Piaf by Simone Berteaut on 1979 Pages: 432 Goodreads The true, tumultuous story of Edith Piaf, the Parisian waif who entertained France and the world with her songs, her loves, her scandals, herself. Written by Simone Beteaut, Edith Piaf’s half-sister and lifelong partner in mischief when they sang for tips in the streets, squares, cafés, […]
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Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence – Doris Pilkington Garimara/Nugi Garimara
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington, Nugi Garimara Published by University of Queensland Press on 19th September 2002 Pages: 136 Goodreads This extraordinary story of courage and faith is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the repressive life of Moore River Native Settlement, following along the rabbit-proof fence back […]
The Complete Maus – Art Spiegelman
The Complete Maus (Maus, #1-2) by Art Spiegelman Published by Penguin Books on October 2nd 2003 Pages: 296 Goodreads Combined for the first time here are Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale and Maus II – the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler’s Europe. By addressing the horror of […]
Flying Dutch – Tom Holt
Flying Dutch by Tom Holt Published by Orbit on January 25th 1992 Pages: 252 Goodreads It’s amazing the problems drinking can get you into. One little swig from the wrong bottle and you go from being an ordinary Dutch sea-captain to an unhappy immortal, drifting around the world with your similarly immortal crew, suffering from […]
The Hunter – Julia Leigh
The Hunter by Julia Leigh Published by Penguin Australia on July 9th 2012 Pages: 180 Goodreads An unnamed man, M, arrives at a remote house on the fringe of a vast wilderness and soon disappears into a world of silence and stillness. His one mission: to find the last thylacine, the fabled Tasmanian tiger. She […]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland Published by Quercus on June 14th 2008 Pages: 539 Goodreads A murder mystery, family saga, love story, and a tale of financial intrigue wrapped into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families, disappeared over […]
A Presence of Absence – Emma Vestrheim & Sarah Surgey
A Presence of Absence (the Odense Series Book #1) by Sarah Surgey, Emma Vestrheim Published by Blurb on February 28th 2017 Genres: Detective Goodreads The Odense Series is a new Nordic Noir/Brit Crime series that blends humanist stories and family drama with gritty crime in the central Danish city Odense. British detective Simon Weller escapes […]
Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Published by Atom Pages: 435 Goodreads Here we go, for some reason you lot have been hanging out for this rant from me. I have to get this out of my system before I do my quiz for uni. If you’re a fan you might want to leave right now…you have been […]
Enough Rope 3 – Andrew Denton
Enough Rope 3 by Andrew Denton Published by ABC Books – AU on November 1st 2005 Pages: 352 Goodreads When he first started Enough Rope, Andrew Denton expressed the fear that he would wake up and see ‘the yawning gap where his career used to be’. Now into its third year, Enough Rope is a […]
Lady, Lady, I did it! – Ed McBain
Lady, Lady, I Did It! by Ed McBain, Dick Hill Published by Thomas & Mercer on March 2nd 2012 Genres: Police Procedural Pages: 196 Goodreads During the heat of an Indian summer, a quadruple homicide that includes among its victims the fiancée of an 87th Precinct detective sets off a desperate, vendetta-like hunt for the […]