A BRILLIANT COLLECTION FROM ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LEADING WRITERS Close to Home brings together Alice Pung's most loved writing, on topics such as migration, family, art, belonging and identity. Warm, funny, moving and unfailingly honest, this is Alice at her best – an irresistible pleasure for fans and new readers alike. In 2006, Alice Pung published Unpolished Gem, her award-winning memoir of growing up Chinese-Australian in Melbourne's western suburbs. Since then, she has written on everything from the role of grandparents
to the corrosive effects of racism; from the importance of literature to the legacy of her parents' migration from Cambodia as asylum seekers. In all
of this, a central idea is home: how the places we live and the connections we form shape who we become, and what homecoming can mean to those who build their lives in Australia. 'Most people have an idea of home as a place of comfort and safety. But it is more than that.... Views: 582
Fear and fighting on the High Seas.When William Kite runs away to sea to escape a charge of murder, he finds himself aboard the Enterprize, a Liverpool Guineaman, or slave ship, destined for the coast of West Africa. Once loaded with slaves, the ship then crosses the Atlantic, bound for the sugar plantations of the West Indies.Despite the accusation hanging over him, Kite's compassion for the slaves' helplessness finds him serving as a surgeon on the ship, exposed to the dreaded yellow fever. But as the Seven Years' War looms on the horizon, Kite's life will be threatened by more than just sickness...The first in the William Kite Naval Adventures, The Guineaman is perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Julian Stockwin and C.S. Forester. Views: 582
All She Wants For Christmas… Is To Make Him Beg!After he broke her heart, Mazie Tarleton is definitely immune to the charms of J.B. Vaughan. Now she has him right where she wants him and it’s payback time–until a moment of white-hot desire takes them both by surprise! Suddenly, revenge is getting complicated. Maybe she can just say yes to a holiday fling…or is she already in way too deep? Views: 582
Shea Lowe throws punches first and ask questions later.But he wants out of the underground fighting ring that earned him the nickname Lone Wolf. His only chance of getting another job on a ranch is volunteering at Forever Home's new rescue farm. He's a wildcard, and this job requires patience he's never had.Delaney's come to work at Forever Home as the next step of her rehabilitation, but she's got more in common than the animals at the shelter than the women who work there. It's a reckless, misunderstood werewolf who sees her for who she really is and treats her in a way she only dreamed was possible. Human.Delaney shows Shea that actions speak louder than words, and he'll do anything to give her something she's never had—a joy-filled Christmas. But first, Delaney must decide if she can accept Shea's tumultuous past. Views: 582
Drakon: A mysterious continent of vast potential and incredible danger.
Inhabited by the ancient, powerful dragons, the brave and sturdy
Lizardfolk, and the cunning Kobolds, it is a land that offers much, and
demands even more. It is this place that Jelly now arrives, eager to
seek out fellow speech-capable Oozes. His excitement however is
overshadowed by the turmoil that has draped across Drakon. Tensions
between the human, elfish, and dwarfish colonists and the native scaled
denizens has reached a peak, and conflict seems inevitable. Views: 582
