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2020 Shortlist
The Yield Tara June Winch
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
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Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Real Life by Brandon Taylor Winner announced 19 November 2020
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With a braiding of three narratives, Winch's story encircles the indigenous experience across differing time periods, and honours a First Nations language. The current voice is that of August Gondiwindi, a Wiradjuri woman returning home from abroad to face the family and town she left behind, amidst domestic and social pressures. Then there is the voice of the well-read grandfather Albert, whose personal project to record his people's tongue also sheds light on the mystery of the childhood disappearance of August's sister. The third voice is from earlier colonial times via a Lutheran missionary. Overall, the story is of many sadnesses held out by a determination to survive and to thrive. Craig Pb $32.99
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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
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Honeybee Craig Silvey
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
Sam’s life is a mess and at 14 the only way he can think to fix it leads him to an overpass late at night. As he’s readying himself to let go, he realises someone else is there - and also on the wrong side of the railing. Vic has his own problems, but his non-critical kindness gives Sam pause. Their unlikely friendship is the beginning of Sam’s tough journey to live as he needs, and Vic’s redemption. A compassionate and life-affirming tale of resilience and finding safety, and a welcome return to writing of the author of Jasper Jones ($23.99). Lindy Pb $32.99 Only $29.99
Richard Flanagan
From Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North ($19.99)
In a world of perennial fire and growing extinctions, Anna’s aged mother is dying, if her three children would just allow it. Condemned by their pity to living, she increasingly escapes through her hospital window into visions of horror and delight. When Anna’s finger vanishes, and a few months later her knee disappears, Anna too feels the pull of the window. The window keeps opening wider, taking Anna and the reader - ever deeper into a strangely beautiful story of hope and love... Hb $32.99
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Jack Marilynne Robinson
Set in the world of the highly praised Gilead books, this story allows Jack his own voice. John Ames Boughton, the difficult son of a country preacher, is a self-sabotaging wastrel who nonetheless retains enough of his father’s teachings to want to limit the damage he causes others. Easily led astray by his own proclivities, he struggles to sustain his resolutions when he falls in love with Della Miles, an Afro-American teacher from a good family. She won’t be put aside... A finely written meditation on the difficulties of redemption and love. Lindy Pb $29.99
All Our Shimmering Skies Trent Dalton
Molly Hook, the gravedigger girl, is 12 when the bombs hit Darwin. She thinks it’s the latest in a long line of misfortunes caused by a hex placed on her grandfather by Longcoat Bob, so she sets off with her trusty spade Bert and her actress friend Greta to ask Bob to lift the curse. As they journey through the stone country, they meet a number of wild characters. Dalton’s tumbling prose marries deep observation with colourful description, rushing the reader along on a magical journey. By the author of the bestselling Boy Swallows Universe ($22.99). Lindy Pb $32.99 Only $29.99
Win a free book set! See page 30 The Fifth Season Philip Salom
Our Shadows Gail Jones
This novel offers a patchwork of people and place; connecting stories that we often see as estranged from one another - grieving sisters Frances and Nell, their silently loving grandparents, Paddy Hannan who strikes gold in 1893, a Stolen Generation survivor - and at the heart of each, the everhopeful, ever-sorrowful mining town of Kalgoorlie. It’s a novel that shimmers and lingers as a tribute to grief, as well as the fierce determination to heal and connect, above all else. Eli Pb $32.99
Jack is a writer obsessed by people found dead, their identities unknown or erased, and the mysterious pull this has on the public mind. When he retreats to a coastal town, he meets Sarah, who has been painting murals of her missing sister countrywide. He also discovers a book about the town and its people, written by someone who lived in the same cottage as Jack is now living, before he too disappeared. There is a blurring between the present and the past, and memory, mortality and the making of art are all called into question. Pb $29.99
Infinite Splendours Sofie Laguna
Where the Fruit Falls Karen Wyld
Young Aboriginal woman Brigid leaves her family’s apple orchard with a willy wagtail for company and no destination in mind, but needing to reconnect with Country. As she moves through the landscape, she unravels family secrets, finding healing. Her journey continues through her twin daughters, who carve their own pathways to understanding, healing and justice. Winner of the 2020 Dorothy Hewitt Award for Unpublished Writing. Pb $27.99
Song of the Crocodile
Factory 19
Nardi Simpson
Darnmoor is a gateway, a cursed town that believes in its own importance when no one else does. Home to generations of indigenous families, the novel follows the Billymils, who have tried to better their position despite ingrained racism and poverty imposed on them by settler families. They are watched by ancestral spirits and those who have gone before, waiting to play their part in containing the great evil that underlies the town. Full of musical Yuwaalaraay language, fine descriptions of landscape and believable characters, this is a welcome addition to contemporary indigenous writing. Lindy Pb $32.99
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When their long-lost uncle comes to stay, Lawrence and Paul react in different ways; Lawrie with admiration, Paul with suspicion. After an unspeakable act occurs, Lawrie develops a debilitating stammer and becomes isolated, finding expression only in his painting. Forty years later, his solitude is broken by the arrival of new neighbours, including 10-year-old David... A wrenchingly powerful and unforgettable novel of damage and redemption, of seeing the world as no-one else does, of brotherly love and of the loneliness of a man who lost his childhood, but never learnt how to be an adult. Lindy Pb $32.99
Dennis Glover In the Hobart of the very near future, as social media amps up polarisation and everything is controlled by an app, iconoclastic billionaire Dundas Faussett decides the only way forward is back. Factory 19 will be his rebellion against the present, an alternative community where only pre-digital technology is allowed. But if the past is a foreign country, can you really get there from here? A funny and thought-provoking novel that deftly satirises our ambivalent relationship with big tech. Gavin Pb $32.99
Ceridwen Dovey
Inside Story Martin Amis
This novel had its birth in a death - that of the author’s closest friend, Christopher Hitchens. We also encounter other vibrant characters who have helped define Martin Amis, from his father Kingsley to his hero Saul Bellow, from Philip Larkin to Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard, and to the person who captivated his twenties, the alluringly amoral Phoebe Phelps. Combining fact with fiction, Amis has created his most intimate and epic work to date. Pb $35
V2 Robert Harris
Life After Truth Ceridwen Dovey
Five students - Jules a famous actress, Mariam and Rowan who married young, Eloise coping with her much younger wife’s radical politics and Jomo a businessman - return to Harvard for their 15th class reunion. Friendship, marriage and families are all tested, and loyalties questioned, when a former classmate, the son of the US President, is found dead... A subtle and moving inquiry into what happens when the promise of youth is silenced by the practicalities of middle age. Dovey has an acute eye for detail, immersing us in the lives of her protagonists. Thoughtful and insightful. Greg Pb $32.99
In 1944, Hitler believes the V2 rocket will be his ultimate weapon. Rudi Graf, a compatriot of Werner von Braun, is conflicted as he works on launching the V2 attacks on London from a secluded forest in Occupied Holland. In London, Kay Caton-Walsh is an officer in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force when the government decides to send a team to newlyliberated Belgium to mathematically locate the V2 launch site. Written during the current pandemic, Harris has created another fascinating piece of historical fiction with characters that you become immediately attached to. Highly recommended. Greg Pb $32.99
Stalingrad Vasily Grossman
The prequel to one of the 20th century’s great novels, Life and Fate ($22.99). In April 1942, Hitler and Mussolini plan the huge offensive on the Eastern Front that will end in Stalingrad. The war will consume the lives of a huge cast of characters – lives which express Grossman’s grand themes of the nation and the individual, nature’s beauty and war’s cruelty, love and separation. This is a magnificent novel, not only of war, but of all human life: its subjects are mothers and daughters, husbands and brothers. It is tender, epic and a testament to the power of the human spirit. Pb $22.99
Olga
Bernhard Schlink Olga is orphaned young and raised by her Prussian grandmother. She fights for an education and becomes a school teacher, but also falls in love with Herbert, whose aristocratic family scorn her lowly birth. Told in three parts, with unexpected twists, this moving and intelligently told story spans the entire 20th century, weaving a passionate love affair among the strands of German history.
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The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida
Clarissa Goenawan
A bewitching novel set in contemporary Japan about the mysterious suicide of a young woman, Miwako Sumida. Those closest to her try to piece together the fragments of her life. Ryusei, who has always loved her, follows her trail to a remote Japanese village. Chie, Miwako’s best friend, was the only person to know her true identity, but is now the time to reveal it? Together, they realise Miwako had more going on behind her seemingly perfect facade than they could ever have dreamed. Pb $29.99
Collected Stories Shirley Hazzard
December
Most remembered for her 1980 novel The Transit of Venus ($22.99), Hazzard was a supreme stylist, able to capture small moments with grace and uncompromising precision, This volume contains 28 works of short fiction, including both volumes of her short story collections, two previously unpublished stories and other uncollected works. Ranging from satirical send-ups of international bureaucracy to the struggles between beauty and pragmatism, with settings from suburban Connecticut to rural Italy, this is an anthology to savour! Hb $39.99
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro Christine Féret-Fleury
When Juliette takes the metro to her loathed office job each morning, her only escape is in books. One day she gets off the train a few stops early and meets Soliman - the mysterious owner of the most enchanting bookshop she's ever seen - and knows her life will never be the same again. A bestseller in France, this is sure to charm and delight. Pb $18.99
The Evening and the Morning
Trio William Boyd
A producer. A novelist. An actress. It's the summer of 1968 - the year Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are assassinated. While the world is reeling, our trio are making a rackety Swingin' Sixties movie in sunny Brighton. All are leading secret lives, but as the film is shot, their secret worlds begin to take over their public ones. Pressures build inexorably. Someone's going to crack. Or maybe they all will. An exhilarating, tender novel from one of Britain’s bestselling writers. Pb $32.99
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Ken Follett
In the year 997, at the end of the Dark Ages, England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and Vikings in the east. Life is hard and those with power wield it harshly, often in conflict with the king, and chaos and bloodshed reign. An epic tale of ambition and rivalry, this is the masterful prequel to the bestseller The Pillars of the Earth ($19.99), published over 30 years ago. Hb $44.99
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Pandora’s Jar
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Women in the Greek Myths
Tales from the Cafe
Natalie Haynes
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy. But modern tellers of Greek myth have usually been men, and have shown little interest in telling women’s stories. Taking Pandora and her jar (the box came later) as the starting point, Haynes puts the women of the Greek myths on an equal footing with the men. The voices that sing from these pages are those of Hera, Athena, Artemis, Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Eurydice and Penelope. Pb $34.99
Before the Coffee Gets Cold ($18.99) was a bestseller for us last year and now comes more tales from Cafe Funiculi Funicula, which offers its customers a chance to travel back in time, but only once and with strict rules. Four new customers are keen to take advantage of the offer to have one more chance to meet with someone from their past. This delightful, heart-warming novel can be read without having read the previous book. Greg
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Magic Lessons
Troy Stephen Fry
Alice Hoffman
Comes with a free copy of the novel Children of Jocasta $29.99 while stock lasts.
The story of Troy has it all: the kidnapping of Helen sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships and lay siege to Troy for 10 whole years. It's a terrible war with casualties on all sides, and strained relations between allies, the consequences of which lead to further tragedies. A tale full of human passions that still resonates today. By the author of Mythos and Heroes ($22.99 each). Pb $35 Hb $45
A baby abandoned in a snowy field in 1664 is found and brought up by a woman versed in the ‘Unnamed Arts’. Maria learns well and, when fate drives her away, her talents are useful in her new life. But magic doesn’t mean you’re immune to the most powerful of all enchantments - love. And knowledge doesn’t mean you are wise... Set in a time when wise women were considered witches, and Salem was no place for any woman, this is the prequel to Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic ($19.99 each), although there’s no need to have read either to enjoy this lush story! Lindy Pb $32.99
Andrew Pippos
The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home
Lucky Mallios was once a famous man - first for his chain of restaurants serving AmericanGreek-Australian food, then for the tragedy of the Third of April. But Lucky has a big heart and a lot of faith and he's going to make everything better, even if he's in his 70s. Emily gets the chance to do an article on Lucky for the New Yorker and flies to Sydney to interview him. What neither of them realise is how closely their lives are linked... A generous, enjoyable and nostalgia-filled tale of chance and love and family. Lindy Pb $32.99
Self-contained Hattie Bloom has lived in the same house all her life. At nearly 90, both she and the house have seen better days. When she falls off a ladder, she's sent to Woodlands to recuperate, losing her independence. She hates it wholeheartedly and the only bright spot is Sister Bronwyn's clandestine Night Owl Club. When Bronwyn is dismissed, Hattie reluctantly accepts the friendship of Walter, who is also struggling to retain his freedom. They hatch a plan to have Bronwyn reinstated - and reclaim their own lives. A warm, compassionate and good-humoured novel. Lindy Pb $32.99
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Anna Walker
The award-winning Anna Walker delivers another warm and sweet picture book. When Jack stays with his Dad, he can’t help but notice that Dad doesn’t tell jokes any more. Then Jimmy - a bright green parrot full of noise and sass - arrives on their doorstep and is great company. Jack feels supplanted, but of course he isn’t. A tender and reassuring book, with delightful illustrations. Lindy Hb $24.99
Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus Steven Herrick
A charming novel told in Herrick’s free-verse style and multiple characters’ voices. When a new teacher starts, the class of 5D enjoy her spontaneity and her support of their ideas. Ms Dillon rides her bike to school, and when some of her pupils decide they would like to as well, she helps form a bicycle bus. But there’s a dangerous stretch of road with no bike lane and Zoe and Max decide to do something about that… Believable characters and a sweet message of hope throughout! Lindy Pb $16.99
Claudette
Hélène Magisson Loutka does one thing well - he makes puppets. But one day he creates Claudette, who is rickety and contrary, so he puts her on a shelf and forgets about his failure. Claudette watches him create princesses and pirates and fairies, and longs for adventure and travel and magic, until the day she finally achieves her heart’s desires... A gentle tale of finding your destiny, with charming illustrations in a range of dreamy colours. Ages 4 to 7 Lindy
Esmeralda’s Nest
Robert Moore & Mandy Foot
Hb $26.99
Esmeralda is acting strangely. Each day the weather is different, and each day Esmeralda collects something odd and waddles off down the hill. What is she up to? By Sunday, everyone on the farm will know! A sweet and simple text that introduces days of the week and weather conditions to little listeners, and illustrated in an expressive and playful style. Ages 3 to 5. Lindy Hb $29.99
Sing Me the Summer
Jane Godwin & Alison Lester This sweet book is a celebration of Australian seasons, beginning with the traditions of our summer and flowing through to the joys and experiences of autumn, winter and spring. With luminous and lively illustrations by the much-loved Alison Lester, and Jane Godwin’s rhyming text that begs to be read out loud, this is a classic in the making! Lindy Hb $24.99
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Whose Bones? Chihiro Takeuchi
From the acclaimed paper-cut artist of such toddler favourites as Colours and Animals ($19.99 each) comes a new book celebrating the skeletons of vertebrate animals. With a page of simplified yet scientifically correct bones, and a page of the animal who wears them, this is a guessing game that becomes increasingly more complex! Great fun for youngsters aged 3 to 6. Lindy Pb $24.99
Terry Denton’s Really Truly Amazing Guide to Everything Terry Denton
Famous for his anarchic illustrations of the madcap Treehouse series, Terry is also pretty good at explaining scientific concepts, historical happenings and geographical features. As he says, he knows quite a bit about almost everything (and looked up the bits he didn’t know), so young readers (and older ones too) are guaranteed to have a wonderfully entertaining and engaging time, while being sneakily educated. Conversational text is paired with his trademark witty drawings. Lindy
How Ships Work
Clive Gifford & James Gulliver Hancock The latest in this fabulous series from Lonely Planet. This is a cruise through the history and technology of ships, from dugout canoes and reed boats to wooden hulls and on through the age of sail to futuristic vessels. Lots of flaps to lift and gatefold pages to open, full of fascinating facts and narrative snippets of history, and of course wonderful illustrations. Such a fun way to learn! Lindy Hb $24.99
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The 130-Storey Treehouse
Cities Then and Now
Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Andy and Terry have added 13 new levels to their treehouse and now it's even more out of this world than before! There's a soap bubble blaster, a GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a time-wasting level, a toilet paper factory (because you can never have too much toilet paper), a super long legs level, an extraterrestrial observation centre and the best bookshop-in-a-treehouse-in-a-tree-in-aforest-in-a-book in the whole world! Pb $14.99
Lift the Flaps and Step Back in Time
Joe Fullman & Lindsey Spinks
Travel through 12 cities including Babylon, Pompeii, Constantinople, London, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Aarhus in Denmark and Tenochtitlan in Mexico. Lift the gatefolds and see how they once looked! Interesting facts and absorbing illustrations make this a wonderful book for ages 7 to 9. Lindy Hb $24.99
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The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals
Took the Children Away Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter
Sami Bayly
The companion to the bestselling and highlyawarded The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals ($32.99) and every bit as compelling! Sixty creatures, including fleas and frogs, bats and birds, reptiles and jellyfish grace the pages of this beautifully illustrated book. Some you mightn’t even know as deadly. Informative text complements the exquisitely detailed depictions. Perfect for readers aged 7 to 11, but will appeal to naturalists of any age! Lindy Hb $32.99
Thirty years ago, Archie Roach released a song that has become a classic, heartbreaking testimony to the Stolen Generation. This special book is the last collaboration between Archie and his beloved partner, Ruby Hunter, whose evocative drawings illustrate the lyrics of the song. With archival photographs and Archie’s recollections of his family, this is a powerful tale, but also one of love and reconnection. For children of any age, and for all their parents too. Lindy Hb $24.99
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Discover and Learn Kitchen Science series
The Unwilling Twin
Discover and learn with experiments! The Biology of Bananas and The Maths of Milkshakes by Katie Steckles, The Chemistry of Cola by Jamie Gallagher and The Physics of Popcorn by Aidan Randle-Conde – four amazing books which apply science to everyday objects and helps explain scientific principles through fun and interactive experiments. Great for ages 9 to 14.
Freya Blackwood
Jules is convinced that George is her twin, despite the fact that he’s a pig. Literally. They do everything together, but over the course of the book the reader realises that’s because Jules is the dominant sibling, until George teaches her a gentle lesson... I adore Blackwood’s work - her gorgeous palette of colours, delicate but expressive lines, and sweet-natured, but never sickly, storylines and this book is classic Freya Blackwood! Ages 3 to 7 Lindy Hb $24.99
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A Clock of Stars The Shadow Moth
The Bushfire Book
Francesca Gibbons & Chris Riddell
How to be Aware and Prepare
Imogen follows a silver moth to a door in a tree. She steps through, but so does her very annoying little sister Marie, who slams the door closed! With no way out, they find themselves in a strange world, a besieged city and rescued by a spoilt and isolated princeling who thinks his uncle-regent really loves him… Throw in a conniving, beautiful, would-be queen, a mysterious hunter, a boastful adventurer, scary monsters, ancient wrongdoings, lots of magic and sibling rivalry, and you have a marvellous tale for ages 9 to 13. Lindy Pb $17.99
Polly Marsden & Chris Nixon Bushfires are a fact of Australian life and this informative and reassuring book is aimed at youngsters who might have a lot of questions. It's about being smart, not scared, and being prepared is the first step. With expressive illustrations, thoughtful text and simple suggestions, this is the perfect book for any child who has ever wondered – or worried – about bushfire. Lindy Hb $19.99
Australia’s Wild Weird Wonderful Weather
Show Me the Money
Sue Lawson & Karen Tayleur
Stephanie Owen Reeder & Tania McCartney
Every Australian coin and note has a story. The people, plants, animals and places depicted have all been carefully chosen to represent something of our history, and this delightfully instructive book reveals why. With timelines and information on colonial and Commonwealth currency, and detailed explanations of current notes and security features, this well-illustrated book reveals the fascinating history that resides in our wallets and purses! Lindy Hb $24.99
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The Survivors Jane Harper
A Song for the Dark Times #23 Rebus
Kieran Elliott, his partner Mia and their baby Audrey return to the coastal community in which they grew up, Evelyn Bay. Kieran has been haunted by an accident he was involved in that led to the death of two men, including his brother. This is a community drenched in secrets and divided loyalties - pushed to breaking point when the body of a woman is found on the beach. Harper provides another gripping summer read and ensnares the reader right from the get-go. From the author of The Dry and Force of Nature ($16.99 each). Greg Pb $32.99
Ian Rankin
Rebus is back! Retired or not, when his daughter phones to say her partner has disappeared, he heads north to see what he can do. His policeman’s heart tells him she’s a suspect; his father’s heart wants to protect her, even if she is implicated. Meanwhile, Siobhan is supposed to be on leave, but when a juicy murder investigation comes up and Malcolm Fox is given her position on the team, she can’t keep away. As usual, the threads are connected, and the fun Comes with in reading is to see how Rankin makes them all join up. I couldn’t put it down! Lindy Pb $32.99 a free copy
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The Sentinel #25 Jack Reacher
Trust
Lee Child
#3 Martin Scarsden
Jack Reacher gets off a bus in a sleepy, no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee which has apparently been shut down by a cyber attack. At the centre of it all, whether he likes it or not, is Rusty Rutherford - an average IT guy who knows more than he thinks. As the bad guys move in on Rusty, Reacher steps in to help. More edge-of-your-seat action featuring the mythic, one-man force for good: Jack Reacher.
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Chris Hammer
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Martin Scarsden thinks he’s put the past behind him with his lovely new partner Mandalay, her son and their home on the coast, but Mandy hasn’t. There’s quite a bit she’s never told him, and one day it comes back in a very dramatic way… I thoroughly enjoyed Scrublands and Silver ($16.99 each), but this third book, set among the powerful and corrupt ranks of Sydney business and society, is a new level altogether! Lindy Pb $32.99
Chris Hammer
Shore Leave #4 Frank Swann David Whish-Wilson
If the past is a foreign country, then the fourth Frank Swann story set in 1989 Perth is as foreign and exotic as Scandinavia, Shetland or the boondocks of America - and just as engaging. Centred around a visiting American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Perth’s underworld of bikies, drugs, brothels and past injustice come to a head as Swann battles his own debilitating illness that threatens to kill him. This outing proves Whish-Wilson is the master of precisely-observed, sun-soaked noir. Andy
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Alan Carter
Doom Creek #2 Nick Chester Alan Carter
Following the award-winning Marlborough Man ($29.99), Sergeant Nick Chester once again tackles crime in New Zealand’s beautiful and remote Marlborough Sound. This time there is a murdered gold miner, a cashed-up American doomsday cult and a killer stalking the hills. Either as a standalone or sequel, this story richly imagines rural New Zealand with pacey plot twists and great characters. If you enjoy crime procedurals, or novels by Gary Disher or Chris Hammer, then Alan Carter needs to be on your list too! Andy Pb $32.99
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The Postscript Murders
Consolation #3 Paul Hirschhausen
When Peggy Smith dies from natural causes (not surprisingly, as she was 90), her Ukrainian carer Natalka is nevertheless suspicious and convinces DS Harbinder Kaur to investigate. Peggy used to advise crime writers on ingenious ways to kill off their characters, and when the authors start dying, Peggy’s friends - Edwin (former media personality) and Benedict (ex-monk coffee shop owner) - team up with Natalka on a roadtrip to a Scottish book fair to solve the crimes. Entertaining, golden agestyle detective fiction with a clever plot, touches of humour and a cast of enjoyable characters. Pb $32.99
Constable Paul Hirschhausen runs a one-cop station in Tiverton in rural South Australia. Someone is stealing women’s underwear and Hirsch knows how this can quickly escalate. But the more immediate concern is a student who may be in danger at home. And a man enraged about the principal’s treatment of his daughter. Families under pressure. And the cold, seeping feeling that something is very, very wrong... The third instalment following Bitter Wash Road ($22.99) and Peace ($19.99). Pb $32.99
Elly Griffiths
Garry Disher
Either Side of Midnight Benjamin Stevenson
The Bluffs Kyle Perry
When a group of teenage schoolgirls goes missing in the remote wilderness of Tasmania’s Great Western Tiers, the people of Limestone Creek are immediately on alert. Three decades ago, five young girls disappeared in the area of those dangerous bluffs, and the legend of ‘the Hungry Man’ still haunts locals. Detective Con Badenhorst knows that in a town this size - with corrupt cops, small-town politics and a teenage YouTube sensation - everyone is hiding something and bluffing is second nature. Pb $32.99
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Benjamin Stevenson
At 9.01 pm, TV presenter Sam Midford is delivering the monologue for his show Midnight Tonight. He seems nervous and the crew suspect he’s about to propose to his girlfriend live on air. Instead, he pulls out a gun and shoots himself. Only Jack Quick, a disgraced TV producer in the last days of a prison sentence, is desperate enough to take money from Sam’s twin brother to investigate. But as he starts digging, he finds a mystery more complex than imagined.
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Death in Daylesford #21 Phryne Fisher
Fortune Favours the Dead
Kerry Greenwood
Stephen Spotswood
Raise your cocktail glasses - the divine Phryne Fisher is back! Accepting an invitation to Daylesford to visit a convalescent home for war veterans, Phryne decides that she and Dot need a short country vacation. Of course, there’s no rest for the intrepid, insatiably curious and incredibly elegant lady detective, and a spate of mysterious deaths in full public view (and some equally mysterious local disappearances) ensures her involvement in solving them. Throw in beautiful clothes, beguiling men, refreshments both alcoholic and culinary, and you have a marvellous return to Phryne’s world! Lindy Pb $29.99
Willowjean Parker ran away to the circus, but in 1946 she’s just run away from it. Working as a nightwatchman in New York, she encounters the famous Lillian Pentecost, lady detective, whose body can no longer keep up with her sharp intellect, so she hires Willowjean to do her legwork. When a rich widow is found murdered in a locked room after a disturbing séance, Ms P and Willowjean are hired to investigate. A thoroughly entertaining mystery, introducing feisty women of unexpected talents! Lindy Pb $32.99
Death Leaves the Station Alexander Thorpe
Murder Takes a Holiday
Set in 1927 in the West Australian wheatbelt, this story has all the classic elements of an interwar murder mystery. A nameless friar turns up at the wheat farm of Halfwell Station at the same time that Ana, the adopted daughter of the station owners, discovers a body in the desert nearby while on a late-night walk. But when she returns to look for it, the corpse has gone! Keeping you guessing until the end, this is an impressive debut from a new Australian author. Pb $27.99
A fabulous collection of 10 stories from writers including Dorothy L Sayers, Ngaio Marsh and Ruth Rendell. From a body found on a beach without a single footprint, to a lemonade stand whose wares appear to have been poisoned, to a Wimbledon final ruined by the disappearance of the championship player, these tales of murder and malice will take you on the trip of a lifetime. Pb $19.99
Over My Dead Body Dave Warner
Cryogenicist Dr Georgette Watson has mastered the art of bringing frozen hamsters back to life. Now what she needs is a body to confirm her technique can save human lives. Meanwhile, in New York City, winter is closing in and there’s a killer on the loose. Georgette, who freelances for the NYPD, suddenly finds herself in the company of the greatest detective of all time. Will Sherlock Holmes be able to save Dr Watson in a world that has changed drastically in 200 years, even if human nature has not? Pb $32.99
Classic Crime Stories for Summer
Murder on Mustique Anne Glenconner
Lord and Lady Blake bought the island of Mustique many years ago, transforming it into an exclusive enclave. When a tropical storm approaches, some of the socialites remain because a big 21st party is planned for Lady Veronica’s god-daughter Lily. But when a young heiress is murdered, it’s up to the only policeman on the island to discover her killer – and as there have been no arrivals on Mustique due to the storm, it must be one of the residents… An exotic setting, rich and famous characters and a glamorous narrator - what more could you want to while the hours away! Lindy Pb $32.99
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People of Abandoned Character
Jessica Fellowes
Clare Whitfield
Another sparkling whodunnit inspired by a real-life mystery, featuring ex-criminal Louisa Cannon companion, lady’s maid and confidante to the Mitford sisters. In the summer of 1933, Louisa is asked to spy on Diana Mitford (who is having an affair with the infamous Oswald Mosley) and also on Unity Mitford, well-known for her fascist sympathies. Louisa accompanies the sisters on a swanky cruise, where one of the passengers is brutally attacked. Back in London, lawyer Tom Mitford takes up the case and Louisa finds herself caught between worlds… Pb $32.99
Susannah thinks she’s escaped uncertainty and poverty by marrying a rich young surgeon. The honeymoon is wonderful, but reality soon sets in (along with a deliciously awful housekeeper). Thomas starts disappearing of a night-time, often returning bloodspattered. Meanwhile, women of a poorer class are being mutilated and murdered on the seedy streets of Whitechapel. At the same time as Susannah is wondering what he’s hiding, she’s trying not to think of what she is hiding… A very likeable character, atmospheric settings and an entertaining storyline! Lindy Pb $32.99
Murder Maps
The Thursday Murder Club
Crime Scenes Revisited Phrenology to Fingerprint 1811-1911
Richard Osman
Coopers Chase Retirement Village in Kent, England looks a fairly innocuous place, yet the residents are anything but! Especially the members of the Thursday Murder Club, ruled by the indomitable Elizabeth. They go through unsolved murder cases – well, we need mental stimulation at every age! – but it's not until a murder occurs nearby that they get to show off their experience, intelligence and afternoon teas, with a bemused local policewoman in tow. A delightfully entertaining mystery with a cast of wonderful seniors in a charming setting – great fun all round! Lindy Pb $32.99
Drew Gray
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A fascinating, if macabre, examination of over 100 sensational 19th century murders, including Joseph Vacher, who roamed the French countryside murdering and mutilating over 20 people, and H H Holmes, who built a hotel in Chicago to entrap and murder guests. The elements of each crime are meticulously replotted on archival maps, recounting both the crimes and the ingenious detective work that led to the capture of the murderers. Includes copious crime-scene photographs and illustrations from the sensationalist magazines of the day. Hb $49.99
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One Day I’ll Remember This Diaries 1987-1995
Helen Garner
A Promised Land
Following on from Yellow Notebook: Diaries 1978-1987 (Hb $29.99), author Helen Garner’s second volume of diaries charts a tumultuous stage in her life; it begins in 1987 with an affair she knows will be all-consuming, and ends in 1995 with the publication of The First Stone ($22.95) and the bombshell that followed. With devastating honesty, she grapples with what it means for her sense of self to be so entwined with another, and how to survive as an artist in a partnership that is both thrilling and uncompromising. Hb $29.99
Volume 1: The Presidential Memoirs
Barack Obama
In the highly anticipated first volume of his memoirs, the 44th president of the US tells the story of his improbable odyssey from a young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world. We are privy to his thoughts during his first term as he wrestles with the global financial crisis, Wall Street reform, military strategy in Afghanistan and a multitude of national and international issues. He also reflects on the awesome Hb $65 Only $55 reach – as well as the limits - of presidential Audio CD ($95) power, and the effect of the presidency Also available: Becoming by on his personal and family life. Michelle Obama (Hb $49.99)
Red Comet
The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Heather Clark
The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath. Presenting new material about her scientist father, her juvenile writings and her psychiatric treatment, it evokes a culture in transition in the mid-20th century. Along with illuminating readings of the poems themselves, Clark’s meticulous, compassionate research brings us closer than ever to this visionary artist. Hb $65 Only $55
Lowitja
Stuart Rintoul Born in 1932 to an Aboriginal woman and a white father, Lowitja O'Donoghue was cut off from her culture at the age of two. She would not see her mother again for another 30 years and would have no memory of her father. In 2001, a bitter controversy arose as to whether Lowitja was ‘stolen’ as a child. In search of a past she did not remember, she returned to Central Australia accompanied by journalist Stuart Rintoul. This long-awaited biography completes that journey into Lowitja’s life, detailing her passionate advocacy for her people and abiding commitment to social justice and human rights. Hb $45
Olive, Mabel and Me
Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs
Andrew Cotter
When international golf, tennis and rugby were cancelled and the world went into lockdown, this renowned sports broadcaster found himself at a loose end, so decided to apply his commentating skills to the daily epic contests between his two Labradors, Olive and Mabel. The resulting videos became an internet sensation. Beautifully written, touching and funny, this heart-warming story is a treat for dog-lovers everywhere, especially in these strange and difficult times of social isolation. Pb $32.99
Morozov
The Story of a Family and a Lost Collection
Natalya Semenova
The first English-language account of Ivan Morozov and his ambition to build one of the world’s greatest collections of modern art. A wealthy Moscow textile merchant, he acquired almost 500 paintings from 1907 to 1914, including works by Monet, Pissarro and Cezanne. After the Revolution in 1917, he fled the country and his collection was nationalised, languishing in storage for decades. This book traces his life and achievements, shedding light on the interconnected worlds of European and Russian art at the turn of the century. Hb $51.95
December
The Time of Our Lives Growing Older Well Robert Dessaix
The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini Joe Posnanski
The phenomenon of Houdini was not just about his death-defying stunts and ability to escape handcuffs and straitjackets, it was about the power of imagination and self-invention. Blending biography, memoir and first-person reporting, this book traces Houdini's metamorphosis from Ehrich Weiss, humble Hungarian immigrant and rabbi's son, into the selfnamed Harry Houdini, and explores why his legacy endures. Pb $29.99
From Java to Hobart via Berlin, we eavesdrop on Dessaix’s intimate, no-nonsense conversations about ageing with friends and chance acquaintances, reflecting on time, religion, painting, dancing and even grandchildren. Riffing on writers and thinkers from Plato to Eva Hoffman, he homes in on the crucial importance of a rich inner life. A wise and timely exploration of the challenges and possibilities of old age. Hb $32.99
Soar A Life Freed by Dance David McAllister
Mary’s Last Dance
The Untold Story of the Wife of Mao’s Last Dancer
Mary Li
Mary Li became a household name when her husband Li Cunxin published his bestselling memoir, Mao's Last Dancer ($24.99), but that was only half their story. At the height of her international ballet career, Mary disappeared from view, leaving fans aghast. This is a powerful and uplifting memoir about chasing an impossible dream and sacrificing ambition for the love of a child - an unforgettable story of passion, dedication and devotion. Pb $34.99
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McAllister’s entire career has been with The Australian Ballet, from student to dancer to Artistic Director. This warm, engaging memoir details his early life as a daggy, but determined, Perth kid through to his student days in Melbourne and how he essentially snuck in to become an acclaimed member of the company, followed by a 20-year tenure as director. Struggles with his sexuality and relationships, injuries, and perceptions that he wasn’t ‘prince’ material are related with candour. What really shines through is the sheer joy that dance brought him, and that delight illuminates this heartfelt book! Lindy Hb $39.99
Searching for Charlotte
Only Happiness Here
The Fascinating Story of Australia’s First Children’s Author
In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim
Gabrielle Carey
Gabrielle Carey
Kate Forsyth & Belinda Murrell The first Australian book for children (A Mother’s Offering to Her Children, published in 1841 and attributed to a Lady Long Resident in NSW) was written by Charlotte Waring Atkinson. Forsyth and Murrell - descendants of Waring and well-known authors - dig through their family history to recreate the long-buried life story of this creative woman, one of many in their family. An inspiring tale of love, grief, violence and eventual triumph in the face of overwhelming odds. Pb $34.95
Vida A Woman for Our Time Jacqueline Kent
Blazing a trail at the dawn of the 20th century, Vida Goldstein (18691949) remains Australia’s most celebrated crusader for the rights of women. A campaigner for women’s suffrage in Australia, Britain and America, advocate for peace, fighter for social equality and shrewd political commentator, her battle for equality illuminates issues that persist to this day. Pb $34.99 Jacqueline Kent
Elizabeth von Arnim was famous for bestselling books such as Elizabeth and her German Garden, Vera and The Enchanted April ($19.99 each), where attaining happiness was a major theme. Born in Kirribilli in 1866, she grew up in England, married a German count, then Bertrand Russell’s older brother Frank, and enjoyed many dalliances. She was pretty, witty and charismatic, but unconventionally put herself first. Carey decided Elizabeth could teach her something about happiness, so researched her life and re-read her novels. A warm blend of biography and book review. After this, you’ll want to read Elizabeth’s books for yourself! Lindy Pb $32.99
In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World Danielle Clode
When the first woman to circumnavigate the world completed her journey in 1775, she returned home without fanfare. Jeanne Barret, an impoverished peasant from Burgundy, disguised herself as a man and sailed on the 1766 Bougainville voyage as the naturalist’s assistant. Clode’s mission takes her from France and Mauritius to the Pacific Islands, revealing the previously untold full story of Barret’s life and the challenges of her voyage. A spellbinding ode to the sea, to science and to a remarkable woman who charted her own course. Pb $34.99
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The Windsor Diaries 1940-45
A Polar Affair
Alathea Fitzalan Howard
Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins
Alathea was an unhappy young teen when WWII broke out. Sent to live with her grandfather, Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent, her nearest neighbours were the young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret. She became close friends with them and recorded in her diaries many details of their everyday life at Windsor Castle. Affectionate, yet candid, portraits of the young royals, as well as the intimate concerns of an upper-class girl during the War years. Pb $34.99
Lloyd Spencer Davis
George Levick was the physician on Robert Scott's tragic 1910 Antarctic expedition. Marooned over winter, he passed the time by becoming the first man to study penguins up close, yet his findings so shocked Victorian morals that they were quickly suppressed and lost to history. A century later, Davis rediscovers Levick's manuscript, revealing not only an incredible story of survival, but one that changes our understanding of an entire species. A captivating blend of true adventure and natural history. Pb $32.99
FIRST NATIONS' LIVES
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Her extraordinary story in full, surviving the apocalyptic genocide of the clans of south-eastern Tasmania.
A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen child, musical and lyrical genius, and leader.
Share in a vibrant sisterhood through the experiences of many Indigenous women and girls.
Moving between two worlds, the redoubtable trackers used skills passed down over millennia.
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A story about the Uluru Statement for young Australians.
Ian Hoskins, also author of Coast (Hb $49.99), started his working life at Abbey’s.
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY at Rivers
Songlines
The Lifeblood of Australia
The Power and Promise
Ian Hoskins
Margo Neale & Lynne Kelly
A lavishly illustrated history of nine Australian rivers and one riverine system, examining the human relationship to these waterways. From the Yarra to the Clarence, the Murray to the Snowy, the Ord to the Franklin, each river has a history of indigenous dispossession and colonial alteration. The ways we have used, imagined and changed them are many and varied, and this well-written, easily-read book details those strands of history. Fascinating! Lindy Hb $49.99
This is an introduction to indigenous knowledge as encoded in the Songlines, weaving personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics. Much more than a navigational path or map, these vast and powerful stores of information are held through song, story, dance, art and ceremony. Investigates how they apply today and what we can all learn from them. Includes line drawings. Pb $19.99
Ian Hoskins
What the Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley & Peter Read
In this joint history of Aboriginal Sydney, Foley recounts the history of his people, the Gai-mariagal, while Read places it in the context of what was happening among other Sydney clans. It is also a generous and vivid portrait of growing up as an Indigenous man in Sydney, of Knowledge and Culture and Country. Colonists had no respect for these concepts, and so their descendants remained ignorant of them. But read this and learn. As Bruce Pascoe says: "a mesmerising read". Lindy
A Concise History of Australia Stuart Macintyre
Integrating new scholarship with the historical record, this fifth edition brings together the long narrative of Australia’s First Nations’ peoples; the arrival of Europeans and the era of colonies, convicts, gold and free settlers; the foundation of a nation state; and the social, cultural, political and economic developments that have created a modern Australia. The best one-volume history of Australia is now even better! Pb $39.95
Moonlite
The Tragic Love Story of Captain Moonlite and the Bloody End of the Bushrangers
Banks Grantlee Kieza
Joseph Banks was a man of many parts a fabulously wealthy playboy, adventurer and writer; a dilettante who became passionately serious about accumulating scientific knowledge and collections. He financed many expeditions around the globe, was the longest-serving president of the Royal Society and became the driving force behind Britain's colonisation of Australia. A rollicking narrative history of a colourful and vastly influential man.
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Garry Linnell
George Scott was born into a life of privilege in famine-wracked Ireland, but when his family lost their fortune they fled to New Zealand. Scott served in the local militia, then sailed to Australia and became a Lay Preacher. Prone to bursts of madness, he dubbed himself Captain Moonlite and brazenly robbed a bank, then staged an audacious jailbreak. Imprisoned again, he fell in love with fellow prisoner James Nesbitt. Meticulously researched and told at a cracking pace, this is history that reads like a novel. Pb $34.99
Whatever Happened to Ned Kelly’s Head?
The Edward Street Baby Farm The Murder Trial that Gripped a City
Eamon Evans
Stella Budrikis
Australian history has plenty of cases with mysterious twists and unanswered questions, and here are 51 of them: Who stole the Picasso from the National Gallery of Victoria? Was Errol Flynn a Nazi spy? Did an Australian kill the Red Baron? And who was the Somerton Man, found propped up on a beach in 1948? With his signature wit, Evans lays out the evidence of these curious cases for the court of public opinion to decide.
In 1907, Perth woman Alice Mitchell was arrested for the murder of five-month-old Ethel Booth. During the trial, it was revealed at least 37 infants had died in her care within the previous six years! She stood accused of running a ‘baby farm’, profiting from taking care of the children of single mothers and other ‘unfortunate women’. By the end of this well-researched and gripping account, you’ll be left with a new empathy for lost children and the disenfranchised, as you wrestle with the question: ‘Did she or didn’t she…? Andy
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Breaker Morant Peter FitzSimons
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Many of us remember the 1980 movie, but few of us really know the man behind the myth. A charming and reckless adventurer, Harry Morant was a horseman and bush poet who joined up early to fight in the Boer War. He was executed for killing Boer prisoners, but was he really a war criminal, or a scapegoat for British imperialist aims? With his trademark narrative flair, FitzSimons brings life to the man and this fascinating period of history. Also available: Breaker Morant, the classic Australian film (DVD $24.99) Hb $49.99
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Nurses of Australia The Illustrated Story Deborah Burrows
This handsomely illustrated volume draws on the National Library archives. It is a thorough and respectful history, from First Fleet convicts and untrained midwives to sisters of religious orders and Nightingale-trained nurses to the tertiary-educated professionals of today. It pays particular attention to the contributions of Indigenous nurses, profiles influential women, covers peace and wartime, rural and urban spheres. A celebration of discipline, competence and dedication. Lindy Pb $34.99
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The Flying Kangaroo 100 Years of Qantas
Neil Montagnana-Wallace The centenary of our national airline hasn’t ended quite as anticipated in this pandemically isolated year, but it’s still one to celebrate. Launched in the aftermath of WWI and the Spanish flu, Qantas has connected the states and linked Australia to the world. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and archival material, this history is a fine testament to an iconic Australian institution. Hb $49.99
Australian Women Pilots
Amazing True Stories of Women in the Air
Kathy Mexted
A celebration of the achievements of 10 Australian female pilots including Nancy Bird, pioneer aviatrix; Mardi Gething, Spitfire pilot; Patricia Toole, the first female commercial pilot in PNG; Gaby Kennard, the first Australian woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine plane; Deborah Lawrie, the first female pilot on a major airline; and other high flyers who excelled in the world of aviation.
The Queen, the Governor-General, and the Plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam
Jenny Hocking
What role did the queen play in Kerr's plans to dismiss Whitlam in 1975? The letters between Kerr and the queen regarding the dismissal had been locked away for decades in the National Archives of Australia and embargoed, potentially forever. In 2015, Hocking mounted a crowd-funded campaign to have the letters released. On 14 July 2020, they finally were. Here she traces the collusion and deception behind the dismissal, and charts the role of judges, the queen's private secretary and Malcolm Fraser in Kerr's actions.
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The Ways of the Bushwalker On Foot in Australia
Melissa Harper
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The Long Shadow
Australia’s Vietnam Veterans Since the War
Peter Yule
As the daughter of a Vietnam veteran, I read this with much interest and some trepidation. A thorough, chronological examination of the years after the war ended (as well as very good chapters detailing responses to previous wars and the Vietnam conflict itself ), it's a masterful blend of history, social commentary and the direct experiences of many participants through extensive interviews. Much space is given to the impact and controversies of Agent Orange, as well as the medical - and mental - fallout suffered by veterans. It also covers the Welcome Home marches and the ongoing efforts of veterans to look after themselves. A fine book indeed. Lindy Hb $49.99
A Secret Australia
Revealed by the WikiLeaks Exposés
Felicity Ruby & Peter Cronau
December
The Palace Letters
Essays from 19 prominent Australians discussing what we've learnt about ourselves from the WikiLeaks revelations, exploring the consequences of covert, unaccountable and unfettered power. The leaking of confidential government documents showed the complex relationship between intelligence, media and politics, and how there are secret rules and hidden agendas. Contributors include Quentin Dempster, Scott Ludlam, Paul Barratt and Julian Burnside.
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Witness
An Investigation into the Brutal Cost of Seeking Justice
Louise Milligan
The award-winning investigative journalist exposes the treatment of people who are brave enough to come forward in court to face their abusers in child abuse and sexual assault cases. She also speaks with members of the legal profession about their attitudes to witnesses within a process that is often unfeeling, sexist and weighted towards those with money and power, revealing a deeply flawed legal system where justice for victims is elusive. Pb $34.99
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A fully updated edition of the popular, sometimes quirky, 2007 history of Australian bushwalking. From the earliest days of European settlement, when wandering through the bush was about discovery and leisure, to contemporary times when walking for exercise predominates and multi-day hikes are developed by governments in collaboration with commercial interests to make money, this readable book is an inspiring blend of nature writing, social commentary and environmental history. Lindy
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CITY SERIES COMPETITION! This much-loved series has been reissued with new material. History combined with personal anecdotes and social commentary, each volume captures the recognisable spirit of the city to the satisfaction of both resident and visitor. Lindy
Buy any of these 8 titles and go in the draw for the complete set - valued at $240! In-store & Online. One entry per customer. Drawn 16 December 2020. Customers must be in Abbey's Rewards (free & quick to join) with email address recorded. Winner will be notified by email.
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The Story of China
A Portrait of a Civilisation and its People
Egyptologists’ Notebooks
Michael Wood
A masterful, single-volume account of China's 4,000-year-long sweep of history, mingled with local and personal stories, as well as Wood's own travel journals. It takes in life stationed on the Great Wall or inside the Forbidden City, family letters from soldiers in the real-life Terracotta Army, stories from Silk Road merchants and Buddhist travellers, and the memoirs and diaries of emperors, poets and peasants. It also examines the forces that kept China coherent, the impact of Western colonial actions and its extraordinary rise to importance in the 21st century. Hb $59.99
Chris Naunton
This handsome volume reproduces in their original forms the works of many people who have contributed to our knowledge of ancient Egypt. Those early adventurers captured its mysteries through sketches, paintings, photographs and writings, which now offer a glimpse into a very different history of Egyptology, transporting us back to a great age of discovery. Plentifully illustrated. Hb $65
In Search of Homeric Ithaca Jonathan Brown
Great Sites of the Ancient World
In Greek mythology, Ithaca was the island home of the hero Odysseus, although the location of the island described in Homer's The Odyssey ($14.99) is unknown. This book takes a close look at the traditional view - the island of Ithaki in the Ionian Sea - as well as some of the other theories. Brown walks the landscape of Ithaki, and examines scholarly texts, accounts of earlier travellers, maps and satellite imagery, reflecting on how Homer could have known the island that so closely matches the island of his poem. Beautifully illustrated with over 270 photos and 35 maps. Hb $45
Paul Bahn
A heavily illustrated tour of 100 wonders of the ancient world, accompanied by concise and illuminating text, bringing these archaeological treasures to life. Armchair travel to places such as a Viking settlement in North America, ceremonial pre-Columbian centres in Central America, cities and temples of classical antiquity, little-known African stone circles, ruins in India, tombs in China, and Aboriginal art sites in Kakadu. Perfect for the general reader. Lindy Hb $49.99
The Invention of Medicine
Philip and Alexander
Robin Lane Fox
Adrian Goldsworthy
From Homer to Hippocrates
Kings and Conquerors
In the fifth century BC, Greeks wrote of medicine as a newly discovered craft they had invented. Hippocrates is widely acknowledged as the father of medicine, and the Hippocratic Oath is a founding statement of medical ethics and ideals. This book puts the invention of medicine in a wider context, from the epic poems of Homer to the first doctors in the Greek world. It also opens windows onto many other aspects of the classical world, from women’s medicine to street life, empire, art, sport, sex and botany. Hb $49.99
How did the insignificant kingdom of Macedon in northern Greece become the powerhouse empire that spanned continents? Alexander the Great, with his restless energy and genius, conquered countries at the edge of the known world, but he did so because of the wars and diplomacy of his father Philip. Between them, they spread Greek civilisation and language across a vast swathe, with profound and long-lasting consequences. An erudite and enthralling history from one of the most highly-acclaimed writers on the ancient world. Hb $49.99
Gladius
Ravenna
Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army
Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
Guy de la Bédoyère
Judith Herrin
Starting with a brief introduction to the way the Roman Army operated through history, this book covers recruitment, training, remuneration, camp life, impact on the environment, the dark days of ignominy and defeat, violence and atrocities, triumphant times of victory, the Roman navy, peacetime duties, leisure activities, family life on the frontier, religious beliefs and retirement. A history that blends thorough research with clear and accessible writing. Lindy Pb $34.99
In 402 AD, after invaders broke through the Alpine frontiers of Italy and threatened the imperial government in Milan, the young Emperor Honorius decided to move his capital to Ravenna - a small, easy defendable city in the Po estuary. Beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned photographs and drawing on the latest archaeological and documentary discoveries, this book brings the early Middle Ages to life through the history of this dazzling city. Hb $49.99
The Book in the Cathedral
Queens of the Crusades
The Last Relic of Thomas Becket
Alison Weir
Christopher de Hamel
The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most infamous events in European history. In a brilliant piece of historical detective work, de Hamel identifies the Anglo-Saxon Psalter which Becket cherished throughout his time as Archbishop of Canterbury and which he may even have been holding when he was murdered. Beautifully illustrated and published to coincide with the 850th anniversary of his death, this is an exciting rediscovery of one of the most evocative artefacts of medieval England. Hb $26.99
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The Plantagenet queens played a role in some of the most dramatic events in history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queens in battle - these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill. Through the story of the first five Plantagenet queens, Weir provides an enthralling new perspective on a dramatic period of high romance and sometimes low politics, with determined women at its heart. Pb $35
God’s Shadow
The Sum of Our Dreams
Alan Mikhail
Louis Masur
Sultan Selim I (1470-1520) was instrumental in expanding the Ottoman Empire. This thoughtprovoking book explores the impact of Islamic culture on Europe and the New World, casts Columbus as a Catholic jihadist, and demonstrates how the push towards the Americas led to the Protestant Reformation, highlighting the role played by Selim’s vastly influential mother, Gulbahar. Drawing on previously unexamined sources and written in gripping detail, this is a thoroughly researched and engrossing read. Pb $32.99
An extremely readable narrative history, from the first European settlers to today. Central developments and dramas are related, reflecting the distance between the American Dream (a better life for all, equal opportunity, freedom, democracy) and reality. The harsher parts (racism, violence, corruption) are not ignored, but there is also an admiration for the high principles underpinning the multitude of dreams held for the nation. A highly informed and invaluable concise history. Lindy Hb $45.95
The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World
A Concise History of America
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The Invention of China
Ronald Grigor Suny
In this compelling account, Hayton shows how China’s present-day geopolitical problems - the fates of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang and the South China Sea - were born in the struggle to create a modern nation-state. In the late19th and early 20th centuries, reformers and revolutionaries adopted foreign ideas to ‘invent’ a new vision of China. This book shows how the Republic’s reworking of its past not only helped it to justify its right to rule a century ago, but continues to motivate and direct policy today.
Bill Hayton
Passage to Revolution
How did an impoverished, idealistic poet become a feared and brutal dictator? This comprehensive book tells the story of Stalin's early years, from his birth in 1878 to the October Revolution of 1917. It explores the turbulent world and extraordinary historical events that shaped him, his rise through the Bolshevik ranks and his transformation from a resourceful and intellectual terrorist into a single-minded, ruthless rebel on his way to immense power. Hb $59.99
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JFK Volume 1: 1917-1956 Fredrik Logevall
Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, this is the untold story of how the rise of President Kennedy and the rise of the United States mirror one another - from 1917 when he was born, to 1963 when he died and the US was at the peak of its power. Full of new material from sources including a huge number of Oval Office tapes, extensive interviews with wife Jackie Kennedy and neverbefore-seen CIA documents, it focuses on international relations more so than previous biographies. Pb $35
Maiden Voyages
Women and the Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel
Siân Evans
Between 1900 and 1950, crossing the Atlantic by ship was the only acceptable mode of transport for unaccompanied females. Whether in steerage, second class or top deck, they sailed across the sea for many reasons, husband-hunting often top of the list, but also for business, pleasure and a change in lifestyle. This lively and entertaining book tells the stories of the passengers and female crew, explores life on board, and describes some of the ocean liners that carried the women Win to their destinations. Pb $32.99
December
The Hitler Conspiracies
The Glamour Boys
The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination
Richard Evans
The Secret Story of the Rebels Who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler
Conspiracy theories are becoming more popular and more widespread in the 21st century, nowhere more prevalent than in revisionist accounts of the history of the Third Reich. Long-discredited conspiracy theories have taken on a new lease of life, given credence by claims of freshly discovered evidence and novel angles of investigation. This book takes five widely discussed claims involving Hitler and the Nazis, and subjects them to forensic scrutiny. In this challenging and illuminating study, Evans puts ‘fake news’ into historical perspective.
Chris Bryant
A group of young, gay parliamentarians were the first to warn Britain about the impending dangers of Nazism. They saw what was happening to their queer and Jewish friends in Germany, and spoke against the prevailing policy of appeasement. Harassed, threatened, spied upon and derided (Chamberlain called them "the Glamour Boys"), many of them still worked towards defeating Hitler. A well-researched and fascinating narrative of a little-known aspect of WWII. Pb $29.99
Hb $39.99
MI9 A History of the Secret Service for Escape
Hitler and Stalin
and Evasion in World War Two
The Tyrants and the Second World War
Helen Fry
A thrilling history of MI9, the branch of military intelligence that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines during WWII. Thousands of soldiers and airmen escaped to safety via clandestine routes that zigzagged across Nazi-occupied Europe, often with the assistance of secret agents and resistance fighters who risked their lives, and those of their families, to hide them. Drawing on declassified files and eyewitness testimonies, this is a significant reassessment of MI9’s dramatic wartime role. Hb $41.95
Laurence Rees
Using previously unpublished eyewitness testimony from soldiers of both the Wehrmacht and the Red Army, civilians who suffered during WWII and those who knew both men personally, this is an examination of two of the most important figures in history at a time when Germany and the Soviet Union were fighting the biggest and bloodiest war in history. The culmination of 30 years' work, this is a masterwork from one of our finest historians. Pb $35
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Agent Sonya Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy Ben Macintyre
The Apocalypse Factory
Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
Steve Olson
Fearing the Germans would be the first to weaponise the atom, the United States marshalled scientists and engineers in a quest to create a nuclear chain reaction of inconceivable explosive power. In a matter of months, the Hanford nuclear facility was built. Olson, who grew up just 20 miles from Hanford’s B Reactor, recounts how a small Washington town played host to some of the most influential scientists and engineers in American history as they sought to create the substance at the core of the most destructive weapons ever created. Hb $45.95
Ursula Burton, born Ursula Kuczynski, codenamed Sonya, was a colonel in Russia’s Red Army and one of its most successful spies. This incredible woman had three children with three different fathers and juggled her responsibilities as a mother with her sworn allegiance to the party. Working as a spy in China, Switzerland and then England, she remained both illusive and loyal. As good as any thriller, this is one of the most intriguing Cold War stories I’ve ever read. I can’t recommend it enough. By the author of The Spy and the Traitor ($22.99). Greg Pb $35
For Gallantry
Australians Awarded the George Cross & the Cross of Valour
Behind the Enigma
Craig Blanch
The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain’s Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency
The Imperial George Cross (replaced by the Cross of Valour) is Australia's highest non-combat award for bravery. This lavishly illustrated book tells the stories of the 28 recipients (some posthumously decorated) who selflessly put themselves in danger to assist others. Whether apprehending suspects, resolving conflicts, recovering and defusing mines, rescuing children or searching for survivors in the Bali bombings, these stories celebrate acts of conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril. Hb $69.99
John Ferris
Originally named the Government Code and Cypher School, Government Communications Headquarters was established after WWI and its expertise was critical during WWII with the codebreaking work of Bletchley Park. It went on to become the UK’s biggest intelligence, cyber and security agency. Based on archival and declassified documents and written by a leading expert, this is a fascinating insight into the processes of statecraft. Pb $34.99
December
Twilight of Democracy
The Spymasters
The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
Anne Applebaum
On New Year’s Eve 2000, Applebaum throws a party to ring in the new millennium, celebrating the dawn of a new century, the fall of communism and the victory of liberal democracy. Now, 20 years later, many of these people refuse to speak to each other. Politics and ideologies have not only shifted, they have often morphed into fantastical conspiracy theories. Casting a warning eye over democracy’s struggle to cope with extremism from both the left and the right, she mourns the loss of nuanced debate and suggests that, if we’re not careful, we may lose all that democracy has achieved. Greg Hb $35
Chris Whipple
What's it like to run the world's most powerful intelligence agency? This well-researched history provides profiles of these men - and one woman - and the presidents to whom they answered. Based on extensive interviews with past directors, it provides a remarkable insight into this elite spy agency, its concerns, relationship with other state counterparts and the issues that will engage future operatives and analysts. A must-read for anyone interested in American intelligence gathering and national security. Pb $32.99
Wagnerism
Beethoven A Life in Nine Pieces
Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
Laura Tunbridge
Alex Ross
A winning combination of rich biographical detail, deep insight into the music and surprising new angles, this tour de force will transform how you listen to Beethoven’s works. We discover, for example, his oddly modern talent for self-promotion, and how he was influenced by factors from European wars to instrument building. Providing a wealth of new material, this is a fascinating journey into one of the world’s most creative minds. Hb $39.99
December
More than any composer, Wagner - creator of monumental mythic works - excited equally monumental and opposing passions among a mighty procession of writers, artists and thinkers, with cultural ripples spreading into the 21st century. From the author of The Rest is Noise ($29.99), this impressive study reveals how Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics - an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence. Hb $65 Only $55
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A European Life
Far from Land
Marion Turner
The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds
Reveals the father of English literature as a great European writer and thinker.
An extraordinary, up-close look at the lives of sea birds.
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Michael Brooke
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Narrative Economics
How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events
Robert J Shiller
Stories that influence popular behaviour can lead to a new way of examining economics.
Pb $32.99
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How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures
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oon! See you s “A strange road trip and writing that crackles with a youthfulness”
State Highway One
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Entangled Life
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The Underground Railroad
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The Shadows Between Us
Clarissa Oakes
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The Best Australian Science Writing 2020
What is Life?
Sara Phillips
Understand Biology in Five Steps
I look forward every year to this fabulous collection because I know I’m going to be challenged, enlightened, intrigued and entertained! From articles (and the occasional poem) on everything from astrophysics to sticky tape, the classification of dingoes to the capacity of fish to feel pain, this does not disappoint. Lindy Pb $32.99
Paul Nurse
Life is all around us, abundant and diverse. It’s truly a marvel. But what does it actually mean to be alive and how do we decide what is living and what is not? After a lifetime of studying life, Nobel Prize-winner Sir Paul Nurse takes on the challenge of defining it. Written with great personality and charm, this accessible guide takes us on a journey to discover biology’s five great building blocks, showing how biology is changing the world and revealing where research is headed next. Hb $24.99
Ancient Bones
Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
Madelaine Bohme, Rudiger Braun & Florian Breier
In 2019, a leading palaeontologist and her colleagues are on a dig near Munich when they unearth something beyond their wildest dreams - the 12-million-year-old fossilised bones of an ancient ape with specific adaptations for walking upright, a development not thought to have occurred for another 6 million years! And this was in Europe, not the “birthplace of man”, Africa. This is the story of that remarkable discovery, which has forced us to rethink our understanding of ape and human evolution. Pb $35
The Mutant Project
Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
Eben Kirksey
An anthropologist visits the frontiers of the next scientific revolution to ask: Whose values are guiding gene editing experiments and what are the implications for humanity? Can we shape research agendas to promote an ethical and fair society? And who gets access to gene editing technologies? As countries around the world loosen regulations, Kirksey takes us on a groundbreaking journey to meet the key scientists, lobbyists and entrepreneurs bringing cutting-edge genetic modification tools to your local clinic. Pb $32.99
A Life on Our Planet
Animals Make Us Human
My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
David Attenborough
"I am 93. I’ve had an extraordinary life. It’s only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet’s wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. This is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. All we need is the will do so."
Hb $39.99
The History of the World in 100 Animals
Leah Kaminsky & Meg Keneally A response to the devastating 2019-20 bushfires, this collection celebrates Australia’s unique wildlife, and highlights its vulnerability. Writers, photographers and researchers reflect on their connection with animals and nature. Contributors include Geraldine Brooks, Paul Kelly, Tom Keneally, Bruce Pascoe and many more. Hopeful, uplifting and deeply moving, this urgent call to action is a powerful reminder that we only have one world in which to coexist and thrive with our fellow creatures. Proceeds to Australian Marine Conservation Society and Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Pb $29.99
Urban Wild
Simon Barnes
The Aussie Animals that Share Our Backyards, Our Cities and Our Lives
In this handsomely illustrated volume, the award-winning Simon Barnes chooses 100 animals to demonstrate humanity’s connection with the wider natural world; not just the obvious domesticated animals, but also extinct ones like T-rex or Archaeopteryx, insects that carry disease or pollinate our food plants, birds that engage in artistic pursuits, or those creatures on the brink of total disappearance. They are all an essential part of our existence and history, and as this book reminds us, a gateway to deeper understanding of ourselves and our place on Earth. Lindy
Australian Geographic
In Australia, we're fortunate enough to share our built environment with a cavalcade of amazing native creatures and Australian Geographic have long championed the value of the natural world. Here they examine many of the species we encounter each day and explore the issues around our complex relationship with nature, offering advice on how to encourage wild things into our gardens and our lives – for the benefit of both the animals and ourselves. Hb $59.95
The Secret Life of Fungi
Hb $49.99
Discoveries from a Hidden World
Aliya Whiteley
The Life and Love of the Forest Lewis Blackwell
A stunning visual tribute to the magic and majesty of trees around the world, full of captivating photographs from leading nature photographers. Evocative essays explore the developing science and curious histories of everything from microscopic life and the many forest animals to the largest living things on our planet - the amazing trees that form the core architecture of the forest. Hb $80
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December
The world around us is full of fungi, from single cell organisms to assemblages covering vast distances. For most people, fungi mean mushrooms and toadstools, but there is much more to the kingdom than that! Full of illuminating facts and fascinating possibilities, this is written by a non-scientist for the general reader, exploring everything from cellular makeup to fungi's essential role in the biosphere, its impact on human civilisations and potential to solve some of our problems. Lindy Hb $26.99
Metazoa
The Secret Life of Stars
The Evolution of Animals, Minds, Consciousness and Sleep
Astrophysics for Everyone
Lisa Harvey-Smith
From the award-winning local astronomer comes this accessible introduction to astrophysics. The universe is unpredictable and constantly amazing, and HarveySmith shares her wonder and delight in the stars above with great passion, excitement and wit! From blue stragglers to white dwarfs, cannibal stars to volatile supernova, this is enlightening and enjoyable.
Hb $34.99
Peter Godfrey-Smith
This sweeping book examines the complexity of the animal kingdom and the great mystery of evolution. How did clumps of cells develop sight and other senses that could track objects, bodies that could move freely and manipulate objects, leading to the evolution of the brain, and thus consciousness? Written by a University of Sydney professor, this is an absorbing blend of science and philosophy. Pb $32.99
Beneath the Night
How the Stars Have Shaped the History of Humankind
On Task How Our Brain Gets Things Done
From early prehistoric humans through ancient civilisations to today’s era of space exploration and satellites, the stars have inspired and fascinated us. Poets, dreamers, navigators, scientists, even ordinary people reading their daily horoscope, all share a relationship with the stars. This accessible and captivating book shows how the stars have shaped our history and thought. Hb $29.99
Cognitive control, or executive function, is the sophisticated routine our brains devise to translate thoughts into action – a process we're barely aware of. Drawing on cutting edge research, cognitive neuroscientist Badre examines issues from multitasking and willpower to habitual errors and bad decisionmaking. He looks at what happens as our brains develop in childhood, then change as we age, and what happens when cognitive control breaks down. A fascinating look at the extraordinary ways our brain shapes our everyday lives.
David Badre
Stuart Clark
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
Pb $29.99
Katie Mack
This fascinating, witty story of cosmic escapism examines a beautiful, but unfamiliar, physics landscape, while sharing the excitement of a leading astrophysicist when thinking about the universe and our place in it. Amid stellar explosions and bouncing universes, Mack shows that even though we puny humans have no chance of changing how it all ends, we can at least begin to understand it.
A Series of Fortunate Events
Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life and You
Sean Carroll
It's only by mere chance we exist. Scientific discoveries in the past half century have revealed that we live in a world driven by chance, from an extremely improbable asteroid impact to the gyrations of Ice Ages, all the way through to invisible accidents in parental gonads! Combining thought-provoking science with light touches of humour, this is a rollicking account of the sheer good fortune of our existence. A relatively small book about a really big idea! Pb $24.99
Hb $39.99
Is the Moon Upside Down? A Quicke Guide to the Cosmos
Greg Quicke
An absorbing guided tour of the cosmos as seen through the eyes of Greg Quicke, Australia’s ‘Space Gandalf’, offering a unique and refreshing perspective on astronomy that was forged in outback Australia, rather than university. No matter what mysteries you’ve pondered about earth’s astral dance with the sun, moon, planets and stars, Quicke is sure to have thought about them too and the answers can be found within the pages of this book. Pb $29.99
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
Celestial Tapestry
The Warp and Weft of Art and Mathematics
Nicholas Mee
A weaving together of science and art, this fascinating book tells the story of mathematics through the brilliant minds that perceived its underlying patterns. There’s the injured soldier who laid the foundations for fractals and computer art; the Scottish necromancer who inspired the most important medieval mathematics book; the Victorian housewife with an affinity for higherdimensional space; the pioneer clockmaker with leprosy who never recovered from a lightning strike on his bedchamber; and many more intriguing characters. A vibrant and accessible read. Hb $34.95
Carlo Rovelli
Strata William Smith’s Geological Maps
Written with Rovelli’s usual clarity and wit, most of these pieces first appeared in Italian newspapers and range widely across time and space, including: Newton’s alchemy, Einstein’s mistakes, Nabokov’s lepidoptery, Dante’s cosmology, travels in Africa, the consciousness of an octopus, mindaltering psychedelic substances and the meaning of atheism. Charming, pithy and elegant, this book is the perfect gateway to the universe of one of the most influential physicists of our age, also a masterful storyteller. Hb $35
William Smith was the father of English geology and his 1815 hand-coloured map A Delineation of the Strata of England & Wales with part of Scotland was literally groundbreaking! This sumptuous book showcases his stratigraphical county maps and fossil illustrations, placing his work in context with earlier ideas of the nature of earth's processes. Also includes essays by leading academics reinforcing the importance and legacy of his work. An absorbing and beautifully presented volume! Lindy Hb $100
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Quarterly Essay #80 Separated at Birth Australia and New Zealand
Love, Clancy A Dog’s Letters Home
Laura Tingle
Richard Glover
Clancy, a handsome kelpie-type, cohabits with a rather dishevelled and disorganised human. He regularly writes home to tell his parents how life is going for him - the adventures and misadventures, the odd foibles of the humans around him, food or lack thereof - and his Man tacks on his own observations of their shared life. Charming, witty, wise and patient (at least on Clancy’s side), this collection of letters will warm the heart and raise a wry chuckle. Lindy Pb $29.99
Best Australian Political Cartoons 2020
After a tumultuous year, Australia and New Zealand have never been closer as we move towards a shared travel zone. But why, despite being so close, do we seem to know so little about each other? And is there such a thing as national character? In this wise and illuminating essay, Tingle looks at leadership, economics, history and more. A perceptive and amusing introduction to a country just like ours, yet also quite different... Pb $24.99
Griffith Review #70 Generosities of Spirit
Brimming with dark and challenging humour and penetrating satire, this is the year in politics as observed by Australia's funniest and most perceptive cartoonists, including Dean Alston, Peter Broelman, Pat Campbell, Andrew Dyson, John Farmer, First Dog on the Moon, Matt Golding, Fiona Katauskas, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Johannes Leak, Sean Leahy, Alan Moir, David Pope, David Rowe, John Spooner, Andrew Weldon, Cathy Wilcox and Paul Zanetti. Pb $32.99
Ashley Hay
Griffith Reviews present a smorgasbord of Australian non-fiction, poetry and fiction, and this latest edition (including the winners of the Novella Project VIII) is a delicious selection perfect for summer reading. It explores and celebrates generosities and kindnesses - those uplifting and memorable experiences that illuminate our lives, transforming the everyday with positivity. Pb $27.99
Comes with a free copy of Griffith Review #66: The Light Ascending $27.99 while stock lasts.
The Chaser and Shovel Annual 2020
On Getting Off
Described by critics as “the best Chaser Annual of 2020 so far”, this is the perfect gift for anyone in your life that you know absolutely nothing about. This year the bumper, double-sided spectacular features a free tear-out, Barnaby Joyce, R-rated children's book. Of course, free buyer's remorse is also included with every copy. Pb $29.95
Sex and Philosophy
Damon Young
The author of the bestselling Philosophy in the Garden ($27.99) has retreated from the garden and moved into the bedroom. Why is screwing so funny? How should we think about our most shocking fantasies? What is so captivating about nudity? Inspired by philosophy, literature and private life, Young explores the paradoxes of the bedroom. The curious reader's companion to sex. Pb $24.99
Cheat
The Not-So-Subtle Art of Conning Your Way to Sporting Glory
Life
Titus O’Reily
Where there’s sport, there’s cheating - for fame, money or sometimes for reasons hard to understand. From the fiendishly clever to the harebrained, from the borderline to the blatant, this incredible history includes the New York marathon winner who was driven part of the way by car, the male basketballer whose drug test revealed he was pregnant and the Spanish basketball team who faked being intellectually disabled to win gold at the 2000 Paralympics. Pb $34.99
A User’s Manual Philosophy for Every and Any Eventuality
Julian Baggini
Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions about how they should live, while philosophers have tried to provide some answers. The timeless wisdom they offer can help us find our own path. This insightful and engaging book covers topics such as bereavement, luck, free will and relationships, guiding us through what the greatest thinkers - from the Stoics to Sartre have said on these subjects. Pb $35
Titus O'Reily
The Godless Gospel
Was Jesus a Great Moral Teacher?
Julian Baggini
The Body Image Book for Girls Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless
Charlotte Markey
This easy-to-read and beautifully illustrated book helps girls aged 9-15 to understand, accept and appreciate their bodies. It provides all the facts they need on puberty, mental health, self-care, why diets are bad news and dealing with social media, enabling them to go out into the world feeling fearless! Pb $18.95
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An atheist from a Catholic background, Baggini examines the teachings of Jesus, focusing on the gospels and stripping away the religious elements to determine how closely idealised values - such as our love of the family, helping the needy and the importance of kindness - match Jesus’ original tenets. He finds a more radical Jesus than popular culture portrays and, despite his scepticism, discovers a powerful and purposeful philosophy that still has great relevance today. Pb $29.99
Men at Work
The Momentous, Uneventful Day
Australia’s Parenthood Trap
Annabel Crabb
Annabel Crabb
A Requiem for the Office
When Jacinda Ardern recently announced her pregnancy, it made news around the world. But when Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg became the first prime minister and treasurer duo since the 1970s to take on their roles while bringing up young children, this detail passed largely without notice. Deploying political observation, workplace research and her characteristic humour and intelligence, Crabb argues that gender equity cannot be achieved until men are as free to leave the workplace when their lives demand it, as women are to enter it. Pb $22.99
What is to Be Done
Political Engagement and Saving the Planet
Barry Jones
Jones sees climate change as the greatest problem of our time, yet political leaders have been incapable of dealing with complex, long-term issues of such magnitude. The Trump phenomenon has overturned the whole concept of critical thinking and analysis. Technologies such as the smartphone and the ubiquity of social media have reinforced the realm of the personal. The long-awaited work from the renowned polymath and former politician on the challenges of modernity and what must be done to meet them. Pb $35
Gideon Haigh
December Pb $24.99
Reconnected
A Community Builder’s Handbook
Andrew Leigh & Nick Terrell
Friends are good for your health. The strength of your social relationships is a good predictor of how long you will live and they make communities more resilient, efficient and satisfying. But Australians today have fewer close friends and local connections, and more of us have nobody to turn to in tough times. This book shows what works and what doesn't for strengthening social ties, introducing us to some remarkable and inspirational people along the way.
Pb $32.99
Andrew Leigh
Living with the Anthropocene
A Letter to Layla
Travels to Our Deep Past and Near Future
Love, Loss and Hope in the Face of Environmental Crisis
Ramona Koval
Cameron Muir
How might the origins of our species inform the way we think about our planet? At a point of unparalleled crisis, can human ingenuity save us from ourselves? Koval travels the globe in a quest to answer these difficult questions and more. Filled with insightful and unexpected discussions with scientists whose knowledge of the past could hold the key to our future, this is a kaleidoscopic portrait of humanity written with warmth and curiosity by one of Australia’s most prominent broadcasters. Pb $34.99
A high-quality collection of essays of varying length from an impressive line-up of scientists, writers, artists and journalists, all exploring different aspects of living in a world profoundly altered by human behaviour. They write of their despair, disbelief, anger and worries, but also of their work to combat the effects of the Anthropocene, of others’ activism and persistence, of the hope that humans not only have the capacity for destruction, but also for doing better. Thoughtful and thoughtprovoking. Lindy Pb $34.99
Truth is Trouble
The Strange Case of Israel Folau or How Free Speech Became So Complicated
Feline Philosophy Cats and the Meaning of Life John Gray
Malcolm Knox
Malcolm Knox
Has COVID-19 ushered in the end of the office? Haigh reflects on what the pandemic reveals about our ambivalent relationship to office work and office life, how we ended up with the offices we have, and how they reflect our best and worst instincts. Enlivened by copious citations from literature, film, memoir and corporate history, and interspersed with images, this is perfect for a lively debate about the post-pandemic office.
This wonderful new book gets to grips with the philosophical and moral issues around the uniquely strange relationship between ourselves and cats. It draws on Gray’s own wide reading to give fascinating examples of the complex and intimate links that have defined how we behave with this most unlikely ‘pet’. At the heart of the book is a sense of gratitude towards cats - a species that gives us a strong sense of our own animal nature. Hb $39.99
The sacking of Wallabies player Israel Folau in 2019 over his social media posts created a furore and polarised people. The Walkley Award-winning journalist asks 'What kind of country have we become?', exploring divisive issues such as marriage equality and the pandemic lockdown, arguing that free speech has become the ‘culture wars' flashpoint. Pb $32.99
Philosophy from Socrates to Adorno
Outside the Box How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas
Geuss explores the ideas of 12 philosophers who dramatically broke with prevailing wisdom, from Socrates and Plato in the ancient world to Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Adorno. The result is a striking account of some of the most innovative thinkers in Western history and an indirect manifesto for how to pursue philosophy today. In the act of provoking people to think differently, philosophers remind us we are not fated to live within the systems of thought we inherit. Pb $32.95
An accessible history of globalisation over the past 200 years, showing how it evolved in response to changing technologies, consumer tastes and demography. From the 1980s, improvements in transportation, computing and communication led to new economic relationships, shifting manufacturing to Asia at the expense of industrial centres in America, Europe and Japan. Now, globalisation is entering a new era in which moving physical stuff matters much less than moving services, information and ideas. Pb $29.99
Changing the Subject
Marc Levinson
Raymond Geuss
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WORDS & WRITING at Watsonia A Writing Life
The Fire of Joy
Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud
Clive James
His final book before he passed away last year, this is essentially Clive James’ desert island poems. A selection of his favourite verse, it includes his commentary on each - biographical, historical, critical or a personal anecdote about the poem’s impact on him - conveying the joy of his enthusiasm and the benefit of his vast knowledge. This book will leave you with a contagious crackle rattling in your ears. Pb $34.99
Don Watson
No other writer has journeyed further into the soul of Australia and returned to tell the tale, and here Watson collects the fruits of a writing life, covering everything from Australian bush humour to America gone berserk; from Don Bradman to Oscar Wilde; from Animal Farm ($12.99) to the Australian parliament. Wherever he turns his incisive gaze, the results are as illuminating as they are enjoyable. Includes several previously unpublished lectures and a wide-ranging introduction by Watson. Replete with wit, wisdom and diverse pleasures, this is essential reading! Hb $49.99
Comes with a free copy of Clive James' Gates of Lilacs: A Verse Commentary on Proust $29.99 while stock lasts.
The Madman’s Library
The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History
Edward Brooke-Hitching
Rebel Without a Clause
What are the strangest books ever written? The most eccentric, weird and extraordinary? Richly illustrated, this engaging tome is a journey through the history of literature as exemplified by unusual works, such as ones written in blood, or bound by human skin, or even books that disguise their true function. A fabulous compendium to dip into, and full of the sort of facts you get the urge to read out loud to someone else. A wonderful book about books! Lindy Hb $45
Losing the Linguistic Plot
Sue Butler
The English language is changing constantly. We invent new words and phrases, we mash up idioms, mispronounce, misuse, misappropriate. Sue Butler, former editor of Macquarie Australian Dictionary ($120 2-volume boxed set), has heard it all. Veering from tolerance to outrage, she considers whether we should hunker or bunker down, and fathoms why the treatment of famous is infamous, among many other linguistic conundrums. A fascinatingly idiosyncratic romp through the world of words. Hb $24.99
Burning the Books
A History of Knowledge Under Attack
Richard Ovenden
Word for Today Roly Sussex
Did you know that the word ‘salary' comes from the Latin ‘sal' for salt, since part of the payment to Roman soldiers was in salt? Or that braces and suspenders once referred to separate items of clothing? For over 20 years, linguist Roly Sussex has documented the nature and evolution of the English language on his weekly ABC Radio program Word for Today. This witty and insightful book is a collection of the best reflections on word origins, neologisms and misuses. Pb $24.99
How Should One Read a Book? Virginia Woolf
Published for the first time as a standalone volume, this short, impassioned essay celebrates the enduring importance of great literature. In this timeless manifesto on the written word, rediscover the joy of reading and the power of a good book to change the world. A lovely little gift for any reader!
Hb $16.99
Libraries and archives are essential storehouses of knowledge, but throughout the centuries they have been targeted for destruction by those who would deny their necessity, or the information within. From looted Mesopotamian collections formed to increase the power of rulers, the destruction of the ‘wrong' books during England's Reformation, the burning of the first Library of Congress in Washington by the British in 1814, to the infamous Nazi book-burnings of 1933, this is a scholarly, but accessible, examination of the importance of libraries and the value of knowledge. Lindy Pb $32.99
Rooted
An Australian History of Bad Language
Amanda Laugesen
What is it about Australians and swearing? We've got an international reputation for using bad language ("Where the bloody hell are ya?") and letting rip with a choice swear word or two, whether to defy authority, as a form of liberation or subversion, or simply for fun. An enlightening social history told through the expressions we use, from the mildly offensive to the completely filthy.
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Think Least of Death
Émigrés
Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die
Steven Nadler
French Words that Turned English
Richard Scholar
The English language has always borrowed freely from others, none more so than French. This thoughtful and erudite book examines how untranslated French words and terms have filled gaps in English, and in turn been changed by their Anglophone usage. From à la mode and naiveté to ennui and caprice, this book highlights how much we owe to migrant words… and it definitely has a certain je-ne-sais-quoi! Pb $29.99
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As a young philosopher in the mid-1600s, Baruch Spinoza became notorious across Europe for his views on God, the Bible and an uncompromising defence of free thought. “The free person thinks least of all of death”, he wrote, and his ideal human was motivated by self-improvement, moderation and treating others with benevolence, justice and charity. This book puts his ideas within the context of his life and times, and shows what we can learn today from his thoughts on ethics, human nature and the afterlife. Pb $29.99
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Kindness Community Vegan Cookbook
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The third instalment in Ottolenghi’s awardwinning series following Plenty and Plenty More ($49.99 each). This stunning new cookbook breaks down the three factors - process, pairing and produce - that create flavour, offering innovative vegetable dishes with new ingredient combinations to excite and inspire. Includes sure-fire hits such as Aubergine Dumplings, Spicy Mushroom Lasagne and Romano Pepper Schnitzels, plus mouth-watering photographs of nearly all the 100+ recipes. Hb $55
Edgar’s Mission
I’m not vegan myself, but looking through this book’s recipes certainly made my mouth water. There are quick ideas for week nights, ways to veganise classic dishes and sweets to treat yourself. There’s also information for anyone wanting to keep a more plantbased diet. The recipes come from a community of cooks, chefs and celebrities, so can be quite idiosyncratic, but they all look achievable. Raises funds for a good cause, while being good for you too! Lindy
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There is no excuse for not growing at least some of your own food, even if you live in an apartment. This reliable, easy-to-follow and inspiring guide explains how to grow anything from micro herbs to citrus trees, whether in pots, hanging baskets or vertical gardens. It helps you choose the right plants for your circumstances and provides all the information you need to produce delicious fruit and vegies! Lots of photographs. Lindy Pb $35
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A very handsome, richly-illustrated volume covering acclaimed projects completed from 2000 to 2019, showcasing 59 designs from city landmarks to suburban houses and civic buildings to sheds nestled in idyllic country settings. Also includes 10 essays by leading thinkers on the ideas and culture that have shaped architecture today. Pb $80
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A stunning collection of residential gardens from around Australia, inspired by design principles of the mid-20th century, a time when post-war optimism celebrated bold use of native plants and removed the boundaries between house and garden. Contemporary reinterpretations are more than simply decorative, providing shade, habitat and space for social interactions. Splendid photography accompanies the text. Hb $70
Kate Kennedy
A thoughtful anthology exploring what houses mean to us, how we connect with them and interpret the past through them, particularly if they housed famous literary figures, artists and composers. Contributors include Simon Armitage, Jenny Uglow, Julian Barnes, Roy Foster, Margaret McMillan and many other notable writers. Subjects include Auden in New York and Austria, Wordsworth's Dove Cottage, Benjamin Britten in Aldeburgh, the lost houses of Virginia Woolf and Churchill's dream home. Includes over 40 illustrations. Hb $44.99
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Places We Swim: Sydney
A City Guide for Water-Loving People
Caroline Clements
The follow-up to Places We Swim ($39.99) is the ultimate Sydney guide to the aqueous outdoors. From lap pools to ocean pools, harbour pools to waterfalls, it encompasses walks and swims within two hours of the CBD - from Manly in the north, to Maroubra in the east, the Royal National Park in the south and the Blue Mountains in the west. You’ll discover just what makes each swimming spot unique, the best time to go and other useful local knowledge such as the most delicious things to eat nearby. Pb $39.99
You mightn’t be able to go overseas, but there’s plenty to see here in Australia! Includes 60 walks, loosely grouped by region (including Sydney and surrounds, Byron Bay to Sunshine Coast, South West Forests, Outback) with essential information, duration, difficulty, distance, terrain and start and end points, along with maps, photographs, points of interest and where to eat or drink afterwards. Good introductory material to get you started, plus suggestions for other walks. A great book to inspire you to lace up your walking boots, grab your daypack and GO! Lindy Pb $34.99
Loving Country
Owls of the Eastern Ice
A Guide to Sacred Australia
The Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl
Bruce Pascoe & Vicky Shukuroglou
Jonathan Slaght
For over 20 years, Slaght has been on a quest to safeguard the Blakiston’s fish owl, which lives in the forests where Russia, China and North Korea meet. He’s travelled thousands of miles in this forbidding and threatened terrain - the only place in the world where brown bears, tigers and leopards coexist. Thrilling and inspiring, this book is a beautifully crafted meditation on the natural world, as well as an exploration of what it means to devote one’s career to a single pursuit. Hb $39.99
The Seine
A guidebook with a difference, this offers a new way to discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. Beautifully designed, it features 18 places in detail, from the ingenious fish traps at Brewarrina and the rivers that feed the Great Barrier Reef to the love stories of Wiluna and the whale story of Margaret River, showing there is much to admire about the oldest continuing December culture in the world. It covers history, Dreaming Also available: stories, traditional cultural practices, Indigenous Dark Emu $22.99 tours and the importance of recognition and Young Dark Emu $24.99 protection of place. Hb $45
Back Roads
The River that Made Paris
Elaine Sciolino
Blending memoir, travelogue and history, this is an enchanting love letter to Paris and the river that determined its destiny, written by a long-time New York Times foreign correspondent. Sciolino explores the Seine through its lively characters - a bargewoman, riverbank bookseller, houseboat dweller, famous cinematographer - and follows it from the remote plateaus of Burgundy through Paris and out to sea. Pb $29.95
The Socrates Express
The Scenic Route
Heather Ewart
The ABC TV series Back Roads is deservedly popular and this book is a tribute to some of the fascinating and colourful country communities that Heather and her team have visited. Full of evocative photographs, it’s a chance to revisit various off-the-track places, hear the stories of the resilient people who make their home outside of big cities, and celebrate the ethos and spirit of rural life. Pb $39.99
In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
Travel by Colour
Eric Weiner
Lonely Planet
Philosophy and travel both offer the same lessons – to see the world from a different perspective, show different ways of living and reveal hidden beauties. Combining these two passions, Weiner journeys thousands of miles by train (the most thoughtful mode of transport) to visit Athens, Delhi, Wyoming, Frankfurt and points in between, and through different philosopher’s works meditates on how life can be lived more meaningfully. An engaging, cheerful and revealing book. Pb $27.99
Okay, so we can’t actually do much travelling at present, but books can take us to places anyway! And this gorgeous book features 400 photographs of destinations arranged by colour, from the purple lavender fields of Provence to the pink lakes of Western Australia, the green hills of the Peak District to the blues of Jodhpur, the yellows of fall in northern America to the reds of South American macaws. A book to inspire and delight in equal measure! Lindy Hb $29.99
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Raw in their telling, these are the evocative and moving diary entries made over the course of a year by an autistic 15-year-old boy while exploring his local countryside in Northern Ireland. They reflect his intense connection with nature and his perspective on the world as a teenager juggling exams, friendships and environmental campaigning. Winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for nature writing. Hb $29.99
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Acquitted of a crime, Sean is a young man trying to rebuild his life. Pam, an ex-cop turned adventure park owner, is convinced of his murderous tendencies and will do anything to prove his guilt. Five years on from the crime, Sean tries online dating and meets Casey, a quirky young woman who believes in his innocence. Together they push the limits of love after murder, but with every step forward, Pam tries to pull them back. Charting the sublimely awkward aftermath of a small-town tragedy, this is a touchingly twisted Australian comedy about finding love when the world is against you. DVD $29.95
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Renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband. Prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, the middle-aged couple begin to toy mercilessly with the naïve young couple at their door. Stars Elizabeth Moss, Odessa Young and Michael Stuhlbarg. DVD $29.95
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From the team behind the smash anime hit, Your Name (DVD $34.95). Hodaka runs away from his home on an outlying island to Tokyo. He quickly falls into poverty, but finds work as a freelance writer for a dubious occult magazine. Rain falls day after day, as if taking its cue from his life. Then he meets Hina, a cheerful, strong-willed girl who lives alone with her little brother. She also has a strange power. Little by little, the rain stops, for Hina has the power to make the sky clear just by praying... DVD $34.95 BluRay $39.95
Oscar-nominated director Feras Fayyad delivers an unflinching story of the Syrian war with this powerful new documentary. Besieged civilians find hope and safety in the subterranean hospital known as The Cave, where Dr Ballour and her colleagues Samaher and Dr Alaa work as equals alongside their male counterparts unthinkable in the oppressively patriarchal culture that lies above. Contending with daily bombardments, supply shortages and the ever-present threat of chemical attacks, this is a stirring portrait of courage, resilience and female solidarity. DVD $29.95
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We'll End Up Together French; English subtitles
Writer/Director Guillaume Canet reunites the entire cast from his 2010 smash hit Little White Lies for this highly anticipated follow-up. It's been years since middle-aged restaurateur Max (François Cluzet) has received his friends at his gorgeous summer house in the chic beach community of Cap Ferret. This is a story of longterm bonds and the joy of friendship, but also of suppressed emotions, personal and professional resentments, and the many ways having children can both fracture and cement social circles. Rollicking all-star fun! DVD $29.95
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Based on the bestselling Neapolitan Quartet ($22.99 each) by Elena Ferrante, the global smash hit returns for a second series to follow the two girls’ friendship in this new chapter of their lives. As their youthful vitality blooms and their close connection is threatened, the girls follow, lose and find each other again.
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Established in 2025, the goal of the Ministry for the Future is to advocate for the world’s future generations and protect all living creatures, present and future. Told entirely through fictional eyewitness accounts, this is a gripping exploration of climate change, technology, politics and the human behaviours that drive these forces. Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us, where we still have a chance to overcome the challenges we face.
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Hold Up the Sky Cixin Liu
Written over a 20-year period from 1999, and never before published in English, comes this breathtaking selection of stories from the author of The Three-Body Problem ($19.99). From a mountain community where school students must use physics to prevent an alien invasion; to Chinese coal mines where new technology threatens to unleash a fire that will burn for centuries; to computers that predict our every move; to 10,000 years in the future, when humanity is able to begin anew; to the very collapse of the universe itself. Pb $32.99
Nophek Gloss #1 Graven Essa Hansen
Caiden’s planet is destroyed, his family gone. His only hope for survival is a mysterious ship that seems to have a soul and a universe of its own. But the universe also hides dangers and Caiden has his own plans to get revenge on the slavers who murdered his people. To destroy their regime, he must infiltrate and dismantle them from the inside. An action-packed space adventure perfect for fans of Star Wars, Children of Time and A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet ($19.99 each) from an exciting new voice in SF. Pb $22.99
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Map's Edge #1 Tethered Citadel David Hair
Dashryn Cowl has run out of places to hide. He fled the Bolgravian Empire when his family fell from grace, but the tyrannical empire still hunts him. So when he finds a map showing a place rich in istariol, the mineral that fuels sorcery, he sees a way back to power. But it means courting death by masquerading as an Imperial Cartomancer and finding some dupes to help secretly mine the istariol. On his trail is the Imperial Bloodhound Toran Zorne, who’s never yet failed in a hunt... Perfect for fans of Scott Lynch, Brandon Sanderson and Sebastien de Castell. Pb $32.99
Ashes of the Sun #1 Burningblade & Silvereye Django Wexler
Long ago, war destroyed the Chosen Empire, giving rise to a new republic, but old grudges still simmer. Gyre hasn’t seen his sister Maya since their parents sold her to the mysterious Twilight Order 12 years ago. He’s willing to risk anything to claim enough power to destroy the Order in revenge. Chasing rumours of a powerful artefact, he comes face-to-face with Maja, but she’s now been trained to wield magic for the Twilight Order. On opposite sides of a looming civil war, will their blood ties be enough to stop the world from splitting in two? Pb $32.99
The Trouble with Peace #2 Age of Madness
The Tower of Fools #1 Hussite Trilogy
Joe Abercrombie
Andrzej Sapkowski
Everyone knows Joe is my one true love, and this series provides more proof that he should be yours too! Featuring strong new characters that you instantly get behind, as well as some familiar faces from the First Law trilogy who you’ll always love. Set in a time of industrial revolution - where magic, men and the old ways refuse to die. It’s a time of change, a hell of a ride and a clever window into our own world, where an individual single-mindedly pursues wealth without regard for those cast aside… but what if those poor sods had sharp swords and grim determination? Craig
New from the author of - and a very deliberate step away from - the Witcher series, for me this read like a cross between a Shakespearian comedy and Don Juan. A classic style of storytelling, coloured with historical richness and tied closely to real events. It’s sewn with subtle humour, and the magic is subtle too, widely acknowledged and considered fairly commonplace. You can easily envisage it in the context of the European thinking of the time. A tale of knights and honour and running away when you mess it up. Craig
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Rhythm of War #4 Stormlight Archive
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Brandon Sanderson
Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a brutal war, only to face the looming threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian. Technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars start to change the face of the war, and the enemy prepares a bold operation that challenges the core of Radiant ideals. Meanwhile, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium.
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Win a book The Hunt for Morrigan Crow pack! See #3 Nevermoor page 30 Jessica Townsend
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Hollowpox
Garth Nix
A wonderful new urban fantasy and a must-read for fans of Ben Aaronivitch’s ‘Peter Grant’ Rivers of London series, with endearing characters you love - trying to stay alive long enough to solve ‘the mystery’. Set in a slightly alternate 1983 London, we are introduced to an ancient order of booksellers (the left-handed ones do the fighting); Old World entities, some benign and some malevolent; and a police force caught in the middle. An ancient country and a very old city that’s been gently twisted to expose the cracks where the old things seep through. With subtle and exquisite world-building, this is utterly compelling. Craig Pb $24.99
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The latest - and best - instalment in this charming series. A very engaging tale that I struggled to put down - it’s so much fun to spend time here. The world is more real, fleshed out, rich and enticing, and feels more removed from any Harry Potter influences that it might be said the first two books had. The characters have really grown into themselves and I love how Morrigan is evolving. This is a confident step for Jessica as an author. If you’re not already, it’s time to get on board this magical train! Craig Pb $17.99
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
A Deadly Education (#1 Scholomance)
V E Schwab
Naomi Novik
Addie LaRue trades her soul to the devil for immortality, but there’s a price - the devil curses her to be forgotten by everyone. She flees her hometown in 18th-century France to live a life where no one remembers her and she learns to fall in love anew every single day. Her only companion is the devil, who visits on the anniversary of their deal. She must confront him, understand him, maybe beat him. Then one day she meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a normal life, she realises she can’t escape her fate forever. Pb $32.99
A new series from the author of Uprooted ($19.99) and Spinning Silver ($18.99). Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered - a dangerous school for the magically gifted, where failure means certain death. There are no teachers, no holidays and friendships are purely strategic. The odds of survival are never equal and once you're inside, there are only two ways out - you graduate or you die! Until one girl begins to rewrite the rules. El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and destroy the monsters that prowl the school. Except she might accidentally kill all the students too, so she's trying her hardest not to use it! Pb $32.99
The Duke of Caladan #1 Dune: Caladan Trilogy
Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson Leto Atreides, Duke of Caladan and father of the Muad’Dib - all know of his fall and his son’s rise, but little is known about Caladan’s quiet ruler, or how the Duke of an inconsequential planet earned an emperor’s favour and the ire of House Harkonnen. This is that story. Through patience and loyalty, Leto serves the Golden Lion Throne, but there are those who feel he rises beyond his station. With unseen enemies circling, are duty and honour worth the price of his life, family and love? Pb $32.99
Dune
Frank Herbert Pb $22.99
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The Missing Prince The Tower of Nero #4 Rangers Apprentice: #5 Trials of Apollo The Royal Ranger Rick Riordan
John Flanagan Pb $22.99 Pb $18.99
Over the Woodward Wall A Deborah Baker
#2 Ready Player
Ernest Cline
On the way to school one morning, Avery and Zib find themselves climbing over a stone wall into the Up and Under - an impossible land filled with mystery, adventure and the strangest creatures. Writing as A Deborah Baker, award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of talking trees, sarcastic owls, dangerous mermaids and captivating queens in this charming tale for readers young at heart. A companion book to McGuire’s epic fantasy Middlegame ($32.99). Hb $32.99
The highly anticipated sequel to the worldwide bestseller Ready Player One ($19.99), the "ridiculously fun and large-hearted" near-future adventure that inspired the 2018 Steven Spielberg film.
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The Once and Future Witches Alix E Harrow Explores The Ring the myths Legends and legends of Tolkien that inspired David Day Tolkien's Pb $29.99 works.
In 1893, there's no such thing as witches, just charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the three Eastwood sisters join the New Salem suffragists, they pursue forgotten ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. To outwit their enemies, they must delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances and heal the bond between them. There's no such thing as witches. But there will be... Pb $32.99
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The Ickabog J K Rowling
The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. Everything was perfect, except the northern Marshlands, home to the mythical Ickabog. But myths sometimes take on a life of their own. Could a myth unseat a beloved king? Bring a once happy country to its knees? Thrust two children into an adventure they never expected? A wonderful fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship triumphing against the odds, brought to life with full-colour illustrations by the young winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition.
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The Lives of Saints Illustrated Edition Leigh Bardugo
Revel in Bardugo's epic world with this beautifully illustrated replica of The Lives of Saints - the Istorii Sankt'ya, featuring tales of saints drawn from the beloved novels and beyond. Hb $32.99
A Good Day for Chardonnay #2 Sunshine Vicram
Darynda Jones
The follow-up to A Bad Day for Sunshine ($19.99). Jones delivers another hit with multiple plotlines skilfully balanced and layered with both humour and heavy elements, while her quirky characters in an odd town keep readers engaged. Not to mention the incendiary chemistry between Sunshine and Levi! The perfect antidote for readers missing Charley Davidson… and if you haven't read Charley, you need to correct this oversight immediately! Allison
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The Wizard in My Shed
Tim Dedopulos
The Misadventures of Merdyn the Wild
This book draws on the many different worlds, galaxies and universes featured in the works of Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Ursula Le Guin to create over 100 futuristic riddles and enigmas. Stylish artworks and illustrations are included to recreate the atmosphere of each captivating tale. Explore new galaxies and new technologies while solving challenges written in the distinctive and brilliant styles of these five stars of science fiction.
Merdyn the Wild is the world’s greatest Warlock, banished from the Dark Ages to the 21st century for bad behaviour. Totally ordinary Rose discovers what Merdyn is and agrees to help him navigate the confusing ways of the modern world (that lidded bowl in the bathroom is not a sink!) if he gives her a spell to fix her family. Now she just needs to hide him in the shed without her mum noticing, track down his magic staff, then find a way to send him home. What could possibly go wrong? Pb $16.99
Simon Farnaby
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Quidditch Through the Ages The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter)
J K Rowling & Emily Gravett
Uncover a spectacular cornucopia of memorabilia in this full-colour, illustrated edition of the sporting almanac that provides all the background to Quidditch, the wizarding world’s magical airborne sport. A sumptuous visual feast bursting with glorious illustrations, handmade memorabilia and two breathtaking gatefold spreads, this promises magic and wonder in equal measure for both newcomers and established Harry Potter fans. Hb $45
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone #1 Harry Potter MinaLima Edition
J K Rowling Hb $49.99
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Donald Lemke Pb $29.99
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Sacrosanct Nexus and and Other Other Stories Stories
The Hammer and the Eagle
Thomas Parrott
Dan Abnett
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Age of Sigmar: Warhammer
C L Werner
Icons of Warhammer: Warhammer 40K
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Following total nuclear annihilation, the caring Vault-Tec staff have prepared an educational manual to help vault-dwellers like you. This replica of the board book received by every Lone Wanderer or Sole Survivor in Fallout® 3 and Fallout® 4 helps readers determine their best traits. Learn about the seven defining attributes: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck - one of which may save you from a horribly painful fate. So study carefully and discover what makes you S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! Board book $27.99
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Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man
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15 Years at Studio Ghibli
Steve Alpert
True Believer The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee Abraham Riesman
Born Stanley Lieber in 1922, Stan Lee served as editor in chief of Marvel Comics for three decades, launching characters including Spider-Man, the Avengers, X-Men, Black Panther, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Thor. His marketing prowess more or less single-handedly saved the comic-book industry and superhero fiction. But his career was also pitted with spectacular failures and controversy, including accusations that he took more than his due share of credit for creating Marvel's characters. This thorough profile includes never-beforepublished revelations about his life and work. Hb $49.99
Japanese-speaking Alpert played a central role when Hayao Miyazaki's films started to take off internationally. In this highly entertaining memoir, he describes what it was like as the sole American working for Studio Ghibli in Japan, from hauling film canisters of Princess Mononoke to Russia and California, to attending glittering galas celebrating the Oscarwinning Spirited Away (DVDs $29.95 each). He also captures the hard work and artistry that have made Ghibli films synonymous with cinematic excellence. Pb $34.99
The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book 40 Fast, Easy and Fun Tabletop Games
James D’Amato
Enjoy these 40 expertly crafted micro-RPGs in a variety of genres from space exploration to jungle dungeon crawlers. With these quick-start games, you can create your own adventures, alone or with friends, without any prep and with minimal set-up and pieces. Whether you're new to RPGs or working towards your level 20 mage, this collection is a great way to try out different games and systems, and test your roleplay skills with different character types and situations.
Star Trek Alphabet Book
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The Last Best Hope
Star Trek: Picard
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Una McCormack Every end has a beginning, and this novel details the events leading into the new Star Trek TV series, introducing brand-new characters featured in the life of Jean-Luc Picard - one of the most popular and recognisable characters in science fiction. Pb $29.99
DC Collecting the Multiverse: The Art of Sideshow Andrew Farago Hb $120
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Matthew K Manning Hb $79.99
Flash Gordon The Official Story of the Film John Walsh
Flash Gordon was released in 1980 and became an instant cult favourite. One of the most quotable and beloved sci-fi films, it's legendary for its unique look, tone and iconic soundtrack. This beautiful coffee-table book delves into the making of the movie and features new interviews with cast and creatives - including stars Sam Jones and Brian Blessed, and director Mike Hodges - plus neverbefore-seen concept artwork and behind-the-scenes photography. A must-have for fans of classic sci-fi!
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Origami Dragons Marc Kirschenbaum
A master origami artist shows how to fold 10 incredible 3-D paper dragons, including the butterfly-winged Fairy Dragon, the athletic Lindwyrm, the cute Dragon Hatchling and the formidable Rearing Dragon - the most difficult model to fold. Contains step-by-step instruction book and 48 high-quality patterned folding sheets. Free online instructions also available. Dragon-lovers rejoice! Kit $24.99
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard is renowned for his impressive oratory skills, preferring negotiation and diplomacy over violence and destruction. Here is a wealth of his sage advice, insights and wisdom from the deck of the USS Enterprise and beyond. Journey with the Starfleet captain through his seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation to the Star Trek movies to the current TV series Star Trek: Picard. Hb $27.99
A Kind of Magic
Making the Original Highlander
Jonathan Melville
Telling the story of an immortal Scottish warrior doomed to survive through the centuries, while watching those he loves die around him, the release of Highlander in 1986 took the fantasy genre and infused it with a few thousand volts of energy from the rock video industry to create a timeless, genre-defying classic. Melville revisits its creation with over 60 new interviews of cast and crew - including stars Christopher Lambert and Clancy Brown - and the gruelling shoot, from London to the Scottish Highlands to the mean streets of New York City. Hb $29.99
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Open this beautifully illustrated compendium to enter an enchanting world. From narwhal tusks that inspired the legend of unicorns to dinosaur bones creating rumours of dragons, there's an interesting story behind every magical beast. Learn about the societies that spawned these legendary creatures, from Ancient Greece to the Indigenous tribes of Australia. The only kids' guide to magical creatures that tells you the history behind the mythology. Hb $34.99
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An original, glossy coffeetable book bursting with over 120 pieces of brand new, exclusive, original art celebrating the TV series Firefly by professional artists, illustrators, concept artists, comics artists and graphic designers. From character portraits, faux book covers and poster concepts to iconic scenes, wanted posters and renderings of Serenity, each artist puts their own stamp on the Firefly universe. Hb $79.99
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