The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus Book 1)

Rick Riordan

Jason has a problem. He doesn't remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper and a best friend named Leo. They're all students at a boarding school for "bad kids." What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly?   Pi...

The Debacle

Emile Zola

Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate. But after they are thrown together duri...

A Shorter History of Australia (PB)

Geoffrey Blainey

After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through the events which have created the Australian identity: the mania for spectator sport, the suspicion of the tall po...

Freefall (#5 Kensy and Max)

Jacqueline Harvey

Back at Alexandria with their friend Curtis Pepper visiting, Kensy and Max are enjoying the school break. Especially when Granny Cordelia surprises them with a trip to America! It's meant to be a family vacation but the twins soon realise there's more to this holiday than meets the eye - the chase for D...