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Miles Franklin Literary Award Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko

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Kerry Salter, a feisty Bundjalung woman who vowed never to go back to her home town, has returned because her Pop is dying. It means the rest of her dysfunctional family is also there, and that means trouble. Add the redneck mayor who has plans for the Salter clan's special place by the river, a real estate agent hiding from her past in plain sight, a fine-looking whitefella love interest and a host of other problems, and you have a darkly humorous tale that doesn't shy away from hard truths about generational trauma and poverty, but is also full of resilience, survival and not giving in. Lindy Pb $29.95

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Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton

“Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.” - Margaret Atwood. This sequel to The Handmaid's Tale ($14.99) picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. Hb $42.99 Only $39.99

Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo

Told through many distinctive voices, this novel follows the lives of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. A gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times - celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible. Hb $35

This bestselling novel of brotherhood, true love and the most unlikely of friendships has won a slew of awards.

Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather, a notorious crim for a babysitter Eli’s life is complicated.

He’s just trying to learn what it takes to be a good man, but now his life is about to get a whole lot more serious. Pb $19.99

Trent Dalton

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Bruny Heather Rose

Astrid Coleman, a UN conflict resolution specialist, has returned to Tasmania and her complicated family situation. Her twin brother is Premier and his controversial pet project, a magnificent bridge to Bruny Island, has been sabotaged. As she gathers information, it soon becomes apparent that deeper things are shifting beneath the surface. Set a little way into the future, this is the sort of book that artfully combines the personal with the political. It’s a gripping read with scenarios that are all too frighteningly plausible... brilliant stuff indeed! Lindy Pb $32.99

There Was Still Love Favel Parrett

Heather Rose

The Weekend Charlotte Wood

Three late-middle-aged women gather for Christmas.

Not for celebration, but to clean out the house of a deceased friend. Sylvie was the glue that held them all together, and as the trio – Wendy the intellectual, Adele the actress and Jude the ex-restaurateur – empty the house, they also start to empty out their long-held frustrations, resentments and hurts. An exploration of the slots that women are shoved into once they reach a certain age, the undercurrents of old relationships, and the uncertainties of ageing, and also the shapes that friendship and tolerance take over the shared length of years. Lindy

Set between Prague and Melbourne in 1980, this achingly tender and deceptively simple novel tells of two children who never meet, but who are related through their formidable grandmothers. Ludek in Prague is curious, energetic, boastful and funny. Mala Liska in Melbourne is quiet, observant, dutiful and imaginative. As the novel switches back and forth, deep truths are revealed, about staying and going, sacrifices and resentments, family and the tales they tell to protect themselves - and always, of love. A beautifully rendered, deeply moving story. Lindy Pb $29.99

Favel Parrett

The Memory Pool

Australian Stories of Summer, Sun and Swimming Therese Spruhan

This charming collection of personal stories evokes the summers of childhood spent at the local pool. Associated with fun, freedom and friendship, the pool seems to have been the one place where everyone met as equals. Whether suburban, bayside, sea, country or historic, the contributors (many of them well-known) reminisce about the importance of their special places from all around Australia. Guaranteed to make you nostalgic about your own childhood pools! Lindy Pb $29.99

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Field of Poppies Carmel Bird

Poppies grow around Muckleton, where tree-changers Marsali and William retire in hopes of a simple life. Climate change, rising seas, displacement of millions of refugees and the disappearance of forests and species make the outside world a frightening place. But the town is not as peaceful as they think, and its violent past rises up to meet the shaky present. This social satire is full of sly wit and wisdom, and elegant writing – vintage Bird! Lindy

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Paris Savages

Charlotte Wood

Katherine Johnson Inspired by real events, this novel tells how three Badtjala people from K’gari (Fraser Island) were taken overseas in 1882 to show off their skills and lifestyle.

Unbeknownst to them, they were to be exhibits in human zoos. Mostly narrated by the daughter of the scientist who enticed them to Europe, and who grew up with the Badtjala, whose growing unease increases to horror and sadness as she sees the behaviour of so-called civilised folk. A fine recreation of a tragic part of the past. Lindy Pb $32.99

Red Can Origami Madelaine Dickie

Ava has just landed a job as a reporter in Gubinge, a tiny tropical town in Australia’s north. Ava is hooked on the thrill of going hand-to-hand with barramundi, awed by country, and stunned by pindan sunsets. But a bitter collision between a native title group and a Japanese-owned uranium mining company is ripping the community in half. From the rodeos and fishing holes of northern Australia to the dazzling streets of night-time Tokyo, Ava is swept up in pursuit of the story. Pb $29.99 Due Dec

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Maybe the Horse Will Talk Elliot Perlman “I am absolutely terrified of losing a job I absolutely hate.” Stephen Maserov has problems. Married to teacher Eleanor, he has retrained and is now a second-year lawyer. Despite toiling around the clock to make budget, he’s in imminent danger of being downsized. And to make things worse, Eleanor has asked him to move out. Warm, dramatic and at times laugh-out-loud funny, with the narrative pull of a thriller, this is a love story and a reflection on marriage and friendship. Pb $32.99

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Damascus Christos Tsiolkas Christos Tsiolkas

Griffith Review #66 The Novella Project VII Ashley Hay (Ed)

This is brilliant! It‘s the story of Saul, who on the road to Damascus underwent a profound and shattering experience which converted him from inimical intolerance to being a follower of Yeshua. Moving through time and viewpoints, it is a powerful evocation of a period of societal flux and the beginnings of a sect that was still working out its rules and tenets of belief. A strong and at times raw novel about faith and doubt, power and powerlessness, exile, sacrifice, superstitions and struggle, but also most importantly, of forgiveness.

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Tales of escapes - from who we are, where we’re from and what we know. The stories in this collection traverse continents, cultures and generations: a Javanese artist’s model fights to survive in 19thcentury Paris; a woman reckons with her past from deep within a coma; a trio of performers try to carve a place for themselves in an insular town; a family faces a tragedy that threatens to tear them apart.

From authors including Julienne Van Loon, Mirandi Riwoe, Holly Ringland and Krissy Kneen. Pb $27.99

Invisible Boys Holden Sheppard

Three teenagers - Charlie the neglected, smartmouthed rocker, Zeke whose Sicilian parents don’t appreciate his shy nerdiness, Hammer the obnoxious, posturing football jock - seemingly have nothing in common but their school. But they share a secret - they’re gay. In their small town, a community where masculinity is only of one type, they can’t reveal their true selves.

A powerful, heart-wrenching and believable novel of the pathways open to such boys, the cost of pretence and the decisions they make...

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Of Gods and Men 100 Stories from Classical Literature Daisy Dunn (Ed)

This extensive anthology is a marvellous introduction to some of the greatest and oldest stories of the Western canon. It ranges from the epic poetry of Homer to the histories of Arrian and Diodorus Siculus and the sprawling Theogony of Hesiod; from the tragedies of Aeschylus and Euripides to the biographies of Suetonius and Plutarch and the pen portraits of Theophrastus; and from the comedies of Plautus to the fictions of Petronius and Apuleius. Translators include Elizabeth I, Shelley, T E Lawrence and Ted Hughes. Hb $49.99

Grandmothers Salley Vickers

This novel follows four grandmothers whose lives and grandchildren become unexpectedly entangled Blanche, who can’t seem to stop stealing things from the local pharmacy; Minna, who just wants a quiet life in her shepherd’s hut, though the local children have other ideas; Cherry, who’s adjusting to life in a care home; and Nan, whose favourite occupation is researching funerals. From the author of The Cleaner of Chartres and The Librarian ($19.99 each).

Serotonin Michel Houellebecq

Florent-Claude begrudgingly works as an engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture and is in a selfimposed dysfunctional relationship with a younger woman. When he discovers her ongoing infidelity, he abandons his life in Paris and returns to the countryside of his youth, where he contemplates lost loves and past happiness. His only relief comes in the form of Captorix, a new antidepressant that alters the brain’s release of serotonin. A devastating story of solitude and longing, and a powerful criticism of modern life. Pb $32.99

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The Bee and the Orange Tree Melissa Ashley

Baroness Marie Catherine D’Aulnoy is a celebrated writer, particularly known as the originator of the new fashionable literary form, the fairy tale. It is 1699 and she has withdrawn her youngest daughter Angelina from the convent she has grown up in, to assist the Baroness with her work. At the first salon Angelina attends, she meets the exquisite Alphonse, an emerging writer, and Nicola Tiquet, her mother’s wealthy friend. Over the course of two months, all their lives will change. A richly detailed novel set in a very interesting historical period. Lindy Hb $35

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

& Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll & MinaLima (Illust) Alice needs no introduction and there are countless editions of this beloved classic, but this one is truly special! The latest of the exquisite MinaLima productions, it comes with all the magic of past productions including Peter Pan, The Secret Garden, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast ($39.99 each). Quality stock is used, every page is decorated, each chapter delineated by colourful, discreet elements and the illustrations are highly imaginative! Pieces fold out, or revolve, are laser cut, or include secret inclusions. For the adult collector, or the lucky child to keep and treasure. Lindy Hb $39.99

The Eighth Life (for Brilka) Nino Haratischvili

At the start of the 20th century, on the edge of the Russian Empire, a family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great caution. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste. Great characters come and go and come again, the world shakes, and shakes some more, and the reader rejoices to have found one of those glorious old books in which they can live and learn, and make indelible new friends. Pb $35

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Little Women and Other Novels Louisa May Alcott

Three novels from one of the most beloved American authors.

Middlemarch George Eliot

A chronicle of the 19th-century Midlands town in the midst of political and social change.

Classic Supernatural Stories

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25 tales of the uncanny and macabre by Poe, Lovecraft and more.

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The Death of Jesus J M Coetzee

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Located in a secluded alley somewhere in Tokyo is a cafe that offers its patrons the chance to travel back in time. However, strict rules apply. Four patrons choose to take this journey, one to visit her husband before the onset of Alzheimer’s takes hold, a girlfriend desperate to see her boyfriend, a sister wishing to reconcile, and a mother hoping to meet the daughter she never knew. Kawaguchi’s novel is gently told, at times with a sense of unease, but mostly this will tug at your heartstrings. Charming and delightful - the perfect gift. Greg Pb $18.99

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The World That We Knew Alice Hoffman

When Hanni Kohn realises she must send her 12-yearold daughter Lea away from Berlin the day a Nazi soldier attacks her, she devises a plan with the rabbi’s daughter, Ettie. They create a golem, Ava, who is bound to protect Lea until a safer time. As Lea and Ava flee Berlin, they meet people who will help - and people who will not. Winding through the narrative are stories of others with whom they come into contact. Elegantly written, this has the transformative qualities of a modern fairy tale, grounded in tragedy, survival, hope and love. Lindy Pb $32.99

After The Childhood of Jesus ($22.99) and The Schooldays of Jesus ($23.99), Coetzee completes his trilogy. David has grown to be a tall 10-year-old. He is a natural at soccer, but he refuses to do sums and will not read any books except Don Quixote. One day Julio, the director of a nearby orphanage, invites David and his friends to form a proper soccer team. Before long, he succumbs to a mysterious illness.

Coetzee continues to explore the meaning of a world empty of memory, but brimming with questions. Hb $29.99

Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge is back. She is as blunt and contradictory as always and is navigating the second half of her life as she comes to terms with the changes - sometimes welcome, sometimes not - in her own existence and in those around her. Olive adjusts to her new life with her second husband, challenges her estranged son and his family to accept him, experiences loss and loneliness, and witnesses the triumphs and heartbreaks of her friends and neighbours in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine. Hb $29.99

The Dutch House Ann Patchett

Maeve and Danny Conroy grow up in the Dutch House, a mansion in Pennsylvania bought for their mother, who hates its ostentation and leaves. When their father remarries, Maeve and Danny are in effect exiled from their beloved home. As the years pass, they are constantly drawn back, to look from the outside and conjecture on the happenings within. A multilayered story that moves with ease back and forth through time, about love and revenge and how locations can shape life as much as the people surrounding you - and how the people closest to you can be the most distant.

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Grand Union: Stories Zadie Smith

In 1959, an Antiguan immigrant in north-west London lives the last day of his life. A mother looks back on her early forays into matters of the human heart. A disgraced cop stands amid the broken shards of his life. Interleaving 10 completely new and unpublished stories with some of her best-loved pieces from The New Yorker and elsewhere, Smith presents a sharply alert and slyly prescient collection about time and place, identity and rebirth, the persistent legacies that haunt our present selves and the uncanny futures that rush up to meet us. Pb $32.99

Quichotte Salman Rushdie

Pianos and Flowers

Sam DuChamp, a writer of spy novels, decides to change genres with his new book and do a modern retelling of Cervantes' Don Quixote ($14.99), only this time it’s not windmills our hero will be railing against but modern America, mixed in with his obsessive quest to win the heart of TV star Salma R. A story within a story with DuChamps’ own life often intertwining and overlapping with that of Quichotte’s. There’s a lot to uncover here as Rushdie dazzles with his wordplay and biting satire. Humorous and intelligent, this is quintessential Salman. Greg Pb $32.99

Alexander McCall Smith Taking an assortment of old photographs, the much-loved author weaves tales of possibility, of love and friendship and ordinary moments that hold much joy. He conjures up worlds from a simple image, whether of three sisters in Penang, poverty-stricken boys from Glasgow, or a woman looking for love through the world of Egyptian antiquities. Told with his trademark gentleness and wisdom, these are stories that reveal the depths of the human heart. Hb $29.99

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Funny Bones Kate Temple (Ed)

This great big book is full to bursting with over 100 wonderful stories, jokes, drawings and poems to amuse, delight and entertain. It raises money for charity, and contributors are drawn from the cream of Australian writers and illustrators, including Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton, Hannah Gadsby, Oliver Phommavanh, Belinda Murrell, Nick Earls, Sally Rippin, Tristan Bancks, Jacqueline Harvey, Georgia Productions and many more. A feel-good book that does good!

Lindy Pb $24.99

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.

Antarctica Moira Court

This very attractive picture book cleverly combines counting with the wildlife and topography of the frozen continent. With poetic text (“one freckled speckled leopard seal sailing on an icy blue berg” or “two courtly portly Emperor penguins waddling across the polar plains” for instance) and evocative illustrations that layer woodblock and screen prints against collage, this is a truly beautiful book to share with youngsters aged 3-6. Lindy Hb $24.99

Cunning Crow Gregg Dreise

Before ‘once-upon-a-time’ time, there was the Dreamtime, and all the birds were white. When a rainbow appears, they fly through it and come out beautifully coloured. But Waan the Crow wasn’t content with his red and orange feathers, he wanted more, and he thinks up a cunning plan to get it. Of course, things go awry...

An exuberantly coloured picture book with a timeless message.

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Windcatcher

Diane Jackson Hill & Craig Smith

The Good, the Bad and the Silly

Shearwaters are one of nature’s miracles. Such small birds and such long life journeys as they fly from one side of the world to the other twice a year! Following the story of a banded female shearwater, this is told in straightforward prose with dashes of lyricism, and illustrated in generous sea-hued swathes of ink and watercolour. A wonderful book to introduce young children to the lives of these amazing seabirds. Lindy Hb $24.99

Stories of Our Past

John Dickson & Bern Emmerichs The latest in the award-winning series of colonial history, told for young readers. There are 15 stories, including Sydney’s first hospital, convicts trying to walk to China, the response to platypuses, the first cricket team to tour England, the ill-managed Burke and Wills expedition and the war on emus. Playful yet scholarly text, complemented by splendid illustrations based on painted porcelain. Ages 9-12. Lindy Hb $29.99

Summer Time

Antonia Pesenti & Hilary Bell This bright and cheerful picture book celebrates the Australian summer. With references to time woven throughout the text, it captures the essence of the season from mangoes to mozzies, bushfires to barbequed sausages, swimming to school shoes! From the duo that created the bestselling Alphabetical Sydney ($24.99), this is another book to share with children (aged 4-7) and overseas visitors! Lindy Pb $24.99

Prisoners of Geography Tim Marshall

This is the 2015 geopolitical bestseller Prisoners of Geography ($22.99), now rewritten for children.

Lavishly and colourfully illustrated, it explains how geography is a major factor in history - how landscape has stopped invasions, how weather has created problems, how oceans both protect and isolate civilisations, and why some places are rich and others not. Simplified, but not condescending, it shows young readers how to consider history in different ways. Hb $35

A Hollow is a Home

Abbie Mitchell & Astred Hicks Hollows are essential habitat for hundreds of our native birds, reptiles and animals (as well as insects, amphibians and other small critters). This informative book explains clearly and concisely and without condescension everything from how hollows are formed, to the creatures who use them, what they require of their homes, threats and alternatives to hollows and the scientists who study the animals. A mixture of photographs and illustrations make this useful, attractive and colourful - one for the young naturalist aged 7-11. Lindy Pb $29.99

Fauna

Cooee Mittigar A Story on Darug Songlines

Jasmine Seymour & Leanne Mulgo Watson ‘Come here, friend’ is this title’s translation, as the author and illustrator welcome the reader to Naru (Country) of the Sydney region. They share simple stories of time and seasons, of the animals and plants that flourish in turn, and importantly, words from the language of the proud Darug peoples. The stylised and visually appealing illustrations are full of movement and the colours of the bush. A timeless picture book worth sharing with all ages - budyeri! Lindy Hb $24.99

Australia’s Most Curious Creatures

Mr Chicken All Over Australia Leigh Hobbs

Tania McCartney

As a consequence of eons of isolation, Australia is home to many animal curiosities, and this brightly illustrated book is full of many examples of our fabulous animals. Double-page spreads may concentrate on one particular animal or on an assortment of creatures, but each is full of fascinating facts and expressive illustrations that catch the essence of the subject. Books like this make science fun and interesting, and go far to nurture budding scientists of the future!

Ages 7-11 Hb $24.99

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He's baaack! The lovable giant yellow chicken has been receiving fan letters inviting him to visit Australia, so with the help of a friendly marsupial he sets off to go everywhere, see everything and meet everyone. Crisscrossing the countryside, visiting lots of Big Things in places with melodious names, discovering the delights of the local cuisine - Mr Chicken does it with style! Full of lots of sly references and Hobbs' trademark anarchic humour, this will delight readers from 5 all the way up to very old!

Lindy Hb $24.99

Animal Atlas Anne Rooney & Lucy Rose

Myths and Legends of the World

Divided into seven geographic regions, this fascinating book is full of maps, photographs and illustrations. Unfold the pages of each map to reveal habitats, lift the flaps to learn more about the depicted species, look under smaller flaps to discover yet more information! A bright and well laid out book to capture the curiosity of young readers aged 6-9.

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Alli Brydon & Julia Iredale

Boldly illustrated, this is a stirring book about creation, battles, thwarted desires, deceit, talking animals, heroes and powerful women - all the best themes! Myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, America, Asia and the Arctic are given more space than the usual European tales, so it is a wonderful mix introducing the reader to a wider range of epic and traditional stories from around the globe. Ages 9-13. Lindy Hb $29.99

Hidden Wonders

A Guide to the Planet’s Wildest, Weirdest Places

Seek and Find Cities

Nicole Maggi

A Globetrotting Adventure

Cat and Bird have planned an amazing around-theworld trip and have lists of things to see, do, eat and visit. Whether Tokyo in the rush hour, a running festival in Sydney, the end of the Tour de France in Paris, Chinese New Year in Beijing, a souk in Morocco, the Carnival in Rio or the Day of the Dead in Mexico, amongst other destinations, there’s plenty to learn, look for and find in the vivid illustrations.

Ages 6-9. Lindy Pb $14.99

The world is full of weird and extraordinary places, and this highly illustrated book will introduce the adventurous kid to over 200 curious locations and natural phenomena that are mostly off the beaten track. Spark their imagination with such things as underground grottos and underwater post offices, Giant Pink Slugs and migrating Red Crabs, lakes full of sculptures and lakes full of lolly-pink water, swimming with pigs or swinging off ropes at the end of the world - and admit to yourself how much fun that would be, whatever your age! Lindy Hb $29.99

The Big World of Fun Facts H W Poole

How Trains Work

Kate Baker & Sandra de la Prada

Clive Gifford & James Gulliver Hancock

Within the 200-plus pages of this large and vibrantly illustrated book there are thousands of bits of information fit to burst the brain of any avid young fact collector! Themes range from countries of the world to people and culture, food and drink to sports and games, religion and faith to holidays and celebrations, arts and entertainment to transport and communications, nature and animals to school and work. A fabulous book for ages 8-12. Hb $29.99

If you’ve got a junior trainspotter, then this is the book for them! There are pages to unfold, flaps to lift and loads of information about trains: oldest, newest, fastest, longest, workhorse, luxurious! Travel through tunnels, climb mountains, go undersea and chug across bridges. Learn as well as be entertained.

Wonderfully illustrated companion to the bestselling How Cities Work and How Airports Work ($24.99 each) and every bit as good! Ages 5-8. Lindy Hb $24.99

The Flag Book

Every country has a flag and every flag has a story behind it! Includes sections explaining what flags are, the meanings and symbolism of colour, images and design, semaphore, ensigns, sports flags, coats of arms, pirate flags, and the flags of every country (and their states) from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. A colourful book filled with hundreds of fascinating facts - the perfect gift for any nascent vexillologist! Lindy Hb $29.99

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Silver Chris Hammer Chris Hammer

Martin Scarsdale, last seen in Scrublands ($16.99), has finished writing his exposé and is joining his new partner Mandy in Port Silver, his childhood town. But as he enters their unit, he stumbles across the still warm body of a former friend/real estate agent, and finds Mandy covered in blood. So starts another gripping page-turner, full of secrets, shenanigans and assorted sordid and shameful events. As Martin reconnects with his past and grapples with the present, he could be about to muck up his promising future... I read this in one long go as I couldn’t bear to put it down! Lindy

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Christian White

Kate is happily married to John, a palliative care physician – but he hasn’t been telling her the truth.

Abby lives on Belport Island, with her underemployed husband Ray, Christian White who she starts to think is keeping something from her. John’s body is found at Belport, and Abby suspects Ray is a killer… Alternating between Kate and Abby, this compelling story has a twisty hook to dangle the reader from – just as you would expect from the bestselling author of The Nowhere Child ($16.99). Lindy Pb $32.99

Peace Garry Disher

True West David Whish-Wilson

Constable Paul Hirschhausen runs a one-cop station in the dry farming country south of the Flinders Ranges. Christmas is here and, apart from a grass fire, two boys stealing a ute and Brenda Flann entering the front bar of the pub without exiting her car, Hirsch’s life has been peaceful. Until he’s called to a strange, vicious incident in Kitchener Street. And Sydney police ask him to look in on a family living outside town on a forgotten back road.

Suddenly it doesn’t look like the season of goodwill after all. Pb $29.99

Western Australia, 1988. After betraying the Knights bikie gang, 17-year-old Lee Southern flees to the city with nothing left to lose. Working as a rogue tow-truck driver, he is captured by right-wing extremists whose combination of seduction and blackmail keeps him on the wrong side of the law. As the true nature of what drives his captors unfolds, Lee becomes an unwilling participant in a breathtakingly ambitious plot - and a cold-blooded crime that will show just how much he, and everyone else, still has to lose. Pb $29.99

Dead Man Switch Tara Moss

Sydney 1946, and Billie Walker - sexy, smart and nobody's fool - has reopened her late father’s detective agency. Her husband is missing, presumed dead, and she isn’t going to wait for another man to save her. Her bread-and-butter work is trailing unfaithful spouses, but when a mother asks Billie to find her young son, she soon finds nefarious Sydney criminals are involved. With a feisty heroine in Fighting Red lipstick, meticulous historical detail and a gripping plot, this is the first in what I hope will be a long continuing series! Lindy Pb $32.99

Lee Child

In a nameless city, two ruthless rival criminal gangs - one Albanian, the other Ukrainian - are competing for control. Reacher is on a Greyhound bus watching an elderly man sleeping in his seat with a fat envelope of cash hanging out of his pocket. Another passenger is watching too, obviously hoping to get rich quick, but Reacher steps in. The old man is grateful, yet turns down Jack’s offer to help him home. He’s vulnerable, scared and clearly .99 in big, big trouble... Pb $32.99

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

From 1887 to 1927, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, and the success of the great detective brought many imitators and rivals. Doyle also acknowledged his debt to earlier writers, including Edgar Alan Poe and Emile Gaboriau.

The 17 classic mystery stories here all feature the exploits of great detectives, from authors including Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, E W Hornung and Baroness Orczy. Holmes authority Leslie Klinger opens the anthology with an essay, The Origins of Sherlock Holmes. Hb $40.95

Nat, a 47-year-old veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, but with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a ragtag band of spies. This is a chilling portrait of our time, part heartbreaking, part darkly humorous, told with unflagging tension by the undisputed king of espionage novels. Pb $32.99

Blue Moon Jack Reacher #24

Originally published in 1990 with a print run of just 1000 copies, this is a long lost thriller from the highly acclaimed author. The US is pulling out its troops in a wave of isolationism, and Britain is caught between it and her European allies. A space shuttle crashes to earth with one survivor, who is quickly vilified. A technician wonders why a colleague never returned from sick leave, and tries to find him – but only finds more trouble than he thought possible, involving the American military, MI6 and his former girlfriend… Pb $32.99

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John Le Carré

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Westwind Ian Rankin

The Greatest Detective Stories: 1837-1914

Agent Running in the Field

Under Occupation Alan Furst

Paris in 1942 is a treacherous place. Just before he dies, a man being chased by the Gestapo passes a document to Paul Ricard. He realises it's a secret military plan smuggled out of Germany to aid the French resistance. As he is drawn deeper and deeper into the resistance network, his increasingly dangerous assignments lead him to travel to Germany, using underground safe houses, all the way to the mysterious and beautiful spy, Leila. A matchless espionage novel!

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Darkness for Light Caleb Zelic #3 Emma Viskic

After a lifetime of bad decisions, troubled PI Caleb Zelic is finally making good ones, but he can’t escape his past. A violent confrontation forces him back into contact with his doublecrossing partner, Frankie. When her niece is kidnapped, Frankie and Caleb must work together to save the girl’s life, but their efforts will risk everything, including their own lives. Pb $29.99

The Strangers We Know

Pip Drysdale

Charlie catches a glimpse from a distance of a man on a dating app who is the spitting image of her husband Oliver. She tells herself she must be mistaken, but when other signs of betrayal begin to appear, she does the only thing she can think of - she signs up to the app to catch Oliver out. But suddenly infidelity is the least of her problems, for nothing is as it seems and nobody is who she thinks they are… Pb $29.99

Emma Viskic

The Siberian Dilemma

The Autumn Murders Robert Gott

Martin Cruz Smith

In the autumn of 1944, George Starling prepares to exact revenge on the person he hates most in the world (and he has a long list of people he hates), Detective Joe Sable of the Melbourne homicide division. Driven by his dark passion for Nazism, he's going to make sure that nothing and no one will stand in his way and survive. A stylish, historical whodunit written with great insight into the dark corners of the mind where the worst of us hides. Pb $29.99

Arkady Renko’s part-time lover, journalist Tatiana Petrovna, disappears while investigating the shadowy world of Russian political figures and big wig oil oligarchs, so Renko embarks on a dangerous journey to find her. In a land of shamans and brutally cold nights, the iconic Moscow investigator will need all his wits about him to get Tatiana home alive. Pb $32.99

This Storm James Ellroy

January 1942 and America is reeling after the Pearl Harbour attacks. Massive thunderstorms hit LA, and another big storm is brewing after a gold heist explodes out of the past. It’s been five years since Ellroy’s last novel Perfidia ($24.99), but his fans won’t be disappointed - this is packed with murder, robbery, torture, sexual intrigue, racism, drug abuse, prostitution... By turns savage and tender, it lays bare crazed Americans of all stripes.

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Blood in the Water

Jack Flynn

Homeland Security agent Kit Steel is committed to avenge terrorism. And she's after her nemesis, one of the world's most ruthless and dangerous criminals, Vincente Carpio. He has the blood of her husband and young son on his hands, and Kit is unwavering in her determination to see him behind bars forever.

A gripping race against time, action-packed story of international terrorism set in a freezing Boston winter. Pb $29.99

The Guardians John Grisham

The Long Call Ann Cleeves

For 22 years, Quincy Miller has sat on death row for killing a lawyer. But there were no witnesses and no motive. Just the fact that Quincy was black in an all-white town and that a bloodsplattered torch was found in the boot of his car. A torch he swore was planted. Now an innocence lawyer takes on his case. But there were powerful and ruthless people behind the murder. They prefer that an innocent man goes to his death than one of them. They killed one lawyer 22 years ago and they'll kill another one without a second thought. Pb $32.99

This Poison Will Remain Fred Vargas

When three elderly men are bitten by spiders, their deaths are presumed to be accidental, but at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg suspects the case is much more complex, and he’s soon investigating a series of rumours and allegations in the south of France. Decades ago, at La Misericorde orphanage, shocking events took place involving the same species of spider - crimes which now hold the key to proving the three men were targeted by an ingenious serial killer. Pb 32.99

The captivating first novel in a new series from the creator of Vera and Shetland. In North Devon, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside a church as his father's funeral takes place inside, for he has long since turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up. Now he's back to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region: a man has been found stabbed to death on the beach. Venn’s investigation will take him back into the community he left behind, and the deadly secrets that lurk there. Pb $29.99

Ice Cold Heart P J Tracy

On a bitterly cold winter night, Kelly Ramage leaves her suburban home, telling her husband she's going to meet a friend. She never comes back. When her body is discovered, murdered in what seems to be a sex game gone horribly wrong, Detectives Gino and Magozzi take the case, expecting to find a flirtatious trail leading straight to the killer. However, Kelly's sinister lover has done a disturbingly good job of hiding his identity, and it soon becomes clear she isn't his first victim and she won't be his last. Pb $32.99

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Gulpilil Derek Rielly

Gulpilil has been a staple of Australian cinema for over 30 years, and this book is a testament to the great actor’s achievements and charisma. Although there have definitely been some dark passages in Gulpilil’s world, this book celebrates his life with recollections from people such as Jack Thompson, Phillip Noyce, Margaret Pomeranz and many others, highlighting his incredible career and his stamp on the Australian film industry. This book will inspire you to revisit his films and appreciate the enormous contribution he has made to Australian culture. Greg Hb $29.99

Bob Hawke The Complete Biography Blanche d’Alpuget

This is the original 1982 biography, now fully reworked and brought up to date, and is a brick of a book. Covering Hawke’s earliest years, his union career, his rise through the ranks as a politician to become Australia’s longest-serving Labor PM, and his life after politics, this pays tribute to a man of great energy, charm, commitment and humanity.

Includes many never-before-seen photographs.

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Tell Me Why

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The Story of My Life and My Music

Archie Roach

From the master singer-songwriter comes this moving, powerful and inspiring story of his life and music. A stolen child, a lost soul in his teens and early adulthood, an alcoholic, a man who found the love of his life, and found his voice, and now a revered elder - Archie Roach has lived many lives. Trauma, heartbreak, loss have been paired with community, family, survival, and music has given him strength throughout it all.

A story of resilience, spirit and healing. Hb $49.99

Geoffrey Blainey Writer, Historian, Controversialist Richard Allsop

This comprehensive study examines the career and work of Blainey, one of our most significant historians.

As a protagonist in the ’history wars’, he has been stereotyped as a conservative historian, but this book argues that much of his historical writing, both in method and outlook, has been far from conservative. Should spark interesting discussions about history and how it’s portrayed! Pb $34.95 Due Dec

Penny Wong Passion and Principle

Yellow Notebook Diaries Volume One 1978-1987

Margaret Simons

Helen Garner

Helen Garner has kept a diary for almost all her life.

But until now, those exercise books - filled with her thoughts, observations, frustrations and joys - have been locked away, out of bounds, in a laundry cupboard.

Recorded with frankness, humour and steel-sharp wit, these accounts of her everyday life provide an intimate insight into the work of one of Australia’s greatest living writers. This elegant hardback edition spans the decade beginning in 1978, just after the publication of her first novel, Monkey Grip ($19.99). Hb $29.99

A revelatory portrait of one of the most talented, poised and respected Australian politicians. Simons traces her story from her early life in Malaysia to her student activism in Adelaide to her time in the turbulent Rudd and Gillard governments. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Wong and her Labor colleagues, parliamentary opponents and close friends and family, this is a scintillating insight into an Australian politician. Pb $34.99

Womerah Lane Lives and Landscapes

Tom Carment

Frank & Fearless

This special book contains a mix of biography, landscape writing and musings on art and the processes of making it, as well as stories of the communities that plein-air artist Tom Carment has been part of, most particularly a street in inner-Sydney. Its gently observant and conversational style perfectly matches the softly-hued, fluid-of-line watercolour, pencil and oil illustrations liberally scattered throughout.

A quiet book full of joy. Lindy Pb $39.95

Nicholas Cowdery & Rachael Jane Chin Cowdery was the Director of Public Prosecutions for NSW for 16 years. This book describes some of the most significant cases that came before his office and explores larger questions of justice reform. Interesting insights into cases such as the Gilham family murders, Gordon Wood and the death of Caroline Byrne, Keli Lane and her missing child, or the assisted dying of Graeme Wylie, amongst others, reveal processes most of us will never need to experience, but which we have to trust are performed to the highest standards.

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Tom Carment

Olive Cotton

A Life in Photography

Helen Ennis

Maurice Blackburn Champion of the People David Day

A socialist and internationalist all his life, twice expelled from the Labor Party for his principles, Blackburn became a leading opponent of conscription in both world wars, a supporter of rights for women, an advocate for peace and a tireless campaigner for transforming Australia so that it served the interests of all its people. Part love story, part gripping political thriller, the poignant story of the much-lauded Maurice Blackburn exposes a time when influence-peddling was rife and when a man of principle could still make a big difference to the course of Australian politics. Hb $49.99

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Olive Cotton fell in love with photography as a teenager, and shared this passion with a boy from Ashfield. That boy was Max Dupain, who she worked with and eventually married. And divorced. Her second husband took her bush, where they lived in primitive conditions and raised a family. She continued her photography, running a small studio in Cowra. Late in life her work was rediscovered, and her importance recognised. This splendid biography unearths a quietly determined and self-effacing woman, whose artistic integrity was never compromised despite the grinding demands of everyday life. Also contains excellent mini-chapters on Cotton’s most important works. Whole-heartedly recommended! Lindy Hb $49.99

The Shelf Life of Zora Cross Cathy Perkins

In 1917, Zora Cross caused a sensation with a provocative book of poetry which celebrated sexual passion. She was a free-thinking woman in an age which did not reward such unconventionality, and this finely written biography brings a long-neglected writer back to life. An actress, unmarried mother, divorcée and defacto wife, she also corresponded with a number of important literary figures. Despite living in financial difficulties for most of her life, she never gave up writing. A fascinating woman rescued from obscurity! Pb $29.95

Lost Letters from Vienna Sue Course

ANZAC and Aviator

The Remarkable Story of Sir Ross Smith and the 1919 England to Australia Air Race

Michael Molkentin

Ross Smith is one of our aviation heroes and this compulsively readable account brings him back to life. Raised on a remote sheep station, he fought at Gallipoli and Sinai with the Light Horse before volunteering to join the fledgling Australian Flying Corps. He emerged highly decorated, gained international fame for leading the first aircrew to fly from England to Australia, and then died tragically young in an attempt to circumnavigate the world by air. A ripping yarn that brilliantly captures the life and times of a determined man. Pb $32.99

Michael Molkentin

The Mountbattens Their Lives and Loves

When the author found a box of airmail letters, she realised they were from her parents and grandparents and were written at the time of the Nazi invasion of Vienna in 1938. They revealed a gripping tale of war experiences, and were further fleshed out through diaries and family memoirs. This book documents the dislocation and struggle of those who had to leave behind their homes, culture and family, and the loss of identity that came with this displacement, particularly in Australia - a far cry from the Viennese society they left behind. Pb $32.95

Andrew Lownie

Edwina Ashley was the richest girl in Britain when she married the glamorous Louis Mountbatten, a greatgrandson of Queen Victoria, in 1922. She was a playgirl and, as it turned out, marriage didn’t stop her - or Dickie, as he was known - from taking other lovers. But their partnership was impressive, and WWII changed their lives. Edwina became universally admired for her humanitarian work, and Dickie - well, he may have been a product of his own PR machine... Draws on many interviews and archival research, and very readable! Lindy Pb $32.99

Mutual Admiration Society

How Dorothy L Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women

Lady in Waiting

Mo Moulton

My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

A detailed and thoroughly researched book about Dorothy L Sayers and her circle of friends from Somerville College. At a time when women weren’t able to graduate from Oxford, despite fulfilling the course requirements, DLS and other girls formed a literary society to encourage, debate and support each other in their efforts. Whilst the group changed, a number of the women stayed connected over the years and went on to become professional and public intellectuals. An absorbing study of women, friendship and lives lived through a time of great change. Lindy Pb $32.99

Anne Glenconner

Lady Anne was born to immense wealth, which she could never inherit, and a lifestyle both glittering and restrictive. She grew up friends with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, was Maid of Honour at the Coronation and Margaret’s Lady in Waiting. Her husband Lord Glenconner (who owned the island of Mustique) was a difficult and volatile man, two of their sons died early, and she inherited nothing upon his death.

Throughout it all, she retained her wit and vivacity and this intimate account of life in the royal circle will certainly fascinate! Pb $32.99

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The Man in the Red Coat Julian Barnes The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending ($19.99) presents the life story of pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi, a rational and scientific man with a famously complicated private life, one that played out against the backdrop of the Parisian Belle Epoque - an age of glamour and pleasure, but also rampant prejudice, decadence and violence. Witty, surprising and deeply researched, this book also illuminates the fruitful and longstanding exchange of ideas between Britain and France, making a compelling case for keeping that exchange alive. Hb $39.99

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Beethoven The Relentless Revolutionary John Clubbe

Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in Bonn, where they were fervently discussed in cafes and at the university.

At 21, he moved to Vienna to study with Haydn, gaining renown as a master pianist and innovative composer. Through letters, portraits and other personal papers, and by setting him alongside the major artists of the time, Clubbe illuminates Beethoven’s role as a lifelong revolutionary. Hb $62.95

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James Cook

The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World

Peter FitzSimons

James Cook, a Yorkshire farm boy, would go on to be the foremost navigator, mariner and cartographer of his era. This focuses on the Endeavour voyage and contrasts Cook with Joseph Banks, the aristocratic playboy botanist - everything Cook wasn’t. With characteristic dash and verve, FitzSimons reveals Cook’s strengths, weaknesses, passions, pursuits, failures and successes. Hb $49.99

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Macquarie started life as a poor Scottish farm boy, joined the British army, saw war on five continents and became governor of New Holland. He is credited with transforming a penal colony into a prosperous agricultural society, but his ambitions brought him into conflict with the Indigenous peoples. He laid the foundations of a great nation on the dispossession of the original peoples - so was he a tyrant or an egalitarian?

Drawing on Macquarie’s journals, this is a lively and engaging portrait of a complex man. Hb $39.99

Buckley’s Chance

Convict Colony The Remarkable Story of the

The Incredible True Story of William Buckley and How He Conquered a New World

Fledgling Settlement that Survived Against the Odds

David Hill

The bestselling author turns his pen to the remarkable story of how the white settlement of Sydney managed to survive its first decades.

The motley crew of unruly marines and bedraggled convicts who arrived at Botany Bay nearly starved to death, but thanks to some fortunate decisions, good leaders and a fair bit of luck, the high-risk venture began to thrive.

Well researched and readable narrative history.

David Hill

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Caroline’s Dilemma A Colonial Inheritance Saga Bettina Bradbury

Garry Linnell

William Buckley, barely 21, is transported to Australia for theft, but upon arrival manages to escape and disappear into the Australian bush.

Adopted by an aboriginal tribe who regard him as a ghost, he is initiated into their rich and complex culture. Given up for dead by his white captors, he will not be seen for over 30 years.

Then one day he emerges, carrying a spear, dressed in animal skins and having forgotten how to speak English. The story of a man prepared to defy all odds and take a chance. Buckley’s chance! Pb $34.99

Mallee Country Land, People, History

In the 19th century, when a man died, he could still control the fate of his children. Edward Kearney left his widow Caroline 100 pounds a year, but only if she took their six children to Ireland to be educated. She had never been to Ireland; her own family was in Australia and she certainly didn’t want to be at the mercy of her husband’s Irish Catholic family. So started her fight to control her own destiny and that of her children...

Riveting storytelling combined with historical detective work! Pb $34.99

Richard Broome, Charles Fahey, Andrea Gaynor & Katie Holmes

Carefully managed by Indigenous people over 50,000 years, mallee lands were dramatically transformed by settlers. Sheep, rabbits, clearing and wheat growing all had their impact, but the land has also shaped the people. Innovation and tenacity have gone hand-in-hand with hardship and failure, and this powerful environmental history relates the story of a landscape and the people who have come to admire and conserve it. Pb $39.95

The Lost Boys

The Untold Stories of the Under-age Soldiers who Fought in the First World War

Paul Byrnes

Around 170 Australian servicemen under the age of 18 died in WWI. This fine book tells of 50 or so of the young boys (and a girl) who enlisted, almost all of whom did not return. Arranged chronologically, from Gallipoli to the Armistice, with splendid photographic portraits taken before they shipped out (and sometimes when they reached the battlefields). A profoundly moving and richly detailed testament to the tragedy of wasted young lives, but one that gives life back to their short spans.

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The Battle of Long Tan

The Company Commander’s Story

Harry Smith

On 18 August 1966, 108 Australian soldiers held their ground against 2,500 Vietnamese troops at Long Tan. When the battle subsided, 18 Australian soldiers lay dead and 24 had been wounded; captured documents later confirmed over 500 enemy killed and 800 wounded. Leading the Australians was Major Harry Smith and now, 53 years later, he tells his story. He takes us on extraordinary journey – not just of the battle and its aftermath, but his own personal battles, including recovery from an horrific parachute accident and his struggles with bureaucracy to get recognition for his soldiers. Pb $29.99

Battle on 42nd Street

War in Crete & the Anzacs’ Bloody Last Stand

Peter Monteath

Drawing on records and recollections of both Allied and German forces, as well as local Cretans, this tells of one of the most gruesome battles of WWII. In May 1941, following a week of relentless bombing by the Luftwaffe, a unit of German mountain troops approached the Allies’ defensive line, known as 42nd Street. Australian and New Zealand soldiers counter-attacked with fixed bayonets. A thoroughly researched and well-told account. Pb $34.99

Where Soldiers Lie

The Quest to Find Australia’s Missing War Dead

Ian McPhedran

Over 35,000 Australian servicemen are still listed as missing in action from the wars of the 20th century.

This is the story of those dedicated researchers, forensic investigators, military experts and veterans who search for and identify the fallen, and bring them home again. From the green battlefields of France to the jungles of Vietnam, this is a powerful, moving and compelling account. Hb $39.99

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Please Gamble Irresponsibly The Rise, Fall and Rise of Sports Gambling in Australia

In Living Memory

Titus O’Reily

Alasdair McGregor

This book from Australian Geographic surveys the middle decades of the 20th century with a collection of fascinating, surprising and entertaining photographs of everyday life. It places the images in their historical context with a thoughtful essay to introduce each of the four chapters - the way we lived, moved, worked and played. This warmly nostalgic collection will appeal to all ages, but especially those who remember the milkman, the dunny man and the ice chest, or cheered on Dennis Lillee’s moustache, or took part in the ‘bikini wars’ on Bondi Beach. Hb $59.99

Punters in Australia lose more money gambling than those in any other country.

Australians will gamble on anything, and thanks to the internet, mobile phones and tax-loving governments, Australians can indulge their love of a punt no matter what they’re doing! This book traces the history of gambling in Australia from the convict era to the rise of SP bookies and organised crime, the legalisation and commercialisation of the industry and the threat it now poses to the integrity of sport. Pb $34.99

This is What a Feminist Looks Like

1956 The Year Australia Welcomed the World

Emily Maguire

An engrossing account of a pivotal year in Australian history - when Melbourne hosted the summer Olympics (the first to be held outside Europe or North America); when television arrived on our shores; and when PM Bob Menzies opened the country’s doors to refugees from the Hungarian uprising, allowed British nuclear tests at Maralinga and tried to resolve the Suez Crisis.

The world came to Australia in 1956, challenging rusted-on habits and indelibly shifting the nation’s perception of itself. Pb $35

Nick Richardson

The Rise and Rise of Australian Feminism

An informative, illustrated account of Australian feminism and a celebration of the women of the past who fought for, and won, the basic rights modern women enjoy. Whether the right of widows to their own children (yes, it once wasn’t automatic!) or the right to vote, the right to work as they wanted, or the right to drink in public bars, this shows what women have won. Exactly the book to give to anyone in your life who needs to understand what’s been achieved by women determined to fight! Lindy Pb $29.99

Venus and Aphrodite History of a Goddess

Roman Mythology

The modern notion of Venus as the goddess of love understates the power invested in this ancient deity.

This book explores the connections between Roman Venus and the Greek goddess Aphrodite, and the origins in still more prehistoric goddesses of the East, sometimes concerned with fertility and procreation, and other times with war and dread. Thoroughly researched and drawing on art, archaeology, myth and philosophy, it shows how perceptions of this goddess have mirrored human anxiety and sexual prejudice over millennia. Pb $29.99

David Stuttard

Bettany Hughes

Vox Populi

Roman mythology embraced many influences native, Greek, the conquered gods and goddesses of the empire - and dealt with foundation, family and fate. This erudite book takes the reader through time, from before Rome began until the Gaulish invasions of 390BC, and through space, following Aeneas’ journey from Troy to Italy. It relays various versions of the stories, gives historical context and even advice for modern-day travellers who wish to walk in the pathways of myth. A complete guide!

Lindy Hb $29.99

Power and the People

A compelling tour of the classical world, revealing how the power, scope and fascination of their ideas makes the Ancient Romans and Greeks so important and influential today. For over 2,000 years, these ideas have been instrumental in shaping the world - everything from philosophy, history and architecture to language and grammar - astonishing intellectual, political and literary achievements that live today. Hb $27.99

People are imperfect and so is democracy. Its first appearance lasted 200 years 2000 years ago; its current (now slightly soiled) manifestations arose 200 years ago after a long hiatus. Perhaps it is time to look back at its origins, to see if we can learn any lessons from the way Ancient Greece handled the process. This fascinating, thought-provoking and lucid book examines how it started, five key precepts we can take from then, and cases where Athenian-style democracy is re-emerging. Lindy Hb $35

Six Lessons in Democracy from Ancient Athens

Peter Jones

Imperial Tragedy

From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568

Alev Scott & Andronike Makres

Crossing the Rubicon

Michael Kulikowski

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A Traveller’s Guide from Troy to Tivoli

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Classical World But Were Afraid to Ask

For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers. Its influence spread across Europe, North Africa and the Middle-East, its military force fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the definitive split, the Vandal sack of Rome, and the crumbling of the Empire into kingdoms first nominally under Imperial rule and then, one by one, beyond it. This traces that gradual decline, and how it wasn't one catastrophic moment that broke the Empire, but a long creeping process of disintegration.

Titus O'Reily

Caesar’s Decision and the Fate of Rome

Luca Fezzi

One of the most famous events in Roman history is retold in this gripping account of the clash between Caesar and Pompey. Using a wide range of primary sources, the author shows how Pompey’s decision to abandon Rome shocked the Roman people, severely weakened the city, and set in motion a chain of events that allowed Caesar to take power.

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The Scythians Nomad Warriors of the Steppe Barry Cunliffe

Digging Up Britain

Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians ranged across the Asian steppe bordered by China, Persia and Greece. Inevitably they came into contact with their neighbours, sometimes in conflict, other times in trade. Herodotus wrote about their beliefs, belligerence and burial practices, and it is from their well-preserved graves we now know of their rich material culture. Cunliffe reconstructs the lost world of these nomadic warriors, bringing to life their vanished civilisation. Hb $49.95

Ten Discoveries, a Million Years of History

Mike Pitts

This thoroughly engrossing book details 10 major British excavations of the last decade, stepping back through time from a Viking massacre to pre-Homo sapiens hominids of 900,000 years ago. Advances in technology have expanded archaeological knowledge to an extraordinary degree, although there is still much to discover! The snapshots of these digs reveal cultures that were as different from each other as they are from our’s, and the surprising origins of the different settlers are explored. Written by an archaeologist for the general reader, this is erudite and accessible. Lindy Hb $49.99

Accursed Tower

The Crusaders’ Last Battle for the Holy Land

Roger Crowley

The city of Acre, powerfully fortified and richly provisioned, was the last crusader stronghold. When it fell in 1291, it signalled the bloody end of 200 years of Christian crusading in the Holy Land. This is the thrilling story of the tumultuous and violent attack on Acre, the heaviest bombardment before the age of gunpowder, which left this once great Mediterranean city a crumbling ruin. Hb $49.99

Crusaders

An Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

Dan Jones

The complicated and convoluted history of the various crusades is told here in an immensely readable, yet thoroughly researched, way.

Arranged sequentially and chronologically, it is a kaleidoscope of intriguing and colourful perspectives - Christian, Muslim, male, female - and the tidal shifts and power plays of the various characters involved. From the First Crusade to the expulsion of the Moors from Spain, this is narrative history at its finest! Lindy Hb $45

The Brothers York An English Tragedy Thomas Penn

In early 1461, a 17-year-old boy won a battle on a freezing morning in the Welsh borderland and claimed the crown of England as Edward IV, first king of the usurping house of York. Magnetic and narcissistic, Edward found himself on the throne.

Alongside him were his two younger brothers - the unstable, petulant George, Duke of Clarence, and the boy who would emerge from his shadow, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. The house of York should have been the dynasty that the Tudors became. Its tragedy was that it devoured itself. Hb $59.99

Richard III The Self-Made King Michael Hicks

Richard III, the last Yorkist king and the final monarch of the Plantagenet dynasty, only ruled for the final two years of his life. While much attention has been given to his short reign, this definitive biography explores the whole of Richard’s fascinating life and traces the unfolding of his character and career from his early years as the son of a duke to his violent death at the battle of Bosworth. Hb $59.99

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Leadership in War

Lessons from Those Who Made History

Andrew Roberts

Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War and the Falklands, Roberts presents us with a bracingly honest and insightful look at nine major figures in modern history - Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, George C Marshall, Charles de Gaulle, Dwight D Eisenhower and Margaret Thatcher. With his trademark verve and incisive observation, Roberts reveals the qualities that doom even the most promising leaders to failure, and the qualities that lead to victory. Hb $55

Marie Antoinette

The Making of a French Queen

John Hardman

Who was the real Marie Antoinette? She was mistrusted and reviled in her own time, and today is portrayed as a lightweight incapable of understanding the events that engulfed her.

This new account redresses the balance and sheds fresh light on her story, showing how she played a significant, but misunderstood, role in the crisis of the monarchy. Hb $49.99

The Europeans

Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

Orlando Figes

Legacy

One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took on the World

Thomas Harding

Harding’s latest charts the rise and fall of one of the most influential dynasties in British history through the lives of five astonishing generations.

Both sweeping and intimate, it is a story of sacrifice and selflessness, betrayal and personal tragedy, and Empire and its cost. A panoramic new history of modern Britain, as told through the story of one extraordinary family, and one groundbreaking company. Pb $35

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This is a highly original, panoramic account of how the huge aesthetic, economic, technological and legal changes of the 19th century created a genuinely pan-European culture. Yet it is also an intimate story of a great writer, Ivan Turgenev; a great singer, Pauline Viardot; and a great connoisseur, Pauline’s husband, Louis. Through the lens of their strange love triangle, and through intimate details and little-known stories, we view the events of the time.

A time when the new world of trains, telegraphs and printing allowed artists of all kinds to create a precarious living, shuttling back and forth between the British Isles and Imperial Russia. Hb $59.99

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Prince Albert

An Underground Guide to Sewers Or Down,Through and Out in Paris, London, New York etc.

The Man Who Saved the Monarchy

A N Wilson

Stephen Halliday & Peter Bazalgette

The success story of the British royal family can be laid at the door of Prince Albert, who, after his death in 1861, turned into a man who could do no wrong.

His statues were to be seen all over the Empire.

Between them, Victoria and Albert rescued the British monarchy from grave crisis and established the kind of country Britain would become over the next century. This is a towering achievement by a writer at the height of his powers. Hb $49.99

The Fortress The Great Siege of Przemysl

This rather jolly and fascinating book explores those structures polite society would rather not mention! From the clever edifices of the ancient world, through the cesspits and open sewers of the medieval period, to the vast engineering achievements of the modern era, this celebrates the works of the civil engineers who saved the world with sanitation. Lots of wonderful photographs, archival plans and maps. Lindy Hb $39.99

The Great War

Alexander Watson

Aftermath and Commemoration

The great siege that unfolded in the autumn of 1914 at the Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl was the longest of WWI. In the defence of the fortress and the struggle to relieve it, Austria-Hungary suffered 800,000 casualties. If the Russians had broken through, they could have invaded Central Europe, but by the time the fortress fell, their strength was so sapped they could go no further. Using a huge range of sources, Watson brilliantly recreates a world of long-gone empires, broken armies and a cut-off community sliding into chaos. Hb $65 .99

Carolyn Holbrook & Keir Reeves The legacy of war is complex. Leading Australian historians reflect on the aftermath of World War I and the commemoration of its centenary.

Provocative and engaging essays discuss the profound impacts of the war, how it affected our political system, informed decades of national security policy and shaped our collective sense of who we are. Pb $34.99

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Silk Roads Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

Susan Whitfield (Ed)

For hundreds of years the ancient routes between East and West across Eurasia disseminated trade and ideas. This splendid volume is a comprehensive overview organised by landscapes, detailing such things as natural resources, commodities, communities and methods of travel. It is full of informative essays by leading authorities on various aspects of archaeology, history, culture and geography, and complemented by a lavish array of photographs, artworks and maps. An absorbing book that takes you on a magical journey! Lindy

Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Jung Chang

From the bestselling author of Wild Swans ($19.99) comes a gripping story of love, war, exile, intrigue, glamour and betrayal, taking us on a monumental journey from Canton to Hawaii and New York, from exiles’ quarters in Japan and Berlin to secret meeting rooms in Moscow, and from the compounds of the Communist elite in Beijing to the corridors of power in democratic Taiwan. In a group biography that is by turns intimate and epic, Chang reveals the lives of three extraordinary women who helped shape the history of 20th-century China. Pb $35

Hb $100

War at Sea

A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century

Timelines The Events that Shaped History

James Delgado

John Haywood

As the Bayeux Tapestry was being completed, a Chinese scholar was correctly formulating the origin of fossils, and Ghana was being conquered by the Almoravids. Peter the Great was modernising Russia as Wren was completing St Pauls and the Mississippi River was being charted.

This fabulously well illustrated and engrossing volume effortlessly makes connections between significant events! Divided into sections that cover Politics, Religion, Science and Arts, with concise text, this is a visual path through history from our first ancestors to the present day. Hb $39.99

The Boundless Sea David Abulafia

1921 and the Making of Winston Churchill

Following merchants, explorers, pirates, cartographers and travellers in their quests for spices, gold, ivory, slaves, lands for settlement and knowledge of what lay beyond, Abulafia has created an extraordinary narrative of humanity and the oceans. Besides its grand narratives, this impressive book explores the lesserknown maritime enterprises of Denmark, Sweden, Oman, Srivijaya and many others. And today, as plastic refuse covers thousands of square miles of the waters, and once exotic trading cities and outposts are replaced by vast, mechanised container ports, he asks - what's next for our oceans and our world?

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Oceans have been our biggest battlefields and this erudite and fascinating book is written by a prominent marine archaeologist who has discovered, dived and studied many of the sites, wrecks or vessels described within. From the earliest evidence dating back 10,000 years to nuclear submarines, and covering all the oceans of the globe, this enthralling history has copious photographs and maps to illustrate the dramatic accounts of naval warfare through the ages. Lindy Hb $53.95

Oblivion or Glory

A Human History of the Oceans

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David Stafford

After the tragic consequences of his involvement in the catastrophic Dardanelles Campaign of World War I, Churchill’s political career seemed over. He was widely regarded as little more than a bombastic and unpredictable buccaneer until, in 1921, an unexpected inheritance heralded a series of events that laid the foundations for his future success. This is an engaging portrait of this overlooked yet pivotal year in the great man’s life. Hb $49.99

HISTORY at

Chastise The Dambusters Story 1943 Max Hastings

A Game of Birds and Wolves The Secret Game that Won the War

Simon Parkin

1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Prime Minister Winston Churchill knows that Britain is weeks away from being starved into surrender. This story takes us from the sweltering fug of a U-boat as the Germans coordinate their wolfpack to the tense atmosphere of the operation room as the British team plot battles at sea on the map. Pb $32.99

Young men flying unwieldy planes on a wartime mission to destroy two of the biggest manmade structures in the world with bombs designed to bounce across the water – Dambusters is the stuff of legend.

Hastings gives a new perspective to this story, setting the raid within the context of the war, portraying the characters involved, and detailing the consequences. Pb $34.99

Eight Days at Yalta

How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World

A House in the Mountains

The Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism

Diana Preston

Caroline Moorehead

Late 1943 was an incredibly turbulent time for Italy. It had three governments including Mussolini’s newly created Republic of Salo, and had both the Germans and the Allies as occupying forces. Out of such confusion emerged four incredible women; Ada (widow), Frida (graduate in literature), Bianca (law graduate) and Silvia (doctor). These women and their colleagues, including Primo Levi, have to come to terms with and resist a still dominant fascist force. This is a remarkable story of the Italian Resistance, its heroism and how these women were determined to create a new Italy. Greg Pb $35

Who Owns History? Elgin’s Loot and the Case for Returning Plundered Treasure Geoffrey Robertson Taking his cue from Cicero, the great Roman barrister, Robertson argues that justice requires the return not only of the Elgin Marbles to Greece, but of many looted antiquities on display in the museums of Britain, Europe and America. Robertson’s judgement is uncompromising - cultural heritage belongs to the people of whose history it is part, unless its return would be attended by danger to the artwork itself. Governments which want it back must themselves show respect for the rights of the peoples on whose behalf they make the claim. Hb $39.99

Meeting Saddam’s Men

Looking for Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

Ashton Robinson

A unique eyewitness account of the group tasked in 2003 with searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Based in one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces, the group unintentionally gained a fascinating insight into his dictatorship through interviews with his senior committee of trusted lieutenants and other staff, uncovering a web of international corruption. A rare look into Australia’s allied intelligence relations and the politics and intrigue of the Iraq War. Pb $34.99

How to Draw a Map

Malcolm & Alexander Swanston Father and son cartographers Malcolm and Alexander Swanston demonstrate the skill, creativity and care involved in the timeless art of creating maps - and what these artefacts reveal about earlier map-makers.

A fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today. Hb $37.99

Brilliant Maps An Atlas for Curious Minds Ian Wright

Preston chronicles eight days that created the post-war world, revealing Roosevelt’s determination to bring about the dissolution of the British Empire, and Churchill’s conviction that he and the dying President would run rings around the Soviet premier. But Stalin monitored everything they said and made only paper concessions, while his territorial ambitions would soon result in the imposition of Communism throughout Eastern Europe. Meticulously researched and vividly written, this is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.

Hb $49.99 Comes with a free copy of The Yid: A Novel $24.99 while stock lasts.

Black Site The CIA in the Post-9/11 World Philip Mudd

When the towers fell on September 11, 2001, nowhere were the reverberations more powerfully felt than at Langley. Almost overnight, an intelligence organisation converted itself into a weaponised, war-fighting machine, raising questions about how far America would go to pursue Al-Qaeda. With unprecedented access to officials at the highest levels, including CIA Director George Tenet, Mudd goes beyond the 2014 Senate report to show us what life was really like at the CIA prisons, exploring why interrogators were forced to make decisions they still ponder today. Hb $43.95

Kremlin Winter Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin Robert Service

Putin has dominated Russian politics since Boris Yeltsin relinquished the presidency in his favour in May 2000. Putin served two terms as president before himself relinquishing the post to his prime minister, only to return to presidential power in 2012. His rule has been marked by a steady increase in domestic repression and international assertiveness, yet there have also been signs of liberal growth. Robert Service, acclaimed biographer of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky ($29.99 each), brings his deep understanding of Russia to bear on the man who leads it.

A riveting insight into power politics. Hb $49.99

A unique atlas of culture, politics, history and enjoyably quirky facts, this is also full of arresting diagrams, maps and infographics. It’s the sort of book you open to look up something, and hours later find yourself having journeyed far and further away than you planned! Fabulous gift for curious minds and aficionados of design alike. Lindy Hb $39.99

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SCIENCE at

Life Selected Writings Tim Flannery

The Best Australian Science Writing 2019

Tim Flannery is one of the world's great thinkers, environmental scientists and writers. Sir David Attenborough once described him as being "in the league of the all-time great explorers like Dr David Livingstone."

This definitive collection of his work brings together 30 years of essays, speeches and occasional writing on palaeontology, mammology, environmental science and history, including the science of climate change and the challenges and opportunities we face in addressing this critical issue. Hb $39.99

Bianca Nogrady (Ed)

Every year I promise myself I will read more science journalism, and every year I’m reminded of what I missed when the new edition of this fine anthology comes out!

This year the articles range from disease to disaster, art to artificial intelligence, black holes to bad exercise, and much, much more - a veritable smorgasbord of thought-provoking, entertaining, engaging and fascinating articles from a wide range of talented science communicators. Not to be missed! Lindy Pb $29.99

Transcendence

How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty and Time

Gaia Vince

The Body A Guide for Occupants

Humans now live longer and better than ever before, and we are the most populous big animal on earth. Meanwhile, our closest living relatives, the now-endangered chimpanzees, continue to live as they have for millions of years. We are not like the other animals, yet we evolved through the same process. What are we then? And now we have remade the world, what are we becoming? Setting out to answer this question, Vince tells a remarkable evolution story about us. Hb $45

Bill Bryson

In his latest book, Bryson turns his attention inwards to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, this is a brilliant, often very funny, attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make-up. A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything ($24.99), this will have you marvelling at the form you occupy and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again. Hb $49.99

Feeding the Birds at Your Table A Guide for Australia

A Short Philosophy of Birds

Darryl Jones

Philippe Dubois & Élise Rousseau

So many of us feed wild birds, and for years we’ve been told, don’t. This sensible, thoroughly researched, easy-to-follow guide is written by a scientist for the layperson who gets an inordinate amount of pleasure out of providing morsels for ‘their’ birds. It suggests the right foodstuffs (sorry, no more bread for the ducks in the park!), covers all-important hygiene and discusses why we need to talk about feeding, habitats and ethical questions. This is a must for anyone who wants simple, practical, reliable advice - a long overdue and welcome book! Lindy Pb $24.99

Through 22 little lessons of wisdom inspired by how birds live, this charming book will help you spread your wings and soar! We often need the help from those smaller than us. Having spent a lifetime watching birds, Philippe and Elise draw out the secret lessons that birds can teach us about how to live, and the wisdom of the natural world.

By the end, you will feel more in touch with the rhythms of nature and have a fresh perspective on how to live the fullest life you can. Hb $24.99

Botanical Revelation

European Encounters with Australian Plants Before Darwin

Remarkable Trees

David Mabberley

In a time of great fascination with exotic plants, the new botanical discoveries in Australia of the 18th and 19th centuries fuelled networks of collectors, horticulturalists, artists and naturalists.

This exquisitely illustrated volume tells the stories of those Europeans who shared their knowledge and cultivated hundreds of species to disseminate to their fellow enthusiasts across the continent, laying the groundwork for Darwin’s theory of evolution. An erudite and very readable history! Lindy Hb $89.99 Due Dec

Sixty of the world’s most fascinating trees are presented in this lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced book. Grouped under headings – building and creating, feasting and celebrating, healers and killers, body and soul, wonders of the world and threatened and endangered, this showcases a wealth of botanical treasures. Informative text complements the array of archival images – a treat for any gardener, botanist or dendrophile! Lindy Hb $49.99

A Cloud a Day

The Sky Atlas

365 Skies from the Cloud Appreciation Society

The Greatest Maps, Myths and Discoveries of the Universe

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Edward Brooke-Hitching

A stunning exploration of the night sky in myth and history, this richly illustrated book takes the reader on a journey through the skies and star-obsessed cultures. It showcases celestial cartography, medieval manuscripts, ancient star catalogues and antique instruments. Explore a realm of stars and planets, and also of gods, wizards, flying sailors, medieval aliens, mythological animals and rampaging spirits. Hb $45

Christina Harrison & Tony Kirkham

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The book starts like this: “It is easy to forget that you live in the sky —not beneath it, but within it.” This gem of a book will help you appreciate the beauty and diversity of this sky we inhabit by showcasing the awesome range of clouds and other optical phenomena we share the sky with. The perfect book to dip into or refer to when you want to identify your latest discovery! Dave (Cloud Appreciation Society Member #1348) Hb $34.99

Waters of the World

The Story of the Scientists Who Unravelled the Mysteries of Our Seas, Glaciers and Atmosphere - and Made the Planet Whole

Sarah Dry

This book is a tour through 150 years of the history of a significant, but underappreciated, idea: that the Earth has a global climate system made up of interconnected parts, constantly changing on all scales of both time and space. A prerequisite for the discovery of global warming and climate change, this idea was forged by scientists studying water in its myriad forms. This is their story. Pb $35

Underwater Sydney

Inke Falkner & John Turnbull Sydney Harbour is perhaps the most biologically diverse port in the world, thanks to its complex geology and geographic position. It has more species of fish than the entire Mediterranean sea!

Written for the general reader, this wonderful book celebrates Sydney’s underwater communities and their inhabitants, ranging from the tiniest invertebrates to the largest animals. With clear and attractive photographs, absorbing and enthusiastic text and thoughtful suggestions as to how we can all enjoy, protect and respect our harbour, this is a book every Sydney-sider should own! Lindy Pb $39.99

Tales of Impossibility

The 2,000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity

Adam Spencer’s Numberland Adam Spencer

David Richeson

Australia’s funniest mathematician returns in 2019 with more rollicking romps through the world of science, technology, numbers and all things nerdy. This terrific new fully illustrated title follows on from Adam’s previous bestselling books such as Adam Spencer's Top 100 ($26.99) and is packed full of fascinating facts, tantalising trivia, brainbusting number puzzles and much, much more. Pb $34.99

Einstein's War

How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World

Matthew Stanley

In 1916, Arthur Eddington, a war-weary British astronomer, opened a letter written by an obscure German professor named Einstein. The neatly printed equations on the scrap of paper outlined his world-changing theory of general relativity.

Einstein's name is now synonymous with 'genius', but it was not an easy road. Stanley in this new book teaches us about science through history, and the physics is more accessible as a result - we see relativity built brick-by-brick in front of us, as it happened 100 years ago. Pb $35

This engrossing book recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics. First posed by the ancient Greeks, the problems—squaring the circle, trisecting an angle, doubling the cube, and inscribing regular polygons in a circle—have served as ever-present muses for mathematicians like Euclid, Archimedes and Newton for more than two millennia. Hb $54.99

The Case Against Reality

How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

Donald Hoffman

Do we see the world as it truly is? Using thirty years of his own research, as well as others' work in evolutionary biology, game theory, neuroscience, computer science, information theory, and philosophy, Hoffman proves that evolution has shaped our perceptions into illusions. The sensory simplifications that once maximized our performance and reproductive fitness are now impressions that can be manipulated by marketing and design. The world is nothing like what we see through our eyes, and this book explains why. Hb $45

Cosmic Chronicles

Astronomy

Fred Watson

Earth Sciences

A User’s Guide to the Universe

An Illustrated History of the Universe

Fred’s official title is Astronomer-at-Large (warning - do not attempt approach or capture!).

In that role he has discussed a huge number of space-related topics, and this is a collection of his favourites. His pieces range from the wonders of our solar system to the birth of the universe, black holes, and space bugs. Fascinating! Dave

An Illustrated History of Planetary Science

Tom Jackson

These large and interesting books each contain 100 discoveries that changed history. They are excellent concise guides to everything important in the respective fields, with milestone facts, potted biographies, timelines and clear, colourful and fascinating photographs to accompany the text.

Pitched at the general reader, these are perfect for anyone who wants to know more! Hb $29.99 each

Pb $32.99

Cosmological Koans

A Journey to the Heart of Physics

Artificial Intelligence

Anthony Aguirre

Through more than 50 Koans - pleasingly paradoxical vignettes following the ancient Zen tradition - leading physicist Aguirre takes the reader across the world from Japan to Italy, and through ideas spanning the age, breadth and depth of the Universe. Using these beguiling Koans and a flair for explaining complex science, this book covers cosmic questions that scientific giants from Aristotle to Galileo to Heisenberg have grappled with, from the meaning of quantum theory and the nature of time to the origin of multiple universes.

Playful and enlightening. Hb $45

An Illustrated History - from Medieval Robots to Neural Networks

Clifford Pickover

This illustrated chronological collection takes the reader on a vast journey through computing, popular culture, mythology, philosophy, medicine and more! 100 entries range from medieval robots to legends of golems to advanced computing approaches involving artificial neural networks to adversarial patches. Informative and entertaining! Hb $39.99

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TODAY’S WORLD at Sand Talk

Finding the Heart of the Nation

How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

Tyson Yunkaporta Tyson Yunkaporta

Best Australian Political Cartoons 2019

This is not an easy book to explain but it is an important and engaging book, one that shows the reader a way of looking at the world and their place within it, according to Indigenous precepts. The reader is invited to join in an intimate conversation with the writer, who uses different Aboriginal symbols and patterns that assist in explaining complex abstract notions and Indigenous ways of valuing, being, knowing and doing. Not a book to rush through, but one to ponder over and linger with! Lindy Pb $32.99

The Journey of the Uluru Statement Towards Voice, Treaty and Truth

Thomas Mayor

This is a book for all Australians. Since the Uluru Statement from the Heart was formed in 2017, Thomas Mayor has travelled the country to promote its vision of a better future for Indigenous Australians. He’s visited communities big and small, often with the Uluru Statement canvas rolled up in a tube under his arm. He believes we will only find the heart of our nation when the First peoples - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders - are recognised with a representative Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution. Hb $39.99

The Surprise Party Aaron Patrick

Russ Radcliffe (Ed)

How the Coalition Went from Chaos to Comeback

The year in politics as observed by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists.

With 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, Paul Zanetti and many more. Pb $32.99

Disunity is said to be death in politics, but not in 2019.

Patrick tells how the Coalition came back from the brink. He interviews key insiders to reveal the story behind the scenes - covering the fall of Turnbull and the failed Dutton coup that saw Scott Morrison take his chance. When did the Coalition realise they might win? Is the chaos behind them now, or is there more to come? A pacy, gripping account of how politics was turned on its head several times. Pb $29.99

The Chaser Annual 2019 & The Shovel Annual 2019

Attending to the National Soul

The Chaser

Evangelical Christians in Australian History 1914-2014

What a wild year it’s been! With only 20 Prime Ministers ousted and replaced this year, at least things have been steady at a political level. And who would have thought Andrew Bolt would have done that? On national TV? Here are all the funniest headlines of the year in one bumper volume, with The Shovel Annual on the flip side. Pb $29.95

Stuart Piggin & Robert Linder

An ambitious study of evangelical Christians and a follow-up to the award-winning Fountain of Public Prosperity (Pb $39.95). It deals with social and cultural history, showing how evangelical Christians reacted to the decline of the British Empire and an expanding international reach calculated to address global fears and personal anxieties. It also addresses the movement in the 21st century where, despite splitting into conservative, progressive and Pentecostal forms, they all recognise that a ministry that deals with social issues achieves greater public engagement.

Superpower Australia’s Low-Carbon Opportunity Ross Garnaut

According to Garnaut, “Australia has the potential to be an economic superpower of the future post-carbon world”. We have unparalleled renewable resources. We also have the necessary scientific skills. Australia could be the natural home for an increasing proportion of global industry. But how do we make this happen? In this crisp, compelling book, Australia’s leading thinker about climate and energy policy offers a road map for progress, covering energy, transport, agriculture, the international scene and more. Rich in ideas and practical optimism, this is a crucial, timely contribution to the debate about Australia’s future. Pb $29.99

Hb $49.95 Due Dec

Fascists Among Us Jeff Sparrow

Online Hate and the Christchurch Massacre

The massacre of more than 50 worshippers at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, shocked the world. The murders were not random. They expressed a particular ideology, one that the alleged perpetrator described as ‘fascism’. But what does fascism mean today and what kind of threat does it pose? Sparrow traces the history of the far right, showing how fascists have adapted to the new politics of the 21st century. This book makes a compelling case for a new response to an old menace. Pb $19.99

How to be a Leader Plutarch

Narrative Economics

An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership

How Stories Go Viral & Drive Major Economic Events

Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his Lives, and he distilled what he learned about wise leadership in a handful of essays, which are filled with essential lessons for experienced and aspiring leaders in any field today.

Robert Shiller

How to Think About God Cicero

An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers

In On the Nature of the Gods and The Dream of Scipio, Cicero offers a Stoic view of belief, divinity and human immortality, giving eloquent expression to the religious ideas of one of the most popular schools of Roman and Greek philosophy. Hb $29.99 each

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In this groundbreaking book, Nobel Prize– winning economist Robert Shiller offers a new way to think about the economy and economic change. Shiller argues that studying popular stories that affect individual and collective economic behaviour — what he calls "narrative economics" — has the potential to vastly improve our ability to predict, prepare for, and lessen the damage of financial crises, recessions, depressions, and other major economic events.

Hb $49.99

Quarterly Essay #76

Peter Hartcher on China’s Power and Australia’s Future

Peter Hartcher

China has become a key nation for Australia’s future - for our security, economy and identity. But what are China’s intentions and strategy when it comes to Australia? In this gripping account, Hartcher shows that we are entering an era of undeclared contestation, whether for hearts and minds, mineral and agricultural resources, media outlets or sea lanes. Reactions include panic, xenophobia and ‘all the way with the USA’, but the challenge now is to think hard about the national interest and respond with wisdom to a changed world.

Cooking with the Oldest Foods on Earth

Australian Native Foods - Recipes and Sources

John Newton

Broaden your culinary horizons by making use of the many native ingredients starting to find their way into growers’ markets and local grocers! From Warrigal greens and saltbush, to kangaroo and yabbies, John Newton will inspire you to grab some food and take it home.

This shows you how to cook with Australian ingredients, where to find them and how to grow them. Organised by ingredient, each chapter includes a brief history, a practical guide and recipes for you to make in your own kitchen. Hb $22.99

Pb $22.99 Due Dec

John Newton

The Light that Failed A Reckoning Ivan Krastev & Stephen Holmes

In an Australian Light

Photographs from Across the Country

Rebecca Allen

This is one of the most exquisite photography books you will ever see! Divided into sections celebrating urban, rural, coastal and inland landscapes, it celebrates the special light that falls upon our countryside. From quiet details of filtered mist, to the generously coloured sunsets of the outback, from the way light patterns city architecture or glances off ocean waves, this glorious volume is full of beauty and inspiration!

Lindy Hb $59.99

Why did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance? In the early 1990s, hopes for the eastward spread of liberal democracy were high. And yet the transformation of Eastern European countries gave rise to a bitter repudiation of liberalism itself, not only in the East, but also back in the heartland of the West. This brilliant work of political psychology argues that the supposed end of history turned out to be only the beginning of an Age of Imitation. Hb $45

The Song Remains the Same

800 Years of Love Songs, Laments and Lullabies

Andrew Ford & Anni Heino

Nothing New A History of Second-hand

A song is a specific musical form. Songs have beginnings, middles and ends; they often have a single point of view, message or story. Thus, a Schubert song has more in common with a track by Joni Mitchell than with one of Schubert’s own symphonies. This book traces these connections through 75 songs from different cultures and times: love songs, anthems, folk songs and jazz standards. Featuring songs by The Beatles, Cole Porter, Kate Bush, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sondheim and the Gershwins and works from great composers including Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. Pb $32.99 Due Dec

Robyn Annear

“Given the way we live now,” writes Robyn Annear, “it would be easy to suppose that newness has always been venerated.” But as this wonderfully entertaining short history makes clear, modern consumerism is an aberration. Mostly, everyday objects - from cast-off cookware to clothing worn down to rags - have enjoyed long lives and the appreciation of serial owners. This book is itself an emporium - a treasure store of anecdotes and little-known facts that will intrigue and enlighten the devoted bargain-hunter and the dilettante browser alike. Hb $29.99

When You Kant Figure it Out, Ask a Philosopher

Word of Dog Megan Anderson

Marie Robert

What can we learn from the gentle art of listening?

With affection and wit, artist and writer Megan Anderson has assembled characters from the dog world to put a canine face on human observations - those things that occupy our thoughts and delight, move or perplex us. By imagining dogs as the bearers of candid human thoughts, this delightful book offers a glimpse into the beauty of the everyday - a joy for readers of all breeds and temperaments! Hb $32.99

How can Kant comfort you when you get dumped via text message? How can Aristotle cure your hangover?

How can Heidegger make you feel better when your dog dies? This book explains how pearls of wisdom from the greatest Western philosophers can help us face, and make light of, some of the daily challenges of modern life. Hilarious, practical and edifying, this brings the best thinkers of the past into the 21st century to help us all make sense of a chaotic new world.

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The Stoic Challenge

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The History of Philosophy A C Grayling With characteristic clarity and elegance, Grayling takes us from the world-views and moralities before Buddha, Confucius and Socrates to the Renaissance and Enlightenment and on to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre and philosophy today, including the great philosophical traditions of India, China and the Persian-Arabic world. He covers epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, logic, the philosophy of mind and of language, political philosophy and the history of debates in these areas. Truly a landmark work! Pb $32.99

William Irvine

This book combines key lessons from the ancient Stoics - thinkers including Marcus Aurelius and Seneca - with modern psychological techniques such as anchoring and framing to develop a surprisingly simple strategy for dealing with life’s unpleasant surprises. The Stoics discovered that thinking of challenges as tests of character can dramatically alter our emotional response to them. Irvine’s updated ‘Stoic test strategy’ teaches us how to transform life’s stumbling blocks into opportunities for becoming calmer, tougher and more resilient. Not only can we overcome everyday obstacles, we can benefit from them too. Hb $40.95

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The final collection of essays from the bestselling author and philosopher Umberto Eco, who passed away in 2016.

In his usual lively and engaging style, he explores a wide range of topics including the roots of our civilisation, changing ideas of beauty, our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative. Also includes beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. By the author of The Name of the Rose ($14.99) and The Prague Cemetery ($22.99). Hb $65 .99

The Saturday Portraits Maxine Beneba Clarke

In 2014, acclaimed writer and poet Clarke is contacted by the publisher of a new national newspaper, The Saturday Paper, and cajoled into producing short creative non-fiction portraits of interesting people. Whether of celebrity actors or dissident artists, controversial politicians or feminist writers, her pen portraits are occasionally hilarious, sometimes incendiary, always full of insight and clear-eyed, scintillating prose. These are The Saturday Portraits. Pb $34.99

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When Temple died in March 2018, there was an unfinished Jack Irish novel in his drawer. It is included in this new collection, as well as the screenplay of Valentine’s Day, an improbably delightful story about an ailing country football club, plus short fiction, reflections on the Australian idiom, a handful of autobiographical fragments and a selection of his brilliant book reviews. Peter Temple held crime writing up to the light and, with his poet’s ear and eye, made it his own incomparable thing.

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Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer John Bowers

For nearly 30 years, Tolkien worked on annotating the Clarendon Chaucer in a book he abandoned and which lay undiscovered in the archives of Oxford University Press for decades. This commentary reveals a lot about his thoughts on language and storytelling, and shows how it informed his own work and inspired key scenes in The Hobbit ($14.99) and The Lord of the Rings ($35). Hb $49.95

Paul Kelly’s songs are steeped in poetry. And now he has gathered from around the world the poems he loves poems that have inspired and challenged him over the years, a number of which he has set to music. This wideranging and deeply moving anthology combines the ancient and the modern, the hallowed and the profane, the famous and the little known, to speak to two of literature’s great themes that have proven so powerful in his music - love and death - plus everything in-between.

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Somewhere Becoming Rain Collected Writings on Philip Larkin

Clive James

Clive James is a life-long admirer of the poetry and writings of Philip Larkin (1922-1985), still considered one of Britain’s greatest post-war writers. This book gathers all of James’s writing about Larkin’s poems, novels, letters, and jazz and literary criticism, as well as the two major Larkin biographies, and includes new material not previously published. Always entertaining and perceptive, James argues that Larkin’s poems could only have been the product of this reticent, diffident and flawed personality. Hb $24.99

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Incidental Inventions Elena Ferrante

The Secret Life of Books

The editors of The Guardian threw out a challenge to the acclaimed author: write a short essay every week for a year on subjects of their choosing. As a careful stylist who considers every word on the page and writes in Italian, this was indeed a scary and inspirational test of her abilities! Subjects range from first love to climate change, current affairs to ruminations on writing. Beautifully illustrated by Andrea Ucini and a must for all Ferrante fans. Hb $29.99 Due Dec

Why They Mean More than Words

Tom Mole

Books are more than the words they contain, and this book explores them as objects in their own right. They signal our identities, are time compressed into space and provide reassurance we don’t have to remember everything we read. They are woven into our lives, shape societies and nations, form relationships with other people and respond to changes in technology.

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The Innocent Reader Reflections on Reading and Writing Debra Adelaide

Greek to Me Adventures of the Comma Queen Mary Norris

The Comma Queen returns with a buoyant book about language, love and the wine-dark sea. This is a charming account of her lifelong love affair with words and solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, she explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, goes searching for the fabled Baths of Aphrodite and reveals the surprising ways Greek helped form English.

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“Every book I have read becomes part of me, and discarding any is like tearing out a page from my own life.” These collected essays share a joyous and plaintive glimpse into the reading and writing life of this novelist, editor and teacher of creative writing. Drawing on her experiences in publishing, the academic world and the literary and critical communities, Adelaide explores what shapes us as readers and how books inform, console and broaden our sense of self. A celebration of the glory and wonder of books. Pb $29.99

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Do you want to sail the Nile on a felucca, or reach Pitcairn Island by cargo ship? Perhaps float down the Mississippi on a paddlesteamer, or cruise the Kimberley Coast? Maybe just hop on a ferry across to Manly, or you’re in Bangkok and want to cross the Chao Phraya River? Whether you have weeks or just a few hours, this will give you all the details. Full of practical tips, itineraries, routes and commentaries, accompanied by photos that make you want to go now! Hb $39.99

Best in Travel 2020 Lonely Planet

Every year the foremost travel guide company releases this iconic book detailing all the best destinations, upcoming trends, journeys and encounters. Whether best new places to stay, best sustainable family trips, best new food experiences, the top 10 regions, cities or countries to visit, or even the best way to reduce your travel carbon footprint or give back to the communities you visit, this is the indispensable guide. Start planning the best holiday you can have! Pb $27.99

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Australia has 8,221 islands, so the Lonely Planet founder was spoilt for choice! He shares his favourites: ones with incredible histories, unique fauna and flora, or astonishing beauty. They range from islands close to capital cities to archipelagos only the determined traveller can access, but all are special. Written in an easy and informative style, accompanied by glorious photographs and archival material, this is perfect for the armchair traveller. Lindy Pb $39.99

Wonders of the World

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Taking 101 extraordinary places, from Antarctica to Victoria Falls, this highly illustrated book reveals how these places may be more accessible than you think! It includes museums, phenomena such as the auroras or the tide of cherry blossoms across Japan, stunning landscapes, manmade wonders and famous sites, and shows you how to get there whatever your budget. A beautiful way to plan your next adventure! Lindy Hb $44.99

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Leonardo da Vinci’s Flying Machines Kit

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2040 ENGLISH Damon Gameau

Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions available to us now to improve our planet, making them mainstream practices. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, he blends traditional documentary footage with dramatised sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board for his daughter… and our planet. $29.95

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My Brilliant Friend ITALIAN Saverio Costanzo

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The Australian Dream ENGLISH Daniel Gordon & Stan Grant

This documentary by BAFTA Award-winning director Daniel Gordon and Walkley Award-winning writer Stan Grant portrays the inspirational story of Indigenous AFL legend Adam Goodes, a player who epitomises resilience and survival. The film focusses especially on the part Goodes played in the events of the 2013-15 AFL seasons, asking fundamental questions about the nature of racism and discrimination in society today. A timely examination of race, identity and belonging that resonates far beyond the football pitch. $29.95

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Ana (Mercedes Morán) and Marco (Ricardo Darín) farewell their son, who is leaving Argentina to study abroad, but his departure leaves a significant hole in their lives. After 20 years of marriage, they reluctantly decide to ‘consciously uncouple' and begin exploring the world of the newly single, with hilarious and unexpected results. A warm and wise film, this was one of Argentina’s biggest hits of the year. $29.95

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Set in the 14th century, but spoken in a contemporary voice, this is a dynamic reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet ($15.95). Ophelia (Daisy Ridley) takes centre stage as the most trusted ladyin-waiting of Queen Gertrude (Naomi Watts). Beautiful and intelligent, she soon captures the attention of the handsome Prince Hamlet (George MacKay) and a forbidden love blossoms. As war brews, lust and betrayal start to tear Elsinore Castle apart from within, and Ophelia must decide between her true love, or her own life, in order to protect a dangerous secret. $29.95

Happy as Lazzaro ITALIAN Alice Rohrwacher

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The Supernova Era Cixin Liu

Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of 13 will die.

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The Light of All that Falls Licanius Trilogy #3 Aussie James Islington author

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child The Journey: Behind the Scenes of the Award-winning Stage Production

This one-of-a-kind book recreates the iconic Great Hall as seen in the films, complete with pop-up Christmas tree at the centre. The book is filled with keepsakes of iconic magical artefacts which can be used to decorate the tree - bring Christmas to life in your own way. Includes a booklet packed with behind-the-scenes details on the films’ props, set designs and special holiday moments. Recapture Harry Potter holiday memories, or create your own, as you celebrate with this must-have collectible for Wizarding World fans. Hb $39.99

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The Cinematic Art of World of Warcraft Star Wars Build Your Own Adventure Galactic Missions

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Star Wars Visual Dictionary

Vol 1 Hb $75

2019 Edition with Exclusive Minifigure

Hb $34.99

The Art of Diablo

DC Super Heroes Visual Dictionary

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Updated Edition

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The Art and Making of The Expanse Hb $65

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Ghostbusters Ectomobile Race Against Slime

Back to the Future Race Through Time Marc Sumerak & J Harrison

Experience beloved moments from the Back to the Future trilogy with this whimsically illustrated, interactive board book bursting with trivia about Hill Valley, plus miniature collectible DeLorean for fans of all ages. Time travellers can wind their way through the pages of history, visiting familiar spots in this quaint town from the future home of Lyon Estates to the broken clock tower in the centre of town, during the Old West, 1955, and the far, distant future of 2015. Just wind up the DeLorean and -great Scott! - watch it go! Hb $45

The Essentials Kit is the Starter Set on steroids, and the perfect buy for anyone looking to fall further in love with the World's Greatest Role-Playing Game.

A new adventure for levels 1 to 6, and a rulebook with rules on character creation, are accompanied by a high quality poster map of Phandalin and the Sword Coast, and cards for magic items, NPCs and more.

Combined with codes for free supplemental content on D&D Beyond, the Essentials Kit isn't just a great follow-on from the Starter Set, but a brilliant starting place in its own right. Also excellent value for money!

Lachlan Hb $34.99

Danny Fingeroth

Stan Lee invented Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men and over 500 other iconic characters. His name has appeared on over a billion comic books. His creations have starred in multibillion-dollar grossing movies and TV series. This is his story. Danny Fingeroth worked with Stan Lee for over three decades, making him an ideal writer for such a comprehensive biography of this powerhouse who changed the world's understanding of what a hero is and how a story should be told. Pb $32.99

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Experience memorable moments from the movie with this interactive board book and windup miniature Ectomobile. With over ten feet of track built into the book, you can investigate spooks, spectres and ghosts roaming the slime-covered New York City streets, from the New York Public Library to the Firehouse headquarters and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man–damaged Columbus Circle. Filled with fun illustrations, this will thrill Ghostbusters fans of all ages. Hb $45

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A Marvelous Life The Amazing Story of Stan Lee

A humorous D&D-themed card game for 2-4 players that is easy to learn and quick to play. A family-friendly introduction to D&D classes and powers. $19.99

Marc Sumerak & J Harrison

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A fantastic treasure trove is yours for Explore a a war-torn world the taking in this adventure. filled with magic-fuelled $59.95 .95 technology. $59

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More LEGO page 29 Legonium Already a bestseller at Abbey's - a Latin reader like no other!

Legonium is both a town and a tale.

A town built entirely from Anthony Gibbins LEGO bricks and full of quirky characters. Using short sentences, a full range of grammatical structures, repetition of vocabulary, hundreds of pictures and an English translation for reference, it tells a fun tale of mystery in the township. Pb $50

Historical Map Bookmarks

Navigate that history tome with these bookmarks that unfold to a map!

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2020 Poetry Diaries A poem a day, a lyrical life-raft, 'though they'll only be here, while our stocks last.

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Sherlock Holmes Puzzles

Solve these Holmesian-inspired puzzles: The Challenge Trilogy, The Priceless Coin, The Smoking Pipe

$23.95 each

Clacks: Discworld Board Game

3D Wooden Puzzles with Mechanical Movement

Based on the 'clacks' semaphore messaging system — the fastest non-magical messaging system on the Discworld — featured in Sir Mouse Rugs & Coaster Rugs Terry Pratchett's Always unusual, always popular... novel Going Postal.

$32.95 each (coasters set of 4)

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