Random House Australia: 1821 books

Arguably the greatest player to represent Australia's most famous football club, Nathan Buckley's extraordinary achievements include a Brownlow Medal, a Norm Smith Medal, six club best and fairest awards and nine seasons as captain of Collingwood. All I Can Be is the inspiring story of a true...

Their lives couldn't be more different, but Emmie can't help liking Bertha Schippan. She's funny and knowing and wild, and she distracts Emmie from the monotony of farm life in their tiny, isolated community. But, as Emmie soon discovers, Bertha has secrets. Terrible secrets. This heartbreaking story...

Rescuing endangered species, piloting choppers and coming nose-to-snout with some of Australia's deadliest creatures is all in a day's work for Matt Wright. With his mates by his side, Matt ventures into the outback and beyond, managing to get into (and, remarkably, out of) some insanely nail-biting...

Are you struggling to clear your credit card debt? Are you afraid to open those monthly bills? Does your mortgage weigh you down? Would you like to know how to use loans for growing your wealth? Whatever your situation, Paul Clitheroe - one of Australia's most trusted financial experts - shows...

It's 1849 . . . and Nellie O'Neill is arriving in South Australia on a ship bringing orphan girls from Irish workhouses. Nellie and her best friend, Mary, have left the famine in Ireland far behind, and are full of hopes and dreams for the future. Nellie longs to learn to read, to be part of a family...

Soon enough, every parent will have to discuss online safety with their children. This book is your salvation. Widely regarded as Australia's first cyber cop, cyber-safety expert Susan McLean helps you understand and connect with your child's online world, and guide them safely through it in...

From the internationally bestselling author of Homestead Girls and Red Sand Sunrise comes this heartfelt story of friendship, forgiveness and love. A year after a tragic accident changed her life forever, Tess Daley is in desperate need of a change. When she is offered a position with the Flying...

'Being present as the midwife at a baby's birth is one of life's glorious adventures.' Nineteen Australian midwives share their incredible stories with passionate midwife and bestselling author Fiona McArthur. Midwives play a vital role in supporting women through some of the most challenging...

Award-winning author Sue Saliba's lyrical young adult novel about following your heart to the most unexpected and beautiful of places. mia's heart made a sound that no one heard except for mia late one night when she woke from dreams into darkness. ethan was asleep beside her, and em was a...

Do you feel like your finances are out of control?� Is debt a problem?� Are you wondering when and if you'll be able to retire comfortably?� Or do you want to increase your wealth, maximise the benefits of investments you already have, or just become smarter with your money? Whatever...

When ordinary bloke Peter Mitchell took what he hoped would be a quiet public service job in the Department of Immigration in 1990, he couldn't imagine he would end up as manager of the infamous Villawood Detention Centre. The detention of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants remains one of...

Winner of the 2014 Australian Romance Readers Award for favourite romantic suspense. When Darcy Fletcher drags a handsome sailor from a stricken yacht, she finds herself drawn into his mysterious world. Having saved his life, can she now rescue him from his dark past? Or will that endanger all she...

'I was Humpty Dumpty at the bottom of the wall, my heart and the very soul of me shattered into a thousand pieces.� I knew that my life was never going to be the same again.� I also knew that if I did not get professional help, I'd soon be dead.' Allan Sparkes didn't think twice about rescuing...

When a brothel madam is shot on a Perth golf course in 1975 it should be a routine murder enquiry. But it isn't. In fact there's barely an investigation at all, and Superintendent Swann thinks he knows why. Heroin is the new drug in town and the money is finding its way into some very respectable...