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THE TWENTIETH MAN Tony Jones Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Tony Jones, one of Australia’s most admired journalists, has written a brilliantly compelling thriller where terrorism, politics and betrayals collide. Taking us from the savage mountains of Yugoslavia to Canberra’s brutal yet covert power struggles in a novel that’s intelligent, informed and utterly suspenseful.
TIN MAN
COLOMBIANO
Sarah Winman Paperback RRP $ 29.99
Rusty Young Paperback RRP $ 32.99
It begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things. Sarah Winman follows the acclaimed success of When God Was a Rabbit and A Year of Marvellous Ways with an unforgettable and achingly tender new novel.
Blending fact and fiction, the bestselling author of Marching Powder takes us on a heart-thumping journey into the violent and unpredictable world of post-Escobar Colombia. Superbly told and by turns gripping, poignant and darkly comic, Colombiano is the story of a boy whose moral descent becomes a metaphor for the corruption of an entire nation.
NON-FICTION EVERY LIE I’VE EVER TOLD
BALCONY OVER JERUSALEM
DRAGON AND KANGAROO
Rosie Waterland Paperback RRP $ 29.99
John Lyons Paperback RRP $ 34.99
Robert Macklin Paperback RRP $ 32.99
It was all going so well for Rosie Waterland, author of the best-selling The Anti-Cool Girl. Until, shockingly, something awful happened and Rosie went into agonising free fall. A raw, beautiful, sad, shocking - and very, very funny - memoir of all the lies we tell others and the lies we tell ourselves.
Leading Australian journalist John Lyons takes readers on a fascinating personal journey of the Middle East. From the sheer excitement of arriving in Jerusalem with his family, to the fall of dictators and his gripping account of being abducted, blindfolded and interrogated, this is a memoir of the Middle East like no other.
The fascinating story of the Chinese presence in and influence on this country - our intertwined history from colonial times to today. This is an absorbing account of a vastly underestimated part of Australia’s story: this is our shared history, from an immensely important and entirely new angle.
CHILDREN’S & YA IN MY ROOM
RUBEN
Jo Witek Hardback RRP $ 21.99
Bruce Whatley Hardback RRP $ 29.99
From the authorillustrator team of In My Heart, comes a picture book that celebrates creativity and imaginative play – she can become a doctor, teacher or sail the seven seas, the sky’s the limit. And when the day is over, she can become a little girl again, safe in her room. Age: 3+
Ruben lives in a safe place in a city that takes everything and gives nothing back. When he meets Koji, who too has been hiding from the dangers of the industrial city and its excesses, they must combine their knowledge of how the city works so they can find a way to escape… together. Age: 5+
BOOK OF THE MONTH TABOO Kim Scott Paperback RRP $ 32.99
We thought to tell a story with such momentum. There must be at least one brave and resilient character at its centre, Tilly Coolman (one of us), and the story will speak of magic in an empirical age; of how our dead will return, transformed, to support us again and from within. From Kim Scott, two-times winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, comes a work charged with ambition and poetry, in equal parts brutal, mysterious and idealistic.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kim Scott is a multi-award winning novelist. Benang (1999) was the first novel by an Indigenous writer to win the Miles Franklin Award and That Deadman Dance (2010) also won Australia’s premier literary prize, among many others. Proud to be one among those who call themselves Noongar, Kim is founder and chair of the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Story Project, which has published a number of bilingual picture books. Kim is currently Professor of Writing at Curtin University.
KIDS PICK THE 91-STOREY TREEHOUSE
THE SHOP AT HOOPERS BEND Emily Rodda Paperback RRP $16.99 When Quil Medway gets on the train, she thinks she knows where and how her journey will end. At camp. Alone. But when she decides to get off early at a train stop called Hoopers Bend, everything will change. Quil doesn’t know anything about the shop yet. Or the magic. But it won’t be long now. Age: 9+
Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Paperback RRP $14.99 8 August release, advance orders welcome
Join Andy and Terry in their ridiculous 91-storey treehouse! Go for a spin in the world’s most powerful whirlpool, take a ride in a submarine sandwich, get marooned on a desert island, hang out in a giant spider web, visit the fortune teller’s tent to get your fortune told by Madame Know-it-all and decide whether or not to push the mysterious big red button. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! Age: 9+
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SIREN
Paperback
Rachel Matthews
RRP $ 29.95
What happens when a young woman enters a city apartment early morning, with two footballers? Jordi Spence is sixteen years old. By daybreak, her world has shifted. Max Carlisle, a troubled AFL star, can’t stop what comes next. ‘ Siren is a gritty and honest novel in its depiction of sexual violence against young women. This is an important work.’ Tony Birch, author of Ghost River.
THE ROAD TO JONESTOWN JIM JONES AND PEOPLES TEMPLE
By Jeff Guinn The comprehensive, authoritative story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the tragic Jonestown Massacre—the largest murder-suicide in American history.
LAST TUDOR
THE
PHILIPPA GREGORY
What will happen when the last Tudor defies her ruthless and unforgiving cousin Queen Elizabeth?
This autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.
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The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You’ll Ever Need by Scott Pape
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
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Wimmera by Mark Brandi
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Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi
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The Clever Guts Diet by Michael Mosley
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*Ck by Mark Manson
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The World’s Worst Children 2 by David Walliams
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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
10 The Dry by Jane Harper 11 Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur 12 Funny Kid for President by Matt Stanton 13 The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose 14 The Trip of a Lifetime by Monica McInerney 15 The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham 16 The Force by Don Winslow 17 Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay 18 The Trip of a Lifetime by Monica McInerney 19 The Late Show by Michael Connelly
8 August release, advance orders welcome
20 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Source: Nielsen BookScan
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