New Releases by John Marsden

The great sixth-century saint and founder-abbot of Iona, St Columba known throughout the Gaelic world as Columcille left a mark on history that endures to this day far beyond the Celtic world. An account of his life and deeds has come down to us in the work of Adamnan ninth abbot of Iona, who drew on the living memoru of the saint''s contemporaries.

The relationship between two teenage girls who become acquainted through letters intensifies as their correspondence reveals some of the terrible problems of their lives.

"Australia''s king of young adult fiction" The Australian Lisa Morris could be the girl next door. She could be your cousin. She could be sitting behind you in class. She could be you. But Lisa, cool and beautiful Lisa, remote and private Lisa, has more going on in her life than anyone imagines. Only her journal knows the truth about her life. Only her journal - and you. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.

"Australia''s king of young adult fiction" The Australian "A very funny, very Australian book" West Australian Maybe deep down every kid knows his parents want him to be the Pride of the School, the Captain of Cricket and Tennis and Rowing and Darts and Knitting and anything else that''s going down. They don''t want to know about the fact that you''ve had more detentions than any other new student in the history of the school, that you''re going out with the girl who doesn''t wear a bra to PE, that the Head Swimming Coach is some kind of Nazi whose last job was training the shark in Jaws. Erle Gatenby has been sent to boarding school to straighten out, but there''s about as much chance of that happening as there is of his giving up smoking. . . or drinking. . . or falling through the Art Room roof. Erle''s a full tank of petrol. . . and wild, sexy Melanie Tozer is about to light the match. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.

Winner of Australia''s Book of the Year Award. Set in Australia and written in the form of a diary, this is the tragic story of the effects of divorce and her parents'' anger on a young woman''s life. "Remarkable...few readers will come away from the portrait of Marina''s ordeal unshaken. "--Publishers Weekly

A book for all people. And all who read it will be changed by the experience. ". . . an extraordinary book. . . I would commend it to everybody." Terry Lane, ABC Radio The Journey is a story of young people in a world so different and yet so like our own. It is a world in which young people must undertake a journey of discovery on their way to becoming adults. Fourteen-year-old Argus sets out on his journey away from his valley and his parents, never knowing what adventure will befall him next. He learns how to survive in the wild until he meets with a travelling fair, which he joins, becoming a friend of Mayon the storyteller, of Lavolta and Parara - twins who share the same body - and many others. But it is with the sweet and wise Temora that he learns some of the deepest secrets. All journeys must find an end. Argus leaves the fair and travels on alone, until his last and greatest adventure beckons him home. There he tells, for the approval of his elders, the seven stories which are now his story. But all is not done. There is one more chapter to be lived out in the story of Argus. Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.

This comprises specially-commissioned new translations from Bede''s historical writings: Life of Cuthbert, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow and his Ecclesiastical History - telling of the land and the people of an island in the Ocean, of the warlords who forged the Saxon kingdoms, and the abbots and abbesses, hermits and holy men who dominated the dawn of English Christianity.