GOOD BOOK GUIDE ISSUE 107 WINTER 2012 Black Mountain Venero Armanno
$29.95 Paperback 265 pages August release
Beginning in the sulphur mines of Sicily over a century ago, Black Mountain takes you on a journey through time and back again. When a boy sold into slavery finds the courage to escape his brutal life, he is saved by a mysterious stranger, who raises the boy as his own. Renamed Cesare Montenero after Sicily’s own ‘black mountain’, Mount Etna, the boy grows up to discover that his rescue was no accident, that his physical strength is unnatural, and that he has more in common with his saviour than he could have imagined. Black Mountain is a haunting exploration of what it means to be human.
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History Florence Williams
$34.95 Paperback 344 pages
Celebrated and fetishised, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer. What makes breasts so mercurial – and so vulnerable? In Breasts, science journalist Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest science from the fields of anthropology, biology and medicine. It is a revealing look at the way the changes in our environments, diets, and lifestyles have altered our breasts, our health and – ultimately – the health of future generations.
The Onion’s Great Escape
Simply Raw! Meat, Fish, Vegetable
Sara Fanelli
Liliana Bonomi
$29.95 Paperback 68 pages
Sara Fanellli’s book breaks all the rules: with its unique layout and construction, it is designed to be experienced, like a performance or a game. The story revolves around a resourceful and inquisitive young onion who is trying to escape a most unpleasant fate – ending up in a hot frying pan. Appealing directly to the reader, the onion asks a series of questions requiring responses to be written or drawn on the pages of the book. By teasing out information, opinions and ideas, Fanelli encourages her young reader to use his or her imagination when thinking about complex issues.
more than books, music & coffee
$44.99 Hardback 270 pages
Simply Raw is dedicated to raw food cuisine, with over a hundred recipes coming from various culinary traditions. Through a selection of recipes, including meat and fish as well as vegetables and sauces, you will learn to appreciate the intrinsic flavour of foods and how to prepare raw but tasty dishes in which the nutritional properties of the ingredients are at their best. Simply Raw will show you a different way of cooking that is cheerful and creative, but with aromas, flavours and colours that recall the typical dishes of different cuisines around the world, and can satisfy even the most discerning palate.