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Loyal vows by Ketley Allison

Loyal vows

Ketley Allison

I thought I knew evil. I thought I knew love. But here, locked within the rotting walls of an abandoned manor, something much darker unfurls--something that makes my previous life seem like a childhood fairy tale. Morgan, Rio, Xavier. Each one a jagged puzzle...

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A drop of pretty poison by Kelsey Clayton

A drop of pretty poison

Kelsey Clayton

They say that when a love burns too bright, it's bound to burn out--especially when wrapped in secrets and doused in lies. After a risk is taken and a confession is made, one relationship heats up while another hangs in the balance. When everything rests on...

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Dark heart by Donna Grant

Dark heart

Donna Grant

Deepest passion. Darkest betrayal.Once, she was my world. The only one I loved. Then it was all ripped away--including my freedom.Vengeance kept me alive. It paved every step, shaped every plot. Until I finally caught her.I learned that line between love and...

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The queen's cook by Tessa Afshar

The queen's cook

Tessa Afshar

In the heart of ancient Persia, the empire's Jewish citizens face an ominous edict that threatens their very existence. Roxannah, the daughter of an impoverished Persian lord, is devastated by the news but feels helpless to come to the aid of her Jewish...

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Toxic prey by John Sandford

Toxic prey

John Sandford

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.Gaia is dying.That, at least, is what Dr....

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The joy document by Jennifer McGaha

The joy document

Jennifer McGaha

When Jennifer McGaha's grandmother was in her late eighties, Jennifer asked her what her favorite age so far had been. "Fifty-five," her grandmother answered, as though there were something magical about this stage of life. So, in her own fifty-fifth year,...

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Baking it merry by Samantha Chase

Baking it merry

Samantha Chase

A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Holiday Romance from New York Times bestselling author, Samantha Chase! Everyone in the building loved the bake shop a lot. Except for the guy on the top floor, who most certainly did not. If it were up to him, there wouldn't...

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Killing time by Alan Bennett

Killing time

Alan Bennett

We have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It's less of a home and more of a club and very much a community. Presided over by the lofty Mrs McBryde, Hill Topp House is a superior council home for the elderly. Among the unforgettable cast...

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Theatre Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

Theatre Shoes

Noel Streatfeild

Brought to you by Puffin.Every family has its secrets, but it was a huge surprise to the three young Forbeses, fresh from a country vicarage, to discover that their grandmother was a famous actress. Sent to live with her in bombed-out, wartime London, they...

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Resurgence of the pack by Heather G. Harris

Resurgence of the pack

Heather G. Harris

The Queen of Werewolves Never Bows--She Hunts.Being Queen of the British Werewolves means I'm not one to back down, especially when my friend Emory is facing trial on spurious charges. I stormed in, certain that my impassioned speech would help save the king...

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Circus shoes by Noel Streatfeild

Circus shoes

Noel Streatfeild

Brought to you by Puffin.Peter and Santa live a rather dull existence with their Aunt Rebecca, but when she dies they face the awful prospect of life in separate orphanages. In desperation they run away to find their only living relative, Uncle Gus, who works...

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The independent woman by Jill Darragh

The independent woman

Jill Darragh

"Marianna Marsham is a highly successful businesswoman. She has no time for the aristocracy and they don't understand her commercial world. She has forged a privileged, influential life on her own merits after suffering tragedy and no man will succeed in...

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Disaster nationalism by Richard Seymour

Disaster nationalism

Richard Seymour

The rise of the new far right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderstanding. While the spotlight often shines on the actions of charismatic leaders, the true peril lies elsewhere. Defeating these people will not stem the tide driving them...

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A calamitous cookie by Fiona Grace

A calamitous cookie

Fiona Grace

Allison Sweet, 34, a sous chef in Los Angeles, has had it up to here with demeaning customers, her demanding boss, and her failed love life. After a shocking incident, she realizes the time has come to start life fresh and follow her lifelong dream of moving...

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The great when by Alan Moore

The great when

Alan Moore

A propulsive tour through a fantastical London, where history and myth collide, murder stalks the streets and the mundane becomes very magical indeed...The year is 1949, the city London. Amidst the smog of the capital is Dennis Knuckleyard, a hapless...

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Tennis shoes by Noel Streatfeild

Tennis shoes

Noel Streatfeild

The Heath children have tennis running through their blood - their father and grandfather were top players - and the twins are championship material. However, to everyone's surprise, it is their lazy and rebellious younger sister, Nicky, who has the most...

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Your SENSE-ational human body by Emma (Children's author) Young

Your SENSE-ational human body

Emma (Children's author) Young

Bloomsbury presents Your SENSE-ational Human Body by Emma Young, read by Nicole Davis.Accessible and fun ... truly a kind of genius!' Bill Bryson----Everything you thought you knew about your senses is wrong!How many senses do you have? I bet you said five....

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Running beside the Alpha by Lola Glass

Running beside the Alpha

Lola Glass

Never run from a werewolf.My life has taught me to expect the unexpected.A serial-killer rampaging through the New York Pack? Sure. Why not? But a serial killer who smells like me? That's a heck of a lot more than unexpected.With the Alphas of All poking...

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Congo nightfall by Jason Kasper

Congo nightfall

Jason Kasper

FROM FORMER GREEN BERET AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JASON KASPERWhen elite CIA operative David Rivers and his paramilitary team are dispatched to the heart of Africa, their mission is clear: eliminate the notorious terrorist warlord, Chijioke Mubenga,...

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Rides a dread legion by Raymond E. Feist

Rides a dread legion

Raymond E. Feist

When representatives from the besieged world of Laromendis arrive, claiming that Midkemia is the lost home world of the elves, the magician Pug and the Conclave of Shadows receive the elves as potential allies in the hopes of conquering a demonic common enemy.

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Bits and pieces by Whoopi Goldberg

Bits and pieces

Whoopi Goldberg

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life. If it weren't for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom...

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At home with Peppa

At home with Peppa

Brought to you by Ladybird. At Home With Peppa, read by John Sparkes. Come join Peppa and her all her friends as they explore and play in this collection of 10 newly recorded audio stories based on her hit TV show, Peppa Pig.The stories in this collection...

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Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the video vultures from Venus by Dav Pilkey

Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the video vultures from Venus

Dav Pilkey

Ever wish you had a flying Robot for a best friend? Wouldn't it be great to have a Robot so big and powerful that nobody wouldever mess with you again? Friendly Robots can be fun! But with giant friends come giant responsibilities. In this book, the evil...

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Wilfred Grenfell by Janet Benge

Wilfred Grenfell

Janet Benge

The icy Arctic cold stabbed at Wilfred's fingers and toes. A howling wind was pushing the ice pan he was stranded on out to sea -- and with it hope of rescue. His clothes, soaked when his dogsled fell through the ice, were now frozen. Lying near his sled dog...

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Alien by Alex (Novelist) White

Alien

Alex (Novelist) White

The critically acclaimed author of Alien: The Cold Forge takes listeners to a rogue colony where terror lurks in the tunnels of an abandoned Weyland-Yutani complex."Shy" Hunt and the tech team from McAllen Integrations thought they'd have an easy job--set up...

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The black unicorn by Terry Brooks

The black unicorn

Terry Brooks

A year had passed since Ben Holiday bought the Magic Kingdom from the wizard Meeks, who had set a series of pitfalls against him. Ben survived, by the aid of three loyal friends: Questor Thews, and ill-trained wizard; Abernathy, a talking dog, the Court...

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C.T. Studd by Janet Benge

C.T. Studd

Janet Benge

C.T. and his companion were lost in the African jungle. All the warning others had given the two missionaries rushed into C.T.'s mind. He had the uneasy sensation of being watched. C.T. shivered as he stared into the dense foliage surrounding him. He was...

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Collards & cauldrons by Bella Falls

Collards & cauldrons

Bella Falls

Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow ... Charli Goodwin's leaving Honeysuckle Hollow again ... but only temporarily. Led by her grandmother, she and her friends from their small Southern supernatural town are headed to...

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There's a skunk in my bunk! by Dan Gutman

There's a skunk in my bunk!

Dan Gutman

With more than 34 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! The Ella Mentry School students are in for a wacky summer camp experience in this exciting My Weird School Special from New York Times bestselling author Dan...

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Black chalk by Christopher J. Yates

Black chalk

Christopher J. Yates

One game. Six students. Five survivors. It was only ever meant to be a game. A game of consequences, of silly forfeits, childish dares. A game to be played by six best friends in their first year at Oxford University. But then the game changed: the stakes grew...

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Stray spells by Danielle Garrett

Stray spells

Danielle Garrett

What's a witch to do when her feline familiar creates a cursed sleep mask that unleashes an evil spirit bent on plaguing half the town with terrible nightmares?Well, the first stop is Merlin's Well for a whole pitcher of magic margaritas.Selene's really...

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Frat wars by Saxon James

Frat wars

Saxon James

We're basically Romeo and Juliet. But dudes. And without all the dying. ChadBeing VP of Sigma Beta Psi is wild. I get all the benefits of being in charge with hardly any of the responsibility. Parties, pranks, and frat politics--college life has never been...

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The blue sword by Robin McKinley

The blue sword

Robin McKinley

Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl, is pleased with her new home. Life in Istan is certainly easy, but a voice in her ear whispers that the home of her heart is among the Hillfolk, among the descendants of Lady Aerin, who once wielded Gonturan, the Blue...

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The two princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

The two princesses of Bamarre

Gail Carson Levine

A kingdom beset by monsters . . .A disease that weakens and destroys . . .An epic poem and a hero of long ago . . .A story of danger and desperation. The two princesses of Bamarre couldn't be more different. Princess Addie is fearful and shy. Her deepest wish...

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Orris and Timble by Kate DiCamillo

Orris and Timble

Kate DiCamillo

From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilogy about a misanthropic rat and a naive owl?and the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn surrounded by his treasures,...

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Apple Blossom B&B by Anne-Marie Meyer

Apple Blossom B&B

Anne-Marie Meyer

I'm not good, I know this. I'm the reason my sister in law is a widow and my nephew has no father. This is why Abigail and I can't be together.This is why I must stay away.This story is told through 3 different points of view. Abigail, Bash and Claire. It's a...

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Beautiful bombshell by Christina Lauren

Beautiful bombshell

Christina Lauren

The gentlemen from Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player are out for a wild night on The Strip. When Max, Henry, and Will steal Bennett away for a weekend of shenanigans and strippers in Vegas, the first stop of the night doesn't go at...

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Brains! not just a zombie snack by Stacy McAnulty

Brains! not just a zombie snack

Stacy McAnulty

From Stacy McAnulty, author of the funny STEM picture book Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years and Our Universe series, comes the beginning of an exciting new picture book series focused on the science of the body. Brains. 78% water, 100% delicious. A zombie...

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The luminous life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson

The luminous life of Lucy Landry

Anna Rose Johnson

Selena Lucy Landry (named for a ship, as every sailor's child should be) has been frightened of the water ever since she lost her father at sea. But with no one else to care for her, she's sent to foster with the Martins--a large Anishinaabe family living on a...

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C.S. Lewis by Janet Benge

C.S. Lewis

Janet Benge

From his earliest childhood, C.S. Lewis loved to hear and tell stories. Persuaded that stories could reveal the truth about the real world in a unique way, the literature professor would write more than thirty books, including science fiction, theology,...

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The Andalite chronicles by Katherine Applegate

The Andalite chronicles

Katherine Applegate

"Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul is an Andalite war prince--the one who gave the Animorphs the power to morph. ""The AndaliteChronicles"" is the story of how this warrior-cadet ended up on planet Earth."

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Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the mutant mosquitoes from Mercury by Dav Pilkey

Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the mutant mosquitoes from Mercury

Dav Pilkey

Ricky Ricotta may be small, but he has the biggest best friend around!There's nothing better than being buddies with a giant flying Robot. Ricky's Mighty Robot always gets him to school on time, keeps bullies away, and even helps out with homework. These two...

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Curvy girls can't date cowboys by Kelsie Stelting

Curvy girls can't date cowboys

Kelsie Stelting

The one thing my parents can't shelter me from is my heart. I nearly died the summer of my eighth grade year, and ever since then, my parents have done everything they could to keep me healthy. Now I'm a senior, and instead of feeling safe, I'm suffocating....

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Flourishing kin by Yuria Celidwen

Flourishing kin

Yuria Celidwen

From Indigenous scholar Yuria Celidwen comes a first-of-its-kind book about our aspiration for sustainable, collective flourishing through Indigenous wisdom, traditions, and practices that bridge Indigenous and Western knowledges and ways.How do we cultivate...

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Indigo Lake by Jodi Thomas

Indigo Lake

Jodi Thomas

The Ransom Canyon series is coming soon to Netflix starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly!Two families long divided by an ancient feud. Can a powerful love finally unite them?Blade Hamilton is the last of his line. He's never even heard of Crossroads, Texas,...

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A time to kill by John Grisham

A time to kill

John Grisham

In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence ... as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town ... Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is...

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A shade too far by Deborah Wilde

A shade too far

Deborah Wilde

Enjoy listening to this paranormal women's fiction from best-selling author Deborah Wilde. Featuring intelligent snark, a slow burn shifter romance, and the perfect dash of steamy sexiness, this complete mystery adventure series will take you on a hilarious...

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Rani the enchanted dragon by Maddy Mara

Rani the enchanted dragon

Maddy Mara

We are Dragon Girls -- hear us roar! In the Magic Forest, ordinary girls transform into powerful dragons. As Dragon Girls, they can soar above the treetops, breathe magical bursts of fire, and roar loud enough to shake the ground.Rani the Enchanted Dragon is...

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A drop of fortune by Danielle Garrett

A drop of fortune

Danielle Garrett

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Grandma bird by Benji Davies

Grandma bird

Benji Davies

A tender and heart-warming story about the growing relationship between a boy and his grandmother, set in the world of The Storm Whale by bestselling picture book creator, Benji Davies, narrated by Richard E. Grant. Noi isn't at all sure about staying at...

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Zoey and Sassafras Books 1-6  by Asia Citro

Zoey and Sassafras Books 1-6

Asia Citro

Follow the adventures of Zoey and her cat Sassafras with this collection of books 1-6 in the series. With magical animals, science, mystery, and adventure--the Zoey and Sassafras series has something for everyone!Each story features a new magical animal with a...

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Just friends by Saxon James

Just friends

Saxon James

Roo: Five years ago, I walked away from Sunbury, Oregon, and left my best friend behind. The move was supposed to get my life on track. I even had a list: Life changing epilepsy surgery. Check. See the world. Check. Get over my straight best friend ... Not...

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The Bellmaker by Brian Jacques

The Bellmaker

Brian Jacques

Joseph the Bellmaker is troubled. It has been four seasons since his warrior-mouse daughter, Mariel, and her companion, Dandin, set off from Redwall to fight evil in Mossflower. Nothing has been heard of them since. Then one night, in a dream, the legendary...

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Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot by Dav Pilkey

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot

Dav Pilkey

Meet Ricky Ricotta, a little mouse with a big problem!Ricky Ricotta lives in Squeakyville with his mom and dad. Ricky has a hard time making friends at school, and the neighborhood bullies are always picking on him. If only Ricky could find someone to be his...

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It's all too much by Allison Keating

It's all too much

Allison Keating

Are you one of many people who, on the surface, look as though they are coping but, in reality, are not? Are you juggling endless WhatsApp groups, growing to-do lists and a constant feeling of teetering on the edge of overwhelm? This book is a transformative...

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Follow the rabbit-proof fence by Doris Pilkington

Follow the rabbit-proof fence

Doris Pilkington

This is the true account of Nugi Garimara's mother, Molly, made legendary by the film Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1931 Molly led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1600-kilometre walk across remote Western Australia. Aged eight, eleven and fourteen, they escaped...

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The empty grandstand by Lloyd Jones

The empty grandstand

Lloyd Jones

Lloyd Jones was seven years old the first time he climbed high into a grandstand to watch rugby with his father. The experience was baptismal. From his new elevated perspective Jones believed he could see everything that mattered - a field of play that rolled...

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Tell me again by Amy Thunig

Tell me again

Amy Thunig

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the story of her birth be retold. Years later, heavily pregnant with her own first child, she learns what really happened that day. It's a tale that...

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Stakeknife by Greg Harkin

Stakeknife

Greg Harkin

An explosive exposé of how British military intelligence really works - from the inside. The stories of two undercover agents: the man known as Stakeknife, Force Research Unit (FRU) agent and deputy head of the IRA's infamous 'Nutting Squad', the internal...

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Fire country by Victor Steffensen

Fire country

Victor Steffensen

Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of cultural burning practices, and improved 'reading' of...

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Raised by a serial killer by April Balascio

Raised by a serial killer

April Balascio

One evening in 2009 April Balascio was searching online, as she had been every night, for unsolved murders in the towns where her family had lived growing up, when she stumbled across the latest investigations into the 'Sweetheart Murders' cold case. All at...

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Eden undone by Abbott Kahler

Eden undone

Abbott Kahler

Amsterdam, July 1929. At nine o'clock in the evening, the SS Boskoop set sail carrying Friedrich, a Berlin doctor, his lover Dore and fifteen other third-class passengers, all crammed inside five dank cabins. Fleeing Europe's political and economic unrest,...

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Outlaw bikers in Australia by Duncan McNab

Outlaw bikers in Australia

Duncan McNab

Australia has a unique place in the history of outlaw motorcycle gangs, boasting the highest per capita membership in the world, and a biker culture where bombings, drive-by shootings, arson, beatings and murder are regular occurrences. From the clubs'...

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Passion purpose profit by Fiona Killackey

Passion purpose profit

Fiona Killackey

It's one thing to have a business idea, or even to start a creative business. It's quite another to scale it sustainably without increasing your financial and emotional stress. For most small business owners, what starts exciting and energising quickly turns...

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Monsters of men by Patrick Ness

Monsters of men

Patrick Ness

Monsters of Men: Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace...

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Dark heir by C. S. Pacat

Dark heir

C. S. Pacat

A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight. Pursued by dark forces, Will and his allies must leave the safety of the Hall and travel to the heart of the ancient world, making new and dangerous alliances and revealing the...

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The night war by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The night war

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

We don't choose how we feel, but we choose how we act. It's 1942. German Nazis occupy much of France. And 12-year-old Miriam, who is Jewish, is not safe. With help and quick thinking, Miri is saved from the roundup that takes her entire Jewish neighbourhood....

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Bunny vs monkey and the human invasion! by Jamie Smart

Bunny vs monkey and the human invasion!

Jamie Smart

Since he crashed-landed to earth in a rocket, Monkey has been causing absolute mayhem! Bunny and the gang have almost had enough. In this rollicking comic extravaganza, the pint sized friends must tackle a helliphant, rocket-powered hot air balloons and the...

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Eternal by Nicole Conway

Eternal

Nicole Conway

The dragonriders unite to make their final stand .... The champions have been chosen. The enemy is on the march. With an all-out battle looming close on the horizon, the fate of their world now rests in the hands of the finest heroes Maldobar can muster - and...

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The magic moment and other stories by Niall Breslin

The magic moment and other stories

Niall Breslin

The Magic Moment: Freddie is excited about his first trip to the swimming pool. But when he gets there, he finds it scary. Later that evening, Nana teaches him a secret trick. It's called the Magic Moment Trick and it gives you superpowers when you're facing...

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The lost book of magic by Amelia Mellor

The lost book of magic

Amelia Mellor

It's 1895, Melbourne is in crisis, and Pearl and Vally Cole's father has suggested the unthinkable - it might be time to close the grandest bookshop in the world. When a ghostly visitor offers Pearl magic that could save her home, she seizes her chance. But...

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Dylan Alcott game on by author Dylan Alcott

Dylan Alcott game on

author Dylan Alcott

My life so far has been pretty awesome. At home I've got a great family (sure, even my big brother, Jacob, when he's not being a total pain) and my pet legless lizard, Pogo (she can lick her own eyeballs, really). Then there are my friends Yusuf and Gemma, and...

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Superstar by Ash Barty

Superstar

Ash Barty

TOP SECRET! This is the PRIVATE diary of Ash Barty, future tennis SUPERSTAR! So don't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you ... okay?! Ash is back at TENNIS CAMP and so HAPPY to see her friends again. When they all find out that they will COMPETE at the end...

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Tigg and the bandicoot bushranger by Jackie French

Tigg and the bandicoot bushranger

Jackie French

Orphaned 12-year-old Tigg is the Bandicoot Bushranger, the youngest bushranger on the Ballarat goldfields in 1859. When a robbery goes wrong, Tigg must flee in disguise as one of the tens of thousands of Chinese men and boys braving heat, thirst, starvation...

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Fluff, unstoppable! by Matt Stanton

Fluff, unstoppable!

Matt Stanton

Gilbert is determined to win the local surfing competition and he will do anything to make it happen. To be a real winner, maybe he needs ... A BUNNY WITH A BRAINWAVE! A hilarious story full of heart and packed with disguises, octopuses, lawn bowls and boxing...

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Wishing water by Freda Lightfoot

Wishing water

Freda Lightfoot

Her desire for love will have disastrous consequences ... Lissa Turner has everything a girl could wish for. She's beautiful, intelligent and has a wonderful family in the picturesque Lake District. But despite her good fortune, Lissa is unhappy. Her mother...

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The formidable Miss Cassidy by Mei Han Boey

The formidable Miss Cassidy

Mei Han Boey

Miss Cassidy is no ordinary governess. She can tutor the most wayward child, tell stories in several languages and fix any household crisis. But she also has the power to deal with problems of a far more dark and dangerous kind. Arriving in 1890s Singapore,...

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All things seen and unseen by R.J McDaniel

All things seen and unseen

R.J McDaniel

All Things Seen and Unseen follows Alex Nguyen, an isolated, chronically ill university student in her early 20s. After a suicide attempt and subsequent lengthy hospitalisation, she finds herself without a job, kicked out of campus housing, unable to afford...

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Someone saw something by Rick Mofina

Someone saw something

Rick Mofina

When six-year-old Gabriel vanishes from Central Park, his mother, news anchor Corina Corado, is desperate for answers. Who would take her son - and why? Detectives suspect there's a connection to the barrage of hate mail Corina's received over the years. In...

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Whistledown woman by Josephine Cox

Whistledown woman

Josephine Cox

On a moonlit night in 1898, Kathleen Wyman lies in labour at Bessington Hall. Her husband, Edward, is sure that she has been unfaithful to him. In his blind, jealous rage he later gives away the baby to gypsy Rona Parrish, summoned to help with the delivery....

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Summer and the groomsman by Cathryn Hein

Summer and the groomsman

Cathryn Hein

After yet again nearly colliding with an escaped horse while driving home to the family farm, Harry Argyle comes face-to-face with its pretty owner, and doesn't hold back his disapproval. Confronted by a bad-tempered giant on a dark country road, beautician...

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The rose arbor by Rhys Bowen

The rose arbor

Rhys Bowen

London, 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a London newspaper when a young girl's disappearance captivates the city. If Liz can break the story, it's her way into the newsroom. She already has a scoop - her best friend, Marisa, is a...

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Together we fall apart by Sophie Matthiesson

Together we fall apart

Sophie Matthiesson

For the past seven years, Clare has been living in London. She works for a judge on child protection cases. Her partner, Miriam, is devoted to raising their young son, Rupert - their days are dominated by nap times, laundry and hiding from each other. When...

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Redwood court by DéLana R. A. Dameron

Redwood court

DéLana R. A. Dameron

The baby of the family, Mika Tabor spends much of her time in the care of loved ones, listening to their stories and witnessing their struggles. On Redwood Court, the cul-de-sac in the all-Black working-class suburb of Columbia, South Carolina, where her...

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Inheritance by Genevieve Gannon

Inheritance

Genevieve Gannon

In 2027, Emily is deciding whether to take advantage of a new health service that promises a healthier, stronger baby through gene editing. There's plenty in her family tree that she would like to protect her unborn child against. But not everybody loves the...

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Hold me, cowboy by Alissa Callen

Hold me, cowboy

Alissa Callen

Marietta hometown girl Kendall Dixon knows who she is and what she wants, even if the stubborn and slow-smiling cowboy who owns her heart is long gone from Montana. Rancher Brent Ashton returns to Marietta to care for his sick mother. Haunted by the death of...

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Finding joy in oyster bay by Susan Duncan

Finding joy in oyster bay

Susan Duncan

When former journalist turned café owner Kate Jackson abandons her six-month-old baby and disappears without a word, the quirky offshore community of Cook's Basin quickly steps in to salvage a delicate and difficult situation. But even the best intentions can...

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The last illusion of Paige White by Vanessa McCausland

The last illusion of Paige White

Vanessa McCausland

Paige White kayaked across the lake each morning at dawn. Someone was watching her. Many someones watched her online. But was anyone with her the day she was found? Paige White's beautiful life is documented closely for her thousands of followers: lakeside...

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Thoroughly disenchanted by Alexandra Almond

Thoroughly disenchanted

Alexandra Almond

A hundred years ago, Genevieve and Oliver spent an amazing weekend together in Riverswood manor. They wished they could stay there forever ... and then their wish came true. Blessed with immortality but trapped for eternity, the two former lovers are now...

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The Catalans by Patrick O'Brian

The Catalans

Patrick O'Brian

Summoned from his medical practice in China by a bevy of anxious aunts, Alain Roig returns to his Catalan hometown to discover he has been nominated by family members with vested interests in the ancestral property to prevent an impending marriage between his...

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Venetian lessons in love by Jenna Lo Bianco

Venetian lessons in love

Jenna Lo Bianco

Venice's most desirable bachelorette, Lucia Trevisan, has just had the best kiss of her life. If only she knew with whom. After losing her parents in a tragic accident, and having her then 11-year-old face splashed across every newspaper in Italy, Lucia will...

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Raised by wolves by James Patterson

Raised by wolves

James Patterson

Two children dressed in rags are discovered ransacking a grocery store on the edge of town. They bare their teeth. They growl. They claim to have been raised by wolves. Where did these children come from? Who are their parents? And can they learn to live when...

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Thin ice by Michael Davies

Thin ice

Michael Davies

It was a simple errand. Collect a package. Save the world. But when Bill Kemp's contact washes up dead on the frozen banks of the Danube, where the Iron Curtain falls across the map of Europe, he's thrown into the heart of a dangerous conspiracy that threatens...

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Made things by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Made things

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky's Made Things is dark fantasy tale of how the most unlikely characters may become the most heroic. Making friends has never been so important. Welcome to Fountains Parish--a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition...

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Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Spiderlight

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Spiderlight is an exhilarating fantasy quest from Adrian Tchaikovsky, the author of Children of Time, Guns at Dawn and the Shadows of the Apt series. The Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness for as long as anyone can remember. The...

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Circus of the damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

Circus of the damned

Laurell K. Hamilton

Most women complain that there are no single straight men left. I'd just like to meet one that's human. I'm Anita Blake, expert on creatures of the night. I've dined with shapeshifters, danced with werewolves, and been wooed - but not won - by Jean-Claude, the...

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The lost past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander

The lost past of Billy McQueen

Neil Alexander

The past has never left Billy. It's just been waiting for him to come and find it... It's been over thirty years since Billy last called Northern Ireland home. Back then, his secret love for schoolfriend Conor was the only shining light that kept him going...

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