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Jamie's 30-minute Meals

Jamie's 30-minute MealsIn his new book, "Jamie's 30-Minute Meals", Jamie proves that, by mastering a few tricks and being organized and focused in the kitchen, it is absolutely possible, and easy, to get a complete meal on the table in the same amount of time you'd normally spend making one dish! The 50 brand-new meal ideas in this book are exciting, varied and seasonal.They include main course buy_from_fishpondrecipes with side dishes as well as puddings and drinks, and are all meals you'll be proud to serve your family and friends. Jamie has written the recipes in a way that will help you make the most of every single minute in the kitchen. More

Oprah: A Biography By Kitty KelleyOprah: A Biography

The first comprehensive biography of one of the most admired public buy_from_fishpondfigures of our time, by the most widely read biographer of our era. Anyone who is a fan of Oprah Winfrey or who has followed her extraordinary life and career will be fascinated by this exhaustively researched book. More

The Power by Rhonda Byrne The Power

In The Secret, Rhonda Byrne revealed the law of attraction. Now with The Power, Rhonda Byrne continues her groundbreaking work, as she reveals the single greatest force in our universe. Rhonda believes that everyone is meant to have an amazing life. Available 17th August - More

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Masterchef Winner - Julie Goodwin

Masterchef Winner Julie Goodwin Cookbook

Our Family Table by Julie Goodwin - -Since taking out the coveted title of buy_from_fishpondAustralia's first MasterChef, Julie Goodwin has been cooking, testing and writing away like mad, preparing to publish her first cookbook.. More

The Big Book of "Top Gear" 2010

buy_from_fishpondInside these lavishly tooled pages you'll find lashings of nonsense about Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, including Clarkson's not-awaited fitness DVD, how to get Hammond to open your new supermarket and James' bizarre new sideline in satellite-navigation systems. More | top

Open: An Autobiography by Andre AgassiOpen: An Autobiography

buy_from_fishpondCoaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would define him. Now, in his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by such conflicts. More | top
Driven to Distraction
Driven to Distraction by Jeremy Clarkson

buy_from_fishpondBrace yourself, Clarkson's back. And he'd like to tell you what he thinks about some of the most awe-inspiring, earth-shatteringly fast and jaw-droppingly gorgeous cars in the world (alongside a few irredeemable disasters ...). Or he would, if there weren't so many things competing for his attention first. . More | top

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced By Nujood Ali, Delphine Minou I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

This slim book tells the story of a Yemeni girl married off at a young age buy_from_fishpond(her exact age is unknown, but she was by all accounts still a child) who dared to resist. Raped and beaten by her husband, she did the unheard of: she found her way to a courthouse and insisted on a divorce . More

4 Ingredients, 2: Over 400 Fast, Fabulous and Flavoursome Recipes Using 4 or Fewer IngredientsTop Bestselling Books Cooking, Food and Drink

4 Ingredients, 2: Over 400 Fast, Fabulous and Flavoursome Recipes Using 4 or Fewer Ingredients

By Kim McCosker, Rachael Bermingham

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If saving time and money in the kitchen is coupled with a desire to serve up fast, fabulous and flavoursome food, then this book is the cookbook for you. The ladies have teamed up again, after receiving loads of feedback at hundreds of events around Australia.

Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast

Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast

By Nigella Lawson, Lis Parsons

buy_from_fishpondThe Domestic Goddess is back, and this time it's instant. Nigella and her style of cooking have earned a special place in our lives, symbolizing all that is best, most pleasurable, most hands-on, and least fussy about good food. MoreCrunch Time: Lose Weight Fast and Keep it Off

Crunch Time: Lose Weight Fast and Keep it Off By Michelle Bridges

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Customer review on 24/02/2009

Love this book. I am now on to week 4 of the exercises. I love the fact that I can do the exercises at home with very little gym gear as alternatives to equipment are given eg using a towel around a pole to pull yourself inwards working your muscles.More

A Song in the Daylight By Paullina Simons

A Song in the DaylightFrom the author of the top five bestsellerROAD TO PARADISE comes a novel of love, betrayal and redemption against the odds How well can you ever really know someone?

The Finkler Question

Current Bestsellers

The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson - Booker Prize Winner

Guantanamo: My Journey by David Hicks

Worth Dying For by Lee Child

Minding Frankie By Muave Binchy

Reversal by Michael Connelly

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

At Home with the Templetons by Monica Mcinerney

Fall of the Giants by Ken Follett

Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

Truth by Peter Temple

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Search by Nora Roberts

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Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz

Blind Fury by Lynda La Plante

The Dukan Diet by Pierre Dukan

Family Ties By Danielle Steele

The Passage by Justin Cronin

9th Judgement

9th Judgement By James Patterson

buy_from_fishpondA disturbed killer targets San Francisco's most innocent and vulnerable. Sarah Wells is a normal, suburban woman. She has a husband, a job as an English teacher at the local high-school, but she also has a secret . she is an expert jewel thief. While her rich victims throw parties, Sarah breaks into their homes and steals from right under their very noses. One night however, things go badly wrong and Casey Dowling...More

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Children & Teen Award Winning Books

Winners 2009 CBCA Book of the Year:

Winner Younger Readers

Perry Angel's Suitcase (Kingdom of Silk)Perry Angel's Suitcase (Kingdom of Silk), Glenda Millard, illus by Stephen Michael King, (ABC Books) - It has taken Perry Angel almost seven years to find the place where he belongs. A heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting story about lost, human kindness, being yourself and finding your place in the world. Ages 7+. More

Winner Early Childhood

How to Heal a Broken WingHow to Heal a Broken Wing, Bob Graham, (Walker Books)- When Will helps an injured bird, he learns that a little kindness can go a long way.No one in the busy city sees the bird lying on the pavement, its wing broken. No one but a small boy called Will. He and his mum carry it home and, with time, rest, and a little bit of hope, the wing mends...and they set the bird free to soar over the city once more. More

Winner Picture Book of the Year

Collecting Colour, Kylie Dunstan, (Lothian) -Dunstan, (Lothian) - Collecting ColourCollecting Colour tells the story of a day spent collecting colour in the Top End of the Northern Territory, narrated by a white Australian girl, Rose. Rose s best friend Olive s mother, Karrang, makes beautiful coloured baskets, mats and bags from leaves from the pandanus palm a tall, thin tree with very long, spiky leaves. Rose and Olive spend a day out bush helping to gather the pandanus leaves and stringy bark for making into strong bags and baskets. They collect the colour that the bags will be bright yellows and pinks, from special plants and berries . More

Winner Eve Pownall Award for Information Book of the Year

Alive in the Death Zone: Mount Everest SurvivalAlive in the Death Zone: Mount Everest Survival, Lincoln Hall, Random House)- Lincoln Hall’s story of climbing the world’s highest mountain, being left for dead near the summit and his subsequent return to life and safety, is an incredible and exciting adventure that will inspire anyone who reads it. It’s a story of survival against all odds using sheer willpower, courage and determination.

Winner Older Readers

Tales from Outer SuburbiaTales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan, (A&U) -Do you remember the water buffalo at the end of our street? Or the deep-sea diver we found near the underpass? Do you know why dogs bark in the middle of the night? Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and The Red Tree, reveals the quiet mysteries of everyday life: homemade pets, dangerous weddings, stranded sea mammals, tiny exchange students and secret rooms filled with darkness and delight. Fifteen intriguing illustrated stories about the mysteries that lurk below the surface of suburban life. More

 

buy_from_fishpondNine Dragons By Nine DragonsMichael Connelly - While investigating the murder of a Chinese liquor store owner, Harry Bosch gets word hisdaughter, who lives in Hong Kong with her mother, has been kidnapped. Bosch drops everything and journeys across the Pacific to a new city where nothing is as it seems.

Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?: The James Packer StoryWho Wants to Be a Billionaire? The James Packer Story By Paul Barry

buy_from_fishpondWho Wants to be a Billionaire? is the story of James Packer's desperate battle to win his father's love and respect. It's also a tale of billion-dollar bets gone disastrously wrong. But above all it's the portrait of a troubled relationship between a dominant father and dutiful son. In this sequel . More

The Five Greatest Warriors By Matthew Reilly

The Five Greatest Warriors

IT BEGAN WITH SIX STONES Jack West Jr and his loyal team buy_or_browse_from_fishpondare indesperate disarray: they've been separated, their mission is in tatters, and Jack was last seen plummeting down a fathomless abyss. IT FINISHES HERE After surviving his deadly fall, Jack must now race against his more | topThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest By Stieg Larsson

buy_or_browse_from_fishpondSalander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted , more | top

Tuscan Rose

Tuscan Rose By Belinda Alexandra

A mysterious stranger known as 'The Wolf' leaves an infant with the buysisters of Santo Spirito. A tiny silver key hidden in her wrappings is the only clue to the child's identity. And so begins a story as intriguing and beautiful as the city of Florence itself. Tuscan Rose is set in Italy during the time of Mussolini, a richly woven tale of passion, love, longing, witchcraft and magic. More

The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler - An exhilarating new adventure in the The Silent Seabestselling Oregon Files series. For six novels, Clive Cussler has brought buyreaders into the world of the Oregon, a seemingly dilapidated ship on the outside, but on the inside packed with sophisticated equipment, and captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo. But the Oregon's seventh adventure is its most remarkable yet. More

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson -Lisbeth Salander is a wantedbuy woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. More

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

By Stieg Larsson, Translated by eg Keeland

buyForty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. moreBig Girl

Big Girl By Danielle Steel

Victoria -a chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes and ordinary looks - has buyalways felt out of place in her family. When her younger sister Gracie is born,their parents make no secret of the fact that she is the perfect one. While they can eat as much as they like and not gain an ounce, l the wrong foods offer only temporary comfort . more

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Solar

Solar By Ian McEwan

Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind buyhim. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. . More

 

EARTH BOOKS FOR THE PLANETARY CONSCIOUS AND CURIOUS - GO

A Simpler Time: A Memoir of Love, Laughter, Loss and Billycarts by Peter Fitzsimmons

The Clean and Lean Diet 14 Days to Your Best-ever Body By James Duigan

Flat Belly Diet!: A Flat Belly is About Food and Attitude Period. (Not a Single Crunch Required)

Sweet Poison: Why Sugar

Makes us Fat by David Gillespie Available - More

Flat Belly Diet: A Flat Belly is About Food and Attitude Period. (Not a Single Crunch Required) By Liz Vaccariello

Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry

buy_from_fishpondThirteen years ago, "Moab is my Washpot", The Fry Chronicles: A MemoirStephen Fry's autobiography of his early years, was published to rave reviews and was a huge bestseller. In those thirteen years since, Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new stratosphere, both as a public figure, and a private man. Now he is not just a multi-award-winning comedian and actor, but also an author, director and presenter. In January 2010, he was awarded the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards. More

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D-Day: The Battle for Normandy By Antony Beevor

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D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on bo```th sides. Meanwhile,. More

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall By Hilary Mantel- Booker Prize Winnerbuy_from_fishpond

A magisterial new novel that takes us behind the scenes during one of the most formative periods in English history: the reign of Henry VIII. Wolf Hall is told mainly through the eyes of Thomas Cromwell, a self-made man who rose from a blacksmith's son inPutney to be the most powerful man in England after the king. more

Jasper Jones

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

Jasper Jones has come to my window. I don't know why, but he has. Maybe he's in trouble. Maybe he doesn't have anywhere else to go. Late on a hot summer night at the tail end of 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is startled by a knock on his window. His visitor is Jasper Jones. More

Ransom

Ransom By David Malouf

With learning worn lightly and in his own lyrical language, David Malouf retells Homer's Iliad. Focusing on the unbreakable bonds between men - Priam and Hector, Patroclus and Achilles, Priam and the cart driver hired to retrieve Hector's body. Pride, grief, brutality, love more

Cadel Evans: Close to Flying By Cadel Evans, Rob Arnold

Cadel ended the 2008 season as the number two cyclist in the world, but this book is nCadel Evans: Close to Flyingot just about winning, it is the story of how a softly spoken young man raced into an exciting world of opportunity and how he survived the demoralising exploits of artificially enhanced rivals to become one of the world's best cyclists. More

The Slap

The Slap By Christos Tsiolkas

At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. In this remarkable novel, . More Siren By Tara MossSiren Mak Vanderwall - beautiful, streetwise daughter of a cop, graduate in forensic psychology, and now PI - is hired by a widowed mother to track down her missing nineteen-year-old son. Has he come to harm? Or has he run off with a bizarre troupe of shady French cabaret artists More Breath By Tim Winton When paramedic Bruce Pi ke arrives too late Breathto save a boy found hanged in his bedroom he senses immediately that this lonely death isan accident. Pike knows the difference between suicide and misadventure. He understands only too well the forces that can propel a kid toward oblivion. Not just because he's an ambulanceman but because of the life he's lived, the boy he once was, addicted to extremes, flirting with death, pushing every boundary in the struggle to be extraordinary, barely knowing where or how to stop more Bad Behaviour By Liz Byrski Bad BehaviourOne mistake can change a life forever. Zoe is living a conventional suburbanlife in Fremantle. She works, she gardens and she loves her supportive husband Archie and their three children. But the arrival of a new woman into her son Daniel's life unsettles Zoe. Suddenly she is feeling angry More Blood Born By Kathryn Fox Blood Born For pathologist and forensic physician Dr Anya Crichton, the death of a gang rape victim hours before she is due to give evidence at trial is more than only a tragedy. The psychotic Harbourn brothers, the girl's accused attackers, now look like getting away with two horrific crimes. But the Harbourns' trail of destruction doesn't .. More

The People's Train By Tom KeneallyThe People's Train Artem Samsurov, a charismatic protege of Lenin and an ardent socialist, reaches sanctuary in Australia after escaping More

 

Featured Green Living Bestsellers

Green, Greener, Greenest: A Practical Guide to Making Eco-Smart Choices a Part Green, Greener, Greenest: A Practical Guide to Making Eco-Smart Choices a Part of Your Lifeof Your Life

By Lori Bongiorno, Frances Beinecke

How green can you be? Green: Drive the speed limit Greener: Drive a fuel-efficient car Greenest: Bike or walk The perfect guide to help readers decide how to best spend their time and money to protect the environment, Green, Greener, Greenest offers flexible tips for everyday living, all categorized as green, greener, and greenest. More

Greeniology: How to Live Well, be Green and Make a Difference

By Tanya HaGreeniology: How to Live Well, be Green and Make a Difference

This title includes new Preface, new Chapter, and updated contacts from Tanya Ha, presenter of the SBS series "Eco-House" airing for 6 weeks starting April 2007. Being green is easier than you think. "Greeniology" is a practical, comprehensive and fun guide to local environmental action in your home, at work and on holiday. It's about living in comfort and style, and in harmony with the natural environment.

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365 Ways to Live Green: Your Everyday Guide to Saving the Environment

By Diane Gow McDilda365 Ways to Live Green: Your Everyday Guide to Saving the Environment

365 Ways to Live Green will educate, inspire, and motivate you to do your part. With easy-to-implement tips, you'll learn how to:

  • Create biodegradable home cleaning products
  • Find the hidden ingredients in bad-for-you-foods
  • Invest in green technology and stocks
  • Buy eco-friendly clothes and accessories
  • Choose the right plants to nourish your yard More
How Green are My Wellies?: Small Steps and Giant Leaps to Green Living with Style

How Green are My Wellies: Small Steps and Giant Leaps to Green Living with Style

By Anna Shepard

Ever wondered how you can be green with glamour? Or how to make the very best of life and feel virtuous too? "How Green Are My Wellies?" describes Anna's efforts to live a life that is both fun and sparkly green. And whether growing vegetables, throwing a clothes-swap party, concocting natural potions, or green speed-dating, she proves that being planet-friendly is surprisingly liberating, enriching, and it may even make you laugh. . More

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The Lost Symbol By Dan Brown

The Lost Symbol

Six years in the writing, "The Lost Symbol" is Dan Brown'sextraordinary sequel to his internationally bestselling Robert Langdon thrillers, "Angels & Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code". Nothing is ever what it first appears in a Dan Brown novel. Set over a breathtaking 12 hour time span, the book's narrative More | top

Under the DomeUnder the Dome by Stephen King

buy_or_browse_from_fishpondCelebrated storyteller Stephen King returns to his roots in this tour de force featuring more than 100 characters - some heroic, some diabolical - and a supernatural element as baffling and chilling as any he's ever conjured. On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, is More | top

I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
I, Alex Cross

Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a buy_or_browse_from_fishpondfamily celebration and given the awful news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim. The hunt for her murderer More | top

The Story of Danny Dunn Bryce Courtenay

The Story of Danny Dunn

In the aftermath of the Great Depression, buy_or_browse_from_fishpondfewopportunities existed for working-class boys, but at just 18 Danny Dunn has a good deal going for him: brains, looks, sporting ability - and an easy charm. His parents run The Hero, a favourite neighbourhood pub, and Danny is a local hero. Luck changes for Danny when he signs up to go to war. He returns home a physically broken man, More | top

A Song in the Daylight By Paullina Simons

A Song in the DaylightFrom the author of the top five bestseller buy_or_browse_from_fishpondROAD TO PARADISE comes a novel of love, betrayal and redemption against the odds How well can you ever really know someone? If anyone asked Larissa's husband, children or friends if she was happy, they would say yes. Sometimes too busy, sometimes irritable - but really, what in her wonderful life could be wrong? She has a happy marriage, a dream house, more | top

61 Hours

61 Hours By Lee Child

Winter in South Dakota. Blowing snow, icy roads, a tired driver. A bus skids and buycrashes and is stranded in a gathering storm.

There's a small town twenty miles away, where a vulnerable witness is guarded around the clock. There's a strange stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. There's a ruthless man who controls everything from the warmth of Mexico. More