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SCOTT WESTERFELD - AFTERWORLDS

SALLY GREEN - HALF WILD

WILLIAM HUSZEY - JEKYLL'S MIRROR

ELIZABETH GEORGE - THE EDGE OF THE WATER

ANN BRASHARES - THE HERE AND NOW

TOMMY WALLACH - WE ALL LOOKED UP

BECKY ALBERTALLI - SIMON vs. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA

ANDREW SMITH - GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE

LIBBA BRAY - THE DIVINERS

SUZY ZAIL - ALEXANDER ALTMANN A10567

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STUART DALY - THE BROTHERHOOD OF THIEVES: THE FINAL BATTLE

REBECCA LIM - THE ASTROLOGER'S DAUGHTER

DANIEL HERBORN  -YOU'RE THE KIND OF GIRL I WRITE SONGS ABOUT

ARWA EL MASRI - COMING OF AGE: GROWING UP MUSLIM IN AUSTRALIA

KEREN DAVID - THIS IS NOT A LOVE STORY

SABAA TAHIR - AN EMBER IN THE ASHES

MICHAEL ADAMS - THE LAST SHOT

SOPHIE MASSON - THE CRYSTAL HEART

DAN GEMEINHART - THE HONEST TRUTH

CHRISTIE NIEMAN -  AS STARS FALL

RACHAEL CRAW - SPARK

REBECCA JAMES - COOPER BARTHOLOMEW IS DEAD

GRAPHIC NOVELS

ADVENTURE TIME VOL 6. by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, Braden Lamb

BATMAN: HUSH by Jeph Loeb

BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM by Grant Morrison

TABBY by Stephen Kok

HELLBLAZER 1 by John Constantine

THE SANDMAN: DREAMHUNTERS by Neil Gaiman

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THE CAT EMPIRE

DISC ONE Welcome to the SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL MELBOURNE where the weather is perfect, the stage is set, the lights, sound and production are second to none, and Harry has worn a gold tapestry suit for the occasion. This special concert event features THE CAT EMPIRE along with THE EMPIRE HORNS, THE EMPIRICAL STRINGS (4 piece string section), Sergio Ercole guest guitar, NOMADIC FUNK - four incredible hip-hop dancers dancing up a storm, and a troupe of FLAMENCO musicians and dancers who bring their elegance and passion to the stage. DISC TWO We take you where the fans are dying to go - backstage with The Cat Empire. A special behind the scenes view with Will (drummer) and Ryan (Bass) who give you guided tours of life on the road, including tour buses, a rangers view (they are the rangers!) of bears in Canada, and what Glastonbury Festival is really like - dirt and all. This disc also features highlights from a selection of other shows the band has performed in recent years, and rare ..

THE BOOK THIEF

While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. "Exit Through the Gift Shop" tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the worlds most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interviews. As Banksy describes it, "It's basically the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed!"

MADMEN: SEASON 6

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

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AMERICAN HUSTLE

A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. Like David O. Russell's previous films, American Hustle defies genre, hinging on raw emotion, and life and death stakes. 

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LOVE AND OTHER PERISHABLE ITEMS by Laura Buzo

From the moment Amelia sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head over heels infatuated with him. It’s problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, 15, is 15.

Amelia isn’t stupid. She knows it’s not gonna happen. So she plays it cool around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia’s crush doesn’t seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together?

Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up.

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CLARIEL by Garth Nix

Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen, and to the King. When her family moves to the city of Belisaere, Clariel finds herself at the centre of sorcery and intrigue: a plot is brewing against the old and withdrawn King Orrikan; her parents want to marry her off to a killer; and a dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city. When Clariel is drawn into the efforts to find and capture the creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself, yet it is magic that carries great dangers. Can she rise above the temptation of power, escape the unwanted marriage and save the King?

Set approximately six hundred years before the birth of Sabriel, Clariel will delight Old Kingdom fans as well as new readers hungry for epic fantasy adventure.

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THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS by E.Lockhart

Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14:

Debate Club.

Her father’s “bunny rabbit.”

A mildly geeky girl attending a highly competitive boarding school.

Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15:

A knockout figure.

A sharp tongue.

A chip on her shoulder.

And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston.

Frankie Laundau-Banks.

No longer the kind of girl to take “no” for an answer.

Especially when “no” means she’s excluded from her boyfriend’s all-male secret society.

Not when her ex boyfriend shows up in the strangest of places.

Not when she knows she’s smarter than any of them.

When she knows Matthew’s lying to her.

And when there are so many, many pranks to be done.

Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16:

Possibly a criminal mastermind.

This is the story of how she got that way.

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THE GHOSTS OF HEAVEN by Marcus Sedgwick

It's there when a girl walks through the forest, the moist green air clinging to her skin. There centuries later in a pleasant greendale, hiding the treacherous waters of Golden Beck that take Anna, who they call a witch. There on the other side of the world as a mad poet watches the waves and knows the horrors the hide, and far into the future as Keir Bowman realises his destiny.

Each takes their next step in life. None will ever go back to the same place. And so, their journeys begin...

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THE LAST PLACE by Michael Adams

By the glow of the instrument panel, I see my face reflected in the darkened window. ‘My God,’ she says. ‘Who are you?’ It’s what I've been asked before. I don’t know the answer.

Danby is desperately fighting to save the last of humanity.

But with Jack’s sinister influence more powerful than ever, Danby’s one hope for freeing his minions - and her little brother - seems lost. The only option now for the few survivors not under Jack’s control is escape.

Danby will also have to confront a danger much closer to home as she finds that she may have risked her own sanity in her ferocious battle to live. Embracing a brutal warrior code might save Danby's life, but the price is high.

In the explosive final act of the Last Girl trilogy, Danby must save who she can, even if it means abandoning hope for her last remaining family. With soldiers, marauders and toxic bushfires closing in, she has no choice but to fight before she can take flight.

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ARE YOU SEEING ME? by Darren Groth

It's been a year since they watched their dad lose his battle with cancer. Now, at only nineteen, Justine is the sole carer for her disabled brother. But with Perry having been accepted into an assisted-living residence, their reliance on each other is set to shift. Before they go their separate ways, they're seeking to create the perfect memory. 

For Perry, the trip is a glorious celebration of his favourite things: mythical sea monsters, Jackie Chan movies and the study of earthquakes. 

For Justine, it's a chance to reconcile the decision to ‘free' her twin, to see who she is without her boyfriend, Marc – and to offer their mother the chance to atone for past wrongs. 

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THE LAST THIRTEEN by James Phelan

Solaris remains an ever-present threat as Sam’s search for the next Dreamer takes him to the Grand Canyon. All is not as it seems as strange secrets and devastating betrayals force him to question all he believes in. Facing insurmountable challenges, deadly consequences seem inevitable... With Alex on a perilous solo mission, Eva and Lora rush to warn Sam before it’s too late. Their enemies grow more desperate, and they don’t know who to trust. Sam must find the last 13. The fate of the world depends upon it.

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ETIQUETTE & ESPIONAGE by Gail Carriger

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners--and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. 

But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage--in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education.

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HINGES  Book 1: Clockwork City by Meredith McClaren

HINGES is a fantasy webcomic, turned graphic novel, about a doll named Orio and her troubling companion Bauble. New to the city of Cobble, Orio must depend on help where ever she can find it, but her assigned familiar Bauble has other interests. And as the two explore the walls of their city, they find that they are not the only new arrivals. In a place that runs like clockwork, it only takes a little disruption to upend a city.