adventures of Ellie's wellies a mindful story of the day in the life of a child. Join Ellie and her wellies to discover the wonders of the present moment through nature. Children are our teachers of mindfulness and patience, this story will help readers to discover or rediscover mindfulness and livi ng in the present moment.   Beautiful watercolor whimsical images splash through the pages, the story features some look and find creatures to bring you right into the moment hunting for these little creatures. A treasure hunt & mindfulness game for you and your child to do out in nature, along with a imaginative garden meditation.   Get ready to splish, splosh, splash.   ...Show more

Happy Hearts by Jevita Nilson

$22.99 AUD

Category: Early Readers 0 - 6 years

Zachary's heart is full of sadness. He misses his Nana and wonders where she is. But it's hard to imagine something you cannot see. One night, Zachary embarks on a magical adventure to a place filled with his favourite things. With an extra special person to guide him, Zachary finds his imagination and returns with happiness in his heart. ...Show more

An Inside Job - A Practical Guide to Finding Your True Self by Rose Monaco

$29.99 AUD

Category: Personal Development

  A practical guide to finding your true self Don’t be disillusioned into thinking life is against you. ​ From childhood abuse to failed relationships and attracting tough lessons in life, Rose Monaco thought she was never going to catch a break until she understood that she was the ob stacle. Her own happiness was an inside job and no one or nothing could control that. ​ This realisation is the ‘aha moment’ we all need to appreciate fully how blessed we are and to make the most of our fleeting time on this planet – our happiness is dependent on no one but ourselves. ​ Rose, an experienced life coach, maps out a series of levels through which you can take charge of your life to let the real you emerge in blinding clarity and unapologetic joy. ​ An Inside Job will help you see patterns of behaviour that are counter-productive to your development and give you the tools to confront and break free of these habits. ​ As you become aware of these levels you shed the thoughts and persona that no longer serve you and gradually your true self emerges. Through positive affirmations and a burning desire to be the best you can, Rose urges us to dream, to trust this dream and to allow ourselves to evolve to become the dream. ​ Rose’s defining dream was to be happy, a goal she has not only achieved for herself but is helping many others to attain worldwide. ...Show more

Father of the Lost Boys by Yuot A. Alaak

$29.99 AUD

Category: Biography

During the Second Sudanese Civil war, thousands of South Sudanese boys were displaced from their villages or orphaned in attacks from northern government troops. Many became refugees in Ethiopia. There, in 1989, teacher and community leader Mecak Ajang Alaak assumed care of the Lost Boys in a bid to pro tect them from becoming child soldiers. So began a four year journey from Ethiopia to Sudan and on to the safety of a Kenyan refugee camp. Together they endured starvation, animal attacks and the horrors of land mines and aerial bombardments. This eyewitness account by Mecak Ajang Alaak's son, Yuot, is the extraordinary true story of a man who never ceased to believe that the pen is mightier than the gun. ...Show more

Chickensaurus (S. Tinker Inc. #4) by James Foley

$15.99 AUD

Category: Middle Readers 7-12 years | Series: S. Tinker Inc Ser.

When Sally's archenemy Dexter Maelstrom invites her to a demonstration of his new invention, she doesn't expect it to actually work. Dexter's De-Evolving Ray can turn chickens into dinosaurs! But when Dexter's chickensaurs breaks free and go on the hunt, Sally - along with her friend Charli and her baby brother Joe - must avoid becoming chicken feed. Is Dexter behind this dastardly plan - or is somebody else the bad egg? ...Show more

Constance and Madeline's Seaside Adventure by Belinda Cipriano

$29.99 AUD

Category: Early Readers 0 - 6 years

Maddie in the Middle by Julia Lawrinson

$17.99 AUD

Category: Middle Readers 7-12 years | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers

Maddie Lee is in year six, and she feels ordinary and dull. Her best and oldest friend Katy is head counsellor and aiming at an academic scholarship. Maddie doesn't have anything that is hers, anything that is special. Enter a mysterious new girl, Samara. Samara is pretty, calm and before long is in the popular girls' group. Maddie wants more than anything else to become friends with her. But when she does finally engineer a friendship of sorts, Maddie realises that Samara has a secret. When Samara enlists Maddie to raise money to keep her family from being separated, Maddie finally feels important and needed. So when Samara asks her to go one step further and start stealing, Maddie makes a decision that will have consequences beyond her imagining. ...Show more

Finding Your Happy Voice by Teniele Arnold; Pauline Murphy

$29.99 AUD

Category: Early Readers 0 - 6 years

When Kaden thinks he has lost his happy voice, he goes on a hunt to find it. It's quite an adventure, full of imaginary friends and exciting twists and turns. But, is Kaden looking in all the wrong places? When his Mummy guides him in a mindful and meditative visualisation, Kaden realises where his happ y voice has been all along. This book will guide both children and parents to pause our busy lives and connect, to move through our emotions, and discover the tools to do so. The story is perfectly accompanied by a free 'Finding Your Happy Voice' meditation - a perfect way to relax before bedtime. ...Show more

The Edge of The World by Marcella Polain

$26.95 AUD

Category: Drama

A powerful, monumental story of a Turkish Armenian family which spans one hundred years, four countries and several generations. A family that disintegrates as a result of genocide, exile and emigration, but which, through acts of courage and compassion, is eventually brought together again, albiet utte rly changed. ...Show more

My Welcome Book by Diana Smith Jr.

$15.00 AUD

Category: Early Readers 0 - 6 years

The book commences with the joyous occasion of the birth of a child with 'Welcome to our beautiful earth' as the introductory line, which leads on, with the help of wonderfully bright, elegant and appealing illustrations, to begin the child's journey and the wonderful gifts that make them so very specia l and unique. Diana Smith also includes the aspects of a multi-cultural society, learning to always think BIG, not small and most importantly of all, to always celebrate your birthday every year as it is the road marker of your journey. She also offers the very sage advice that you always grow and learn from your mistakes, a salient little point we all need to remember. ...Show more