Rosie and Nona are sisters. Yapas.They are also best friends. It doesn't matter that Rosie is white and Nona is Aboriginal: their family connections tie them together for life.The girls are inseparable until Nona moves away at the age of nine. By the time she returns, they're in Year 10 and things have changed. Rosie prefers to hang out in the nearby mining town, where she goes to school with the glamorous Selena and her gorgeous older brother, Nick.When a political announcement highlights divisions between the Aboriginal community and the mining town, Rosie is put in a difficult position: will she have to choose between her first love and her oldest friend?'A fascinating book, beautifully told, with rich insight into a deeply Australian but little known community.' – Jackie French'Rosie's story brims with the joy and pain and complexity of friendship and love at sixteen. I adored this smart, heartfelt book about family, kinship,... Views: 34
In the pitiless post-apocalyptic future, Sparrow's confusion and self-doubt are more than mere teenage angst. How much more may determine the future. Mixing symbolism from the Tarot deck, voodoo mythology, and a finely detailed vision of life and technology after the nuclear war, Bull has come up with yet another winner. Sparrow's video-age consciousness has obvious appeal for the MTV generation. A tense, ferocious dance on the deteriorating high wire of the future.
Nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1991. Nominated for Hugo and World Fantasy awards in 1992. Views: 34
The Singularity. The day the machines gained awareness. The day they turned cruel. The day they overthrew their makers.In a distant star system, a planet-sized computer unleashes its hosts: fleets of warships, armies of robots, and a swarm of killer drones. Their purpose is one: destroy all life.As the cosmos crumbles, one team steps up to the plate: The Alien Hunters.The Alien Hunters are galactic pest controllers, not an army. Their spaceship is old and clunky. They specialize in crushing the odd space bug, not a fleet of vicious machines. They're a rolled-up newspaper when the cosmos needs an A-bomb.But they're fast, they're brave, and they're just foolhardy enough to charge right into battle. As the robots spread across the galaxy, slaying all in their path, the Alien Hunters fly out to meet them. The war between life and machine begins. Views: 34
What do you do if the most gorgeous guy you've ever seen walks up and asks for help?Len Whiting is smitten from the minute she sees Caeran's amazing eyes. She agrees to help him with research, and then to help him find a healer in rural New Mexico. Only then does she learn he's immortal - an ælven - locked in an ancient struggle with a vampire who's now got his sights set on Len. Views: 34
War has broken out in the Seven Kingdoms. From small conflicts between long time friends, to open siege warfare in the country Tristan Vallius was entrusted with; Terum. A bold mercenary leader has seized control of the capital of Terum and while Tristan wages war to free his country from the shackles of oppression, a deeper conspiracy is taking form. Views: 34
Internationally renowned childbirth educator, anthropologist and feminist icon Sheila Kitzinger (1929–2015) was one of the most influential figures in the natural childbirth movement. In a pioneering career spanning more than 50 years she campaigned for and oversaw a radical change in maternity care, placing women's rights and choices at the very heart of childbirth. Her passion, research and knowledge of childbirth have had enormous impact on millions of women worldwide. In her long-awaited autobiography finished shortly before her death in April 2015, Sheila speaks openly about her remarkable life and career. From childhood growing up with a feminist mother and her student days in Oxford, to her global anthropological and activist work and family life with husband Uwe and their five daughters, this is a fascinating insight into an extraordinary woman. Views: 34
Fifty years after World War II, a fugitive SS officer is intent on retrieving Nazi war gold from a sunken U-boat in the North Sea. But his plans are interrupted by the arrival of the USS Cheyenne on routine NATO patrol — and a Russian nuclear attack sub on its own desperate mission of destruction. Views: 34
Held prisoner among the Regius, Solenum learns that not all of them are willing to help Xania Reinhardt obtain the royal mark and become the one and true king of Zinc. Meeting some of the quirkiest people yet, Solenum discovers some conspire against the Steward while going to great lengths to keep her alive. Views: 34
Eleanor Romano, researcher and art historian, is known for being thoughtful and cautious. She rarely takes risks, choosing instead to live vicariously through her best friend Nora's sexual exploits. It's difficult to be spontaneous when you're constantly fact-checking, always questioning yourself.But when Eleanor unearths an ancient Greek manuscript in the wreckage of an antique urn, she also unearths a new, and more daring, side of herself. She has no idea the kind of doors her discovery will open ... starting with the door to L.A.'s most exclusive club, The Pink Fedora, and the office of the sexy and famous British translator, Anthony Rule. Views: 34
An astonishing new voice in teen literature, writing what is sure to be one of the most talked-about debuts of the year.Tyrell is a young African-American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter. His father's in jail. His girlfriend supports him, but he doesn't feel good enough for her — and seems to be always on the verge of doing the wrong thing around her. There's another girl at the homeless shelter who is also after him, although the desires there are complicated. Tyrell feels he needs to score some money to make things better. Will he end up following in his father's footsteps? Views: 34
THE OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL GAME FRANCHISES EVER - MASS EFFECTTitan Books will work closely with acclaimed video game developer BioWare to publish three brand new novels set in the universe of MASS EFFECT(TM): ANDROMEDA. The action will weave directly into the new game, chronicling storylines developed in close collaboration with the BioWare game team. The action takes place concurrently with the adventure of the game itself, setting up the story and events of the game adding depth and detail to the canonical MASS EFFECT saga. Views: 34
