The ballad of the Black Stallion, a noble steed, the now grown colt from Old Regret, a thoroughbred who got away to join the wild brumbies of the Snowy - Or was the Black Stallion, the swift, sure-footed horse the Man from Snowy River rode to capture the missing colt?
All quiet on the Western Front.
An adventure story in the wild west era. When a cannon is fired right next to him during a battle against Natives, a soldier goes deaf and now has to dangerously cross the prairie on his own in order to get to his hometown in safety.
Pride and Prejudice
A retelling of The Lion King, in which the narrator explains the secret aspect about Scar that made others dislike him, and triggered his evil behaviour.
Five Children And It.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
A story about a group of neighbourhood children and the mysterious cloaked figure that joins their game of tag as 'it'.
While the Clock Ticked
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Doomsday happened while the clock continued to tick, before we returned from our journey home, only to find nothing was the same anymore, & nobody was around, according to this author's gripping account of Armageddon.
Taronga
A lovely pictorial guide to Taronga Zoo, with the stories of some of the animals living there, written especially for young readers.
Cloudstreet
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
A first-person account of childhood in a depressed area, remembered as always grey and dismal, except for some special days remembered as sparks of joy.
TheCity That Would Not Die.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
A history of Darwin, capital of Australia's Northern Territory, which has the somewhat dubious distinction of having been largely destroyed twice (once by WW2 bombing and once by a cyclone) — but both times, it was rebuilt and is still thriving to this day.
Slinky Malinki
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
The biography of Mr Malone, who invented the world famous toy, the Slinky. His friends dubbed him 'Slinky Malinki', which stuck.
Family Footlights
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
The autobiography of a famous media personage, recently married for the 5th time, portraying the more memorable highlights of his family life.
Tomorrow, when the war began
A science fiction book framed as a thoughtful memoir by a time traveler.
Spies and More Spies
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
The latest edition of the detailed, fully indexed & annotated Who's Who of spying, completely written in invisible ink & a must for several notorious security organisations.
The spy who came in from the cold.
A further volume from the spy Who's Who, which follows the lives and work of spies in Siberia.
The Clown of God
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
After a bad accident on a trapeze, a circus performer finds out that rather be an extra clown, he has a more pressing vocation to preach the Word of God, in gratitude for his risky survival.
Quirky QWERTY.
Being named after her grandmother Queenie is bad enough, but her nickname is even worse. Qwerty sets out to prove her writing ability, on the old manual typewriter she also inherited from Granny. To her delight, her own personal style is a hit.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."