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Borges and Me: An Encounter by Jay Parini
$22.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZEIn this evocative work of what the author in his Afterword calls 'autofiction' or 'a kind of novelised memoir', Jay Parini takes us back fifty years, when he fled the United States for Scotland. He was in frantic flight from the Vietnam War and desperately in search ...Show more
Borges and Me: An Encounter by Jay Parini
$32.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
An intimate and magical memoir about embarking on a road trip with Borges through Scotland and the famed writer's thoughts on literature, love and poetry. In this evocative work of what the author in his Afterword calls 'autofiction' or 'a kind of novelised memoir', Jay Parini takes us back fifty years ...Show more
Boris Goes Berserk by Robert Favretto
$16.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books Paper Back
Age range 6 to 9Boris the huntsman wants his dinner! But Dad has other plans. Join in the family fun as Boris and Dad battle it out throughout the house.A hilarious tale that encourages a healthy respect for spiders.
Boris in Switzerland (#2 The Wolves of Greycoat Hall) by Lucinda Gifford
$16.99 AUD
Category: Early Readers | Series: The\Wolves of Greycoat Hall Ser.
A romp of a read, with an ingenious mystery to solve, and packed with endearing illustrations. Boris is attending the Institute of International Excellence, a fancy Swiss boarding school while his parents are staying with Great Aunt Orfilia. Although worried about being the only wolf, and having to navi ...Show more
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
$24.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZE The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the a ...Show more
Born Again Blakfella by Jack Charles
$34.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured long after he reconnected with his ...Show more
Born Bad by Stephen Smith (Illustrator); Ziggy Hanaor; C. K. Smouha
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books Hard Back
Born Bad is an accessible and lighthearted picture book that cleverly introduces young readers to issues surrounding identity and transformation through humor and surprising animal facts. Stunning illustrations bring Wolf's journey and subsequent transition to life and are complemented by elegant packag ...Show more
Born Into This by Adam Thompson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
The stories in Born Into This throw light on a world of unique cultural practice and perspective, from Indigenous rangers trying to instil some pride in wayward urban teens on the harsh islands off the coast of Tasmania, to those scraping by on the margins of white society railroaded into complex and co ...Show more
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
$21.99 AUD
Category: Humour
Steve Martin has been an international star for over thirty years. Here, for the first time, he looks back to the beginning of his career and charmingly evokes the young man he once was. Born in Texas but raised in California, Steve was seduced early by the comedy shows that played on the radio when the ...Show more
Born Survivors by Wendy Holden
$22.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to each other, they were newly pregnant, and facing an uncertain fate without their husbands. Alone, scared, and with so many loved ones alr ...Show more
Born To Run by Michael Morpurgo
$16.99 AUD
Category: 8-12 Fiction
A tale of kindness triumphing over cruelty, of resilience, friendship and the value of looking forward rather than behind you - from a master storyteller 'Pitch perfect' Daily Mail When Patrick saves a greyhound puppy from drowning in the canal, he gives his beloved new pet the only name that feels righ ...Show more