Matrix by Groff Lauren

Matrix by Groff LaurenLauren Groff returns with her exhilarating first new novel since the groundbreaking Fates and Furies. Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough hewn for marriage or courtly life, 17 year old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in

But how can she

everything alters beyond recognition

' - Brian Schmidt

This book is the most up-to-date guide to Australian birds available

these remarkable animals have fed us

It covers the area around Alice Springs

Set in Melbourne

Caring for the dying was not part of the doctor's remit

And where are we now

weaving his and their stories together into a book that is as much a tribute to the role played by storytelling in contemporary Aboriginal life as it is to the legacy of a remarkable man

Weep as Scott Morrison's communist great-great-aunt Mary Gilmore holds a hose in New Australia

Crossing the frontiers of war