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Trudy has betrayed her husband John. She’s still in the marital home – a dilapidated London townhouse – but not with John. She’s with his brother Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-monthold resident of Trudy’s womb. Told from a perspective unlike any other, this is a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world’s master storytellers. Hb $32.99
Graffiti is appearing in a bayside Melbourne hospital. Jovan, the cleaner who must remove the increasingly malevolent messages, is a Serbian refugee. In Sarajevo, he and his wife Suzana were academics, and he was a noted poet, until the war took away almost everything they loved and worked for. Stoically enduring life in a new culture and country, Jovan and Suzana have made their own pacts of survival, but as the graffiti becomes more pointed, Jovan finds he may have to finally act… A finely rendered novel about the immigrant experience, a worthy winner of our premier award! Lindy Pb $29.99 Abbey’s bookseller and Miles Franklin judge
Hag-Seed Margaret Atwood Artistic director Felix is staging a Tempest like no other, hoping to boost his reputation. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, he is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter Miranda. After 12 years, the opportunity for revenge finally arrives... Atwood’s take on Shakespeare’s play of enchantment, revenge and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with wonders of its own. Pb $29.99
Indie Award Book of the Year THE Natural way of things Charlotte Wood Ten young women are drugged and abducted. They wake to find themselves on an abandoned property miles from anywhere, with two vicious guards and one inept nurse, limited food and forced to wear degrading, uncomfortable clothes, and set to pointless hard physical labour. What have they done to be punished so? A strange and compelling novel, one that might leave the reader oddly angry and affected, but all the more worth reading for that very reason. Lindy Pb $29.99
The Atomic Weight of Love Elizabeth Church
The Birdman’s Wife Melissa Ashley
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This beautifully presented book tells the story of Elizabeth, wife of the famous naturalist John Gould. When she first meets him, it is an instant attraction, and the story follows their life, work and travels. Their time in Van Diemen’s Land and the Hunter Valley is told with great vividness, and her artistic struggles as she looks after their increasing family and business are finely told. A diverting and well researched novel that brings to life a fascinating woman! Lindy Hb $32.99
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As WWII begins, Meridian Wallace, intellectually brilliant, but unworldly, falls deeply in love with Alden Whetstone, a lecturer 20 years her senior. He is a renowned physicist who is enticed to Los Alamos. Meridian marries him on the promise of resuming her studies, but societal expectations disallow her academic ambitions. Nonetheless she keeps observing crows in the hope it may lead to something more - which it does, unexpectedly. In her 40s, she meets a young geologist 20 years her junior, and her circumscribed life takes on a new direction. A wonderful novel of a woman caught in society’s expectations, and how she comes to life. Lindy Pb $29.99
Days Without End Sebastian Barry This magnificent novel follows the life of Thomas McNulty, who fled the Irish famine as a boy. Fetching up in America, he meets the boon companion of his life, handsome John Cole. The boys must turn to many jobs to survive – as dancing ‘girls’ in a frontier saloon, as soldiers in the Indian Wars and Civil War, in minstrel shows and as tobacco farmers. Told in the voice and Irish cadence of the semi-educated McNulty, this luscious story contains both brutality and beauty, and is a mesmerising experience. Read it before it wins the awards it so richly deserves! Lindy Pb $32.99
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The Tobacconist
Moonglow Michael Chabon
Robert Seethaler
This glorious, sprawling novel takes place over two time-scales – the last week of a man’s life, spent in the company of his grandson, a writer; and the greater part of the 20th century as he finally tells his stories. From the Jewish community of 1930s Philadelphia, through service in a clandestine unit in Europe during WWII, post-war America and the rocket projects of the 50s onwards (plus a stint in jail), the grandfather’s tales shed light on his irascible, clever and emotionally trapped character. A brilliant and fabulous read that draws on real life. Lindy Hb $39.99
Franz Huchelis is 17 years old and living a somewhat contented life in the Austrian countryside. His mother decides it's time for him to mature and sends him to work with a tobacconist, Otto Trsnyek, in Vienna. It is 1938 and Europe is rapidly changing. Otto teaches Franz the importance of reading and the finer qualities of tobacco (despite being a non-smoker himself ). Then one day Sigmund Freud walks into the shop and an unlikely friendship between the great man and Franz begins. Beautifully written with images that keep percolating in the mind long after the book is finished. Greg Pb $29.99
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The Ice-Cream Makers Ernest Van der Kwast
Christmas Days 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
Jeanette Winterson Celebrate the 12 days of Christmas with these entertaining stories of ghosts and jovial spirits, chances at love and tricks with time, frost and icicles, a cat and a dog and a silver frog, and a Christmas cracker with a surprising gift inside. And for the icing on the Christmas cake, there are 12 festive recipes from Yuletides past and present.
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In the far north of Italy lies the valley of the ice-cream makers: about a dozen villages where, for generations, people have specialised in making ice-cream. Giuseppe Talamini claims it was actually invented there. Every spring, his family sets off for the ice-cream parlour in Rotterdam, returning to the mountains only in winter. Eldest son Giovanni decides to break with this tradition by pursuing a literary career. A dazzling novel about an Italian ice-cream dynasty - tradition, ambition... and the sensation of lemon sorbet melting on your tongue.
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Family Skeleton Carmel Bird In Sunlight or in Shadow Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper
Lawrence Block (Ed) What a wonderful concept - Hopper’s paintings inspiring 17 of today’s biggest writers - exploring themes of darkness and light, giving these brilliant works of art a new avenue to traverse. Contributors include Stephen King with a macabre look at a couple coping in the Depression, Connelly’s Harry Bosch tracks down a missing student, there’s Joyce Carol Oates, Jeffrey Deaver and many others. Each story is preceded by a painting and the reader can flick back and forth, getting lost in Hopper’s manipulation of light and shadow - in turn brilliantly captured in the accompanying narrative. A true delight. Greg Hb $36.95 Due Dec
Conclave Robert Harris The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 120 Cardinals from around the world will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next 72 hours, one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth...
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This is such fun! The unnamed narrator declares itself to be the skeleton in the family wardrobe and proceeds to tell the story of Margaret O’Day, staunch Catholic, respected philanthropist and matriarch of the Toorak funeral O’Days (as distinct from the medical O’Days, from whom she is also descended). Sometimes the story is told through Margaret’s memoirs as she details her family’s foibles, including the archivist Doria Fogelsong, who seems to be intent on digging up stories best left buried… A sparkling and witty story, enhanced with a delicious tang of acidic observation. Lindy Pb $29.99
The German Girl Armando Lucas Correa
Berlin 1939. Hannah and her family flee aboard the transatlantic liner, the St Louis. They are bound for Cuba, an unknown land offering the promise of a new life. Decades later, Anna receives a parcel on her 12th birthday from a great-aunt she has never met, so she and her mother travel to Cuba to meet Hannah. This heartbreaking, memorable novel tells the intertwined stories of Hannah and Anna, both of whom have been touched by the harsh atrocities people inflict upon each other. A powerful exploration of the strength of the human spirit and an insightful look into the events onboard the St Louis, this is one debut novel not to be missed. Jessica Pb $29.99 Due Dec
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Adam Spencer’s Number Crunchers Adam Spencer
The Babar Collection
After last year’s runaway bestseller for mathematically inclined kids, this new book should also go down a treat. It’s a jumble of number puzzles, nerdy jokes, wacky facts, exercises successfully disguised as fun, quizzes to drive you crazy – all with a mathematical focus. Spencer certainly knows how to make maths entertaining without sacrificing learning. Inspiration for the next generation of sleek geeks! Pb $19.99
Is there a more charming elephant than Babar? His adventures have delighted children for more than 80 years and he’s still the best-loved pachyderm in children’s literature! These five stories follow Babar as he gets an education and becomes King, builds a city for his people, has a family, meets Father Christmas and has many adventures on his travels. With all the original exquisite illustrations and A A Milne’s introduction, this will delight young and old alike! Lindy Pb $24.99
Amazing Animals of Australia’s National Parks Gina Newton
This colourful guide is firmly pitched to children and admirably fulfils all the criteria for being both useful and easyto-use. Featuring 55 National Parks from all over Australia, it covers seven distinct habitats. Animals, birds, insects, reptiles, fish and frogs (120 in all) are each represented by a full page of facts, maps, photographs and scientific information. For all the budding naturalists (and interested grown-ups should also enjoy it!) Lindy Pb $29.99
Jean de Brunhoff
Radio Rescue!
Jane Jolly & Robert Ingpen Jim lives on a remote outback station. When his parents take delivery of a newfangled pedal radio, Jim is fascinated, but isn’t allowed to touch it. Then one day when his mother is away and his father has an accident, Jim must use the knowledge he’s gained from observing the radio in action. A companion to the bestselling Tea and Sugar Christmas (Hb $24.99), this moving story is enhanced by Ingpen’s expressive and detailed illustrations showing how the pedal radio led to the Flying Doctor and the School of the Air. Lindy Hb $24.99
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Hello, Sydney! Megan McKean Let’s go on a trip around Sydney, visiting 15 iconic locations from Bondi Beach to Taronga Zoo. We can look for our guides six cheeky seagulls - as well as other characters dotted through the illustrations. A scattering of facts and a cheerfully naive style of illustration – bright and quirky – make this an appealing book for both locals and visitors aged four and up. Lindy Hb $24.99
Holding Up the Universe
Wonderlands
The Illustration art of Robert Ingpen
Robert Ingpen Ingpen is one of our most treasured illustrators and this glorious book presents a retrospective of his decades-long career. He guides us through his work, inspirations and love of landscape, with autobiographical anecdotes and examples of the evolution of his illustrative style. Whether bringing new life to classic stories or enhancing a tale of Australian history, his soft colours and natural realism create worlds of magic and beauty. Lindy Hb $34.99
Jennifer Niven
Libby Strout once suffered the indignity of being cut out of her own house because of her obesity. Now she’s still overweight, but ready to go back to school and throw herself into living, if people will just look past the fat. Jack Masselin is the goodtime boy, smart and talented, but he’s been hiding the fact that he can’t see faces. When Libby and Jack get tangled up in a cruel prank and have to attend compulsory counselling sessions, they start to recognise substance beneath façade… Told from both characters’ viewpoints, this is absorbing and pitch-perfect. Lindy Pb $19.99
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Our Chemical Hearts Krystal Sutherland
Henry doesn’t believe in falling in love, maybe because no-one has been more important to him than getting decent grades and being the editor of the school newspaper. But then Grace transfers into his school, is appointed joint editor and her mysterious aloofness and don’t-care attitude gets under his skin. Suddenly, Henry knows what love is. Unfortunately for him, Grace has plenty of secrets, quite a few problems and is not going to make life, or love, easy… One of my favourite Young Adult novels this year, tender, painfully real and ultimately satisfying! Lindy Pb $19.99
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Who Sank the Boat?
and other Stories Pamela Allen
A beautiful collection of nine classic stories from the celebrated author and illustrator. Includes: Who Sank the Boat?, Alexander’s Outing, Belinda, Brown Bread and Honey, Cuthbert’s Babies, Daisy All-Sorts, Grandpa and Thomas, My Cat Maisie and Share Said the Rooster - stories full of imagination with playful characters and moments of hilarity. Gather the children together and enjoy these stories over and over again. Hb $34.99 Due Dec
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Stories of Life at Sydney Cove
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The Cities Book Lonely Planet Young readers can go on a tour of the world via 86 fascinating cities! The quirky selection takes in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, but also Darwin and Ballarat; Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, but also Ulaanbaatar and Pyongyang; London, Rome and Paris, but also Tromso and Pripyat. A wonderfully distracting book full of information, illustrations, maps and photographs, sure to inspire curiosity and enthusiasm in readers 8 to 12. Lindy Hb $29.99
How Cities Work Lonely Planet
This brightly colourful book shows children what is under their feet, above their heads and hidden in the walls! They learn about everything from sewers to high-rise buildings, how people live, work and play, and the future of cities. With flaps and fold-out pages, lots of quirky details, things to spot and plenty of bite-sized facts, this appealing book will entertain and educate readers aged 5 to 8. Hb $24.99
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When 13-year-old convicts John and Elizabeth are sent to a mysterious land at the end of the world, they have no idea what life holds for them. Later when Indigenous children Nanberry and Boorong come to live with the white strangers, they see life through different eyes. Told through the words of those who lived at Sydney Cove in 1788, this gripping narrative weaves together the experiences of convicts, soldiers and Aboriginal people with the events of history. For ages 10+ Pb $18.95
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Kes & Claire Gray and Jim Field What happens when you're tired of being sat on? Frog doesn't like the rules that state dogs sit on frogs (or cats on mats or frogs on logs) and decides to change them. He will have cats on gnats and bears on stairs and slugs on plugs - and so off he goes on a wildly inventive new world order! Full of witty word play and humorous illustrations, this is a riotously wonderful book to share with the pre-schooler in your life. Lindy Hb $24.99
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12 easy-to-build paper planes. Ingenious designs made with special paper and perfect weight distribution for longlasting flights. The powerful rubber band catapult launches the planes for hours of high-flying fun! $19.99 A great beginner-level origami craft kit. Amaze your friends as you watch your creations wiggle, walk, tumble, shuffle and spin right before your eyes! $19.99
Christine Mari Inzer
A Japanese-American girl travels to the land of trendy fashion, high-tech toilets and maid cafes. Inzer spent her early years in Japan before moving to the US. The summer before she turned 16, she returned to Tokyo to get reacquainted with her birthplace. Through illustrations, photos and musings, she documents her journey. Pb $19.99
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Rather be the Devil Ian Rankin
Australia's largest in-store selection of crime books Night School #21 Jack Reacher Lee Child
It’s 1996 and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That night he’s off the grid. Out of sight, out of mind. A Saudi courier visits a Jihadist sleeper cell in Hamburg, Germany and a CIA asset, undercover inside the cell, overhears him whisper: “The American wants $100 million.” From Langley to Hamburg, Jalalabad to Kiev, the story moves through a treacherous landscape of double-crosses, faked identities, and new and terrible enemies. Pb $32.99
Old Scores David Whish-Wilson It’s the early 1980s in the heady days of excess, dirty secrets and personal favours. Former detective Frank Swann is still in disgrace, working as a low-rent PI. But when he’s offered a security job by the premier’s fixer, it becomes clear that someone is bugging the premier’s phone... and it may cost Swann a lot more than his job to find out why. Pb $29.99
Fans know that Rankin is going to weave seemingly unrelated incidents into a fabulous ride! In this 21st Rebus novel, we have an unsolved murder from which Rebus was pulled in the 70s; the local criminal mastermind brutally attacked; shelf companies laundering ill-gotten monies, including some Russian millions; very rich bankers and investment advisers who may not be much different from the criminals; Malcolm Fox promoted to a job Siobhan Clarke wanted; and the retired crime king who is as bad as Rebus at keeping away from his profession… I sat up till 3am because I couldn’t put it down! Lindy Pb $32.99
The Mistletoe Murder And Other Stories
P D James This lovely little volume gathers four stories that P D James was commissioned to write for Christmas, each with a tantalising puzzle to keep you guessing. Two are short tales with her poetdetective Adam Dalgliesh solving seasonal crimes, one is about an illicit affair ending in murder (of course!), while the title story concerns a strained party in a country house on Christmas Eve. A wonderful treat for the many fans of the late, great Dame of Crime. Hb $24.99
Olmec Obituary & Mayan Mendacity #1 & #2 Elizabeth Pimms
L J M Owen
The Hit Nadia Dalbuono When the family of TV executive Micky Proietti goes missing, Leone Scamarcio is called to investigate. Everyone, it seems - from Premier League footballers to jilted starlets and cabinet ministers - has an axe to grind with Proietti. What starts as an investigation into his countless affairs soon becomes an inquiry into how he does business and the people he discarded along the way. Scamarcio reluctantly travels home to Calabria, a perilous journey, but one he must make if he’s to finally banish the ghosts of his past. Pb $29.99
Elizabeth returns to Canberra after her father’s death to support her family. She starts work as a librarian, giving up her archaeological dreams, but is soon drawn into a mystery while assisting a PhD student researching the recently uncovered Olmec cemetery, calling on all her intermillennial sleuthing skills. Full of charming domestic details and historical drama! Lindy Elizabeth puzzles over tiny skeletons uncovered in Guatemala and their relationship to an ancient Mayan queen. Not to mention her relationship to family and colleagues, as professional jealousies arise! Pb $19.99 each
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Only Daughter
Dead in the Water
Anna Snoekstra
Tania Chandler
In 2003, 16-year-old Rebecca Winter is missing. Eleven years later, an imposter arrives to take her place. Sleeping in Bec’s old room, spending time with her friends, it seems the ideal life to take over, but there’s something about Bec’s loving family that doesn’t seem quite right... This unnerving read will keep you guessing until the last nail-biting chapter. What happened to the real Bec Winter? And who is going after the girl who has taken her place? Jessica Pb $29.99
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Brigitte’s crime-writer ex-boyfriend turns up in town to promote his new novel, in which a woman is found dead - murdered in a country lake. Hours later, Brigitte watches the police pull a body from the water near her Gippsland home. Exploring the difficulties of trying to escape the cycle of trauma, this eerie tale delves into the darkness beneath the surface of fear, betrayal and revenge to find a glimmer of hope. Pb $29.99
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The Language of the Dead Stephen Kelly
German bombers continue their relentless attack on England, but in rural Hampshire things remain fairly quiet. Until elderly loner Will Blackwell is brutally murdered, the method bearing the hallmarks of the traditional vanquishing of a witch. Indeed, legend has it that Blackwell, as a boy, encountered a ghostly black dog sent by the devil, who struck a bargain for his soul. As Detective Inspector Lamb investigates, he has growing concerns that the killer’s motivations lie in the murky regions of the occult. Pb $22.95
Behind Closed Doors B A Paris
Jack and Grace are the perfect couple - attractive, charming, wealthy. So perfect for each other that you never see them apart, which should perhaps strike you as a little odd... This intense psychological thriller had me on the edge of my seat. Riveting and ‘unputdownable’, with a perfectly crafted villain and chilling storyline that kept me reading well into the night. I absolutely had to know what was really going on behind closed doors! Jessica Pb $29.99
The Tao Deception John M Green
The owl always hunts at night Samuel Bjork
A young woman is found dead, the body posed, the scene laboriously set, with almost no forensic evidence. Detective Mia Kruger is off work pending psychological assessment, but her boss offers her an unofficial deal to get her on the case. Progress is slow, until a young computer hacker uncovers something that forces the team to confront the scope of the murderer's true plans... Pb $32.99
The Pope is killed by a drone in the first sign of a scheme to bring down the US. This is the second thriller after The Trusted to feature Dr Tori Swyft, an athletic ex-CIA spy. A fast-moving action adventure for those fond of Ludlum and Grisham, while the camaraderie and sexual tensions underscore the action in a way that will please fans of Matthew Reilly and TV shows like NCIS and the Mission Impossible movies. Sex. Power. Toys. It’s a potent mix and great fun to read. Craig Pb $29.99
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The Big Book of Jack the Ripper
Home Harlan Coben
Otto Penzler (Ed)
A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded a ransom, but then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. Now Myron and his friend Win believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager. What happened after he was taken? And what of his missing friend? An explosive and moving thriller about friendship, family and the meaning of home. Pb $29.95
Collected here for the first time are 41 tales featuring the infamous slasher who terrorised London’s East End in 1888, from classics by Marie Belloc-Lowndes, Robert Bloch and Ellery Queen to never-before-seen stories by Jeffery Deaver, Loren Estleman, Lyndsay Faye and many others. This impressive compilation is embellished with artefacts of Jack the Ripper lore: witness statements, autopsy reports, news articles and astonishing theories from the world’s foremost Ripperologists. Pb $42.95
TRUE CRIME Roger Rogerson
THE SCHOLL CASE
Duncan McNab
THE DEADLY END OF A MARRIAGE
Once a highly decorated police officer, Rogerson was dismissed from the police force in 1986 and jailed twice. Then on 20 May 2014, he and another former police officer murdered student Jamie Gao in cold blood. Both were recently found guilty of murder and possession of 2.78 kilograms of methamphetamine and sentenced to life imprisonment. This is the eye-opening account of the life of arguably the most corrupt person to have ever served in Australia's law enforcement. Pb $32.99
They were a picture of success. Heinrich was a proven achiever and Mayor of the East German town of Ludwigsfelde for 18 years. His wife Brigitte ran her successful beauty salon. In 2011, their marriage of almost 50 years came to an end when Brigitte was found murdered in the woods. Heinrich was arrested, tried and convicted, but maintains his innocence to this day. This is a fascinating look inside a marriage against a backdrop of momentous social change. Craig Pb $29.99
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BIOGRAPHY The Boy Behind the Curtain Tim Winton
Winton excels in short story telling, so it seems appropriate that he relates tales of his life in essay format. The forces that shaped him were often chaos or serendipity – his country copper Dad’s near-fatal accident that led to the family’s Christian faith; seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey, which literally shifted the universe for him; the madness that propelled him across the Nullarbor when a manuscript didn’t cooperate; the teetering balance between accidental environmental activism and a lifestyle that harvests the sea – these and more show how his life has grown and changed. This is perhaps the nearest Winton will get to an autobiography, but if that is so, this brilliant book will more than do! Lindy Hb $45
A Tear in the Soul Amanda Webster
Webster grew up in Kalgoorlie, the daughter of a local doctor. She had companions from the Kurrawang Mission and nothing ever made her think they weren’t well-cared for. Years later, a passing remark from a foreigner commenting on Australian racism prompted her to search for her long-lost friends. This searingly honest book examines her attempts to reconcile her childhood illusions with the reality of white/indigenous relations, and to piece together the story of Kurrawang. Honest and powerful. Lindy Pb $29.99
Ragamuffin Man The World of Syd Fischer
David Salter Fischer is one of the world’s most successful sailors, having won Sydney to Hobart races in his Ragamuffin yachts and competed eight times for Australia in the Admiral’s Cup. A self-made multi-millionaire, he also owns and runs the Australian Development Corporation, Sydney City Marine and a host of associated companies. Now 88, he still competes in the punishing sport of longdistance offshore yacht racing. Hb $49.99
Shark Tracker Confessions of an Underwater Cameraman
Richard Fitzpatrick A marine biologist and Emmy Award-winning cinematographer, Fitzpatrick has worked on over 50 films and documentaries. This engaging and colourful book is a mix of personal anecdote and science, from filming a seahorse giving birth to hair-raising encounters with sharks, including great insight into conservation issues. Pb $29.99
Mates The Friendship that Sustained Henry Lawson
Gregory Bryan A dual biography of the two Australian poets Henry Lawson and his best mate Jim Grahame, based primarily on Grahame’s letters and diaries. An interesting account of their lives and times, including a detailed description of their 200-km trek from Bourke to Hungerford, featured in the published poems of both writers.
Tom Hughes QC A Cab on the Rank
Ian Hancock A legend in his lifetime, Tom Hughes was one of Australia’s top barristers, renowned for his theatrical style, command of language and dominating presence in the courtroom. He was also a war-time pilot, politician, federal Attorney-General, grazier and racehorse owner. Drawing on a huge trove of intimate diaries and private correspondence, plus interviews with Hughes and his family, friends and colleagues, this book provides an interesting perspective on several decades of Australian political, social and legal history. Hb $59.95
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Bob Ellis In His Own Words Bob Ellis
The best of Ellis’s celebrated and much-loved essays, speeches, diaries and scripts, as well as previously unpublished work, archival photos and reflections from close friends and family. Compiled by Anne Brooksbank, this collection contains all the wit, acuity and forthrightness that we have come to expect from this inimitable wordsmith. Pb $32.99
Paul Keating
Valiant for Truth The Life of Chester Wilmot, War Correspondent
Neil McDonald & Peter Brune Chester Wilmot (1911-1954) was a renowned Australian war correspondent, broadcaster and journalist. Covering the first North African battles of Bardia, Tobruk and Derna, the Greek Campaign, the epic struggle along the Kokoda Track, the amphibious invasion at Normandy and the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany, his voice stood above all others during ABC and BBC broadcasts throughout WWII. Hb $49.99
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The Big–Picture Leader
Troy Bramston Drawing on extensive interviews with Keating, coupled with access to his personal files, this book tells the story of a political warrior’s rise to power: from the outer suburbs of Sydney through Young Labor and into parliament at just 25 years of age; serving as a minister in the last days of the Whitlam government; his path-breaking term as Treasurer in the 1980s; his Prime Ministership from 1991 to 1996; and his passions and interests since. The definitive biography of Australia’s 24th Prime Minister. Hb $49.99
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Karl Marx
Rasputin Douglas Smith
Greatness and Illusion
Rasputin was just one of many stranniki (wanderers or religious pilgrims) who littered the Russian landscape of the time. So what made him stand out? This was a period when many people felt disenfranchised by the Orthodox Church and were turning to the occult and mysticism for answers. Smith went to seven countries to access original documents to research this definitive book on Rasputin, allowing fact to finally emerge from myth and propaganda. I became totally immersed in this pivotal point in Russia's history. Greg Hb $49.99
Gareth Stedman Jones As much a portrait of his time as a biography of the man, this book returns the author of Capital and The Communist Manifesto to his 19th-century world, before he was transformed into Communism’s patriarch and fierce lawgiver. It explores the new ways of seeing the world conjured up by Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Ricardo and Saint-Simon, showing how Marx adapted their philosophies into ideas that would have huge repercussions in the 20th century. Hb $79.99 Only $69.99 while stock lasts
Poum and Alexandre A Paris Memoir
Poum and Alexandre met just after the war in a liberated Paris. Bound together by their eccentricities, they struggle to free themselves from the expectations and judgements of family and friends. To escape, Poum finds solace in the pages of Homer’s Odyssey; Alexandre in Roman emperors and the world of numbers. A companion to them both is their young daughter Catherine, although at times even she is excluded from their inner world. From the voice of Catherine comes this heartfelt remembrance of family and place. Accepting her parents’ flaws, she welcomes the reader into the strange, yet beautiful, world of her childhood. A delightfully charming read. Jessica Pb $29.99
The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me Sofka Zinovieff
Faringdon House in Oxfordshire was the home of Lord Berners - composer, writer, painter and a man renowned for his eccentricity and, at a time when it was illegal, his homosexuality. Since the early 1930s, his companion there was Robert Heber-Percy, 28 years his junior, wildly physical, a hothead who rode naked through the grounds and was known to all as the Mad Boy. Witty and full of insight, this book about Faringdon brings to life a vanished world and the almost fantastical people who lived in it. Pb $35
Keeping On Keeping On Alan Bennett
If you, like me, would quite happily read his shopping lists, then this new collection of Alan Bennett’s prose will undoubtedly fill you with exquisite delight! Covering the period 2005 to 2015, this wonderful gallimaufry contains a decade of diaries, a radio play, articles, lectures and observations. Wise, warm, witty, but also sharply drawn, humane and profound. It is a book to dip in and out of, and his quietly acerbic wholesomeness and subversive goodwill should provide much reading pleasure! Lindy Hb $49.99
The Word Detective A Life in Words from Serendipity to Selfie
John Simpson This is both an autobiography and a memoir of The Oxford English Dictionary. Simpson worked on the OED for 37 years and was a key figure in transforming it from historical artefact to contemporary relevance. Here he tells of both the people and the words themselves, going off on lovely tangents to examine lexicography, etymology and history, yet there is also poignancy as he tells of the personal challenges he faced away from work. An engaging and delightful book. Pb $29.99
Victoria You Must Change Your Life
The QUEEN
Julia Baird
The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin
By the time of her Diamond Jubilee Procession in 1897, Queen Victoria (1819-1901) reigned over a quarter of the world, had 400 million subjects and had given birth to nine children. This remarkable and original portrait shows how the young princess grew into a passionate, stubborn, bold and beloved Empress, one who could also be sentimental, deferential and tender, and whose reign saw many profound changes. Full of rich detail and lively story-telling, this is a brilliant reappraisal of her life and rule. Hb $49.99
Paris 1902, the glorious Belle Époque draws to a close and a young poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, is about to meet revered French sculptor Auguste Rodin, an artist who will transform his life. A job opportunity with Rodin leads to an obsession that is almost palpable, equalled only by the intensity Rilke displays towards his own work. Corbett’s writing demonstrates both a genuine enthusiasm for her subjects and an intimate understanding of the art world. A wonderful addition to the library of any art lover! Siân Hb $38.95 ABBEY'S REWARDS ~ EASY & FREE!
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Angelus and Diabolus Maria-Christina Boerner
The Secret Lives of Colour
This magnificent tome is massive in size (800pp & 454g) and as splendid a volume as you will ever see! It is a history of good and evil in Christian art, as symbolised by Angels and Demons. Seven comprehensive sections deal with the nature, duties, choirs and hierarchies of angels, the downfall of sinful angels, visions of the end of the world, the pain of hell and visions of heaven. Strikingly detailed with beautiful photographs, this is a visually stunning experience! Hb $495 $450
Kassia St Clair
There are many ways of telling the story of human culture and history, but this has to be one of the most engaging and vivid ways to do so! These tales of 75 hues, shades and dyes reveal much about civilisation, whether through the charcoal used in the Lascaux caves or the brown that changed the way battles were fought, why women are scarlet and purple is imperial, or why there is a Kelly green and what made the yellow of Van Gogh’s sunflowers. An appealing and charming narrative history. Hb $39.99
Australia’s Impressionists
Heysen to Heysen
Sarah Thomas & Christopher Riopelle
Selected Letters of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen
Australia’s unique take on Impressionism is represented here by four major artists: Tom Roberts, Arthur Stratton, Charles Conder and John Peter Russell. This beautiful book enriches our understanding of Australian art and challenges our preconceptions of what is meant by Impressionism. The story is framed by unmistakably Australian subjects and locations, and a preoccupation with light and colour, presented in the context of an emerging sense of Australian identity and nationhood.
Catherine Speck (Ed) In 1934, when Nora travelled to London to study art, she experienced her first time away from home and the first of many, often exotic, places from where she would write home to South Australia. This is the correspondence she shared with her father Hans until his death in 1968. Accompanied by carefully selected images and text, it lifts the lid on a vista of Australian art. Pb $49.95
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Living in the Landscape
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Extraordinary Rural Homes in Australia and New Zealand
Anna Johnson This year’s to-die-for architecture book! Set sympathetically in different landscapes, 28 covetable homes show how various architects have successfully and intuitively connected with their diverse environments. Taking into consideration the harsh physical challenges of remote localities, questions of sustainability and indigenous relationship to landscape, this book is both a thoughtful response to geography and a breathtakingly photographed record of gorgeous homes. Lindy Hb $70
Margaret Preston Recipes for Food and Art
Lesley Harding Celebrated for her vibrant and distinctive pictures of indigenous flowers, Margaret Preston was an equally colourful and outspoken personality. Maintaining that art was an integral part of everyday life that should be within the reach of everyone, she published widely on the techniques of many artistic pursuits. She devoted much of her career to the genre of still life, often painting in the kitchen while keeping “one eye on the stew”. Richly illustrated with her art, photographs and recipes - for food, art and interior decor - this book sheds new light on the private life of a much-loved public figure. Pb $45 ABBEY'S REWARDS ~ EASY & FREE!
The Vincent van Gogh Atlas Nienke Denekamp et al
Thanks to Van Gogh’s wanderlust - and the rapid expansion of Europe’s railways in the late 19th century - he ended up living and working in over 20 places, from the peaceful countryside of the Netherlands and France to the hustle and bustle of London and Paris. Featuring an eye-catching design, captivating excerpts from his vast body of letters, timelines, maps and hundreds of colour images, this book offers a truly unique view of the many journeys both literal and figurative - that Van Gogh made in his life. Hb $36.95
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Vivienne Westwood & Ian Kelly For the first and only time, Vivienne Westwood has written a personal memoir, collaborating with award-winning biographer Ian Kelly, to describe the events, people and ideas that have shaped her extraordinary life as fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother. Hb $49.99
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AUSTRALIAN HISTORY Antipodes
1787
In Search of the Southern Continent
The Lost Chapters of Australia’s Beginnings
Avan Judd Stallard Ancient geographers needed a southern land to balance their view of cosmography, and this wish was one of the most potent in early modern history. There was no evidence to support their desire, but it meant explorers launched out into the unknown to find it. Even when they found evidence of a southern continent, there was still a bending of facts to fit the hypothesis. Lavishly illustrated, this scholarly, but accessible, book is an admirable blend of history, geography and the philosophy of ideas. Lindy Pb $39.95
Nick Brodie Tracing the journey of Australia before the infamous year of 1788, this is an original take on just how ‘discovered’ the southern continent was - by the Indigenous Australians who had lived and prospered here for thousands of years, as well as the many sailors, traders, fishermen and others who had already visited these shores. It’s a fascinating story that shifts the focus away from colonial times, placing Indigenous Australians back into our known history, rather than part of a timeless pre-history. Pb $29.99
Grog
From the Edge
A Bottled History of Australia’s First 30 Years
Australia’s Lost Histories
Mark McKenna A new telling of the central drama of Australian history - the encounter between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians – here are four extraordinary and largely forgotten stories: a 700-km trek by shipwreck survivors in 1797; the founding of a ‘new Singapore’ in western Arnhem Land in the 1840s; Australia’s largest industrial development project nestled among Indigenous rock art in the Pilbara; and the remarkable story of James Cook’s time in Cooktown in 1770. Pb $34.99
Living with the Locals Early Europeans’ Experience of Indigenous Life
John Maynard & Victoria Haskins Nine stories of white people who were lost, shipwrecked or absconders, and who were taken in by local Aborigines as returned (deceased) family members. They were eventually restored to 19th century European society, not always happily. An absorbing study of early European/Indigenous relations, these fascinating tales from the length of the eastern coast give insight into vanished ways of life. Plentifully illustrated. Lindy Pb $44.99
Tom Gilling Alcohol has been an essential part of Australia’s white history from the beginning. A daily ration was expected by marines and convicts alike, and it became both currency and curse. This entertaining and wellresearched book draws on primary sources to show how grog (and sometimes the lack of it) shaped early colonial society, including the effect of different Governors’ attitudes to alcohol – from Arthur Phillip holding the whole enterprise together to William Bligh losing control. An intoxicating history! Pb $32.99
Swallowed by the Sea The Story of Australia’s Shipwrecks
Graeme Henderson With such a vast coast, it’s no wonder Australia has so many shipwrecks! This fully illustrated and engrossing book tells of some of our most tragic, mystifying and dramatic disasters, from the oldest known wreck (Tryal in 1622 off Western Australia’s northwest coast) to SIEV 221 off Christmas Island in 2010. Written by a maritime archaeologist who has located and dived many of the sites, this is a fascinating and accessible account of the history and perils of navigating our sea-girt continent. Lindy Pb $44.99
Murder at Myall Creek
Before Terra Nullius
Mark Tedeschi
In 1838, 11 white men were put on trial for the planned massacre of 28 Wirrayaraay men, women and children – the first time Europeans faced the full force of the law for the murder of indigenous people. The prosecutor, NSW Attorney General John Plunkett, battled the extreme, entrenched prejudices of the day to get justice for the victims. This compelling book also examines colonial attitudes and the development of civil rights law in Australia. Pb $32.99
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Colonial Ideas of Aboriginal Land Rights and Property
Hannah Robert Over a century before Mabo, and generations before Terra Nullius, Aboriginal land rights were briefly acknowledged by the early colonists of South Australia and Victoria. This book looks at the way colonists exploited humanitarian rhetoric developed by England’s anti-slavery movement to oust Aboriginal claims and how they reinvented the Common Law of property to secure their own title, twisting legal analysis and economic theory to suit their aims. It also explores interactions between colonists and governments in Hobart, Sydney and London. Pb $34.95
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True Girt The Unauthorised History of Australia
David Hunt In this side-splitting sequel to his bestselling history Girt ($29.99), Hunt takes us to the Australian frontier - the Wild South, home to hardy pioneers, gunslinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous indigenous people, Caroline Chisholm and sheep. Lots of sheep! You’ll be introduced to Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who invented the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia’s most famous LGBTI bushranger. This is Australia’s past as you’ve never seen it - funnier, sadder, wilder and weirder than you could possibly imagine. Pb $32.99
Shady Acres Power and Vested Interests in the Government of nsw & the Shaping of Sydney
Lesley Muir An expose of development scandals and political corruption in NSW in the 1870s and 1880s, exploring all the shady deals involved in the massive transformation of Sydney and its outskirts. Looks at the developers who financed Henry Parkes and the other colourful characters who ran NSW at the time, and the Sydney suburbs laid out to suit their interests. Richly illustrated. Hb $49.95
The Story of Australia’s People: Volume 2 The Rise and Rise of a New Australia
Geoffrey Blainey The final part in this ambitious history following Volume 1: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia (Hb $49.99), this is the culmination of the lifework of Australia’s most prolific and wideranging historian. From the Gold Rush to Land Rights and the Digital Age, Blainey brings to life the key events that have shaped us into the nation and people we are today. Compelling and brilliantly readable. Hb $49.99
Sydney Cemeteries Lisa Murray
Cemeteries are fascinating places; every gravestone a story. Sydney has many fine graveyards and this well illustrated book is a marvellous (and respectful) guide to them all. Each cemetery is covered - its history, the first burials and oldest headstones (not necessarily the same thing!), some of the notables interred within, physical settings and distinguishing features. There are tips on visiting, additional resources and what to look out for. As well, there are top fives for things like floral displays or angel statuary, information on changing styles or decoding the gravestone symbolism. Apparently it was once a grand Sydney tradition to sightsee in cemeteries and this book is just the thing to restart that pastime! Lindy Pb $34.99 Due Dec
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The Cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan
Clive Hamilton
Mike Carlton With his inimitable panache and flawless research, Mike Carlton tells the story of HMAS Australia II, encompassing some fascinating naval and social history. In 1942, she fought in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first sea battle to stop the Japanese. In 1944, she fought in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and was struck by a kamikaze bomber, killing her captain and 28 crew. The next year, she was hit by no fewer than four kamikaze planes on four successive days. Hb $49.99
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Larry Writer When the racially selected all-white South African rugby team toured Australia in 1971, there was bloodshed in the streets as thousands of anti-apartheid campaigners clashed with police and tried to prevent games from being played, even resorting to sawing down goalposts. PM William McMahon called the seven Wallabies who refused to play “national disgraces”. This is a fascinating recreation of those volatile days prior to the abandonment of apartheid. Pb $35 ABBEY'S REWARDS ~ EASY & FREE!
The Story of Protest in Australia
This colourful account tells of Australia’s protest movements, mainly in the 1960s and 70s through to today, with some reference to earlier movements (particularly indigenous rights and women’s rights). It is fully illustrated with fabulous archival photographs, which alone are worth the price of the book. Stories of the activists and participants are equally absorbing, as they fought for causes such as withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, Gay Lib, women’s emancipation, environmental issues, indigenous recognition and social justice. A brilliant record with a still-potent message! Lindy Pb $39.99
A Single Tree Voices from the Bush Don Watson (Ed)
This collection assembles the raw material underpinning Don Watson’s The Bush (Pb $24.99, Hb $45), winner of the 2015 Indie Book of the Year. Comprising diary extracts, memoirs, journals, letters, histories, poems and fiction, there are accounts of journeys, of work and recreation, of creation and destruction. Stories of uncanny events, peculiar characters, deep ironies and of land unlimited. From Abel Tasman to Tim Flannery, from farmers to grey nomads, here is a vast array of experiences, perspectives and knowledge. Hb $45
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HISTORY
Istanbul
Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives
City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
Thomas Madden
The First 1,000 Years
Chase Robinson Early Islamic history was shaped by rulers, intellectuals and extraordinary thinkers. This book takes 30 influential people and sets them within the civilisation they helped form. From Arabia through northern Africa to Spain and across to central Asia, this rich narrative tells of religious and military leaders, poets and travellers, slaves and conquerors. Set against the rise and fall and development of different Islamic states over a millennium. Well illustrated. Hb $55
In the words of Napoleon Bonaparte: “If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.” The history of this city - known as Byzantium, Constantinople and now Istanbul - is glorious, outsized and astounding. In this entertaining narrative, we meet its ordinary citizens - the Jews, Muslims, Italians, Greeks and Russians who used the famous baths and walked the bazaars, as well as the rulers who built it up, then destroyed it. Drawing on a lifetime of study, this book transports us to a place that is key to understanding modern civilisation. Hb $53.95
Map Stories The Art of Discovery
Francisca Matteoli When you look at an old map, you have an immediate ticket to the past. Even the most familiar places are transformed into exotic, romantic or magical adventures! This coffee table book contains an idiosyncratic selection covering lost cities, rivers, famous trails, train routes, polar lands, mountainous regions and wild places. Conversational in style, it is a personal meditation on travel and adventure, but it is the full-colour reproductions of the maps that makes this a most attractive and absorbing book. Lindy Hb $55
The Illustrated Story of England
Christopher Hibbert & John Broadley A beautiful, quirky edition of Phaidon’s history of England from the Stone Age onwards, first published in 1992. In this newly illustrated edition, John Broadley’s unique, tableaux-like illustrations capture the landscape, costumes and characters of the history that Hibbert’s text so vividly evokes. The images combine with the flowing narrative style, character sketches and lively anecdotes to bring the past to life.
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Pax Romana War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World
The Phantom Atlas The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps
Edward Brooke-Hitching A collection of gloriously reproduced antique maps of the world, not as it was, but as it was thought to be! Centuries of mythical lands, non-existent islands, fabled civilisations and other cartographical errors - compounded by swindlers and deluded explorers are examined in glorious detail. A colourful history, full of eccentric tales, marvels and mysteries! Hb $49.99
Imperial Triumph The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine
Michael Kulikowski Dealing with one of the most tangled periods of imperial Roman history, this lucid, authoritative and engaging book begins with the reign of Hadrian, follows the volatile changes of the third century, and ends with the death of Julian the Apostate. It covers a time of cultural and religious upheaval, of successive challenges to the Empire from waves of barbarian attacks and internal politics, showing how Rome managed to surmount the cataclysmic upheavals of those times. Hb $59.99
The Rise of Athens The Story of the World’s Greatest Civilization
Anthony Everitt
Adrian Goldsworthy
A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilisation. Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, Everitt combines thoughtful historical analysis with stirring narrative set pieces, including accounts of the milestone battles that defined the Hellenic world, such as Thermopylae, Marathon and Salamis. Hb $55
How and why did the Romans come to control most of their known world? Was it through their undoubted military prowess or the brilliance of their administrators? This enthralling, comprehensive account tells of the Empire’s creation from the Republic’s bloody conquests through the age of Caesar and Augustus and onward to the golden periods of prosperity of later rulers. It also explains what Pax Romana meant for the conquered peoples, the many reactions to Roman imperialism and how these changed over the years as peace prevailed. Hb $55
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William the Conqueror David Bates
Fifteen years in the making, this book assesses each phase of William’s life to establish why he was trusted to invade England in 1066 and the consequences of this on the history of the so-called Norman Conquest after the Battle of Hastings and for generations to come. Bates worked extensively in the archives of northern France and discovered many 11th and 12th-century charters largely unnoticed by English-language scholars to produce this landmark reinterpretation of a pivotal figure in European history. Hb $69.95
Medieval Europe Chris Wickham
A thought-provoking history of the changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages, from the fall of the western Roman Empire to Charlemagne’s reforms, the feudal revolution, the challenge of heresy and the destruction of the Byzantine Empire to the rebuilding of late medieval states and the devastation of the Black Death. This landmark book also includes illuminating vignettes that underscore how the changes affected both individual lives and international events. Hb $55
Four Princes
John Julius Norwich Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V and Suleiman the Magnificent. Four great princes born in the same decade. Each significantly different from the others, together they laid the foundations of modern Europe. With the rich setting of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this detailed and colourful narrative shows how these four men – sometimes allies, always rivals – dominated the world stage and significantly altered the course of history. Pb $32.99
Revolution The History of England Vol IV
Peter Ackroyd Ackroyd takes readers from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. The Bank of England and the stock exchange were founded, the Church of England was fully established as the guardian of spiritual life and parliament became the sovereign body of the nation. It was a time of unprecedented technological innovation which saw England transformed from a country of blue skies and farmland to one of soot, steel and coal. Pb $34.99
Hero of the Empire
Crown of Blood The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
Nicola Tallis When King Edward lay dying in 1553, he nominated his cousin Jane as successor to the Crown in his will. But after a reign of just days, the Privy Council switched allegiances and installed Edward’s half-sister Mary to the throne. Within months, Jane was sentenced to death, along with her father, husband and two of his brothers. Each chapter moving between past and present, this dramatic narrative traces the web of intrigue in which Jane became involuntarily entangled, becoming one of the Tudor era’s most tragic victims. Hb $45 Due Dec
The Pursuit of Power
Europe 1815-1914 Richard Evans
Evans looks at the period bounded by the Battle of Waterloo and the outbreak of WWI, a time when huge cities sprang up in a generation and what was seen as modern soon appeared old-fashioned. He explores the revolutions, empire-building and wars, but this book is about so much more, whether it be illness, serfdom, religion or philosophy. This is the work of an historian at the height of his powers; essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Europe, then or now. Hb $75 Due Dec
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The Making of Winston Churchill
Candice Millard In 1899, Churchill arrived in South Africa aged 24 to write about the Boer War. Taken prisoner, he pulled off a daring escape, then traversed hundreds of miles alone in enemy territory. He enlisted and fought in several battles, ultimately liberating the men with whom he had been imprisoned. Millard tells a magnificent story of bravery, savagery and chance encounters with an illustrious cast, including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener and Gandhi, giving us an unexpected perspective on this iconic figure. Hb $49.99 ABBEY'S REWARDS ~ EASY & FREE!
Explorers’ Sketchbooks The Art of Discovery and Adventure
Huw Lewis-Jones & Kari Herbert People have explored for many reasons – fame, curiosity, learning, conquest – but they have always kept records for the same reason – to record the new and unfamiliar. This splendid book contains extracts and stories of more than 70 adventurers, including beautiful reproductions from their sketchbooks. From Amundsen to Edward Wilson and across the centuries, this highly absorbing book is an adventure in itself! And as Freya Stark said: “I have no reason to go, except that I have never been, and knowledge is better than ignorance.” Lindy Hb $60
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Passchendaele
Lenin on the Train Catherine Merridale
In 1917, WWI was at a stalemate. The Germans had an idea: why not sow further confusion in a chaotic Russia by arranging for Lenin, the revolutionary extremist exiled in Switzerland, to go home? This book recreates Lenin’s extraordinary journey in a ‘sealed train’ - together with a very strange group of passengers - across a Germany falling to pieces, to his eventual reception by revolutionary crowds in Petrograd. Most thought he would be imprisoned, killed or simply fade away. They could not have been more wrong. Hb $55
Requiem for Doomed Youth
Paul Ham Fought from July to November 1917, Passchendaele epitomises everything that was most terrible about the Western Front. This was the ‘wearing-down war’, one of pure attrition, where ordinary men on both sides endured a constant state of siege, knowing they were being gradually, deliberately wiped out. This book examines the culpability of governments and military commanders in a catastrophe that needlessly destroyed the best part of a generation. Hb $45
Victory at Villers-Bretonneux Peter FitzSimons
The Vanquished Robert Gerwarth
11 November 1918 marked the end of WWI, but this book reminds us that many countries continued to be wrecked by revolution, pogroms, mass expulsions and further military clashes, before the USSR and a series of rickety small new states came into being. Europe was full of vengeful people, looking for the opportunity to take retribution against their enemies. The rise of the Third Reich and other totalitarian states would soon provide them with their opportunity... Hb $55
Above every blackboard in the primary school at Villers-Bretonneux in northern France is a sign that reads: “N’oublions jamais, l’Australie.” Never forget Australia. This book explains why. In March 1918, after relentless German attacks, British commander General Douglas Haig calls on Australian soldiers to stop the German advance and save Villers-Bretonneux. Arriving just in time, the Australians hold off the Germans, then launch a counterattack that hurls the Germans back for the first time. Hb $49.99 Only $39.99
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Outlandish Knight
Walking in Berlin
The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman
A Flaneur in the Capital
Franz Hessel
Minoo Dinshaw
Originally published in 1929, this book captures the rhythm of Weimar-era Berlin, recording the seismic shifts occurring at the time. Franz Hessel was an observer par excellence of the hectic metropolis of Berlin. Nearly all the pieces here take the form of a walk or outing, focusing on a theme or part of the city, and many end at a theatre, cinema or club. Superbly written and as interesting today as when it first appeared, this is a book to be savoured. Hb $29.99
Sir Steven Runciman (1903-2000) was the pre-eminent historian of the Byzantine Empire and the Crusades. A gentleman scholar, he was a celebrated aesthete and repository of the civilised values of Edwardian times. He was obsessed with historical truth, yet also with tarot, second sight and ghosts. In this very funny book, he is revealed as a man who attracted the strangest experiences, with his friendships, curiosities and intrigues entangling him in a huge array of different artistic movements and events. Hb $69.99
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Blitzed
The Riviera Set
Drugs in Nazi Germany
1920-1960 The Golden Years of Glamour and Excess
Norman Ohler
Mary Lovell
The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy, yet the Third Reich was permeated with drugs - cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, crystal meth. The promiscuous use of drugs at the highest levels greatly impaired decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants. Ohler reveals a level of drug-taking that changes our understanding of the war.
The Chateau de l’Horizon near Cannes was built in the 1920s by an American woman, Maxine Elliott, who hosted fabulous parties with guests including the Windsors, Noel Coward, Winston Churchill and high society courtesans. After the war, the Chateau changed hands and was used until 1960 by the playboy prince Aly Khan to entertain the Hollywood set, including Rita Hayworth, whom he eventually married. An entertaining book that captures the sparkling flavour of those fashionable days of high society! Pb $35
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Irena’s Children Tilar Mazzeo
Irena Sendler, a young social worker in the Warsaw ghetto during WWII, saved over 2,000 children from death and deportation. At great personal risk, she enlisted the help of other sympathisers to smuggle Jewish children out using various subterfuges. She also kept a list (buried in a jar in her garden) of their true identities so they could be reunited with their families once the war was over. An extraordinary and moving account of one woman’s immense bravery. Pb $32.99
The Fleet at Flood Tide James Hornfischer
An unprecedented account of the most strategically vital operation of the Pacific War - the US Fifth Fleet’s seizure of the Marianas, from the epic seaborne invasion of Saipan to the stunning spectacle of the aerial battles of the Marianas Turkey Shoot to the grinding fight ashore between American and Japanese troops - and the largest suicide attack of the war to the bombing campaign that culminated with Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hb $55
Stalin and the Scientists A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905-1953
The Tunnels
Simon Ings
Greg Mitchell
A gripping history of how the Soviet Union’s scientists became both the glory and laughing stock of the intellectual world when a handful of impoverished and underemployed graduates, professors and entrepreneurs, as well as collectors and charlatans, bound themselves to a failing government to create a world superpower. An epic story of courage, genius and terrible folly. Hb $49.99
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Dashing for the Post The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Adam Sisman (Ed) Pb $35
The digging of tunnels from West to East Berlin was a brief phenomenon that lasted only a couple of years before people became even more adventurous in their attempts to escape the GDR. Mitchell’s book concentrates on a couple of tunnels, with CBS and NBC in a race to see who could actually film a real live escape. After much pressure from the Kennedy administration, CBS caved in, but NBC didn’t and what follows is a story as fascinating as any Cold War thriller. Delving into the lives of all involved, this book grips the reader right from the beginning. Highly recommended. Greg Pb $34.99
The Art of the Bible Release Your Inner Roman by Marcus Sidonius Falx
Jerry Toner Hb $29.99
Illuminated Manuscripts from the Medieval World
Scot McKendrick & Kathleen Doyle Hb $120
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What They Feel, How They Communicate
Peter Wohlleben Pb $29.99
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The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)
David Bercovici Covering 13.8 billion years - and in record time and space! - geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of the stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, to the origin of life and human civilisation. Covering topics as varied as particle physics, plate tectonics and photosynthesis, this is a unique treasure trove of science and history told with great wit and flair. Hb $27.95
The Best Australian Science Writing 2016 Jo Chandler (Ed) Now in its sixth year, this annual collection of the best science essays is both a delight and enlightening. This year topics range from the secret lives of eels to how lucky we are to live in a universe specifically designed for us, from transforming the bush to changing perceptions of Pluto, from the importance of lizards to developing a warning system that future generations can understand. With contributions from the cream of scientists and science popularisers, this is a must-have for any enquiring mind. Lindy Pb $29.99
Universal A Guide to the Cosmos
Calculating the Cosmos
Physics is about asking questions. But what are good questions? The bestselling authors of The Quantum Universe ($24.99) show that, by asking the right questions about the world around us, anyone can think like a physicist and grasp the grandeur of our cosmos. From what fridges tell us about the direction of unfolding events, to how magnets reveal spacetime, to determining the age of oceans, planets and galaxies, here are simple questions with sublime answers. Hb $49.99
With Professor Stewart to guide us, the secrets of the earth, the universe and nearly everything else are revealed, from the beginning of time to the untouchable edges of the universe. He shows how mathematics performs its magic, from landing space probes on extraterrestrial bodies to mapping cosmic history. An enlightening tour of the cosmos! Pb $32.99
How Mathematics Unveils the Universe Ian Stewart
Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw
Storm in a Teacup Helen Czerski
Hidden in familiar, everyday objects is the science that explains the human body, planet Earth and the way our civilisation works. Once you know the principle involved in boiling an egg, or sticking a magnet to a fridge, or jumping into a pool of water, pieces of a much larger puzzle slot into place. Coffee stains and ketchup bottles shed light on Antarctic winds, medical tests and our future energy needs. This entertaining book will alter the way you see the world.
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Welcome to the Universe An Astrophysical Tour
Neil deGrasse Tyson & Michael Strauss & J Richard Gott This guided tour of the cosmos by three of today’s leading astrophysicists was inspired by the introductory astronomy course they taught together at Princeton. How do stars live and die? Could there be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Why is the universe expanding and why is this expansion accelerating? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Breathtaking in scope and stunningly illustrated throughout, this book covers it all. Hb $79.95
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Reality is Not What it Seems Carlo Rovelli
Quantum gravity - the attempt to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics - is the subject of this new book by the author of the wonderful Seven Brief Lessons on Physics ($12.99). He shows that current attempts to understand the building blocks of the universe continue the tradition begun in ancient Greece, and he does an excellent job of making quite complicated ideas understandable to the reader. Anyone wanting to learn more about one of the most exciting areas of science will love this book! Dave Hb $39.99
Human Evolution Evolution
Our Brains and Behavior
In this collection of 200 photographs, award-winning photographer Robert Clark celebrates the foundations of modern science and the astonishing diversity of life on Earth. The stunning images reawaken us to humankind’s ancestors and the great contributions made to evolutionary science, including Darwin’s famous Galapagos finches and the links between dinosaurs and modern birds. Hb $49.95
An anthropologist and psychologist, Dunbar explains each stage of the evolutionary process since prehistoric times, from anatomical changes such as bipedalism and increase in brain size to cognitive and behavioural changes such as the ability to cook, laugh and use language. He focuses on the biological, neurological and genetic changes that have occurred with each transition in the evolutionary narrative, and hypothesises the order in which these changes occurred. Hb $49.95
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Adam Spencer’s Time Machine
Time Travel James Gleick
Did you know that the concept of time travel is barely a century old? H G Wells introduced it in The Time Machine, and this If there’s anyone who can make maths fun, is the starting point for this marvellous trip yet still retain the science, it has to be the through the past hundred years of people Sleek Geek, Adam Spencer! This romp through thinking and writing about time and time history from the Big Bang and the earliest travel. From T S Eliot to the TARDIS, it’s all mathematicians (including indigenous Australians) to the here-and-now is jam-packed here, written with Glieck’s customary zest. with quotes, anecdotes, quizzes and trivia. A full- Very readable and very enjoyable. Dave Pb $29.99 colour treasure trove for all ages that presents maths at its most entertaining. Pb $34.99 A wild ride through the ages
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Into the Orchid House In Search of Beauty
Einstein’s Greatest Mistake
High on the hills of the Atherton Tablelands in far north Queensland stands a glasshouse built by orchid expert Bruce Gray where tropical species of orchid thrive. Photographers Stanley and Kaisa Breeden capture the plants here in rich, detailed images. Step into the orchid house to discover this extraordinary and diverse world!
David Bodanis
The Life of a Flawed Genius
Stanley & Kaisa Breeden with Bruce Gay
Albert Einstein might be considered one of the greatest geniuses of all time. He revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos, but in his later years he was widely ignored and his ideas were opposed by even his closest friends. This informative, intimate portrait traces the arc of his intellectual development, and his personal and professional life, and shows how his self-confidence and imagination - once his greatest gifts - became his ultimate undoing. Pb $35
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Orchid A Cultural History Jim Endersby
At once delicate, exotic and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular beauty. Following the story of the orchid through history, Endersby divides our attraction to them into four key themes: science, empire, sex and death. He explains, for example, how the theory of evolution became intimately entangled with the story of the orchid when Charles Darwin began investigating their methods of cross-pollination. Features gorgeous illustrations from the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Hb $59.99
The Art of Science
Weird Dinosaurs John Pickrell We once thought we knew a lot about dinosaurs, but with a new species unearthed or described every week, what we know is changing constantly! Scientists are finding fossils on every continent (yes, even Antarctica!) and the species are far more diverse, fiercer, stranger and surprising than we ever realised. This fascinating book explains some of the weirdest discoveries, but also takes us behind the scenes with anecdotes from the new wave of palaeontologists and fossil hunters who are expanding our knowledge of long-gone times. Lindy Pb $29.99
Nicolas Baudin’s Voyagers 1800-1804
Jean Fomasiero, Lindl Lawton & John West-Sooby (Eds) In 1800, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and over 230 crew on a voyage to the Southern Lands. The expedition collected over 100,000 specimens, produced over 1,500 drawings and published the first complete chart of Australia. Baudin’s artists also created exquisite artworks of Aboriginal people and Australian fauna which reflected the sense of wonder inspired by this strange new world. Pb $39.95
2017 Australasian Sky Guide Nick Lomb This compact, easy-to-use annual provides everything you need when gazing at the southern night sky in the coming year monthly celestial maps, details of celestial events (conjunctions, eclipses, seasonal highlights) and information on new astronomical findings. Well laid out, you can quickly calculate local rise and set times of the sun, moon and planets. For anyone who looks up at the stars and wants to know more. Pb $16.95 ABBEY'S REWARDS ~ EASY & FREE!
The Circle A Mathematical Exploration Beyond the Line Alfred Posamentier & Robert Geretschlager The circle has fascinated mathematicians since ancient times and this entertaining book describes in layperson’s terms the many intriguing properties of this fundamental shape. The authors show the many ways the circle manifests itself in the field of geometry, leading to some amazing relationships and important geometric theorems. They also explain its role in art and architecture and in our daily lives. Hb $44.99
Atlas of the Southern Night Sky Steve Massey & Steve Quirk
With hundreds of full-colour photographs, charts and maps of the moon and planets in our solar system, this is your essential guide to getting the most out of your telescope or binoculars to observe the celestial wonders of the southern night sky. Pb $45
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TODAY'S WORLD The Ethics of Invention Technology and the Human Future
Sheila Jasanoff Technology rules us as much as laws do. Advances in biotechnology, from GMOs to gene editing, have given us the tools to tinker with life itself, yet the influence of technology on our lives goes mostly unchallenged. Disputing the common assumption that technology is an apolitical and amoral force, Jasanoff dissects the ways we delegate power to technological systems and asks how we might regain control, arguing for more democratic dialogue to debate the promises and the perils of technology. Hb $38.95
Stan Grant on Indigenous Futures Quarterly Essay #64
Stan Grant
“When is enough enough? What does it take to snap us out of our complacency? How many needless deaths does it take to tell us that Indigenous Australia is in deep, deep crisis? My mind is flooded with these questions this day as I ponder the suicide of a 10-year-old girl in Western Australia. She is one of so many.” Moving beyond simplistic talk of lifestyle choices, Grant explores what makes for a sustainable community and life, and asks: what can we do to instigate change? Pb $22.99 Due Dec
Mind A Journey to the Heart of Being Human
Daniel Siegel A full examination of what we mean by the term ‘mind’ has traditionally been the province of philosophers, but here Siegel explores how the mind differs from consciousness and how we know who we really are. Siegel brings an interdisciplinary background to this most perplexing of topics, exploring the nature of the who, how, what, why and when of our mind from the perspective of neuroscience, capturing the essence of our true nature. Hb $38.95
What the Dog Knows Scent, Science and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World
Cat Warren Taking the reader from crime scenes to training sites and science labs, talking and working with other handlers and trainers, and interviewing animal psychologists, forensic anthropologists, breeders and scent researchers, Warren explains how working dogs can capture the hidden worlds their noses know, and how they translate that arcane knowledge for humans. The fascinating concepts behind the complex capabilities of working dogs emerge as she weaves the world of science and dog cognition with her own experiences in the field: all with an unsentimental, yet sensitive, touch. Pb $29.99
Best Australian Political Cartoons 2016 Russ Radcliffe (Ed)
The year in politics as observed by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive political 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, Bill Leak, Alan Moir, Peter Nicholson, Bruce Petty, David Pope, David Rowe, John Spooner, Ron Tandberg, Andrew Weldon, Cathy Wilcox, Paul Zanetti and many more. Pb $29.99
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Weapons of Math Destruction How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Cathy O’Neil We live in the age of the algorithm. The decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are increasingly being made by mathematical models, rather than humans. Tracing the arc of a person’s life, O’Neil exposes these black box models, which are mostly opaque, unregulated and incontestable, calling on modellers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy-makers to regulate their use.
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Making Headlines Chris Mitchell When Chris Mitchell retired in 2015, he had completed 42 years as a newspaper journalist, 24 of those years as an editor, and the final 13 years as editor-in chief at The Australian, where he ran the largest stable of journalists in the country. In this humorous and revealing book, he recounts many interesting stories and reveals the quirks and foibles of some of our most powerful politicians and media executives. Pb $32.99
Leading
Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz In his 38 years in management, Sir Alex Ferguson won an astonishing 49 trophies and helped grow Manchester United into one of the biggest commercial brands in the world. Packed with insight, wisdom, humour and honesty, this inspirational and straight-talking book reveals the secrets behind his record-breaking career. Hb $39.99 Only $20
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How to Win an Argument An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
Marcus Tullius Cicero This compilation gathers the rhetorical wisdom of Cicero, ancient Rome’s greatest orator, and combines it with passages from his legal and political speeches to show his powerful techniques in action. The result is an enlightening and entertaining introduction to the secrets of persuasive speaking and writing. Hb $37.95
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Around the World in 80 Dinners
TRAVEL & TASTEBUDS
Janne Apelgren & Joanna Savill This sumptuous book from two of Australia’s most experienced food journalists takes you to 80 of the world’s best dining destinations hundreds of food experiences to savour in over 20 countries, plus delicious detours and places to stay. Includes tips on how to snag a booking, best times to dine, signature dishes and loads of inside knowledge. A gastronaut’s guide to the globe! Pb $45
The Cook’s Table
Food Trails Plan 52 perfect weekends in the world's tastiest destinations
Lonely Planet Whether you travel for fun or business, you always need to eat! This book gives you 52 different itineraries, or food trails, to help you indulge in the best a region has to offer. Whether you want to experience the produce of southern Tasmania, the patisseries of Paris, the barbeque cuisine of Texas, the spices of Penang or the delicacies of Basque, this deliciously designed and highly illustrated book is bound to tempt you further along the trail! Hb $34.99
130 Recipes to Share with Family and Friends
Slow Cooking All Year Round
Stephanie Alexander Renowned Australian cook Stephanie Alexander shares her favourite menus for entertaining, from special occasions such as Christmas, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day to menus inspired by her travels in France, Italy, Turkey and Peru. With her reassuring voice by your side, you need never again stress about inviting family and friends over for a meal. Each menu is accompanied by beautiful photography, shopping list and detailed timetable for the cook. Hb $69.99 Only $59.99
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great – tasting meals with minimum fuss
Jessica Cole Simmering in a stockpot on the stovetop; baking in a casserole dish in your oven or with a slow-cooker or pressure-cooker, this phenomenally popular style of cooking is very budgetconscious – taking tougher cuts of meat and turning them into delicious, tender, juicy and hearty meals for the family. Despite the longer cooking times, slow cooking generally requires shorter preparation time, leaving you to get on with life while dinner gently simmers away. You don’t need specific equipment and cooking meat, vegetables and sauce together in the one pot cuts down on your washing up too! Pb $29.99
Best in Travel 2017 Lonely Planet
Where to Go When
Now in its 12th edition, this guide has proven its worth for many discerning travellers. It ranks the 10 best countries, regions and cities to visit in the coming year, gives top travel lists that bring fresh perspectives on exploring the world, and maps out monthly events not to be missed. Written with passion, experience and an eye for the unforgettable, this is the book for planning the best holiday possible! Pb $24.99
the ultimate trip planner for every month of the year
Lonely Planet So you have some holidays owing and want to travel? This easy-to-use and informative guide will help you decide where to go based on the best time to see an area to experience its natural or cultural beauties. For every month of the year it presents 30 options, with recommendations based on your interests, whether city-based or off the beaten track. There are practical tips, detailed information explaining why a place or activity is best done at that time, and plenty of illustrations. Hb $39.99
The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology True Stories from the World’s Best Writers
Don George (Ed) This collection of more than 30 stories is drawn from the real-life experiences of an interesting mix of fiction and non-fiction writers including Alexander McCall Smith, Pico Iyer, Ann Patchett, T C Boyle and Jan Morris. The stories span a range of themes, settings and styles, but share a conviction that travel broadens the mind and warms the heart, teaching us all how wondrous the world truly is! Hb $27.99 ABBEY'S REWARDS ~ EASY & FREE!
The Travel Book A Journey Through Every Country in the World
Lonely Planet This is a new edition of the phenomenally bestselling book, with more than 800 new images. Covers every country in the world, with maps, statistics and facts, but it’s the stunning photographs that make you dip into this again and again. An inspiring, satisfying and beautiful coffee-table book! Hb $80
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WORDS & WRITING The Australian National Dictionary Oxford University Press – Bruce Moore (Ed)
The second – and much expanded – edition of this marvellous dictionary. Its two volumes cover everything from Abbott’s Booby (a bird, dear reader, not something a former PM did) to zygomaturus (look it up!) and in between it has 16,000 headwords. Charting the historical development of Australian words and phrases, including indigenous ones, it has detailed information and quotes from many sources to show how meanings may have shifted with time. I won’t claim to have read the whole thing, but I’ve often been lost within its pages - the best gift you can give any wordlover! Lindy Hb $175
Play All A Bingewatcher's Notebook
Clive James Clive James explores a television landscape expanded by cable and broadband that has ushered in an age of unabashed binge-watching. With intelligence and wit, he examines this unique cultural revolution, providing his analysis of series including A Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, The West Wing, Mad Men, The Sopranos and 30 Rock. Hb $33.95
Latest readings Clive shares his final musings on books, his children and his own impending death from leukaemia. Pb $24.95
Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned Gretchen Schultz & Lewis Seifert (Eds)
The wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are saucy, angry and capricious. Subverting the conventions of the traditional fairy tale, these 35 newly translated tales by writers including Charles Baudelaire, Anatole France and Guillaume Apollinaire will entertain and startle in equal measure. Hb $44.95
Literary Wonderlands Laura Miller
Lovingly researched and beautifully produced, this book explores nearly 100 the most fantastic and influential fictional Meetings with worlds ever created, such as the dark terrain Remarkable Manuscripts of H G Wells' The Time Machine and the Christopher de Hamel dystopian universe of Murakami's 1Q84. A The idea behind this unusual book is to invite us A fascinating read for anyone who has ever into intimate conversation with 12 of the most been transported to another place through famous original manuscripts in existence and the power of the written word. Hb $34.99 to explore what they tell us about 1,000 years of medieval history. It traces the elaborate journeys Envelope Poems these precious artefacts have made through Emily Dickinson time and space, showing how they have been These short, lively poems - written around copied, who has owned them or lusted after 1870 to 1885 - are a selection from them, how they have been embroiled in politics The Gorgeous Nothings (Hb $63.95). and scholarly disputes, regarded as objects of This beautifully presented gift edition supreme beauty and luxury, or as symbols of national identity. Hb $69.99 has a transcription of the poem on one page and a reproduction of Dickinson’s original writing on an envelope on the A Christmas Carol other. Although some poems seem The Original Manuscript Edition impenetrable, others burst through like a Charles Dickens shaft of light. Her illusiveness is part of her attraction, yet even Here for the first time in a beautiful trade edition then there are moments of pure poignancy. Greg Hb $22.95 is a facsimile of the original manuscript of this classic novel, including detailed amendments in Cynthia Nolan M E McGuire Dickens’ hand, along with a typeset version of the Cynthia Reed married artist Sidney story, a fascinating introduction on the history Nolan in 1948 when she was nearly of the story and a new foreword by Colm Toibin 40, and England served as their home celebrating its timeless appeal. Hb $30.95 base from 1953 until her death in 1976. Through historical sources, intimate letters, novels and recollections of friends and 2016 The Best Australian... family, this recounts her life Essays Geordie Williamson (Ed) Pb $29.99 and reflects on the impact of her suicide and the Stories Charlotte Wood (Ed) Pb $29.99 subsequent public feud Poems Sarah Holland-Batt (Ed) Pb $24.99 between Sidney Nolan and author Patrick White. These popular annual collections showcase Hb $34.95 the richness and variety in Australian writing.
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Ancient Worlds Collection SBS
Four compelling documentaries exploring the fascinating history of our ancient world. Empresses of Ancient Rome: Professor Catharine Edwards looks at the women behind some of the most fearsome emperors of all time; Genius of the Ancient World: Three giants of ancient philosophy - Buddha, Socrates and Confucius; The Story of Egypt: Spans over 5,000 years of history, spectacular sites and epic stories; Rome: Empire Without Limit: How and why did the Roman Empire happen? Why did Rome acquire an empire? And why did it fall? 4 DVDs $39.95
Norway’s most successful drama series ever, this follows the story of businessman Aksel Borgen, who left his hometown after being cleared of the murder of his high school sweetheart. 20 years later, he returns to save the place that once turned its back on him, but the past has not been forgotten. Norwegian with subtitles. 10 episodes 3 DVDs $34.95 Due Dec
Three Wise Cousins Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
David Attenborough’s Wild City This 3-part series provides a comprehensive profile of the fascinating behaviour of Singapore’s surprisingly diverse plants and animals. It showcases the range of different habitats found in and around the built-up urban sprawl and the island’s hidden wildlife hotspots, from the overlooked interior to the inaccessible coastline, as well as islands that have become unplanned sanctuaries for Singapore’s natural heritage. DVD $24.95
Adam discovers that Mary only wants to go out with a ‘real island guy’. Keen to impress her, he heads to Samoa to find his cousins Mose and Tavita, who will give him all the ‘wisdom’ he needs to become a ‘real island guy’. This hit comedy has had audiences laughing all across the Pacific. DVD $24.95
Un Village Francais Volume 5
The end of WW2 is looming. Much of France has been liberated, but the Germans remain in Villeneuve. Abuses by the militia continue, swelling the ranks of the Resistance, and the struggle continues as the end of the war is agonisingly close. The latest season of the international smash hit series that has everyone begging for more! French with subtitles. 12 episodes 4 DVDs $49.95
Murders at Bar Lume Italian crime in vintage style. Crime on the Tuscan seaside investigated by a gorgeous cop and a cynical bar owner. The key to the series is the fabulous cast of old Italian men who just hang out at Bar Lume dispensing wisdom as they see fit - a scene that inner-city Australians know well! Italian with subtitles. 6 episodes 3 DVDs $49.95 Due Dec
mustang Five orphaned sisters are raised by their sternly devout and conservative grandmother and uncle in a small Turkish village by the Black Sea. When the girls, spirited and effervescent, are seen playing with boys on a beach, their scandalised guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged. Touching and tragic.
Turkish with subtitles. DVD $29.95
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The Wait Piero Messina In the vast rooms of a beautiful Sicilian villa, Anna (Juliette Binoche) receives an unexpected guest: 20-something Jeanne (the gorgeous Lou de Laâge). Jeanne declares herself to be the girlfriend of Anna’s son, Giuseppe, who has invited her to the house to spend Easter together. As they await Giuseppe’s arrival, they slowly begin to form a connection, yet Giuseppe’s absence remains unexplained... French with subtitles.
DVD $29.95 Due Dec
Celebrating Roald Dahl's 100th Birthday in 2016
Roald Dahl’s many classic titles are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese.
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All About Series – Stories, Songs, Crafts and Games for Kids China, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Philippines
A fun introduction to the culture, history, food, language and natural beauty of these fascinating countries. This series takes children on a journey through some amazing countries with the use of songs, games and playful illustrations. A bright series that ignites the imagination of young explorers. Hb $19.99 each
A brilliant audio course for beginners and travellers, containing all the key travel phrases you need to communicate with confidence. The 60-minute Audio CD features native speakers using phrases you’re likely to encounter in typical travel situations. This series helps you meet and greet people, and be familiar with numbers, times and days of the week, while finding your way around transport, shops and restaurants.
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Language Hacking with Benny Lewis
This series takes the mystery out of language learning, offering an established, unintimidating approach to speaking, reading and writing a new language. The additional online Language Lab helps to accessibly present concepts that beginners can master. A perfect series for beginners and language lovers alike.
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A modern series for the language learner who wants to start speaking from the very first page. This new conversation course from the author of the bestselling Fluent in 3 Months (Pb $19.99) guides you through language learning with easy-to-follow missions in each chapter, plus language hacks to remedy common learning challenges. Extra online resources and the Language Hacking community provide further support and encouragement. Pb $32.99 each
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Lonely Planet Phrasebook & Dictionary Cantonese, Greek, Hindi, Urdu & bengali, Korean, Mexican Spanish, Vietnamese
This popular series of phrasebooks are your passport to culturally enriching travels, providing the most useful phrases and vocabulary for every travel situation. These colourful, travel-size books are a great companion for any traveller - with these language tools in your pocket, you get to the heart of your destination. Pb $14.99 each
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Marc Martin Go on an adventure around the world with this beautifully illustrated book by the author of A River (Hb $24.99). Explore what makes the world unique, from sloths to pastries, city skylines to the jungle. The perfect gift for globetrotters of any age. Just beware: this book may cause a serious case of wanderlust! Hb $24.99
Japan’s Greatest Origami Master
Akira Yoshizawa This beautiful origami book is the first comprehensive survey of the extraordinary work of Akira Yoshizawa, a pioneer in the rebirth of origami in the modern world. This collection of his projects contains detailed instructions for 60 of the master's original works. A fascinating book to challenge the inner origami artist in us all! Hb $39.99
2017 Bilingual Calendars French, German, Italian, Spanish
Trying to learn a language and stay organised? These simple and bright wall calendars are the perfect way to solidify your knowledge of vocabulary for months of the year, days of the week, numbers and appointments - all year long. Includes an additional bilingual sheet of common events so no appointment is forgotten! Created by Irregular Endings – your go-to supplier of bilingual stationery, greeting cards and vocabulary cards. $25 each
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Excuse My French Fluent French without the Faux Pas
Rachel Best & Jean-Christophe Van Waes With hundreds of expressions ranging from food to work, this is a great companion for anyone wanting to impress with their French. Including glossaries, English equivalents and plenty of information on how everyday phrases are coined, this book allows learners to start speaking French without the faux pas. The perfect book for Francophiles of any age! Hb $17.99
Caroline Bouquet
In Australia, the elements dominate our senses. From Aboriginal legends to modernday cities, this French-English bilingual book delves into the relationship we have with Fire, Earth, Wind and Water by interweaving colour, maps and history. The author of Mapping Sydney: A Sketchbook (Hb $45) has embraced Australia - its vastness, isolation and mystery in this beautiful illustrative book. A perfect gift for Francophiles and lovers of Australia alike.
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ASSIMIL Super Packs Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Spanish
This serious self-study series guides learners through immersive lessons from the very beginning. The packs include everything you need to absorb your target language and begin to understand meaning. For the learner who wants to do a little every day. Pb & Audio & MP3 CDs $149 each
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An essential vocabulary builder for young children learning a language, with around a thousand everyday words and pictures, arranged thematically. There are lots of things to spot and talk about in these large format board books, perfect for poring over together. Includes giant fold-out poster showing all the words together. Hb $19.99
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The Blood Mirror LightbringeR #4 Brent Weeks It’s only been a couple of years since The Broken Eye but it feels like forever! The eagerly awaited part four of the Lightbringer series continues the story. Gavin Guille, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, exgalley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted war, is now lost, broken and trapped in a prison crafted by his own magical genius. Yet he has no magic at all. Worse, in this prison, he may not be alone. Who will fight to prevent a tainted empire becoming something worse? Pb $32.99
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Waking Hell Crashing Heaven #2 Al Robertson Book #1 Crashing Heaven (Pb $22.99) was one of Gwyn’s favourite books of 2015 and I even gave it a go (you know how I like my dragons) and was much impressed. Turns out, clever cyberpunk action spiced with detective noir and a generous splash of believable science is a pretty good recipe. It’s an original idea written by someone who can actually write! Abandoned earth, artificial intelligence wars, augmented reality - so many reasons for speculative fiction fans to love this series. Craig Pb $32.99
The Shadow of What Was Lost Licanius Trilogy #1 The Hanging Tree Rivers of London #6
Ben Aaronovitch We’ve been waiting impatiently to step back into this world! This is a fantastic Urban Fantasy series with some dark twists and surprises that set it apart from the norm. Ben really writes a world that drips and smells and echoes and wraps around you. It is rich and tactile. PC Grant is a believable character you like, enjoy spending time with and worry for when unnatural things start creeping! Craig Pb $29.99
James Islington Know some poor sap who's been staring vacantly at a wall since Jordan’s Wheel of Time series finished? Well, Victorian author James Islington takes a pretty good run at filling the void! It’s an enjoyable story whose similarities to Jordan are more a hat-tip than a rip-off, especially as there are some great characters and worldbuilding backed up by an enjoyable story. Recommended medicine for Jordan and epic fantasy fans alike. Craig Pb $32.99
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Marvel Vault Updated Roy Thomas & Peter Sanderson Ten years after its initial publication, The Marvel Vault was due for an update. New text and images chronicle how Marvel has channelled its singular storytelling into a blockbuster movie studio, even as it's stayed true to its hallowed roots in the comics world. This updated edition features 16 new pages that focus on Marvel's history and core stories, plus an envelope containing removable documents. Hb $59.99
Deadpool Drawing the Merc with a Mouth
Matthew Manning Explore the greatest art from over two decades of Marvel’s Deadpool comics with this deluxe art book showcasing iconic covers and other amazing art from the Marvel archives. From the Deadpool Corps to team-ups with Spider-Man and other iconic Marvel characters. Cheeky funny and just a bit odd. Who doesn’t love Deadpool! Hb $65
The Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton In all the world, there is no place like Halloweenland, and Jack Skellington is Halloween’s most important figure. But Jack has grown bored. One night he sees a strange door carved into a tree and stumbles into a bright, colourful place called Christmas Town. Jack has finally found what he's been looking for, and he knows right away what needs to be done. He will bring Christmas to Halloween - with Jack starring in Santa's role! This beautifully designed special edition features meticulously reproduced original artwork from the incomparable visionary Tim Burton. Hb $29.99
World of Warcraft: The Official Cookbook Chelsea Monroe-Cassel Revitalise your raid group with Azeroth's most scrumptious treats. Featuring recipes for Horde and Alliance favourites such as Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops and fresh loaves of Mulgore Spice Bread. Also includes a few tasty recipes for brew, including Great Father's Winter Ale, Jungle Vine Wine and Winter Veil Egg Nog. Hb $49.99
A History of Humankind The Doctor’s Official Guide
Robin Hood was just made up. Queen Elizabeth I never married. And nobody knows what happened to Jack the Ripper. Right? Wrong! If you want to know the real story of human history, then this is the book for you! The Doctor has corrected this Coal Hill School history textbook with his own notes and illustrations. Now packed full of real history (ie. the kind with Daleks and Silurians and time travel), it tells you everything you need to know about our very special planet. It's history, but not as you know it. Hb $19.99
Twelve Doctors of Christmas An illustrated collection of stories, each featuring one of the Doctors heading off in his trusty TARDIS on a festive adventure full of mystery. Hb $29.99
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Finally we’re starting to see some of the original World of Warcraft novels coming back into print. November will give us a hoard (see what I did there?) of three to be going on with! Craig
Lord of the Clans (WOW #2) Christie Golden THE Last Guardian (WOW #3) Jeff Grubb Rise of the Horde (WOW #4) Christie Golden In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, long before the beginning of recorded time, there stood the world of Azeroth. Every kind of magical being strode the countryside among the tribes of man, and all was at peace until the arrival of the demons and horrors of the Burning Legion and their baneful Lord Sargeras, dark god of chaotic magic.
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Whographica An Infographic Guide to Space & Time
Simon Guerrier, Steve O’Brien & Ben Morris
Explores the rich and peculiar history of Doctor Who through charts, maps & more! Hb $45
Incredibuilds Deluxe Book & Model Sets
These feature amazing behind-the-scenes film photographs and fascinating insider info, plus a beautiful laser-cut wooden model that’s so easy to put together that even Craig could do it! No glue needed.
Fantastic Beasts (Swooping Evil & Niffler) Batmobile Assassin’s Creed Harry Potter (Buckbeak, Quidditch, Aragog & House-Elves) $24.99 each $24.99 each $44.99 $32.99 Due 21 Dec GALAXY REWARDS ~ EASY & FREE!
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ROGUE ONE Catalyst
THE ULTIMATE VISUAL GUIDE
A Rogue One Novel
James Luceno Catalyst is the must-read prequel novel that gives eager fans some background and history to the world, characters and story for the eagerly anticipated Star Wars Rogue One movie out in December, revealing the untold story of the rebel effort to steal the plans of the Death Star! There’s some very good fodder for a great story here. Luceno is one of the most popular Star Wars writers, so anticipation levels for this book are soaring. Pb $32.99
This beautifully detailed book features in-depth character profiles, plus six newly commissioned and fully annotated Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia cross-sections of vehicles and A fact-packed new sticker book with more than mapped-out locations. Clear and 1,000 fantastic stickers with fun and informative, authoritative text presented reference-based captions. Showcases a full range alongside stunning stills from of exciting Star Wars characters alongside vehicles the movie. Hb $39.99 Due Dec and locations. Pb $17.99 Due Dec
Mini Build Complete mazes, codewords and puzzles in a uniquely illustrated, full-colour activity book. Press out the pieces to create your very own mini model from Star Wars: Rogue One.
the Art of Rogue One
Lucasfilm Limited This is the definitive and spectacular guide to the artwork and imagination behind the new film. New worlds, unforgettable characters, droids, vehicles and weapons. Hb $55 Due Dec
Art of Colouring Relive your favourite scenes of the Rebel’s mission as you colour in characters, creatures and vehicles from the new film.
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The Princess Diarist
Galactic Atlas
A Sort of Memoir… Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher was astonished to see what had been preserved in the journals she kept while filming the first Star Wars movie, including a vulnerability she barely recognised. This is her intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous sets of all time - and what developed behind the scenes. As she reprises her most iconic role for the latest Star Wars trilogy, she also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity. Laugh-out-loud hilarious, endlessly quotable, candid, introspective and shrewd.
Details the creatures and planets of the universe we love.
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Cross Stitch Features 12 brilliant patterns and all you need for two projects - Star Wars logo
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In honour of the film’s 30th anniversary, these new US hardcovers will be a rare find for fans.
The Ultimate Visual History Paula Block & Terry Erdmann
Hb $59.99
Featuring rare artwork, sketches, concept art, interviews and on-set photos, this definitive 30th-anniversary deluxe book explores the creation of the film as seen through the eyes of the artists, costume designers and creature creators who gave this beloved fantasy classic its distinctive look. With numerous rare insert items, such as story notes from Jim Henson and sketches from character designer Brian Froud, this is a must for fans.
Hb $29.99 Tales Cory Godbey priced from $18.99
Hb $42.95 Artist Tribute Jim Henson et al All POP! figures 10% off until Christmas!
Star Trek
the Best of Star Trek
The Classic Episodes
As the Star Trek franchise celebrates its 50th anniversary, The Best of Star Trek Volume 2 arrives to join the very well received The Best of Star Trek Volume 1. Includes a stellar array of big name cast and crew interviews with original and new cast members. Volume 2: Fifty years of Star Trek
James Blish & J A Lawrence Celebrating the 50th anniversary of this groundbreaking TV series, this book adapts 45 of the best episodes from the Original Series’ three-year run, based on scripts by SF giants Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison and Richard Matheson. Includes Amok Time, The Doomsday Machine, The Trouble with Tribbles and Hugo Award-winners The City on the Edge of Forever and The Menagerie. Hb $59.99
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The Battles of Tolkien David Day This book analyses each battle in depth, with clear maps showing the lay of the land and exactly how and where the armies attacked. Essential reading or anyone who loves Tolkien's works and wants to further explore the wars within them.
Pb $19.99
Doctor Who Psychology
Middle-Earth Puzzles
In a fun and accessible way, Travis Langley uses academic and scientific theories to analyse and answer such questions as 'If a person could travel eternally through space and time, how would this power affect him?' Pb $22.99
Tim Dedopulos
Fans of Middle-Earth will delight in the accurate portrayal of the land, its inhabitants and rich historical lore. With so much spectacular detail, this is a genuine treasury of Tolkien’s world, a must-read for puzzle lovers and Tolkien fans. Hb $15.99
Shadowed Souls
Jim Butcher & Kerrie Hughes (Eds) A collection of dark and gritty urban fantasy tales featuring short stories of magic and mayhem from a selection of the New York Times bestselling authors, including a new Dresden Files story!
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Marvel The Amazing 1,000 Dot-to-Dot Book Pb $19.99 GALAXY REWARDS ~ EASY & FREE!
Dungeonology Dungeons & Dragons Matt Forebeck How to best explore the most intriguing features of the Forgotten Realms. Become wise in the ways of such places and wary of their dangers. Do not enter a dungeon without this book! Hb $34.95
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