Item category 1: ABOOK

Robin is having fun sabotaging former Sheriff of Nottingham Marjorie Kovacevic's election campaign for President from the safety of his IT centre at Sherwood Castle. Meanwhile his best friend Marion Maid is spending time in Pelican Island, the country's most notorious prison. Then Marion's father...

Humans are undeniably creatures of habit. So when sudden, unexpected plot twists pull the metaphorical rug from beneath our feet, it can sometimes feel impossible to regain our footing. Therapist and podcaster Jana Firestone knows this better than most, after losing her mum suddenly at the age of...

How do I know if I have dementia, and how will I live with it if I do? Can people with dementia consent to sex? Can they choose euthanasia for their future selves? And can we prevent or push back its onset? Chances are, you know someone with dementia, but how well do you really understand the con...

The clean energy transition is humanity's biggest ever economic challenge. In Powering Up, former Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel shows how to remove the barriers that prevent nations transforming from petrostate to electrostate.

This collections of over 50 stories brings together three of Enid Blyton's earliest and most imaginative story collections - 'The Book of Fairies', 'The Book of Brownies' and 'The Book of Pixies', and show Blyton at her most imaginative and playful. Perfect for holidays or rainy day reading, and ...

This collection of 25 short stories is populated by every sort of magical and mysterious creature, from a grumpy wizard who is ouwitted by an elf to pixie who rides on a rabbit. The stories are the perfect length for reading aloud in a classroom or at bedtime. With lots of humour and fantastic ch...

Have you ever been trapped inside a runaway car? Have you broken a world record? Is there someone in your class who will stop at nothing to kiss you? Have you ever tricked your dog into doing your homework? Or found something seriously disgusting in your food? Have you sold head lice for fun and ...

It seems that peace will never come to Avantia. Evil is always at its throat. Finally, Taladon the Swift has returned - but to Tom's horror, his father is a ghost! To save his father, Tom must battle six Ghost Beasts and collect the lost pieces of the shattered Amulet of Avantia. Now Tom's quest ...

In the 1960s, he got his start as a physicist at the Port Kembla Steelworks and promptly joined the Steel Industries Auto Club, racing modified rally cars on Wollongong's deserted back roads. In the 1970s, he entered his self-described 'drug-crazed hippie years', making a living as a taxi driver....

A mysterious figure is stealing from clubs all over Rutherford School! The only clue is a strange calling card left at the scene of the crime. When the thief strikes just as Art Club is getting ready for a big show, everyone is worried the exhibition will be cancelled. As suspicion falls on one o...