The Heart of the Garden

Featuring a collection of 20 different garden designs in a variety of styles there is something to inspire everyone in this beautifully photographed book. Achievable and realistic, this book offers great tips and advice every one can use in their garden.

The Graveyard Book

Nobody Owens lives in a graveyard, only he isn't dead. Left to fend for himself after the murder of his family, he has been raised by the collection of spirits that call the graveyard home. However, there is someone after young Owens, someone who will stop at nothing until he has finished what he started.

Flora Segunda

This is a rollicking tale about a bright young girl who lives in a house with 11,000 rooms, most of them theoretical; her mother, who is Commanding General to the Warlord; her father, who is pining; her best friend, who is tall, masculine, and a terrible thief of lipsticks; and her butler, who is a magical being intent on regaining his former power, no matter what it costs. Flora is meant to be learning to be a lady and a soldier, but what she really wants to be is a Ranger, with tracking, tricking and magical skills just like those of her heroine Nini Mo. The chaos that follows her efforts is a joy to read.

Contemporary Australian Garden Design

Ever wondered how those garden designers create works of living art? Well this book shows you how by analysing the work of some of Australia's leading garden designers (including Dean Herald and Jamie Durie) With lots of delicious pictures, it's hard not to get inspired.

The Kite Runner

Recently made into a film, this book tells the story of Amir, who has never forgiven himself for betraying his childhood friend, Hassan. When Amir returns to a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan as an adult, he tries to make-up for what happened all those years ago.

Galilee

Part soap-opera, part romance, part fantasy, this epic novel tells the story of a woman's induction into one of America's first families. Wealth, power and glamour are thrust upon her, but so is something else; the family's long-held connection to another, more mystical, family to whom they owe everything.

Dedication

Kate Hollis' boyfriend left her just before the prom. Thirteen years later he is a world-famous rock star, who has made a career out of songs about her and their relationship. Having been haunted by his lyrics for all this time, she now has the chance to confront him when he returns to his home town.

The Book Thief

A story about the power of words to make words, The Book Thief is set in Nazi Germany and follows Liesel as she collects books and the knowledge and power held within them.