Random House Australia: 1821 books

A firsthand account of the shearing sheds of the 1950s and 60s. The son of a shearer, Alan Blunt spent his teenage years in the woolsheds of the 1950s and 60s. As his father laboured, Alan would imagine himself opening the batting for Australia or boxing for the world middleweight championship,...

A fascinating insight into Breaker Morant and the question of morality and human life. The question of "The Breaker's" innocence is still being fiercely debated more than a century after Lieutenant Harry Morant and Lieutenant Peter Handcock were shot on a lonely veldt outside Pretoria at...

Everything you need to know about how to set up a successful investment club of your own, for friendship and for profit. In 1998 members of a book club decided they wanted to find out more about the stockmarket, and to make some money from it. They knew little about investing but were determined...

Four men. One unbreakable friendship. Forged in the mighty Iron Ore State. Floodtide is the story of Mike, Spud, Pembo and Murray, and the friendship that binds them over four memorable decades in Western Australia. The prosperous 1950s when childhood is idyllic in the small city of...

After the enormous success of Secret Girls' Stuff comes this fabulous sequel from one of Australia's most recognised and read writers for young people. Since the publication of Secret Girls' Stuff, the number of letters, emails and faxes Margaret receives have quadrupled. All of Margaret's...

A fun-filled junior fiction series written in partnership with Basketball Australia After wiping the floor in the interschool comp, the Bench Warmers are back. Danny and his friends are now playing club basketball for the newly formed Robdale Raptors. The opposition is tough, but with a first-rate...

A fun-filled junior fiction series written in partnership with Basketball Australia Due to the huge success of Robdale Primary at basketball, the school team is going on tour. They're off to the country and Danny, Crystal and the gang couldn't be more excited. That is, until they find out that...

A fun-filled junior fiction series written in partnership with Basketball Australia There's big news at Robdale Primary - representative basketball trials are happening. Danny, Crystal and their Raptors friends can't wait to try out. The selection process is full on but fun. However, things...

A fun-filled junior fiction series written in partnership with Basketball Australia Meet the Bench Warmers - Danny, Crystal, Angie, Omyr, Leanne and Cody. They're the new basketball players at Robdale Primary and according to hot shot Greg 'The Goat' McGriffin, they don't have a chance of winning...

In the evening, Abu Fadi peeled oranges and apples and recounted stories of Palestine, orange groves and the house with the large wooden door that awaited their return. He pulled a black metal key out of his pocket and said, 'See, children, this big key is to open our front door. I locked the house...

'Steal my Sunshine is a gorgeous read, full of mystery, history, hope and heartbreak. I was gripped all the way to the bittersweet end.' - Simmone Howell, author of Everything Beautiful During a Melbourne heatwave, Hannah's family life begins to distort beyond her deepest fears. It's going...

From one of Australia's most popular writers for young adults Last time you met Lisa in 'Fat Chance', she thought she was a beached whale. Well she's back and she's hot, heading for teen supermodel of the year. So hot in fact that the agency's given her a new name, Rebel, and a whole...

Witty, acerbic, insightful musings from Robert Dessaix, one of Australia's finest writers. One Sunday night in Sydney, Robert Dessaix collapses in a gutter in Darlinghurst, and is helped to his hotel by a kind young man wearing a T-shirt that says FUCK YOU. What follows are weeks in hospital,...

Lace up your boots, pull on your guernsey and get ready to hit the field running with these Brownlow-worthy AFL short stories! A collection of AFL-themed short stories written by some of Australia's sportiest children's authors, including: Michael Wagner (Why I Love Footy and Maxx Rumble...