Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

Jared Diamond

'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' DAILY MAIL 'Riveting, superb, terrifying' OBSERVER From the ghostly stone heads of Easter Island to crumbling Mayan cities hidden deep in the jungle, the mysterious ruins of lost worlds and vanished civilizations continue to haunt us. How could...

A Country Too Far

Rosie; Keneally Scott

"I don't think I've seen a more impressive collection of Australian writers in a single book.'aStephen Romei,aThe Australian One of the central moral issues of our time is the question of asylum seekers, arguably the most controversial subject in Australia today. In this landmark anthology, twenty-seven...

Richard II : The Tragedy of King Richard the Second: The Pelican Shakespeare

Frances E. (EDT) William; Dolan Shakespeare

These easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage appeared between 1956 and 1967. With these electrifying new covers, dependable texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remains a valued...

Hades

Candice Fox

WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT 2014. A dark, compelling and original thriller that will have you spellbound from its atmospheric openingpages to its shocking climax. Hades Archer surrounds himself with the things others leave behind. Their trash becomes the twisted sculptures that line his...