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| Swords and Crowns and Rings by Park, Ruth Growing up in an Australian country town before World War 1, Jackie, Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her parents. This is the story of their life-long odyssey, and of the triumph of a special kind of courage. | $6.00 |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot: Book Two by Christie, Agatha Monsieur Poirot here pits his mind against fiendishly clever murderers, thieves and kidnappers. Unmasking murderers....The Cornish Mystery. | $3.00 |
| The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Heyerdahl, Thor The story of six young men crossing the Pacific on a balsa wood raft makes an 'incredible adventure which happens to be true, and a book whose sales are reconed in millions | $3.00 |
| Mr Scobie's Riddle by Jolley, Elizabeth Mr Scobie's arrival at the nursing home of St Christopher and St Jude - and into the clutches of Matron Hyacinth Price - is accidental. Self-educated and still preserving the gift of idyllic memory and wish, Mr Scobie stands apart from the others. For long term resident and eccentric, Miss Hailey, he represents a kindred spirit; for Matron Price - a lady of questionable practices - the latest victim... | $6.00 |
| Simon and the Oaks by Fredriksson, Marianne Small, dark and intense, Simon grows up aware that there is something different about him, something that causes late-night quarrels and sometimes tears. With the rise of Hitler in Germany and the coming of war to Sweden's neighbours, the tensions increase. Befriending a young Jew, Isak, who is quickly taken under his mother's wing, enriches Simon's life, but makes it more difficult too - for Isak seems to fit in much better at home than Simon does himself. With the war's end comes the day that Simon, no longer a child, must be told the reason for his affinity for the lake and its surrounding oak trees; for the strange dreams of an old man beneath the waves; for his dark good looks and uncanny musical ability | $5.00 |
| Angels Flight by Connelly, Michael When the body of high profile black lawyer Howard Elias is found inside one of the cars on Angels Flight, a funicular railway in downtown LA, there's not a detective in the city who'll touch the case. | $4.00 |
| A Suitable Boy by Seth, Vikram Vikram Seth's novel is, at it's core, a love story - the story of a young girl's search for the man she will marry. We meet Lata and her family; her gentle sister Savita, just married herself to the suitable if dark-skinned Pran; her widowed mother Mrs Rupa Mehra, fussy, loving, in a permanent state of grief and feverish activity; as well as a whole array of inlaws and outlaws, the aristocratic Khans, the urbane Chatterjis, and the provincial Kapoors. | $3.50 |
| The Jaguar Mask by Easterman, Daniel Archeologist Leo Mallory is on a dig. But this is no ordinary assignment. He's deep in the heart of the Mexican jungle uncovering a centuries old Mayan city. Like a surgeon performing an intricate operation, Leo and his team skilfully remove each crumb of earth with the utmost precision. | $3.50 |
| The Jacaranda Tree by Bates, H.E. His masterly account of a cruel flight from invasion. | $2.50 |
| The Mayne Inheritance by Siemon, Rosamond Opening with a macabre mid-nineteenth century murder, this remarkable story unfolds like a gothic thriller. For 150 years scandal and mystery have surrounded the Maynes, a wealthy family who donated the magnificent site on which the University of Queensland now stands. | $7.00 |
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