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A-League Skills & Drills: learn to play like the A-League's top players
Edwards Alistair | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Sep 2008 | $19.95 | 9780143304258

Abla's Lebanese Kitchen
Amad Abla | Adult | Hardback | Lantern | 1 Mar 2010 | $49.95 | 9781921382215

Abyssinia
Dubosarsky Ursula | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Sep 2008 | $16.95 | 9780143300519

Access Road
Gee Maurice | Adult | Paperback | Viking | 28 Sep 2009 | $29.95 | 9780670074020

The Accidental
Smith Ali | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 May 2006 | $24.95 | 9780141010397

The Accidental Guerilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
Kilcullen David | Adult | Paperback | Scribe Publications | 30 Mar 2009 | $35.00 | 9781921372537

Accidentally Single: 15 mistakes that ruin romance and how to avoid them
Aiken John | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Aust | 1 Feb 2010 | $26.95 | 9780143204213

An Accommodating Spouse
Jolley Elizabeth | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 4 Jan 2010 | $24.95 | 9780143180234

Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years
Townsend Sue | Adult | Hardback | Michael Joseph | 23 Nov 2009 | $45.00 | 9780718153700

Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years
Townsend Sue | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 23 Oct 2009 | $32.95 | 9780718154264

Adults Only
Gleitzman Morris | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 2 Jul 2001 | $14.95 | 9780141308371

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain Mark | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 24 Feb 2003 | $9.95 | 9780141439648

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Popular Penguins
Twain Mark | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045184

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Popular Penguins
Doyle Arthur Conan | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045160

The Adventures of Vin Fiz
Cussler Clive | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 May 2006 | $14.95 | 9780141321165

Against the Tide
Yeldham Peter | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 4 May 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143010395

The Age Good Food Guide 2010
Apelgren Janne (ed) | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 1 Sep 2009 | $29.95 | 9780143011545

The Age of Reason
Sartre Jean Paul | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 21 Mar 2001 | $19.95 | 9780141185286

The Age of Reason: Popular Penguins
Satre Jean-Paul | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045573

Air Kisses
Foster Zoe | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 31 Aug 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143009627

Airman
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Puffin | 29 Jan 2008 | $24.95 | 9780141808550

Airman
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 29 Jun 2009 | $17.95 | 9780141322216

Alfred Gregory
Gregory Alfred | Adult | Hardback | Lantern | 1 Oct 2007 | $100.00 | 9781920989613

Alice in Wonderland (Book of the Film)
Burton Tim | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Feb 2010 | $14.95 | 9780141330464

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Carroll Lewis | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 5 May 2003 | $9.95 | 9780141439761

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Pocket Penguin Classics
Carroll Lewis | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 6 Mar 2006 | $12.95 | 9780141023557

All I Can Be
Buckley Nathan | Adult | Hardback | Michael Joseph | 24 Sep 2008 | $49.95 | 9780718105020

All I Can Be
Buckley Nathan | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 3 Aug 2009 | $35.00 | 9781921518263

All My Dangerous Friends
Hartnett Sonya | Children's | Paperback | Viking | 1 Sep 1998 | $18.95 | 9780670880270

All the Rage
Boland Yasmin | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 1 Jul 2003 | $22.95 | 9780143000815

All Together Now
McInerney Monica | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 1 Jun 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143202202

All Together Now
McInerney Monica | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 24 Nov 2008 | $32.95 | 9781921518041

All Tomorrow's Parties
Gibson William | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 Nov 2000 | $19.95 | 9780140266139

Alone in Berlin
Fallada Hans | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 4 Mar 2010 | $26.95 | 9780141189383

Along for the Ride
Dessen Sarah | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 29 Jun 2009 | $17.95 | 9780141327488

The Alphabet Sisters
McInerney Monica | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 4 Oct 2004 | $24.95 | 9780143002918

Alyzon Whitestarr
Carmody Isobelle | Children's | Paperback | Penguin | 26 Sep 2005 | $22.95 | 9780143002437

American Gangster: And Other Tales Of New York
Jacobson Mark | Adult | Paperback | Atlantic Books UK | 5 Dec 2007 | $22.95 | 9781843547303

Anaconda Ambush: Extreme Adventures
D'Ath Justin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 29 Sep 2008 | $14.95 | 9780143303701

Anathem
Stephenson Neal | Adult | Paperback | Atlantic Books UK | 29 Sep 2008 | $35.00 | 9781843549161

Anathem
Stephenson Neal | Adult | Paperback | Atlantic Books UK | 4 Jan 2010 | $26.95 | 9781843549178

And Another Thing
Colfer Eoin | Adult | Hardback | Michael Joseph | 13 Oct 2009 | $39.95 | 9780718155148

And Another Thing - The World According to Clarkson Volume Two
Clarkson Jeremy | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 7 Jan 2008 | $26.95 | 9780141028606

And it's Goodnight from Him: The Autobiography of the Two Ronnies
Corbett Ronnie | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 29 Oct 2007 | $24.95 | 9780141028040

And So It Went
Ellis Bob | Adult | Paperback | Viking | 4 May 2009 | $35.00 | 9780670072460

And the Ass Saw the Angel: Popular Penguins
Cave Nick | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045610

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
Burroughs William S & Kerouac Jack | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 26 Oct 2009 | $24.95 | 9780141189673

And the Hippos were Boiled in their Tanks
Burroughs William S & Kerouac Jack | Adult | Hardback | Penguin Classics | 27 Oct 2008 | $35.00 | 9781846141645

Angel Cake
Cassidy Cathy | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 27 Apr 2009 | $14.95 | 9780141325170

Angel Cake
Cassidy Cathy | Children's | Hardback | Puffin | 20 Jun 2009 | $35.00 | 9780141384788

The Angel's Command: Castaways Book Two
Jacques Brian | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 25 Mar 2004 | $14.95 | 9780141315218

Animal Farm
Orwell George | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 22 Jun 2000 | $17.95 | 9780141182704

Animal Heroes
Hill Anthony | Children's | Paperback | Penguin | 1 Mar 2005 | $19.95 | 9780143003809

Anthropology
Rhodes Dan | Adult | Paperback | Canongate | 3 May 2010 | $19.95 | 9781847675507

Anybody Out There
Keyes Marian | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 2 Apr 2007 | $24.95 | 9780141019376

An Anzac's Story
Kyle Roy, Courtenay Bryce-introduction | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 1 Mar 2005 | $29.95 | 9780670910748

The Anzacs: Gallipoli to the Western Front
Pedersen Peter | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 2 Apr 2007 | $59.95 | 9780670041244

April Fool's Day
Courtenay Bryce | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 28 Aug 2006 | $24.95 | 9780143004608

The Architecture of Happiness
De Botton Alain | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 3 Sep 2007 | $26.95 | 9780141015002

Arctic Drift: A Dirk Pitt Novel
Cussler Clive Cussler Dirk | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 Feb 2010 | $19.95 | 9780141038919

Aristotle's Nostril
Gleitzman Morris | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 21 Nov 2005 | $14.95 | 9780143301974

The Art of Graeme Base
Watts Julie | Adult | Paperback | Viking | 23 Nov 2009 | $49.95 | 9780670074297

The Art of War
Sun-tzu | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 14 Jul 2009 | $19.95 | 9780143105756

The Art of War
Sun-tzu | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Classics | 1 Sep 2008 | $19.95 | 9780140455526

The Art of War: Popular Penguins
Tzu Sun | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 29 Jun 2009 | $9.95 | 9780141045276

Artemis Fowl
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Jul 2002 | $16.95 | 9780141312125

Artemis Fowl
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 1 Jun 2009 | $6.95 | 9780141328232

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Hardback | Puffin | 25 Aug 2008 | $35.00 | 9780141383330

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 4 Aug 2008 | $22.95 | 9780141383347

Artemis Fowl: Lost Colony
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 7 Jan 2008 | $16.95 | 9780141320793

Artemis Fowl: Time Paradox
Colfer Eoin | Children's | Paperback | Puffin | 3 Aug 2009 | $16.95 | 9780141322209

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Ferguson Niall | Adult | Paperback | Penguin Press | 28 Sep 2009 | $26.95 | 9780141035482

Ashling: The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Carmody Isobelle | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 23 Oct 1997 | $22.95 | 9780140271515

Asian Cook
Tan Terry | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 1 Mar 2010 | $39.95 | 9780670074501

Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
Bowden Oliver | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 25 Nov 2009 | $32.95 | 9780718156022

The Assistant
Walser Robert | Adult | Paperback | Peng. Mod. Classics | 12 May 2008 | $24.95 | 9780141189284

At My French Table: Food, Family and Joie de Vivre in a corner of
Webster Jane | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 7 Apr 2008 | $59.95 | 9780670070329

The Atlantis Code
Brokaw Charles | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 1 Mar 2010 | $19.95 | 9780141040806

The Atlantis Code
Brokaw Charles | Adult | Paperback | Michael Joseph | 29 Jun 2009 | $32.95 | 9780718155841

Atlantis Found: A Dirk Pitt Novel
Cussler Clive | Adult | Paperback | Penguin (General Uk) | 5 Feb 2001 | $19.95 | 9780140287967

Aussie John
Symond John | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 4 Aug 2003 | $29.95 | 9780143000709

Australia Street
Whitehead Ann | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 2 Mar 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143009535

Australia: A Sense of Place
McCutcheon Sandy & Rains Nick (photo) | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 26 Sep 2005 | $59.95 | 9780670029013

The Australian Backyard
Maddocks Cheryl | Adult | Hardback | Viking | 1 Dec 2002 | $59.95 | 9780670911943

The Australian Book of Lists
Barnett Steve | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 23 Nov 2009 | $24.95 | 9780143011729

The Australian Calorie Counter
Penguin Group (Australia) | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 9 Jan 2006 | $9.95 | 9780143004509

Australian Family Table: Food Everyone Will Love
Anon | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 2 Mar 2009 | $29.95 | 9780143011064

Australian Gardening Calendar
Penguin Adult Publishing | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 21 Nov 2005 | $14.95 | 9780143002468

The Australian Long Story
Sayer Mandy (ed) | Adult | Paperback | Hamish Hamilton | 28 Sep 2009 | $39.95 | 9781926428000

Australian Slang
Anon | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 2 Jun 2008 | $16.95 | 9780143009115

Australian Sports Quiz
Clancy Rob | Adult | Paperback | Penguin | 30 Jul 2007 | $16.95 | 9780143007210

Australian Style
Penfold Melissa & Tabakoff Jenny | Adult | Hardback | Lantern | 26 Oct 2009 | $39.95 | 9781920989767