Bestselling young adult author Derek Landy will join us at Shearer's for a lively discussion of his popular Skullduggery series. Join Derek for a chat, book signing, super quiz, and lots of prizes.
Tuesday March 23rd. 4.30pm. Cost $3. Bookings phone (02) 9572 7766.
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March Non-Fiction News | ||
 | The Pacific This is a gripping piece of historical writing following the intertwined odysseys of four US Marines and a US Navy carrier pilot within the Pacific theatre during World War II. Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of these five men, who put their lives on the line for their country. The book is published to coincide with the broadcast of the new HBO miniseries on the Seve ... |
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 | The Hidden Brain What if it is simply unconscious biases - in the way of memory, emotion and attention - that produce most misunderstandings and conflicts between people, groups and even nations? How can you tell if it isn't just your brain running on 'auto-pilot' that makes your moral decisions for you, instead of the logical thinking you've nurtured and developed? Reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink , The Hidden Brain takes a look at how we actually think both consciously and unconsciously. In The Hidden Brain: how our unconscious minds elect presidents, control markets, wage wars, and save our lives , author and science journalist Shankar Ved ... |
RRP: $35.00 Our Price: $31.50
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 | Malcolm Fraser Malcolm Fraser is one of the least known, most interesting and possibly most misunderstood of Australia's prime ministers. In this book, part memoir and part authorised biography, Fraser, at the age of 79, explains himself and his record in government for the first time, speaking from his experience to the present and the future. ... |
RRP: $59.99 Our Price: $53.99
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 | Beneath Hill 60 We all remember images from WWI of massive artillery barrages and soldiers crossing shattered landscapes towards certain slaughter. Beneath these killing fields of the Western Front, another war was taking place, a deadly game 30 metres down, played between thousands of troops. These were not infantrymen but miners. Their mutual goal was to tunnel beneath 'no man's land', under the opposing lines and destroy the German enemy from below. Unfortunately, the Germans had the same idea and were digging in from the other side. Over 4585 Australian miners took part in this secret subterranean war, fighting under stress and conditions that ... |
RRP: $34.95 Our Price: $31.46
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 | Just Kids Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe ... |
RRP: $39.99 Our Price: $35.99
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 | Destination Saigon Get a taste of the real Vietnam and its people on a sometimes funny, always fascinating journey from the bustling cities to the out of the way villages, into Buddhist monasteries and along the Mekong - a real delight for armchair travellers and those contemplating their own adventure. ... |
RRP: $24.99 Our Price: $22.49
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March Fiction News | ||
 | Sleepless Parker T Haas is a straight-arrow LAPD cop whose cast-iron sense of right and wrong has made him a lone wolf on the force. But when a plague of sleeplessness attacks Los Angeles and the world beyond, his philosophical certainties are tested to destruction. Sent undercover to pose as a dealer, Haas is on the trail of a black-market drug that is the one thing providing relief to the sleepless - if you can penetrate the arcane code of its mysterious supplier. But as Haas negotiates the increasingly chaotic and dangerous world of a city slowly going mad, he crosses the path of an equally fanatical a-moralist, a hired killer whose extrem ... |
RRP: $32.99 Our Price: $29.69
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 | Mr Rosenblum's List Jack Rosenblum is five foot three and a half inches of sheer tenacity. Through study and application he intends to become a Very English Gentleman. Jack is compiling a list, a comprehensive guide to the manners, customs and habits of his new home. And he never speaks German, apart from the occasional curse. Assimilation, he's convinced, is the secret of success. But the war's been over for eight years and despite his best efforts, his bid to blend in remains fraught with unexpected hurdles. Including his wife. Sadie finds his obsession baffling. She doesn't want to forget who they are or where they come from. She'd rather bake cakes ... |
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 | The Surrendered June Han has forged a life thousands of miles from her birthplace: she has built a business in New York, survived a husband, borne a child. But her past holds more secrets than she has ever been able to tell, and thirty years after her escape from war-ravaged Korea, the time has come for her to confront them. Hector Brennan, fighter, drinker and 'failure grand and total', is the man who long ago saved June's life. And between them lies the story of the beautiful, damaged Sylvie Tanner, whose elusive love they both once sought. On a journey that takes them from the scorched hillsides and abandoned rice paddies of a shattered Korea to ... |
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 | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Honour, duty and a properly brewed cup of tea ... get ready for the Major to steal your heart in the sweet, moving and uplifting story of a highly unlikely relationship between a very proper English gentleman and a widowed Pakistani shopkeeper. ... |
RRP: $32.99 Our Price: $29.69
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 | Dragon Haven Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the second instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. ... |
RRP: $29.99 Our Price: $26.99
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 | Never Look Away It starts with a trip to a local amusement park. David Harwood is hoping a carefree day at Five Mountains will help dispel his wife Jan's recent depression. Instead, a day of fun with their four-year-old son Ethan turns into a nightmare. When Jan disappears from the park, David's worst fears seem to have come true. But when he goes to the police to report her missing, terrified that she's planning to take her own life, the facts start to indicate something very different. The park's records show that only two tickets were purchased, David and Ethan's and CCTV shows no evidence that Jan ever entered the park at all. Suddenly David's ... |
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 | Trespass Set among the hills and gorges of the Cevennes, the dark and beautiful heartland of southern France, Trespass is a thrilling novel about disputed territory, sibling love and devastating revenge. In a silent valley stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic so haunted by his violent past that hes become incapable of all meaningful action, letting his hunting dogs starve and his land go to ruin.Meanwhile, his sister, Audrun, alone in her modern bungalow within sight of the Mas Lunel, dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life. Into this closed ... |
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March Childrens News | ||
 | Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days It's the fourth Skulduggery Pleasant adventure! only Skulduggery Pleasant himself is lost on the other side of a portal, with only some evil gods for company. Can he possible survive? (Yes, all right, he's already dead. But still.) ... |
RRP: $19.99 Our Price: $17.99
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 | The Piper's Son Five years on from Saving Francesca, Thomas Mackee is the one who needs saving. Tom wants oblivion. Wants to forget parents who leave and friends he used to care about and a string of one-night stands, and favourite uncles being blown to smithereens on their way to work on the other side of the world. ... |
RRP: $24.95 Our Price: $22.46
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 | Monkey Mountain A class trip to Borneo starts off with a bang - a trip to see a real-life volcano! But when the volcano unexpectedly erupts, Sam Fox is left behind with his ailing teacher, Mr Griffin. They make it down the mountain to the cool blue sea - only to be hemmed in by bloodthirsty sharks! ... |
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 | Toppling Dominic Fraser likes footy and soccer and cricket. He has a dog named Butch and five goldfish but no brothers or sisters. He's funny and loyal and he's my best mate. But when John's friend Dominic becomes ill, John's world begins to topple. From the award-winning author of Pearl Verses the World comes a warm story about the importance of friendship. ... |
RRP: $15.95 Our Price: $14.36
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 | Jameela Based on a true story, this powerful, authentic novel explores the life of one girl in post-Taliban Afghanistan. 'A beautifully written story about a girl - and a country - struggling to overcome the devastation of war, an important book that should be widely read. Ages 10+. ... |
RRP: $15.99 Our Price: $14.39
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 | The Black Book of Colours Our eyes tell us about colour. But what if you are blind? Can you still know colours? Using simple language and textured art, this book shows you how to 'see' without your eyes. It includes the pages that are black, but using your imagination and your senses you can hear, smell, touch and taste colours. ... |
RRP: $19.95 Our Price: $17.96
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 | Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party From best-selling author Hazel Edwards and award-winning illustrator Deborah Niland comes another in the popular Hippopotamus series. Ages 1+. ... |
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