Books for kids and young adults are catered for in our specialist children's bookshop The Younger Sun just across the road form our main store and Yarraville's Sun Theatre. Both shops are open seven days a week until 9:30 pm Monday to Saturday - 6:30 pm on Sunday. These are some of the books you should make the effort to read:
February New Releases
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The First Rule, Robert Crais : Penguin $32.99 |
| From the "New York Times"-bestselling author who sets the standard for intense, powerful crime-writing comes a blistering thriller featuring Joe Pike and Elvis Cole. The team thought that Frank Meyer had got out of the 'life' safely. He had put an end to his mercenary days, turned over a new leaf and settled down with his wife and children. It had been a hard decision but, encouraged by his boss and friend Joe Pike, he had walked away.But ten years later, a group of armed men break into his Los Angeles home and brutally gun him and his family down. It's a vicious, cold and professional job. The crew leave no trace behind except the bodies.But they have made one catastrophic, and almost certainly terminal, mistake - Joe Pike. |
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Long Song, Andrea Levy : Headline $32.99 |
| You do not know me yet. My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these pages. As your storyteller, I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed. July is a slave girl who lives upon a sugar plantation named Amity and it is her life that is the subject of this tale. She was there when the Baptist War raged in 1831, and she was also present when slavery was declared no more. My son says I must convey how the story tells also of July s mama Kitty, of the negroes that worked the plantation land, of Caroline Mortimer the white woman who owned the plantation and many more persons besides - far too many for me to list here. But what befalls them all is carefully chronicled upon these pages for you to peruse. |
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Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks, Max Brooks : Duckworth Publishers $39.99
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| Man has battled the undead for millenia. In The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks bestselling author and "Studs Terkel of zombie journalism," Max Brooks provides the lessons that history has taught us about zombie outbreaks. This is not a list of all zombie attacks throughout history, but a chronicling of the most famous outbreaks, gruesomely illustrated in graphic novel form. From our descendants on the African savannahs to the legions of ancient Rome to the voyages of Francis Drake to the ill-advised experiments of the Soviet army, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attack, takes the reader on a journey across many anni horribilis and hauntingly reminds us how close the living dead have come to destroying humanity.
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Wyatt, Garry Disher : Text $32.95 |
| Wyatt's been away. Now he's back. That's as much as anyone really knows about him. The rest is rumour, the kind that makes people wary. And that's fine with Wyatt.
Eddie Oberin thinks he knows enough about Wyatt to make him an offer. A jewel heist - inside information courtesy of Lydia Stark, Eddie's much smarter ex-wife. The target is an intentional courier of stolen items: Alain Le Page.
Wyatt doesn't know the name Le Page and he doesn't know Lydia.
He will.
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Black Russian, Lenny Bartulin : Scribe $27.95 |
| After yet another slow week at the cash register, that fine purveyor of second-hand literature, Susko Books, is facing financial ruin. Jack Susko sets off to a gallery in Woollahra to scrape up some coin with the sale of an old art catalogue. With his usual panache and exquisite timing, he arrives just as De Groot Galleries is being done over by masked thieves. Along with a mysterious object from the safe, the robbers seize a valuable first edition from Jack's bag, too. When the owner of the gallery doesn't want to call the cops, Jack is offered a sizeable sum to keep silent: but when de Groot arrives at the bookshop with his heavy to renege on the deal, all bets are off. With an ease that almost constitutes a gift, Jack Susko finds himself at the centre of a world full of duplicity, lies and art theft.
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Under Stones, Bob Franklin : Affirm Press $24.95 |
| Dip into the world of Bob Franklin‘s fiction at your own risk. The calm surface belies a swift undertow and snags galore. These are not horror stories in the traditional sense; they are more unsettling than that. Under Stones are uneasy tales, set in familiar surrounds. They are journeys into the human psyche and powerful critiques of contemporary Australian society. Bob Franklin pokes and prods at human fears and foibles, revealing with forensic glee truths that you might prefer were, well, left under stones. |
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Mr Shivers, Robert Jackson Bennett : Orbit $29.99 |
| It is the time of the Great Depression. The dustbowl has turned the western skies red and thousands leave their homes seeking a better life. Marcus Connelly seeks not a new life, but a death - a death for the mysterious scarred man who murdered his daughter. And soon he learns that he is not alone. Countless others have lost someone to the scarred man. They band together to track him, but as they get closer, Connelly begins to suspect that the man they are hunting is more than human. As the pursuit becomes increasingly desperate, Connelly must decide just how much he is willing to sacrifice to get his revenge. |
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Cold Justice, Katherine Howell : Macmillan $25.00 |
| A teenage girl stumbles across the body of her classmate, Tim Pieters, hidden amongst the bushes. His family is devastated, the killer is never found.
Eighteen years later, political pressure sees the murder investigation reopened. Detective Ella Marconi tracks down Georgie Riley, the student who found the body, and who is now a paramedic. Georgie seems to be telling the truth, so then why does Ella receive an anonymous phone call insisting that Georgie knows more? And is it mere coincidence that her ambulance partner, Freya, also went to the same high school?
Ella's confusion increases when Tim's mother, once so willing to get the police involved, suddenly turns her back on the investigation. Meanwhile, Tim's cousin, the MP whose influence reopened the case, can't seem to do enough to help.
The more Ella digs into the past, the more the buried secrets and lies are brought to light. Can she track down the killer before more people are hurt?
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The Art of Meditation, Ricard Matthieu : Atlantic Books $29.95 |
| Wherever he goes, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard is asked to explain what meditation is, how it is done and what it can achieve. in this elegant, authoritative and entirely accessible book, he sets out to answer these questions. Although meditation is a life-long process even for the wisest, The Art of Meditation demonstrates that by practicing it on a daily basis we can change our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. In this brilliantly inspiring book, Matthieu Ricard talks us through the theory, spirituality and practical aspects of meditation. he illustrates each stage of his teaching with examples and pictures, leading each reader deeper into their own practice. Through his experience as a monk, his close reading of sacred texts and his deep knowledge of the Buddhist masters, Matthieu Ricard demonstrates the significant benefits that meditation, based on selfless love and compassion, can bring to each of us.
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Collecting the 20th Century, Adrian Franklin : New South $45.00 |
| In this lavishly illustrated book, Adrian Franklin, TV presenter, writer and serious collector, takes a decade-by-decade approach to exploring the twentieth century the architecture, fashion, design and everyday material culture. Covering popular periods such as Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Industrial Arts, Art Deco, Mid-Century, Retro, Modern, this book combines useful information with personal reflection in a lively and entertaining style. |
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Cuisine Du Temps, Jacques Reymond : New Holland $60.00 |
| From the master and innovator of modern French Cuisine, Jacques Reymond shares his collection of Asian-inspired recipes influenced from his background in his family's hotel in Cuiseaux in France and then as a chef in Paris, South America, Spain and England. His innovative and modern approach to cooking continues to win accolades. Many regard him as the most consistently balanced and daring chef. His restaurant is affiliated with the prestigious Relais & Chateaux association, whose members include some of the finest hotels and restaurants in the world. More than 90 recipes including appetizers, cheese dishes, soups, meat, lamb, pork, poultry, pasta, seafood, desserts and ice-creams. |
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Mother of Rock: The Lillian Roxon Story, Robert Milliken : Black Inc $27.95 |
From the pubs of the Sydney Push to New York's legendary nightclubs, Lillian Roxon set the pace for an era that changed the world. Drawing on Roxon's personal papers and extensive interviews with those who knew her, Mother of Rock is a riveting portrait of an Australian trailblazer. It also contains a generous selection of Roxon's own writing, including material from her Rock Encyclopedia, which revolutionised the way rock music was perceived.. |
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