Pan Macmillan Australia: 645 books

This guy walks into a bar … No no! Have you heard the one about … Oh, how did it go? There was this blonde who … Hmm. Do you ever wish you could remember all the gags and one-liners you've heard over the years and become the envy of all your friends and colleagues? Well, wish no more....

Comedian Tony Martin's genius for unearthing the eccentric in seemingly ordinary people is laid bare in this hilarious new collection of tales from his tumultuous life outside show business. Spanning four decades, two nations, and a number of embarrassing medical procedures and ancient family...

'Only a drunk or a madman would survive – luckily, on that occasion, I was both.' Ex-convict, author and celebrity Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read gives readers a unique insight into Australia's sordid criminal underworld. Written in Chopper's unique style and featuring his characteristic...

The gold rush begins, and Kate O'Mara is determined to never go hungry again. Kate O'Mara, orphaned by the great potato famine, is driven by her fear of hunger – first to take the four-month voyage to the other side of the world, then to consider the long, dangerous journey along an unformed...

Time to Declare tells with unflinching candour Mark Taylor's story in a fascinating and revealing autobiography. Taking block, Taylor throws new light on the highs and lows, the controversies and the triumphs of a truly remarkable sporting career. By the end of his journey, which included 104 Tests...

Brand new stories with the characters you love from THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL She's jinxed when it comes to relationships. That's what Hope believes as she ends yet another engagement. She jumps at the chance to travel to Australia for a fashion shoot – even if that means getting...

Better Than an MBA is a practical, easy to read and concise guide to management, written in an entertaining way, with stacks of anecdotes and examples, from 6th Century Chinese philosophers to current CEOs. ***"I might be able to cook, but I had no idea about how to run or grow a business....

From Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel The Three Secret Cities out now. A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... Raf's mission to Troll...

From Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel The Three Secret Cities out now. A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... The only unguarded...

From Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Scarecrow series and the Jack West Jr series with new novel The Three Secret Cities out now. A dauntless young hero. An army of brutal monsters. An impossible quest. Journey to the mountain ... In an isolated valley,...

Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award "It came one morning with the milk, and it seemed - at first - almost as innocent..." When Roberta "Bertie" Lightfoot is struck down with polio, her world collapses. But Mama doesn't tolerate self-pity, and Bertie...

In the autumn of 1992, two young women students at Melbourne University went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party. The man they accused was the head of their co-ed residential college. The shock of these charges split the community and painfully focused the debate...

In the outback town of Mount Tully, many a man's had to squeeze into a frock after backing the wrong derby cane toad on Australia Day. But Mount Tully's surliest bartender, Jane Hood, has her steel-capped boots planted firmly on the ground, so there's no way she'd risk her independence to accept...

One-eyed Captain Jack Falconer is a man with many secrets. It's 1938, the eve of World War II, and a pearling lugger in the Torres Strait is the place he chooses to hide. But Jack's demons follow him out to sea and rise to the surface just as surely as the pearl shell his divers collect from the dangers...