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CAREER OF EVIL
SLADE HOUSE
Robert Galbraith Paperback RRP $ 32.99
David Mitchell Hardback RRP $ 27.99
The third book in the highly acclaimed crime fiction series by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. After Cormoran Strike’s assistant, Robin Ellacott, receives a package containing a woman’s severed leg, Strike investigates four suspects from his own past. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner.
Prepare to be chilled, electrified and entertained – this intricatelywoven tale was born out of the short story David Mitchell published on Twitter in 2014. Inhabiting the same universe as bestselling novel The Bone Clocks, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a dark and stormy night.
NAPOLEON’S LAST ISLAND Tom Keneally Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Betsy Balcombe moved as a child with her family to St Helena, ‘that high mid-Atlantic rock of exile’. Ten years later her family befriended, served and were ruined by their relationship with Napoleon. Tom Keneally recreates Betsy’s friendship with Napoleon, and her dramatic coming of age during her years with them on the island.
NON-FICTION KEATING Kerry O’Brien Hardback RRP $ 49.99 The life of one of Australia’s most intriguing public figures, former Prime Minister Paul Keating, as told by the country’s most influential political interviewer, Kerry O’Brien. This long awaited collaboration is a biography unlike any other.
ADAM SPENCER’S WORLD OF NUMBERS
SPECIAL DELIVERY Annabel Crabb & Wendy Sharpe Hardback RRP $ 39.99
Adam Spencer Paperback RRP $ 34.99 A funny and enlightening romp through the world of numbers with Australia’s funniest mathematician. Adam Spencer’s World of Numbers takes the reader on a fun-filled ride, explaining the crucial role numbers play in our understanding of sport and space, computers and cooking, and a whole lot in between.
Annabel Crabb, host of top-rating ABC TV show Kitchen Cabinet, has teamed up with her best friend from childhood, fellow food tragic and Kitchen Cabinet recipe consultant Wendy Sharpe, to bring you recipes ideally suited to make and take to those you love.
CHILDREN’S & YA RED QUEEN: OBERNEWTYN, BOOK 7 Isobelle Carmody Paperback RRP $ 32.99 The highly anticipated final volume in the epic Obernewtyn Chronicles saga – one of the most fantastic, and fantastical tapestries ever woven by bestselling author Isobelle Carmody. Drawing to a close the journey of Elspeth Gordie and the Misfits, The Red Queen will excite fans right to the very last page. Age: 12+
THE WONDER GARDEN Kristjana S. Williams & Jenny Broom Hardback RRP $ 35.00 Discover extraordinary animals from all corners of the globe that have evolved to survive the harshest environments, outlive predators, or find a new mate, with the vivid engravings of Icelandic artist Kristjana S Williams that make real-life seem more fantastic than fantasy. Age: 7+
BOOK OF THE MONTH
OLIVE OF GROVES Katrina Nannestad & Lucia Masciullo (Illus) Hardback RRP $19.99 Olive has always dreamed of attending boarding school, but Mrs Groves’ Boarding School for Naughty Boys, Talking Animals and Circus Performers is not what she expected. Will friendship be enough to survive bully Pig McKenzie’s Truly Wicked Plan or will Olive be cast out of Groves forever? Age 8+
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS Marlon James Paperback RRP $ 22.99
WINNER OF THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION Jamaica, 1976: Seven men storm Bob Marley’s house with machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but leaves Jamaica the following day, not to return for two years. Inspired by this near-mythic event, A Brief History of Seven Killings is an imagined oral biography, told by ghosts, witnesses, killers, members of parliament, drug dealers, conmen, beauty queens, FBI and CIA agents, reporters, journalists, and even Keith Richards’ drug dealer. Marlon James’s dazzling novel is a tour de force. It traverses strange landscapes and shady characters, as motivations are examined - and questions asked - in a masterpiece of imagination.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1970. He graduated from the University of the West Indies with a degree in literature. He currently teaches a creative writing course in Minnesota and is working on his next novel.
OUR T P 20 1
Island Home by Tim Winton
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The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
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The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson
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Inside: The Autobiography by Chris Judd
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Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski
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M Train by Patti Smith
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The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
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The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz
10 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 11
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
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Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition by J. K. Rowling & Jim Kay (Illus)
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Big Blue Sky: A Memoir by Peter Garrett
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The Mountain Shadow by Gregory David Roberts
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The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
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Flesh Wounds by Richard Glover
18 The 65-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths 19
I Quit Sugar: Simplicious by Sarah Wilson
20 Totally Weird!: WeirDo Book 5 by Anh Do
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