In on of the most eagerly-anticipated crime fiction debut of 2008 comes A Beautiful Place to Die from the award winning director Malla Nunn.

In the tiny South African town of Jacob’s Rest, Detective Emmanuel Cooper is sent to investigate the murder of an Afrikaner police officer, Captain Willem Pretorius.
Cooper, an “English” South African, is viewed [...]

Without Warning - John Birmingham

Posted on September 28th, 2008 by admin in Australia, Fiction

From the award winning author of the cult classic He Died With a Felafel in His Hand, comes John Birmingham’s latest novel, Without Warning.

2003: In Paris, an assassin wakes from a coma. In Kuwait, American forces are assembled for their invasion of Iraq. In the pristine forest of the Cascades, a lone hiker watches a [...]

Richard Fidler from the ABC’s Conversation Hour had a great interview this week with Simon Winchester the author of the new book Bomb Book & Compass: Joseph Needham & the Great Secrets of China which chronicles the life of Joseph Needham, a remarkable British scientist. It was a fascinating interview and highly recommended.

The seventeenth-century [...]

A Most Wanted Man - John le Carre

Posted on September 27th, 2008 by admin in Crime, Fiction, Popular

Forever the Spymaster, le Carre detonates a paternalistic world”- Peter Wolfe smh.com.au September 27 2008.
“le CarrĂ© has succeeded where others, such as John Updike, have failed: in nailing our post 9/11 paranoias and getting inside the skins of those who are averse to our culture and hegemony” Rod Liddle, The Sunday Times 17 September 2008

A [...]

Each week BookOffers.com.au brings you the Australia’s best selling books. This weeks Top 10 Bestselling Australian Books are………
1. 4 Ingredients 2 - Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham

2. 4 Ingredients - Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham

3. Devil Bones -Kathy Reichs

4. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

5. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer

6. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer

7. Eclipse - [...]

One Fifth Avenue - Candace Bushnell

Posted on September 27th, 2008 by admin in Fashion, Fiction, Popular

From the author of Sex In The City and Lipstick Jungle comes Candace Bushnell’s latest novel, One Fifth Avenue. BookOffers have a special discount on One Fifth Avenue was RRP: $32.99 Now: $24.99 Save: 24%

In her wonderfully witty fifth novel, bestselling author Candace Bushnell tells the stories of five women living in Manhattan’s swankiest [...]

90 Day Geisha - Chelsea Haywood

Posted on September 26th, 2008 by admin in Biography, Non-Fiction, Sexuality

As heard on the ABC Conversation Hour today, 90 Day Geisha is the story of Chelsea Haywood, a model come hostess in a high class Japanese hostess club.

Millionaires, surgeons, serial killers, CEOs: I light their cigarettes, mix their drinks. We engage in conversation. I am the facilitator of good times. I am a hostess.
Step into [...]

Each week BookOffers.com.au brings you the Australia’s best selling books. This weeks Top 10 Bestselling Australian Books are………
1. 4 Ingredients 2 - Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham

2. Devil Bones -Kathy Reichs

3. Line & Strength - Glen McGrath

4. 4 Ingredients - Kim McCosker & Rachael Bermingham

5. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

6. The Bourne Sanction - Robert Muchamore

7. [...]

Wisdom - Andrew Zuckerman

Posted on September 20th, 2008 by admin in Non-Fiction, Photography

As seen in the Good Weekend Wisdom is a very special book of wisdom and insights from some of the world’s most recognisable faces. BookOffers.com.au has a fantastic deal on Wisdom - save a massive 33% Was $75 now only $49.99

WISDOM. A very special photography project, combined with words of wisdom and insights from some [...]

“There’s still a huge amount not only of ignorance of sex but also of guilt and stress; people feel bad about their sexuality or bad about the fact that they’re not getting it enough. I feel we are in danger of losing the joy of sex - this book aims to bring it back” - [...]

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