Every Baby Name (Ruined) by Brian Kerr
$19.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books
What's in a name?' Shakespeare asked. Quite a lot, as it turns out. Charlie Thomas turns a satirical eye on the sickly sweet baby name books to show expectant parents that names really do matter. It's not about finding a name for your baby that you love, it's about finding one you can't hate. And it can ...Show more
Letter To My Younger Self: The Big Issue Presents... 100 Inspiring People on the Moments That Shaped Their Lives by Jane Graham, The Big Issue
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books
100 remarkable people from the worlds of entertainment, politics, food, sport and business write letters to their younger selves in this collection taken from The Big Issue's popular feature. ALL ROYALTIES FROM SALES OF THIS BOOK GO TO THE BIG ISSUE If you could write a letter to your younger self, what ...Show more
A Dog Day by Cecil Aldin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books
1.25pmUpstairs into dining-room. Family not finished lunch yet. Young Mr Brown throws a bread pellet at me, hitting me on the nozzle. An insult.I swallow the insult.A Dog Day is narrated by a lovable scamp of a terrier as he goes about his day rolling in mud, eating what he shouldn't, and generally wrea ...Show more
The Zombie Night Before Christmas - 10th Anniversary Edition by Clement C. Moore
$22.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books
Have a frenzied zombie-craze Holidaze with this monstrous mash-up. Can Santa fight off the zombie ho-ho-hoard? Read the Zombie Night Before Christmas, the gory parody of the cherished 19th century poem, to find out and have a frenzied zombie-craze Holidaze. Blood spattering and brain eating have never ...Show more
Carrying the World by Maxine Beneba Clarke
$26.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books
'one of the most compelling voices in Australian poetry this decade' - Overland Literary Journal A haunting visit to the International Museum of Slavery, in Liverpool England. A feisty young black girl pushing back against authority. The joy and despair of single parenthood. A love-hate relationship wit ...Show more
Cycling: The Craze of the Hour by London Library
$11.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books | Series: London library
"Directly you are in motion you will feel quite helpless, and experience a sensation of being run away with, and it will seem as if the machine were trying to throw you off" Cycling: The Craze of the Hour is part of 'Found on the Shelves', published with The London Library. The books in this series have ...Show more
You're Not Old, You're Vintage by Summersdale
$14.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books
"Don't let ageing get you down. It's too hard to get back up." --John Wagner Like a valuable antique, maybe your smooth finish has become a little lined and your legs creak from time to time. But don't worry: even if you no longer have all your original parts and nobody can find your instruction manual ...Show more
You Know You're a Child of the 1970s When... by Charlie Ellis
$16.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books | Series: You Know You're ...
Choppers, Multi-coloured Swap Shop, platform shoes and tank tops - growing up in the 1970s was far out. So why not take yourself back to a time when space hoppers were your main mode of transport and your hot pants just about covered your bum, to discover if you really are a true child of the 1970s!
Iced Beer and Other Tantalising Tips for Life by Lee Lin Chin, Chris Leben
$19.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books
Lee Lin Chin - fashionista, newsreader, Gold Logie loser, social media superstar and Prime Chinister of Australia - has finally deigned to write an advice book. Here she shares her views on all the important topics, from acceptable careers (bartender; brewer) to her favourite cocktail recipe (beer, pref ...Show more
The Ladybird Book of Balls (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups) by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
$19.98 AUD
Category: Gift Books | Series: Ladybirds for Grown-Ups
A hilarious brand new book in the phenomenal Ladybirds for Grown Ups series for Autumn 2017. The Ladybird Book of Balls - a nugget of wisdom from bestselling authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to hel ...Show more
Walt Whitman's Guide to Manly Health and Training by Walt Whitman
$19.98 AUD
Category: Gift Books
A giftable, illustrated collection of quotes and pithy advice--equal parts self-help and grooming guide--by quintessential American poet and writer Walt Whitman. In 1858, famed American author Walt Whitman penned a series of newspaper columns under a pseudonym on the subject of "manly health and tra ...Show more
Overheard: The art of eavesdropping by Oslo Davis
$19.98 AUD
Category: Gift Books
Oslo Davis has made a career of recording his observations of 'life in the city' for us all to enjoy. HisOverheard cartoons capture the hilarious and the crazy, banal and sillyness of everyday life. While Oslo snoops on what people are talking about, we get to reflect on, and laugh at, the crazy things ...Show more