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Fundamentals of Charged Particle Transport in Gases and Condensed Matter

Ron White, Robert E. Robson and Malte Hildebrandt

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This book offers a comprehensive and cohesive overview of transport processes associated with all...

Mitre 10 Virtual Wall Painter

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The Mitre 10 Virtual Wall Painter helps you visualise how your room will look before you start...

Future Savers

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CommBank’s Future Savers app is an augmented reality adventure that makes learning about money...

Macmillan Dictionary

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The perfect comprehensive word reference for English speakers and learners around the world,...

Quizclash!

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WHO’S THE SMARTEST? OUTSMART YOUR FRIENDS AND CLIMB THE QUIZCLASH TOPLIST! QuizClash is an...

ClareR (6037 KP) rated The Sirens in Books

Nov 23, 2025

The Sirens

Emilia Hart | 2024 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.0

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Well, we all know by now that I like a slow burn, and The Sirens delivers on that. I enjoyed the flashbacks to the Irish sisters being transported to Australia in the 1800’s, and indeed their story prior to this - along with the reason behind the modern day timeline.

Nature, the sea and the landscape of New South Wales all play a major role in this book, and the descriptions were so evocative. As someone who has never been to Australia, I was able to imagine the setting of this story.

The relationship between the sisters is a strange one: the older sister, Jess, seems very disconnected from her younger sister, doesn’t stay in touch, and when Lucy arrives unannounced at her house, Jess isn’t there. The house is in a state, and no-one knows where she is.

I really enjoyed the 1800 timeline: the oppression of the Transportation ship, the sisters, and their ending was *chef’s kiss* (I’m not saying 🤐).

A book of male violence and manipulation, and an interesting way to deal with it! I enjoyed this, but I do think it could be a marmite book (I like marmite).

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated A Rising Man in Books

Jul 27, 2017

A Rising Man

Abir Mukherjee | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

9.0

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Fantastic historical crime thriller

It's a rarity to find a historical crime thriller based in a country other than the US, UK or Australia so this was a refreshing welcome. Abir Mukherjee does a fabulous job of bringing Kolkata to life and bringing in a protagonist who is sympathetic to the 'natives'.

As someone with roots in Kolkata and having lived there for many years, it was wonderful to remember the humdrum of India. And more importantly weaving in some of the hypocrisy found during colonialism to make it a realistic account.

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Stephanie (1 KP) rated Big Little Lies in Books

Jan 19, 2018

Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.6

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I read this book before the mini series and have to say as per normal the book wins hands down. It takes place in Australia and the main character is not your typical main character, she is the one that is awkward and chunky and different but all the rest of the story flows around her. The story flows and is hard to put down the ending is a bit expected but not as or how you would have expected it. Really enjoyed this book.