Cirrus@Austlit

'Rooster' is based upon the short life of William James Game, a railwayman who volunteered as an Australian soldier, assigned to the furore and tumult of the Western Front.' (Publication summary)

'The Great Big Book of Aussie Inventions takes you on a colourful, panaromic journey from the Aussie bush to the coast and introduces you to some of the weird, whacky and amazing inventions that have come from the land Down Under. Most people know popular Aussie inventions such as the boomerang, the Hills Hoist and the Lamington. But did you also know that Aussies invented the army tank, plastic money and shoe polish? Find out about over 100 amazing Aussie inventions.' (Source: TROVE)

'Zone is one continent divided into several neighbouring regions, both allies and enemies. In each region an army of specially trained and enhanced humans are known as Soldiers, created for the defence of each city - and the destruction of their enemies. Five years after the murder of Sage's brother, she has become Lion Crest's top Soldier in order to seek revenge. Yet when a chance encounter leads to the blurred line between right and wrong. Sage discovers that not all is what she thought and her brother's murder was the beginning of something much darker.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Alyssa knew she should have turned down the contract as soon as they offered it, but it sounded so simple. Find The Aspen Portal for the Order of Water, make some money and maybe even right a few injustices along the way. But nothing is ever that simple. As soon as she signs the contract, Alyssa finds herself unwittingly caught in the middle of a galactic war between the Order of Fire and the Order of Water that has raged for almost a decade.

Suddenly the most hunted people in the galaxy, Alyssa and her crew are forced into a race for their lives. Fleeing the aggressive Order of Fire, they travel from planet to planet in search of their only chance of escape - find The Aspen Portal.

Source: Author's Blurb

Mis'ka is a novice warrior sent to do her Rite of Ascension. This is the final test she must face before moving up to become a Warrior Apprentice. She is left alone on the moon-planet Asner Major where she must survive with little water and no food. Failure would mean banishment to an outer colony to work in a mine.

Source: Publisher's Blurb

'Grace counts. The letters in her name, Grace Lisa Vandenberg (19). The steps she takes every morning to the local cafe (920); the number of poppy seeds on her slice of orange cake, which dictates the number of bites she'll take to finish it. Grace counts everything, because numbers hold the world together, and Grace needs to keep an eye on how they're doing. Seamus Joseph O'Reilly (also a 19, with the sexiest hands Grace has ever seen) thinks Grace might be better off without the counting. If she could hold down a job, say. Or leave her flat without enumerating the contents of her cupboards or make a sandwich containing an unknown number of sprouts.

Grace's problem is that Seamus doesn't count. Her other problem is ... he does.' (Publisher's blurb)