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Hallidays Australian Wine Companion 2006
The bestselling guide to Australian wines and wineries from Australia's most respected wine writer. James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion is Australia's No. 1 guide to wineries and wines in this country. In it the writer, judge, winemaker …
Within an unconventional artists' neighbourhood centred on Northcote Square in London, Detective Chief Inspector David Brock and Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla engage in their most compelling case yet. They need to find missing six-year-old …
When five women are brutally murdered in Sierra Leone, Reuters correspondent Connie Burns questions the arrest of three rebel soldiers for the crimes. No one listens. In the wake of a vicious civil war which saw hundreds of thousands killed and …
Leadership for the Disillusioned
Leadership for the Disillusionedis a true gem among the avalanche of books published each year on leadership. In a very different voice, Amanda Sinclair provides us with deep insights in her search for a different type of leader she truly …
When I shall wear purpleWith a red hat which doesnt go and doesn't suit meHaywood has revisited the 'big small town' of her youth in this coming-of-middle-age tribute to the 'Jilted Generation' - women who, like her, have emerged victorious …
French heatwave and a marriage meltdown. In the European summer of 2003 a deadly heat wave strikes France. To Mary Moody, living in her rural village in the south-west of France, it seems that the weather is merely imitating the stifling heat of …
All women want to kill their husbands some of the time. 'Where there's a will, I intend to be in it,' wives half-joke to each other. Marriage, it would appear, is a fun-packed frivolous hobby, only occasionally resulting in death. But when Jazz …
By the end of its first season, Enough Ropeproved itself to be intelligent, provocative, must-see TV. Every Monday evening, one million viewers tuned in to see Andrew Denton conduct fascinating interviews with an eclectic range of individuals …
1867, Canada: as winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man is brutally murdered and a 17-year old boy disappears. Tracks leaving the dead man's cabin head north towards the forest and the tundra beyond. In the wake …
The true story of the 'the greatest defeat and largest capitulation' in British military history.The Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 was a military disaster of enduring fascination and seemingly unshakable myth. For the 60th anniversary of …
Bob Brown Gentle Revolutionary
To many Australians, Bob Brown remains a beacon of hope hope for a better environment, hope for a more compassionate Australia, hope for a better world. Bob Brown Gentle revolutionaryis a candid, compelling and very personal account of the man …
Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? Was Alice in Wonderland a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? Much stranger than the fictions it has inspired, the world of the …
Bastard of a Place Australians in Papua
Brune's book is a timely reminder that despite the warmest alliances, nations sometimes have to stand up and save themselves.'Geoffrey Barker, The Weekend Australian Financial Review, November 2003A Bastard of a Placeundeniably ranks as the best …
Brotherboys the Story of Jim and Phillip Krakouer
Jimmy Krakouer was released from jail in August 2004, having served nine years of a sixteen year sentence for trafficking amphetamines in Western Australia's biggest ever drug bust. Twenty years earlier, Jim and his brother Phil enjoyed fans, …
'With humor and heart, Kopelman relates how, in the midst of battle in Fallujah, Iraq, his Marine battalion the Lava Dogs saves a starving mutt. Armed with the fighting spirit of the Marines who adopt him, spunky Lava supplies unconditional love, …
Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction
Covering every major crime fiction genre, from cosy crime to darkest noir, the Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fictionwill help readers everywhere navigate their way through this plethora of great writing.220 of the best crime authors are …
guilty man walks alone into the cold mountain forest of Washington state, aiming never to return. What he finds there starts a chain of events that will quickly spiral out of control. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, a womans body is discovered sitting …
Rosie Highgrove-Jones grows up hating her double-barrelled name. She dreams of riding out over the wide plains of the family property, working on the land. Instead she's stuck writing the social pages of the local paper. Then a terrible tragedy …
Steve Van Aperen is Australia's foremost expert with the polygraph machine - what many of us call 'a lie detector'. But a polygraph can't really tell if someone is lying, only whether or not they are feeling anxious or afraid, which is how most …
Too Many Mothers is the incredible story of Roberta Taylor's early life and the extended family that brought her up. Nanny Mary was the wily matriarch, who would do almost anything to survive, including stealing from her seven children. Her nerve,…
Out of the Silence is a stunning debut novel about three Australian women from very different worlds. Maggie Heffernan is a spirited working-class country girl. Elizabeth Hamilton, whose own disappointment in love has served only to strengthen …
Low Gi Diet Lose Weight With Smart Carbs
The LOW GI DIET is the healthy, responsible and delicious way to lose weight for good. The diet is centred on a 12-week Action Plan which gives you all the information you need to start losing body fat - not water, not muscle, but body fat.The …
There s more to sporting success than raw talent and the luck of the draw.Explaining the hows and whys of what a spectator sees and a competitor experiences, Justin Kemp and Damian Farrow explain the science behind sports performance. Alongside …
Eve Dallas's latest homicide case is a particularly vicious case. A young mother, Elisa Maplewood, is found raped and strangled in the park, her body naked but for what appears to be a red ribbon tied around her neck. Psychic Celina Sanchez …
Maximum City Bombay Lost and Found
Bombay's story, told through the lives, often desperately near the edge, of some of the people who live there. The complex texture of these extraordinary tales is threaded together by Suketu Mehta's own history of growing up in Bombay and …
Doctor Who Aliens and Enemies a Gallery of Deadly Foes From Across Ti