Books
A Woman of Courage
Fighting her way from humble beginnings in a foster home to CEO of her own highly respected international company hasn’t been easy for Hilary Brand. Even after she seems to have reached the top, troubles abound: her business in China, …
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A Woman’s War – The exceptional tale of Wilma Oram Young, AM
As a captive of the Japanese during World War II, Wilma Oram, a young Australian nurse, experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degredation. Yet through the comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also encountered humankind at …
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Across the Top
On 20 November 1991, Sorrel Wilby and her husband Chris Ciantar became the first people ever to traverse the highest, wildest and toughest mountain range known to man. Commencing their expedition in June 1990, the Australian duo trekked 6500 kilometers …
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Adam’s Empire
“It’s a great country, but never trust it, son. It’s beautiful but it’s treacherous.”
Adam Ross had seen the way his country could destroy a man. Growing up in the Australian outback in the first half of the …
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Africa: A Timeless Soul
Sorrel Wilby’s journey around the mountains of Africa was a journey of discovery, a quest to find the Africa behind headlines of war, disease, famine and oppression. It was a journey that led her and her husband through many hardships, …
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After Before Time
Stories of life from a remote Aboriginal community that sing with vivid and simple life, truth and power.
At the end of 2008, Robbi Neal and her family travelled to the other end of mainland Australia to a remote Aboriginal …
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Against All Odds – Gai Waterhouse: Woman in a Man’s World
Gai Waterhouse has earned her place as one of Australia’s most conspicuous and admired women. Gai Waterhouse is not only one of the world’s most successful woman trainers, she’s one of the most successful in Australia – full stop. Her …
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Against the Tide
Katie and Matt are champion ocean swimmers, who love nothing better than a challenge that will test their training and skills to the limit. But even the toughest Sydney beach is nothing, compared with the course of events mapped out …
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Aliki Says
Aliki and her cousin Liza are best friends, but sometimes Liza wishes Aliki didn’t always get all of the attention. Liza is on her way to Greece to collect their grandmother and bring her back to Australia to live.
But …
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All I Know
Starting with a colourful childhood in Collingwood and Doncaster, under the shadow of her father’s mortality, and ending in sunny Bondi, supported by a tight circle of girlfriends who got her through a death even more painful, Mary Coustas takes …
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All My Kisses
Abby loves getting kisses. She collects them in a special bucket and she won’t let them go.
But what happens to kisses when they’re not share?…
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Alone Across Australia: one man’s trek across a continent
In 2001, with only his dog Seraphine for company, Jon Muir set off to cross Australia on foot, from the tidal reaches of Port Augusta in South Australia to Burketown on the Gulf of Carpentaria. It was a history-making trek, …
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Amy’s Touch
After working as a nurse with Australian soldiers in World War I, Amy Carmichael settles in the little town of Gindaroo, South Australia. There she is reunited with one of her former patients, good-natured Danny McLean, and his moody brother …
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An Adventurous Life
From trainee animator to Spielberg, from Jaws to Blue Lagoon, to falling in love with the ocean and with her husband, Ron, this is the exceptional and unique life story of pioneering marine conservationist, photographer and shark expert Valerie …
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An Almost Perfect Murder
On a Sunday evening Ricky Conway, mother of two and estranged wife of a serving police officer, was found deceased in her Canberra suburban home. Police suspected Ricky had committed suicide, but one detective noticed something unusual that made him …
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An Echo in Time: Atlantis – The Ancient Future Trilogy (Book 2)
The narrow stairway inside the mountain led to a door that opened into a huge marble plateau. Upon this stood a stone circle of nine of the largest hunks of polished crystal Tory had ever seen. A turbulent cloud erupted …
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And in the Morning
This is the story of two brothers, Jonathon and Joseph White. Caught up in the excitement of army recruitment camps travelling through outback country towns they, like thousands of other young men, sign up to fight the enemy. Soon the …
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And Then the Darkness: The disappearance of Peter Falconio and the trials of Joanne Lees
In this gripping account of Peter Falconio’s disappearance, award-winning writer Sue Williams delves into the saga as it unfolds, charting the young couple’s early lives, an ill-fated love affair, and dark past of the gun-happy drifter snared by the investigation. …
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Angel of Ruin
Sophie needs to pay the rent and a story on the occult would sell near Hallowe’en. The Lodge of the Seven Stars is good for research but Sophie is a sceptic and doesn’t believe in any of the rituals. Until …
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Apartment 255
Sarah and Ginny have been best friends since school. They both had their share of adolescent problems but now things are working out for Sarah. She’s met Tom. Her TV reporting career is taking off. But Ginny has not been …
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