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The story of 75-year-old Maddy, who returns home one day to find a young boy waiting for her. A boy who hungers for story, he aids her in remembering her past, which is misted with time but still clear in emotional power. An enchanting fable about the worth of life, and the power... of love.
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Audio - Wednesday night: no call. Thursday night: no call. Friday morning: NO CALL. Im going out of my mind. Perhaps he lost my number? Perhaps he put the card in his jeans and his mum washed them and it got soaked? Perhaps saying hed phone was a way of getting rid of me? Perhaps..., perhaps, perhaps. Its time to consult the stars. Izzie is
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Then is the second story of Felix and Zelda. They escaped from the Nazis, but how long can they now survive when there are so many people ready to hand them over for a reward? Felix knows he has a distinguishing feature that identifies him as a Jew and that it is only a matter of... time before he is discovered, which will mean death for them all.
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An action-packed story with a cast of brilliant characters from the bestselling, award-winning Anna Fienberg. I think the best number in the whole universe is eight. My friend, Asim, likes numbers about as much as me, but he likes them all - odd or even. Esmarelda, though, who li...ves across the street, isn't so fond of numbers and she hates maths. Singing's more her thing. She's really good, too, nearly as good as my mum. Mum's a professional singer. Or was, until we had to move. The worst number in the universe, though, is seven. For a start it's an odd number, and it's thin and sharp and mean-looking, like a medieval scythe. So when I saw 777 on that Mustang's numberplate, I knew it was the start of something bad. And I was right. Number 8 is an action-packed offering from award-winning author Anna Fienberg. As well as the danger-filled plot, there is plenty of humor, and themes of friendship, family and teen relationships, as well as those of difference and of immigration. This is a lot for one book to explore, but Fienberg does it well, leaving the reader satisfied. - aussiereviews.com Anna Fienberg has created interesting characters and some beautiful scenes in this novel. - Fiction Focus
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TRADE EDITION: Cal's got this thing about fire. It's nothing big at first, just lighting matches, watching matches burn, enjoying the calming effects of the flame...It helps him cope with stuff. Then he meets Abby, and things start to get out of control. She winds him up, playing... with him until he thinks he might lose his santiy, and suddenly the matches just aren't enough anymore. So a plan hatches itself in Cals' mind, a plan so glorious it could set the world alight. Nothing will ever touch him again.
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When Karri delves into her family's past she finds a lot more than she bargained for - a treacherous reef, missing treasure, eerie storms and a ghostly namesake.
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It's the mid-nineties and Tom and Zoe Drewe, like thousands of others, are going around Australia. Their journey, began in certainty and on their terms, takes on its own momentum and compulsions, until they are driven as much as driving, and increasingly acted upon by the power a...nd histories of the land whose surface they cross. Compelling, moving, disturbing, this important novel confronts the dark side of the Australian psyche, exploring what it means to be an Australian, and the nature of belonging.
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The controversial Battle at Xa Long Tan was not only a critical episode in Australia's Vietnam involvement; it was also a textbook nightmare in the history of jungle warfare. Reconstructing this dramatic action from secret documents and the vivid recollections of many diggers who... fought at Long Tan, Terry Burstall challenges the official army version.
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The controversial Battle at Xa Long Tan was not only a critical episode in Australia's Vietnam involvement; it was also a textbook nightmare in the history of jungle warfare. Reconstructing this dramatic action from secret documents and the vivid recollections of many diggers who... fought at Long Tan, Terry Burstall challenges the official army version.
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When high-flying Sydney lawyer Cass Meredith is appointed head of a state inquiry into a child pornography racket, she sees it as an opportunity to clean up the city. But she doesnt count on ex-Vice Squad detective John Carrigan - with his reputation for taking bribes and liking ...underage girls - being made her second-in-command. Loveday Larsen, a local prostitute, is hinting she has a video, which could unmask some of the countrys most powerful men as pederasts. Suddenly its not clear whether its her eight-year-old son, Mozzie, or her career, that Cass is trying to protect when she plans to send him to boarding school. It seems that the closer Cass gets to discovering the identity of the men who torture children, the closer she gets to the truth about herself, as she, Carrigan and her young son are inexorably drawn towards the core of corruption.
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