Beckwood Brae, by Australian Christian author David Webb, is a recent addition to the crowded field of fantasy novels. Clearly influenced by both Tolkein and Lewis this is a well written and engaging offering that stands in its own right as an example of the genre as well as exploring overtly Christian themes along the way.

Twilight is surprisingly good, and the series’ influence is likely to reach far beyond the high school-aged girls it is clearly aimed at. The book succeeds in tapping into a very human ache for something far beyond this dreary world.

There are two main parts to this book. In the first, the author tries to come up with an economic theory that explains what has been happening. In the second, the author gives a description of the crisis and how it happened.

Roy Williams has written a popular defence of his own Christian faith in the ABC book God, Actually. I have been surprised by the warm reception given to the book in our newspapers and now on reading it, I see why it has been so well approved by the press.

This book's thesis is that global warming is happening but that it is a natural process.

In a recent Sydney Morning Herald Immigration Minister Senator Chris Evans was quoted as acknowledging the deleterious health impacts on physical and mental wellbeing of long-term detention, from a speech he made in July 2008.

As the title suggests, The A–Z of Bradman is less a biography and more a collection of assorted snapshots about Sir Donald Bradman and his world.

The Shack has been something of a phenomenon in Christian publishing. The book, written by William P. Young for his children, published by friends, and promoted by word of mouth, is topping best seller lists in the United States and Christian bookstores in Australia.

A beautiful, young widow sets out to Australia in this second installment of the life of Heléna, by Sydney author Jo-Anne Berthelsen.

Mahvish Rukhsana Khan whose parents migrated as doctors to the USA from Afghanistan in the 1970s is a Muslim lawyer who first became interested in Guantanamo when studying international law.

Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur and family man.

The Art of Racing in the Rain is an unforgettably engaging tale, which takes you on a journey through the eyes, mind and nose of a dog.

Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution is more a book about economics than a political biography; although it is not devoid of biographical detail about Paul Keating.

Naomi Reed’s No Ordinary View is the sequel to 2008’s Australian Christian Book of the Year runner up My Seventh Monsoon.