The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea: Popular Penguins

Randolph Stow

In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favourite older cousin Rick leaves to join the army, the war takes a step closer. When Rick returns several years later, he has changed and the old merry-go-round that represents Rob's dream of utopia ...

The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District

James Rebanks

 Old world met new when a shepherd in the English Lake District impulsively started a Twitter account. A routine cell phone upgrade left author James Rebanks with a pretty decent camera and a pre-loaded Twitter app--the tools to share his way of life with the world. And what began as a tentative experim...

Wind/ Pinball: Two Novels

Haruki Murakami

'If you're the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitchens at three o'clock in the morning, you can only write accordingly. That's who I am.' Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami's earliest novels. They follow the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by ...

The Fifth Elephant: The City Watch Collection (Discworld #24)

Terry Pratchett

A beautiful hardback edition of the classic Discworld novelThey say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That mastering it is a lifetime's work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It's not something you can just pick up on the job. A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important co...

Periodic Table (DK Eyewitness)

DK,

This fact-filled book is the perfect guide to all 118 elements in the periodic table, the ingredients that make up our world. Packed with stunning new photography, Eyewitness Periodic Table begins with a concise history of chemistry, scientific pioneers, and the creation of the first periodic table, the...

Five Energies of Horrible Bosses... and How Not to Become One

Marcel Daane

'The fundamental difference between a great boss and a horrible boss is how they project their energy onto others. Everything else is born from that energy'Five Energies of Horrible Bosses...And How Not To Become One is a Leadership Book like you have never read before. This book offers a holistic frame...

Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya's Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship

Max Lane

A nation is exiled from itself to prison; a nation is re-awakened through the storytelling of its origins; understand Indonesia through Pramoedya's books In 1981, a new company, Hasta Mitra, founded by three men just released from over a decade in prison under a dictatorship, published a novel written ...