Spring Reading Guide 2015 by Australian Independent Bookseller

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Welcome to our Reading Guide We are excited to share with you a fantastic selection of fiction, non-fiction and children’s titles coming out this Spring – new titles by much-loved Australian and international authors; fantastic Australian debut fiction, biographies, cooking, history, gift, humour and much more. Throughout this catalogue, you’ll find special and exclusive offers and great gift ideas for Father’s Day. Happy reading!

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Where There's Smoke: Outstanding Short Stories by Australian Men

Tim Flannery

Black Inc. (Ed.)

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 24.99

September release, advance orders welcome

Acclaimed author and scientist Tim Flannery argues that Earth's climate system is approaching a crisis. In the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Summit, Atmosphere of Hope provides both a snapshot of the trouble we are in and an up-to-the-minute analysis of some of the new possibilities for mitigating climate change that are emerging now.

The Savage Shore

Where There's Smoke presents outstanding short fiction by Australia's finest male writers, including Chris Womersley, Murray Bail, Tim Winton, David Malouf, Nam Le and Kim Scott. These are tales of love, secrets, doubt and torment, the everyday and the extraordinary. Brilliant, shocking and profound, these tales will leave you reeling in ways that only a great short story can.

Graham Seal

Kin: The Real Story of Who We Are

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Nick Brodie

Graham Seal tells stories from the centuries it took to discover Australia through many voyages by the Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Macassans. Captain Cook arrived long after the continent had been found. This is a gripping account of danger at sea, dramatic shipwrecks, courageous castaways, murder, much missing gold, and terrible loss of life. It is also a period of amazing feats of navigation and survival against the odds.

Paperback RRP $ 29.95 Kin is at heart the story of European settlement in Australia, told through the stories of the real people who made Australia's history what it is. Historian Nick Brodie uncovers the social and cultural contexts and historic circumstances that shaped his ancestors: the Irish, the convicts, the early settlers, the men from Snowy River, Galipolli, the Depression and the Second World War.

Leadership in Action

The Changi Book

Geraldine Brooks October release, advance orders welcome

John Cantwell Paperback RRP $ 24.99

Hardback RRP $ 59.99

The Secret Chord

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book, Year of Wonder and March, comes a unique and vivid novel that retells the story of King David's extraordinary rise to power and fall from grace. The Secret Chord is a compelling story of faith, family, desire and power that brings David magnificently alive. Exclusive offer: Pre-order your copy of The Secret Chord and receive a beautiful metal harp bookmark. *While stocks last.

John Cantwell, author of Exit Wounds, cuts to the core of practical leadership and exposes the skills needed to succeed. This longoverdue book, filled with examples from hands-on leadership experience, breaks down the barriers to building trust and achieving world-class results with superiors, colleagues and team mates in any working environment.

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

These Things Happen

Salman Rushdie

Paperback RRP $ 34.99

Mid-September release, advance orders welcome

September release, advance orders welcome

From one of the greatest writers of our time and Booker Prize-winning author of Midnight’s Children: a spellbinding, entertaining, wildly imaginative novel, which blends history and myth with tremendous philosophical depth.

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Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Greg Fleet

For 25 years Greg Fleet has been one of Australia's best loved comedians. For the same period, he's had a drug habit that has delivered him comedy and tragedy in equal parts. Greg Fleet weaves the most mesmeric of memoirs. Part sweet poison, part guilty pleasure, from first gentle kiss to hate-fuelled wrecking ball. These things happen.

Lachlan Grant, Ed. Seventy years after its planned publication, material for The Changi Book was rediscovered in the Australian War Memorial archives. Containing essays, cartoons, paintings, and photographs created by prisoners of war, The Changi Book provides a unique view of the camp.

MP Untold: The Lost Stories of an Australian Surfing Legend Sean Doherty Paperback RRP $ 34.99 Sean Doherty has compiled never before shared stories, anecdotes and tributes, completing the picture of one of Australian surfing's most talented but tragic figures - Michael Peterson. MP Untold features classic and unseen images of Peterson, along with photographs and letters from his family's private collection.

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PURITY Jonathan Franzen Paperback RRP $ 32.99

The Festival of Insignificance

The Blue Guitar

Milan Kundera

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

John Banville

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 2015 sees the publication of the first new novel from International literary heavyweight, Milan Kundera, in over 12 years casting light on the most serious of problems and at the same time saying not one serious sentence; being fascinated by the reality of the contemporary world and at the same time completely avoiding realism - that's The Festival of Insignificance.

Trigger Mortis

September release, advance orders welcome

Oliver Otway Orme, is a painter of some renown, and a petty thief who does not steal for profit and has never before been caught. But he’s pushing fifty and things have not been going so well lately. Excavating memories of family, of places he’s called home, and of the way he has apprehended the world around him, Ollie reveals the very essence of a man who, in some way, has always been waiting to be rescued from himself.

Anthony Horowitz

Archipelago of Souls

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Gregory Day

September release, advance orders welcome

Anthony Horowitz's new novel is a thrilling tour de force, sure to delight fans of the original 007 novels and new readers alike. It also features previously unseen material written by Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. The story begins in the lethal world of Grand Prix and an attempt by the Russians to sabotage a race at Nurburgring, the most dangerous track in Europe.

Undermajordomo Minor Patrick deWitt Paperback RRP $ 27.99 September release, advance orders welcome

Lucien (Lucy) Minor is friendless and loveless, young and aimless, he is a compulsive liar and a melancholy weakling. When Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, forbidding castle of the Baron Von Aux he meets thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and a puppy. He also meets Klara... The new masterpiece from the author of Man Booker Prize-shortlisted The Sisters Brothers.

Arcadia Iain Pears Paperback RRP $ 29.99 September release, advance orders welcome

An inventive, captivating and richly imagined new novel from bestselling writer Iain Pears. Henry Lytten - a spy turned academic and writer - sits at his desk in Oxford in 1962, dreaming of other worlds - a kind of Arcadia. Meanwhile - in the real world - one of Lytten's former intelligence colleagues tracks him down for one last assignment.

Australian author

September release, advance orders welcome

Pip Tyler doesn’t know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity and that her relationship with her mother is hazardous. But she doesn’t know with who her father is or why FREE her mother chose to live Tote Bag with an invented name. A glancing encounter with a German peace activist leads Pip to an internship in South America with the Sunlight Project, an organisation that traffics in secrets – including, Pip hopes, the secret of her origins. The highly anticipated new novel by the Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Corrections and Freedom. Special offer: Purchase a copy of Purity and receive a FREE tote bag. *While stocks last.

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 In the aftermath of the Second World War, an Australian soldier, Wesley Cress, a hero of the underground resistance on German-occupied Crete, seeks solace and comfort on King Island. Compelling and beautifully realised, Archipelago of Souls explores the difficult realities of nationhood, war, mortality and love.

The Revolving Door of Life: A 44 Scotland Street Novel Alexander McCall Smith Hardback RRP $ 29.99 Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series. Anything could happen to Bertie and the gang.

Sweet Caress William Boyd Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Amory's first memory is of her father standing on his head. She has memories of him returning on leave during the WWI. But his absences, both actual and emotional, are what photographer she chiefly remembers. It is her tional bond emo the plies sup who ille uncle Grev camera a her s give he she needs, and, when in photography, ons less tary men rudi e som and irrevocably shape unleashes a passion that will love and artistic life, her future. Her search for Berlin of the late to ry Amo take will on expressi the Blackshirt to , 30s the of 20s, to New York in the WWII, riots in London and to France first women where she becomes one of the war photographers.

Wind ; Pinball Haruki Murakami

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra Vaseem Khan Paperback RRP $ 29.99 In this Mumbai-set mystery, Inspector Chopra inherits an elephant and an unsolved murder on his last day at work. He soon learns that when the going gets tough, a determined elephant may be exactly what an honest man needs... A joyful book for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

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Hardback RRP $ 35.00 Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball are Haruki Murakami's earliest novels. They follow the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by his nickname, the Rat. In Hear the Wind Sing the narrator spends his time drinkin g beer and smoking in J's Bar with the Rat, listening to the radio, thinking about writing and the women he has slept with. Three years later, in Pinball, he has moved to Tokyo to work as a translator and live with indistinguishable twin girls, but the Rat has remained behind.

New Fiction

The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman Paperback RRP $ 29.99 From the bestselling author of The Dovekeepers, comes a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St Thomas about one of history's most captivating 'invisible' women: Rachel Pissarro, the rebellious, headstrong Jewish mother of impressionist painter Camille Pissarro - who in 1825 defied her insular religious community to follow her heart. Inspired by a true story, this sweeping romance follows the course of one woman's dramatic life. To read a Q&A with Alice Hoffman, go to the catalogue tab at www.indies.com.au.

Circling the Sun Paula McLain Paperback RRP $ 29.99 The author of The Paris Wife takes us to the heart of another true story set in 1920s colonial Kenya. As a young girl Beryl Markham was brought to Kenya from Britain by parents dreaming of a new life. For her mother, the dream quickly turned sour, and she returned home. Brought up by her father, by the age of sixteen Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage - but it was in facing up to this reality that she took charge of her own destiny.

The Dust that Falls from Dreams Louis de Bernieres Paperback RRP $ 32.99 In the brief golden years of King Edward VII's reign, Rosie McCosh and her sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie faces the challenges of life for those left behind.

The Song Collector

The World Without Us

The Book of Speculation

Natasha Solomons

Mireille Juchau

Erika Swyler

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Fox, as the celebrated composer Harry Fox-Talbot is known, wants to be left in peace. His beloved wife has died, he's unable to write a note of music, and no, he does not want to take up some blasted hobby. Then one day he discovers that his troublesome four-year-old grandson is a piano prodigy and Fox is compelled to re-engage with life. By the bestselling author of Mr Rosenblum's List.

Told from the perspective of six, interconnected characters, The World Without Us is a tale of love in all its forms, a mystery and an elegy for a denatured landscape. It is about the ways we become lost to ourselves, and the transformative joys of being found. From the award-winning Australian author of Machines for Feeling and Burning In.

Simon Watson, a young librarian, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home, a house perched on the edge of a cliff that is slowly crumbling into the sea. One day, Simon receives a mysterious book from an antiquarian bookseller; it has been sent to him because it is inscribed with the name Verona Bonn, Simon's grandmother.

The First Thing You See

We Never Asked for Wings

The Ecliptic

Gregoire Delacourt

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

September release, advance orders welcome

Arthur Dreyfuss is a young mechanic at a garage in the little community of Long, France. Imagine his surprise when he opens his door one evening to find a distraught Hollywood starlet standing before him! A tender story about two fragile souls trying to love each other, The First Thing You See will convince you that true beauty lies within.

How far would you go for your children? Would you lie for them? Flee with them? Let someone else mother them if you thought they would do a better job? From the bestselling author of The Language of Flowers comes her much-anticipated new novel about young love, hard choices, and hope against all odds.

Benjamin Wood On a forested island off the coast of Istanbul stands Portmantle, a gated refuge for beleaguered artists. There, Elspeth 'Knell' spends her nights locked in her blacked-out studio, testing a strange new pigment for her elusive masterpiece. But when a disaffected teenager named Fullerton arrives at the refuge, he disrupts its established routines. From the acclaimed author of The Bellwether Revival.

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Australian Literature

The Other Side of the World Stephanie Bishop

Relativity

IN THE QUIET

Antonia Hayes

Eliza Henry-Jones

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Ethan is a bright young boy obsessed with physics and astronomy who lives with his mother, Claire. Claire has been a wonderful parent to Ethan, but he's becoming increasingly curious about his father's absence in his life, wanting to fill in the gaps. When Ethan secretly intercepts a letter from Mark to Claire, he unleashes long-suppressed forces that – like gravity – pull the three together again, testing the limits of love and forgiveness.

Fever of Animals

Cate Carlton has recently died, yet she is able to linger on, watching her three children and her husband as they come to terms with life without her. Gradually unfolding to reveal Cate's life, her marriage, and a secret, In the Quiet is compelling, tender, true heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, from a new Australian talent.

Miles Allinson

Last Day in the Dynamite Factory

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Annah Faulkner

September release, advance orders welcome

With the inheritance he received upon his father's death, Miles has come to Europe on the trail of the Romanian surrealist, who disappeared into a forest in 1967. But in trying to unravel the mystery of Bafdescu's secret life, Miles must also reckon with his own. Uncanny, occasionally absurd, and utterly original, Fever of Animals is a beautifully written meditation on art and grief.

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Christopher Bright is a well-respected conservation architect, good neighbour and friend. He has a devoted wife, two talented children and an old Rover. Life is orderly, yet an unresolved question has haunts him: Who was his birth father? His quest for information reveals not only the truth about his mother's life but exposes the fault lines in his own, and Chris finds the price of knowledge increasingly heavy.

Salt Creek

Girl With Dogs

Lucy Treloar

Anna Funder

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 9.99

Salt Creek, the highly anticipated debut novel from Lucy Treloar, winner of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, deftly weaves questions of cultural value and the nature of civilisation against the remote and beautiful backdrop of the Coorong in the 1850s. Purchase a book from this catalogue for your chance to WIN a Picador prize pack. For details go to the competition page at www.indies.com.au.

The Girl with the Dogs is a poignantly beautiful novella about what's really precious in life, from Miles Franklin Award-winning Anna Funder, author of All That I Am. Amid the debris of their friends' marriages, Tess and Dan have hit the middle years relatively unscathed. But Tess senses she's at a hinge moment, poised between the life she thought she wanted and the one she long ago decided against.

R&R

Harry Mac

Mark Dapin

Russell Eldridge

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

John 'Nashville' Grant is an American military policeman in the R&R town of Vung Tau, tucked safely behind the front lines of the Vietnam War. Nashville knows how everything works: the army, the enemy, bars, secrets, men and – at least in Vung Tau – women. When another MP shoots a corpse in a brothel, the delicate balance between the military police and the Viet Cong is upset and Nashville and his partner are drawn into the heart of the matter.

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Cambridge, 1963. Charlotte, a young married woman with two young children struggling to cope in England reluctantly agrees to emigrate to Australia with her university lecturer husband, Henry. Before she has a chance to realise what it will mean, she is travelling to the other side of the world. Arriving in Perth, the southern sun shines a harsh light on both Henry and Charlotte and slowly reveals that their new life is not the answer either was hoping for. A complex, tender and gorgeously written novel of parenthood, marriage and unfulfilled ambitions that is impossible to put down. To view a Q&A with Stephanie Bishop, go to the catalogue tab at www.indies.com.au.

A beautiful coming-ofage story set in a year of political turmoil in South Africa. Tom and Millie are best friends who live in a quiet lane on the edge of town. They rely on each other to make sense of what's going on in their lives and in the lives of their families - especially Harry Mac's. Harry Mac, Tom's dad, is a man of silences and secrets. And now Tom is involved in one of those secrets. In the tradition of Jasper Jones and To Kill a Mockingbird.

A Guide to Berlin Gail Jones Paperback RRP $ 32.99 A group of six international travellers, two Italians, two Japanese, an American and an Australian, meet in empty apartments in Berlin to share stories and memories. Each is enth ralled in some way to the work of Vladimir Nab okov A Guide to Berlin - a short stor y written in 1925, when he was a young man of 26, livin g in Berlin - and each is finding their way in deep winter in a haunted city. A moment of devastating violence shatters the group, and cha nges the direction of everyone's stor y.

Rush Oh! Shirley Barrett Paperback RRP $ 32.99 September release, advance orders welcome

When the eldest daughter of a whaling family in Eden, New South Wales, sets out to chronicle the difficult season of 1908, the story she tells is poignant and hilarious, filled with drama and misadventure. From her larger family struggle, to her own attempts to navigate an all-consuming crush on an itinerant whaleman with a murky past, Rush Oh! is also a celebration of an extraordinary episode of Australian history when a family of whalers formed a fond, unique allegiance with a pod of Killer whales.

The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz Paperback RRP $ 32.99 She's back ! The call comes in late at night: a superhacker has gained access to top with secret U.S. intelligence. FREE Mikael Blomkvist knows Tote Bag only one person who could crack the system: accused of acting s She’ . Lisbeth Salander s without reason, but Blomkvist know t mus e Ther that. than r bette th Lisbe t be something deeper at the hear of this. A tangled web of truth that someone is prepared to kill to protect. Special offer: Purchase a copy of the book and receive a FREE tote bag. *While stocks last.

Pretty Baby Mary Kubica Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Mary Kubica, bestselling author of The Good Girl, delivers a stunning new psychological thriller about a chance encounter that sparks an unrelenting web of lies. What starts as an act of kindness quickly spirals into a story far more twisted than anyone could have ever anticipated.

Thrilling reads Surveillance

Close Your Eyes

Bernard Keane

Michael Robotham

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

A ruthless online activist group called Kittehsaurus Rox has hacked into topsecret Cabinet information and gone public with it. Journalist and cyber-expert Kat Sharpe is chosen by KSR to break news of their operations, and overnight she becomes the media sensation. But as she gets closer to KSR and its circle of supporters, she can't shake the feeling that something doesn't add up.

The chilling new psychological thriller from one of the most brilliant Australian crime authors of today. A mother and her teenage daughter are found brutally murdered in a remote farmhouse, one defiled by multiple stab wounds and the other left lying like Sleeping Beauty waiting for her Prince. Reluctantly, clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is drawn into the investigation.

The Cartel

Tennison

Don Winslow

Lynda La Plante

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

The thrilling sequel to Don Winslow's epic novel, The Power of the Dog. It's 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thirty years in a blood feud against Adan Barrera, the head of the world's most powerful cartel. Putting Barrera away costs Keller dearly – the woman he loves, the beliefs he cherishes, the life he wants to lead. Then Barrera gets out, determined to rebuild the cartel empire.

16th September release, advance orders welcome

From the creator of the Prime Suspect tv series, comes the fascinating back story of the iconic DCI. In 1973, Jane Tennison, aged 22, leaves the Metropolitan Police Training Academy to be placed on probationary exercise. We witness her struggle to cope in a male-dominated environment, learning fast to deal with shocking situations with no help from her superiors. Then comes her involvement in her first murder case.

— History and military — Sailing with Cook

Heroes of the Skies

Lasseter's Gold

Suzanne Rickard

Michael Veitch

Warren Brown

Hardback RRP $ 49.99

Paperback RRP $ 34.99

Paperback RRP $ 35.00

In Sailing with Cook: Inside the Private Journal of James Burney RN we learn first-hand about the events that took place when young James Burney sailed with Captain Cook on the Resolution and then on the Adventure between 1772 and 1773. This beautiful book features facsimile pages extracted from Burney’s private journal. A great gift for Australian history lovers.

The Orpheus Clock

Michael Veitch once again has captured the memories of the brave, lucky men who survived the unsurvivable. The risks of not returning from flying missions in WWII were extremely high so the stories are uniquely heroic, almost unbelievable. But these were ordinary men in extraordinary situations and, in this third collection from Michael Veitch, they record their stories for future generations.

When Harold Bell Lasseter disappeared, it could have been the end of a mystery that began the day he staggered out of the desert, claiming to have found a 15 kilometre gold reef. It was a mystery that deepened when he and a surveyor returned to where the reef was supposed to be located - and couldn't find it. In Lasseter’s Gold, Warren Brown vividly recreates the drama of the search and asks: just who was this man Lasseter?

Simon Goodman Paperback RRP $ 35.00 Simon Goodman's grandparents came from German-Jewish banking dynasties, and perished in concentration camps. That's almost all he knew about them. It was only after his father's death that Simon began to piece together the clues about the Gutmanns' stolen legacy and the Nazi looting machine. Through painstaking detective work across two continents, Simon has been able to prove that many works belonged to his family, and to successfully secure their return.

Australian Confederates

The Man Who Saved Smithy

Terry Smyth

Rick Searle

Paperback RRP $ 34.99

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

In the summer of 1865, when a Confederate warship sailed into Melbourne, 42 men secretly enlisted to fight for the South in the American Civil War. Of the 42 men who signed on in Melbourne, some returned home, others dropped out of sight and one died aboard ship. This is their story.

Patrick Gordon 'Bill' Taylor was a pioneer of Australian aviation. As a fighter pilot during WWI, he was awarded the Military Cross. Returning to Australia, he became a close friend of Charles Kingsford Smith; they went on to form an incredible flying partnership, setting records around the globe. This is the enthralling account of his remarkable life and achievements.

True Life Stories

FLESH WOUNDS Richard Glover

When We Were Young and Foolish

The ANTI COOL GIRL

Greg Sheridan

Paperback RRP $ 27.99

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Greg Sheridan traces his journey from impoverished childhood in Sydney's inner west, on to his formative years at university and in doing so also illuminates the formative years of his friends would who go on to be prime ministers, premiers and senior cabinet ministers. It offers new and personal insights into the characters and the events, philosophies, demons and relationships that helped make them the people they are.

Rosie Waterland September release, advance orders welcome

Rosie Waterland is the survivor of one of the most appalling childhoods since Augusten Burroughs. There were rehab stays and AA meetings. There were overdoses, dramas, suicide attempts, not to mention numerous rounds of dodgy men in and out of her mother’s life. The Anti Cool Girl is a dark, funny and subversive memoir about surviving the very worst that life can throw at you. For fans of Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl.

Cobain: Montage of Heck

Maggie Smith

Brett Morgen & Richard Bienstock

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Hardback RRP $ 39.99 The riveting companion book to the highly anticipated documentary about the life of Nirvana frontman and grunge legend Kurt Cobain, featuring expanded exclusive interviews with the family and friends who knew him best and never-seen-before photographs and artwork.

Richard Glover's favourite dinner party game is called 'Who's Got the Weirdest Parents?'. It's a game he always thinks he'll win. His mother, a deluded snob, who ran away with Richard's English teacher, a Tolkien devotee, nudist and stuffed-toy collector. Part poignant family memoir, part rollicking venture into a 1970s Australia, this is a book for anyone who's wondered if their family is the oddest one on the planet. The answer: 'No'. There is always something stranger out there.

War Classics

John Monash

September release, advance orders welcome

The definitive biography of Maggie Smith, grande dame of stage and screen. No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain's best-loved actors. This new biography shines the stage-lights on the life and work of a truly remarkable performer, one whose career spans six decades.

BLINDSIDED

Vera Wasowski with Robert Hillman

Michael Lynagh

In Vera: My Story, acclaimed biographer Robert Hillman has captured the fierce and passionate life of an amazing Australian, Vera Wasowski - from her experiences as a child in a Jewish ghetto, to her migration to Australia and her successful career as a producer at the ABC, including as a producer on the ground-breaking current affairs show This Day Tonight.

September release, advance orders welcome

Michael Coveney

Vera: My Story

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 It's the unthinkable for anyone - to be blindsided by a life-threatening illness in the prime of life, with no prior warning and no time to prepare loved ones for a life after you. On April 16th, 2012 Michael Lynagh - retired Rugby great - suffered a serious stroke. He was just forty-eight years old and everything about life and how he viewed it changed in an instant. This is a life-affirming memoir of how you cope, recover and rebuild.

Slipcase

RRP $ 79.99

Presented here in a collectors' slipcase, the War Classics, offer unparalleled with insight into the FREE experience of one of Gift wrap Australia's greatest leaders, General Sir John Monash. War Letters of Gen eral Monash is a collection of letters from Gen eral Sir John Monash to his wife and daughter, which records his experiences throughout Worl d War I. The Australian Victories in France in 1918 first published in 1920, immediately garnered glowing praise as one of the mos t entertaining and informative accounts of war ever written. Also available as two separate volumes each priced at $45. Special offer: Purchase a cop y of War Classics and receive a set of gift wrapping paper and ribbon. *While stocks last.

Letters to my Grandchildren David Suzuki

My Salute to Five Bells John Olsen Hardback RRP $ 29.99 In 1971 John Olsen was commissioned to produce a mural for the Sydney Opera House. My Salute to Five Bells is an illustrated scrapbook of thoughts, quotes, diary entries, original drawings, and magazine clippings documenting Olsen’s Opera House experience, from his initial speechlessness at being commissioned, to his very palpable relief towards the end.

Before I Forget: How I Survived a Diagnosis of Younger-Onset Dementia Christine Bryden Paperback RRP $ 32.99 September release, advance orders welcome

When she was just 46, Christine Bryden was diagnosed with younger-onset dementia. Twenty years later she is still thriving, still working hard to rewire her brain even as it loses its function. The unusually slow progress of her condition puts Christine in a unique position to describe the lived experience of dementia, a condition affecting tens of millions of people worldwide.

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 In this inspiring series of letters to his grandchildren, David Suzuki offers grandfatherly advice mixed with stories st from his own life. As he ponders life’s deepe questions and offers up a lifetime of wisdom, Suzuki inspires us all to live with courage, conviction, and passion. Drawing on his own experiences and the wisdom he has gained over his long life, he decries the lack of elders e, and grandparents in the lives of many peopl the pions cham and rants, immig especially impor tance of heroes.

This catalogue is printed on paper which is fully PEFC Certified (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification scheme), a program which promotes the sustainable management of forests. In addition, the paper is Australian Made with 92% of the energy used coming from renewable sources providing an environmentally friendly paper with a low carbon footprint. The pulp was bleached using totally Chlorine Free (TCF) process. This Catalogue is produced in accordance with the environment ISO 14001 Standard

Maggie Beer's Spring Harvest Recipes Maggie Beer Paperback RRP $ 29.99 September release, advance order s welcome

brings Maggie Beer's Spring Harvest Recipes recipes together all of Maggie Beer's signature st, from her spring chapter of Maggie's Harve nal seaso of ns riptio desc led including detai orable ingredients and inspiring accounts of mem es recip The s. friend and family with meals the highlight Maggie's philosophy of using ble, freshest and best seasonal produce availa al natur the ing allow y, simpl it ng and treati tial flavours to speak for themselves. An essen n of cookbook for anyone with an appreciatio sharing the pleasures of sourcing, cooking and . seasonal food. Our beautiful cover book

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A Force for Good

Rohan Anderson

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Hardback RRP $ 49.95 Rohan Anderson left his desk job in the city for the richer pleasures of living a simpler life on the land. Over the years he has developed his own principle of practical living. Practiculture is a lifestyle choice. It’s about direct involvement in the day to day elements of living, and at the heart of it, the rewarding choice to grow, hunt and forage beautiful, healthy, sustainable food. A Year of Practiculture features 100 of Rohan's simple, rustic, seasonal recipes, as well as his observations, victories and failures, and the realities of living a practical life surrendered to the bounty (and hardships) of the land through the seasons.

Falafel for Breakfast

Simon Bryant Paperback RRP $ 39.99

Hardback RRP $ 49.99

Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul Rick Stein Hardback RRP $ 55.00 From the mythical heart of Greece to the fruits of the Black Sea coast; from Croatian and Albanian flavours to the spices and aromas of Turkey and beyond – the cuisine of the Eastern Mediterranean is a vibrant melting pot brimming with character. Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul includes over 100 spectacular recipes discovered by Rick during his travels in the region.

Meatballs: The Ultimate Guide Matteo Bruno Hardback RRP $ 35.00 Meatballs make the perfect dish for a Monday night supper, a Saturday night dinner party or a Sunday feast. And here are 60 recipes for meatballs like you’ve never seen them. There are even vegetarian (meat) balls. Almost as important as the meatballs themselves are what they are served with. Select from 20 ideas and top with one of the 20 sauces on offer. Then tuck in.

Non -

A Year of Practiculture

Michael Rantissi and Kristy Frawley

Simon Bryant's follow-up to 2012's bestselling Vegies is another vibrant, inspiring collection of recipes – this time with vegies, grains and pulses centre-stage. With influences spanning the globe, from Japan to India, the Middle East to Mexico, Vegetables, Grains and Other Good Stuff is vegie cooking at its very best - inventive, exciting and absolutely delicious.

COOK

September release, advance orders welcome

Israeli-born chef Michael Rantissi and his partner Kristy Frawley drill down to what we all love about the ingredients and flavours of the Middle East - grains and greens, generosity, pungency, sweetness, sharing. - and share 130 accessible recipes that opens up a world of Middle Eastern flavours and ingredients for the contemporary home cook. This is food that brings everyone to the table, and won't let them leave.

The Produce Companion Meredith Kirton Hardback RRP $ 49.95 September release, advance orders welcome

Great produce need never go to waste in this gardening and cookbook that looks back to the classic skills of pickling and preserving. The Produce Companion is a beautifully crafted food and gardening title in two parts – section one concerns producing, growing and storing fruit, vegetables and herbs; while section two covers what to do with the produce in the kitchen.

Turkish Fire: Street food and barbecue from the wild heart of Turkey Sevtap Yuce Hardback RRP $ 55.00 Drawing on Sevtap’s rich heritage, from her father’s charmed boyhood in Ankara, Turkey, to her own immigration to Australia, Turkish Fire brings to life the everyday verve and passion for food that the people of her homeland possess. With a focus on authentic street food and barbecue, Turkish Fire transports the reader to the bustling metropolis of Ankara and its surrounds.

Daniel Goleman An important manifesto on how we can change our world for the better from the unique mind of the Dalai Lama, penned by the internationally bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence. Now, as he turns 80, having built up a knowledge of the world we live in today, the Dalai Lama gives us his vision of a better future, one that puts the concerns of humanity at large, and explains how we can get there.

The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease Marc Lewis Paperback RRP $ 29.99 The Biology of Desire is vital and enlightening reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction themselves. Combining clearly rendered scientific explanation with insight, compassion, and even humour, Lewis boldly challenges us all to re-examine our approach to addiction, and whether the metaphors we've used to explain it have now become obstacles to healing.

Fair Food Rose Nick (ed) Paperback RRP $ 29.95 September release, advance orders welcome

The groundbreaking Fair Food: Inspiring People to Change the World tells the new story of food – the story of how food and farming in Australia are dramatically transforming at the grassroots to match the transition of our times: towards reconnection, towards healing – of the land, of each other. It offers a compelling and coherent vision of how our future can be different and how each of us can make a difference.

The Knowledge Wars Peter Doherty Paperback RRP $ 29.99 September release, advance orders welcome

Climate scientists have warned that we need to change our behaviour in ways that are both inconvenient and threaten established power. Nobel prize-winner Peter Doherty makes a passionate case for citizens to evaluate the facts of the debate for themselves and provides practical guidance on how to take action.

Fiction

Teen Reads

The Rest of Us Just Live Here (Exclusive )

Patrick Ness

Waterfront

Goodbye Stranger

Duncan McNab

Rebecca Stead

RRP $ 24.95

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Paperback RRP $ 16.99

September release, advance orders welcome

Ever since the First Fleet dropped anchor, Australia's ports have been our opening to the world. They are also the breeding ground for many of Australia's most notorious criminals, and a magnet for local and overseas criminal syndicates. Waterfront is the story of the crimes, the politics, the characters and the corruption in our nation's ports.

September release, advance orders welcome

Back in grade five, Bridge, Tabitha and Emily made a pact. Never to fight, ever. Now, two years later, they're still best friends, but other things are ng. While the three friends navigate the challenges of their changing friendship, another story—of betrayal and remorse—keeps you guessing until the very end. A tender and intricate story about friendships, and love, and the pain of sometimes making the wrong choices. 11+

The Shearers

Hardback

Award-winning writer Patrick Ness’s bold and irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren't the Chosen One? The one who 's supposed to fight the zombies, or the sou l-eating ghosts, or whatever this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? Becaus e sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world and sometim es you just have to find the extraordinar y in your ordinar y life. This exclusive limited edi tion includes a bonus art prin t. *Wh ile stocks last. 12+

Evan McHugh Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Expert outback chronicler Evan McHugh – author of bestselling titles such as The Drovers and Outback Heroes – presents the definitive history of these men, bringing to life the toil, tumult and toughness of the shearing life. From legendary figures such as blade shearing recordholder Jack Howe, to today's young guns having to adapt to a rapidly changing industry, these characters have influenced the social landscape and folklore of the country.

Queen of Shadows

Another Day

Sarah J. Maas

David Levithan

Paperback RRP $ 15.99

Paperback RRP $ 19.99

September release, advance orders welcome

The fourth instalment in the bestselling Throne of Glass series. Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. Now she returns to the empire - to confront the shadows of her past... Bloodthirsty for revenge on the two men responsible for destroying her life, and desperate to find out if the prince and his captain are safe. 12+

The eagerly anticipated companion to the bestseller Every Day. Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has accepted her life, convinced herself that she deserves her distant, temperamental boyfriend, Justin. But one morning everything changes. Justin wants to be with her for the first time, and they share a perfect day—a perfect day Justin doesn't remember the next morning. 14+

Streets of Papunya

Cloudwish

Vivien Johnson

Fiona Wood

Lair of Dreams: The Diviners, Book 2

Paperback RRP $ 49.99

Paperback RRP $ 19.99

Libba Bray

In this stunningly illustrated book, Vivien Johnson, a world expert on Western Desert art, looks at the fascinating and complex history of art in Papunya and celebrates the exciting contemporary art being created by the daughters of the groundbreaking Papunya Tula artist of the 1970s, the founding fathers of the desert art movement.

September release, advance orders welcome

Cloudwish is a story about identity, perception, belonging... and everyday magic. Van Uoc has always tried to live according to the Jane Eyre standard: What would Jane do? If only things were that simple! Real life is no longer on hold, and Van Uoc is quickly discovering who she really is. 16+

The Tribe, Book 3: The Foretelling of Georgie Spider Ambelin Kwaymullina Paperback RRP $ 19.95 A storm was stretching out across futures to swallow everything in nothing, and it was growing larger... Georgie Spider has foretold the end of the world, and the only one who can stop it is Ashala Wolf. But Georgie has also foreseen Ashala’s death. As the world shifts around the Tribe, Ashala fights to protect those she loves from old enemies and new threats. And Georgie fights to save Ashala. 12+

Paperback RRP $ 24.99 September release, advance orders welcome

After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to 'read' objects, and therefore the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title 'America's Sweetheart Seer'. There's just one downside - a sham engagement to the irritatingly handsome Sam Lloyd. The second book in the bestselling series. 14+

Sea Horse Bruce Pascoe Paperback RRP $ 16.95 When Jack comes across a sunken boat while on holiday with his family, he and his father take on the challenge of salvaging it. But what is the story behind this mysterious boat? How long has it been in the bay? How did it get there? And who is the man on the cliff with the binoculars? 13+

Picture Books The DAY THE CRAYONS CAME HOME

Migaloo the White Whale

Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

September release, advance orders welcome

Suri's Wall Lucy Estela & Matt Ottley (illus.) Hardback RRP $ 24.99 September release, advance orders welcome

Eva squeezed Suri's hand. 'What's there? What can you see?' 'What can I see?' Suri looked out over the wall. 'Oh, it's beautiful, let me tell you all about it.' A moving tale of the power of the human spirit brought alive by Lucy Estela and awardwinning illustrator Matt Ottley. 6+

Watch out – the crayons are back and they're crosser than ever! One day Duncan receives a set of postcards from his crayons who have been lost, forgotten, broken – even melted in a clothes dryer and stuck to a pair of underpants! A hilarious text and joyful illustrations combine to show that crayons have feelings too in this laugh-out-loud sequel to bestselling picture book The Day the Crayons Quit. 4+

Mr Huff

Nick Bland

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

Anna Walker

The Very Cranky Bear and his friends are back! There’s music in the air in the Jingle Jangle Jungle! Can Bear’s friends help him find the perfect instrument to play? Vibrant, funny illustrations are paired with an engaging story that’s perfect for reading aloud. Join Bear as he discovers the magic of music. 3+

My Dad is a Giraffe

JonArno Lawson

Stephen Michael King

Hardback RRP $ 24.95

Hardback RRP $ 16.99

Hardback RRP $ 19.95 Master the bygone art of shadowgraphy with this ‘handy’ graphic guide to shadow puppets. Whether it’s a cat, llama or yak, this kooky A to Z of hand shadows brings the ABCs alive in highcontrast black and white. It comes with a handy instruction chart. 1+

Award-winning and much-loved author and illustrator Anna Walker gives us a gentle, poignant, affirming and wise picture book sure to delight all ages. Mr. Huff is a story about the clouds and the sunshine in each of our lives. 2+

Wish; Happy

Footpath Flowers

An Alphabet in Silhouette

In the warm tropical waters off the north Australian coast, a very special whale is born: Migaloo, the only all-white humpback whale in the world. As he and his pod make their annual migration to Antarctica, Migaloo discovers the beauty, wonder and danger of a whale's journey. From award-winning author and illustrator Mark Wilson. 5+

The Very Noisy Bear Hardback RRP $ 16.99

A wordless, beautifully illustrated picture book from award-winning poet JonArno Lawson. An ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures, Footpath Flowers is a quiet but powerful testament to the joy that children can find in ordinary things and the mutual value of giving. 3+

Mark Wilson

Emma Dodd

Is your dad big and tall, gentle and fun? Can you climb up his legs, over his head, slide down his neck and ride on his back? Maybe your dad is a giraffe! Whimsical, imaginative story about the fun and gentle dads we love. From one of Australia’s favourite picture book creators. Perfect gift for Father’s Day! 3+

Hardbacks RRP $ 15.99 each September release, advance orders welcome

Exploring the loving relationship between animal parents and their babies, and featuring a tenderly-told rhyming text and heartwarming illustrations, these beautifully designed, padded picture books will be become firm bedtime favourites. 1+

The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty

How the Sun Got to Coco's House

Beatrice Alamagne

Hardback RRP $ 24.95

Hardback RRP $ 27.99 Award-winning author and illustrator Beatrice Alemagna, author of A Lion in Paris, brings to life a charming French town and its lively inhabitants. Eddie knows her mum would love a Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty for her birthday. The only problem is that she doesn't know what a Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty is, or where to find one! Join Eddie as she tours the whole town trying to track down the perfect present. 3+

Bob Graham

In this charming and beautiful picture book by prolific and multiaward winning writer and illustrator Bob Graham, the journey of the sun is captured as it travels from the far side of the world, across countries, chasing the night before arriving at little Coco's house. 3+

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Children's Fiction The Cat with the Coloured Tail

Fuzzy Mud

Gillian Mears

Hardback RRP $ 19.99

Hardback RRP $ 19.95 September release, advance orders welcome

Mr Hooper and the Cat with the Coloured Tail travel through the countryside in their ice-cream van. They enjoy looking for heart shapes (their favourite game) and making people happy with their delicious moon-creams. But a dark feeling is following the cat. Something is wrong. When the ice-cream van enters the forest, Mr Hooper and the cat realise the heart of the world is in danger. Will they be able to save it? 8+

Louis Sachar Tamaya and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at school they stop talking to each other because Marshall can't be seen with a little kid like Tamaya. Especially not with Chad around. But today, hoping to avoid Chad, Marshall and Tamaya decide to go through the woods... And what is waiting there for them is strange, sinister and entirely unexpected. 8+

DEMON ROAD

Zarkora 01: The Fyrelit Tragedy

Derek Landy

Nicholas & Alison Lochel

Paperback RRP $ 19.99

Paperback RRP $ 16.99

September release, advance orders welcome

Full of Derek Landy’s trademark wit, action and razor-sharp dialogue, Demon Road is an epic road-trip across the supernatural landscape of America. And the demons? Well, that’s where Amber comes in… Sixteen years old, smart and spirited, she’s a normal American teenager until the lies are torn away and the demons reveal themselves. 13+

Five years after the death of their parents, Neleik and Ervine Fyrelit witness the kidnapping of their beloved little sister, Skye. Determined to rescue her, the Fyrelit brothers set off on a journey into darkness. As they traverse unknown lands, they meet loyal companions and face powerful enemies. And they discover a long-hidden secret that will change their world forever... The first book in the four-book Zarkora series. 10+

Soon

Children's Classics Peter Pan J.M. Barry Hardback RRP $ 39.99 J. M. Barrie’s classic children's story is reimagined in this delightful full-color deluxe edition filled with all-new illustrations and ten removable features specially designed by MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter films. This stunning book is sure to become a treasured keepsake for fans of all ages. 8+

Alice Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll & Robert Ingpen (illus) Paperback RRP $ 39.95 September release, advance orders welcome

For over a century, Lewis Carroll's classic stories of logic and lunacy have inspired delight in young and old alike. Continuing Alice's adventures, Alice Through the Looking-Glass sees her walking through a mirror into a topsyturvy world. There she meets a host of bizarre characters... But is it all a dream? This beautiful edition features illustrations by Robert Ingpen. 9+

Morris Gleitzman Paperback RRP $ 19.99 I hoped the Nazis would be defeated. And they were. I hoped the war would be over. And it was. I hoped we would be safe. But we aren't. Soon continues the incredibly moving story of Felix, a Jewish boy still struggling to survive in the wake of the liberation of Poland after the end of World War Two. The next compelling chapter in the life of Felix, hero of the award-winning Once, Then, After and Now. 12+

Lola's Toybox: The Patchwork Picnic; On the Story Sea; The Treasure Trove; The Plastic Palace Danny Parker Paperbacks RRP $ 12.95 each When Lola is given an old toy box, she discovers it’s a magical passageway to a world where toys come to life! Follow Lola and her trusty but rather wonky learn-to-dress clown, Buddy, on their adventures in the Kingdom, where toys live when they aren’t being played with in the real world. The first four books in a new series. 5+

The 65-Storey Treehouse

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton (Illus.)

Paperback RRP $ 12.99 Andy and Terry's amazing 65-Storey Treeh ouse now has a pet-grooming salon, a birthd ay room where it's always your birthday (even when it's not), a room full of exploding eyeballs, a lollipop shop, a quicksand pit, an ant farm, a time machine and Tree-NN: a 24-hour-a-day TV news centre keeping you up to date with all the latest treehouse news, current events and gossip. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! 7+

Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes Rick Riordan Paperback RRP $ 22.99 September release, advance orders welcome

In this gripping follow-up to Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods, demigod Percy Jackson tells the stories of twelve of the original Greek heroes in all their gory, bloodthirsty glory. Want to know who cut off Medusa's head? Which hero was raised by a shebear? Percy has all the answers... 11+

City Atlas; Atlas of Adventure: Activity Fun Pack Hardback/Paperback RRP $ 35.00/ $ 19.99 September release, advance orders welcome

Take a tour of Toronto, look around Lisbon or hot-foot it to Helsinki with this global adventure in a book... 30 best-loved cities from around the world are brought to life with illustrations by Martin Haake. Then get busy with this colouring book packed with maps, global wildlife, cultural activities and exciting adventures.

Gifts & more Heartland Australian Conservation Foundation Hardback RRP $ 49.95 Heartland is the official photographic commemoration celebrating 50 years of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australia’s oldest and largest national environmental group. Its striking and beautiful images capture Australia’s natural landscape and people’s interaction with this special environment. Features introduction by Michael Leunig.

Paperback RRP $ 45.00 September release, advance orders welcome

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Inspired by Tony Abbott’s immortal verbal overreach, The Suppository of All Wisdom is a hilarious, fully illustrated guide to the words and expressions we mangle, muck up and just don’t understand. You’ll be amazed at how many supposably well-educated speakers make mistakes – from schoolteachers, to newsreaders, to Rhodes Scholar prime ministers.

Halliday Wine Companion 2016 Paperback RRP $ 39.95

Waterside Modern

Varietal Wines Hardback RRP $ 59.95

Hardback RRP $ 45.00

Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2016 edition has been completely revised and updated to bring you up-to-the-minute information. Varietal Wines puts Australian varietal wines into a world context. An essential reference for every player in the wine world. Special offer: Purchase a copy of either of James Halliday’s books and receive a FREE wine stopper. *While stocks last.

Dominic Bradbury & Richard Powers September release, advance orders welcome

An inspiring survey of 25 stunning contemporary homes designed for locations in which water plays centre stage, where nature is celebrated and indoor-outdoor living optimized. From the Mediterranean to the Pacific Ocean and the tropical idylls of Southeast Asia, this book takes an international trip to the world’s most stunning waterside homes.

Lonely Planet's Ultimate Travelist Hardback RRP $ 34.99

Paperback RRP $ 45.00

Practical projects for smallspace edible gardening and backyard fun from the much-loved Little Veggie Patch co. Projects range from the incredibly quick and simple, such as a self-watering milk-carton planter, how to grow micro-herbs and milk-crate planter boxes to large-scale building projects such as making vertical gardens from pallets.

Andrew Thompson & Andrew Weldon

James Halliday

Mat Pember September release, advance orders welcome

Orry-Kelly Found in a pillowcase, the fabulous long-lost memoirs of a legendary Hollywood designer Orry-Kelly who created magic on screen. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed all the biggest stars, from Bette Davis to Marilyn Monroe. He was an Australian. Yet few know who Orry-Kelly really was – until now.

Indira Naidoo

The Little Veggie Patch Co: DIY Garden Projects

The Suppository of All Wisdom

Hardback RRP $ 39.99

The Edible City

Join Indira Naidoo, bestselling author of The Edible Balcony, on her inspiring journey as she visits the communities turning concrete into crops. Indira shares her tips for setting up your own community garden, as well as practical advice on beekeeping, wormfarming, composting and growing your own fruit and veg. Plus there are 40 delicious recipes to cook and enjoy.

Women I've Undressed

What is the single most amazing sight in the world? Lonely Planet have ranked the best mega-sights and hidden gems in a definitive wish list of the 501 best places to visit on earth. Insightful and inspiring information plus gorgeous photography makes this the only bucket list travel book you’ll ever need!

Inspiration and Motivation for Artists; Musicians; Writers; Runners Paperbacks RRP $ 17.99 each These colourful little books of uplifting quotes and tailored tips deliver motivational sparks, creative signposts and hearty encouragement for writers, musicians, artists and runners.

— RECENT INDIE BESTSELLERS — Fiction 1

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

3 Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by E.L. James 4

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

The Strays by Emily Bitto

6 We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Fowler

Non-Fiction 1 The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons 2 Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford 3

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

4 Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford 5

The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge

Forever Young by Steven Carroll

6 Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State: Quarterly Essay by David Kilcullen

The Green Road by Anne Enright

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

8 Gut: the Inside Story of Our Body's Most Under-Rated Organ by Giulia Enders

10 The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna

9 Source: Nielsen BookScan

Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom by Millie Marotta

Children’s & YA 1

Super Weird!: WeirDo by Anh Do

Paper Towns by John Green

3 Withering-By-Sea: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue by Judith Rossell 4

Rivertime by Trace Balla

Yes! No (Maybe...): Tom Gates by Liz Pichon

Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach by Alison Lester

Pig the Fibber by Aaron Blabey

The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths

In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek

10 Dork Diaries: Drama Queen by Rachel Renee Russell

One Life: My Mother's Story by Kate Grenville

10 Musings from the Inner Duck by Michael Leunig

Prices listed in this catalogue as RRP refer to the publisher’s recommended retail prices. While every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of price and availability, these may be subject to change without notice by publishers. In most cases, any title not currently in stock can easily be ordered in at your request. All special prices and offers are valid from 3/8/15 to 30/10/15 unless otherwise stated or stock has sold out.