Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
$29.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Nevin Nollop left the islanders of Nollop with the treasured legacy of his pangram the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. But as the letters begin to crumble on the monumental inscription, the island's council forbids the use of the lost letters and silence threatens Ella and her family.
Any Other Mouth by ANNELIESE MACKINTOSH
$22.95 AUD
Category: New Releases
How do you react when you discover your boyfriend is cheating on you with his dead grandma? Which lullaby helps you date two guys at once? What's the best way to deface a doctor's leaflet on bereavement? And what is this Borderline Personality Disorder people keep telling you about? In this revealing mi ...Show more
Achilles by Elizabeth Cook
$21.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Elizabeth Cook's mesmerising poetic voice weaves the interlocking stories of Achilles and the central figures of his legend into a many-layered exploration of achievement and loss, of choice and inescapable destiny. Born of the sea-nymph Thetis by the mortal King Peleus, hidden as a girl on Skiros until ...Show more
1066 and All That by W C Sellar
$29.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: A\Methuen Humour Classic Ser.
One of the most well-loved and best-selling British humor titles of all time "Canute began by being a Bad King on the advice of his Courtiers, who informed him (owing to a misunderstanding of the Rule Britannia) that the King of England was entitled to sit on the sea without getting wet." This humor ...Show more
You'll do Anything for a Laugh Shifu by Goldblatt Howard
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
This is a collection of eight darkly humorous short stories - surrealistic political fables, ghost stories, tales of failed and perverse love, and stories about the destructive effects of superstition and ignorance. Mo Yan addresses serious concerns of contemporary China with a light touch.
Garlic Ballads by Yan Mo
$29.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
The peasants of Paradise County in China have been eking out an existence virtually unchanged for hundreds of years, until a glut on the garlic market forces them to watch the crop that is their lifeblood wilt, rot and blacken in the fields - leading them to storm the seat of corrupt Communist officiald ...Show more
Wide Hips Big Breasts by Yan Mo
$29.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
An epic vision of China in the twentieth century by the author of Red Sorghum. On the eve of invasion by marauding Japanese troops, the Shangguan family eagerly prepare for two important arrivals: the birth of a foal to their donkey, and the birth of yet another girl to the young matriarch, in that orde ...Show more
China and Japan Egypt Myths and Legends of India by Rachel Storm
$49.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
In this magnificent reference book, the powerful and evocative mythologies and religions of the East are revealed in all their glory. This important publication is essential reading for all those interested in the fabulous stories of Asian cultures. An instantly accessible A to Z structure, fully cross- ...Show more