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The Case Against Fragrance by Kate Grenville
$24.99 AUD
Category: Health & Self Help
Kate Grenville had always associated perfume with elegance and beauty. Then the headaches started. Like perhaps a quarter of the population, Grenville reacts badly to the artificial fragrances around us- other people's perfumes, and all those scented cosmetics, cleaning products and air fresheners. On a ...Show more
The Idea Of Perfection by Kate Grenville
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
By the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2001, this is a witty and tender romance that demonstrates that sometimes, unexpectedly, there can be something better than perfection.The Idea of Perfection is a funny and touching romance between two people who've given up on love. Set in the eccentric lit ...Show more
The Idea of Perfection: Text Classics by Kate Grenville
$14.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Kate Grenville's Orange-Prize winning novel The Idea of Perfectionis the story of the small town of Karakarook, and of Douglas Cheeseman and Harley Savage--two people who seem the least likely in the world to fall in love. Unlike Felicity Porcelline, a woman dangerously haunted by the idea of perfection ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Historical Trilogy Ser.
In 1787 Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other s ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
$39.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 1787 Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other s ...Show more
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
$32.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Lt Daniel Rooke, a young astronomer, sails on the First Fleet to a land waiting for scientific discovery. But his attention soon shifts from the stars to Tagaran, an Aboriginal child who begins to teach him her language. As words unfold, a friendship grows. When he is called to duty, Daniel faces a dile ...Show more
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Historical Trilogy Ser.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZELondon, 1806. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mist ...Show more
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Historical Trilogy Ser.
Following a childhood marked by poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife and children, he arrives in a harsh land to a life that feels like a death sentence. But among the c ...Show more
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
$32.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Kate Grenville's The Secret River was first published in 2005, but, now in soft cover, it remains a firm favourite - and can anyone else write such compelling and vividly mmemorable historical fiction and illustrate so clearly the issues around colonisation?
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
$39.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Reading Level: very good
After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thomhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the terms of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children to tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But his first gl ...Show more
The Writing Book: A Practical Guide for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
From the acclaimed author of The Secret River, a completely practical workbook that offers down-to-earth ideas and suggestions for writers or aspiring writers to get started and keep going Full of ideas and examples to get pen to paper or fingers on the keyboard, this guidedoesn't just talk about how to ...Show more
The Writing Book - A Workbook for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville
$24.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Reading Level: very good
A workbook that offers down-to-earth ideas and suggestions for anyone interested in getting started or honing their creative writing skills. "The Writing Book" doesn't just talk about how to write fiction; it takes you, step by step, through the process of doing it. Each chapter concentrates on one aspe ...Show more