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SIMPLE FANCY

by Rosa Flanagan and Margo Flanagan The Two Raw Sisters, Margo and Rosa Flanagan, are back with a stunning collection of plant-based recipes that are inspiring and easy to make, whether you are entertaining a crowd or cooking for one. Simple Fancy puts fruits and vegetables first, with more than 89 recipes using familiar, everyday whole food ingredients packed with sweet and savoury flavours. Offering everything from savoury brunch ideas, centrepiece mains, snacks and sides, and their famous salads. Of course, there are plenty of divine desserts, including cakes, slices, pudding, and sweet brunch options to make and impress. *Allen & Unwin

EMBRACING YOUR LIMITATIONS

by Lawrence Mooney Many self-help books don’t work, but this one will. Embracing Your Limitations shows you how it’s only through stopping and quitting that one can succeed and be happy. Lawrence Mooney is a reformed selfhelp addict. He’s read all those books so you don’t have to. Embracing Your Limitations shows you how it’s only through stopping and quitting that one can succeed and be happy. We’ve been told to reach for the stars, to think big and to follow our dreams since we were children. What a crock! The finish line is the same for everybody: death. So, why waste life rushing towards it? Instead, start Embracing Your Limitations, forgetting your dreams, and actually living your life. *Allen & Unwin

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN

by Paul Newman The raw, candid and long-awaited autobiography from one of the greatest icons of the 20th Century. In 2008, Paul Newman tasked his best friend with interviewing the people who had shaped his life, in order to create an oral history of it. After hearing and reading what they had to say, Newman dictated his own version. Now, this long-lost memoir will be published. Full of wonderful stories and recollections by his family, friends, and such luminaries as Elia Kazan, Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill and Martin Ritt, this book will surprise and shock readers as it reveals Newman’s previously unknown sides. *Century

NO PLAN B

by Lee Child and Andrew Child The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushed the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away. It is part of something much bigger, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed. *Bantam Press

WE LOVE LOVE

by Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley True love. Crushing failure. Hot dates. Wild ambition. Motherhood. Sisterhood. Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne, former Bachelor finalists and hosts of the number-one podcast Life Uncut, have bumbled their way through it all. And they’re here to make you feel a little less alone in the chaos. Through interviewing the experts, dispensing advice and tackling questions about love and life, they’ve distilled their most trusted and true advice into a book that’s as much about romance as it is about loving ourselves. WE LOVE LOVE is an encyclopaedia of life as Britt and Laura have lived it, full of hard-won wisdom, hilarious anecdotes, serious challenges and refreshing honesty. *Ebury Australia

REALITY+

by David J. Chalmers From one of our leading thinkers, a dazzling philosophical journey through virtual worlds. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds. But is virtual reality just escapism? In a highly original work of ‘technophilosophy’, Chalmers argues categorically, no: virtual reality is genuine reality. Virtual worlds are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life in virtual reality - and increasingly, we will. Drawing on examples from pop culture, literature and film that help bring philosophical issues to life, Reality+ is a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it. *Allen Lane

LUCY BY THE SEA

by Elizabeth Strout In March 2020 Lucy’s ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it’s just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea. Rich with empathy and a searing clarity, Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past, as well as the possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this miraculous novel are the deep human connections that sustain us, even as the world seems to be falling apart. *Viking

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NOT NOW, NOT EVER

by Julia Gillard Ten years on from the speech that stopped us all in our tracks – Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. Where were you then? And where are we now? Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly angry. I felt strong, measured, controlled. Yet emotion did play its role in the energy of the speech. The frustration that sexism and misogyny could still be so bad in the twenty-first century. The toll of not pointing it out. With contributions from Mary Beard, Jess Hill, Jennifer Palmieri, Katharine Murphy and members of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, Julia Gillard explores the history and culture of misogyny, tools in the patriarchy’s toolbox, intersectionality, and gender and misogyny in the media and politics. Proceeds from the book will go to the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership (GIWL). *Vintage Australia

THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE: THE ANIMATED STORY

by Charlie Mackesy Charlie Mackesy’s beloved book has been adapted into an animated short film featuring Tom Hollander as ‘the mole’, Idris Elba as ‘the fox’, Gabriel Byrne as ‘the horse’ and newcomer Jude Coward Nicoll as ‘the boy’. PRH are publishing a beautifully made hardback to celebrate the work of over 100 animators across two years of production – with Charlie’s distinctive illustrations brought to life in full colour with hand-drawn traditional animation. *Ebury Press