An intimate account of one young Australian's year abroad, Beijing Blur is also the story of modern China - a nation poised at one of the great turns of the global historical tide.

Heil takes us behind the scenes of the Everest tourism operations, intriguing how what was once the symbol of human beings' noblest achievements has become a site for their grubbiest dealings.

A continuation of the James Bond legacy. Set during the Cold War and features all the glamour, thrills and excitement that one would expect from any adventure involving James Bond.

Claire Delaney, a fiery fifteen-year-old, and her mother are both out of control. They've had a lot to deal with after the death of Claire's father - and they're driving each other crazy.

In 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in The Boat. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the world.

Athena's and Dexter's enclosed family life, is disrupted by the arrival of Elizabeth,  from Dexter's past. Elizabeth she draws the couple out into a world whose casual egotism they had barely dreamed of.

Lucy is a hopeless romantic. With an unshakeable faith in happy endings, she drives her friends Meg and Chloe crazy as she tries time and again to make her best friend Tom fall in love with her.

Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors.