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13-Point Plan for a Perfect Murder (Pufferfish #7) by David Owen
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: A\Pufferfish Tasmanian Mystery Ser.
Tasmania's rise and rise as a tourist destination makes the island an ideal location for the cashed-up international polo set, jetting in from Europe, Buenos Aires, Shanghai and LA for their late summer carnival and relaxathon in the world's latest clean-green hotspot. They play fiercely and party hard ...Show more
A Second Hand (Pufferfish #2) by David Owen
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Pufferfish 2
Detective Inspector Franz Heineken, aka Pufferfish, is Tasmania’s long-time cop who loves to be loathed. Momentarily becalmed in the shallows of his beloved, bedevilled island home, Pufferfish investigates a low-level mysterious and clueless attack on respectable Hobart second-hand trader Ira Cone. ...Show more
Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief by David Owen
Category: Children's | Series: Alex Neptune
"I loved it! A rich and exciting story." LD Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency"A wonderfully pacy adventure full of imagination and jeopardy." Jasbinder Bilan, author of Asha & the Spirit Bird"Hilarious - full of humour, friendship, and mythical adventure." Sarah Driver, author of T ...Show more
Alex Neptune, Monster Avenger (Alex Neptune #3) by David Owen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Alex Neptune Ser.
Join Alex Neptune, the boy with the power of the ocean in his hands, for his third adventure - perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Dragon Realm!The sea creatures near Haven Bay are acting very strangely, attacking boats, and Alex senses some dark power is controlling them. When he tracks down his frie ...Show more
Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter (Alex Neptune #2) by David Owen
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Alex Neptune Ser.
Praise for Alex Neptune, Dragon Thief:"I loved it! A rich and exciting story." LD Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency "A wonderfully pacy adventure full of imagination and jeopardy." Jasbinder Bilan, author of Asha & the Spirit Bird"Hilarious - full of humour, friendship, and mythica ...Show more
All the Lonely People by David Owen
Category: Young Adult
Everyone tells Kat that her online personality - confident, funny, opinionated - isn't her true self. Kat knows otherwise. The internet is her only way to cope with a bad day, chat with friends who get all her references, make someone laugh. But when she becomes the target of an alt-right trolling campa ...Show more
Anti Submarine Warfare by David Owen
Category: Military
This is the first book to treat the subject as a whole in a readable and accessible manner. It concerns individual heroism and devotion to duty, but also ingenuity, technical advances and originality of tactical thought.
Big Red Rock (Pufferfish #9) by David Owen
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: A Pufferfish Tasmanian Mystery
Say it's not so, but detective squads still put their faith in the whiteboard and texta, brainstorming difficult cases. Like this: 1. Hildvi dies. Accident, suicide, murder? 2. Wayne, distraught. 3. Josh, Ange, impeccable alibis. 4. Mrs Ellicott swears she heard a scream. 5. Kurt Cowboy - mysterious, da ...Show more
Dogfight: The Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt BF109 by David Owen
Category: Military
Innumerable books have been published on the two most famous fighter aircraft of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109. But books setting out to tell the story of both aircraft are very much rarer - probably fewer than the fingers of one hand. Yet their joint story is one which ...Show more
Eden's Keepers - The Lives and Gardens of Humphrey Waterfield and Nancy Tennant by Sarah Barclay; David Owen (Foreword by)
Category: Biography and Memoir
Without Nancy Tenant, the exquisite gardens designed by Humphrey Waterfield might never have existed. Humphrey Waterfield and Nancy Tennant met in 1932 when she was 35 and he was 24. In spite of the age difference between them, and judgemental opinions of society at the time, they became best friends an ...Show more
Fiorucci by Sofia Coppola (Foreword by); Janie Schaffer (Afterword by); Stephen Schaffer (Afterword by); David Owen (Editor)
Category: Fashion
A playful celebration of one of the most irreverent labels in fashion and design. Fifty years after its founding by Elio Fiorucci in 1967, the iconic Milanese fashion label is entering a new phase of ingenuity. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the label and the glittering unve ...Show more