Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran; Juan R. I. Cole (Translator)
$10.89 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Compass Ser.
Set in turn-of-the-century Beirut, this is the story of a young man who falls in love with a women betrothed to the nephew of a leading churchman. When their secret meetings are discovered, she is confined to the house and their beautiful dreams are crushed by a cruel and repressive society.
The Country of Marriage by Anthony Giardina
$21.95 AUD
Category: General Fiction
"Anthony Giardina has an exquisite sense of the nuances of gesture and voice, the clamor of things unsaid." --The New York Times Book Review The Country of Marriage is a window into the lives of men as they confront the darkness at the heart of domestic existence. And with this collection of stories, ...Show more
River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: The Ibis Trilogy | Reading Level: very good
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the ...Show more
The Circle of Reason by Amitav Ghosh
$21.95 AUD
Category: General Fiction
A New York Times Notable Book: A policeman chases a falsely accused man on a wild journey around the world in this "utterly involving" novel (The Sunday Times). When eight-year-old Nachiketa Bose first arrives in the East Bengali village of Lalpukur, he receives the name Alu--potato--for the size and s ...Show more
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Peter Bryan George
$18.65 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: The\Film Ink Ser.
A novelisation of a screenplay in which a mad scientist brings about a nuclear holocaust, resulting in frantic telephone calls being made between the White House and the Kremlin. From the author of RED ALERT.
The Calcutta Chromosome - A Novel of Fevers, Delirium and Discovery by Amitav Ghosh
$18.65 AUD
Category: General Fiction
From Victorian India to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes listeners on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life. When Antar discovers the battered I.D. card of a long-lost acquainta ...Show more
Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George
$18.65 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Inspector Lynley Ser.
Balford-le-Nez is a dying seaside town on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town's small but growing Asian community is found dead near its beach, the sleepy town ignites. Working without her long-time partner, Detective Inspector Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers must probe not only the mind o ...Show more
The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey - the international bestseller - an explosive novel of sex, secrecy and escape. A woman finds her voice and leaves behind a book of lessons. It is the story of her secret self. On honeymoon, in the heat and shadows of sultry Marrakech, a conventional young wife makes a s ...Show more
Loving Ways by Maurice Gee
$21.95 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
May, David and Alan Macpherson have the same father but different mothers, and their paths in life have been enormously different. The three have come together after thirty-five years at the Nelson orchard of their dying father, Robert Macpherson. The old tugmaster, domineering and earthy still, is bein ...Show more
The Double Shadow by Sally Gardner
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
A girl tries to free herself from the terrifying double shadow of her childhood and forge her own future, but she is trapped in a memory machine created by her father. Arnold Ruben has created a memory machine, a utopia housed in a picture palace, where the happiest memories replay forever, a haven ...Show more