Pubs are an integral part of Australia’s history, providing a stopping point for many thirsty travellers seeking a cold beer, a meal or a bed for the night. And what better way to learn about the place you’re passing through than at the bar or on the verandah of a pub that has been welcoming travellers for more than 100 years? Great Australian Pubs is a beautifully illustrated guidebook featuring author Lee Mylne’s 100 top pubs across every state and territory. Each entry covers the pub’s history, food, beer, wine and accommodation options, making it an ideal book for travellers to take with them on the road. This book also makes for an excellent gift or reference guide for the armchair traveller.

With fresh journalistic writing and reams of information on what to see and do, this guide takes readers from the big cities to the countryside. Includes candid reviews on restaurants and accommodations for all budgets. 83 maps. Full-color insert. Two-color throughout.

The author, a native Australian, covers everything you might want to know about Australia - guaranteed! The places to stay, from budget to luxury, rentals to B&Bs, the restaurants, from fast food to the highest quality, the beachwalks and bushwalks, the wildlife and how to see it, exploring the country by air, on water, by bike, and every other way. This guide zeroes in on Adelaide and the Southern part of Australia, but a detailed introduction covers all aspects of travel to and around the continent as well, plus the history, culture and sightseeing.

This is a story on Steve Langley’s life from the 1930’s and in the wartime and postwar Sydney slums; the gangs of Erskineville, Newtown, and Paddington streets. Where he made the breakaway to find a better life. His story covers his various work endeavors on land and ships; a broken marriage, and with a new partner and ten month old baby son, his move to a modern pioneer lifestyle in an abandoned homestead on Bullock Mountain. There Steve found in the high ranges of the beautiful New England region of NSW, a wonderful way of life when he created a long distance horse trekking business catering to riders from all parts of the world.

This is the fascinating account of how Australia’s development was fuelled by alcohol. Discover: how alcohol became the Great Comforter where and why the shout originated how alcohol influenced political elections how booze was used to balance the budget the relationship between alcohol and the Wowsers how booze built physical Australia. Drawing upon obscures sources, Booze Built Australia develops a theory that has never been acknowledged before on the role of alcohol in the social, political, economic and cultural development of Australia.

For over 40,000 years, people have been arriving awestruck on Australia, at the edge of the earth. Researched and compiled entirely by students who know how to see the world on the cheap, this guide contains insider tips and information for the socially conscious traveller.

Fragments of an Analytic Pub Crawl traces the journey of my life, its memories, the events and the places where I have been and what I have read. The book title is not to be confused with the traditional drinking pub crawl, it is a way of describing the psychogeographical nature of this book. Patrick ffrench, the writer, described psychogeography as “an analytic pub crawl”, a lived experience – one drifts from one place to the next; observing, noting, reacting. We may drift through a city, or a life and absorb. This is the “dérive”. Charles Baudelaire named this person, the flâneur. Just as the past left traces in today’s built environment, so have we, and so have I. This book traces those memories, it’s part memoir, part history, and part essay, The subjects reflect a variety of interests: growing up in Northern Ireland, the Troubles, my life in IT education, Irish humour, life-skills, reading, writing, music, emigration, family, urban liveability, the pandemic and much much more.

‘Pretty Little Liars but in the eerie English countryside.’ Meera Shah ‘A layered, twisty story about toxic friendships...I loved it.’ Sarah Clarke ‘A compulsive, read-into-the-night book.’ Emily Freud Welcome to the hen-do from hell... As friends gather for a hen weekend in the remote Dartmoor countryside, they are all smiles, but cannot hide the web of tension that bubbles beneath the surface. The group was forever broken by the devastating loss of their childhood friend, Becca. The prettiest and most powerful of them all, her absence lies at the heart of this fractured friendship. Now, decades later, someone wants to expose the truth about what happened, and will stop at nothing to reveal the secrets long since buried. As a dark storm gathers out on the moors, dangerous secrets and accusations threaten to explode between the group. Will they all survive the fall-out? This dark, twisty thriller explores the bonds of friendship, the perfect read for fans of Lisa Jewell and Adele Parks. Praise for What Stays Unsaid: ‘A gripping read-in-one-sitting psychological thriller - brimming with toxic friendships and chilling secrets reminiscent of Pretty Little Liars but in the eerie English countryside. I loved it!’ Meera Shah ‘What Stays Unsaid is a compulsive read-into-the-night book — a gripping tale of wicked secrets and toxic friendships that kept me guessing to the very last page. I can’t wait for Sophie’s next book.’ Emily Freud ‘Tightly twisty and building to a brilliant crescendo with a surprise sting in the tale, I was guessing the whole time. Weaving each friend’s perspective through the story created an original take on the genre. I loved it.’ Emma Steele ‘An intriguing tale of secrets and lies that can bind friends together - or tear them apart.’ Sarah Lawton ‘Sophie Flynn is a master at unravelling secrets with pitch-perfect timing, and she’s done it again with What Stays Unsaid. A layered, twisty story about toxic friendships amidst the claustrophobic setting of Dartmoor. I loved it.’ Sarah Clarke ‘Hooked right from the first page...The ending was literally goosebumps! This one is a 5-star read for me.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Wow! Where do I start with this book?!It had me hooked from the very beginning.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘ I found myself on the edge of my seat frantically turning the pages to find out what was going to happen next!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Keep your wits about you because this is a twisty story where everyone has secrets...twists and turns to captivate any reader.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘The plot is clever and engaging...keeps you turning the pages late into the night.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Suspenseful...left me guessing until the end.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Addictive read...very twisty. Recommend.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review Praise for Sophie Flynn: ‘A pacy yet heartbreaking thriller...Fabulous read.’ L.V. Matthews ‘Beautifully written and brimming with secrets. I loved it.’ Louise Jensen ‘A splendidly twisty psychological mystery’ Daily Mail The very definition of a page-turner...a real rollercoaster of a read’ Charlotte Duckworth