He’s grumpy… She’s sunshine… And they’re about to take a road trip across Australia.\nSuccessful, handsome, and a little bit OCD, finance guru Oliver Blake has the perfect life. Until his fiancée leaves him on their wedding day, and his carefully constructed world crumbles around him.\nStill trying to piece his life together six months later, the last thing Oliver needs at his brother’s wedding is a bubbly British bridesmaid plunging his life into more chaos.\nFelicity Green doesn’t believe in perfect. She’s had enough disappointments to prove dreams don’t come true. She has a theory— life is what you make it, and she’s determined to make her trip to Australia one big adventure.\nSomehow, Oliver and Felicity find themselves in a brightly painted kombi van traveling across Australia. As they share confined sleeping arrangements and nights under the stars, it’s not long before the chemistry between them is sizzling off the charts.\nEn route to Sydney, it appears Oliver and Felicity may have stumbled on something almost perfect after all. Until they meet a hurdle that just might be too big for either of them to overcome.\nWill they find a way through this, or has their love met the end of a long dusty road?\nFor fans of Christina Lauren and Tessa Bailey comes this steamy, heart-warming fourth book in The Laws of Love series.

The Felicity Theory: Sometimes love is a journey (The Laws of Love)

Humor & Entertainment

Stone, Davina

Humor

Thorpe/Bowker

Select poems from journalist, essayist and digital street philosopher Caitlin Johnstone.

Poems For Rebels

Literature & Fiction

Johnstone, Caitlin

Foley, Timothy P

Poetry

An overview of the evolution of Australian Rules football in Victoria from its origins in 1858 to the present day. The opening chapter provides a snapshot of the unusual 2020 AFL season. I then trace the evolution of the game in Victoria during the late 1800s including the background to the 1896 VFA/VFL split, followed by a chapter outlining the development of the two leagues during the 20th century. This is followed by chapters on all 18 AFL teams, including major team rivalries, great coaches, great indigenous players and great goalkickers. There are also chapters on how the various finals' systems work(ed) over the years, State of Origin and Laws of the Game. The book is chock full of statistics, trivia and footy anecdotes which will enthral any Aussie Rules fan.

Aussie Rules Football: An Outsider's Perspective

Warner, Don

World Literature

1914, West Yorkshire, England. Newly married to Noah Jackson, Beth is happily content working on her family's market stall while Noah fulfils his dreams of being a teacher. Living in a small overcrowded pit house with the Jacksons isn't ideal, but Beth knows it's only for a short time and that change is around the corner. However, she could never have expected such shocking changes to happen. When war erupts, Beth's peaceful life is shattered by events beyond her control. Noah enlists to fight alongside his brothers, but it is on Beaumont Farm, Beth's family home, where life throws the most challenges. A devastating accident occurs that changes all their lives and the effects ripple throughout the family. Once a loving home, Beaumont Farm becomes Beth's responsibility, one she never thought she'd have. Can she cope with the grief and burdens placed upon her as she waits for news from the battlefields of France? Can she save the farm from collapse? And will the man she loves return home safe, or will an old enemy take an opportunity to seek revenge?

The Woman from Beaumont Farm (The Market Stall Girl)

Brear, AnneMarie

Genre Fiction

From the bestselling author of the Slum Angel.\nBeyond the Distant Hills is the sequel to A Distant Horizon.\nAustralia 1853 
Settled in the colony, Ellen embarks on making a happy new life for her family and to forget the horrors of famine-struck Ireland. Married for security, she works hard developing their estate in the country to give her children the privileged life they could have only imagined in Ireland. 
However, danger lurks when a dangerous man from her past threatens her beloved sons, and when her marriage begins to crumble, all that she thought was safe is suddenly in jeopardy. 
Rafe Hamilton loves Ellen, but she is married to another, yet when he is faced with helping her once more, he doesn’t hesitate to act. Only, he makes a mistake which could cost him everything he always wanted. 
Confronted by lies and deceit, Ellen refuses to be defeated by tragedy. Instead, she gathers her strength and courage to fight for everything she has gained – no matter the cost. 
Will she rise and build an empire for her children? Can she find a way to mend her broken heart? Or will she lose all that she has struggled to achieve?

Beyond the Distant Hills (The Distant Series)

Underworld Commando: "You were meant to be killed at the Hilton"

Biographies & Memoirs

Taousanis, Jim

True Crime

I Love Purple: A fun, colourful picture book for baby and preschool children

I Love Purple is a picture book perfect for children aged between 2 and 4, especially those interested in colours. The beautifully illustrated book depicts what happens when a young child decides she wants to paint the whole world purple, including her animal friends. The result? Lots of fun and surprises, involving kangaroos, cows, a dog, a hippo, a tortoise, a unicorn and even a T-Rex!

Children's Books

Wootton, Paul

Animals

Jayce has little memory of life before entering servitude to the Dark Lord, and no hope of ever escaping. Until he meets Alexius, the knight with a heart of gold. He offers Jayce, his enemy, a chance to break free of the Dark Lord's clutches, and Jayce is not about to let such an opportunity pass. 
When the war comes to an end, Jayce finds himself finally free, with Alexius's help, and surrounded by a new world of opportunity. And the prospect of a new love. The more time Jayce spends with Alexius, the more he finds himself falling for this knight in shining armour.

Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Rubin, Rita A

Fantasy

Jonty's Journey (The Lockleys of Parramatta)

Powter, Sara

The Last Keeper: Book 1 The Immortal Keepers

Hodgson, HM

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