Making the Cut: A Surgeon’s Stories of Life on the Edge by Mohamed Khadra
19 December, 2007
Making the Cut is the autobiography of Melbourne surgeon Mohamed Khadra, who takes us through the progressions of his surgical career from intern to resident, and from private to academic practice. He also relates his experience as a patient in his own hospital in what is ultimately a scathing critique of Australia’s underresourced public healthcare system.

Resistance: A Childhood Fighting for East Timor by Naldo Rei
19 December, 2007
Naldo Rei was just six-months-old when Indonesia invaded East Timor in December 1975. One of 10 children, Rei spent the first three years of his life in the jungle, where his family had fled for safety. After his father was murdered for his work in the resistance movement, nine-year-old Rei was recruited by the clandestine Fretilin network and began his extraordinary journey fighting for East Timor’s freedom.

Where the Road Leads by Jean Calder
19 December, 2007
Jean Calder has lived and worked with people with disabilities for over 25 years. Not in Australia, but in the dangerous territories of Lebanon, Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Born near Mackay, Queensland in 1936, Jean was brought up in a strict but loving family.

A Venetian Bestiary by Jan Morris
6 December, 2007
This small, slim book about animals is not as insubstantial as it looks. Jan Morris's writing is as rich and colourful as ever, and her knowledge of the history and the little-known sights of Venice provides her with a rich source of material.

Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy by Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake
6 December, 2007
Fun, nonsense, the spooky and the scary, rhymes and zany, wonderful illustrations. What more could a 5-7-year-old want? Well, a CD to listen to in the car, perhaps. All this is here one aptly named package.

Blue High Water by Shelley Birse
29 November, 2007
This young adult novel follows a year in the life of Fly (Fiona) Watson who has just won a scholarship to study at Blue Water High School.

Cairo Jim and the Astragals of Angkor by Geoffrey McSkimming
29 November, 2007
With some 17 books behind him, Geoffrey McSkimming has once again painstakingly relayed the adventures of Cairo Jim and his unusual companions.

Cross Currents by Janeen Brian
29 November, 2007
Julia is on an extended camping trip with her stepfather Jeff and his son, Robbie. This is the first time Julia and Robbie have actually met and the two have developed a firm dislike for each other.

Dog Show Detective by Penelope Love
29 November, 2007
School holidays are just beginning and Tiff has made plans. Her plans include a trip to the Royal Show with her best friend C Y and multiple rides on the Tower of Death roller coaster.

Ghost Granny by Melanie Guile
29 November, 2007
Anna and Lucy have just lost their slightly mad Granny, but they seem to be the only ones in the family to care. Then, to everyone’s surprise, less than a week later Granny returns as a ghost.

Is Your Grandmother a Goanna? by Pamela Allen
29 November, 2007
Multi award-winning and notable children’s book author and illustrator, Pamela Allen, has been entertaining pre-schoolers for over 20 years with her lively and colourful picture books.

Old Tom's Big Book of Beauty by Leigh Hobbs
29 November, 2007
Anyone who has encountered Old Tom on the popular ABC children’s cartoon, or in one of his six picture books to date, will know that he is an acquired taste.

The Peasant Price by Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas
29 November, 2007
In a small remote village in the northern part of China lived a young boy with his parents and six brothers. This was a poor family living in the time of Chairman Mao’s communist China and each night the boy’s niang prayed that none of her boys would die from starvation.

Luck in the Greater West by Damian McDonald
28 November, 2007
Luck in the Greater West explores the circumstances and interconnections of a disparate group of inhabitants of the vast suburban sprawl that is greater western Sydney

Natural History by Neil Cross
28 November, 2007
Natural History is an unusual literary thriller set in a failing animal refuge, home to dysfunctional apes which have been rescued from abusive owners.

Ocean Road by Glyn Parry
28 November, 2007
It’s summer, 1976—Frank, Laura and their son Toby are holidaying at a seaside cottage, but this is a summer of uncertain times where a marriage and three lives are changed forever.

The Storm Prophet by Hector Macdonald
28 November, 2007
A tale of shipwreck with a difference, The Storm Prophet is difficult to sum up. It is set in an alternate present, when an election for the position of ‘First Citizen’ is taking place.

Towards Another Summer by Janet Frame
28 November, 2007
For fans of Janet Frame’s work, Towards Another Summer will be another encounter with a much-loved friend. Those unfamiliar with this brilliant and eccentric New Zealander, as famous for her traumatic life story as for her crystalline prose, might start here.

A Light History of Hot Air
28 November, 2007
Peter Doherty’s new book conducts the reader through a fascinating tour of the many ways, literally and metaphorically, that mankind and nature have made use of hot air.

Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness by Elizabeth Farrelly
28 November, 2007
In this book, Elizabeth Farrelly refers to the many notorious excesses of our society as ‘blubber’. It’s not just accessories like the plasma TV and the SUV that she writes about, but also the aesthetics of our surroundings: buildings, people and art.

Searching for Schindler: A Memoir by Tom Keneally
28 November, 2007
This very readable narrative is Keneally’s tale of how he came to hear of a man named Osckar Schindler, write a book about him and see it turned into a movie.

Three Seasons by Jane Hansen
28 November, 2007
Jane Hansen is best known for her journalism and work as a foreign correspondent around the world for Australia’s major television networks, particularly covering war zones and political situations.

Why is Uranus Upside Down? And Other Questions About the Universe by Fred Watson
28 November, 2007
Have you ever looked to the night sky and asked the questions why do stars twinkle? What’s outside the universe? What are shooting stars?

Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp by Odo Hirsch
28 November, 2007
Odo Hirsch’s latest novel takes us into the world of Amelia Dee, a young girl in the suburbs with an extraordinary neighbour—yoga Master L K Vishwanath.

The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly
22 November, 2007
Six Sacred Stones, the sequel to Seven Ancient Wonders, takes us on the next whirlwind adventure of Jack ‘Huntsman’ West Jr and his motley crew of incredibly intelligent scientists, mathematicians, army-trained combat fighters and genius children, one of whom is his adopted daughter.