Penguin Random House Australia: 1771 books

When you lose weight, where does the fat go? Most people assume it turns into heat and energy, but Albert Einstein showed us that diets would be devastating if this were true. The correct answer is that fat is converted to carbon dioxide and water. Energy is released, but no mass is...

Geminis, ever wondered what the Sun-signs tell you about love and life? This unique anthology of poems for love and life relates directly to your Sun-sign, Gemini. If you were born between the 22nd of May and the 21st of June, you will relate to many of the themes identified with your sign's...

Misdirection, illusion, locked doors and old secrets - these are the tools of the magician. What happens when they're used to escape from real life? Rachel Lambert can escape from a Bohemian Torture Crib, but she can't leave her marriage. 'You're stuck,' says the voice inside her head. 'And...

From Tobruk to the Battle of Crete - the new bestseller from the author of Pacific Fury. Anzac Fury commemorates the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe when 8900 Anzac prisoners of war captured in Greece and Crete were released from captivity. In 2010 it will be exactly 70...

Horror High - don't go there! When zombie zilch-brain, Mick Living-Dead, makes an IQ-based bet, he couldn't have picked a worse opponent. Mick has no chance in Hell of winning a trivia contest against Mr Noel, Horror High's universally hated science teacher. He must resort to the only honourable...

Sagittarians, ever wondered what the Sun-signs tell you about love and life? This unique anthology of poems for love and life relates directly to your Sun-sign, Sagittarius. If you were born between the 23rd of November and the 21st of December, you will relate to many of the themes identified...

The heart-wrenching but triumphant story of rebuilding a life and a family. 'My body, suddenly, carries two stories of loss ... One is easy for people to recognise. My mother died of cancer. I watched her age twenty-five years in eight weeks ... My other story marks me as different. It is more...

At the age of five, Donna Meehan was taken away from her natural family and sent to a foster family in Newcastle. In It is No Secret, Donna reflects back on her childhood memories of living in the bush with her brothers and her removal to the city, becoming an only child in a white family. She recalls...

Leos, ever wondered what the Sun-signs tell you about love and life? This unique anthology of poems for love and life relates directly to your Sun-sign, Leo. If you were born between the 23rd of July and the 23rd of August, you will relate to many of the themes identified with your sign's characteristics...

Everyone has heard of the fairies who live at the bottom of the garden. But did you know that fairies also live in the big city? Of course they do! Pearlie looks after Jubilee Park and it keeps her very busy. Every day she makes the slippery dip slippery, opens all the flowers, polishes the...

A powerful memoir of antidepressants, misdiagnosis and madness. There was that term again, depression, being tossed around. When had I received an official diagnosis, anyway? It had just been mentioned by my GP and now staff were picking it up and running with it. Things seemed to be getting...

An easy to read guide to conception and a healthy pregnancy. 'This book is for anybody who might ever become a mum or a dad - the physical and mental health of your children is in your hands. It all depends on your efforts before conception. Truly beautiful, healthy, happy babies don't happen...

'I'll be waiting for you, and when we beat this thing we are going to celebrate.' At 15 Cass Nascimento was so beautiful she left boys tongue-tied. But her beauty was more than skin-deep: she was a sunny, generous, kind force of nature. When Jason Carrasco was diagnosed with fast-spreading...

Larceny Leyton is a wild child - tough, smart, willful and proud. Like so many others, she wears her attitude like armour.'Trust' isn't a word in Larceny's dictionary. It means opening up and taking the risk that you'll be hurt. Truth and dare.Nobody gets close enough to earn her trust. Larceny makes...