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PASSAGE by CRONIN JUSTIN
First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fearof darkness, of death, of a fate far worse.
As civilization swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two people flee in search of sanctuary. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what hes done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. He is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors. But for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odysseyspanning miles and decadestowards the time and place where she must finish what should never have begun.
With The Passage, award-winning author Justin Cronin has written both a relentlessly suspenseful adventure and an epic chronicle of human endurance in the face of unprecedented catastrophe and unimaginable danger. Its inventive storytelling, masterful prose, and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction.
Our Price $32.99
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Fifty Years of Painting in Tasmania 1925 - 1975 by DON ROW
A scholarly work providing the first comprehensive analysis of the development of Tasmania painting from 1925 to 1975.
200 full-page colour reproductions offer the reader a visual feast.
Our Price $135.00
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DAVID TO A TEA A HELL OF A LOT OF HELFGOTT by EVERY ROSANNA
"The musical genius David Helfgott, of Shine fame, came dashing into my life in the late 1990s. He spent many days staying with my family. David is a witty philosopher and a comedian. his pithy sayings - his "Davidisms" - will resound and make you laugh out loud.
No longer his neighbour, I regard my time with David as heart-warming, life-changing and I treasure our enduring friendship."
Our Price $24.95
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BOOZE CAKES CONFECTIONS SPIKED WITH SPIRITS WINE AND BEER by STONE T
Booze Cakes -- This gorgeous full-color cookbook features easy step-by-step recipes for a variety of decadent delicacies, including traditional Booze Cakes (Black Forest Cakes and English Trifle) as well as more contemporary cocktail cakes (Pina Colada Cake, White Russian Cupcakes, and Sex-on-a-Beach Cake). There's even a chapter devoted to cake shots-delicious cupcake morsels infused with the flavours of mojitos, kamikazes, and more. These tasty treats are ideal for parties, potlucks, and pitch-ins-and this cookbook's affordable price and adorable format make it the perfect gift for your favourite hostess!
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WE THE DROWNED by JENSEN CARSTEN
We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, whose inhabitants have sailed the world's oceans aboard freight ships for centuries. Spanning over a hundred years, from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War, and from the barren rocks of Newfoundland to the lush plantations of Samoa, from the roughest bars in Tasmania, to the frozen coasts of northern Russia, We, the Drowned spins a magnificent tale of love, war, and adventure, a tale of the men who go to sea and the women they leave behind.
Ships are wrecked at sea and blown up during wars, they are places of terror and violence, yet they continue to lure each generation of Marstal men--fathers and sons--away. Strong, resilient, women raise families alone and sometimes take history into their own hands. There are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, forbidden passions, cowards, heroes, devastating tragedies, and miraculous survivals--everything that a town like Marstal has actually experienced, and that makes We, the Drowned an unforgettable novel, destined to take its place among the greatest seafaring literature.
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