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Pasteur's Gambit
In 1887, the desperate NSW government of Sir Henry Parkes advertised an international competition for a biological cure for the rabbit plague then ravaging the farms of Australia and New Zealand. In Paris, famous microbiologist Dr Louis Pasteur, struggling to raise the funds to open his prestigious Past...
Paris After the Liberation : 1944-1949 (new edition)
Post liberation Paris - an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This is a stunning...
Queen of Swords
Shifting from the Caribbean to New Orleans on the brink of war, Queen of Swords picks up the story of Hannah Bonner, the beautiful half-Indian daughter of frontiersman Nathaniel Bonner, as she embarks on a desperate rescue mission with her half-brother Luke. When Hannah is separated from Luke and falls ...
Mr Tall (#31 Mr Men and Little Miss)
Mr Tall was very very tall. Quite the tallest person you have ever met. In fact, quite the tallest person you've never met, because you've never met anybody with legs as long as Mr Tall's... The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bo...
Beneath Outback Skies
Paige Quinn will let nothing and no one distract her from caring for her wheelchair-bound father, Connor, and fighting for her remote, drought-stricken property, Banora Downs. Least of all a surprise farm-stay guest named Tait Cavanaugh, whose smooth words are as lethal as his movie-star smile. Except P...
The Peasant Prince
This true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy, who at the age of ten was plucked unsuspectingly from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, is a fairytale that has captivated children and adults alike. Li tells his story with disarming simplicity and charm, with humour and ...
National Geographic - Photo Ark
Joel Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. He has photographed more than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi...
Energy (DK Find Out!)
A perfect introduction to energy, this fact-packed book teaches children all about energy and how it works. From electricity and light, to heat and sound, learn how different types of energy are part of everything we do. Discover how a rainbow is made, what renewable energy is, and meet an energy expert...
Tales of the Greek Heroes
Roger Lancelyn Green, Roger Lancelyn Green
Roger Lancelyn Green's classic retelling of the adventures of the Greek Heroes has been in print for over 60 years and now a stunning Puffin Clothbound edition is available for readers and collectors.Discover the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventur...
Anaximander: And the Nature of Science
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics tells the thrilling story of one of the greatest intellectual leaps of all time Over two millennia ago, a Greek philosopher had a number of wondrous insights that paved the way to cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology and biology, setting in...
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