Amy Witting returns to the theme of 'marriage' in this her third novel.

Ella, a woman in her early fifties must face up to many issues when her husband suddenly leaves her for a much younger woman. Ella discovers that her life has been ruled by 'facades' and outworn conventions and that she has not confronted the reality of her relationship with both husband and children. Protected, she has 'seen no evil, heard no evil and spoken no evil'. Alone she must learn about the 'separate worlds' of the others in her family and the wider realities of life outside the confining house which has been her protection for so long. As well she must come to terms with the 'evil' within herself.

Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together with Willie, their lanky navigator, they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the continent, over roads no car will ever quite survive.

A Long Way from Home is Peter Carey's late style masterpiece; a thrilling high speed story that starts in one way, then takes you to another place altogether. Set in the 1950s in the embers of the British Empire, painting a picture of Queen and subject, black, white and those in-between, this brilliantly vivid novel illustrates how the possession of an ancient culture spirals through history - and the love made and hurt caused along the way.

Deutsche Übersetzung: Der schnellste Rennen ihres Lebens

Mel is busy trying to keep her life together when Bo Black enters the picture. It’s bad enough that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson has to clean up after her lovable but completely disorganized best friend and business partner, Dimi, while her certifiable employees make more work than they do. Now, the one man she hoped she’d never see again is back and looking for trouble. Scratch that, he is trouble. Amazing, more please trouble…

Dashing, mysterious & enticing, Bo instantly captivates her. Luckily she resists her urges long enough to realize that Bo is really there to take back ownership of the airport Mel has worked so hard to maintain. Bo’s determined to get his family's airport back. And this laid-back Aussie is nobody’s fool. Thing is, neither is Mel. She’s intense. Uptight. Sexy. And very, very tempting. Suddenly, Bo’s thinking less about revenge and more about kissing and touching and falling into a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of forever love…

Toute sa vie, la séduisante Lady Emily a souffert de cauchemars et de peurs inexplicables. Lorsqu'elle succombe, en 1871, impuissante à lutter contre le mal pernicieux qui la mine, sa fille Joanna jure de quitter l'Angleterre pour se rendre en Australie.

C'est sur ces ce lointain continent en effet qu'est née sa mère, en un lieu mystérieux nommé Karra-Karra où elle a grandi parmi les aborigènes. Là, croit Joanna, se trouve la source de l'étrange malédiction qui risque de la détruire à son tour.

Mais Joanna ne se doute en rien de ce qui l'attend sur ces terres où s'entrechoquent avec tant de violence les traditions ancestrales et le modernisme britannique...

In the autumn of 1628, the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia set sail on her maiden voyage to Java, loaded with a king's ransom in gold, silver and gems. But, in the early hours of 4 June, the ship ran aground in an unexplored chain of islands off the coast of Australia. More than 200 survivers were left stranded, at the mercy of a ruthless band of muniteers headed by a brilliant but deranged individual. By the time rescue ships arrived three months later, less than 80 people were still alive...

(titled "The Truelove" in the U.S.A.)

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of their beginning, with Master and Commander, these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback with smart new livery. This is the fifteenth book in the series.

All the elements that have made Patrick O'Brian's astonishing series one of the most highly praised works in contemporary fiction are here in Clarissa Oakes - the narrative grip, the impeccable ear for dialogue, the humour and the unsurpassed capacity to create and recreate a rich and true friendship between two men in the late eighteenth-century. Captain Jack Aubrey sails away from the hated Australian prison colonies in his favourite vessel the Surprise, pondering on middle age and sexual frustration. He soon becomes aware that he is out of touch with the mood of his ship: to his astonishment he finds that in spite of a lifetime's experience he does not know what the foremost hands or even his own officers are thinking. They know, as he does not, that the Surprise has a stranger aboard: and what they, for their part, do not know is that the stranger is potentially as dangerous as a light in the powder magazine itself.