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Religion for Atheists: A Non-believers' Guide to the Uses of Religion, Alain de Botton (Penguin)
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The Chemistry of Tears, Peter Carey (Penguin)
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Flourish, Martin Seligman (Random House)
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All That I Am, Anna Funder (Penguin)
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The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes (Random House)
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Phantom, Jo Nesbo (Random House)
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Hare with Amber Eyes, The: A Hidden Inheritance, Edmund De Waal, (Random House)
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Alice-Miranda in New York, Jacqueline Harvey (Random House)
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Street Sweeper, The, Eliot Perlman (Random House)
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Mateship with Birds, Carrie Tiffany (Pan Macmillan)
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Leading Edge Indie bestsellers to week ending 18th February 2012. Source: Nielsen BookScan
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"1971-2011- Celebrating 40 Years in Business!" The Children's Bookshop, established in 1971, is the oldest specialist children's bookshop in NSW Australia and we sell books for adults too! Our strength has always been the expert advice provided by the dedicated and enthusiastic staff who enjoy finding the right book for the young reader and adults alike. Our range of books includes picture books, poetry, classics, information books and contemporary fiction to suit a wide range of interests, ages an abilities. This tradition of retail excellence continues. Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5-30pm, Sat 9am-3pm Remember Storytime for Pre-schoolers Tuesday and Friday Mornings at 9-45am during School Term. The Adult Book Clubs meet ONCE per month. There are currently FOUR GROUPS. The group meets Tuesday evenings at 7-30pm (to 8-30pm), meeting either on the First (The Hare with the Amber Eyes), the Second (The Street Sweeper), Third (The Street Sweeper) or Last Tuesday (The Paris Wife).
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All That I Am by Anna Funder. Ruth Becker lives out her days in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. She has made an uneasy peace with the ghosts of her past . Another lifetime away, it's 1939 and the ... read more
Updated: 23/02/2012 8:58 AM
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The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey. When her lover dies suddenly, all Catherine has left is her work at London's Swinburne Museum. Then she is given a very particular project: a box of intricate ... read more
Updated: 23/02/2012 8:57 AM
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Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton. The debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is moved on in this inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of ... read more
Updated: 20/02/2012 9:21 AM
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Mateship With Birds by Carrie Tiffany. On the outskirts of an Australian country town in the 1950s, a lonely farmer trains his binoculars on a family of kookaburras that roost in a tree near his ... read more
Updated: 20/02/2012 9:25 AM
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Phantom by Jo Nesbo. Summer. A boy is lying on the floor of an Oslo apartment. He is bleeding and will soon die. In order to place his life and death in some kind of context he begins to tell his ... read more
Updated: 2/02/2012 7:30 AM
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Autumn Laing by Alex Miller
. In the 1930s Autumn Laing seduced the abundantly talented artist Pat Donlon. Fifty-three years later, cantankerous, engaging, ... read more
Updated: 2/02/2012 4:39 PM
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