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Milkman Anna Burns

This year's winner is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness, where inaction brings enormous consequences. In her artistic, boundarypushing novel, Burns throws a challenge to the reader by stripping away names of people and place, leaving you to respond only to the situations and emotions presented, around themes of sexual encroachment. Brutal, honest and unsentimental, yet laced with caustic humour. Pb $29.99

The Life to Come Michelle de Kretser

This is the second Miles Franklin win for Michelle, following her 2013 win with Questions of Travel ($22.99). The 2018 winner is an episodic novel in five parts, with different characters to the fore, though the reader realises that one in particular is always there. Looping round Sydney, with diversions to Paris and connections to Sri Lanka, this is an elegant examination of modern life’s inability to create intimacy, despite all the ways we can connect technologically. Full of wise observations and arresting images, this masterful novel is a pleasure to read.

Lindy Pb $32.99

Indie Award & ABIA Award

Nevermoor

The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Jessica Townsend

This magical story for younger readers is charming! You bond with Morrigan Crow because she is cursed. Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks.

Worst of all, she is doomed to die at midnight on Eventide. But as she awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Craig

Pb $16.99 Hb $24.99

(For Nevermoor #2 see page 26)

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Welcome to another Christmas & Summer Reading Guide from Abbey’s.

It was 1968 when Abbey’s Bookshop first opened its doors, so we're now very proud to celebrate our 50th birthday. We would like to thank all the loyal customers who have supported Abbey’s through the years and hope you can visit our store - full to the brim as always with wonderful books - and view the collection of memorabilia on display until the end of the year.

The Queen Victoria Building was home to Abbey’s Bookshop for 15 years - from 1968 to 1983 - when we were the last tenants to depart before the building was beautifully restored to its former glory. Since 1986 we’ve been at 131 York Street, directly across the road from the QVB, where we get to bask in the glow of its stunning façade.

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Bridge of Clay Markus Zusak

From the author of The Book Thief ($19.99) comes this warm, rambling and very Australian tale. Set against the lives of five brothers and the loss, love and triumph that surround them, this story has a unique narrative flow that isn’t 'beginning to end', but rather 'thought to thought'. It isn’t in a rush to get anywhere; it’s a journey to be savoured as it moves through time and history to tell a story that begins in many places and ends with a boy, and a bridge.

Megan Pb $32.99 Hb $39.99

Unsheltered Barbara Kingsolver

This parallel story tells of Willa in 2016 and Thatcher in 1871, linked by the same house they have lived in.

Willa’s world is crumbling in equal proportions to the badly constructed house; Thatcher is also tasked with fixing its faults, while attempting to teach Darwinism in a doggedly religious town. Both are looking for security where it doesn’t exist, whether in systems or the abilities of others. Kingsolver deftly weaves the surprising similarities of their disparate lives into a clever and satisfying novel. Highly recommended!

Lindy Pb $32.99

Two Old Men Dying Tom Keneally

Killing Commendatore Haruki Murakami

Learned Man is the child of humankind as we know it - of those who are thought to have travelled from the Rift Valley in Africa to ancient Australia. Shelby Apple is an acclaimed documentary-maker. After making films about Learned Man’s discovery - in Vietnam and back home in the Northern Territory - Shelby turns his sights on Eritrea. He thinks this embattled society might represent a new cognitive leap, one that will reconcile our tenderness and our savagery. In his latest novel, Keneally explores the story of modern Australians alongside the story of the First Man. Pb $32.99

The epic new novel from the bestselling author of 1Q84 ($19.99). A 30-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a strange painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious happenings. A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art - and a loving homage to The Great Gatsby ($12.99). A stunning work of imagination. Hb $45

The bestselling novel in 1968

when Abbey's opened was John Updike's novel Couples - somewhat notorious at the time for its lyrical and explicit descriptions of sex within a circle of ten couples in "the post-pill paradise" of 1960s America.

The Budapest Job Alice Spigelman

Berta Isla Javier Marias

Oxford 1969. Tomas Nevinson, who has a remarkable gift for mimicry and languages, is reluctantly forced to join MI5/MI6. His wife Berta spends large periods of her life imagining where and what Tomas is doing.

This is an unconventional espionage novel in that the narrative is mostly viewed through the wife’s eyes, rather than her husband’s. The author’s literary craft delivers a gripping and deeply felt story, taking the spy genre into a different place entirely. Greg Pb $32.99

A Well-Behaved Woman

Tom Gaspar accepts an architectural project at the behest of his powerful boss, who has taken an unusual personal interest in him.

It's in Budapest in 1989 and communism is crumbling. Tom becomes obsessed with discovering what happened to his father in 1953, and finds himself entangled in a secret police operation. A fast-moving thriller about betrayal and the atrocities committed in the name of politics. Pb $29.99

The Butcherbird Stories A S Patric

Therese Anne Fowler

A collection of 11 elegantly wrought short stories, each of which sensitively examines a character’s interior landscape. Disconnection, anxiety, passion, longing and belief are relayed through moments in a life. Occasionally unnerving, sometimes bleak, this is a collection for all connoisseurs of the short story form, written by a master of the subtle observation.

Alva Smith was in reduced circumstances, but with impeccable lineage, when she married into extreme wealth. She lent her prestige to the nouveau riche Vanderbilts who were attempting to break into the top level of New York society. It took Alva a while, but she eventually scaled the heights, even marrying (some said, sold) her daughter to an English Duke.

This fabulous book recreates that artificial world, where women were only meant to be ornaments, and the woman who refused to be one. A glittering and authentic-feeling novel that superbly captures Alva’s life and times! Lindy Pb $32.99

Hb $29.99

The Children’s House Alice Nelson

The Valley Steve Hawke

A tiny community lives hidden in the refuge of a secret valley, unknown to the world. A century later, Broome schoolboy Dancer falls foul of the local bikie gang, and he and his father head up the Gibb River Road. In a maze of rugged ranges and remote communities, Dancer begins to unravel the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of Milly Rider, the mother he never knew. As he learns the ways of his mother’s country, he uncovers a precious inheritance - one that not even those closest to Milly expected to find. Pb $27.99

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Marina, an academic living in Harlem, has a chance meeting with Constance and her son Gabriel, refugees from the Rwandan genocide.

Marina gradually becomes drawn further into their lives, an entanglement that strains her relationship with her husband Jacob, who worries that her involvement may be doing more harm than good. Marina's drive to support Constance and Gabriel is shadowed by her own family history, especially her fraught relationship with her long-absent mother. With exquisitely controlled prose, this is a deeply compassionate novel about our need for safety and belonging, our need to feel at home. Gavin Pb $32.99

Shell Kristina Olsson

Kristina Olsson

Preservation Jock Serong

Pearl is a journalist relegated to the women’s pages after being snapped at a Vietnam protest meeting. Axel is a Swede employed to craft glass art for the Opera House. He’s obsessed with designer Jorn Utzon; Pearl is obsessed with finding her brothers. The two come together, keeping the secrets of their past, in a city on the cusp of great change. Set in Sydney in 1966, this engrossing novel is full of ideas; it’s about guilt, redemption, work, family, conscience and failure. Lindy Hb $35

This tale of gruelling colonial misadventure begins with a murder and an assumed identity.

In 1797, a fishing boat from the isolated settlement of Sydney comes across three terribly injured shipwreck survivors on a beach down south. Nearing death, they have walked hundreds of miles and lost 14 companions along the way. Under questioning, however, their varying accounts of the ordeal are evasive. Serong's novel is a rich imagining of the wreck of the Sydney Cove, an actual trade ship that was ill-prepared for the violence of the southern seas. Craig Pb $29.99

Sleep of Memory Patrick Modiano

Modiano’s first book since his 2014 Nobel Prize revisits moments of his past to produce a spare and moving reflection on the destructive underside of love, the dreams and follies of youth, the vagaries of memory and the melancholy of loss. Writing from the perspective of an older man, the narrator relives a key period in his life, unearthing his troubled relationship with his parents, unorthodox childhood and the unsettled years of his youth. This is classic Modiano, with his signature mix of autobiography and invention to create his most intriguing and intimate book yet.

The Fallen Architect Charles Belfoure

Douglas Layton had a flourishing architectural practice until the collapse of a balcony in a music hall designed by him, killing many people.

Outcast and haunted, upon his release from gaol he changes his identity and ends up working as a scenery painter. But the discovery of two carefully hidden bodies convinces him that his building was sabotaged, and he embarks on a quest to find the real culprit. An easy read that rolls along, full of fascinating period details. Lindy Pb $27.99

Hb $32.99

How many books? From a small store at 115 Pitt Street in 1968, we now have three stores

over two levels at 131 York Street - with over 130,000 titles in stock for you to browse and enjoy.

Best Summer Stories Aviva Tuffield (Ed)

Love is Blind William Boyd

Summer is the time for good stories. This lively new collection draws together new and published short fiction from 28 of our most talented storytellers, showcasing the vibrancy and diversity of Australian short stories. Each of these tales will stay with you long after reading, making for a perfect holiday gift. Authors include Tony Birch, Stephanie Bishop, Chris Womersley, Paddy O’Reilly, Elliot Perlman and Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Pb $29.99

Boyd’s sweeping new novel follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young musician who flees Edinburgh for Paris, where he falls in love with the beautiful Russian soprano, Lika Blum. A tale of dizzying passion and brutal revenge, of artistic endeavour and the illusions it creates, of all the possibilities that life can offer and how cruelly they can be snatched away. Pb $32.99

The Odyssey

Homer (Emily Wilson, Translator)

Found in Translation

The first great adventure story in the Western canon. This vivid new translation - the first by a woman - matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer’s sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant language and a five-beat line to produce a translation with an enchanting "rhythm and rumble” that avoids proclaiming its own grandeur.

An engrossing tale told in a compelling new voice that allows readers to luxuriate in Homer’s descriptions and similes, and thrill at the tension and excitement of his hero’s adventures.

100 of the Finest Short Stories Ever Translated

Frank Wynne (Ed)

This substantial collection provides a glimpse into many cultures and countries, from the 17th century to today. Some writers are Nobel laureates; some are unknown outside their homelands. All are wellserved by the balancing acts of their translators.

As Gunther Grass said: "Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.”

Open this book and step into the world... Lindy Hb $49.99

Pb $26.95 Hb $56.95

Illustrated Classics Choose from Classical Mythology, Tales of Norse Mythology, The Illustrated Odyssey (due Dec), Inferno (due Dec) and Tales of the Samurai. Beautifully bound hardbacks, lavishly illustrated.

Handsome gifts to last a lifetime! Hb $29.95 each

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LINDY “Don't make me choose – I love them both!”

“Personally, I’ve always had a very good working relationship with HAL” Space Odyssey

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“Martin Gayford and the London Painters – absolute joy!”

Hb $26.99

Modernists & Mavericks Bacon, Freud, Hockney and the London Painters

Tales from the Inner City

Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C Clarke and the Making of a Masterpiece Hb $39.99

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“A family haunted by a dark legacy” The Yellow House

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“Hard-hitting satire with an acerbic twist”

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“Two great stories set in colonial times”

The One-Eyed Man

Pb $29.99

Preservation

Pb $29.99 The Making of Martin Sparrow

ALLISON

LE O NIK

Pb $32.99

“Honestly worth the hype”

“Just as funny, sweet, hot & intense in a reread as it was the first time”

Normal People

Pb $29.99

The Perfect Weapon

War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age Pb $32.99

JOHN

ALAN

The Hating Game

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Spinning Silver

A Painter in Sound Hb $39.99

Pb $32.99

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What's my name?

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Pb $32.99 “A winter wonderland of a book that makes old tales new again”

Debussy

November Road

Love is Blind

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“As charming as the music itself!”

“A whiteknuckle ride across 1960s America ” “I've read a lot of Boyd and this is terrific”

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See you soon!

“Disturbing stuff, no major power is blameless”

CRAIG “Best first line EVER!”

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Red Sister

#1 Book of the Ancestor Pb $19.99

Hb $49.99

“Helps me pick the goodies from the baddies” Star Wars Character Encyclopedia

Pb $24.99

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS at Our vast selection of children's books is lovingly curated by Lindy Jones, Miles Franklin Literary Award judge and Australian Booksellers' Association Inaugural Bookseller of the Year 2011.

Tales from the Inner City Shaun Tan

This is a companion to Tan’s earlier Tales from Outer Suburbia (Hb $35) and contains poems, microfictions and short stories exploring how humans interact and coexist with animals. As elegant and profound as the prose is, it is the hauntingly beautiful and mesmerising illustrations which draw you in. Bears take humans to court, gigantic snails take over city streets, crocodiles live in high-rises and lungfish live in subterranean railway stations... Rendered in gorgeous swathes of colour and luminosity, this is a book for all ages. Lindy Hb $35

Baby University series Chris Ferrie

Following the phenomenal success of last year’s titles, now choose from Organic Chemistry, Evolution, Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Computing, ABCs of Space and ABCs of Biology. Also 8 Little Planets ($16.99,) a fun little story about the solar system. Go on – you know you want your baby to win the Nobel Prize one day! Lindy

Board books $14.99 each

Adam Spencer’s The Number Detective

The Upside-Down History of Down Under

If anyone can make maths fun, light-hearted and enjoyable, it’s Adam Spencer! This large book is packed full of puzzles, games, codes, quizzes and quirky facts. Perfect for educating – and entertaining – junior mathematicians, cartoon illustrations throughout add to the appeal. Lindy Pb $19.99

Alison Lloyd & Terry Denton

An excellent and lively sweep through Australia’s history up to Federation, this covers social history and all the usual historic themes: convicts, squatters, explorers, gold rushes and most importantly includes the Indigenous peoples, both pre- and post-colonial times. While presented in an entertaining way, it is accurate and concise. Denton’s cartoons add a touch of anarchic humour throughout and make this appealing for ages 8-12. Lindy Hb $24.99

The Puffin Book of Summer Stories

The Short & Curly Guide to Life

Matt Beard & Kyla Slaven & Simon Greiner Based on the wildly popular podcast series, this book introduces young readers to ethics and philosophy in an upbeat, inclusive and comprehensible way. It gives them the tools to ask questions about dilemmas and everyday situations such as lying, life choices, fairness, friendship, promises and bravery. Posed as dilemmas that need solving, the chapters also present famous philosophers and their key points during the process.

Line drawings throughout. Lindy Pb $24.99

Bright and joyful, this collection comprises eight favourite Australian picture books: Summer by June Factor and Alison Lester; Max by Marc Martin; Grandpa and Thomas

by Pamela Allen; Castles by Allan Baillie and Caroline Mager; My Hippopotamus is On Our Caravan Roof Getting Sunburnt by Hazel Edwards and Deborah Niland; Seadog by Claire Saxby and Tom Jellett; There’s a Sea in My Bedroom by Margaret Wild and Jane Tanner; and Eve and Elly by Mike Dumbleton and Laura Wood. Great fun for pre-schoolers and newly confident readers alike!

Hb $29.99

Furry Tales

A Treasury of Cat Mischief

Mary Poppins Illustrated Gift Edition

Lynley Dodd

P L Travers & Lauren Child

A delightful compendium of eight of Dodd’s classic cat tales: Slinky Malinki; The Minister’s Cat ABC; Slinky Malinki, Open the Door; Slinky Malinki Catflaps; Scarface Claw; Slinky Malinki’s Christmas Crackers; Slinky Malinki, Early Bird; and Scarface Claw, Hold Tight. With a CD of the stories, this handsome volume is a treat for any pre-schooler – and just as much fun for the adult who gets to read them again and again! Lindy Hb $39.99

Something strange and wonderful is happening to Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane: Mary Poppins has arrived! Stern and no-nonsense, yet full of magic and secrets, Mary Poppins is as charming and enchanting a story as you could wish to share. Now add to the tale the delightful and energetic illustrations of Lauren Child on nearly every page and you have a classic indeed.

An exquisite production, so beautifully presented it might be hard to part with! Lindy Hb $39.99

The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth Understanding Our World and its Ecosystems Rachel Ignotofsky A colourful and informative book on ecosystems, this blends science with attractive illustrations. It is a tour of the biosphere through to the biome, the ecosystem down to the community, populations to individuals. Each page bursts with facts presented in a bright and engaging manner, well laid out and brought to vivid life by drawings and diagrams which effortlessly (and sometimes humorously) convey the levels of earth science. A marvellous book for the budding naturalist, ages 8-12. Lindy

Hb $29.99

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The Sleeping Beauty

Jessica Courtney-Tickle

Following Four Seasons in One Day and The Nutcracker (Hb $27.99 each), this is in the same colourful format. It retells the story of Aurora, the dreadful curse placed upon her, and how it is resolved. Each gorgeously illustrated page has a pressure point that plays an excerpt of Tchaikovsky’s much-adored ballet music, and the sound quality is amazing! Perfect for any young balletomane.

Lindy Hb $27.99

The Silk Roads A New History of the World Peter Frankopan & Neil Packer

A retelling of the phenomenal bestseller for younger readers, this follows the connections between East and West, and the diffusion of ideas and items in both directions made possible by the trading routes known as the Silk Road.

Sumptuously illustrated by Neil Packer, this is the sort of children’s book that will delight and enlighten any reader! Lindy Hb $27.99

The Daredevil’s Guide to Dangerous Places

Build Your Own Dinosaur Museum The museum has just received a crate of fossils and it needs help to put together the displays.

This is where your budding palaeontologist comes in! Five separate dinosaurs need to be assembled and exhibited in the correct rooms.

Lots of facts and clues help you place the pop-up dinosaurs where they belong. A fun and interactive way to learn about prehistoric animals. Ages 5-8 Hb $29.99

A tongue-in-cheek introduction to 35 of the most hazardous places on the planet. Our guides Eddie and Junko take us through sites such as the Ross Ice Shelf, Death Valley, the Holuhraun Lava Field, Tornado Alley, Darvaza Gas Crater, Komodo National Park, Mary River (the crocodiles!) and other formidable areas. With a combination of photos and illustrations, facts and statistics, this is an entertaining guided tour of some of the most fascinating danger spots. Ages 7-10 Pb $19.99

Ancient Wonders: Then & Now Stuart Hill & Lindsey Spinks

This well-illustrated book introduces young readers to some of history’s most fabled buildings and places. It reveals sites such as Angkor Wat, Machu Picchu, the Parthenon, the Colosseum, Stonehenge, Petra, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Terracotta Army, Cleopatra’s Palace, Chichen Itza and Easter Island, both as they were when first constructed, and as they appear now. With plenty of flaps to lift and gatefolds to open, this is informative and entertaining. Perfect for midprimary ages. Hb $24.99

How Airports Work

Clive Gifford & James Gulliver Hancock This is one of those kids’ books that anyone can enjoy! It starts with historical airfields and follows how they developed into the amazing transport hubs of today, showing all the inner workings from the maintenance hangars, cargo holds and baggage handling systems to the control tower, terminals and planes themselves. With gatefolds and flaps to open, here is all the information a young reader could desire! A wonderful book for ages 7+. Lindy Hb $24.99

101 Small Ways to Change the World How You (Yes, You) Can Make a Difference

Spotter’s World

Aubre Andrus

A Search and Find for All Ages

Just because you’re young, doesn’t mean you can’t contribute to making the world a better place! You can make a difference, whether through random acts of kindness, craft projects or conservation actions. Care for others, yourself and the planet with these easy tips. Arranged thematically and written in a friendly, non-preachy style, this book shows how even the smallest things count.

Ages 8-12 Hb $19.99

Get lost in this bright and exuberant collection of photographs from around the world! Look for three bicycles among the mopeds of Ho Chi Minh City, or six grey top hats at Ascot races, or two pink goggles at the Tomatina festival in Spain. Have fun searching out the little details among the chaos and crowds. A great book to while away time, suitable for all ages. Pb $19.99

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The Spotted Dog Kerry Greenwood

Sydney Noir John Dale (Ed)

Welcome back Corinna! Your fans have missed you!

Corinna, baker of delicious farinaceous delights, hates 4am with a passion. One morning brings not just the usual array of customers, but a Scottish veteran of Afghanistan whose one reason for sanity is his ex-service dog, Geordie. Alasdair was attacked and Geordie stolen, so Corinna and her paramour – private detective Daniel – go on the hunt. Of course, this is not straightforward and involves various denizens of the Insula building and its surrounds, rival gangs of drug runners, burglaries, mysterious artefacts and student Shakespearean thespians. Not to mention cats... A sparkling concoction best enjoyed with a chilled white or a warm muffin, this is an enjoyable return to the delightfully eccentric world of Corinna Chapman. Lindy Pb $29.99

The Akashic Noir series was launched in 2004. Each book is set in a city in the US or elsewhere in the world, and finally we have one set in Australia. The 14 stories are in three sub-groups: Family Matters, Sex and the City, and Criminal Justice. Writers include Mandy Sayer, Peter Doyle, Robert Drewe, P M Newton, Gabrielle Lord and Mark Dapin. This collection takes us into an ever-changing Sydney, and each story is set in a different suburb, where revenge, betrayal and murder are the order of the day. Greg Pb $29.99 Due Dec

Kill Shot Garry Disher

The latest gripping thriller in the popular Wyatt series kicks off in Sydney and unfolds on the beaches of Newcastle. Some people just work better alone. Wyatt’s one of them. He’s been getting by on nice quiet little one-man burglaries when he gets wind of something bigger.

A corporate crook – a notorious Ponzi schemer – is set to face court and certain jail time, so he’s about to skip bail the old-fashioned way - on a luxury yacht with a million dollars in cash.

Wyatt thinks it sounds like something he should get into. He’s not alone. Pb $29.99 Due Dec

Heaven Sent Alan Carter

Detective Sergeant Philip ‘Cato’ Kwong is light on sleep but high on happiness with his new wife Sharon Wang and their baby girl. But contentment is not compatible with life in the Job, and soon a series of murders of Fremantle’s homeless people gets in the way of his newfound bliss. As journalist Norman Lip flirts online with the killer, it becomes apparent that these murders are personal, and every death is bringing the killer one step closer to Cato. Pb $29.99

The Lost Man Jane Harper

The Arsonist

From the author of The Dry and Force of Nature (Pb $16.99 each) comes a suspenseful tale set on a remote cattle station in Queensland. A man is found dead and his two brothers try to work out how and why he ended up where he did. Was it suicide or was something more sinister at play?

Harper slowly builds the tension in this gripping family drama where secrets long buried are slowly revealed. A great summer read. Greg Pb $32.99

A Mind on Fire

Chloe Hooper 7 February 2009 - a day that would become known as Black Saturday. Bushfires were uncontrollably burning across Victoria, resulting in 180 deaths. In the town of Churchill, an arrest was made and a man was charged with arson.

From the author of Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island ($24.99) comes this tense and gripping account, beginning with the police investigation, the arrest, background on the arsonist, then the trial. It’s a cliché, but this really is a page-turner! Hooper’s prose is direct and succinct, and you can’t help getting drawn into events as they unfold. A must read. Greg Pb $34.99

Comes with a free copy of Force of Nature $32.99 (larger Pb) while stock lasts.

The Fox Frederic Forsyth

The Cold Summer Gianrico Carofiglio

Most weapons are controllable, but what if that weapon isn’t a missile or a submarine? What if it’s a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind who can run rings around sophisticated security services and turn weaponry against the superpowers themselves? A race-against-time thriller to find and capture – or protect and save – an asset with the means to change the balance of world power.

Inspired by a true story. Anti-Mafia judges are being killed in roadside explosions; dead criminals – the victims of internecine warfare – litter the streets. Fenoglio, an officer of the Carabinieri, must contend with this gang war while his marriage falls apart. Then the young son of a Mafia boss is found dead... Pb $29.99

Pb $32.99

Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly

Bright Young Dead Jessica Fellowes

At Pamela Mitford’s 18th birthday party, a cruel and nasty guest is pushed to his death from the neighbouring church while on a treasure hunt.

It’s not long before a servant is implicated, but is she really guilty? The Mitford sisters’ chaperone, Louisa Cannon, has her doubts and sets out to find the true culprit. A glittering and escapist crime novel, full of gloriously authentic period touches! Pb $29.99

At the end of a long night, detective Renee Ballard stumbles on legendary LAPD detective Harry Bosch rifling through old files at Hollywood Station. She escorts him out, but soon becomes obsessed with the cold case that is consuming Bosch – the murder of 15-year-old runaway Daisy Clayton. A complex and engrossing police procedural where the two main characters are both outsiders, each with their own dark pasts.

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Past Tense Lee Child

Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he’s never been - the town where his father was born. He’s told no one named Reacher ever lived in that town. He knows his father never went back. Now he wonders, was he ever there in the first place? So begins another nail-biting, adrenaline-fuelled adventure. The present can be tense, but the past can be worse. Pb $32.99

In a House of Lies Ian Rankin

What’s Rebus hiding? When the body of a longmissing PI turns up - in a car in a place that was thoroughly searched back in 2006 - a review of the original case shows serious flaws. As Siobhan Clarke and Malcolm Fox investigate the present and past crime scene, Rebus offers his assistance. After all, he was part of the original team and just might know something he wants kept hidden... The usual twisty plot where you know even the minor details will be important and where the characters with all their interesting complexities make for an absolutely satisfying read! Lindy Pb $32.99

The Stranger Diaries Elly Griffiths

Liv Mikaela Bley

Clare Cassidy is writing the biography of a minor Victorian writer whose fame rested on one extremely creepy tale, The Stranger.

The school she teaches at was his ancestral home, and when her best friend is murdered, there seems to be a link to the story. Clare has always confided in her diary, and things take an even darker turn when she discovers someone else is leaving messages in her journals, seemingly intent on protecting her...

Cleverly plotted with a deliciously Gothic story counterpointing the contemporary narrative, this is a compulsively immersive page-turner!

Lindy Pb $29.99

Still recovering from events in Lycke, Ellen Tamm stops for petrol in the little community of Stentuna along Highway 52. She stumbles upon the story of a woman, Liv, who has been assaulted and killed the previous night. Ellen is drawn into a web of family secrets, lies and betrayal, while reports keep surfacing of strange behaviour among the town’s children. Suddenly awful things start to happen to Ellen. Someone, or perhaps many, are trying to silence her... Pb $32.99 Due Dec

Comes with a free copy of Lycke $32.99 while stock lasts.

Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit Amy Stewart

New Jersey’s first female deputy sheriff has collared criminals, demanded justice for wronged women and gained notoriety nationwide for her exploits.

Then one stormy night, everything falls apart. While transporting a woman to an insane asylum, Deputy Kopp discovers something deeply troubling about the prisoner’s story. Before she can investigate, another inmate bound for the asylum breaks free.

With wit and verve, Stewart brilliantly conjures the life and times of the real Constance Kopp to bring us this not-to-be-messed-with heroine. Pb $32.99

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Murder by the Book

A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime

Claire Harman

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s Leslie Klinger (Ed)

One spring morning on Mayfair Street in 1840, a household wakes to discover their master, Lord William Russell, lying in bed with his throat cut.

London is scandalised by the unfolding drama of such a shocking murder. A 23-year-old French valet confesses, claiming his actions were a direct result of reading the bestselling crime novel of the day. This announcement spins a web which entangles all of literary London from Thackeray to Dickens, posing the question: can a work of fiction do real harm? Hb $35

A riveting collection of five of the most famous and admired US crime novels of the 1920s: House Without a Key, The Benson Murder Case, The Roman Hat Mystery, Red Harvest and Little Caesar. Presented in their original published form, now with Klinger’s extensive historical and cultural annotations, this gorgeously illustrated volume includes over 100 colour and black and white images. Hb $49.99

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Lost child reappears

Bestselling Oz crime

Fake news!

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Anzac Sniper

The Extraordinary Story of Stan Savige

Roland Perry

Any Ordinary Day

Stan Savige left school at 12, later serving at Gallipoli and on the Western Front and Iran as an elite marksman. This was the beginning of a long and distinguished military career spanning both World Wars, and theatres ranging from the Middle East to the Pacific. He rose to be Lieutenant General and was knighted, but his lasting achievement was the establishment of Legacy, the veterans' support charity. A gripping biography of a complex, compassionate man.

Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life

Leigh Sales

Journalist Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories - and a terrifying brush with her own mortality - led her to wonder how vulnerable we are to a life-changing event. In this wise and layered book, she talks intimately with people who have been in the wrong place at the wrong time and faced the unimaginable, from terrorism to natural disaster. Pb $34.99

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King of the Air

The Turbulent Life of Charles Kingsford Smith

Ann Blainey

Germaine The Life of Germaine Greer

Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages - the first trans-Pacific flight from America to Australia, the first flight across the Tasman, the first non-stop flight across the Australian mainland. This brilliant book from one of Australia's foremost biographers reveals the tumultuous life of a fascinating, enigmatic figure who pursued his obsession to the greatest heights of fame and catastrophe. Hb $49.99 Due Dec

Elizabeth Kleinhenz

A few years ago, Greer sold her massive archives 150 filing cabinets - to Melbourne University for three million dollars. Kleinhenz has trawled through those archives, spoken to people who have known Greer from her school days until now, and read virtually every word written by and about her to crack the enigma - in all her glories, frustrations and contradictions. Only to conclude that with Germaine Greer, there is no mask; everything we have seen and read by her add to the challenging, vibrant, hilarious and gifted woman she is. Hb $39.99

John Curtin’s War

Volume 2: Triumph and Decline

John Edwards

Speaking Up Gillian Triggs

This second volume of the acclaimed biography tells the fascinating story of Curtin's four years as he leads Australia in facing its enemies; and its new friendship as personified by the charismatic, selfassured General Douglas MacArthur. As Churchill abandons Australia and pursues a 'Hitler first' strategy, Curtin and MacArthur fight to ensure that the War in the Pacific is an American priority. But Curtin's outward strength disguises deteriorating health and increasing doubt about the American alliance. This masterpiece cements John Curtin's place as our greatest Prime Minister. Hb $49.99

President of the Australian Human Rights Commission for five years until 2017, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised and the marginalised, withstanding relentless political pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless.

In this passionate memoir, she details the causes she has championed and shares the values that have guided her convictions. Hb $45

Tiberius with a Telephone

On Air Mike Carlton

The Life and Stories of William McMahon

Patrick Mullins

In an often turbulent career spanning more than 50 years, Carlton has been a war correspondent, political reporter, TV news and current affairs reporter, award-winning radio presenter, outspoken newspaper columnist and biting satirist. In later life, he realised a lifelong ambition to write - authoring three Australian naval histories.

With characteristic humour and flair, he tells of the feuds and the friendships, the fun and the follies, candidly revealing the extraordinary parade of characters and events he has encountered in the unique life he has led. Hb $49.99

Billy McMahon was a significant, if widely derided and disliked, figure in Australian politics in the second half of the 20th century. This biography tells the story of his life, career and doomed attempts to recast views of his much-maligned time as Australia’s prime minister. A man whose life was coloured by tragedy, comedy, persistence, courage, farce and failure, his story has never been told at length. This is an authoritative, compelling and colourful account of a unique politician and a vital period in Australia’s history. Hb $59.99

The PM Years Kevin Rudd

Banjo

Labor won the 2007 election in a landslide with a 23-seat swing, yet Rudd was ousted as PM by Julia Gillard before the 2010 election. Rudd returned the favour before the 2013 election, but was PM for only 3 months as Labor lost that election. In the second volume of his autobiography, following Not for the Faint-Hearted (Hb $44.99), Rudd recounts his triumphs and challenges in the business of government. The memoir of a prime minister full of energy and ideals, fighting battles on many fronts.

Grantlee Kieza We all know A B Paterson was a poet and storyteller, but he was also a solicitor, a soldier in the Boer War and WWI, a journalist and foreign correspondent, and an ABC broadcaster! He also played a mean game of tennis and was a fine horseman, celebrated polo player and notorious ladies man. This colourful and well-researched biography reveals there was a lot more to Banjo than his iconic bush ballads. Hb $39.99

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Becoming Michelle Obama

Journeys to the Other Side of the World

Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that shaped her, from her childhood on the south side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it, in her own words and on her own terms. Hb $49.99

Further Adventures of a Young Naturalist

David Attenborough

This takes up where Adventures of a Young Naturalist ($22.99) left off, tracing Attenborough's travels through Madagascar, New Guinea, the Pacific Islands and remote Northern Territory locations in the 1950s. Along with his cameraman, he recorded not just wildlife, but ways of life never before seen by outsiders (including the first photographs of the Nourlangie Cave in Kakadu).

Written with trademark and matchless curiosity, skilful observations and great warmth, this is a colourful, fascinating and at times very humorous memoir. Great photography throughout. Hb $39.99

Churchill Walking with Destiny Andrew Roberts

Winston Churchill dominates our view of British history in the 20th century. This titanic new biography interprets all the major events of Churchill's life, especially his leadership during WWII, viewed through the prism of all his earlier life. Roberts had access to over 40 collections of papers not previously available and is the first Churchill biographer to be granted access by the Queen to the private diaries of King George VI.

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Kathleen O’Connor of Paris Amanda Curtin

Kathleen O'Connor, born in New Zealand, tutored in Perth, painted in Paris. Although somewhat peripatetic in nature, she considered Paris to be her spiritual home. An impressionist painter before and during WWII, her story is one of singular will and determination. Daughter of the famous engineer C Y O'Connor, who later suicided, she would never feel entirely comfortable in Australia.

Novelist Amanda Curtin retraces the artist's footsteps, immersing herself in the world and the times in which O'Connor lived. Illustrated with many of the artist's works, this book reinforces O'Connor's place in the history of Australian art. Greg Pb $34.99

The Collector

Napoleon

The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces

The Man Behind the Myth

Adam Zamoyski

How did Napoleone Buonaparte, the boy from Corsica, become ‘Napoleon’ the legend? Drawing on primary sources, this diligently researched biography shows that sometimes luck and accident played their part in propelling him to the top.

Highly readable, it presents Napoleon in a balanced and nuanced way - neither a monster nor a genius, a tactician rather than a strategist, a man whose motives were generally praiseworthy. Hb $49.99

Natalya Semenova & André Delocque

Remarkable

This is the first English-language biography of Sergei Shchukin, written by art historian Natalya Semenova and adapted by Shchukin’s grandson André Delocque. Featuring personal diary entries, correspondence, interviews and archival research, it brings to light the life of a man who has hitherto remained in the shadows.

Despite his controversial reputation, he opened his collection to the public, inspiring a future generation of artists and changing the face of the Russian art world. Hb $59.99

Melinda Williams & Michel Lawrence

Inadvertent Karl Ove Knausgaard

The Courage, Commitment and Contribution of Australia's National Living Treasures

For the Norwegian author of the 6-book My Struggle series, to write is to resist easy thinking and preconceived notions that inhibit awareness of our lives. He writes “to erode my own notions about the world. It’s one thing to know something, another to write about it.”

The key to enhanced living is the ability to hit upon something inadvertently, to regard it from a position of defencelessness and unknowing.

A deeply personal meditation on the creative process of writing. Hb $27.99

Inspired by the incredible achievements of Australia’s National Living Treasures, this is the first ever comprehensive collection of their personal stories, capturing the essence of 118 of our most prominent artists, writers, sportspeople, scientists and contributors to public life.

The accompanying photographs by acclaimed portrait photographer Michel Williams help make this an exquisite gift. Hb $59.99

Heartland

A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

Franklin D. Roosevelt A Political Life

Sarah Smarsh

During Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, she challenges us to look more closely at the class divide in America and to examine the myths about people thought to be less because they earn less. Combining memoir with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, this is an uncompromising look at class and identity. If you enjoyed J D Vance's Hillbilly Elegy ($24.99), this is a must read. Craig Pb $32.99

Robert Dallek

A remarkable portrait of a man dedicated entirely to public affairs - a statesman who skilfully used his office to advance an extraordinary agenda.

Roosevelt recognised the vital importance of remaining closely attentive to the full range of public sentiment around policy-making decisions, perhaps his most enduring lesson in leadership. Dallek brings to Roosevelt’s life all the rigour and incisiveness of his previous bestselling biographies. Pb $29.99

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Black Snake The Real Story of Ned Kelly Leo Kennedy

For Valour

Australians Awarded the Victoria Cross

Craig Blanch & Aaron Pegram

This large, handsome volume profiles all 100 men awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice in battle. In addition to describing their extraordinary actions, it presents biographies of each man’s life outside of wartime service. New archival research is coupled with striking photographs, maps and illustrations.

A stunning tribute. Hb $79.99

When Ned Kelly is held up as a hero and iconic figure, spare a thought for the policemen he murdered at Stringybark Creek. This well-written and engrossing narrative history presents the Kelly myth from the point of view of the victims - and the legacy their descendants have had to bear.

Written by the great-grandson of one of Kelly's victims, and drawing on family recollections and original source material, this is a powerful reconsideration of a persistent myth. Lindy Pb $35

The Western Front Diaries of Charles Bean

Steam Australia

Peter Burness (Ed)

Locomotives that Galvanised the Nation

This impressive and hefty tome presents for the first time the diaries of official war correspondent Charles Bean during his time on the Western Front, 1916-1918. To give extra depth, the entries are interspersed with biographical notes on the main characters mentioned, and selected extracts from the diaries of his companions Frank Hurley and Arthur Bazley. They are detailed records of intense drama, suffering, achievement and sacrifice. Accompanied by hundreds of images from the Australian War Museum’s archives, this handsome volume is essential for anyone interested in our military past.

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Tim Fischer

An enthusiastic, passionate and fascinating book about the most important steam locomotives from 1850 to 1950 and the part they had in developing Australia. Each state had an extensive railway system and this history covers stories of the lines and locomotives, and the characters involved. Not just about the details that only trainspotters could love, but a highly illustrated narration that many readers will find engaging.

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By Sea and Stars

The Nameless Names

The Story of the First Fleet

Trent Dalton

Recovering the Missing Anzacs

The bloody, brutal and enthralling story of the epic journey of the First Fleet, told from the point of view of those on board, including terrified nine-year-old chimney sweep John Hudson; the conscientious Lieutenant Ralph Clark, pining after his wife and son; the determined Captain Arthur Phillip, the brightest star of the British Navy. These are their stories - of death, duty, glory, lust, violence, escape, mutiny and a great southern land.

Scott Bennett

Of the 62,000 Anzac soldiers who died, over one-third are still listed as missing. Bennett deftly tells the story of these missing Anzacs through the personal experience of three sets of brothers - the Reids, Pflaums and Allens - whose names he selected from the Memorials to the Missing. He traces their paths from peaceful towns to the battlefields of Gallipoli, Fromelles and Ypres, revealing the carnage that led to their disappearance and their family’s grief and endless search for elusive facts. Hb $49.99

Hb $24.99 Due Dec

Australia Remember This Too! Bob Byrne

There's nothing wrong with nostalgia if you remember it properly! Following Bob Byrne's Australia Remember When ($39.99), this is a photographic celebration of post-war Australia, a sentimental revisiting of places, customs, identities and landmarks. Chocka-block full of photographs, this is sure to trigger many memories and bring a smile to any reader – of recollection or incredulity!

Pb $34.99 Due Dec

Nurses of Australia

You Daughters of Freedom The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World

Clare Wright

After 1902, when Australia’s suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Wright’s epic new history tells the story of that victory - and of Australia’s role in the subsequent international struggle Clare Wright - through the eyes of five women: the redoubtable Vida Goldstein, the flamboyant Nellie Martel, the indomitable Dora Montefiore, the daring Muriel Matters and artist Dora Meeson Coates, who painted the controversial Australian banner carried in the British suffragettes’ monster marches of 1908 and 1911. Hb $49.99

The Illustrated Story

Where History Happened

Deborah Burrows

This handsomely illustrated volume draws on the National Library archives.

It is a thorough and respectful history, from First Fleet convicts and untrained midwives to sisters of religious orders and Nightingale-trained nurses to the tertiaryeducated professionals of today. It pays particular attention to the contributions of Indigenous nurses, profiles influential women, covers peace and wartime, rural and urban spheres. A celebration of discipline, competence and dedication. Lindy Pb $34.99

The Hidden Past of Australia’s Towns and Places

Peter Spearritt

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Our places have complex and intriguing histories, yet they’re often not recognised or protected. This book covers 30 places from around the nation such as Bonegilla and New Norcia, Cockatoo Island and Burra, Stanley and Darwin. It describes the forces that have shaped them over time and the importance of preservation.

The fascinating information is supported by an excellent selection of vintage posters, historic and contemporary photos and other images. Lindy Pb $39.99

HISTORY at Ancient Skies

Constellation Mythology of the Greeks

David Weston Marshall

The stars and constellations are among the few remaining objects that appear today almost as they appeared to our distant ancestors.

Tales of the 48 classical constellations continue to capture our imagination. Compiled from literature spanning the period from Homer (800 BC) to Claudius Ptolemy (150 AD), with illustrations and star charts reconstructed from ancient sources, this book brings the belief systems of the classical world to shining life.

Heroes

Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures

Stephen Fry

A companion volume to Fry’s bestselling Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold ($22.99). Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils or outwitted scheming and vengeful gods quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx. Discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera. This is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best. Pb $35

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Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt

The Story of Greece and Rome

Chris Naunton

Tony Spawforth

We know all the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, but we haven’t always known where they were buried. This erudite and accessible book tells the stories of archaeologists and their searches for the spectacular tombs of pharaohs and other ancient celebrities. It conveys the scientific process, the dedication of extraordinary individuals and their discoveries, and the excitement of the possibility of uncovering the next wondrous trove to reveal a glorious past. Plentifully illustrated. Hb $39.99

Spawforth contends that Greek and Roman civilisation, to varying degrees, was surprisingly receptive to external influences, particularly from the East. From the rise of the Mycenaean world of the 16th century BC, he traces a path through the ancient Aegean to the zenith of the Hellenic state and the rise of the Roman empire, the coming of Christianity and the consequences of the first caliphate. The extraordinary story of the classical world told in its entirety. Hb $49.99

Rome Eternal City Ferdinand Addis

This outstanding book covers Rome’s history from the fabled Romulus and Remus to the fabulous Fellini. Each chapter hinges on a particular character or event and carries the reader easily through the ages. From ancient Roman poets and rulers, the various barbarian incursions, pilgrims and medieval artists, the Romantics and influential politicians, this is an engrossing and erudite tour through the many incarnations of the Eternal City. Lindy

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Domina The Women Who Made Imperial Rome Guy de la Bédoyère

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero - names we associate with the early Roman Empire - yet none of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. This captivating history documents the Julio-Claudian women whose bloodline, ambition and ruthlessness made it possible for the emperors’ line to continue, asserting that the women behind the scenes - including Livia, Octavia and the elder and younger Agrippina - were the true backbone of the dynasty. A fascinating study of dynastic power and gender interplay in ancient Rome. Hb $59.99

The Golden Thread

Memento Mori

How Fabric Changed History

What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death

Kassia St Clair

From the writer of the wonderful The Secret Lives of Colour ($22.99) comes another fabulous book!

From 30,000-year-old threads to astronaut suits; material worn for warmth and protection or to denote status; Silk Road trade or Indian chintzes influencing the Industrial Revolution; Egyptian linen or Viking wool – fabrics have transformed human culture. Allow these 13 captivating stories to weave their spell! Lindy Hb $39.99

Peter Jones

Romans inhabited a world where man had few defences against nature, so death was everywhere - half of all children died by the age of five, half the population were teenagers and only 8% made it past 60. From the elites’ philosophical take on the brevity of life to the epitaphs left by butchers, bakers and buffoons, Memento Mori (“Remember you are mortal”) shows how Romans faced up to this world and tried to take the sting out of death. Hb $29.99

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land

Robert Hoyland & H G M Williamson

The Origins of the Anglo-Saxons

Covering the 3,000 years from the origins of Israel to the fall of the Ottoman Jean Manco Empire, this sweeping history looks at the Starting with how Anglo-Saxons considered themselves, evolution of religious institutions – Jewish, this new interpretation of English history goes back in time Christian and Muslim – and how they to the Neolithic Age and forward to the Nordic Bronze have influenced the modern politics of Age, exploring the emergence of Germanic peoples in the Middle East. With chapters on sacred harsher climates and their drive for more fertile lands, their spaces, religious tourism and pilgrimages, arrival into Britain and their embrace of Christianity. Erudite holy books and historical eras, it presents a comprehensive and accessible, it integrates archaeology, history, linguistics and balanced view of the Holy Land’s cultural and intellectual and the latest DNA research. Includes many importance, drawing on modern research and accompanied by .99 illustrations. Lindy Hb $39 Due Dec extensive paintings, photographs and maps. Hb $61.95 Decoding the Ancestry of the English

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A Short History of Europe From Pericles to Putin

Walls

Simon Jenkins

A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick

Europe is an astonishingly successful place.

In this dazzling new history, Jenkins tells the gripping story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and freedom – a story that twists and turns from Greece and Rome, through the Dark Ages, Reformation and French Revolution to the Second World War and up to the present day. Covering key events, themes and individuals, this portrait of the continent could not be more timely nor masterful. Pb $35

David Frye

The epic history of man-made barriers, from thousand-mile-long walls in the desert wastes of Turkistan to the 70 border walls erected around the world in just the past decade. Witness the siege of Constantinople; feel chilled at the extermination of French explorers in Mississippi; inhale the gunpowder-scented air of France’s Maginot Line.

This book also examines how walls profoundly shape the human psyche, presenting a bold new thesis on how ‘civilization’ happens. Hb $39.99

The Golden Rhinoceros

Histories of the African Middle Ages

King Arthur The Making of the Legend

Francois-Xavier Fauvelle

Nicholas Higham

Drawing on fragmented written sources and his many years of experience as an archaeologist, Fauvelle painstakingly reconstructs the history of medieval Africa, a time when places like Ghana, Nubia and Zimbabwe became the crossroads of civilisations. He looks at ruined cities found in the mangrove, exquisite pieces of art, rare artefacts like the golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, ancient maps and accounts left by explorers and travellers, bringing this era marvellously to life. Hb $59.99

According to legend, King Arthur saved Britain from the Saxons and reigned over it some time around AD 500. Whether or not there was a ‘real’ King Arthur has all too often been neglected by scholars, with most declaring themselves agnostic on the matter.

After surveying all the major theories, Higham sets out to determine precisely when, and why, the legend began, proposing Arthur began as a fictional character developed in the 9th century. Hb $54.99

The Restless Kings

Angkor and the Khmer Civilization Michael Coe & Damian Evans

Henry II, His Sons and the Wars for the Plantagenet Crown

This comprehensive and fascinating book is a thorough update of the 2003 edition, detailing Over 60 years, one family had enormous power and the significant changes and discoveries that lasting influence upon British and European history. have since transformed our knowledge of the The Angevin kings of England, starting with Henry Khmer and their masterwork, the city of Angkor.

Drawing on new techniques such as airborne II, were highly formidable, fiercely intelligent and combined military prowess with administrative flair laser scanning that have revealed previously unsuspected structures, this is a well-illustrated and kingdoms that stretched from the Pyrenees archaeological, anthropological and cultural to Scotland. Some of the conventions that shape modern Britain originated with this family, and this history. Hb $39.99 very readable history details their fascinating and tragic stories. Lindy Hb $39.99 The Map Tour

Nick Barratt

A History of Tourism Told Through Rare Maps

Hugh Thompson

Thomas Cromwell A Life

Published in collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society, this exquisite collection of maps traces the evolution of tourism from the elite realms of the Grand Tour to beyond the boundaries of the known world.

It charts a course across the globe on the first steam voyages, captures the romance of the golden age of train travel and navigates to the heart of why we travel: for adventure, education, escapism, pilgrimage. Arranged chronologically and contextualised by personal anecdotes, diary extracts and photographs of intrepid early travellers. Hb $45

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Born in obscurity, Cromwell was promoted by Henry VIII to ever greater offices until he was effectively running the country. The self-described ‘ruffian’ was ruthless, adept in the exercise of power and determined to achieve religious revolution.

A comprehensive, majestic biography, written in a style that makes you feel the action is going on around you. Hb $69.99

New Jerusalem

Sacred Spaces

Paul Ham

Guillaume de Laubier & Jacques Bosser

The Short Life and Terrible Death of Christendom’s Most Defiant Sect

The Awe-Inspiring Architecture of Churches and Cathedrals

In February 1534, a radical religious sect seized the city of Munster, renaming it New Jerusalem. Convinced they were God’s Elect – chosen to be the first to ascend to Paradise on Judgement Day – they threw out the Catholics and Lutherans, rebaptised their followers and imposed a new law of polygamy.

The backlash was brutal. The city was laid to siege for 18 months, periodically attacked, then slowly starved. A fascinating story of religious obsession and persecution. Hb $45

A broad outline of architectural history from early Christianity to contemporary times, this magnificent book celebrates 40 European places of worship and the persistence of the generations who created them. Stunning photographs full of light, peace and beauty (which no mere tourist could ever achieve) are accompanied by informative text and detailed captions.

A truly inspiring book. Lindy Hb $56.95

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Mutiny on the Bounty

Seven Deadly Sins and One Very Naughty Fruit

A Saga of Survival, Sex, Sedition, Mayhem & Mutiny

Mikey Robins

Peter FitzSimons

Romp through the history of food and eating, arranged by the cardinal sins. Pride, for instance, is illustrated by history’s most arrogant dinner hosts and the rise of the celebrity chef; Lust, by foods deemed aphrodisiac or highly desired; Sloth examines the evolution of the fork. And the naughty fruit? You might be very surprised...

A lot of fun and a fair bit of irreverence! Hb $35

The mutiny on HMS Bounty is one of the great stories of maritime history and FitzSimons brings his usual dash and flair to retelling the mutiny, as well as Bligh’s astonishing feat of seamanship in reaching Timor, and the amazing journey of Fletcher Christian and his crew to Pitcairn Island.

A sprawling and colourful story, full of historical detail told with great relish. Hb $49.99

Only $39.99

Picturing the Pacific

These Truths

Joseph Banks and the Shipboard Artists of Cook and Flinders

A History of the United States

Jill Lepore

James Taylor

The American experiment rests on three ideas ("these truths", Jefferson called them): political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people. Telling the story of America from 1492, Lepore asks whether the course of events has proven the nation’s founding truths, or belied them. Finding meaning in contradiction, she weaves American history into a tapestry of faith and hope, peril and prosperity, technological progress and moral anguish. An authoritative new history of a great, yet greatly troubled, nation. Hb $56.95

Joseph Banks popularised the practice of having professional artists on board British ships so that images of the New World could be used to promote further exploration and scientific knowledge – and eventual British settlement. The paintings and sketches showed landscapes, flora, fauna and Indigenous peoples, and intertwined science with art. This lavishly illustrated book shares the thrill of witnessing new lands through the story of these shipboard artists. Hb $49.99

Seapower States

Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict that Made the Modern World

Andrew Lambert

An examination of how five states - Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic and Britain - created maritime identities that made them more dynamic, open and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals, allowing them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline. Hb $49.99

In the Hurricane’s Eye

The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

Capitalism in America A History

Alan Greenspan & Adrian Wooldridge Where does innovation come from and how does it spread through a society? And why do some eras see the fruits of innovation spread more democratically, and others, including our own, see the opposite? Greenspan distils a lifetime of grappling with these questions into a master reckoning with the decisive drivers of the US economy over the course of its history. With journalist Adrian Wooldridge, he unfolds a tale spanning vast landscapes, titanic figures, triumphant breakthroughs, enlightenment ideals, as well as profound moral failings. Hb $55

The Colour of Time

Nathaniel Philbrick

A New History of the World 1850-1960

The Battle of the Chesapeake of 5 September 1781 was one of the most important naval engagements in history - leading to the victory of the Americans over the British at Yorktown - and it was fought without a single American ship, as the French navy came to their aid. A riveting and wide-ranging narrative history of the year that won the Revolutionary War, full of dramatic and unexpected turns. Hb $54.95

Marina Amaral & Dan Jones

Take 200 black and white photographs, thoroughly research their backgrounds, then spend hours hand-colouring the images on your computer screen. Pair them with informative text that traces the sweep of recent history, and you have this intriguing book, which literally brings the monochromatic past back to lifelike colour!

Lindy Hb $45

The Last Palace

The British in India

Europe's Extraordinary Century Through Five Lives and One House in Prague

Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience

David Gilmour

Norman Eisen

This panoramic social history chronicles the lives of British people in India from the reign of Elizabeth I until well into the reign of Elizabeth II. Men and women from all walks of life are presented with great humanity and often humour. Highly original and engaging, this magnificent tapestry of life reads like a great 19th-century novel. Hb $69.99

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For readers who enjoyed The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance ($19.99), this tells of the past 100 years in Europe as seen from the most beautiful house in Prague, the Petschek Villa. Eisen, the son of a Czech Auschwitz survivor, moved into the palace that had once been seized by the Nazis, and he details the colourful lives of five of the palace's residents. Pb $32.99

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The Mighty Krait

The Little Boat that Pulled Off Australia's Most Daring Commando Raid of WWII

Duty Nobly Done

An Extraordinary Account of 11 Family Members in the Great War

Ian McPhedran

Adam Holloway

In September 1943, a team of 13 young commandos sail a small fishing boat from Australia to Japanese-occupied Singapore, a daring raid that destroys 40,000 tonnes of enemy shipping.

The Krait becomes the most successful Australian 'warship' of WWII. Pb $35

This is the extraordinary true story of 11 young Australian men from one extended family and their experiences in the great adventure that would change their lives – the Great War. Holloway, a direct descendant, takes us into the lives of these men as they embark on a journey from which they are unlikely to return. Letters, diaries and family memories are used to vividly recreate the nailbiting tension as each man experiences his own baptism of fire amid the utter horror of the sights and sounds of battle. Pb $34.99

Big Week

The Biggest Air Battle of World War Two

Lady Death The Memoirs of Stalin’s Sniper

James Holland

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

The Soviets used over 2,000 female snipers during WWII and Pavlichenko was by far the most successful and feared. When Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, she left university to join the Red Army. Within a year, she had 309 confirmed kills, including 29 enemy snipers. After getting wounded, she was withdrawn from active duty to train other snipers. She finished her education after the war and became an historian. An incredible tale! Pb $29.99

The First Soldier Hitler as Military Leader Stephen Fritz

After Germany’s humiliating defeat in WWII, many German generals published memoirs claiming their country’s brilliant military leadership had been undermined by the Fuhrer’s erratic decision-making. Fritz upends this characterisation of Hitler as an ill-informed fantasist, portraying him as a competent military commander and strategist, and offering an eyeopening reappraisal of major events like the invasion of Russia and the battle for Normandy.

Hb $49.99

The Secret World

A History of Intelligence

Christopher Andrew

What difference have security and intelligence operations made to the course of history? This fascinating book provides all the answers, charting the development of intelligence from the ancient world to the sophisticated operations of today.

Written by the world’s leading historian of intelligence. Hb $69.99

Ian McPhedran

The third week of February 1944 saw the largest aerial battle of WWII. After suffering catastrophic losses, the US Air Force and British Bomber Command - with new commanders, new tactics and new aircraft - struck back hard. Drawing on fresh archival sources and following the fortunes of both sides, this is a heart-stopping account of this brutal battle. Pb $35

Fallout Conspiracy, Cover-up and the Deceitful Case for the Atom Bomb Peter Watson

Roosevelt and Churchill had the atomic bomb built, but excluded their Russian allies from the knowledge. Niels Bohr wanted them to share; Klaus Fuchs leaked the secrets to the Soviets. The Americans knew the research was compromised

by Soviet spies, and the British knew the Germans didn’t have a nuclear program, but neither told the other, nor the scientists developing the bomb. This powerful book dismantles the conventional reasons for creating the world’s most destructive weapon, and examines the long-term consequences.

Pb $32.99

Vietnam An Epic Tragedy 1945-1975 Max Hastings

A monumental and meticulously researched volume, this chronicles one of the most divisive, costly and devastating international conflicts in history. From the battlefield humiliation of France in 1954 to a vastly greater one for the US in 1975, it covers political, military, cultural and social factors, details the brutality of both sides, and weaves stories and personal tales to round out the narrative of a war that ultimately neither side deserved to win.

Pb $34.99

The Spy and the Traitor

Roller-Coaster Europe 1950-2017

Ben MacIntyre

Kershaw follows on from To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949 (Pb $29.99). Since the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the 20th century, most of Europe has enjoyed peace and relative prosperity.

Now a divided continent, Europe lived under the nuclear threat in a period intermittently fraught with anxiety; for much of this period, the US and the USSR effectively reduced Europeans to helpless figures whose fates were dictated to them by the Cold War. In this remarkable book, Kershaw creates a grand panorama, describing the world we live in and explaining where it came from. Hb $59.99

Ian Kershaw

The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

On a warm July evening in 1985, a man stood on a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow holding a plastic bag with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket. The man was a spy, a senior KGB officer who had supplied his British spymasters with a stream of priceless secrets.

No spy had ever done more damage to the KGB. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia.

So began one of the boldest episodes in the history of spying... Pb $35

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Einstein’s Monsters

Einstein’s Shadow

A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers and the Quest to See the Unseeable

Seth Fletcher

Photographing a black hole sounds impossible, but Shep Doeleman and a global coalition of scientists are on the cusp of doing just that, hoping to put Einstein’s theory of relativity to the ultimate test and answer our deepest questions about space, time and the nature of reality. Journalist Seth Fletcher spent five years following this elite team as they assembled the Event Horizon Telescope, a virtual radio observatory the size of the Earth, witnessing their struggles and breakthroughs. A tale of great minds on a mission to change the way we understand our universe and our place in it. Hb $49.95

Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking

The final book from the celebrated Professor Hawking. This is a profound, accessible and timely reflection on the biggest questions in science: Where did we come from? What’s inside a black hole? Is there other intelligent life out there? Can we colonise space? Will we ever make it beyond the solar system? For both the scientific community and the intellectually curious, this book celebrates the mind, humour and achievements of one of the most inspiring scientists in recent history. Hb $32.99

Chris Impey

Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, yet every galaxy harbours a black hole at its centre. Impey explores questions at the cutting edge of cosmology: What came first - the galaxy or its black hole? What happens if you travel into a black hole? Clear, compelling and profound, this book reveals how our comprehension of black holes is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the universe and our place within it. Hb $38.95

The History of Space Exploration Discoveries from the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future

Roger Launius

Like a lot of people of my generation, I’ve always been a big fan of space exploration - from Gemini and Apollo to Curiosity and Cassini.

Launius, a leading space historian, has produced this outstanding book covering all countries that have been involved in space exploration, including Australia. Well written and full of astonishing images from the NASA archives and other collections, anyone interested in space should enjoy this book - I know I did! Dave Hb $49.99

The Future of Humanity

Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

Michio Kaku

Accessory to War

This new book explores in accessible detail how humanity might gradually develop a sustainable civilisation in outer space. With his trademark storytelling verve, Kaku shows us how science fiction is becoming reality: mind-boggling developments in robotics, nanotechnology and biotechnology could enable us to build habitable cities on Mars; nearby stars might be reached by microscopic spaceships sailing through space on laser beams; and technology might one day allow us to transcend our physical bodies entirely. Pb $35

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The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military

A fascinating foray into the relationship between science and military power, examining how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. From early celestial navigation to satellite-enabled warfare, this is a richly researched and provocative examination of the intersection of science, technology, industry and power, introducing Tyson’s millions of fans to yet another dimension of how the universe has shaped our lives and our world. Hb $39.99

Burning the Sky

Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space

Mark Wolverton

In 1958, eccentric Greek-American physicist Nicholas Christofilos had an outlandish, albeit ingenious, idea to defend the US from Soviet attack: detonate atomic bombs in outer space to destroy incoming Soviet missiles. Operation Argus was one of the most secret and risky scientific experiments in history. Drawing on recently declassified sources and told with the pacing of a thriller and the language of science fiction, this meticulously researched story remains frighteningly relevant 60 years later.

Hb $53.95

The Life and Times of Black Holes

The Story of Tom Reid, a Little Dish and Neil Armstrong’s First Step

Andrew Tink

The dish at Parkes wasn’t the only contribution Australia made to the moon landing! The tracking station at Honeysuckle Creek near Canberra played a pivotal role in transmitting the images of Armstrong walking on the moon. This book reveals the part played by the station and its director Tom Reid. Personal accounts are combined with cultural history to make for a gripping read. Pb $34.99

Primate Change

How the World We Made is Remaking Us

Vybarr Cregan-Reid

Humans have affected the world so much that a new geological epoch will be known as the Anthropocene. The ways we have been living since the Industrial Revolution have also changed our bodies - we eat the wrong things, are more sedentary, over-stimulated by technology and generally more stressed. We’ve grown taller, have bigger feet, different jawlines and even altered the expression of our own DNA. A stimulating book about the impact of modern technology on the human body. Pb $29.99

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Dinosaurs How they Lived and Evolved

The Dinosaur Artist

Darren Naish & Paul Barrett

Obsession, Betrayal and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy

With a new dinosaur species discovered almost every week, it’s hard to keep up with developments in this field. This wonderful book is a great introduction to these amazing animals and an excellent survey of what we currently know about them. Lavishly illustrated with artwork, photographs and reconstructions that bring these iconic creatures to life, complementing the extremely well-written text. Dave Pb $29.99

Paige Williams

This is a stunning work of narrative journalism about humans’ relationship with natural history, and about a seemingly intractable conflict between science and commerce. A story that stretches from Florida’s Land O’ Lakes to the Gobi Desert, Williams illuminates the history of fossil collecting - a murky, sometimes risky, business that is populated by eccentrics and obsessives, where the lines between poacher and hunter, collector and smuggler, enthusiast and opportunist, can easily blur. Pb $32.99

The Complete Guide to Australian Birds George Adams

Even as an experienced birder, I know you can never have too many bird guides! This latest field guide differs in that it is illustrated with photographs from leading Australian wildlife photographers. The images (at least two of each bird) are clean, display salient features and show the bird in its natural habitat or typical posture.

Includes detailed information on the colours of each feature (head, eyes, beak, upper/lower wings, legs, etc), distribution maps and concise notes on habitat, voice, feeding, status and breeding. Excellent for cross-referencing with other guides, and one that beginners will find easy to use. Lindy Pb $45

Bees of Australia A Photographic Exploration

Rocks and Trees

The Hidden Life of Trees

We don’t actually know how many species of native bees there are in Australia. 2,000? 3,000? Many are yet to be described, yet surprisingly they’re all around us. This book has stunningly crisp, finely detailed macro-photographs of around 80 bees, with excellent essays on topics such as pollination, threats, social behaviour and attracting them to your garden. An extraordinary book! Lindy

Pb $49.99

The Illustrated Edition

A Photographic Journey Through the Rich and Varied Geology, Scenery and Flora of the Sydney Region

Peter Wohlleben

In his international bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees ($29.99), Wohlleben opened our eyes to the wonders and amazing processes at work in the forest. Now this breathtaking illustrated edition brings those wonders to life like never before. With compelling selections from the original book and 86 stunning photographs of trees from around the world, this gorgeous volume distils the essence of his message to show trees in all their glory and diversity. Hb $49.99

John Martyn

If you have even the merest interest in the geology or botany of the Sydney region (roughly from the Hunter to Kiama, including the mountains), you need this splendid book! Written by a geologist, the text is detailed and informative (with an extensive glossary), but it stands out in the quality of the photographs which reveal the various floristic communities that spring from the differing soils. Guaranteed to make you notice the rocks and plants around you! Lindy Hb $60

James Dorey

The Revolutionary Genius of Plants

John Martyn

A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behaviour

Diving for Seahorses

The Science and Secrets of Memory

Stefano Mancuso

Hilde & Ylva Ostby

Written by a neuropsychologist and her novelist sister in an accessible and conversational style, this explores something we take for granted. From the discovery of the hippocampus in Renaissance times, it covers topics such as where memories go, what personal memories are, false memories, forgetting and future thinking - because memory works both ways: backward and forward. A fascinating and engrossing read! Lindy Pb $29.99

Papa Goose

One Year, Seven Goslings and the Flight of My Life

Transformations

Harriet and Helena Scott, Colonial Sydney’s Finest Natural History Painters

Michael Quetting

Vanessa Finney

Harriet and Helena Scott were arguably Sydney’s finest natural history painters, primarily of moths and butterflies. This very readable book tells the story of their early lives, their training and triumphs, the years they worked near Newcastle and their contributions to science through their extraordinarily detailed paintings. Full of marvellous photographs and illustrations, this is a book for anyone interested in colonial science, art or history. Lindy

Hb $49.99 Due Dec

Written by a world-renowned plant neurobiologist, this accessible and compelling book reveals the surprisingly sophisticated ability of plants to innovate, remember and learn. They have greater sensitivity to their environment than animals, react promptly to threats and share a sophisticated network of information exchange.

Plentifully illustrated, this certainly shows just how remarkable the plant world is! Hb $45

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Being father to a gaggle of goslings that won’t let you out of their sight is a full-time job!

As a laboratory director at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Quetting must transform his motley gang into a disciplined flight crew so researchers can gather data about weather and flight patterns. This charming book traces his heart-warming and highly entertaining adventure as goslings Gloria, Nemo & Co learn to conquer land, water and air, while Quetting learns some important life lessons himself. Pb $29.99

SCIENCE at

Woo's Wonderful World of Maths Eddie Woo

Is that a Big Number? Andrew Elliott

This book celebrates numeracy - counting and measurement - and the way numbers are embedded in our understanding of the world around us. It presents different ways of thinking about big numbers; how to contextualise and compare and so recognise whether a quantity is significant or not. Far from being a dry treatise, it contains thought-provoking mathematical facts and stimulating questions, achieving its goal of providing tools to demystify numbers for all of us. Hb $38.95

A bona-fide 'rock star' maths teacher, Eddie shows how card tricks, conspiracy theories and killer butterflies illuminate the world of maths that surrounds us. Pb $29.99 Eddie Woo

At Least Know This

Essential Science to Enhance Your Life

Guy Harrison

Science tells us much about who we are, where we come from, the nature of the universe and how our brains work, but most of us are largely unaware of this treasure trove of information. This book seeks to remedy this situation by providing scientific answers to the most basic, yet important, questions about existence, revealing the wider implications and deeper meanings inherent in a scientific worldview.

Entertaining and informative, this will leave you with an up-to-date view of realities small and large, near and far. Pb $34.99

The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 John Pickrell (Ed)

With more than 30 essays and articles, this popular annual anthology again highlights the quality of Australian science writing. Subjects range from cancer treatments to bushfires induced by climate change, interrupted animal migrations to neglected figures of science, esoteric philosophical questions to big picture musings. A lively and thought-provoking collection for any reader! Lindy Pb $29.99

Abbey's have been proud supporters of the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for over 20 years - rewarding excellence in the fields of research and innovation, leadership, science engagement and school science.

BRAINWAVES Secret Service Brainteasers

Over 100 Codebreaking Puzzles Inspired

by Britain’s Espionage Masterminds

Adam Spencer's Top 100

Numbers, Puzzles, Trivia, Awesomeness

Sinclair McKay

Australia’s funniest mathematician returns with more rollicking romps through the world of science, technology, numbers and all things nerdy. Fully illustrated, this follows on from his previous bestselling books and is packed full of fascinating facts, tantalising trivia, brain-busting number puzzles and much more.

Pb $34.99

Also available Bletchley Park Brainteasers (Pb $29.99)

See page 6 for Adam Spencer's The Number Detective for children (Pb $19.99)

Rewording the Brain How Cryptic Crosswords Can Improve Your Memory and Boost the Power and Agility of Your Brain

So you think you have what it takes to be a spy for MI5 and MI6? Whether you have linguistic flair, an instinct for technology or just good old common sense, pit your wits against some of the greatest minds of our time with ingenious brainteasers including secret languages, sabotage-themed brain bogglers, deadly countdowns and hidden codes. This book weaves astonishing stories of the men and women who operate from the shadows, with extraordinary and terrifying challenges and a wide range of mind-twisting puzzles.

Fun and games indeed! Pb $29.99

How the World Thinks

A Global History of Philosophy

Julian Baggini

David Astle

Baggini travels the globe to provide a hugely wide-ranging map of human thought. He shows how distinct branches of philosophy flowered simultaneously in China, India and Ancient Greece and how contemporary cultural attitudes have developed out of the philosophical histories of their regions. With greater knowledge of how others think, we can become less certain of the knowledge we think we have, the first step to greater understanding. Pb $32.99

When you do a cryptic crossword, you use logic, interpretation, intuition and deduction... and sometimes lots of patience! In other words, you give your brain a thorough workout, something that helps with memory and cognitive abilities.

The famous 'DA’ explains the 'why’ - how puzzling nourishes your neurons - and the 'how to’ - conquering cryptic clues. With wordplay throughout and 50 puzzles at the end, this is both entertaining and good for your mental dexterity! Lindy Pb $29.99

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TODAY’S WORLD at Best Australian Political Cartoons 2018

The Land Before Avocado Journeys in a Lost Australia

Russ Radcliffe (Ed)

Richard Glover

Nostalgia might rule, but do we really want to go back to the Australia of the 1960s and 70s? As Glover says, there was no avocado then! But there were hideous fashions and haircuts, weird food combinations and appalling attitudes towards anyone ‘different’ - often enshrined in the laws of the land. Written with Glover’s trademark warmth, insight and self-deprecating humour. Pb $29.99

The year in politics as observed by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive cartoonists including Dean Alston, Peter Broelman, Pat Campbell, Andrew Dyson, John Farmer, First Dog on the Moon, Matt Golding, Fiona Katauskas, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Alan Moir, David Pope, David Rowe, Andrew Weldon, Cathy Wilcox and Paul Zanetti. Pb $29.99

Habitat

The Getting of Garlic

A Practical Guide to Creating a Wildlife-Friendly Australian Garden

Australian Food from Bland to Brilliant with Recipes Old and New

A B Bishop

John Newton

If you want to encourage birds, insects, frogs, reptiles or animals to your garden, this is the book for you! A practical guide full of information, advice and tips, it includes projects to help you transform your plot (no matter the size of your yard or your level of expertise) into a refuge for wildlife, whether for your enjoyment or their benefit. Well-illustrated. Lindy Pb $39.99

Australian cuisine and food culture? Is there such a thing? This brilliant, thought-provoking book charts the food eaten by the colonists onwards – from the conservative Anglo-Celtic, garlic-averse, plain fare of early non-Indigenous Australians to the polyglot, inventive and adaptive cuisine of today. Vastly entertaining and enlightening in equal measures – and instead of illustrations, it provides recipes to illuminate the themes! Lindy Pb $32.99

A Painted Landscape

Across Australia from Bush to Coast

The Barefoot Investor for Families The Only Kids' Money Guide You’ll Ever Need

Scott Pape

Following the phenomenal success of The Barefoot Investor ($29.95), this book is aimed more at helping parents give their children some sound financial advice – in simple language with a practical emphasis and a bit of humour thrown in for good measure. Start now – it’s never too early or too late!

Pb $29.99

Amber Creswell Bell

Profiling 50 contemporary painters, this book is arranged by terrain: bush, farmland, urban, mountain, outback, rainforest, coast.

An interview with the artist reveals their inspirations, methods, aesthetics, processes and personal connections, which give fascinating insights into their work. But it’s the gorgeous reproductions that truly make this book so attractive and evocative. You mightn’t be able to afford an original, but you should afford yourself the pleasure of this book! Lindy Hb $59.99

101 Marvellous Movies You May Have Missed

A Sporting Chance

Australian Sporting Scandals and the Path to Redemption

David Stratton

Tired of trawling through Netflix looking for your next movie? Let leading film critic David Stratton introduce you to 101 movies produced since the 1980s that you probably haven’t heard of, and explain why they’re worth seeing. These mostly overlooked gems include comedies, thrillers, westerns, musicals and romances. The perfect gift for all lovers of movies. Pb $24.99

Titus O’Reily

In sport, the term ‘good bloke’ doesn’t necessarily mean what it says. Like ‘fun run’, it often means the exact opposite. A sportsman can be excused almost any sin once elevated to the mythical status of ‘a good bloke’. So what does it take to earn this title?

And can female athletes be good blokes too? This book dissects the scandals - big and small - the mistakes made in covering them up and the path that athletes tread back to redemption. Pb $34.99

The New Silk Roads

The Present and Future of the World

Australia in 100 Places

Peter Frankopan

Australian Geographic

The bestselling author of Silk Roads ($22.99) takes a new look at how our contemporary world is profoundly interconnected. If all roads once led to Rome, now they lead to Beijing, and by tracing the Silk Roads eastward from Europe to China by way of the Middle East and Russia, Frankopan shows how the network of relationships and continual shifts of power disprove the themes of isolation and fragmentation that Brexit or Trump may claim. Pb $27.99

This is Australian Geographic’s pick of 100 amazing places - mostly far removed from our capital cities - that everyone should aspire to visit. The 100 chapters are written by different contributors, each with their own style, and there are over 400 pages of stunning photographs - many of which will take your breath away. Not just another glossy coffee table book, this is something really special. Books like this don’t come along very often - when they do, grab them!

Hb $59.95

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Boys Will be Boys

My Country Stories, Essays & Speeches

Clementine Ford

The definitive David Marr collection, from his review of the first Rocky Horror Picture Show and reporting of the 1978 Mardi Gras police bashings, to Patrick White, Garfield Barwick, asylum seekers, the Bill Henson case, Pauline Hanson, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott and Cardinal Pell - powerful reflections on religion, sex, censorship and the law; elegant ruminations on the arts and the lives of artists; striking accounts of leaders, moralists and scandalmongers. Hb $39.99

Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

This heartfelt and unapologetic book by the author of Fight Like a Girl ($22.99) is about patriarchy, gendered oppression and toxic masculinity. It’s not about men being monsters, but about the systems that allow them to get away with doing monstrous things. This incandescent book aims to show that the common sentiment of ‘boys being boys’ is a damaging and lazy way of defining masculinity, exploring what needs to change so equality becomes reality. Lindy Pb $32.99

Doing Philosophy

David Marr

The Perils of Perception

From Common Curiosity to Logical Reasoning

Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything

Timothy Williamson

Bobby Duffy

This book argues that philosophy isn’t the exclusive domain of academics removed from everyday life, but a science that starts with ways of knowing and thinking we all possess.

Beginning with common-sense curiosity, it develops into a more careful, systematic and critical approach to understanding the answers we find. Philosophy clarifies terms, compares theories, does thought experiments, disputes and deducts, and this erudite book introduces the reader to those processes. Hb $26.95

Irrespective of how educated we are, there is often a gap between reality and our perception of it. We tend to be vastly wrong when asked things like: Do we eat too much sugar? Is violence in the world increasing? How much do we need to save for retirement? This intriguing book draws on major studies across 40 countries, revealing deep inbuilt biases and explaining how - even though information is more readily available than ever before - we remain poorly informed, and how we can remedy our ignorance. Hb $24.99

Whiteshift

Dangerous Ideas About Mothers

Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities

Eric Kaufmann

Across the West, anti-immigration populists are tearing a path through the usual politics of left and right. Drawing on an extraordinary range of surveys, this new work explores the majority response to ethnic change in Western Europe, North America and Australasia. Kaufmann argues that we must ditch the ‘diversity myth’ that whites will dwindle, replacing it with ‘whiteshift’ - a new story of majority transformation that can help lift anxieties and heal today’s widening political divisions. A bold, original work, this book will redefine the way we think about ethnic diversity and populism. Hb $55

Camilla Nelson & Rachel Robertson (Eds) This isn’t a guide to maternity, but a far-reaching exploration of issues that aren’t often considered, such as divorce and court systems, parenting children with a disability, the rise of social media constructs, even the changing ideas of fathering and women who choose not to have children.

Contributors include Anne Manne, Catharine Lumby, Danielle Wood, Maria Tumarkin and Josephine Wilson. Thought-provoking and essential reading! Pb $29.99

Trigger Warnings

Political Correctness and the Rise of the Right

The Fifth Risk Undoing Democracy

Jeff Sparrow

Michael Lewis

The unlikely rise of Donald Trump exemplifies the political paradox of the 21st century.

Sparrow excavates the development of a powerful new vocabulary against progressive causes. From the Days of Rage to Gamergate, from the New Left to the alt-right, he traces changing attitudes to democracy and trauma, symbolism and liberation, in an exhilarating history of ideas and movements. Challenging progressive and conservative orthodoxies alike, this is a bracing polemic and a persuasive case for a new kind of politics. Pb $29.99

Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the engine rooms of a Trump government under attack by its own leaders. In Agriculture, the funding of vital programs like food stamps and school lunches is being slashed. Over at Energy, where international nuclear risk is managed, it’s not clear there will be enough inspectors to track and locate black market uranium before terrorists do. Lewis finds the linchpins of the system - those public servants whose knowledge, dedication and proactivity keep the machinery running - and asks what keeps them up at night... Hb $45

21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari

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In 21 provocative chapters, bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow ($24.99 each) builds on the ideas of those books to untangle the political, technological, social and existential issues of the current century, offering advice on how to prepare now for a very different future. Harari invites us to consider values, meaning and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty, because when we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Pb $35

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WORDS & WRITING at 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die A Life-Changing List

James Mustich

What I love about these types of books are the arguments and debates they immediately create.

The books listed here are not solely fictional nor necessarily highbrow. The wide range of titles tends to veer towards American literature, although it’s nice to see authors like Peter Carey and Miles Franklin get a mention. Of course there are the usual suspects such as Kafka, but also mainstream writers like Frederick Forsyth. Includes a miscellany of speciality lists: mind-expanding reads, 21st century, poetry and so on. Greg Hb $49.99

Messing About in Quotes Gyles Brandreth

This highly entertaining dictionary contains 2,700 quotations including witty one-liners, pithy comments and funny phrases, as well as unintended humour. Carefully curated and categorised by subject, this is the perfect book for dipping into for some light relief – a real tonic in an increasingly unfunny world! Hb $20.95

Words That Go Ping

The Ridiculously Wonderful World of Onomatopoeia

Barbara Lasserre

And words that go ker-ching, whoopee and yikes! Or throb, natter and rattle. Or sound like natural processes, bodily functions or get lost in translation. This wonderfully entertaining and erudite book looks at those expressive and often delightful words that mimic sounds. The world of onomatopoeia can be playful, but it also reveals unexpected insights into how we speak, think and act. Lindy Hb $24.99

The Writer’s Map An Atlas of Imaginary Lands Huw Lewis-Jones (Ed)

All maps come from imagination. This is an atlas of maps drawn by writers to help their storytelling, or commissioned for their books, or even historic maps of actual places that inspired literary efforts. Whether of Fairyland or Discworld, Earthsea or Oz, Middle-earth or Moominland, each map is rendered in enchanting detail.

Different writers have contributed the sections. A truly wondrous book, beautiful to look at, fascinating to read, one you open to enter fabled worlds of imagination, inspiration, adventure and past ages. Lindy Hb $55

Collected Poems Les Murray

Les Murray’s new and updated collection displays the full range of his poetic art. This magnificent volume contains all the poems he wants to preserve (apart from the novel in verse, Fredy Neptune) from his first book in 1965 The Ilex Tree to his last in 2015 Waiting for the Past ($24.99). In tracing Murray’s artistic development, this collection shows an ever-changing power, grace and humour, as well as great versatility and formal mastery. Hb $59.99

An Open Book David Malouf

This is only David Malouf’s third new poetry volume in nearly 40 years. As one of Australia’s greatest living poets, he continues to meditate and reflect on themes of mortality and memory.

These poems are attentive and evocative, vital and beautiful, revisiting and reimagining some of the key themes that have resonated with readers over his impressive career. Only a few of these poems have ever been published before. Hb $29.99

Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know

After Emily

The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce

Colm Tóibín

Two Remarkable Women and the Legacy of America’s Greatest Poet

Julie Dobrow

Tóibín turns his incisive gaze to three of Ireland’s greatest writers and their earliest influences their fathers. From Wilde’s doctor father, a brilliant statistician and amateur archaeologist; to Yeats’ father, an impoverished artist who could never finish a painting; to John Joyce, a singer, drinker and storyteller. This book explores their complex relationships and the surprising ways these three fathers surfaced in the works of their sons. Hb $29.99

Emily Dickinson is the most widely read American poet, yet the story behind her work’s publication in 1890 is barely known. This book recounts the extraordinary lives of Mabel Loomis Todd and her daughter, Millicent Todd Bingham, and the powerful literary legacy they shared. Mabel’s complicated relationships with the Dickinsons, including her 13-year extramarital affair with Emily’s brother, Austin, roiled the small town of Amherst, Massachusetts. Dobrow has unearthed hundreds of primary sources to reveal the surprising impact Mabel and Millicent had on Emily Dickinson.

Comes with a free copy of The Testament of Mary Hb $19.99 while stock lasts.

Hb $42.95 Due Dec

Half the Perfect World

Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra 1955-1964

Notes from a Public Typewriter

Paul Genoni & Tanya Dalziell

Michael Gustafson & Oliver Uberti (Eds) When Michael Gustafson and his wife opened a bookstore in Ann Arbor, west of Detroit, they left a typewriter on a table for anyone to use. Every day, people of all ages sat down at this public typewriter.

Children perch on grandparents’ knees, others walk in alone on Friday nights and confess their hopes, some simply leave funny asides for the next person who sits down. Michael, together with designer Oliver Uberti, combine their favourite notes with essays and photos to create this ode to community and the written word that will surprise, delight and inspire. Hb $26.99

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The Greek island of Hydra was the setting for Charmian Clift and George Johnston’s grand experiment, an escape where creative ambition met bohemianism. This impressive book sheds light on the years 1955-64 when they were the charismatic centre of a collection of writers and dreamers, including Leonard Cohen. With a trove of previously unpublished candid photographs and other primary material, this is an examination of the allure, reality and eventual dissolution of an intense dream. One of my favourite books this year! Lindy Pb $39.99

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From the author of the incomparable The Cook's Companion ($130), this wonderful book has everything new foodies need to know to become confident in the kitchen. Arranged alphabetically, there are 56 ingredient chapters and over 300 recipes, from the classics, to exciting new dishes reflecting our diverse nation. Stephanie takes you into her kitchen to explain important techniques in straightforward language, discussing kitchen tools she likes to use and ingredients you might not know. Hb $45

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The Seven Culinary Wonders of the World A History of Pork, Honey, Salt, Chilli, Rice, Cacao and Tomato

Jenny Linford

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We take for granted the ordinary ingredients in our kitchen, but each of these seven essentials has had a long and wonderful journey on the way to being commonplace! Stories of magic, taboo and poison; agriculture, conquest and transformation. Also includes recipes ranging from traditional to contemporary. A fascinating and delicious book to satisfy the cravings of any gourmand! Lindy Hb $35

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If it’s better to share a crust with a friend than a feast with an enemy, then this book celebrates the art of enjoying your guests and not worrying too much about the food and the state of your house!

Of course, you do need to feed them something, and this cheerful guide gives you a range of delicious and satisfying recipes that will neither break your budget, nor your will to live. Worth it for the Caramel Salada 'Crack' recipe alone… Lindy Hb $39.99

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When you’re travelling, there can be a moment that transforms the rest of your life. In this book, 100 travellers share their most remarkable and memorable experiences - moments that changed them as individuals and reshaped their perspective on the world. Each story, accompanied by photographs, provides a powerful account of how the experience unfolded and what it was like to be there, right at that moment, and why it had such a lasting impact. Hb $29.99

This perennial bestseller updates travellers on upcoming trends and destinations, must-do experiences and unmissable adventures in the year ahead. As always, it ranks the top ten countries, regions and cities, gives practical advice and itineraries, and is bound to cause a serious case of wanderlust! Plentifully illustrated. Hb $27.99

Amazing Train Journeys

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This beautifully illustrated guide includes practical information including timetables, ticket options, route details, maps and travel tips for 60 of the world’s greatest railway journeys. Some are epic, like Australia’s Ghan or Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer. Some are unbelievably scenic, like the Darjeeling Toy Train or New Zealand’s TranzAlpine. And some are little-known gems, like catching the train down CityRail’s South Coast line. Go on - who can resist? A fabulous book to inspire unforgettable experiences. Lindy Hb $39.99

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This guide includes nearly 200 destinations (including 15 in Australia) organised into five themes: Calm, Active, Healthy, Inspired and Indulged. Whether you’re looking for a yoga retreat, meditation centre, health spa, creative escape or fitness class, it reveals the health benefits of each, explaining what makes it so special and helping you find out more or make a booking. Gorgeous photographs help inspire a sense of wellbeing and tempt you to plan your escape! Hb $29.99

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So you love wine and travelling? Then this is the perfect book to help you indulge both interests! With detailed itineraries, suggested places to eat and stay, insider information, maps and evocative photographs, you can start planning 40 wonderful weekends. Taking in wellknown destinations like Margaret River, Coonawarra, Clare Valley and McLaren Vale, Marlborough, Hawkes Bay and Central Otago, it also features lesser-known regions such as Canberra, Beechworth, Waiheke Island and Matakana.

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My Friend Dahmer Marc Meyer ENGLISH

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Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, and yet he’s been steadily losing weight. Even stranger, his weight is the same, regardless of whether he’s wearing clothes or not.

He doesn’t want to be poked and prodded, he just wants someone else to know. This latest novel from the master storyteller is a riveting, eerie and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together. A timely tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Pb $29.99

Nevermoor ($16.99) won about 10 awards, but the most important one was a place in so many hearts. It was a very strong debut for a young Australian author. Think Alice in Wonderland meets Harry Potter with a pinch of darkness.

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Erikson tends not to mess around when he decides to write something and this is no exception. He takes a unique, realistic look at how first contact might go, with unusual ideas and many different points of view.

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Defeated, crushed and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship, she realises this dream might be possible - assuming she can repair the ship, navigate flight school and (perhaps most importantly) persuade the strange machine to help her. Because this ship, uniquely, appears to have a soul.

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This Present Past Traci Harding

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Speakman's unique project (supporting SF&F authors in need of healthcare) continues with this third rare US import anthology. Contributors are free to explore new ideas. Features a novella by Jordan and Sanderson, as well as stories by Terry Brooks, John Gwyn, Lev Grossman, Tad Williams, Katherine Arden, Callie Bates, Delilah Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb), Seanan McGuire, Naomi Novik and many more!

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Schwab is the talk of the Young Adult town with her Darker Shade of Magic series. Now the second instalment of her Villains duology promises to cause just as much interest. A super-powered battle of genius, cruelty and the lengths to which people will go for vengeance, this series takes a clever, merciless, sardonically-twisted look at superheroes and super-villains. Well-plotted and superbly written, Vicious ($18.99) was a powerful start and finally we have the conclusion! Pb $18.99

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