Random House Australia: 1821 books

A deliciously fun rom com about a girl who has big dreams and just can't stop herself from falling in love. Shayna is this close to getting her dream job as a location manager for a new TV soap, she just needs to find the right house to film it in, and the job is hers. Luckily, she's...

The story of one of Australia's most loved film and television personalities. The Dingo family history follows the formula of any self-respecting soap opera. It's full of life, death, laughter, violence, struggle, children, poverty, alcohol, and surprisingly after all that, success. It is the...

A moving and beautiful collectionfrom Sophie Delezio's Mum and Dad's private diaries 18/12/03 Princess, your lips were red today! What beautiful lips. You are a miracle to have survived your serious injuries this long and I am so proud of you. My darling, we are taking just one hour at a time...

A gripping story that brings to life one of Australia's World War I military victories. Frankie and Taz didn't think about killing, or dying, when they lied about their age to join the Australian army. They thought the war was going to be a big adventure. Now they're marching to the front. Richard...

'Right here. Right now. Tell me: would you rather live, or just exist?' For a man intent on escaping his past, a chance meeting in Vietnam with an American journalist looks like the perfect way out, but it is just the beginning of an adrenaline and testosterone-fuelled plunge into a world of...

Written with dignity, candour and surprising wit, this soldier�s story of the horror of the Western Front trenches is a testament to the power of the human spirit. It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in...

Darcy means what he says. He just shouldn't say it aloud. Darcy can cope with parents, parties and punch-ups. He can handle his infatuation with the beautiful Audrey, spending quality chess-time with his nerdy friend, Noah, even the misadventures of kayaking on a school excursion. He's a teenage...

A fun novel from one of Australia's best writers for children and young adults. When Lisa Trelaw breaks up with her long-term boyfriend Mike, she realises that she made a big mistake giving up modelling to come home. Meanwhile, Mandy Miratoosi enters a supermodel contest for larger-sized girls...

A new year, a new teacher, and a very mysterious house guest. Clementine Rose is heading back to school, and this year she has a new teacher. Young Mr Smee is very different to Mrs Bottomley and he sets the class a special project. Clemmie can't wait to get started! Meanwhile at Penberthy...

Discover what happens when you mix one kid with nine attack possums. Observe the result of a guinea pig hostage situation. Learn from my get-rich-quick scheme to put Australia's angriest ice-cream man out of business. Get ready to judge the world's deadliest fruitcake competition. And if I survive...

A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Can Jade learn how to bond with the Gems? Jade has big plans to be a successful netballer in her favourite position, Goal Attack. She comes from a super competitive sports-mad family and wants to show everyone, her...

Will Sahar become the newest member of the Gems? Sahar has only recently arrived in Australia but she's already found friends in Sienna, Lily and Maia. And when she sees them practising their netball moves, something inside Sahar sparks. Having never played netball before though, she doesn't believe...

A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Is being a Gem enough for determined Lily? Lily comes from a family of great netballers and dreams of playing for the Diamonds one day. She loves being on court and jumping for every intercept. But Lily's worried that...

A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Can shy Phoebe find her place in the Gems? Phoebe loves to shoot goals, and she's great at it too. She dreams of being a famous netballer and playing in front of thousands. The problem is that she's nervous all the...