When Renata Ochiltree steps off a mountain into thin air, she is injured in both body and soul. Encased in plaster in her hospital bed she grapples with an old love that she can't relinquish and life in general, while her family members squabble at her bedside. Set in 1973 post-Vietnam Australia, by the award-winning author of Mad Meg.

Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone is charged with the murder of a young colleague. Forensic evidence links her death with material in Crone's garage. He had both opportunity and motive. But when a key witness dies unexpectedly, Crone's innocence seems confirmed...

This popular title is now available in paperback. Zippo the Clown is miserable because he doesn't have anyone to follow in his footsteps. Then Max, the acrobat's son, has a fall and breaks his leg badly. Zippo watches Max's unsuccessful attempts to walk the tightrope again - and then has a great idea! Ages 4+.

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This guide shows how to go about buying, ordering, serving, storing and most of all, enjoying wine. Also included is a useful section on facts and figures, a glossary of the most used wine jargon, and a guide to the best grape years for Australia and New Zealand.

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If you loved BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and LOST AND FOUND, you will love this debut novel. A stunning story about family, loneliness and isolation that will make you laugh, cry and be a bit kinder to those who are lost.

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Hannah is 15. Since the death of her sister, her parents have been suffocating her with rules and restrictions, which only make her behave more irresponsibly. When her boyfriend puts pressure on her to have sex she can't help but pull back, and gets dumped, and her best friend is doing drugs.

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Simply the most comprehensive compilation of information on the legendary Australian outlaw, in encyclopaedic form.

Small format. Explains how low Glycemic Index foods provide sustained energy children need. Covering the needs of of children from infancy to teenage, it includes: raising healthy eaters, nutritious and exciting school lunches, dealing with fussy eaters, sporty kids, overweight kids, fuelling adolescents. Australian authors.

Refined sugar is constantly depicted as one of the evils of the modern diet, but this guide aims to show you don't have to "beat" it or "bust" it. Scientific findings show it may not be all bad, and issues such as losing weight, dental caries and mental performance are re-examined in this light.

Eat yourself healthy and reduce your risk of heart disease with low- fat, high carbohydrate, high-fibre and low glysemic index foods. Modern medical research shows that foods like pastas, cereals and grainy breads can help treat heart disease, control blood glucose and help weight loss.

Whether you are a serious athlete or weekend warrior, what you eat can be crucial to your performance. This handy guide shows how high carbohydrate diets enhance stamina and prevent fatigue. It is filled with case studies, GI tables, a quiz, practical suggestions and refuelling hints.

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Australia has one of the highest recorded prevalences of diabetes for a developed nation and it is increasing. This companion to "The New Glucose Revolution" should help people with diabetes by providing information on the implications of the glycemic index for people with diabetes.

This handy companion to "The New Glucose Revolution" tells you all you need to know about sugar. In clear language, the authors dispel common myths about sugar and looks at its effect on our health and body, including diabetes, losing weight and behavioural and mental performance.

At art school in Arles, Bernard falls out with his art master. Aware of the boy's talent, his master tries to break his spirit. Only his grandmother encourages him. But when Bernard befriends a lone Dutch painter called Vincent, his life changes forever. This book is for children above the age of 12.

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A raw, fresh and utterly authentic portrait of Australians fighting and living on Gallipoli, the Western Front and life behind the lines in the UK, France, Belgium and Egypt.

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This study if children's art and how they go about it is based on the author's 25 years of teaching art to young children. Aimed at parents, early childhood and art teachers, psychologists, art therapists and art students, the book includes over a hundred examples from Jenny's collection of children's artwork. Aust author.

When cousin Georgina comes to stay, it's double trouble for poor Harry. A picture book about those relations we sometimes could do without.

A humorous, rhyming picture book about a trouble-making little girl who comes to visit and drives her poor cousin mad.

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Told for the first time, this is the epic story of the Milne Bay campaign of 1942 - which saw Japanese land forces suffer their first defeat of the war - and has properly been called the RAAF's forgotten finest hour.

The two children telling this story have a favourite Uncle Lou who fascinates them because he has a sailing ship tattooed on each arm and a mermaid on his chest. They never tire of hearing his tales about his travels around the world, and especially about all the other tattooed people he's met.

The story of two young men from very different parts of Italy who migrate to Australia in the early 1950s, where they work on the Snowy Mountains scheme. Salvatore is from a middle-class, restaurant-owning family near Milan; Fabio is a peasant from an impoverished rural area in Italy's south.

Each day, the unwanted dogs in the pound watch as people walk past their cages. But no-one ever picks Unknown. Unknown is the same colour as the shadows and blends right into her cage. But then one day there is a tremendous storm, and Unknown realizes that it is up to her to save the day.