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Bestselling Fiction |  The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
It's 1942 and seventeen-year-old Nicholas Duncan is in Indonesia in pursuit of the exotice Magpie Crow butterfly. Suddenly, Duncan finds himself in danger with an imminent Japanese invasion and the approaching monsoon season leaves Duncan with few options of escape. Admist this fear and chaos he falls in love with Anna, who nicknames him Mister Butterfly.
|  Monsoon by Di Morrissey
Sandy Donaldson has been working in Vietnam for a volunteer organisation, for four years. Reluctant to leave when her contract is up, she invites an old friend to come and explore a new tourist destination. A chance meeting with an Australian journalist encourages her to explore her past.
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Bestselling Non Fiction |  Guinness World Records 2008, Revised Edition by
Guinness World Records 2008 is packed with more records than ever making it the perfect gift! It contains fantastic Glow-in-the-Dark features, brand-new categories including Forensic Science and 100% new photography.
|  Please Explain by Karl Kruszelnicki
This is the latest in Dr. Karl's mega-selling science series. Australia's favourite scientist answers more curly questions on life, the universe and everything. No-one conveys the excitement and wonder of science quite like Dr. Karl, and this takes us on another thoroughly entertaining exploration of the world around us.
|  The Daring Book for Girls by Miriam B. Peskowitz
The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know--and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers--although that's included, of course! Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this book is every girl's invitation to adventure.
|  Ricky Ponting's Captain's Diary 2007 by Ricky Ponting
The 2006–07 Ashes series was eagerly anticipated, and for Ricky Ponting's Australian team it played out like a dream, as they destroyed England 5–0. It was the first Ashes clean sweep in 86 years, and it featured some stunning performances with the captain drawing comparisons with Bradman following his hundreds in the first two Tests.
After the final Test, Ponting described the series as 'the best period of my cricketing life'. Yet, an even more commanding performance was around the corner, as the Australians won all their matches decisively at the World Cup in the West Indies. Not even the bizarre ending to the final against Sri Lanka, in near darkness after officials misinterpreted the playing conditions, could hide the fact that this triumph was one of the most dominant in Australian sporting history.
While there may never be another season of sustained triumph quite like 2006–07, in Ricky Ponting's eyes the future of the Australian cricket still looks very good indeed.
|  Vietnam by Paul Ham
This extraordinary, sweeping account, draws on hundreds of unpublished sources and itnerviews with soldiers, politicians, medical practitioners, aid providers, entertainers and the Vietnamese people to reconstruct the epic history of a campaign that disfigured a :country and divided the world, nations, families and friends.
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