All posts tagged "Allen and Unwin"
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Confessions of the Fox, by Jordy Rosenberg
When Dr Voth comes across an old manuscript from 1724, he becomes obsessed with the life of a 12-year-old orphan girl who was sold into servitude and grew to become one of history's most notorious and wanted transexual thieves.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Peter Pan, retold by Caryl Hart
This is the classic JM Barrie tale of the boy that didn't grow up, retold in rhyme and illustrated with life-like characters and settings in a classic, old world storybook fashion.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Murder Mile, by Lynda La Plante
Four brutal murders, a city living in fear, a killer on the streets...Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison returns in the 4th book in the bestselling Tennison series, from the doyenne of crime fiction.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: 2028, by Ken Saunders
In the year 2028, Australia has gone to Hell in a handbasket as the Liberal party face their first real election challenge in a long, long time by a grassroots party where everyone is named Ned Ludd.
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753Books & LiteratureBook Review: Conan Doyle for the Defence, by Margarlit Fox
A well-researched true story of how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famous as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, fought tirelessly to right a terrible miscarriage of justice.
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862Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Immeasurable World, by William Atkins
More than a travel book, Atkins provides details of religious history and doctrines, geography, art, environmental issues and the politics of the regions he writes about, reminding us that true discoveries are still out there through the people we meet, rather than the places we visit.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Hell Ship, by Michael Veitch
The moving and compelling true story of the clipper ship Ticonderoga, struck by plague as it was bringing immigrants to Australia in 1852.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Meltdown, by Chris Clearfield & András Tilcsik
As our lives increasingly depend on the smooth operation of complex systems such as our power and water supplies, communications technology, hospitals and public transport, Meltdown analyses why systems break down and what we can do to prevent it.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Morris the Mole, by Nicki Greenberg
Morris the Mole has a habit of digging haphazardly and unwitting surfacing in all kinds of inopportune settings, causing chaos for the other creatures above ground. Then, one day, it seems as if a barrier has been built to stop him from surfacing. What is he to do?
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1.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Sonam and the Silence, by Eddie Ayres
Sonam is a young girl, growing up in Taliban-controlled Kabul, Afghanistan, where music is banned. Then one day, she hears an amazing sound and just has to find out what it is. She discovers an old man playing an instrument.
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962Books & LiteratureBook Review: Imperial Tea Party, by Frances Welch
An exploration of the British and Russian royal families and their politics from 1894 to the Russian Revolution of 1917, using diary entries, headlines of the day, and letters written by courtiers and extended family.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Writing a Novel, by Richard Skinner
A book for new novelists, breaking down how to prepare for and write the first draft, covering issues from point of view and characterisation to place setting, pace and grammar.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Wife, by Alafair Burke
Six years after leaving his position as a university economics professor, Jason Powell's idyllic life with his wife and child is shattered by accusations of sexual harassment against him from former university colleagues.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Far-Back Country, by Kate Lyons
When Ray McCullough runs away from home as a young teenager, his older sister begins a quest to find him that will span decades of her life.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Treasure Hunt House, by B Stadtlander & K Davies
A wonderful picture book that takes children on a treasure hunt around Great-aunt Martha's house, where they can wrestle with riddles on every page by lifting the flaps to reveal the house’s hidden, historical treasures.
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3.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Ruby’s Worry, by Tom Percival
A beautiful introduction to the concept of recognising and acknowledging one’s feelings and looking to friends and family for support when times get tough or overwhelming.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Puddle Hunters, by Kirsty Murray
A simple but delightful picture book for ages 2 - 6, exploring the joy small children have hunting and jumping in puddles and experimenting with language.
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694Books & LiteratureBook Review: What You Want to See, by Kristen Lepoinka
A PI is hired to follow a potentially cheating fiancée, who may or may not have cleaned out her future husband’s bank accounts. Just after the cheque bounces and the tailing stops, the errant fiancée is murdered.
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1.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Night Dragon, by Naomi Howarth
A beguiling picture book with beautiful illustrations about Maud, an unconfident member of a clan of dragons who, by their magic, help the world transition from day into night.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Scrublands, by Chris Hammer
A top-flight former foreign correspondent is sent to a drought-ridden, dying rural town to write an anniversary piece investigating how the town is coping one year after a young priest shot five men dead from the steps of his church.
