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Indian in the Cupboard Study
Guide
Omri receives several conventional gifts
for his ninth birthday. However, two gifts you would expect to be of
least
interest to a young boy prove to be magical and exciting. Suitable for
primary aged students this study guide has learning outcomes in key
learning
areas such as English, Art and Society and Environment.
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~
George R.R. Martin
The first volume in the "A Song of Ice
and Fire" trilogy which tells of the treachery, greed
and war threatening the Seven Kingdoms south of the
Wall. In a world scarred by battle and catastrophe, it
describes the deeds of a people locked in conflict and
the legacy they will leave their children. |
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Fortune Cookie
Coming Soon (15
November 2010)
It's the 1960s and the world of advertising is
coming alive - and it's an exciting world to be part
of. Simon Wong, a Chinese-Australian and promising
young advertising executive, is sent to Singapore to
establish an office.
From wartime Asian comfort houses to CIA spy rings,
Bryce Courtenay takes us on a thrilling journey with
a great love story at its heart.
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The Neighbour
Winner: Best Novel,
2010 Thriller Award
~ Lisa
Gardner
From a master of suspense comes a chilling new novel
that explores the dangers lurking closer than you think.
Because even in the perfect family, you never know what
is going on behind closed doors... It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding
frenzy--a young mother, blond and pretty, disappears
without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving
behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness
and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime
suspect.
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Power and Majesty (1st in the series
Creature Court)
~ Tansy
Rayner Roberts
She almost missed the sight of a naked
youth falling out of the sky. He was long and lean and
muscled. He was also completely off his face. A war is
being fought in the skies over the city of Aufleur. No
one sees the battles. No one knows how close they come
to destruction every time the sun sets. During daylight,
all is well, but when nox falls and the sky turns
bright, someone has to step up and lead the Creature
Court into battle. Twelve years ago, Garnet kissed
Velody and stole her magic. Five years ago, he betrayed
Ashiol, and took his powers by force. But now the
Creature Court is at a crossroads. They need a Power and
Majesty who won't give up or lose themselves in
madness...
Don’t miss out on the debut novel from Australian Tansy
Rayner Roberts …
Click
here to read the
first three chapters
and click
here to watch the trailer
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The Passage
Just Released
by Justin Cronin
Cronin is a remarkable
storyteller.
He
doesn't shy away from identifying his "virals" as
vampires. But, these are not sexy, angsty vampires (you
won’t be seeing "Team Babcock" t-shirts any time soon),
and they are not old-school, evil Nosferatus, either.
These are a creation all Cronin's own--hairless,
insectile, glow-in-the-dark mutations who are
inextricably linked to their makers and the one girl who
could destroy them all. A huge departure from Cronin's
first two novels, The
Passage is
a grand mashup of literary and supernatural, a stunning
beginning to a trilogy that is sure to dazzle readers of
both genres. --Daphne
Durham |
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All the Rivers Run This week's classic Old Favourite
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Nancy Cato
A tale of romance and adventure, this is
the story of Philadelphia Gordon,
Philadelphia Gordon is an artist, a
riverboat skipper and a beautiful, independent woman.
Orphaned by a shipwreck, Philadelphia grows up on the
banks of her beloved Murray River in Australia with her
kindly uncle and strict aunt, seemingly destined for a
conventional life. But then tragedy changes everything,
and leads her to a successful career as a painter, and
then to a meeting with the dashing captain of the
paddle-steamer which bears her name.
Cato's previous books include "A Distant Land", "Brown
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Solo
Winner
of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2010
~ Rana
Dasgupta $15.93
$11.15
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The new novel from the
critically acclaimed author of Tokyo Cancelled.
'Solo' recounts the life and daydreams of a reclusive
one-hundred-year-old man from Bulgaria. Before the man
lost his sight, he read this story in a magazine: a
group of explorers came upon a community of parrots
speaking the language of a society that had been wiped
out in a recent catastrophe. Astonished by their
discovery, they put the parrots in cages and sent them
home so that linguists could record what remained of the
lost language. But the parrots, already traumatised by
the devastation they had recently witnessed, died on the
way. Wondering if, unlike the hapless parrots, he has
any wisdom to leave to the world, Ulrich embarks on an
epic armchair journey through a century of violent
politics, forbidden music, lost love and failed
chemistry, finding his way eventually to an astonishing
epiphany of tenderness
and enlightenment.
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This week's bargain
~ Joe Hill from $9.27
Do you sleep with the light on? Are you in the habit of
checking your doors and windows before you go to bed?
Maybe even checking under your
bed? If you are about to crack open Joe Hill's chilling
thriller Heart-Shaped
Box, you might want to rethink your nighttime
habits--Hill's story about an aging rock star (with a
penchant for macabre artifacts) who buys a haunted suit
online will scare you silly. |
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~ Richelle Mead
$17.99
$9.00
Vampire Academy
If you've read all the Stephenie Meyer Twilight books
and crave more vampire stories then sink your teeth into
the Vampire
Academy series
of vampire books.
Richelle Mead's Vampire
Academy books
follow the war between two races of vampires, living and
undead. Rose Hathaway, a 17-year old half-vampire, is
training to be a bodyguard for the living vampires and
finds her life complicated by the constant danger. As
well as an illicit romance with one of her teachers,
Rose continually struggles to protect her best friend
from the evils that surround them. If you like vampire
stories, you'll love the Vampire
Academy saga. |
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