Alice-Miranda Keeps the Beat (#18)

Jacqueline Harvey

And a one, two, three, hit it! With the arrival of a new teacher and a tussle for power between some of the existing staff, there's tension in the air at Winchesterfield Downsfordvale School for Proper Young Ladies. Alice-Miranda and her friends are surprised, but with a disaster in the village that's l...

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientif...

An Unlikely Prisoner: How an Eternal Optimist Found Hope in Myanmar’s Most Notorious Jail

Sean Turnell

How hope became one man's closest companion in his darkest hour. 'Australia's most unlikely political prisoner . . . is known as a person of deep optimism, bubbling enthusiasm and infectious warmth.' Melissa Crouch, Sydney Morning Herald For 650 days Sean Turnell was held in Myanmar's terrifying Insei...