New books

Join the cute bush babies as they jump, run and race across the pages of this bright and colourful picture book. This entertaining counting book introduces the concept of addition through appealing rhyming text and vibrant illustrations.

'It's so easy,' the lorikeets say, 'minus just means take away!' Count back and learn to subtract with the larking lorikeets and their feathered friends!

A rhyming celebration of child independence by the award-winning creator of 100 Things That Make Me Happy depicts 100 activities that children can learn to perform on their own, from doing chores to roasting s'mores.

Join a young girl as she goes hunting, makes stone tools and encounters bears and a cave lion! A lively comic strip packed with information about daily life in the Stone Age.

A father and son embark on a journey across the city but as they get on the train and plug in the music, do they really know where they will end up? Where will the music take them? Hop on board and take a musical ride through the city and into outer space, to the beach and to the stadium, the pro...

Are you working hard but still not achieving your goals? Are you feeling so overwhelmed, it’s overwhelming? Do you need some direction on how to get your business to the next stage? Perhaps, you are high-performing and successful and want to juggle more balls in the air at once? Accountability is...

A year that none of them would ever forget ... Rose McCarthy is the legendary editor in chief at one of New York’s top fashion magazines. Following the death of her husband some years ago, she and her four daughters have become even closer. All with successful careers, Athena is a TV chef, Venet...

Ageing – not cancer, not heart disease – is the world's leading cause of death and suffering. We accept as inevitable that as we get older our bodies and minds begin to deteriorate, and we are increasingly likely to be struck by dementia or disease. Ageing is so deeply ingrained in human experien...

Explore effective strategies to improve your mental health, and the health of your colleagues and employees, with this engaging and practical book All Work No Play: A Surprising Guide to Feeling More Mindful, Grateful and Cheerful is a practical and rewarding handbook for reconnecting with joy a...

'Amazon Unbound' is an unvarnished picture of Amazon's unprecedented growth and its billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, revealing the most important business story of our time. From the author of 'The Everything Store'.

Amira's Magpie is a story of friendship, family and escape; of bravery and resilience in the face of hardship. It is the story of hope we find in small happinesses, even when it seems like all hope is lost. In the evocative and primarily monochrome illustrations, we see Amira living in some kind ...

"Sometimes the smallest actions can have the biggest consequences... Crazy, chaotic consquences!" -- Back cover.

All animals have babies, but not all babies are the same! A blue whale's is big, a kangaroo's is tiny and a butterfly and its baby don't look alike at all! An introduction to the world of animal babies for young readers.

There's another monster at the end of this book! Elmo wants to see who it is. Grover does not! But you do!

A dozen women join a secret 1850s Arctic expedition and a sensational murder trial unfolds when not all of them come back. Virginia Reeve is summoned by an eccentric Brit with a compelling offer. Lady Jane Franklin wants her to lead a dozen women into the Arctic in search of the ships of her husb...

People once thought that sharks weren't very smart. It turns out those people were wrong! Wise-cracking sharks set the record straight in this funny, fact-filled book for young shark lovers. Sharks have their own way of thinking. And their way of thinking has made them one of the top predators in...

Arno had a horse, it was brown and it was black. He took it with him everywhere, but did he bring it back? When Arno loses his precious toy horse, all the kids in town help him to look for it. They look everywhere, but will Arno ever see his horse again? A touching story about memory, dreams, and...

Words are everywhere! In this fun and interactive story about the magic of words, you'll meet ugly words, colourful words, and words that just need a friend. The imaginative illustrations show a young boy and girl playing with words; stretching them, squashing them, colouring them, and sewing the...

This meticulously researched book provides the first comprehensive study of the employment of artillery and naval gunfire support at Anzac. Faced with huge difficulties on inferior ground the Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and British gunners quickly adapted to a hostile environment, employing ...

Explore the landscapes and places that inspired great art: find peace in Monet's lily-filled garden oasis, climb Mount Fuji on a printmaker's pilgrimage, sail with Gauguin to the South Pacific to stretch your imagination, or contemplate light and the changing seasons on Chelsea Embankment. Artist...