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WELL READ PAPERBACK EDITION.CREASES TO SPINE AND COVERShadow of a Dark Queen is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book in The Serpentwar Saga and was first published in June 1994. It was followed by Rise of a Merchant Prince which was published in 1995

Not Listed: Not listed, Not recorded. Used. The penultimate volume in The Conclave of Shadows from worldwide bestselling author Raymond E Feist. Featuring one of the most fascinating characters and scenarios ever created ..

Flight of the Nighthawks is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book in the Darkwar Saga and was published in 2005. It was followed by Into a Dark Realm which was published in 2006.

Crows Nest, N.S.W: Random House Australia, 2012. large size paperback. Used. This collection of stories showcase the calibre and versatility of Nick Earls at his perceptive best. An Australian wine - maker tries to crack the Taiwanese market. Two holiday - makers in Spain decide to tell a lie about each other every meal. A man drives home from work trying not to dwell on what he has just done. From Arizona to Taipei to suburban Brisbane, Nick Earls's characters lead ordinary lives that, in these stories, become far from ordinary. Ranging widely in style, setting and narrator, Welcome to Normal vividly captures the uniqueness of the everyday through its author's eye for detail and his unfailing aim at the human heart. By turns playful and thought - provoking, these stories showcase the calibre and versatility of Nick Earls at his perceptive best.

North Sydney, NSW: Vintage Books, 2009. large size paperback. Used. I'm not about to attack,' she said. She smirked with one side of her mouth and looked up at me through the black spray of her fringe. Her eyes were dark and already she was playing some kind of game with me, or that's how it seemed. Her voice was a little deeper and huskier than I might have expected, so her last line had come out with a hint of something that might have been menace or even seductiveness or just a pitch at adult banter. Whatever it was, it stuck with me and it punctuated the moment and it didn't feel quite right for a conversation with a schoolgirl on my doorstep.o With his chart-topping band, Butterfish, Curtis Holland lived the cliched rock dream. Residing in hotels and recording studios, travelling in custom-built buses, he got married after a soundcheck in a wedding chapel in Nevada and barely noticed when his wife left him in Louisville. But no dream lasts forever. When Annaliese Winter walks down Curtis… Read More

Secaucus, N.J: Random House Australia, 2011. Used. At university Josh had dreamed of investigative journalism, exposing corruption and changing the world for the better. After a romance and friendship fail simultaneously, he finishes his university studies with little motivation except a desire to head to London. He is now back in Australia, where his client is a law firm - but his pursuit of the truth becomes way more complicated than he'd ever expected.

PAPERBACK EDITION - MARK ON FRONT COVER & CREASES TO SPINESydney: Anchor, 1997. Used. This story covers six weeks of Richard Derrington's life in the house his grand-parents built at Brisbane's Red Hill. Six weeks of rumination, chaos, poor judgement, interpersonal clumsiness and, eventually, hope, as he stumbles from one crises to another." - summary taken from the cover of the sound recording of the same name.

London: Pan, 2002. Used. Jon Marshall leads a pretty normal life. But things are about to change. It all kicks off when he falls prey to the vicissitudes of email dating and is forced to bear the brunt of the tantrums of a grumpy Window Weasel, sent to him in a moment of madness by his friend and colleague, George.

PAPERBACK EDITION - MARK ON FRONT COVER & CREASES TO SPINESt. Lucia, Qld., Australia: Univ. of Queensland Press, 1996. Used. This January is different. School is over for Alex Delaney and he's waiting for his tertiary offer - only 17 days away. The waiting is killing him. He's not expecting much from January. Bodysurfing, TV, but mainly waiting. So he's not ready for the girl who cuts past him on a wave. Not at all prepared for her perfect balance on the board, the bare elegant muscles of her shoulders and back. Just a girl. Compelling green eyes, gold skin something graceful and elusive about her. January is about to change.

PAPERBACK EDITION - MARK ON FRONT COVER & CREASES TO SPINERingwood, Vic: Penguin, 1999. Used. Dan is on a steep learning curve. It is not just that he is in his final year of school. When his parents go to Europe he moves in with his 22-year-old, bass-playing aunt Jacq and her friend Naomi.

London: Penguin Group Australia, 2002. Used. Life.This could be the best summer of Kane's life . . .This summer is different because there's a new girl in town. It's different because she's Tanika Bell ??? occasional bus driver, regular optimist and, it turns out, woman of the world.But expecting life to play by the rules is like making laws for clouds. Kane's whole family has never worked by the rules. His dad ran off years ago, his mother's still chafing and drinking, and she's really bad on her bad days. Summer sets in, hot and humid, and Kane works the road verges. But he's got lofty ambitions, he's got Tanika on his mind and he's going to make this summer count, whatever it takes. Once again Nick Earls is poignant, sharp, very funny and sometimes achingly sad. Making Laws for Clouds gives us the good times, shows us the bad, and ??? just like Kane ??? looks to making something hopeful for the future.

HarperCollins, 1996. Used. In near-future Ireland the members of the Muslim Leaders Conference are being held to ransom by a reincarnated David Koresh. Head of security, Decian Carberry, endeavours to get to the bottom of the hellish situation.

London: Grafton, 1988. Used. Within days of his attempted murder, David Rosen, an American archaeologist, learns that his parents and four of his colleagues have been killed

Rider, 2006. Nobel Peace Prize. Used. Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, tells her extraordinary story. Dr. Ebadi is a tireless voice for reform in her native Iran, where she argues for a new interpretation of Islamic law in harmony with vital human rights such as democracy, equality before the law, religious freedom and freedom of speech. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organizations dedicated to human rights. In 2003 she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She chronicles her childhood and upbringing before the Revolution, her education and student years at the University of Tehran, her marriage and its challenges, her religious faith, and her life as a mother and as an advocate for the oppressed. Her book will be a must-read for anyone interested in the life-story and beliefs of a courageous and unusual woman, as… Read More

, Not recorded. Used. In The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff plays the role of historian, re-creating and unpacking the mysteries of Ann Eliza Young's tumultuous life as a sister wife to Brigham Young. Interwoven with this narrative is the story of an excommunicated young gay man, Jordan Scott, from a compound in Utah whose mother,

London: Viking, 2000. Used. THE DANISH GIRL is a shockingly original novel about one of the most unusual and passionate love stories of the 20th century.Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has to change?It starts with a question, a simple favour asked by a wife of her husband while both are painting in their studio, setting off a transformation neither can anticipate. Uniting fact and fiction into an original romantic vision, The Danish Girl eloquently portrays the unique intimacy that defines every marriage and the remarkable story of Lili Elbe, a pioneer in transgender history, and the woman torn between loyalty to her marriage and her own ambitions and desires.The Danish Girl is an evocative and deeply moving novel about one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the 20th century

London: Penguin Books, 1995. Used. First published in 1994, this biography of an acclaimed Australian surgeon and war hero tells of his childhood and student days, his time with the 2nd AIF during WWII, his capture by the Japanese, and subsequent imprisonment in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway, and his subsequent career in surgery and commitment to community service. Includes photographs, endnotes, bibliography and index. Author is a former publishing director who worked with Dunlop on the publication of his war diaries.

Ringwood, Vic: Pan Books Ltd, 1984. Used. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon-all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where "the most interesting things happen at night."

London: Tormont Publications, 1992. Used. Stay Fit And Healthy With These Delicious Low Calorie Recipes Lose weight without depriving yourself

London: Orbit, 1991. Used. WELL READ PAPERBACK. SOME CREASES TO COVER & SPINE. NO INSCRIPTIONS OR MARKSthe prequel to the Belgariad