HGBooks April Kit 2019 by Hardie Grant Publishing

April 2019

Sugar Rebels Pipe For Your Life – More than 60 Recipes from Instagram's Kween of Baking Nick Makrides Delectable and dynamic desserts influenced by pop culture from the chef behind The Scran Line. Sugar Rebels is the book that the fans of The Scran Line and its host and creator Nick Makrides have been waiting for. It includes Nick’s signature delicious and sometimes outrageous cupcakes, macarons and cakes – some old favourites, some new recipes – presented alongside the story of The Scran Line and Nick’s path to success as a YouTube star and role model for the LGBTI+ community. Crazy, fun and creative baking with tons of positivity and strength – that's Sugar Rebels!

Author Details

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Flexibound

Price

AU$32.99 | NZ$36.99

ISBN

9781743795019

Publisher

Hardie Grant Books

Imprint Series Category

HG Local NA Food & Drink

Format

248 x 190 mm

Extent

224pp

Illustrations

Full colour photography

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Nick Makrides is a YouTuber who dedicated himself full time to his channel The Scran Line about four years ago, having been inspired by the success of Laura Vitale. He has a design background, but also spent time in the navy; hence The Scran Line, which is a reference to standing in line for food (scran). Before going full time with his channel, he worked for two years in a commercial kitchen as a pastry chef. His inspirations are Beyonce, his grandmother and his mother, and he considers himself an ambassador for the LGBTQI community. Each week he uploads two new recipes to his YouTube channel, showing his audience of over 1 million followers how to make outrageous cupcakes, cakes and macarons. He uses his skills as a pastry chef and graphic designer to put his sweet treats together taking inspiration from his obsessions with pop culture and music. Most of the time that is Beyoncé or Lady Gaga. But it also might be a colour, a pattern, a film or a character. In his words, his mission is to celebrate positivity and strength through teaching his audience how to bake amazing treats and how to have fun being creative in the kitchen.

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Delectable and dynamic cakes, cupcakes and macarons influenced by pop culture, this is the book that fans of The Scran Line have been waiting (and asking!) for. Nick’s social media platforms for The Scran Line include YouTube (452k followers) , Facebook (758k followers) and Instagram (426k followers) totalling over one million followers and steadily increasing. His videos have millions of views each week. A graphic, colourful, design-led package in a handy flexi format – eye-popping photography with the bright, vibrant design that Nick is known for. Chapters include baking and icing basics, basic cupcake, cake and macaron recipes and then the crazy and amazing recipes that Nick is known for such as Galaxy space time cupcakes, Divas getting money macarons, Watermelon freakshake cupcakes, Cactus garden cake and more. HUGE marketing campaign on release with interviews, extracts and reviews across national media with author to tour Australia on launch.

• Watch this intro video from Nick: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XZ1AaUH5G8wiovF-Qj8pZ38hsBL83msx/view

l e b R e rs a t s l l A You know how when someone asks a parent who their favourite child is and they say ‘I love all my kids equally’? We all know that’s not entirely true … I have over 450 kids. Here are my favourites.

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p o p e l Bubb electrickes cupca THIS ONE IS HARD AND MAKES 20 CUPCAKES INSPIRED BY: BUBBLEPOP ELECTRIC – GWEN STEFANI

20 white cupcake cases

PINK GELATIN BUBBLES 20–25 food-safe water balloons 8 tablespoons cold water 28 g (1 oz) powdered gelatin 1–2 drops deep-pink food-gel colouring 1 teaspoon strawberry flavouring

CUPCAKES 1 batch Vanilla cupcakes (page XX) 1 teaspoon bubblegum flavouring (available online) 3 drops deep-pink food-gel colouring 185 g (6½ oz/1 cup) assorted pink sprinkles (anything you can find – the more varied, the better)

BUBBLEGUM GOO 250 g (9 oz) Wilton white candy melts 250 ml (8½ fl oz/1 cup) thickened (whipping) cream 1 teaspoon bubblegum or strawberry flavouring 2 drops blue food-gel colouring

FROSTING

1–2 drops blue food-gel colouring 1 teaspoon bubblegum or strawberry flavouring ½ batch American buttercream frosting (page XX)

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Iconic. This is the single most iconic cupcake on The Scran line. That’s why it’s the first recipe in the book. It’s gorgeous.

PINK GELATIN BUBBLES These are food-safe, but are purely for decoration and not edible – the bubblegum flavouring is in there just to create the smell. I mean, you could try eating them, but you’d be chewing for months and it would be like eating plastic! You’ll also need to prepare these a few days before you bake the cake to give them ample time to dry. Start by blowing up 20–25 food-safe water balloons to about the same size as the width of the cupcakes. Attach each blown-up balloon to a paper straw or cake-pop stick using tape. Spray a paper towel with some oil and lightly spray each balloon. This will help you remove the balloons from the gelatin bubbles at the end. Mix the water and gelatin in a microwave-safe bowl until well combined. Allow it to rest for 5 minutes, then microwave it for 10–15 seconds, or until melted. Add the pink food gel and bubblegum flavouring and mix until well combined. Dip the balloons into the gelatin liquid, making sure they’re evenly coated. Leave the bit where the balloon meets the stick free of gelatin. You may want to coat these twice. Let the gelatin set for 5 minutes on the first coat, then dip them again. If the gelatin mixture stiffens, you can melt it again in the microwave for 10 seconds. Stand the coated balloons upright in a cup or in a Styrofoam block and leave to dry completely. To remove the bubble from the balloon, cut the balloon away from the straw and pull it out of the bubble. You’ll need to trim the bottom of the bubbles to create a neat, level edge so that they sit evenly on top of the frosting. You can do this using a pair of scissors. Once the bubbles come into contact with any kind of moisture, they will rehydrate and soften again, so it’s best to add them to the cake no more than 1 hour before serving. CUPCAKES When making the cupcake batter, add the pink food gel and bubblegum flavouring with the wet ingredients.

FROSTING Add the blue food gel and bubblegum flavouring to the frosting and mix until well combined.

BUBBLEGUM GOO

To assemble, core the centre of each cupcake with an apple corer and fill it with bubblegum goo. Fit the end of a piping bag with a medium round tip, fill the bag with frosting and frost your cupcakes in a flat swirl.

Add all ingredients to a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high, for 20 seconds at a time, mixing between each interval until smooth. Allow to cool slightly before transferring to a piping bag.

Coat the frosting in the pink sprinkles, starting from the top and working your way around the sides of the frosting. Use the sprinkles to help create a nice bulb shape with your frosting. Finish off by gently placing your gelatin bubble on top. PAGE 57

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Call Me By Your… Peach. Fun fact: I hadn’t seen that movie until after I made these cupcakes and, when I posted them, everyone went mad in the comments because they thought that the scene from Call Me By Your Name was what inspired them. Really what inspired these cupcakes was every pop divas’ phat peach bum! If I’m being honest, it was Nicki Minaj. I just wanted to make something to pay tribute to it, and these peach bum cupcakes certainly do that. They also have the fresh flavours of summer too. (The cupcakes, that is… )

GANACHE

THIS ONE IS MEDIUM

To make the ganache, combine the chocolate and cream in a large, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high, for 20 seconds at a time, mixing in between each interval until smooth. Set aside at room temperature to set.

AND MAKES 20 CUPCAKES

PEACH COOKIES

20 white cupcake cases

GANACHE 300 g (10½ oz) dark chocolate buttons 150 ml (5 fl oz) thickened (whipping) cream

PEACH COOKIES 620 g (1 lb 6 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 3 large eggs 440 g (15½ oz/2 cups) granulated sugar 185 ml (6 fl oz/¾ cup) full-cream (whole) milk 250 g (9 oz/1 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled zest of 1 orange 80 ml (2½ fl oz/⅓ cup) rum mixed with 2 drops liquid yellow food dye 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) peach liqueur mixed with 2 drops liquid red food dye fresh mint leaves, to decorate

CUPCAKES 80 ml (2½ fl oz/⅓ cup) peach liqueur 2 drops orange food-gel colouring 2 drops pink food-gel colouring 300 g (10½ oz) canned peaches, drained and cubed

FROSTING 1 batch Cream cheese frosting (page XX)

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Preheat the oven to 175°C (345°F). Line two baking sheets with baking paper and set aside. To make the cookies, place the flour and baking powder in a large mixing bowl and whisk together. Place the eggs in another bowl and whisk until well combined. Add 220 g (8 oz/1 cup) sugar to the whisked eggs and mix to combine. Next, add the milk, melted butter and orange zest and mix until combined. Add half the flour mixture and stir until smooth, then add the remaining flour mixture and mix until it all comes together. Leave the dough to rest for 5 minutes. Lightly spray your hands with oil. Roll a tablespoon of the sticky dough between the palms of your hands to form a ball and place it on the baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough, spacing the cookies about 2.5 cm (1 in) apart. Flatten the tops of the cookies slightly with your fingertips. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the bottoms of the cookies are lightly browned. The tops will remain white. While the cookies are still warm, use a knife or an apple corer to make a slight hole in the bottom of each cookie. Fill a piping bag with the ganache, snip off the end and fill the cookie holes, but don’t overfill them; you don’t want the chocolate showing on your peach bums ’cos, you know, what comes out of those… Yeah, so don’t fill them up too much – just enough to sandwich the cookies together. Dip half the cookie in the rum mixture and half in the peach liqueur, then dip both sides of the cookies in the remaining sugar to coat, and they’re done! CUPCAKES When making the cupcake batter, add the peach liqueur and food gels with the wet ingredients. Once the batter is ready, add the peaches and gently fold them in. Bake for the suggested cooking time plus 15 minutes to allow for the extra juice from the peaches.

Once the cupcakes have cooled, fit a piping bag with a Wilton 6B tip, fill the bag with the frosting and pipe a double-doughnut swirl (see page XX) on each cupcake. Guys, cream cheese frosting can turn quite soft if it’s a warm day. If it is, just use American buttercream frosting (page XX) instead, because when you place the peach bum cookies on top, they can weigh down the frosting, especially if it’s too soft. Finish off with a mint leaf on top of the peach right before serving.

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Pi n k pmraciarnonst THIS ONE IS EASY AND MAKES 24 INSPIRED BY: PINK PRINT – NICKI MINAJ

MACARONS 1 batch Vanilla macarons (page XX) 8 drops deep-pink food-gel colouring

DECORATIONS 2 sheets edible gold leaf 200 g (7 oz) raspberry jam 200 g (7 oz) freeze-dried raspberries, crushed

FROSTING 1 batch Chocolate ganache frosting (page XX)

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These ones are inspired by my favourite Nicki Minaj album, Pink Print. You know how when you listen to a song it reminds you of a time in your life or a specific moment? This album came out around the time I first went to New York. It was freezing cold and I was walking up the Brooklyn Bridge as I was listening to it. Every time I hear this album I get a flash of the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s weird, but I love it!

MACARONS When making the meringue, add the pink food gel at about the 3-minute mark. To apply the gold leaf to your baked macaron shells, dab your finger in a tiny bit of water and very gently sweep it across the top of each shell. Stick the gold leaf on top. Fit the end of a piping bag with a Wilton 6B tip, fill with the ganache and pipe a ring of ganache on the flat side of half the macaron shells. Fill the holes with some raspberry jam and sandwich with the remaining shells. Gently roll the exposed frosting in some crushed freeze-dried raspberries.

Sugar Rebels Pack Now Available! GTIN: 9349685010814 10 copies of Sugar Rebels at 50% discount AU RRP $329.90 with discount $164.95 NZ RRP $369.90 with discount $184.95

Chefs Eat Breakfast Too An Expert's Guide to Starting The Day Right Darren Purchese Over 50 mouth-watering takes on the most important meal of the day from a world-class chef. C OV E R

It’s the most important meal of the day … and the most memorable one too. This epic collection of breakfast recipes will have you going to bed early in anticipation.

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Darren Purchese may be the sweetest chef in town, but you’ll love his savoury side as well, with perfect eggs, delicious breakfast bowls and even breakfast pizza or chicken congee with crispy doughnuts. And then of course there’s the best way to start (or end) your day: Bressert (Breakfast Dessert). Who wouldn’t be tempted by chocolate streusel brioche or chocolate and vanilla glazed doughnuts? So get up and get creative in the kitchen.

Key Information Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

ISBN

9781743794852

Publisher

Hardie Grant Books

Imprint

HG Local

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Food & Drink

Format

210 x 170 mm

Extent

176pp

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Full colour photography

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Filled with more than 50 sweet and savoury delights — some familiar classics and others with exciting new twists. A perfect gift for Mother’s Day or for breakfast and brunch aficionados. According to Huffington Post, brunch has skyrocketed in popularity over the past 10 years and represents larger cultural trends in Australia and around the world. This series is perfect for time-poor cooks with a creative streak. Marketing and publicity campaign on release with interviews, reviews and extracts across national media Darren is a well-known media personality and chef, and regularly appears on MasterChef AU Darren has a successful social media following with over 27,000 followers on Instagram, 13,000 followers on Facebook and 9,000 followers on Twitter.

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Soft-boiled eggs w anchovy toast. One of my favourite foods as a child was a soft-boiled egg with toasted ‘soldiers’. For me there is still something magical about pushing that first buttery, toasted soldier into the soft egg yolk and watching it burst up as you try to dip the toast into the yolk, without losing half of it down the side of the egg. Nowadays I love making this with anchovies, as I find their saltiness works so well with the eggs. I wonder if I would have eaten this when I was a kid? Tip Get that egg right! For a perfect soft-boiled egg you need to plunge medium, room-temperature eggs into a saucepan of simmering water and cook them for 5 1/2 minutes. Use a digital timer like the one on your phone for precision, and adjust future cooking times to the size of your eggs and past results. Serve immediately after cooking to ensure a runny centre.

Serves 2 Prep time 5 minutes Cook time 5½ minutes

100 g (3½ oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature 6 anchovy fillets, chopped finely grated zest of ½ lemon 1 tablespoon finely snipped fresh chives 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley freshly ground black pepper 4 eggs, at room temperature 4 slices sourdough or white bread

I love anchovies and put them on just about everything, but there is a big difference between brands and quality. I prefer to pay a little extra and buy Ortiz anchovies, as the fish are superbly preserved, soft and free of small bones. 1/ Put the butter, chopped anchovy, lemon zest and herbs in a bowl. Season with pepper and mix well with a spoon to combine. 2/ Bring a saucepan of water to the boil and gently drop the eggs into the water using a slotted spoon. Cook the eggs over a rolling boil for 51/2 minutes.

3/ While the eggs are cooking, toast the bread and liberally spread the anchovy butter onto each slice. Cut the toast into 2 cm (3/4 in) thick soldiers. Remove the eggs and cut open the tops using a knife. Serve in egg cups with the soldiers. gs

Avocado + Vegemite toast. Vegemite, avo and coffee – what could be more Melbourne? My friend and awesome chef Kylie Millar caused an Internet sensation last year when she pixelated avocado and posted it on her Instagram account @kyliemillar. She cut an avocado into tiny perfect dice with a super sharp knife and it was so awesome; it went nuts and now it’s a thing. Search #pixelatedavocado. Awesome job Kylie; you are an inspiration to us all. x Tip If you don’t live in Oz then you’re probably wondering, ‘what the hell is Vegemite?’ Well, it’s a thick, strong spreadable yeast extract that has bags of umami flavour – people either love it or hate it. I LOVE it. Use marmite if you’re in the UK.

Serves 2 Prep time 10 minutes Cook time 1 minutes

1/ Toast the bread under a hot grill (broiler) or in a toaster. 2/ Spread with butter followed by a thin layer of Vegemite – be careful, it’s strong! 3/ Add the avocado, finely grate some lime zest over the avocado and then squeeze some lime juice on top. 4/ Season with salt and pepper. 5/ Take a picture.

6/ Post to Instagram. Watch as you get more likes than ever before.

2 slices sourdough or bread of choice 50 g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature Vegemite, to taste 1 avocado, pixelated ½ lime salt flakes freshly ground black pepper

Almond bircher muesli. A great breakfast is always one that is easy to prepare – especially during the week when you’re trying to get out the door – and this gets no easier because most of the hard work can be done the night before. The recipe can be adapted so it’s suitable for vegans; simply substitute the relevant ingredients with the alternative suggestions. A great breakfast is always one that is easy to prepare – especially during the week when you’re trying to get out the door – and this gets no easier because most of the hard work can be done the night before. The recipe can be adapted so it’s suitable for vegans; simply substitute the relevant ingredients with the alternative suggestions. Tip Use what’s in season for the best results. For example, switch the apples for peaches or apricots in the summer, or use cherries instead of raspberries. This combo works really well but it’s fun to experiment and come up with your own personal fave mixture.

Serves 4 Prep time 10 minutes (plus 20 minutes soaking & overnight refrigeration) Cook time Nil

1/ Combine the oats and milk in a bowl and leave to soak for 20 minutes. Mix the grated apple and pear in another bowl and stir in the lemon juice and zest. 2/ Now combine the soaked oats and grated fruit in a large bowl. Add all the remaining ingredients except a few blueberries, raspberries and the toasted flaked almonds, all of which will be used to garnish. Leave to soak and soften in the fridge overnight.

3/ Divide equally among four bowls and garnish with the reserved fruit and flaked almonds.

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225 g (8 oz/1¼ cups) rolled (porridge) oats 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) full-cream (whole) milk (or almond milk) 1 apple, cheeks cut, coarsely grated with skin on 1 pear, cheeks cut, coarsely grated with skin on finely grated zest and juice of ½ lemon 2 tablespoons honey (or maple syrup) 30 g (1 oz) sultanas (golden raisins), chopped 30 g (1 oz) raisins, chopped 30 g (1 oz) almonds, roughly chopped 150 g (5½ oz) plain yoghurt (or coconut yoghurt) 1 orange, segmented 75 g (2¾ oz) strawberries, hulled and mashed with a fork 40 g (1½ oz/¼ cup) blueberries 80 g (2¾ oz) raspberries 50 g (1¾ oz) flaked almonds, toasted

Quinoa porridge w peanut butter, banana + coconut. Healthy, delicious and easy to prep, this is the perfect start to a chilly morning. I cook the quinoa in regular milk as I love the creaminess and flavour, but swap it for almond milk, soy or whatever you like if you’re not into dairy. A dollop of peanut butter is added to the porridge, and it’s then served topped with sliced banana, honey and toasted coconut, though you can use whatever you fancy – try berries, toasted nuts or yoghurt. You could even stir in a spoonful of acai powder at the end of the cooking process for a superfood boost. Tip Quinoa is gluten free, high in protein and contains all the essential amino acids. You can buy quinoa whole, puffed, precooked and in flakes, either from your local health food store or supermarket.

Serves 2 Prep time 5 minutes Cook time 10 minutes

Toasting the quinoa flakes helps to remove some of the bitterness and adds a new toasty flavour dimension to the finished dish.

200 g (7 oz) quinoa flakes 25 g (1 oz) coconut flakes 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) fullcream (whole) milk or milk of choice (almond, coconut, soy or oat) 2 tablespoons peanut butter, smooth or crunchy 1 banana, sliced 1 tablespoon honey

1/ Put the quinoa flakes in a dry frying pan over medium heat and cook for a few minutes, constantly moving the flakes in the pan until evenly toasted. Remove from the pan and allow to cool. Following the same method, lightly toast the coconut flakes. 2/ Put the milk and toasted quinoa flakes in a saucepan over low heat. Cook for 5–6 minutes, stirring regularly, until the mixture is thick and creamy.

3/ Remove from the heat and pour the porridge into bowls. Stir the peanut butter into each bowl and top with sliced banana. Drizzle with a little honey and sprinkle the toasted coconut over the top. Serve immediately.

Chicken + egg rice bowl. This is something you can easily knock up in the morning, as long as you have some dashi in the fridge. I like to make a decent-sized quantity of dashi to use in this dish and for other meals throughout the week. It’s healthy and delicious and great on its own as a broth.

Tip The kombu, bonito, mirin, soy and sake used to make this dish can all be found at your local Japanese or Asian grocer or supermarket (there is usually one close by, especially in large cities). All of these will add authentic flavour to your Japanese cooking. Mitsuba, which has flavour similar to a mixture of flat-leaf (Italian) parsley and celery, may be harder to find because it’s seasonal; if you’re stuck, substitute with parsley.

Serves 2 Prep time 10 minutes (plus 1 hour soaking) Cook time 15 minutes

1/ For the dashi, put the water and kombu in a saucepan and set aside to soak for 45–60 minutes at room temperature. Place the pan on the stove top and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat, then remove from the heat. Remove and discard the kombu. Leave the broth to cool for 5 minutes, then add the bonito flakes and leave to infuse. When the bonito flakes have sunk to the bottom of the pan, the dashi is ready.

Dashi 1.5 litres (51 fl oz/6 cups) water 10 g (¼ oz) kombu 40 g (1½ oz) dried bonito flakes 50 ml (1¾ fl oz) mirin 2 tablespoons sake 2 tablespoons light soy sauce 1 tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar ½ brown onion, sliced 1 tablespoon chopped mitsuba 2 spring onions (scallion), trimmed and thinly sliced diagonally 2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, fat trimmed and sliced diagonally into 3 cm (1¼ in) pieces 4 eggs, lightly beaten cooked short-grain rice, to serve sansho pepper, to garnish

Chocolate + orange filling Makes 16 strips Prep time 10 minutes (plus 2 hours freezing) Cook time 5 minutes

250 ml (8½ fl oz/1 cup) thickened (whipping) cream 20 g (¾ oz) liquid glucose 275 g (9½ oz) dark chocolate, chopped 50 g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 orange capful of orange liqueur such as Grand Marnier or Cointreau (optional)

1/ Put the cream and glucose in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a gentle simmer. 2/ Put the chocolate and butter in a tall, narrow measuring jug and pour in the hot cream. Use a microplane to finely grate in the orange zest, then add the orange liqueur, if using. Leave the mixture to sit for 30 seconds, then blend to a smooth cream using a hand-held stick blender. 3/ Lightly spray a shallow 25 cm x 15 cm (10 in x 6 in) tray with spray oil, line with plastic wrap, leaving the plastic overhanging the sides. Use your hands or a pastry scraper to smooth the plastic so there are no wrinkles. Pour the chocolate mixture into the tray, then place in the freezer for a minimum of 2 hours until set hard. 4/ Lift the set chocolate cream out of the tray using the overhanging plastic wrap, then remove and discard the plastic. Place the chocolate on a chopping board and use a large knife to cut the slab in half lengthways – you will end up with two slabs measuring 25 cm x 7.5 cm (10 in x 3 in). Cut each half into eight 3 cm (11/4 in) wide strips, so you end up with 16 strips, 3 cm x 7.5 cm (11/4 in x 3 in). Discard any trim, put the strips back onto the tray and return to the freezer until needed.

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Little Green Kitchen Simple vegetarian family recipes David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl

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Delicious, nutritious and easy vegetarian recipes for parents and kids alike, inspired from flavours from around the world, by the bestselling authors behind theGreen Kitchen Stories blog.

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David, Luise and their three kids are a family who love to cook together. But like most families, they still struggle to get a nutritious and delicious meal on the table every night, that also satisfies their hunger for creative, globally-inspired food. Take your own inspiration from their quest to bring joy back to the dinner table: whip up a batch of Friday Night Hulk Burgers and Sweded Fries (made with spinach, quinoa, oats and peas), or Stuffed Rainbow Peppers with black rice, feta, raisins, pistachios, cinnamon and beans. This latest collection from the beloved duo behind the Green Kitchen Stories blog will include 50 recipes, each with an ‘upgrade’ option to make meals even more interesting for adults (e.g. top with a poached egg/kimchi/more herbs or serve with a chermoula sauce/side salad, quinoa instead of pasta). All of the dishes are veggie-packed, colourful, kid friendly and simple with most including less than 8 ingredients – and taking under 30 minutes to prepare.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$39.99 | NZ$45.00

ISBN

9781784882273

Publisher

Hardie Grant (UK)

Imprint

Hardie Grant (UK)

Series

Category

Food & Drink

Format

254 x 203 mm

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224pp

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Author Details David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl are the faces behind the hugely successful blog, Green Kitchen Stories , winner of the Saveur Best Special Diets Blog in 2013. Luise is the happy health freak with a passion for developing wheat-free and sugar-free recipes and David is the photographer and design-eye behind their work.

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The internationally bestselling authors have a huge online following and fans have specifically been requesting the family cookbook. Vegetarian and health-focused food is the hottest trend in food circles today and all parents want their kids to eat more veg. These recipes are shorter than in other Green Kitchen books, with only 5-8 ingredients and can all be cooked in under 30 minutes. Each recipe includes a task that children can do to help in the preparation of the meal. Each recipe is for a base dish, with one extra twist or ingredient to make it fun for the children and one to suit the parents' palates.

Little Green Kitchen

Stuffed Rainbow Tomatoes We have been making this recipe for years and have been simplifying it every time. And even though this is the easiest version we have made, it is also the most flavorful. We save the tomato pulp and add it directly to the boiling rice which gives the rice a fabulous flavour. It is a real show-off of a recipe when using heirloom tomatoes but regular tomatoes work fine as well. By not baking the tomatoes for too long, they will be firm enough for smaller kids to hold and eat with their hands. Serves 4–6

Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F.

Ingredients

Place rice and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, lower the heat immediately and let simmer on low heat until ready (check the cooking time on the package).

400 g / 2 cups uncooked red or black rice, rinsed 1 liter / 4 cups water or vegetable stock (+ 1 tbsp vegetable stock powder) 1 tsp sea salt 1 kg / 2 lb mixed tomatoes

Trim the top of each tomato. Use a small knife to cut out and discard the tough middle bit of the tomatoes and use a spoon to scrape out the rest of the seeds and flesh into a bowl. Pour the tomato pulp and seeds into the sauce pan with simmering rice.

(approx 12) ½ tin / 200 g / 7 oz precooked black beans, drained

When the rice is ready, take it off the heat and add beans, raisins, feta cheese and cinnamon and give it a quick stir.

300 g / 2 cups feta cheese 6 tbsp raisins or finely chopped dried dates 2 tsp ground cinnamon A handful fresh mint leaves 1 tbsp olive oil Yogurt dressing 1 cup greek yogurt

Fill up the tomatoes and bell peppers with the stuffing, pressing down very gently as you go. Place the caps back on top of the tomatoes and bell peppers. Place the vegetables in a greased ovenproof dish and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until the tomatoes and bell peppers are soft, golden and have slightly burnt edges. Serve the stuffed vegetables with a dollop of yogurt on top and a simple side salad of choice.

2 tbsp olive oil ½ tsp sea salt A handful fresh mint leaves

Little Green Kitchen

Dino Burgers We often tell stories about how strong the food we eat makes us. Take these burgers for instance. They are packed with spinach and quinoa. We all know that Popeye loved spinach and he’s the strongest person ever. It is also a proven that dinosaurs devoured on quinoa. You can tell by looking at their skin – it looks like quinoa texture, doesn’t it? Need more proof? Just try these delicious burgers and you’ll see for yourself. You’ll be strong as a sailor and tall as a dinosaur. Who knows, you might even be able to breathe fire like a dragon. That’s what good food does to you. 8-10 mini burgers Ingredients 75 g / 3 cups fresh spinach 300 g / 2 cups green peas (frozen works well)

Place spinach, peas and basil in a food processor and blend until very finely chopped, almost smooth. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and add the remaining ingredients, stir to combine well. Set aside for 15 minutes, this step makes the patties easier to shape and fry. Form 8-10 mini patties. Heat oil in a skillet and fry the patties for a couple of minutes on each side. Use a thin pallet knife to carefully flip them to the other side.

10 leaves fresh basil 350 g / 2 cups pre-cooked black quinoa 80 g / ¾ cup / 3 oz rolled oats

Add ketchup on all the top buns and burger dressing on all the bottom buns. Place a burger on top of the dressing and top with tomato, lettuce and the top bun. Serve!

(it’s also good to sub in 50% almond flour but maybe an unnecessary extra ingredient?) 2 eggs 50 g / ½ cup grated pecorino cheese or parmesan cheese 2 tbsp lemon juice ½ tsp sea salt & pepper To serve 8 mini sourdough buns (or burger buns), sliced open 8 tsp good quality ketchup 2 tomatoes, sliced 8 leaves crispy lettuce Simple Burger Dressing 5 tbsp mayonnaise 2 tbsp capers, drained and chopped 1 tbsp good quality ketchup

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Margaret Fulton's Baking Classics Margaret Fulton From Margaret Fulton’s kitchen to yours comes this perfect collection of classic baking recipes.

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Featuring more than 80 recipes, Margaret Fulton’s Baking Classics will have even the beginner baker creating crisp brandy snaps, fudgy two-tone brownies, buttery wholemeal scones and bite-sized lamingtons, not to mention a host of other enticing baked delights. With Margaret’s simple, clear instructions and reliable tips, you can impress everyone with your light Victoria sponge, luscious Black Forest cherry torte or delectable Savaran. Whatever your skill level, you won’t be able to resist these classic gems. Inspired by a lifetime of collecting, cooking, giving and sharing, Margaret invites you to enjoy these recipes by baking for the sheer pleasure of it and to create new traditions with your family and friends. Publication

01 April 2019

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Author Details With a career spanning more than 50 years, Margaret Fulton is Australia’s best known and most loved cookery writer. Her interest in food has taken her to many countries, and she is credited as being one of the first people to bring international cuisine to the Australian table. She has authored more than 25 cookbooks, which have extraordinarily influenced Australia’s culinary landscape. Margaret’s pre-eminence in the food world was officially heralded when she was honoured with the O.A.M. (Medal of the Order of Australia), and was recognised as one of the National Trust’s 100 Living Australian National Treasures.

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Margaret Fulton is one of Australia's best-loved bakers and is truly a household name, nation-wide Fulton has produced numerous recipe books which are perrenial sellers Contains a collection of over 80 classic baking recipes Easy-to-follow recipes make this book ideal for the beginner cook Each recipe is coupled with a beautiful photograph Features classic and modern recipes, suitable for all ages and tastes Recipes are triple-tested and also include variations and hints and tips Full publicity campaign with extracts and reviews The perfect gift for mother's day

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COOKIES 11/2 cups (225 g) plain flour 2 teaspoons baking powder a pinch of salt 125 g butter, softened 1/2 cup (110 g) caster sugar 11/2 teaspoons vanilla essence 2 tablespoons honey 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk 2 cups (100 g) cornflakes, lightly crushed 1/2 cup (120 g) glacé cherries, halved (see Note)

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Grease baking trays or line them with baking paper. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar and vanilla. Add the honey and egg and beat well. Using a large metal spoon or a silicon spatula, fold in the dry ingredients, a little at a time, alternating with milk. Drop heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture into lightly crushed cornflakes and toss gently to coat.

Place on the prepared baking trays and gently press a glacé cherry half into the centre of each. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes or until golden. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

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For a pretty effect, use different colours of glacé cherries. Most glacé cherries are dyed to make them brightly coloured; however, undyed cherries are available. They are a darker, more natural red and are available from larger supermarkets and health food stores.

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APR I COT & COCO N UT slice 200 g dried apricots, chopped 3/4 cup (185 ml) water 12/3 cups (250 g) self-raising flour 2/3 cup (150 g) firmly packed brown sugar 125 g butter, melted 2 eggs 1 cup (60 g) shredded coconut

Makes 12

Preheat the oven to 200Â°C. Line a 30 cm x 20 cm lamington tin with baking paper. To make the filling, put the apricots in a small saucepan with the water. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until the fruit is pulpy and the water has been absorbed. Set aside to cool. To make the base, combine 1 1/3 cups (200 g) sifted flour and 1/3 (75 g) cup of the brown sugar in a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Add the melted butter and mix with a knife until the ingredients have formed a soft dough. Knead lightly.

Press the dough into the prepared tin, spreading firmly with the back of a spoon. Spread the cooled apricots over the base. Beat the eggs lightly in a bowl and whisk in the remaining 1/3 cup (75 g) brown sugar and 1/3 cup (50 g) sifted flour, and the coconut. Pour the mixture over the apricots, spreading evenly with a spatula. Bake for 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in the tin, then lift out and cut into squares to serve.

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The Curry Guy Veggie Over 100 vegetarian British Indian Restaurant classics and new dishes to make at home Dan Toombs At last, The Curry Guy goes veggie with over 100 amazing vegetarian recipes, from curries to dosas, samosas and sides. Vegetarian food is popular all over India, and in the UK people are growing to love the fresh, spicy and sweet flavours of southern Indian cooking. Dan Toombs, The Curry Guy, has tried a lot of meat-free Indian recipes and in Curry Guy Veggie he presents over 100 recipes that focus on taste and simplicity. Much vegetarian food at curry houses is unappealing – a jalfrezi with potatoes instead of meat. Curry Guy Veggie showcases how exciting Indian vegetarian food can be, with koftas, gnocchi, idli, dosas, stuffed breads and fried breads, as well as the classic veg and side dishes that we all know and love. All of the ingredients are accessible and easy to find in supermarkets – and with detailed step-by-step instructions, you'll be making your own vegetarian curry feasts in no time at all. Publication

01 April 2019

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Hardback

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9781787132580

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Author Details Dan Toombs (aka The Curry Guy) has perfected the art of replicating British Indian Restaurant (BIR) cooking. After 20 years of travelling around the UK, sampling dishes, learning the curry house kitchen secrets and refining those recipes at home, Dan has created recipes that taste just like a takeaway from your favourite local but in less time and for less money. Dan's first book,The Curry Guy (2017), was a bestseller; this is his third book. He lives in Yorkshire with his curry-loving family.

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9781787131286

CONTENTS PREFACE GETTING THE MOST FROM THIS COOKBOOK THE SAUCES

SNACKS AND STARTERS STREET FOOD CURRIES DOSAS, IDLIS & MORE OUTDOOR COOKING ACCOMPANIMENTS ACCOMPANIMENTS BREAD & RICE DESSERTS LIST OF INGREDIENTS SUPPLIERS INDEX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

UZHUNNA VADA MAKES ABOUT 8 I have enjoyed uzhunna vada many times over the years but they are never as good as homemade. At busy restaurants, it is difficult to fry and serve the vada immediately, which is much easier to do when cooking at home. Here in the UK, these crispy and fluffy vada are often served as a starter with other fried snacks but in Kerala they are usually served for breakfast like bagels are here. These are delicious as a starter but you’ve got to try my sambar and uzhunna vada combo on page 000. PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES, PLUS SOAKING TIME COOKING TIME: 8 MINUTES 300g (1/2 cups), plus 1 tbsp white split urad dhal lentils 20 fresh curry leaves, chopped 3 green chillies, finely chopped 1 tbsp ginger paste (or equal amount of finely chopped ginger) 3 tbsp finely chopped coriander (cilantro) 1/2tsp baking powder 1/2tsp table salt 2 tbsp peppercorns, roughly crushed Rapeseed (canola) oil, for deep frying

TO SERVE: Mint and Coriander Sauce (see page 00) Coconut Chutney (see page 00) Sambar (optional)

MAKE IT VEGAN: SUBSTITUTE VEGETABLE GHEE OR RAPESEED (CANOLA) OIL FOR THE GHEE.

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Roast the 1 tablespoon of urad dhal in a dry frying pan over medium– high heat until the lentils are nicely browned. Set aside. Soak the rest of the urad dhal lentils in water for 4 hours or overnight. Then, place them in a food processor with about 2 tablespoons of water and blend until you have a smooth but thick batter. Whisk all the other ingredients into the batter, including the roasted lentils. Heat about 10cm (4in) of oil in a saucepan until visibly hot. If you drop a piece of the batter into the oil and it sizzles and rises to the top immediately, you’re ready to go. Place a bowl of water next to your batter as it helps to have wet hands when forming the uzhunna vada. Dip a hand in the water and pick up about a half handful of the batter. Place the batter on a large metal spoon and form it into a small ring donut shape by working your finger into the centre. Carefully lower it into the oil and start forming your next uzhunna vada. Work quickly and cook in small batches of about four or five. Don’t worry too much if they don’t look perfect at first. You will get better at it. Allow the uzhunna vada to fry for about 3 minutes or until golden brown. They should be nice and crispy on the exterior and soft and spongy inside. Keep warm while you make the rest. Serve with mint and coriander sauce and coconut chutney and/or sambar.

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POTATO AND ARTICHOKE SAMOSA PINWHEELS SERVES 4 OR MORE AS PART OF A MULTI-COURSE MEAL I’m a big fan of samosa pinwheels. Not only do they look great, they’re also a lot easier to prepare than normal samosas. This potato and artichoke combo is a good one, but feel free to experiment with other fillings. The black bean samosa filling on page 000 works really well cooked this way. PREP TIME: 30 MIN PLUS RESTING TIME FOR THE DOUGH COOKING TIME: 15 MIN 2 tbsp rapeseed (canola) oil or ghee 1 onion, finely chopped 2 tbsp garlic and ginger paste 2 green chillies, finely chopped 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp garam masala 1/2 tsp ground turmeric 400g (14oz) mashed potato (about one large potato) 200g (7oz) cooked artichoke hearts, diced 2 tbsp lemon juice 3 tbsp chopped coriander (cilantro) Rapeseed (canola) oil, for frying

FOR THE PASTRY 150g (heaped 1 cup) plain (allpurpose) flour, plus 4 heaped tbsp for the paste and extra for dusting 1 tbsp rapeseed (canola) oil 1 tsp cumin seeds 1/2 tsp salt

TO SERVE Mint and Coriander Sauce (see page 000) Tamarind sauce (see page 000) Yoghurt sauce (see page 000)

To make the filling, heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium–high heat. When hot, add the chopped onion and fry until soft and translucent. Stir in the garlic and ginger paste, green chillies, cumin, coriander, garam masala and turmeric. Now add the mashed potato and artichoke and stir until well combined. It should have a nice yellow glow because of the turmeric. Stir in the lemon juice and chopped coriander and set aside to cool. Now make the pastry. Mix the flour, oil, cumin seeds and salt in a bowl and slowly add about 80ml (5 1/2 tablespoons) water while working with your hands until you have a soft but dry dough. Let it sit for about 30 minutes covered with a wet kitchen towel. To make the pinwheels, roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface into a circle that is slightly thicker than a chapatti – about 20cm (8in) diameter. Spread the potato and artichoke mixture evenly all over the surface. It should look like a big potato pizza. Starting at one end, roll it into a tight cylinder, then slice into 2.5cm (1in) rounds. When ready to cook, heat about 10cm (4in) of oil in a large wok or pan. When your oil reaches 170ºC (338ºF) you’re ready to cook. Mix the 4 tablespoons of flour for the paste with 100ml (scant 1/2 cup) water in a bowl. Dip one of the pinwheels in the flour paste so that it is nicely coated and carefully lower it into the oil. Repeat with the rest of the pinwheels and fry (you may need to do this in batches to avoid over-crowding the pan) until nicely browned all over – about 3 minutes per side. I usually turn the pinwheels over in the oil a few times for more uniform cooking. Remove to kitchen towels to soak up any excess oil, then serve with the sauces.

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MASALA PLANTAIN CHIPS

PAPDI

SERVES 4–8

MAKES ABOUT 40 DISCS, PLUS USABLE SCRAPS

Plantain chips are a popular snack and this recipe makes them extra special. The chips can be cut into rounds, which is easiest, but if you are good with a knife or have a mandoline, try slicing them lengthwise. Doing this makes an eye-catching centerpiece. I really like the addition of the spices. Plaintains aren’t really sweet like bananas, so the spices and salt compliment them perfectly.

These fried or baked wheat crackers are excellent on their own as a snack but they can be and are used in lots of different ways. Try them broken up into bhel puri (see page 000). They are essentially small puris so they are amazing stirred into the bhel puri mix. You could also make dahi papdi chaat on page 000, which calls for papdi and also the three essential sauces at the beginning of this book. You could even serve them as canapés topped with whatever sounds good. You can’t go wrong topping them with the tomato and onion masala used in the masala papad recipe on page 000 or soft homemade paneer (page 000).

PREP TIME: 15 MIN COOKING TIME: 15 MIN 4 green plantains Rapeseed (canola) or coconut oil, for frying 1 tsp chilli powder 1/2tsp amchoor powder 1/2tsp garam masala or chaat masala Salt Your choice of chutney, to serve (optional)

MAKE IT VEGAN: SUBSTITUTE VEGETABLE GHEE OR RAPESEED (CANOLA) OIL FOR THE GHEE.

Peel and slice the plantains into thin rounds, or slice them lengthwise. If you have a mandolin, use it for the slicing as it will make the slices more uniform. Heat about 10cm (4in) of oil to 200ºC (400ºF). Carefully add the sliced plantains to the hot oil. Be careful not to overcrowd your pan. These are not served hot so you can easily fry them in batches. Fry until golden brown in colour and then transfer to kitchen paper with a spider strainer or slotted spoon to soak up any excess oil. Season with the ground spices and salt to taste. Serve on their own or with a good chutney.

PREP TIME: 25 MIN, PLUS RESTING TIME COOKING TIME: 10 MIN 240g (2 cups) plain or chapatti flour, plus more for dusting 1 tsp ajwain (carom) seeds 1/2 tsp salt 3 tbsp melted ghee or rapeseed (canola) oil 7 tbsp water Flaky sea salt Oil, for deep frying (or brushing if you are baking the papdis)

Mix the flour with the ajwain seeds and salt, then add the melted ghee or oil. Move it around with your hands until the flour begins to look like bread crumbs. Slowly add 7 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and knead the flour into a firm hard dough. Cover with cling film (plastic wrap) and leave to rest for 10 minutes. Divide the dough ball into four equal-sized balls. These will be easier to work with. Take each smaller ball and knead them for a minute or so until you have a firm workable dough. Allow to rest, covered, for 30 minutes. Roll out each dough ball until very thin with a heavy rolling pin. Cut into small circles with a 5cm (2in) round cookie cutter. Prick each circle a couple of times with a fork. This will make them extra crispy. Now heat about 10cm (4in) of oil in a large pan. When visibly hot, fry the papdi until they are crisp and golden brown – about 2 minutes. The oil will stop sizzling when the papdis are completely fried. Transfer the finished papdis to kitchen towel to drain any excess oil. Eat immediately or allow to cool and store in an airtight container. These will stay fresh for at least a week. TO BAKE

Preheat your oven to 180ºC/350ºF/Gas 4. Brush each papdi with a little oil and place on a baking tray. Bake them for about 20 minutes or until golden brown in colour. Papdi do bake quickly, especially if very thin, so keep an eye on them.

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Crappy to Happy: Simple Steps to Live Your Best Life Cassandra Dunn Cassandra Dunn, host of the hit podcast Crappy to Happy , shares practical tips for living your best life right now. You might think happiness is to be found in a pay rise or a new job, a holiday, a marriage (or divorce), an updated kitchen or that divine pair of shoes you’ve got your eye on. But the cliché is true: happiness truly is in the journey, not the destination. Psychologist Cassandra Dunn believes that happiness is available to all of us – and not just in some picture-perfect ideal life. Cass has helped thousands of people get from Crappy to Happy with her hit podcast co-hosted with Tiffiny Hall. In this book Cass expands on those conversations and provides even more information and practical tools, helping you learn to let go, to find your people, to determine your direction and more. Your journey to living your best life begins right here and now. Publication

01 April 2019

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Hardback

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AU$24.99

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9781743795118

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Hardie Grant Books

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192pp

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Author Details Cassandra Dunn is a clinical and coaching psychologist and experienced mindfulness educator and workshop facilitator based in Queensland. She is the expert psychologist for Tiffiny Hall’s online health and fitness program, tiffxo.com, and a co-host with Tiff of the Crappy to Happy podcast, which has reached over 1.5 million downloads. Find more information about her at cassandradunn.com.au.

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Ten easily digestible chapters are each followed by three key takeaway steps, making it really easy to start implementing Cass's practical advice. As a Master of Psychology (Clinical) and Science (Coaching Psychology), Cass explains the science behind our emotions so that we can better understand how we can change them. The Crappy to Happy podcast, which Cass began with trainer Tiffiny Hall in 2017, has had over 2 million downloads in Australia, averaging 150,000 downloads per week. It was the number one health podcast in Australia for several months and is being championed by PodcastOne in the US market. Crappy to Happy: Simple Steps to Live Your Best Life will be followed by a second book from Cass in August 2019. Beautiful gifty format makes this book a lovely gift or self purchase. Marketing and Publicity campaign on release.

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Step one CHOOSE HAPPINESS

To feel happy is to feel joyful or content or buoyant or grateful, or any of a long list of sweet, positive emotions. A huge range of good feelings fall under the broad umbrella of what we generally call ‘hap-piness’. Not only is it a pleasant feeling, but the attainment of happiness is often touted as the whole point of living. Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BCE) said, ‘Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.’ He might have been onto something. Even now, thousands of years later, people frequently cite ‘being happy’ as the ultimate goal. What do we want for our children? Just for them to be happy.

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CHOOSE HAPPINESS

experiences that evoke the most uncomfortable and even painful emotions, such as parenting, having tough conversations or sitting with others through their illness

Happiness isn’t just about feeling good.

or heartbreak, are the experiences that also give us the greatest sense of meaning and, paradoxically, the greatest joy. I believe that a complete definition of happiness needs to incorporate both of these aspects of wellbeing. Psychologist and leading happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, in her 2007 book The How of Happiness defines happiness as: ‘the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined

Eudaemonic wellbeing, on the other hand, derives from the Greek eu̯dai̯monía and refers to a version of

with a sense that one’s life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile’.

happiness that is achieved by self-realisation and the fulfilment of your potential in life. This kind of happiness is associated with your engagement with life and your sense of purpose. Doing meaningful work, making sacrifices for a child or loved one and committing to causes beyond your own self-interest all fall into the broad category of eudaemonic wellbeing. These things don’t always feel pleasant. In fact, some of the

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mindful of how much you’re consuming. Being constantly connected to devices means we are not present. We’re not focused on what’s happening right in front of us, including the people who would benefit the most from our full attention. Friendships move online, because there’s not enough time to catch up in person, and the people you live with are all staring at screens instead of talking to each other. You pride yourself on your ability to multi-task, but the research is clear: there is no way you can be actively doing more than one thing at any one time. What you are doing is constantly moving your attention between one thing and another. Task switching may give you the illusion that you’re making progress, but not only is it highly inefficient, reducing your productivity by as much as 40 per cent, it also gradually reduces your capacity to control your attention, and even your IQ. Constant skimming of articles and working among constant distractions causes you to lose the capacity to engage in what author Cal Newport calls ‘deep work’; that is, to focus deeply on a cognitively demanding task without interruption. Is it any wonder you feel so crappy?

Slowing down in a world that glorifies being busy can feel like an act of rebellion.

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THE CASE FOR SLOWING DOWN The minute you quiet your busy mind, you allow space for creative and abstract thoughts to emerge. If you’ve ever had an idea come to you while you’re out for a walk, having a shower or meditating, you’ll know this. Coming up with new solutions to old problems requires a different kind of thinking; a kind of thinking that is innovative and open to a broad range of perspectives. This is called divergent thinking, and it’s the neural circuitry that kicks in when you’re brainstorming ideas or daydreaming. It’s what happens when you have flashes of intuition or lightbulb moments when you let your mind wander, put down the phone or stop ruminating on the problem. Usually, this is exactly what we need, and yet too often we convince ourselves that we don’t have time for those breaks. Science has proven that we can only remain focused on a task for around 90 minutes before we become distractible, losing concentration and making mistakes. Just as athletes schedule recov-ery into their training

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plans, we need to schedule breaks in our busy lives if we want to perform at our best. With unscheduled time, your body relaxes, your mind has the space to generate intuitive, crea-tive thoughts, and the physiological processes that are damaged by chronic stress begin to return to healthy functioning. Most importantly, unscheduled time allows you to reflect on what’s truly important, and whether you are prioritising the activities that have the most potential to bring you joy. The greatest tragedy is when you are too busy chasing the things you think will make you happy to notice that real happiness is right here, and you’re probably missing it. Every day is filled with opportunities for shared connection with the people you love, for savouring the beauty all around you and for enjoying and being grateful for everything you have, but as a society we have become so distracted and preoccupied that these opportunities pass us by, unnoticed.

What do you value? Slowing down means being intentional about how you spend your time and energy. It means taking control of

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your schedule and ensuring that the activities that are of the greatest value to you are given the highest priority. Rather than always reacting to what is urgent, it means ruthlessly prioritising what is important. We must ensure the trivial does not get in the way of the essential.

START SLOWING DOWN

And what is important must include time for rest and relaxation. Have you ever noticed that when you’re stressed and overwhelmed, the things you know would

Schedule downtime

have the greatest positive effect on your health and wellbeing are usually the first things you drop, because

If your calendar is so full that you feel exhausted

you ‘don’t have time’?

just looking at it, take an honest appraisal of

Start declining invitations or requests for help; drop

your commitments. How many of them are really

those voluntary commitments that are sucking the life

necessary? What are you doing out of obligation?

out of you and start setting boundaries to protect your

What can be delegated to someone else? Have a look

physical and emotional ener-gy. It will probably feel

at your children’s schedules while you’re at it. You

pretty uncomfortable at first. But when you know your

want them to have every opportunity to fulfil their

frantic schedule is having a negative impact on your

potential, but they also need unstructured time.

health and happiness, it’s essential that you prioritise

There will always be things we are required to do

your own needs and the needs of your family. As

whether we like it or not, but there should also be time

Professor Brené Brown says, ‘It takes courage to say yes

that is unscheduled. See if you can find the gaps in

to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is seen as

your diary (or create them), and pencil in some time to

a status symbol.’

do nothing.

Shane 'Kiwi' Martin Dusty's dad, a Rebel with a cause Shane Martin

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In this revealing book Shane ‘Kiwi’ Martin details his tough childhood and upbringing in small town New Zealand, his decision to 'cross the ditch' and how he eventually joined one of Australia's notorious bikie gangs, the Rebels. He also tells the story of how he came to live, work, marry and raise children in Australia before being controversially thrown out of the country by the Australian government.

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In early 2017 Shane was deported from Australia and told never to return, a decision he has been fighting ever since. Shane is married to an Australian and his children were born in Australia (one of them, notably, is AFL superstar Dustin Martin) and Shane has lived and worked in Australia since he was 20 years old. Co-writer and previous author of bestselling books on bikie gangs, Jarrod Gilbert helps Shane tell his story – taking us into Shane's private life and behind the scenes of his time with the Rebels, and exploring his battle with the Australian government and its brutal tactics to expel New Zealanders, breaking up families. This is a fascinating story that will appeal broadly giving insights into Shane's fight to return to Australia, his tough childhood and his love for his family.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

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AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

ISBN

9781743795217

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Hardie Grant Books

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304pp

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Author Details Shane 'Kiwi' Martin is the New Zealand born father of Richmond footballer, Dustin Martin. But he is also one of the New Zealanders no longer allowed to reside in Australia, his home since he was 20 years old. His story takes us inside his tough early life; to his move to Australia; his Australian wife and his beloved Australian born kids; his run-ins with authority; and the bikie club that he loves. Jarrod Gilbert is a writer, author, researcher and academic who writes regularly for the New Zealand Herald, has won a number of media and publishing awards and has also written the bestselling book, Patched, about bikie clubs. He is especially interested in justice and the public good.

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Explores how Shane 'Kiwi' Martin has been thrown out of Australia without being allowed to 'test' the reasons why. Father of the brilliant Australian Rules footballer, Dustin Martin, readers learn about Dusty and why he is so close to his Dad. Explores the issues behind Peter Dutton's removal of New Zealanders including children from Australia. Reveals Shane Martin's story, and through it also Dusty's story. Shane 'Kiwi' Martin's story has been highly publicised in the media and this book reveals the true story behind the headlines. Will appeal to fans of true crime, memoir and Dusty Martin fans.

Sky Runner Finding Strength, Happiness and Balance in your Running Emelie Forsberg

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The competitive sport of skyrunning is spreading throughout the world as new competitions and events are announced in countries across the globe.

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Emelie Forsberg, one of the most successful trail/sky runners in the world, shares her passion for running and how to get the most out of her body. Each chapter in the book, looks at ways to develop your skills, as well as immerse yourself in the moment. Emelie shares stories, recipes, yoga, techniques and strength training exercises as she shares her experiences from her career and from life.

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Sky Runner is about much more than running in the mountains, it’s about living an outdoors lifestyle and enjoying the thrill of running in nature. Most importantly Emelie shares how to listen to your body and build both your mental and physical strength sustainably. Regardless of whether you’re running three kilometres or 50 kilometres, this book will help improve your attitude to running and give it deeper meaning, while motivating you to be your best self.

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AU$32.99 | NZ $36.99

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9781743795477

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Emelie Forsberg is a renown sky runner recognised worldwide for her incredible strength, endurance and break neck downhill running. She has won repeated victories in different disciplines, including European and World Championships. Emelie has become an inspiration to men and women all over the world with her infectious passion and love of life which she shares via social media. Emilie lives in Sweden and is also a ski mountaineer.

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Sky Runner is filled with spectacular photographs taken by one of the world’s most legendary mountain athletes.

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184pp

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Skyrunning is a growing sport with competitions all around the world, including Australia and New Zealand. The author is a world champion sky runner Sky runners are dedicated environmentalists that only leave footprints where they run through nature Events are held in some of the most beautiful places in the world including in Scotland, UK, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Skyrunning is outdoor running defined by altitude and technicality counts some 200 races worldwide with participants from 65 countries. Emelie Forsberg has 188,000 followers on Instagram and 145,000 followers on Facebook

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P R E FAC E

t’s as if it all happened overnight: I went from being the girl who loves the mountains and running to being a professional sky runner, participating in international competitions – and a celebrity in the sport. It goes without saying that it’s been a long road, but when decisions have been big and life-changing, I’ve been very much guided by my thoughts about what is important in life. I’ve always liked sharing the things I love – things that enhance my existence, things that matter. I started blogging in 2010 – for my own sake more than anything. I mostly shared beautiful mountain excursions, but also small joyful snippets from everyday life. The year after that, my blog found a new home at Runners World, where I became a regular columnist. Since then, I have continued posting items big and small on social media nearly every day. I’m not working according to any plan, and I’m not motivated by how many readers I have – I just want to keep going in the same spirit. Because I like it. I hesitated when approached to write a book. Who am I to be writing a book? And what would it be about? One thing I was sure of was that I didn’t want to write about every step I’ve run in my life. But when I started thinking about it, there were plenty of other things I wanted to relate; things that needed more space and which I wanted to get down on paper, as I thought the material deserved to survive the fleetingness of the digital world. Perfect things for inclusion in a book. I wanted the book to be about life. And as running is such a big part of my life, it turned into a book about life, told from a running perspective – what running means to me, where it has taken me, what it has given to me, and continues to give me every day. It’s a declaration of my love to running. And yes, because running is life, it’s also a declaration of my love to life itself. I have run thousands of kilometres thus far in my life. I cannot share every step, but I will tell you about some of the steps that have meant something to me in different ways – in different places and at different times. As well as my thoughts about them. I hope it warms your heart to read these pages and that I can impart on you both the desire to train and the tools to become a better runner. But above all, the inspiration to nurture and affirm your love for life and running.

CHAPTER 1

COMPETITION Drive or just that little extra? About my first race as a professional and about running without having competition as a goal. Exercises that inspire and challenge through contrast.

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RUN OFTEN! RUN FAR! RUN SHORT! RUN FAST! RUN SLOW! BUT NEVER RUN AWAY FROM THE JOY OF RUNNING

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DRIVE

o race is something special. To stand on the starting line with people who love the same thing as I do. The excitement and anticipation are palpable. All the preparation and the eternal hours of training, to be able to perform what is expected from us. For five years now, I have been competing at the highest level in mountain running and ski mountaineering, and the joy has not wavered. The only thing that has possibly changed a little is my drive. During my first two years as a professional athlete, in 2013 and 2014, I was driven by a pure curiosity to explore places and races; I did not care much for results. My training was basically always spontaneous, just as it had been since I quit ball sports in high school. I am convinced that this way of training is just as good as following a training regime. It might sound contradictory, but it can even be harder to train without a schedule. The many options almost make the freedom overwhelming. Whereas if you’ve written down that today is rest day, intervals tomorrow, and a longer workout with heightened tempo at the end the day after tomorrow, then that is just the way it is and you don’t need to think much more about it. Without any plan, you will have to know exactly where your limit is between fatigue and laziness. And if the weather is nice and the conditions are perfect for long days out in the mountains, the time just flies by and it’s hard to limit yourself. Training without a coach or a training schedule gives you great freedom, but also great responsibility. It is my responsibility alone to perform, to take care of my body, to develop and to get stronger. At the same time, I have the freedom to train according to the season and the daylight, and to adjust according to the weather and my own physical and mental shape. After a couple of years, running became more of a job to me, and my approach to it became more professional. I wanted to see how good I could get at different distances and I wanted to do my job well – for my own sake and for the sake of those who believed in me.

“To race is something special: the motivation takes us to the start line; we are about to achieve our goal. But even more special and more important to me is finding the motivation to run without having winning as a goal.”

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LADDER Start by running 1000 metres, then 800, 600, 400, 200 and 100 metres. Continue by turning the ladder and going up to 1000 metres again. Rest for 30 seconds, by standing or jogging, between each interval. Alternatively, you can do it the other way around and start with 100 metres and go up. LONGER INTERVALS Do x repetitions of 1000, 3000 or 5000 metres. The amount of repetitions depends on how far

you usually run. If you are not used to this it might be enough to run 3 x 1000 metres. The furthest I usually run is either 8 x 1000 metres, 3 x 3000 metres or 3 x 5000 metres. It depends what you’re training for, of course. Before a race like the Swedish Lidingöloppet it could be useful to run 3 x 5000 metres at competition speed. Very hard, but so rewarding! I rest for 1 to 2 minutes between the intervals, by standing or jogging, and 2 minutes when the intervals are longer.

Measure the distance you plan to run and write down your times as you run. Then you can compare and analyse it later! Think it through: what time and distance suit you? If you have not run more than 8 km before, then the long run does not have to be more than 12 km. And if you have not run flat intervals, you can start with three or four repetitions, not more. But more important: enjoy the contrasts!

THE RUNNING STRIDE I believe the running stride is something very individual, yet I am sure that everyone is born to run. We are simply shaped differently and have differing physical makeup, which means that we need to find our own running stride and our own training. I am no expert and it is hard to give general advice, but some things to think about include: → Try to keep a natural pelvic position. Do not tilt the pelvis forward to arch your spine, but do not tilt it backwards either.

→ Make sure you have a straight and relaxed back, and try to keep your shoulders relaxed. → Use your arms! A good arm pendular motion makes it much easier to find your running stride! I cannot say anything about landing on the heel, as I do not run that way myself. Many runners put down the rear part of the foot first but I have always landed on the foot front, and I believe in the research that proves this technique to be gentler on knees and joints.

One thing that has helped me to achieve a better running stride is to visualise pushing the foot hard towards the ground each time I put it down. Then the leg gets a push and the leg pendulum increases. I put my foot down just in front of the hips, but because of the speed I land when the weight is exactly over the hips, with heel, knee and hip in a straight line. Ask a friend to film you if possible!

Tokyo Pocket Precincts A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries

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Michelle Mackintosh and Steve Wide

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Tokyo is a city like no other, a looming contemporary metropolis where every turn is a new adventure. There are bright lights and neon, bars under railway bridges, Michelin ramen and sushi, tech, toys and vintage shopping. The crazy, the cute, the chic and the traditional are all flourishing in this city’s broad thoroughfares and narrow lanes. Tokyo Pocket Precincts is crammed with all the tips you’ll need to shop, eat, drink and explore this truly surprising city, from your morning coffee to your evening on the town. Also included is a selection of 'field trips' to encourage you to explore outside the city, including Nikko, Hakone, Mount Takao, and the cute 'Eno-den' train from Kamakura to Enoshima and Fujisawa.

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01 April 2019

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Steve Wide and Michelle Mackintosh have been obsessed with Japan since their first visit in the late 1990s. Since then, they have been saving up all their pennies to travel to Japan twice a year. Steve is a passionate writer and DJ, with a local radio show. Michelle is a book and stationery designer and illustrator. Together they have created all of the text, photography, illustrations and design for this new-age travel guide. This is the fourth Japan guidebook they've authored, following Tokyo Precincts, Kyoto Pocket Precincts and Onsen of Japan. Michelle also won a 2015 Australian Book Design Award for her work on the Precincts guidebook series.

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A compact and light paperback, perfect for slipping into your back pocket. Divided into separate precincts, each featuring the authors' favourite cultural, shopping, eating and drinking places, as well as a few field trips outside the city. Includes maps at the back and suggested day trips in the surrounding area. Detailed reviews and maps for major attractions through to hidden gems. This guide includes a selection of 'field trips' encouraging you to venture outside the city. The latest book in the popular precincts series that includes Kyoto, Adelaide and Hanoi. Counter pack available to easily display and promote the guides. The authors are authorities on Japanese culture and tourism.

SHIBUYA

1 HACHIKO SQUARE AND THE SCRAMBLE 2–1 Dogenzaka 3463 1211 Mon–Sun open 24-hours city.shibuya.tokyo.jp Shibuya Station, exit 8 or Hachiko exit [MAP p. 185 B2]

Hachiko Square is a main Shibuya Station hub, a lively place and entry point to Shibuya’s hive of restless activity. The statue of Hachiko, the loyal Akita dog who waited for his master for nine years, though his master had passed away, stands here and is a potent symbol of loyalty. It’s Tokyo’s most popular place to meet up with friends. The statue is surprisingly modest, a small casting in bronze. You’ll know it by the long line of visitors waiting to have their photo snapped beside it. The adjacent Shibuya Cross, nicknamed 'The Scramble, is one of the world’s most photographed sights – and it’s an intersection. When the lights turn ‘green’ you can walk in any direction over five main roads and 1000 people do just that – each time. At peak times this number escalates dramatically, it's crazy. Join in the mad flurry of limbs, a blur of bodies – shoppers, workers and day-trippers launching into vibrant Shibuya, and into some of Tokyo’s best shopping and eating. 2

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2 THE YARD Shibuya Modi 4F 1–21–3 Jinnan, Shibuya 4336 8241 Mon-Sun 11am-9pm http://the-yard.jp Shibuya Station, exit 6–2 [MAP p. 185 B2]

The Yard deconstruct the kimono for the 21st century sophisticate, providing sharp tailoring for both men and women, in a store with a minimalist aesthetic. Originally from Sendai, The Yard is making a name for itself in Tokyo as the modern frontier of classical Japanese dress and a serious counterpoint to Shibuya’s frenzied pop culture. You can leave with everything you need for full kimono dress, layering it all up together, or using separates as modern pieces to wear with your current outfit. Swoon over their range of haori (jackets), obi and obidome (kimono sashes and accessories), zori (sandles), tabi socks and bags. Michelle never leaves without one of their beautiful hair ornaments, stand-out pieces on their own. Fabric is sold by ‘the yard’, and is a history lesson of skilled fiber artisans from all over the country – from naturally dyed handwoven textiles, warp and weft, yarn and weave, to interwoven linen and cottons, silk, and hemp. If you’re keen to immerse yourself, ask about their kimono dressing lessons. 3

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7 TOKYU FOOD SHOW

8 CAT STREET

2-24-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku 3477 3111 www.tokyu-dept.co.jp/toyoko/ foodshow Open Mon–Sun 10am–8pm Shibuya station, Hachiko exit [MAP p. 185 B2]

Cat Street connects Shibuya with Harajuku, and it’s purrrrrfect (and nearly car free) for a casual stroll or cycle. There’s always a photo shoot going on or a TV vox pop. It’s a mix of eateries and coffee joints, boutique versions of name brands and small independent fashion labels. Nozy Coffee gives you the fuel you’ll need, G.B Gafas makes sophisticated spectacles in contemporary styles, while Bulle De Savon has chic, quirky clothes for the stylish girl about Tokyo. Further up the street, you’ll find Ragtag who recycle designer clothing. If you need a snack, head to Wara Tako, a sliver of a building housing a charming takoyaki stand serving up tasty fried octopus in batter, queue up at Luke’s Lobster or delve into the divine dumpling at Gyozaro. In the backstreets hunt out Art Style Market for curious vintage, and vast mod cavern Fred Perry has sharp Japanese-only versions of the iconic English label. Sleek retail enclave The Gyre Building features 1LDK Depot, the Moma Museum Shop and Trading Museum by Comme Des Garcons. From here flow out into vibrant Omotesando dori.

You’ll never think of shoppingcentre food halls in the same way again after spending a few hours gawking at the variety of food on display in this basement hawkers’ market. It’s crazy at any time of the day, but things really get crowded when work is over and Tokyoites want to grab something to take home. The offerings run from Japanese and international street food to upmarket fare. Even the fussiest of eaters will be happy here, as there’s just so much to choose from, including a great gyoza (dumpling) stand, ricecracker stalls, sweets vendors and all manner of sushi, sashimi, grilled meats and rice dishes. There are free samples galore so you can try before you buy. Hit the food hall at closing time for some seriously marked-down bargains.

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11 TOFU CUISINE SORANO

12 SUZU CAFE 3F, Gems Building, 1-20-5 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku 5428 3739 Open Sun–Thurs 11.30am– 11.30pm, Fri–Sat 11.30am–2am Shibuya station, Hachiko exit [MAP p. 185 B2]

4-17 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya-ku 5728 5191 Open Mon–Sun 5–11pm Shibuya station, East exit [MAP p. 185 B2]

People who have spent their lives proclaiming that they hate tofu will eat their words at Tofu Cuisine Sorano. Dishes like the creamy, rich avocado tofu or crispy fried yuba (tofu skin) chips will likely convert the most die-hard tofu opponent. You’ll find the restaurant on a narrow street alongside the train tracks. Head inside to its Zen-like interior and follow the pebble path past water features to one of the semiprivate tatami rooms. It’s fun to request the fresh tofu, which makes the journey from soy milk to tofu at your table. Most dishes come in at under ¥1000, while the eclectic drinks list includes beverages for around ¥600 (be adventurous and try the delicious soy cocktail or the sake cocktail with apricot pieces). Tofu even extends to dessert; the tiramisu and cheesecake are wickedly good. And if you still stand by your tofu-loathing words, never fear: there’s plenty here for meat lovers too (the deep-fried black‑bean chicken gets a thumbs up from us).

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POCKET TIP Sushi is fast, popular and delicious in Shibuya. Hunt out Umegaoka Sushi No Midori, Uobei or Genki.

This cosy third-floor cafe with a hotchpotch of vintage and modern industrial furniture is a quiet haven in the heart of busy Shibuya. Lunching shoppers and kids on dates are its main clientele, here to take advantage of the good-value lunch sets (¥1000; available from 11.30am to 3pm). You can opt for either the special red rice or a pasta dish; ask for the English menu. Curries and sandwiches cost even less and a beer will only tack a paltry ¥300 onto your bill. Eleven different desserts will give you the energy you need to continue your retail odyssey. When you’ve shopped till you’ve dropped, you can pop back in the evening, when candlelight, an extensive cocktail menu and an all-youcan-drink deal (¥2000 for two hours) provide the perfect conditions in which to unwind.

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Travel Anywhere (and Avoid Being a Tourist) Jeralyn Gerba and Pavia Rosati

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An inspirational book for modern travelers who are passionate about connecting with the world through incredible experiences, peoples and places.

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01 April 2019

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Flexibound

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AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

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9781741176544

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As thrilling as travel can be, planning a great trip can be intimidating for those hoping for a rewarding and personalised journey. The travel editors at Fathom have spent years gathering a treasure trove of recommendations and stories from a network of interesting people who travel well (chefs, novelists, designers, innkeepers, musicians) in places both well-known and off the beaten path. All of this has been beautifully packaged up in the first edition of Travel Anywhere (and Avoid Being a Tourist), a book that will inspire the traveler in you, no matter what kind of experience you're looking for. Along with compelling anecdotes, suggestions, interviews and imagery, you'll find a clever approach to being a better traveller and global citizen – everything from how to go off-grid and where to go for a once-in-a-lifetime meal, to cool ways to give back and learn more about other cultures. Whether you’re getting on a plane or sitting on the couch, this book navigates readers through the full trip journey, celebrating travel inspiration, experiences and the lingering memories of it all.

Author Details Pavia Rosati and Jeralyn Gerba launched Fathom in 2011 as a women-led, design-minded, editorially driven travel website that connects passionate travelers to the world’s best places, people and products. The idea: to celebrate the reasons why we pack our bags and hit the road, making the world as accessible as it is wondrous. The company spent years crafting its voice, honing its point of view, and building an archive of anecdotes and tips from a global network of creative contributors from all walks of life, attracting a loyal following along the way. In 2017, Fathom launched their boutique travel advisory service, Fathom Concierge, specializing in bespoke trip-planning services with an editorial eye. Team Fathom travels as much as possible, scouting, questioning, and sharing with like-minded travelers along the way.

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Chapters include Hotels, Off the Grid, Digital Nomad, Humanity Tithe, Meditations on Travel (how to stay calm on a plane, when things go wrong during your travels) and Breakfast in Bed (home decor for the traveler). Website has a strong following in the US with 500,000 subscribers, 200,000 unique monthly visitors and 120,000 social media followers. Their demographics are 65% female, 58% aged 25 to 44, 96% college educated, 80% based in the USA (4%Canada, 4% UK, 3% Australia). Comparative titles: Wander Love (Hardie Grant Travel), Don't Be a Tourist in Paris: The Messy Nessy Chic Guide (ROADS), The Edge of the World (Falcon Guides), The Place to Be (Lonely Planet).

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BAJA PENINSULA, MEXICO unexpectedly cool

GEORGIA the birthplace of wine

CUBA oﬀ the beaten path

CAIRO, EGYPT alone time with the pharaohs

AZORES, PORTUGAL an oﬀ-the-grid dream

SLOVENIA rich natural bounty

FAROE ISLANDS, DENMARK rugged natural beauty

ARCTIC the rewards will be great

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA a destination in its own right

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Before we go any further, let's make one thing clear: We don't play favorites when it comes to travel destinations. We want to go everywhere. But making a timely list of top destinations helps us determine where to go now. Places, like trends or people, can have their moments, fueled by forces that are obvious — big cultural openings, national anniversaries, global sporting events — or intangible — ever notice how all the trendsetters seem to flock to a certain island in the same season, as if by magnetic force?

We’ll soon be hearing a lot more about Matera, an atmospheric city of caves in southern Italy, and Plovdiv, an ancient Balkan city settled on seven hills in south-central Bulgaria. They’ve been named 2019 European Capitals of Culture, a designation that spotlights their cultural developments and fuels initiatives and events that will draw an international audience. Lille, France, awarded the World Design Capital designation for 2020, will show oﬀ feats of urban planning and develop collaborative design-driven projects in civic spaces. Elsewhere, and without as much fancy recognition, destinations are making compelling, traveler-friendly attractions that will inevitably draw more visitors. The recently opened Jordan Trail is a 400-mile path across the entire country, from the Fertile Crescent to the Red Sea. It takes about 40 days to traverse the entire route (a fitting number for this biblical land), passing on the ancient King’s Highway, crossing iconic attractions like Petra as well as sandstone mountains, desert valleys, and verdant biospheres. How’s that for a bucket list adventure? We find ourselves especially drawn to destinations that feel like sanctuaries and that inspire goodwill. If you travel to recharge the senses and return home energized and engaged, these places will do all that — and more. BAJA PENINSULA, MEXICO The Baja California peninsula in Northwestern Mexico — long the home of the bad Cabo sPring break cliche — has become unexpectedly cool, thanks in no small part to a handful of high-design boutique hotels both big and small and charming, farm-driven restaurants. Northern Baja’s Valle de Guadeloupe has emerged as the new It wine region in the Americas. At the southern tip of the peninsula, sleepy Todos Santos is a haven for travelers, surfers, artists, and bohemians, who can now take a new tolled highway from the airport, trading Cabo’s traﬃc and stop lights for a winding road along the foothills of the desolate Sierra de la Laguna Mountains and through the desert dotted with massive saguaro cacti.

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CUBA As Cuba transitions away from 60 years of rule by the Castros, the country has been adapting to an influx of travelers inspired to explore the country as a whole and go beyond daiquiri-fueled Havana nights. Which is not to say that we don’t have great memories of the capital city’s well documented charms, from rooftop restaurants to brightly colored Chevrolet taxis. The next level of travel would include Santiago de Cuba, Cienfuegos, and magical Trinidad — all places that most visitors don’t see. To get truly off the beaten path, the stops would include Camagüey, the lovely Colonial town central Cuba and the isolated and dreamy Baracoa. This, you’ll hear yourself tell your friends when you return home, is the real Cuba. Rustic island farm stays, bike-packing treks through the countryside, and kayaking adventures in Ciénega de Zapata National Biosphere — one of the largest intact wetlands in the Caribbean — offer new perspectives on an iconic place. AZORES, PORTUGAL Portugal has been flooding our Instagram feeds, so we’re guessing the next thing to follow is the Azores, an autonomous archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic. The chain of nine islands, connected by ferries, are an off-the-grid dream of land and sea adventures at every level of activity — from whale watching to paragliding — and altitude — from scuba diving to mountain climbing. Little wonder that four islands (Corvo, Graciosa, Flores, and, most recently, São Jorge) have been designated UNESCO biospheres. The Azores have year-round appeal, but mark the calendar for the Tremor Music Festival in March on São Miguel, June’s Sanjoaninas cultural festival, which dates back to the 16th century, and the massive fireworks show on New Year’s Eve. Getting here is fast from the U.S. (four hours from Boston, five from New York) and increasingly easy, with direct flights from the east and west coast of the U.S., as well as several European gateways. FAROE ISLANDS, DENMARK If it’s wild, unspoiled nature you are after, look no further than the remote, self-governing archipelago comprised of eighteen volcanic islands located between Iceland and Norway. The rocky cliffs, postcard-worthy red cabins, and rugged natural beauty can be reached with a short flight from a number of countries, including Denmark, England, Iceland, and Norway. You have to work a little harder to get where you’re going than you would in, say, Iceland. You might have to hike for hours at a time to reach your destination. And still, many islands will remain hard to access. Since opening in 2011, Koks, the islands’ first Michelin star restaurant, has been drawing curious food lovers from all over Europe; the place to stay is Havgrím, a 14-room boutique hotel overlooking the island of Nólsoy.

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ARCTIC According to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “long-term losses in the extent and thickness of the sea ice cover” are the new normal in the ever-warming Arctic. This will take an inevitable toll on the environment and wildlife, which means we need to see it while we still can — and to do so responsibly with travel companies that careful about their impact. For travelers, the rewards will be great: The Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun, icebergs and glaciers, majestic wildlife like polar bears and whales and sea lions. The North Pole (whose location is always shifting) is shared by Alaska, Greenland, Norway, Russia, and Canada, but Nunavut, Canada’s northernmost province, is the closest land mass. Options for staying there include Arctic Haven Wilderness Lodge, a twelve-room inn on Ennadai Lake powered almost entirely by green energy and a family of pioneering Arctic explorers. Arctic Kingdom oﬀers an excellent lineup of small group safaris yearround, with activities like hot air ballooning and scuba diving and accommodations in lodges and tents. If you’d rather travel by sea, Ponant’s Expedition luxury cruises explore Norway, Greenland, Sweden, and Canada. By Rail, Golden Eagle Luxury Trains’ Arctic Explorer is a New Year’s tour of the Northern Lights en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

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Fun fact: Georgia lays claim to being the birthplace of wine, 8,000 years ago, and NASA studies verify this. Those are some well-aged casks. (“Qvevri” is the term for the giant, underground clay amphora that stored wine.)

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA South Africa’s second most populous city is usually one stop on a packed itinerary that includes the country’s famous safari parks, winelands, and garden route, but it’s a destination in its own right. The rapidly evolving Victoria & Albert Waterfront district is home to the new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), the continent’s first and only museum of its kind. Thomas Heatherwick, the architect behind headline-grabbing structures around the globe, adapted an old, abandoned grain silo (once the tallest building in sub-Saharan Africa) into a striking and unpredictable series of 80 galleries celebrating African art. Excellent shopping, food, design, weather, and access to wine country — not to mention a U.S. dollar that goes far — makes a compelling case for visiting the capital city soon. GEORGIA Georgia and its thriving capital are on a hot streak. The Eurasian country and former Soviet republic sees almost as many international visitors as its own population, thanks to new flight routes from various cities in Europe and interest from trendsetting American travelers flying through Moscow, Istanbul, and Munich. There are so many reasons to visit. The impeccable dining scene showcases distinct east-meets-west cuisine and impressive local wines. Fun fact: Georgia lays claim to being the birthplace of wine, 8,000 years ago, and NASA studies verify this. Those are some well-aged casks. (“Qvevri” is the term for the giant, underground clay amphora that stored wine.) The country is blazing into the future with a collection of boutique hotels spearheaded by Adjara Group Hospitality (Rooms Hotels Tbilisi, Room Kazbegi, Stamba Hotel) that are artsy, innovative, and cool. Add to that enigmatic fashion, design, a serious nightclub and dance music scene, superfriendly locals, and access to the wild Alpine beauty of the Caucasus Mountains, and you have a recipe for travel magic. CAIRO, EGYPT After the Arab Spring and the ousting of two presidents, the political situation stabilized, transforming Cairo into the world’s fastest growing city. While the world and the media struggle to catch up, you can still get some alone time with the pharaohs. Just not for long. The new Grand Egyptian Museum — the largest archaeological museum in the world — is a billion dollar undertaking poised to collect the country’s most precious ancient artifacts, many of which were looted and scattered in museums around the world. In anticipation of tourist numbers set to rival those of Paris, Nile River boats and hotels are getting refreshed, refurbished, or rebuilt from the ground up. Fueled by picture-snapping food-obsessives, Cairo’s seeing homegrown eateries doing modern takes on traditional Egyptian food, a doubling down on the cadre of locavore travelers.

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The Places Everyone Will Be Talking About

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Check your expectations & enjoy the adventure

Emerging destinations don’t always have the same tourist-friendly infrastructure of well-traveled places. And that’s good! You want to be in a place that isn’t used to servicing the needs of demanding strangers. It’s a good rule of thumb to keep your usual expectations in check and remember that a big reason why you’re here is to experience a place that feels truly different. Travel is about adventures both big and small, and that also means taking a detour from your routines and habits. Don’t be alarmed if you don’t encounter: SLOVENIA The small Central European country has been hiding in plain sight since gaining its independence from Yugoslavia in the ‘90s. What took so long? It’s the only nation on the continent that can claim four major geographic regions: The Alps, the Mediterranean Sea, the Pannonian Plains, and the Karst limestone plateau. This rich natural bounty means seasoned skiers, climbers, and outdoorsmen have plenty to sink their teeth into everywhere. Kolpa Resort, a hip glampsite in the south, is a lovely place to stay during cherry season. Chef Ana Roš has spent nearly two decades revolutionizing the food of her country, and it’s paying oﬀ: Her restaurant, Hisa Franko, nestled in the Slovenian countryside, has a Michelin star. At the same time, the cool capital of Ljubljana, with its burgeoning art, dining, nightlife, and LGBTQ scenes, makes Slovenia particularly relevant to those with their finger on the pulse.

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English-language signage. Before you go leave, learn a few key words in the language you’ll be traveling in: hours, open/closed, bathroom. Seamless WiFi. You’re on vacation. Get oﬀ your phone! Perfectly reliable ATMs. You remember what a bank is? And how to change currency? If you can, change money before you leave and to carry enough cash to get you through until a bank opens.

Global chains (Marriott, Starbucks, McDonald’s). Shop local. Rediscover the joys of small mom-and-pop shops. Dietary restrictions (paleo, gluten-free, keto). Sorry, your trendy lifestyle may not have hit the remote island yet. But their whole, unprocessed local food might be a revelation if you give it a chance. If you do suﬀer from an allergy, write down specifics in the local language to avoid confusion at restaurants. Your hotel staﬀ can help with this.

Late hours of operation. Not everyone thinks it’s important to go shopping at 10 p.m. or on Sundays.

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24-Hour Room Service Or club sandwiches. Or a hotel gym with your preferred fitness machines. Or a business center with a printer. You get the picture. So order the pita with fresh cheese, go for a run along the beach, and reconnect with pens and notebooks.

The Megan Hess Travel Collection A stunning collector’s item, this is the second limited-edition luxury slipcase from one of the world’s renowned fashion illustrators, and brings together Megan Hess’s guides to New York and Paris Through a Fashion Eye and includes two beautifully illustrated and exclusive greeting cards – especially designed for this edition. The Megan Hess Travel Collection brings together two stunning illustrated insider guides to New York and Paris, as seen through a fashion eye. Let Megan take you on a personal tour to the best places to eat, sleep, play and, of course, shop, revealing the cities as you’ve never seen them before. This beautiful package – which also includes two beautifully illustrated, limited-edition greeting cards – is a must-have travel companion for anyone who dreams of jetting off to the world’s most stylish cities.

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01 April 2019

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Megan Hess was destined to draw. An initial career in graphic design evolved into art direction for some of the world’s leading design agencies. In 2008, Hess illustrated the New York Times number-one selling book Sex and the City, written by Candace Bushnell. She has since illustrated for Dior Couture, created iconic illustrations for Cartier and Louis Vuitton in Paris, dreamed up animations for Prada and Fendi in Milan, illustrated the windows of Bergdorf Goodman in New York, and created a capsule collection of bags for Harrods of London. Hess’s signature style can also be found on her bespoke, limited edition prints and homewares sold around the globe. Her renowned clients include Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Tiffany & Co., Saint Laurent, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Harrods, Cartier, Balmain, Louis Vuitton and Prada. Megan is the author of five bestselling books and the Global Artist in Residence for the Oetker Masterpiece Hotel Collection. Visit Megan at meganhess.com.

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the mermaid's voice returns in this one amanda lovelace Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet and USA TODAY bestselling author amanda lovelace presents the mermaid’s voice returns in this one — the third and finall instalment in her “women are some kind of magic” series, featuring a foreword from Lang Leav and 13 guest poems from leading voices in poetry such as Nikita Gill, KY Robinson, and Orion Carloto. The mermaid is known for her siren song, luring bedroom-eyed sailors to their demise. However, beneath these misguided myths are tales of escapism and healing, which Lovelace weaves throughout this empowering collection of poetry, taking you on a journey from the sea to the stars. They tried to silence her once and for all, but the mermaid’s voice returns in this one.

Author Details growing up a word-devourer & avid fairy tale lover, it was only natural that amanda lovelace began writing books of her own, & so she did. when she isn’t reading or writing, she can be found waiting for pumpkin spice coffee to come back into season & binge-watching gilmore girls (before you ask: team jess all the way.) the lifelong poetess & storyteller currently lives in new jersey with her spouse, their bunnycat, & a combined book collection so large it will soon need its own home. she has her B.A. in english literature with a minor in sociology. her first collection, the princess saves herself in this one, won the Goodreads choice award for best poetry of 2016 & is a USA TODAY & Publishers Weekly bestseller.

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Winner of 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Poetry USA TODAY bestsellers list 300,000 copies sold of the princess saves herself in this one

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Strong appeal for readers of Rupi Kaur and other feminist poets.

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warning I: this is not a mermaidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tail tale. there is no sea-maiden. there is no sea-sky. there are no sea-stars. there is no sea-song. what there is, however, is the story of how they tried to quiet her & how her screams dismantled the moon.

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swan song I i’m dousing my fire.

& only now

i’m dropping my sword.

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i’m melting my crown.

that it was all make-believe.

i’m dismantling my castle & then i’m hurling it straight into that perilous sea. all this time, i thought myself a motherfucking queen,

swan song II i have a terrible habit of writing myself braver than i’ll ever be, & i’m not sure which of us i’m trying to convince— you, or me.

Sparks of Phoenix Najwa Zebian Sparks of Phoenix – Najwa Zebian’s third book of poetry – takes readers on a powerful journey of healing. As the phoenix emerges from its ashes, Zebian emerges ablaze in these pages, not only as a survivor of abuse, but as a teacher and healer for all those who have struggled to understand, reclaim, and rise above a history of pain. The book is divided into six chapters, and six stages of healing: Falling, Burning to Ashes, Sparks of Phoenix, Rising, Soaring, and finally, A New Chapter, which demonstrates a healthy response to new love as the result of authentic healing. With her characteristic vulnerability, courage, and softness, Zebian seeks to empower those who have been made to feel ashamed, silenced, or afraid; she urges them, through gentle advice and personal revelation, to raise their voices, rise up, and soar.

Author Details Najwa Zebian is a Lebanese-Canadian author, speaker, and educator. Her passion for language was evident from a young age, as she delved into Arabic poetry and novels. The search for a home – what Najwa describes as a place where the soul and heart feel at peace – was central to her early years. When she arrived in Canada at the age of sixteen, she felt unstable and adrift in an unfamiliar place. Nevertheless, she completed her education, and went on to become a teacher as well as a doctoral candidate in educational leadership. Her first students, a group of young refugees, led her back to her original passion: writing. She began to heal her sixteen-year-old self by writing to heal her students. Since self-publishing her first collection of poetry and prose in 2016, Najwa has become an inspiration to millions of people worldwide. Drawing on her own experiences of displacement, discrimination, and abuse, Najwa uses her words to encourage others to build a home within themselves; to live, love, and create fearlessly.

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01 April 2019

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In just over two years, Najwa has built an online following of over 900,000. (784K Instagram followers; 68K Twitter followers, and 67K Facebook followers). While a majority of her followers are in the United States, she has large fan bases around the world.

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Within 1 month of publication, Mind Platter landed at #7 on the Globe & Mail's Bestseller List for Canadian Fiction.

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Najwa has been featured by the Huffington Post’s “Millennials Paving the Way” series, in the New York Times, on Thought Catalog, and elsewhere. Her TEDx talk, “Finding Home Through Poetry,” has 75K views on YouTube.

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The major themes of Najwa’s work – searching for belonging; finding one’s voice; finding home – are relevant to many people around the world, and particularly so at this political and cultural moment.

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To heal from your pain now, you need to go all the way back to chapter one. To page one. To the beginning of how it all began. For every ending, there is a once upon a time. For every broken soul, there is a once upon a happy soul. For every phoenix soaring, there is a phoenix burning, turning to ashes, rising, then soaring.

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Let me hand you the matches to ignite the glory within your soul. Let me be the one who burns to ashes as you spark in your darkest of nights. As you rise. As you soar.

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He asks me: “What do you want from me?” I stare at him in silence with tears fighting to stay buried inside my eyes, with thoughts swirling in my mind like a hurricane. “What do you want from me?” he asks over and over. I am confused because I know and I don’t know.

You lit my soul on fire and told me to watch it burn.

How do you expect me to tell you what I want from you when I want every part of you? I want your heart to be my blanket every night. I want your soul to revive me every second of every minute of every hour of every day. Silly man, stop asking me what I want from you. I want you.

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He told me that he loved how I made him feel. Back then, I put my self-worth in his hands and told him â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be the master.â&#x20AC;?

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He attached strings to my self-worth and played with me like a marionette.

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I see myself crumbling and my wings becoming weaker and weaker, but there is nothing I can do. It feels like there is poison running through my veins and I am letting go one breath at a time.

I used to look at those in pain and think they are choosing to be in pain until pain chose me and I understood the taste of feeling pain that you cannot control.

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Winter of Summers Michael Faudet Winter of Summers is the fourth book of internationally bestselling poet Michael Faudet, author of Smoke & Mirrors, Bitter Sweet Love, and Dirty Pretty Things – a finalist in the Goodreads Readers Choice awards. His whimsical and sometimes erotic writing has captured the hearts and minds of thousands of people from around the world. Michael Faudet’s latest book explores the fine line between love and loss, the fragility of relationships, self-empowerment, and social commentary. Every page takes the reader to a world of conflicting emotions, where nothing is what it seems and beautiful dreams come to life. All exquisitely captured in a thought-provoking collection of poetry, prose, and short stories.

Author Details Michael Faudet is the author of the international bestsellers, Dirty Pretty Things, Bitter Sweet Love, and Smoke & Mirrors. His poetic and often sensual writing continues to attract readers from all around the world. His books have been nominated in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Poetry. Dirty Pretty Things was selected by Sylvia Whitman, the owner of the iconic Shakespeare & Company bookstore in Paris, as one of her personal favourite books of 2016. He currently has over a million followers across his official Facebook,Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Before turning his hand to writing books, Michael enjoyed a long career in advertising, as an award-winning Executive Creative Director. Working in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and Asia. Michael is represented by literary agency, Writers House, New York. He currently lives in New Zealand in a little house by the sea with girlfriend and author, Lang Leav.

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01 January 2019

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· As of June, Dirty Pretty Things has sold 90,633 copies, Bitter Sweet Love has sold 48,151 copies, and Smoke & Mirrors has sold 31,774 copies.

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· Dirty Pretty Things and Bitter Sweet Love have spent 48 and 43 weeks respectively on the Bookscan Poetry

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· Dirty Pretty Things was a finalist in the 2015 Goodreads Readers' Choice Awards and Bitter Sweet Love was a nominee in the 2016 Goodreads Readers' Choice Awards

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· #1 Bestseller in Love Poems on Amazon · Michael Faudet has over 890,000 Facebook fans; 155,000 Facebook followers and 134,000 Twitter followers

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I nto D epths Into depths of ocean blue— your summer eyes reflect in mine, your smile, a rousing, rising sun— greets a morning made for two. We swim, my love— beneath a sea billowing white, upon a bed of coral pink, against the muted light of dawn, sun-kissed bodies gently sink.

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You A re Beautiful The one thing we all have in common is our differences. Embrace your uniqueness. You are beautiful just the way you are.

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Love Looks Pretty on You Lang Leav Love Looks Pretty on You is the much anticipated new book by international bestselling author Lang Leav. A breathtakingly beautiful collection of contemporary poetry and prose, offering powerful insights into love, heartbreak, relationships, and self-empowerment. Filled with wisdom and encouragement, every single page is a testament to the power of words, and the impact they can have on the relationships you build with others. And most importantly, the one you have with yourself. Lang Leav captures the intricacies of emotions like few others can. It's no wonder she has been recognised as a major influencer of the modern poetry movement and her writing has inspired a whole new generation of poets to pick up a pen. Love Looks Pretty on You is truly the must-have book for poetry lovers all over the world.

Author Details Lang Leav is an international best-selling author and social media sensation. She is the winner of a Qantas Spirit of Youth Award and coveted Churchill Fellowship. Her books continue to top bestseller charts in bookstores worldwide and Lullabies, was the 2014 winner of the Goodreads Choice award for poetry. Publication

01 January 2019

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9781449499358

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Lang has been featured in various publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Straits Times, The Guardian and The New York Times . She currently resides in New Zealand with her partner and fellow author Michael Faudet.

Key Information · Lang Leav has a huge social media following with over 1 million followers on Facebook, 468,000 followers on Instagram, 434,000 followers on Twitter and 280,000 followers on Tumblr. · Her six previous titles have sold nearly 1 million copies combined.

Where's the Sloth? A Super Sloth Search-and-Find Book Andy Rowland Suzi sloth is going on holiday and taking all her friends with her. Sloths are more adventurous than you may think and they plan to travel far and wide – to the busy streets of Delhi, the canals of Amsterdam and even the beaches of Sydney. Pack your passport and get ready for a globetrotting adventure to find Suzi’s pals in their new urban jungles. Test your spotting skills with this exciting search-and-find title. Each colourful page is filled with fun illustrations, hard-to-find sloths and extra bonus items to search for. With ten different sloths, each with a unique, quirky personality, the hunt for the whole gang is an enjoyable and engaging journey.

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01 April 2019

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AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

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9781789290677

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Michael O'Mara Books

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48pp

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8 and up

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While studying for a degree in Manchester, Andy Rowland accepted his first drawing award, the MacMillan Children's Book Prize. Years later, he has more than twenty published books to his name. He lives in the North of England.

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Every colourful page is filled with fun illustrations, hard-to-find sloths and extra bonus items to search for. With ten different sloths, each with a unique, quirky personality, the hunt for the whole gang is an enjoyable and engaging journey through eighteen scenes. Where’s the Sloth is the perfect search-and-find challenge for children aged 8+ From the Publisher's of the best selling title Where's the Unicorn? (206,312 copies sold so far worldwide) Sloths are pitted as the hot new trend of 2019.

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LONDON, UK After a very long flight, the sloths have touched down in rainy London. The city is buzzing with people going about their daily business and the sloths are struggling to keep up with the pace. Manuel is looking forward to trying his first cup of English breakfast tea and Emerald is excited about travelling on public transport. Juan has spotted a book shop and is going to hunt for his favourite book: Call of the Wild.

VENICE, ITALY On the busy waterways of Venice, some of the sloths are enjoying being ferried around in colourful gondolas. Unfortunately, Emerald isn’t used to water and waves – she’s feeling a little seasick. First thing on the agenda for Suzi and Manuel is a tour of the city’s beautiful churches and cathedrals. Evelyn and Anna have an excellent plan – they’re heading straight for the first Pizzeria they see for the biggest, cheesiest pizza they can find.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Sydney, the city of sun, sea, surf and – sloths! The laid-back Aussie attitude is just right for the gang who are all ready to kick back on the beach. That is, all apart from Anna. Surfboard at the ready, Anna heads straight out to catch some waves – surf’s up! Manuel is slowing moving his way through the crowds to find a spot to do some “shade -bathing” and read his book. Ingrid is peckish and is going to find out if there are any shrimps on the barbeque.

Trapped in a Video Game (Book 5) The Final Boss Dustin Brady Kids who love video games will love this fifth and final instalment of the 5-book series about 12-year old Jesse Rigsby and the wild adventures he encounters inside different video games. Jesse and Eric have ten minutes to save the world. In those ten minutes, they’re supposed to dive into a massive video game universe, track down an all-powerful madman, and stop his evil plan before it’s too late. Sound impossible? It’s super impossible. There will be fire-breathing pterodactyls, angry green giants, and unicorns that shoot lasers out of their hooves. If Jesse and Eric are going to survive long enough to fight the final boss, they’ll need to rely on each other like never before. Do they have what it takes? The clock is ticking.

Author Details Dustin Brady writes funny, action-packed books for kids. Although he regularly gets locked out of his own accounts for forgetting passwords, Dustin still remembers the Super Mario Bros. 3 game genie code for infinite lives. It’s SLXPLOVS. Dustin lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife, kids, and a small dog named Nugget. Publication

01 April 2019

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9781449495732

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Book 1 in this series has sold over 35,000 copies without any marketing support. The self-published edition has generated dozens of unsolicited reviews and notes from parents and teachers thankful for a book that has finally captured the attention of their reluctant reader. A rare, middle grade book series in this growing, popular genre led by the success of Ready Player One. The More to Explore section at the back of each book in the series teaches a foundational computer programming principle through fun games and activities.

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to hunt for the truth. Unfortunately, their search alerts the robot and nearly gets them killed. They escape into the old, 8-bit video game Doom Island, which eventually spits them into the office of billionaire Max Reuben. At the office, they learn that Max has been using Bionosoft and Mr. Gregory to finish the Reubenverse, a massive virtual universe ruled by Max. When the Reubenverse is complete, Max will suck every human on Earth into it through an event called “The Reuben Rapture.” By using super-spy tactics, Jesse and Eric destroy both Max’s company and his evil robot, but not before Max escapes into the Reubenverse and starts the countdown to Rapture.

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Ten Minutes to Save the World Ten minutes is not a lot of time. Let’s say I order you to do something fun in the next 10 minutes. Your life depends on it. Time starts now. What do you do? You can’t finish a TV show in 10 minutes. You certainly can’t watch a movie. Ten minutes isn’t enough time to go to the neighborhood swimming pool, round up all your Nerf guns, or convince a friend to play Go Fish. (Also, Go Fish is not fun.) Maybe you decide to watch something on YouTube. Cool. YouTube only has five billion videos. Choose wisely—your life depends on it. Uh, how about this one where a guy eats a ghost pepper? OK, you click on it. A 30-second ad plays. Then the guy starts rambling about his Instagram account. You begin sweating because you’re not even close to having fun yet. You click ahead—oh no! Too far! He’s already screaming! You try going back to the spot where he puts the pepper in his mouth, but time’s already up. You’re dead.

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My point is, if 10 minutes is not even enough time to do something fun, it’s CERTAINLY not enough time to save the world. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Mr. Gregory was asking us to do. A billionaire named Max Reuben had built a video game universe and was about to use Mr. Gregory’s technology to suck every human on Earth inside. That includes my baby cousin Olivia who can’t even hold up her own head yet, my Aunt Dianne who HATES video games, and my 88-year-old neighbor Mrs. Gardino who leaves her house exactly once a week to go to church. Max actually stole the name for his event from church. He was calling it the “Reuben Rapture.” It was going to be bad. And according to the calm, Siri-sounding lady counting down as I teleported back to Mr. Gregory, it was going to happen real soon. “Ten minutes to Rapture.” I finally landed in Mr. Gregory’s lab on the 56th floor of Max’s office building. “What happened?” I asked as I rubbed my head. “HE STARTED THE COUNTDOWN AND LOCKED ME OUT, AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO STOP IT!” Mr. Gregory shouted as he typed like a maniac on one of his five keyboards.

“Huh? Who? How?” At that moment, Eric appeared on the ground. “What happened?” “AHHH! I DON’T HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN AGAIN!” I tried to get more information. “Mr. Gregory, are you saying that Max found a way to start the Rapture on his own?” “THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I’M SAYING!” “How do we stop it?” Mr. Gregory took a second to breathe, then turned to face us. “From the inside.” My heart started pounding. “I control all the computers in this building. I’m sure of it. The only way Max could have started the countdown was from inside the Reubenverse.” “So we have to find him in there?” Eric asked. “And destroy his computer,” Mr. Gregory finished. “Nine minutes to Rapture,” Siri Lady reminded us. Now I started to panic. “How are we supposed to do that in nine minutes?!”

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Mr. Gregory rummaged through a toolbox on the floor while he answered. “Time moves slower in video games, remember? Nine minutes out here is nine days in there.” He pulled out two watches and plugged them into his tower. “No, but like, where is he? What does his computer look like? How do we destroy it?” “I don’t know any of those answers.” “WHAT?!” Mr. Gregory unplugged the watches and handed them to us. “These are synced to the countdown. They cannot . . . ” his voice cracked. He closed his eyes and tried again. “They cannot reach zero. Please.” Eric strapped on his watch and looked up at Mr. Gregory. “You’re coming with us, right?” Mr. Gregory sighed. “There’s one more thing you need to know. Max’s network is nowhere near ready to handle this. The closer the countdown gets to zero, the hotter it’s going to get in there. If the Rapture actually happens, there’s a good chance that the system will overheat and everyone inside will cook. If I . . . ”

“. . . If I stay back, I can at least buy you a little extra time by shutting down power to other parts of the building with that breaker box.” Mr. Gregory pointed to a large metal box in the corner of the room. I looked at Eric uneasily. “Listen, you two don’t have to do this. Even if you do find Max, there’s probably nothing you can do. But . . . ” Mr. Gregory covered his face and shook his head. “There’s no time for anyone else to help. There’s just no time.” I wanted to step up and reassure Mr. Gregory that everything would be OK because Eric and I were just the heroes for the job. I opened my mouth to say something brave, but all that came out was, “Uhhhhhh.” “WE’RE IN!” Eric said, marching toward the Reubenverse double doors. I followed after Eric. “One sec! What about . . . ” Eric held up his arm with the countdown watch. “We don’t have one second!” With that, he threw open the doors, crouched down, and jumped into the swirling red light.

“Eight minutes to Rapture,” Siri Lady interrupted.

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I looked back at Mr. Gregory, who seemed to be on the verge of barfing. “I’m sorry” was all he could say. I crouched in front of the door like Eric had done and took two quick breaths. “Do you at least know which planet this door leads to?” I asked over my shoulder. “It’s totally random.” With that terrific news, I closed my eyes and dove. The last thing I heard before tumbling into the Reubenverse was Siri Lady. “Seven minutes to Rapture.”

chapter 2

Welcome to the Reubenverse “Welcome to the Reubenverse,” Siri Lady chirped. I opened my eyes to see that I was free-falling 5,000 feet above a desert landscape. I reached back, hoping to find a rip cord or jet pack or squirrel suit or something. Nothing. Uh, not good. I flapped my arms, hoping that maybe this was Planet Fly Like a Bird. It was not. Then, I noticed Eric below me. He was falling too, but his fall looked like it was on purpose. He rocketed toward the ground in a Superman pose. “ERIC! WHAT’S THE PLAN?!” He didn’t hear me. “ERIC!” I tried again. “WHAT . . . AHHH!” Eric smashed into a pile of rocks. Turns out, he didn’t have a plan. “NONONONO!” I clawed at the air like a cartoon character. Have you ever had a dream where you’re

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Mighty, Mighty Construction Site Sound Book Sherri Duskey Rinker Chug, rumble, and snore your way through a busy day in Mighty, Mighty Construction Site – now with sound! Rolling, rumbling, revving hard, ten big trucks meet in the yard. A mighty, massive SUPERCREW – there is nothing they can't do! The #1 New York Times bestselling team that brought you Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train brings you the fun-and-mighty sounds of a busy construction site!

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Sherri Duskey Rinker is the author of The 12 Sleighs of Christmas and #1 New York Times bestsellers Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site; Mighty, Mighty Construction Site; and Steam Train, Dream Train. She loves cooking, gardening, and old oil paintings. Sherri lives with her photographer husband, two sons, and one dog in the Chicago area. Tom Lichtenheld is the illustrator of New York Times bestsellers Duck! Rabbit!, created with Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and Shark vs. Train, created with Chris Barton. He has also written and illustrated many popular titles, including the ALA Notable Children's Book, Emergency!, What Are You So Grumpy About, and Bridget's Beret.

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With more than 225 weeks on the NYT bestseller list, and over 26 foreign editions worldwide, Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site has been taking the world by storm. This sound book would further the franchise by building on the momentum of Might, Mighty Construction Site's expansion. Young readers will be able to further explore and engage with the GGCS universe through interactive use of sound. Both our Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train sound books have performed well out of the gate; building on these books with a third sound book for Mighty, Mighty – which has sold nearly 700,000 copies in hardcover worldwide –makes for a symphony of tremendous sales. Will assort nicely with other titles like GGCS, MMCS, and STDT instore! Customers can combine titles and products inspired by the GGCS/MMCS universe for a satisfying gift package for birthdays and baby showers. Five engaging (but not too loud!) sounds will further bring the busy movement of a construction site to life for audiences still at the prereading stage!

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The Ultimate Book of Planet Earth Anne-Sophie Baumann

The Ultimate series is a worldwide success because it offers readers an intriguing close-up view of their subject, with lots of opportunity for hands-on interaction using flaps, tabs, pop-ups and more! This look at Planet Earth is no exception, providing readers with fascinating facts and hours of discovery. No stone is left unturned as the book explores the geography of the earth – oceans, continents, formation of mountains and volcanoes – as well as its atmosphere, weather, and how to protect our world.

Author Details Anne-Sophie Baumann studied science and literature before becoming an Anne-Sophie Baumann studied science and literature before becoming an editor and author. She lives near Paris, France. Didier Balicevic studied at École des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. He lives near Paris, where he works in publishing. Publication

01 April 2019

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AU$34.99

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Baby Orca: Finger Puppet Book Chronicle Books

Meet Baby Orca! Where does Baby Orca swim? How does Baby Orca like to play? Follow along as he experiences his world, from playtime to bedtime. An adorable finger puppet, warm illustrations, and a comforting story about the rhythms of a baby orca's day make this perfect for the very youngest readers.

Author Details Yu-Hsuan Huang, also known as Smallx2, is an illustrator and artist from Taichung City, Taiwan, where she lives with her family and cats.

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01 April 2019

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12pp

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When Baby Orca is hungry, Mama Orca brings him a fresh-caught fish.

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Baby Piglet: Finger Puppet Book Chronicle Books Bright art and simple, child friendly text, plus an adorable animal finger puppet! Meet Baby Piglet! Where does Baby Piglet live? How does Baby Piglet say hello? Follow along as she experiences her world, from playtime to bedtime. An adorable finger puppet, warm illustrations, and a comforting story about the rhythms of a baby pig's day make this perfect for the very youngest readers.

Author Details Yu-Hsuan Huang, also known as Smallx2, is an illustrator and artist from Taichung City, Taiwan, where she lives with her family and cats. Publication

01 April 2019

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This title updates 2012's Little Pig with the cute new style of the BABY finger puppets, and speaks to the ever-popular farm theme.

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Prisoncorp Marlee Jane Ward The Orphancorp Trilogy is a female-driven dystopia set in a near(ish) future Australia. It follows Mirii as she ages out of the orphanage she was raised in, and finds herself working slavishly for a mega-corp as she searches for her friend who was ‘disappeared’. In the third installment, Mirii has been caught – along with the friends who were helping her find her main babe, Vu. Being in prison is just like her her childhood in an orphancorp – only worse. Under the beating heat of a desert sun, the prisoners fight for food, water and a safe place to sleep. In the darkest of places, Mirii is astonished to Vu – only she isn’t what she used to be. This is a gripping and page-turning conclusion to the Victorian Premier’s YA Award winning series.

Author Details Marlee Jane Ward is a writer, reader and weirdo living in Melbourne. She grew up on the Central Coast of New South Wales and studied Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong. In 2014 she attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle, Washington. Her short stories have been published in the Hear Me Roar Anthology, Interdictions and Mad Scientist Journal. Her novella Welcome to Orphancorp won the 2015 Seizure Viva La Novella Prize and the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction.

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01 April 2019

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Paperback

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AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

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9781925589542

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Brio Books

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Brio Books

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Marlee Jane Ward is an award-winning author. She is a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award winner and her debut novella, Welcome to Orphancorp won Seizure's Viva La Novella 3. Author appearing at Supernova with additional events and bookstore visits in Melbourne and Sydney

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CAN MIRII MAKE IT OUT ALIVE? CAN SHE SAVE HER FRIENDS? OR WILL SHE REMAIN IN PRISONCORP FOREVER?

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F.A.R.T. Files Book 02 Dr. Rob Bell

Sommerton High is in lockdown! A fiendish prankster is on the loose! Someone has planted a fake bomb in the playground and the whole school is freaking out! Of course it doesn’t take the police long to realise it’s a fake. But two days later a series of petty thefts rocks the neighbourhood. Who’s behind it all? And why target Sommerton High? Meet the Forensic Amateur Research Team – or F.A.R.T. for short. This crack squad is made up of Sam Tran: unofficial team leader, Madison ‘Maddie’ Litchfield: tech whiz, Arlia Humphreys: new kid at school (possibly a spy), and Declan Peterson: science guru (prone to accidents). Oh, and Dan Tran, Sam’s little brother, who regularly brings everyone lunch. Using their intuition, wits and some surprising knowledge of physics and chemistry, this unlikely mob of misfits sets about finding the prankster thieves!

Author Details Dr Rob Bell has a Bachelor of Science with Honours and a PhD in materials chemistry from the University of Queensland. He says that his love of science (and particularly the environment) came from growing up on a pineapple farm, where he became passionate about the impact that humans have on our world and its natural resources. Dr Rob has worked as a Science Education Officer for the CSIRO, teaching students about science in the lab and at schools, and spent nearly 11 years hosting the Network Ten kids science show Scope. These days he is building a science education website while writing his new series of books for kids aged eight to twelve: The F.A.R.T. Files. He lives with his family in Brisbane.

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Well connected and highly promotable author, host of Channel 10’s Scope series for ten years Combines a full serve of mystery with a side dish of STEM!

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192pp

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Make a Home to Love Anna-Carin McNamara

Have you ever picked up an interior design magazine, drooled over the beautiful, stylised spaces, put it back down, looked around your home and thought, ‘How on earth do I do this?’ Do you want a home of which you can be proud? A home that you are happy to return to every single day? A home that you truly love? If so, then this book is for you. Make a Home to Love takes you through ten simple steps that will help you to review your home and turn it into a place you can love and be proud of for years to come. Written by Swedish-born interior designer Anna-Carin McNamara, the book offers practical, accessible advice on how to turn any home into a stylish Scandinavian sanctuary.

‘Make a Home to Love teaches you how to create a home you love – one that you love spending time in every day – so that you can excel in all areas of your life, because your home and the spaces you spend time in influence your productivity, creativity and inspiration.’ —Kristina Karlsson, founder of kikki.K

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01 April 2019

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Hardback

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AU$34.99 | NZ$37.99

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9781925589771

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Brio Books

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Brio Books

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Home Design

Anna-Carin McNamara is a Swedish-born interior designer with a Master’s degree in Interior Design from the Royal College of Art in London. She is the founder and director of ANNACARIN.Design, a Sydney-based interior design studio that specialises in high-end Scandinavian interiors. Her Forsa Rug Collection for Designer Rugs, inspired by her Swedish roots, was a finalist in the 2014 Good Design Awards. Anna- Carin’s work has been featured in many publications, including Vogue Living, Belle, Home Beautiful and Australian House & Garden. She is currently developing further products under the ACD brand and the studio is working on a wide range of projects in both Australia and Scandinavia.

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192pp

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Concise, practical guide to the basic principles of Scandinavian interior design

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Demystifies the process and makes it accessible Shows you how to bring style and order to your home – and maintain it – without breaking the bank Well connected, well respected and highly promotable author Perfect for trade as well as gift stores, homeware stores, gallery shops

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MAKE A HOME TO LOVE

Why is it that Scandinavian interiors are admired, replicated and sought-after all over the world? Why are Scandinavians so proud of their homes? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m no historian, but I have a theory and it has little to do with the climate.

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or decades, Scandinavians have instilled an awareness of and an appreciation for good design into the hearts and homes of their people. Take for example the state loan program that Denmark introduced in

1933. Michael Sheridanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, Landmarks: The Modern House in Denmark, showcases how this program evolved and shaped todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Danish homes. Sheridan explains how the Danish government created a program to help lower-income families build new houses. The intention was to alleviate congestion in the most overcrowded parts of Copenhagen and stimulate the construction industry. Certain criteria had to be met to receive the loan: a qualified architect had to be used to design the house; local building materials had to be used for the construction; and the dwelling had to have less than 150 m2 of internal living space. Almost overnight, a new market for architects was createdâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; one that encouraged innovative houses based on economy and comfort rather than dogma or historical style. As most architects were trained at the same university by the same professor, there was a striking similarity among all the state loan houses. In addition to serving as an incubator for the modern houses of the 1950s and giving young architects a chance to build

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their first designs, the state loan program (which ran for

made household goods that helped raise domestic standards

almost thirty years) gave a whole generation of low- and mid-

of living. An excellent base from which to build a nation of

dle-income Danes exposure to well-planned housing. This in

design-conscious people—and that’s before IKEA opened as a

turn instilled an understanding and appreciation of archi-

mail order business in 1943!

tecture and design that otherwise would have been seen as a luxury reserved only for the educated and rich. In nearby Sweden, the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition introduced Functionalism to over four million people. The Exhibition’s intention was to promote mass-produced household goods and raise domestic standards in a country emerging from poverty. Erik Gunnar Asplund was the chief architect for the

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They are well planned and functional.

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project, and his cheerful lessons in healthy living and colourful approach to modern industrial culture gave hope and inspiration to generations to come. Indeed, Asplund’s interpretation of Functionalism—a warm, sensuous modernism

rials that age gracefully.

grounded in individual experience—changed the course of Nordic architecture.

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mate and surrounding nature.

Now Scandinavia had brought a design awareness to everyone, it was no longer seen as an elite activity. Through

They are built with strong consideration to the cli-

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architect-designed houses for lower-income families and mass-produced household goods for the poverty-stricken

I grew up as one of four siblings in the region of Småland in

broader public, generations of Scandinavians grew up in

the south of Sweden. Interior design was certainly not part of

houses that were designed properly, surrounded by well-

my upbringing yet it gave me the foundation for my approach

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to design and how I value my home. My father, a kind and gentle man who only finished six years of school, spent most of his time working as a forester and a church organist. My mother stayed at home until I was twelve. I can still remember the day she came bouncing out from the study after receiving a call that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d got a job at our local library. Her life changed and she transformed in front of my eyes. Up to that point, she had looked after the house and the animals, adept at growing vegetables, cooking and de-necking chickens. I spent my childhood surrounded by forest, cows, chickens and black lakes, using or living off everything in some way, be it milk from the cows, logs from the forest, or vegetables from the garden. Nature played a part in every aspect of my upbringing, which led me to appreciate and understand the importance of having a connection to nature in interior design. Plants and the use of timber are obvious ways of maintain that connection, but I also consider the relationship the interior has to gardens, balconies and courtyards. Even though design and art were not discussed or even acknowledged in our household, they provided three design fundamentals that I share with many Scandinavians:

The Burger Book Banging burgers, sides and sauces to cook indoors and out Christian Stevenson (DJ BBQ) More than 40 burgers, plus sides, sauces and buns to cook on or off the grill. From the no 1 bestselling author DJ BBQ comes the definitive burger book. This is the only burger book you'll ever need – the only burger book you'll ever want! And it's not just beef burgers – The Burger Book is packed with burger recipes covering options for fish, chicken, veggie, vegan, pork and lamb. It has buns. It has sauces. It has sides. It has all the delicious flavours and madcap shenanigans that you've come to expect from DJ BBQ and his crew. So whether you want a classic, 10inch, lockjaw beef burger, or fancy trying a smoked haddock burger, beetroot burger or gravy burger (yes, the burgers are soaked in gravy!), this is the book for you. Learn to cook these burgers like a pro, whether on the grill or back indoors, and understand the art of assembling the ultimate bun-wrapped feast.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Flexibound

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AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781787133648

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Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Food & Drink

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210 x 160 mm

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The follow-up to hit book Fire Food by the internationally famous DJ BBQ.

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160pp

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Expert advice on cooking perfect burgers on and off the BBQ grill. Options for vegans and vegetarians, as well as recipes for sides, sauces, buns and extras. Global and ongoing love affair with burgers.

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Author Details DJ BBQ (aka Christian Stevenson) is a live fire chef and a leading name in the world of BBQ. After a successful broadcasting career fronting shows for MTV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 (including award-winning Rad ), he harnessed his passion for cooking over fire and now has his own YouTube channel with more than 175K subscribers (he’s also a regular big-hitter on Jamie Oliver’s FoodTube). DJ BBQ stars in and hosts festivals including Meatopia, The Big Feastival, Camp Bestival, Grilltopia and The Big Grill. He is a chef on Food.com, and has contributed to This Morning, FHM, Independent, Daily Mail and the Chris Evans Breakfast Show among many others. He has a BBQ spice rub range with US brand Spiceology, and his brand affiliations include Hellmann’s, Renault, B&Q and Kid Rock’s American Bad Ass Grill.

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SUNDAY ROAST CHICKEN BURGER Everyone loves a Sunday roast, especially when it comes with all the fixings. How about a roast that you can hold in the palm of your hand? With all the fixings? Well, we made it, and the result went way beyond our expectations. And then we smothered it in gravy, taking it to the upper atmosphere of deliciousness and messiness. The easiest way to make this burger is to use the leftovers from your Sunday roast. But, if you don’t have that luxury, then here’s the complete method for making the ultimate weekend burger.

MAKES 6 BURGERS OUTDOORS Half & half or hot smoker INDOORS Oven and hob (stovetop) You’ll need two roasting tins (pans) and a muffin tray with six holes

6 buns, halved into tops and bottoms green cabbage, sliced ROAST CHICKEN 1 medium chicken Olive oil Sprig of fresh rosemary, chopped 1 onion, peeled and quartered 1 carrot, chopped 1 garlic bulb garlic, Sea salt and black pepper CHICKEN GRAVY 2 tbsp flour 500ml (17fl oz/2 generous cups) chicken stock 2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour ROAST VEG 3 large potatoes, quartered Beef dripping 36 B A N G I N B U R G E R S

Get your outdoor cooker rocking, or preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F/gas mark 4). Oil the chicken and season with salt, pepper and the rosemary. If you’re cooking indoors, place the chicken into a roasting tin (pan) and stick it in the oven. If you’re cooking outdoors, put your chicken straight onto the grill over the indirect heat. Leave to cook for about an hour, until cooked through to a core temperature of 68°C (155°F). While the chicken is cooking, you need to prepare your potatoes. Boil the spuds for about 15 minutes until nearly cooked through. Drain into a colander and leave to cool and dry. Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, eggs and milk for the Yorkshire pudding, season with salt and pepper and set aside. When the chicken is ready, leave it to rest on a plate in a warm place for at least 30 minutes. This is the most important part of cooking a chicken (apart from the heat part). Turn the oven up to 220°C (425°F/gas mark 7) or whack some more fuel into your cooker and get it hot. Put the beef dripping for the potatoes in a roasting tin, and heat in the oven/on the grill until smoking hot. Add the spuds to the hot dripping in their tin, along with the carrots and parsnips. Roast in the oven/on the grill for about 30–40 minutes until crispy, turning every so often.

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GET READY TO BLOW UP THE DEATH STAR Luke Skywalker probably had this burger sat under his X-Wing fighter seat as he took out the Death Star. Thanks Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) for sacrificing your life so that others could live. Hey, check out the movie I did with Felicity called Chalet Girl! It’s a snowmantic comedy! You’ll have to wait till the end to see little bit – I did get more lines thant Brooke Shields though. Sorry, back to our heroes of the story, Luke and this insanely delicious and filling breakfast burger.

MAKES 2 BURGERS OUTDOORS Half & half or target technique INDOORS Oven and frying pan on the hob (stovetop)

2 semi-baked, medium potatoes (or 2 frozen hash browns also work well) 1 x 200g (7oz) small can of baked beans 4 bacon rashers of bacon (slices) 2 eggs 2 buns brown sauce butter, for frying

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/gas mark 4) – or get a good bed of coals going. Bake your potatoes for 30 minutes until semi-cooked either in the oven or nestled in the coals. Pull them out and let them cool. You could do this in advance, as they need to be totally cool before grating (shredding). Cook your bacon off in a frying pan either over the direct heat on the grill, or a high heat on the hob, then set it aside on paper towels. Grate (shred) the cool semi-baked potatoes onto a chopping board. Form two round patties that are a bit larger than the burger bun. Get that bacon pan hot again, add a knob of butter to the bacon grease and cook the potato patties in the tasty fat. Don’t flip till you got a good colour on the bottom side. (My grandma always said, ‘Don’t be flipping your hash browns too much or they won’t crisps up. They’ll just be greasy and soggy.’ Thank yous, Grandma Stevenson. Dang, back to the destruction of the Death Star. Once you’ve achieved a lovely golden-brown crispy colour to the hash browns, set ’em aside to drain on kitchen paper towels. Crack open your can of baked beans and warm them up in a saucepan (over a low heat on the hob or over indirect heat on the grill). Meanwhile, fry off your two eggs any way you like. For me, that’s over easy with a runny middle.

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The Brisket Chronicles A Celebration of the Tastiest, Most Versatile Meat in the World Steven Raichlen "The Julia Child of BBQ" (LA Times) turns to our favourite cut of meat: the brisket. Whether barbecued in Texas, brined into corned beef, or braised for a Passover table, brisket ignites passion in meat-lovers, grillers, and comfort-food fans. Now Steven Raichlen views brisket through a worldwide lens – with wide-ranging, multi-cultural, surprising recipes made both on and off the grill – in a delicious celebration of a favourite food. It all starts with the big kahuna: an authentic Texas barbecued brisket, aka 18 pounds of smoky, fatty, proteinaceous awesomeness. And from this revelation of pure beefy goodness comes burnt ends. Corned beef. Ropa Vieja. Bollito Misto. Pho . . . and slowly it dawns on you: Brisket must be the tastiest, most versatile, and most beloved cut of meat in the world.

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01 April 2019

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AU$45.00

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9781523505487

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In The Brisket Chronicles, Steven Raichlen shares his 50 best brisket recipes while showing us step-by-foolproof-step how to ’cue it, grill it, smoke it, braise it, cure it, and boil it. This is next-level comfort food: Texas brisket and Kansas City brisket, Jamaican Jerk Brisket, Old School Pastrami, a perfect Passover brisket with dried fruits and sweet wine, Brisket Ramen, even burgers. Plus what to do with the leftovers: the ultimate Brisket Hash, Brisket Baked Beans, Bacon-Grilled Brisket Bites. And for total mindblowing pleasure, Kettle Corn with Crispy Brisket. You heard right. Includes full-colour photographs throughout; complete tips and techniques for choosing the right cuts; handling, prepping, and storing a brisket; and recipes for accompaniments, too, including slaws, salads, and sauces.

Author Details Steven Raichlen is the author of the New York Times bestselling Barbecue! Bible® cookbook series, which includes the new Project Fire, Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades; Project Smoke; The Barbecue Bible; and How to Grill. Winner of 5 James Beard awards and 3 IACP awards, his books have been translated into 17 languages. His TV shows include the PBS series Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke (currently in its 3rd season); Primal Grill; and Barbecue University, and the French language series Les Incontournables du BBQ and Le Maitre du Grill. Raichlen has written for the New York Times, Esquire, and all the food magazines; he teaches sold-out Barbecue University classes at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. In 2015, he was inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame. His website is www.barbecuebible.com.

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Steven Raichlen's Barbecue! Bible cookbooks have over 5 million copies in print and have won 5 James Beard Awards and 3 IACP awards. Raichlen is known for his popular public television series Steven Raichlen's Project Fire, Project Smoke, and Primal Grill. He was recently called "The Julia Child of BBQ" (LA Times). He's trusted as a source for smart ideas in outdoor cooking as well as flavours from around the world.

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Brisket is a culinary mainstay the world over. A versatile cut of meat that cooks beautifully whether barbecued, braised, cured, or boiled, its popularity is thanks to its rich, meaty flavor and its affordability. The Brisket Chronicles is a multi-cultural, multimethod celebration, with 50 passionate recipes starring brisket, from a spicy Asian pho to chocolate chip cookies (really!). The Brisket Chronicles adds something fresh and lively to the spring and summer grilling displays, and makes an ideal gift for the barbecuing dad. Brisket is considered "the Holy Grail of Barbecue," but the range of recipes in this book mean it will be pulled off the shelf all year long; recipes cover a range of cooking techniques (including those performed indoors), flavour profiles, and international influences.

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KUNG PAO PASTRAMI YIELD: Serves 4 as a starter, 2 as a main course METHOD: Stir-frying PREP TIME: 20 minutes COOKING TIME: 10 minutes HEAT SOURCE: Stove or grill-side burner WHAT ELSE: You may need to take a trip to an Asian market to make this one. For chili paste, you want a hot, salty Chinese version or sambal oelek from Indonesia. Chinese hot bean paste (another condiment made with chiles and soy beans) piles on more salty-garlicky flavors. (I’ve made it optional.) Tianjin peppers pump up the heat even further. (In a pinch, substitute 2 to 3 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes.) Sichuan peppercorns don’t belong to the pepper family at all, but are tiny reddish dried berries that possess the odd property of simultaneously numbing and cooling your mouth. There’s no substitute, but your stir-fry will still taste pretty remarkable without them.

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here are two ways to approach restaurants, just as there are two philosophies for living your life. The first is to find places you like and return to them often for your tried-andtrue favorite dishes. This guarantees meals you will like in surroundings that make you comfortable. The other approach is to seek new experiences, forsaking the comfort of the familiar for a shot at the unplanned and extraordinary. My wife adheres to the first school, so when she picks the restaurant, I know I’m in for a good meal. I’m all about the thrill of the new, which means that often I’m disappointed, but occasionally I’m blown away. So for me to return to the same restaurant and order the same dish in the space of two weeks—and this in one of the most sophisticated restaurant cities in North America that I’ve flown 3,000 miles to visit— well, that suggests a pretty astonishing meal. But that’s exactly what I did at Mission Chinese in San Francisco. You won’t find the dish that so captivated me—stirfried kung pao pastrami at your average Chinese restaurant in North America or China. Then again, Mission Chinese chefowner Danny Bowien was born in Korea, raised in Oklahoma, and his first claim to culinary fame involved not Asian food, but winning a Pesto World Championship. Bowien’s take on traditional kung pao features two decidedly non-Chinese ingredients: pastrami and potatoes. The sauce roars in like a SWAT team, assaulting you with salt, garlic, chile hellfire, and tongue-numbing Sichuan peppercorns. Eating it will hurt your taste buds, and the only way to get relief is to take another bite. What follows is a streamlined version of Danny Bowien’s masterpiece.

AUNT ANNETTE’S HOLIDAY BRISKET WITH SWEET WINE AND DRIED FRUITS

INGREDIENTS 1 brisket flat (3 to 4 pounds) Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons canola oil

PREP TIME: 15 minutes COOKING TIME: 2-1/2 to 3 hours METHOD: Braising HEAT SOURCE: Oven YOU’LL ALSO NEED: a Dutch oven with a tightfitting lid (it should be just large enough to hold the brisket); gravy boat with a fat separator (the sort that allows you to pour the broth off from the bottom, leaving the fat on top; optional) WHAT ELSE: This recipe calls for a technique that may surprise all you barbecue buffs out there. You carve the brisket midway through the cooking process when it’s still firm enough to slice neatly. The slices finish cooking in the braising liquid. This ensures even slices and exceptionally tender brisket.

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ong before my indoctrination into barbecue, I ate brisket. So did every other Jewish kid in the neighborhood. Brisket was the ultimate holiday dish, and nobody made it better than my Aunt Annette Farber. Working in a kitchen that would be deemed hopelessly primitive today, Aunt Annette grated mountains of potatoes on a hand grater to produce latkes that defied physics. (They were simultaneously feather light and properly leaden.) She hand-cranked a meat grinder to turn out gefilte fish I still dream about. But the star of her repertory was brisket—braised for hours with onions and carrots and sweet red kosher wine (was there any other kind?). Lavished with apricots, prunes, and other dried fruits, it was the sort of sweet-salty, meaty-fruity mashup typical of so much Ashkenazi cuisine. Aunt Annette served it at Rosh Hashanah (the dried fruits presaged a sweet New Year). She served it at Hanukkah and Passover, too. I imagine she serves it still to hungry multitudes in heaven. These days, my family’s more likely to eat our brisket slow-smoked like they do in Texas, but at least once a year we dust off Aunt Annette’s recipe for a braised brisket that transcends wood smoke.

1 large onion, finely chopped 2 ribs celery, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley 1 1/2 cups sweet kosher Concord grape wine (such as Manischewitz) or dry red wine plus 1/4 cup granulated or brown sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 300°F 2. Using a sharp knife, trim the brisket, leaving a layer of fat at least 1/4-inch thick (see page 000). Generously season the brisket on all sides with salt and pepper. 3. Heat the oil in a Dutch oven (or roasting pan—though a Dutch oven is preferred) over medium-high heat. Add the brisket and cook, turning once, until browned on both sides, 4 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer the meat to a platter and pour out and discard all but 3 tablespoons of fat in the pan.

2 to 3 cups beef or chicken stock (preferably homemade or a low-sodium commercial brand) or water 2 bay leaves 3 carrots, trimmed, peeled, and cut crosswise into 3 inch pieces 1 1/2 cups dried apricots 1 1/2 cups pitted prunes 1 cup golden raisins

4. Add the onion, celery, garlic, and 3 tablespoons of the parsley and cook over medium-high heat until softened and lightly browned, 5 minutes. 5. Return the brisket to the pot, spooning half the vegetables on top. Add the wine, bay leaves, and enough stock to reach half way up the brisket. Cover the pot (if using a roasting pan, cover it tightly with aluminum foil), place it in the oven, and braise until semi-tender, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. 6. Remove the pot from the oven, uncover it, and transfer the brisket to a welled cutting

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board; set the pot aside. Using a sharp knife, thinly slice the brisket across the grain. Stir half of the carrots, apricots, prunes, and raisins into the juices in the pot. Using a spatula, neatly lay the sliced brisket on top. Pour in any juices from the cutting board and arrange the remaining carrots and dried fruits on top. Season with salt and pepper. Add additional stock as needed just to cover the meat and fruit. 7. Cover the pot and return it to the oven. Continue braising the brisket until the meat is tender enough to cut with a fork, another 1 1/2 hours, or as needed. If there’s too much cooking liquid (the brisket should be moist, not soupy), uncover the pan for the last half hour to allow some of the juices to evaporate.

8. Transfer the brisket to a platter. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the fruits and vegetables to the platter and arrange them around the meat. Pour the pan juices into a gravy boat with a fat separator. (If you don’t have one of these, pour the gravy into a bowl or measuring cup and skim the fat off the top with a ladle.) Spoon some of the gravy over the meat and fruit, serving the rest on the side. Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon of parsley over the meat and get ready for Jewish holiday awesomeness. NOTE: Sometimes, Aunt Annette would add a diced lemon to her brisket to offset the sweetness of the dried fruit. It’s a nice touch.

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Orexi! Feasting at the Modern Greek Table Theo A. Michaels A collection of 65 classic and modern recipes from MasterChef semi-finalist Theo Michaels; paying homage to his heritage whilst championing new modern dishes inspired by the flavours of Greece and Cyprus.

Kali orexi is the Greek equivalent of bon appetit and this enticing book will certainly whet your appetite! Organised in chapters

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01 April 2019

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Hardback

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AU$45.00

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9781788790796

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Ryland Peters and Small

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RPS Books

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235 x 190 mm

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176pp

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entitled Meze, Sea, Land, Sun and Fire, evoking a sense of connection to nature, seasonality, abundant simplicity and sociable eating. Fresh ingredients sing from the plate, from juicy watermelon and glossy kalamata olives, to fragrant oregano-roasted lamb and delicate vine-leaf-baked sea bass. Meze features mouth-watering small plates for sharing from whipped dips to meatballs. The sea is woven into Greek culture and seafood is a staple; enjoy the freshest fish and shellfish cooked simply and served with a squeeze of lemon juice. Meat is a huge part of the Greek diet – rabbit, goat, chicken, lamb are the mainstay with pork enjoyed at Easter celebrations. Cooking over charcoal is part of daily life. The Cypriots use a large rotisserie famous for its souvla (long skewer), while mainland Greece make souvlaki and both BBQ and oven-roasted dishes are included here. Greek yogurt, along with artisan cheeses (feta, halloumi etc.) can be eaten hot (saganaki) or shaved into vibrant salads and the traditions of 'horta' means there are plenty of vegetable dishes to enjoy. Finally, Greek desserts are often just a sweet note to savour with a bitter black coffee or you may prefer a Greek-inspired cocktail such as an Ouzo Sour.

Author Details Theo Michaels was born in London to a large Greek Cypriot family. Making the semi-finals of BBC TV's MasterChef in 2014 spurred him into giving up corporate life to become a chef for Elsewhere Events, creating imaginative pop-up dining experiences globally. Theo is based in Hertfordshire.

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There is rising interest in food from the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece and the Aegean because of it's emphasis on simple produce. Fresh, natural foods cooked simply and enjoyed as part of a balanced diet is not a faddy eating trend – it's the everyday norm! Recipes include popular health-enhancing ingredients such as halloumi, quinoa, cauliflower and turmeric but are inspired by classic Greek recipes. Beautifully photographed images that evoke a sun-drenched sense of place, abundance and the pleasures of sociable dining.

Cauliflower Power Flavour and nutrition-packed vegetarian recipes Kathy Kordalis Discover 60 diverse and exciting ways with the mighty but humble cauliflower, from fresh and rustic to elegantand richly spiced, is there anything this wonder-vegetable can’t do? It’s the unassuming ingredient that has become a force to be reckoned with. Whether roasted, smashed, whipped, pickled or braised, each cooking method gives it a new dimension of flavour, and these 60 recipes show off the myriad ways cauliflower can be enjoyed. A master of disguise, it can be a great undetected base and substitute for less nutritious carbs, or it can take on other flavours and quite easily star as the main event itself. As well as being utterly delicious, cauliflower is also a super-healthy ingredient – a good source of fibre, omega-3s, B vitamins and minerals. Try Crispy Cauliflower Katsu Curry, Whole Roasted Lemon and Oregano Cauli with Pittas and Yogurt Dressing, Umami Cauli Steaks, Quick Cauli Saffron Pilaf, Freeform Cauliflower Tart, Smokey Cauli Arancini or even Deepest Darkest Caramel Brownies!

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01 April 2019

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Hardback

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AU$24.99

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9781788790734

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Ryland Peters and Small

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RPS Books

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Author Details Kathy Kordalis is a London-based freelance food stylist and recipe writer. A graduate of Leith’s School of Food and Wine, Kathy originally moved to London and entered the professional food world in a management role at the Divertimenti Cookery School. Her food style draws inspiration from her Australian and Mediterranean heritage. Kathy’s clients include Tesco Online andWaitrose Food Magazine , as well as chef Bill Granger.

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The New York Times published an article (June 2018) titled 'The Ascension of Cauliflower', which explains how food companies are able to capitalise on consumer trends such as low-carb, gluten-free, paleo or plant-based by using cauliflower to replace other simple carbs. ‘Proof: the humble cauliflower, which shape-shifts into fluffy rice, main course steaks, crunchy salads, and crispy bits and somehow has become the veg of the year’ (Bon Appétit Magazine, April 2018). Green Giant, the century-old national food brand, says that cauliflower is among the hottest vegetables it sells today. Good Housekeeping magazine says 'This veggie is more than trendy... Cauliflower’s mild flavour makes it a versatile swap for other less nutritious, high-carb foods. Plus it packs tons of fiber and cancer fighting nutrients'.

Wine Everything you ever wanted to know about red, white, rosé & fizz Jane Parkinson Former International Wine Communicator of the Year, Jane Parkinson, gives you the lowdown on wine and how to make the most of it. Wine offers an exciting look at the global scene with detailed information on all of your favourite grapes and styles. Jane Parkinson makes sure that once you have read through this manifesto, you will know exactly how to pick the right wine every time. Over the last decade, the way we buy, serve and enjoy wine has changed drastically, here you will find everything you need in order to find your desired taste, from storage, glasses, temperature and equipment, to a detailed breakdown of each grape and style with a visual key. Whether red or white, Pinot Noir or Sauvignon Blanc, Wine will make sure you find your perfect match.

Author Details Jane Parkinson is an award-winning wine writer. She’s a wine expert on Saturday Kitchen Live (BBC 1 television), Wine Editor for Restaurant magazine and recommends wines with recipes in women's fashion and lifestyle weekly magazine Stylist . Jane also contributes to a range of publications including Square Meal and Decanter and is often heard voicing her opinion in newspapers Publication

01 April 2019

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and on radio. She is one of five members in The Wine Gang, an independent group of wine specialists, and is a regular presenter at events and fairs, such as the BBC Good Food Show . A book from the Winner of Chairman’s Award at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2009, and the Communicator of the Year Award at the International Wine & Spirit Competition 2014, this is essential reading for the wine fan.

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9781788790765

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Ryland Peters and Small

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RPS Books

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186 x 123 mm

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208pp

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Jane is the winner of the International Wine Communicator of the Year Award.

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A popular figure within the wine world, Jane makes regular appearances on BB1 Saturday Kitchen Live. Her work has appeared in publications such as Telegraph Food & Drink, GQ and Elle. Jane frequently hosts wine tastings around the country and is a judge in international competitions.

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A Perfect Day for a Picnic Over 80 recipes for outdoor feasts to share with family and friends Tori Finch Delicious recipes for outdoor feasts to share with family and friends. Tori Finch understands the joys of a carefree picnic. There’s nothing quite like eating outdoors to capture a sense of adventure and add a little excitement to the feast. Whether you are entertaining a relaxed crowd or preparing a surprise romantic feast for two, hopping on your bike to work up an appetite, hitting the beach for a cook-out, or walking on a chilly day with a flask of hot soup; these all feature in themed menus, each featuring recipes for delicious, portable food as well as drinks to serve alongside. Wherever you are, whatever the occasion, armed with this book you will always have perfect picnic food to hand.

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01 April 2019

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Tori Finch has been a journalist, food writer, stylist and lifestyle blogger for over a decade. She is a Sussex country girl who lives besides a river with her husband, two children, chickens and a colony of bees. She has been around food her whole life and was once the owner of a very successful restaurant.

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9781788790802

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Ryland Peters and Small

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RPS Books

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210 x 170 mm

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160pp

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Beautifully packaged, this is a wonderful gift book as well as a go-to recipe book.

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Themed menus ensure a wide variety of recipes for all occasions. Tori Finch is an exciting voice in food writing, she writes a popular blog on lifestyle, food and interiors at http://www.tori-finch.com.

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Japanese Cocktails Over 40 highballs, spritzes and other refreshing low-alcohol drinks Leigh Clarke Delicious cocktails made with minimal alcohol and quality ingredients to give maximum thirst quenching satisfaction, featuring Japanese ingredients and flavours such as sake, whisky, plum wine, yuzu, sakura and matcha. With the focus on delicious fruity flavour combos rather than upping the alcohol content, Japanese cocktails are the perfect beverage for anyone who has trouble drinking or would prefer to avoid hard alcohol. Using fresh ingredients, real fruits and healthful teas, these easy-to-sip quaffs are on the whole revitalising instead of ruinous (unless you have hundreds), and allow you to feel positively fresh the next day, if you want to. Drinking alcohol is accepted as the norm in social situations, and Japan is no exception, from hanami picnics to celebrate cherry blossom season to business meetings in izakaya restaurants to family parties. Rather than force you to be the odd one out to order a soft drink if you want to pace yourself, they offer a commonly-available selection of these classy low-alcohol cocktails. Try a Lemon Sour made with shochu, soda water and fresh lemon juice, a Matcha Hai highball, Umeshu (plum wine) and tonic or Red Eye Beer made with tomato juice. Find out why cocktails are one such illustration of the Japanese approach to perfecting a craft. Publication

01 April 2019

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AU$19.99

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9781788790741

Leigh Clarke is a full-time drink stylist and ex-bartender with more than a decade's worth of experience working both behind the bar and in management roles at high-profile London establishments. A passion for Japanese culture and her first-hand knowledge and experience of the emerging low-alcohol bar scene and Japanese highball drinks in particular, inspired the creation of this book.

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Ryland Peters and Small

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64pp

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Taps into the trend for low-alcohol cocktails with better quality ingredients.

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London is awash with trendy places to drink Japanese cocktails; the Evening Standard round-up includes Mizuwari, a bar dedicated to Japanese whisky, Life Bar beneath the Barbican, Shoryu which boasts 120 types of sake and a sophisticated drinking den under iconic Japanese restaurant Roka. Australia is close on its heels.

Frozen Yogurt and other cool recipes for healthy treats Pablo Uribe and Rob Baines and Mariana Velasquez Experience the best of much-loved brand SNOG in your own home with these deliciously healthy recipes for frozen treats, chilled desserts and cool drinks. SNOG shops were born out of a passion for two things – good food and good design. Founders Pablo Uribe and Rob Baines wanted to offer a truly new and different consumer experience. Inspired by their love of healthy eating, they developed an organic no-fat yogurt combined with agave nectar – a naturally low-GI sweetener from the agave cactus – and SNOG Pure Frozen Yogurt was born. SNOG believe that healthier foods should not mean sacrificing enjoyment –they should nourish your body but still satisfy your soul. These recipes for sugar-free frozen yogurts, nutritious toppings and raw gluten-free desserts will inspire you to prepare food that you will love but that will love you back.

Author Details Pablo Uribe is Director of Product and Location Design for SNOG and Rob Baines is CEO of SNOG. With Pablo coming from an architecture and interior design studio and Rob applying his business expertise after a career in investment banking, together they own and run SNOG.

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01 April 2019

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Hardback

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AU$19.99

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9781788790888

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Ryland Peters and Small

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RPS Books

Cristina Archila is a raw food artist and graduate of the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute in California. She joined PLANTLAB® in Santa Monica in 2013, working as a chef teaching people how to include raw meals into their lifestyle. Originally from Colombia, Cristina is now based in Miami, Florida.

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Mariana Velázquez is a chef and recipe developer. She was selected to food style American Grown by First Lady Michelle Obama, a project that took her into the White House kitchen. A native Columbian, Mariana now lives in New York.

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Snog frozen yogurt is fat-free and made with agave syrup, making it the perfect healthy summer treat. A well-established brand in London, SNOG first launched in 2008 and has a loyal fan-base. The SNOG brand have over 24,000 Instagram followers and over 26,000 Facebook followers.

Mini Rice Cooker Cookbook Amanda Balslev

The perfect complement to your new appliance, the Mini Rice Cooker Cookbook has fresh ideas for every occasion, from breakfast to dessert. A mini-rice cooker is perfect for cramped college dorms, small apartments, even RVs. You don’t need extra kitchen tools like pots and pans for these recipes. Offering vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free variations, the recipes in this cookbook are sure to stretch your imagination for what a rice cooker can do. Recipes include pasta, soup, stew, beans, grains, cakes, breads, and more.

Author Details Lynda Balslev is an award winning writer, cookbook author, and recipe developer. A New England native, Lynda attended Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and remained in Europe for 15 years, working as a food editor, culinary instructor, and personal chef in Switzerland and Denmark. Lynda currently lives in Northern California where she continues to cook, teach and write about food and travel.

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02 April 2019

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Paperback

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AU$17.99 | NZ$19.99

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9781449496333

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152 x 152 mm

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64pp

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Full colour photography throughout

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Key Information Rice cookers are popular with college students and young professionals; easy, efficient, and can be single-serve. The perfect gift for a student heading off to college, or a young, working adult. Despite the massive popularity of the appliance, there are no other mini rice cooker cookbooks on the market.

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red pepper, onion, and parmesan frittata (gluten-free, vegetarian)

MAKES 1 TO 2 SERVINGS

Try making this fluffy baked-egg dish the next time you crave eggs. Goat cheese or cheddar cheese may be substituted for the Parmesan. The entire cooking time, from start to finish, will take about 20 minutes, or approximately 4 cooking cycles. You will need to let the cooker cool briefly in between each cycle before resetting the button. 1 teaspoon vegetable oil ¼ cup finely chopped yellow onion ¼ cup finely chopped red bell pepper 3 large eggs 2 tablespoons whole milk ¼ teaspoon sea salt ¹∕ 8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup finely grated Parmesan, plus extra for garnish

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Coat the bottom and sides of the rice cooker pot with the vegetable oil. Add the onion and red pepper to the pot. Cover the pot and cook until the vegetables are bright and begin to soften, about 7 minutes. Carefully lift the lid and stir once or twice during the cooking process.

While the vegetables are cooking, whisk the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Stir in the cheese. Add the egg mixture to the pot and gently stir to combine.

Cover and cook until the frittata is just set in the center, about 20 minutes, or approximately 4 cycles. Using oven mitts, carefully invert the frittata onto a serving plate, sprinkle with additional cheese, and serve.

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lentil soup

(gluten-free; vegetarian option, vegan option) MAKES 2 SERVINGS

Lentil soup is healthy, satisfying, and easy to make in a rice cooker. The legumes cook quickly, so the soup may be prepared in as little as 20 minutes. Balsamic vinegar and brown sugar add oomph to this soup, so be sure to include these ingredients. Pick through and rinse the lentils before using, and do not add the salt until the lentils are cooked to prevent them from toughening. 1 teaspoon olive oil ¼ cup finely chopped yellow onion ¼ cup finely diced peeled carrot ¼ cup finely diced celery 1 small garlic clove, minced 11/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth 1/2 cup green lentils, rinsed ¼ teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon sea salt ¹∕ 8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Cilantro, for garnish

Pour the olive oil into the bowl of the rice cooker. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic, and stir to coat. Cover the pot and cook until the vegetables are bright and beginning to soften, about 7 minutes. Carefully lift the lid to stir once or twice during the process.

Add the broth, lentils, and thyme. Cover and cook until the lentils are tender, about 20 minutes. Unplug the machine to turn off. Stir in the balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, salt, and pepper. Garnish with some cilantro and serve.

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Making Rooms Your Own Lessons from Interior Designers David Patrick Columbia, Jeff Hirsch, Sian Ballen and Lesley Hauge An invitation to enter the residences of some of the top interior designers in the world – see their style and practicality in action, and adopt some of their winning ways. With pillows fluffed and curtains pulled back, design secrets are revealed. From established masters of the field (Jamie Drake, Stephen Sills, Tom Britt, Jeffrey Bilhuber) to comparatively newer talents, the reader will learn about diverse approaches to decoration and the art of fine living from some of today’s most successful interior designers – with wit, candor, and passion. Other featured subjects include Alex Papachristidis, Robert Couturier, Howard Slatkin, and Katie Ridder. From suggestions on entertaining and creating noteworthy tablescapes to practical advice on storage and displaying collections, the text guides readers to live full and savvy lives. Decorators’ own residences – ranging from town houses to studios – show design in action and often reflect concise principals for living efficiently and stylishly. Join New York Social Diary and many of the top interior designers of today to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the professionals live in their private (and refined) worlds. A book for decorating professionals and lovers of interior design and life in the great city.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$95.00

ISBN

9780847866335

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

Series

Category

Home Design

Format

254 x 203 mm

Extent

TBC

Illustrations

180 photographs and illustrations

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Lesley Hauge is a senior writer for New York Social Diary and co-author with Sian Ballen of New York Social Diary “House.” She is the former associate editor of Avenue magazine.

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Author Details New York Social Diary is a website that publishes articles about and photographs of the socialites of New York and other cities. The site is maintained by David Patrick Columbia, who founded it in 2000. David Patrick Columbia is a widely read social columnist for over twenty-four years. He is the former editor-in-chief of Avenue magazine, and is the editor-in-chief of Quest magazine and writes the monthly New York Social Diary column for Quest magazine. Jeff Hirsch is a co-founder of newyorksocialdiary.com together with David Patrick Columbia. Hirsch is the photographer for the entire New York Social Diary “House” series, in addition to being the website designer and manager of newyorksocialdiary.com. Sian Ballen, co-author of New York Social Diary “House,” has conducted hundreds of interviews within the design community over the past decade for the column.

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New York Social Diary has about 650,000 unique users a month worldwide. The site will post items related to the book and will advertise it extensively.

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Readers will love the insider experience of going into the private residences of designers, who reveal industry secrets, share creative solutions to hurdles faced in their own interiors, and tell stories of their personal lives and careers. All photography for the “House” series (and subsequently for the book) has been taken by Jeff Hirsch and is presented in a lush, scrapbook-like way, echoing the dense feel of the website.

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Reclaiming Style Using salvaged materials to create an elegant home Maria Speake and Adam Hills Adam Hills and Maria Speake, the partners behind architectural salvage and design company Retrouvius, combine their salvage work with one of the most sought-after interior design practices in Britain. Reclaiming Style goes with them behind the scenes, from the demolition site to the warehouse to the process of designing beautiful interiors using reclaimed materials. Charted over twelve locations, ranging from a 17th-century cottage to a converted barn to a 1970s towerblock apartment, the company’s unique style goes far beyond a mere commitment to salvage and sustainable design and offers an inspiring new vision for sophisticated, thoughtfully constructed living spaces.

Author Details Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$49.99

Maria Speake and Adam Hills met while studying architecture in Glasgow. They moved to London in 1997 and opened the Retrouvius warehouse on a dilapidated stretch of the Harrow Road. Lovers of salvaged materials soon began to beat a path to their door, and this led to the establishment of their design practice, which refurbishes domestic interiors using salvaged materials to entirely unique effect.

ISBN

9781788790710

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Publisher

Ryland Peters and Small

Imprint

RPS Books

Series

Category

Home Design

Format

254 x 216 mm

Extent

160pp

Illustrations

210 colour photographs

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New edition of the original bestselling title (97811849752671), which has sold over 8,500 copies worldwide.

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Retrouvius are one of House & Garden magazine's Leading 100 Interior Designers. Upcycled and recycled pieces are one of the major interior trends for 2018, according to the Pinterest Home Report.

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Country Brocante Style A Decorative Country Life Lucy Haywood Find inspiration in decorative country living with Country Brocante Style.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Lucy Haywood is the creator of The Country Brocantes – home and lifestyle fairs held in idyllic rural surroundings. In Country Brocante Style, she introduces her pretty and accessible signature look into the home, fusing two classic and enduring decorating traditions – English country style and French-inspired vintage styling. There’s plenty of classic French ‘brocanterie’ – old textiles, vintage furniture and decorative pieces – alongside lifestyle brands, gardenalia, handmade textiles, cottage-garden flowers and other homewares. In the first section, Country Brocante Style, Lucy leads you through the colour palette of the Brocantes and discusses key pieces of furniture and decorative pieces before presenting creative ideas for putting the look together. In the second section, Country Brocante Interiors, she pays a visit to the homes of the dealers and the buyers who flock to the fairs. Decorative country style is more popular than ever and The Country Brocante Style will inspire you to create this romantic, timeless style in your own home.

Price

AU$49.99

Author Details

ISBN

9781788790789

Publisher

Ryland Peters and Small

Imprint

RPS Books

Series

Category

Home Design

Format

254 x 216 mm

Extent

160pp

Illustrations

200 colour photographs

Age Range

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Lucy Haywood started her career as a designer for British Airways before going on to work for Lady Annabel Astor at OKA. However, her passion for interiors, antiques and vintage was sparked many years earlier when, as a tiny child, she was taken by her father to numerous antiques fairs and house clearances to hunt for hidden treasure. The Country Brocante fairs came into being when Lucy decided to create an event where visitors could shop and enjoy a day out and both hobby dealers and professionals could sell their wares. The Country Brocante now takes place four times a year against a backdrop of some of England's most beautiful scenery and stately homes.

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The Country Brocante fairs draw 12,000 visitors a year, with people coming from as far afield as Hong Kong and the United States. Combines glorious English country style with perennially popular French-inspired shabby chic styling. An easy, accessible style that's easy to recreate in any home – old or new, big or small.

The Global Bohemian How to satisfy your wanderlust at home Fifi O'Neill In the The Global Bohemian , Fifi O’Neill shows how you can bring gypset style into your home, fusing the colourful, eccentric style of bohemian living with inspirations from far-flung places. Why settle for one style when you can indulge your love of several? Whether exuberant or subtle, eclectic or sophisticated, bohemian style welcomes a freethinking approach to decorating. Fifi O’Neill shows you how to combine originality, creative energy, whimsy and a love of travel to create adventurous, authentic, and enchanting interiors. Find inspiration for making your home truly unique by mixing pieces with traditional style alongside finds from your travels. Whether you want to transform understated spaces by adding intriguing nomadic elements, incorporating tropical and beach motifs, or hints of glamour, The Global Bohemian offers ample and affordable decorative options and celebrates self-expression, inspiration, passion and personal flair. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$49.99

ISBN

9781782497189

Publisher

CICO

Fifi O'Neill is an editor, writer and photo stylist. She has produced numerous features on home decorating, food and gardening for American and European magazines, such as Coastal Living, Country Living (USA), Casa Romantica, Casa Antichi (Italy) and many more. Fifi's previous books are Romantic Prairie Style and Romantic Prairie Cookbook , both published by CICO Books. Her popular blog, fifioneillprairiestyle.com, reaches upwards of two million followers. Fifi grew up in Paris, France, though she now lives in Florida, USA.

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Cico Books

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Category

Home Design

Format

254 x 216 mm

Extent

160pp

Illustrations

200 colour photographs

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According to the World Tourism Organisation, we are travelling more than ever, and this is the perfect guide to integrating beautiful pieces you have picked up on your travels into your home. Fifi O’Neill’s previous book, Romantic Prairie Style, has sold over 20,000 copies. Stunning photography from a range of never before photographed locations.

Wild at Home How to style and care for beautiful plants Hilton Carter Make your home a healthier and more beautiful place to be with Hilton Carter’s inspirational ideas. Take a tour through Hilton’s own apartment and other lush spaces, filled with a huge array of thriving plants, and learn all you need to know to create your own urban jungle. As the owner of over 200 plants, Hilton feels strongly about the role of plants in one’s home – not just for the beauty they add, but for health benefits as well: ‘having plants in your home not only adds life, but changes the airflow throughout. It’s also a key design element when styling your place. For me, it wasn’t about just having greenery, but having the right variety of greenery. I like to see the different textures of foliage all grouped together. You take a fiddle leaf fig and sandwich it between a birds of paradise and a monstera and…. yes!’

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$39.99

You will be armed with the know-how you need to care for your plants, where to place them, how to propagate, how to find the right pot, and much more, and most importantly, how to arrange them so that they look their best. Combine sizes and leaf shapes to stunning effect, grow your own succulents from leaf cuttings, create your own air plant display, and more.

Author Details

ISBN

9781782497134

Publisher

CICO

Hilton Carter is a director, editor and fine artist, who loves making things with his hands. He is passionate about plants – his apartment is filled with over 200, and he has a loyal following on Instagram (@hiltoncarter) where he shares his knowledge of plant care and styling. Hilton is based in Baltimore, USA.

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Cico Books

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Indoor gardening has never been more popular, #urbanjungle has over 1.2 million posts on Instagram.

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Gardening

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235 x 190 mm

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144pp

Hilton Carter and his plants have over 100,000 followers on Instagram, and he runs online and offline courses on plant care. Trends such as forest-bathing and recent studies on public health suggest that daily contact with nature has a long-lasting and deep impact on health, including on depression and anxiety symptoms. Comparatively,Teeny Tiny Gardening (9781782494591), by RPS has sold over 16,000 copies worldwide.

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200 colour photographs

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Pallet Wood Projects for Outdoor Spaces 35 contemporary projects for garden furniture & accessories Hester van Overbeek Create cool and contemporary garden furniture and accessories with 35 simple projects using pallet wood. Follow Hester van Overbeek's tutorials to make a huge variety of innovative items for the garden. There are stylish and functional benches and tables, shelving units for plants, side tables, a work bench for a shed, storage ideas and much more. Make a beautiful porch awning hung with fairy lights, on-trend hanging succulent holders and an outdoor kitchen unit so you can prep food outside – it even has a built-in barbecue! You will learn to develop useful DIY skills including sawing, sanding, drilling and various techniques for treating wood, so even complete beginners will soon become confident wielding tools! Whether your garden is tiny and in the city or a homely cottage garden, there is something for everyone here, and you’ll soon be hunting for pallets wherever you go.

Author Details Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback with Flaps

Price

AU$34.99

ISBN

9781782497158

Publisher

CICO

Imprint

Cico Books

Series

Category

Gardening

Format

276 x 208 mm

Extent

128pp

Illustrations

250 colour photographs

Age Range

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Hester van Overbeek is a passionate crafter, who has always had a keen interest in interior design. Her website (www.hestershandmadehome.com) features craft tutorial videos and interior tips, and Hester’s work is often found in magazines such as Reloved, Ideal Home and Mollie Makes. Hester’s previous books, Made with Salvaged Wood, Furniture Hacks, Making Concrete Pots, Bowls, and Platters and Crafting with Mason Jars and other Glass Containers, were also published by CICO Books. Hester is based in Ramsgate, Kent.

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Packed full of ideas for using pallet wood to make stylish garden furniture and accessories.

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Learn to DIY and have fun experimenting with the creative possibilities that woodworking will give you. Clear step-by-step instructions and photographs show you how to make the projects.

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Decorating with Plants What to Choose, Ways to Style, and How to Make Them Thrive Baylor Chapman The complete guide to “greening” your space, with ideas and inspiration for adding plants to every room in your home, plus a directory of versatile, easy-to-care-for specimens. Houseplants are more popular than ever before – especially with millennials, who are setting up their homes for the first time and discovering that nothing can add energy, style, and that essential “lived-in-ness” to their spaces better than a little bit of green. Whether it’s a statement-making fiddle-leaf fig or a tiny tabletop succulent, a houseplant instantly elevates the look of your home. But where to begin?

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$45.00

ISBN

9781579657765

Publisher

Workman Publishing

Imprint

Workman

Series Category

NA Gardening + Home Design

Format

235 x 203 mm

Extent

240pp

Illustrations

350 colour photographs

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In Decorating with Plants, Baylor Chapman walks readers through everything they need to know to bring houseplants into their home. First, there’s Plant Care 101: from how to assess light conditions to tricks for keeping your plants alive while on vacation, Chapman gives readers the simple, foundational info they need to ensure their plants will thrive. Then she introduces us to 28 of her favourites – specimens that are tough as nails but oh-so-stylish, from the eye-catching Rubber Tree to the delicate Cape Primrose. Finally, she guides readers through the home room by room: Place an aromatic plant like jasmine or gardenia to your entry to establish your home’s “signature scent.” Add a proper sense of scale to your living room with a ceiling-grazing palm. Create a living centrepiece of jewel-toned succulents for a dining table arrangement that will last long after your dinner party. From air purification to pest control, there’s no limit to what houseplants can do for your home – and Decorating with Plants is here to show you how to add them to spaces big and small with style.

Author Details Baylor Chapman is the author of The Plant Recipe Book and founder and principle designer of Lila B. Design, a green-certified business in San Francisco. She first learned to garden on a farm in Illinois and has since expanded her gardening chops working in environments from the arid mountains of New Mexico to the golden hills of California. Her designs have been featured in Sunset magazine and on PBS, as well as in Banana Republic and Restoration Hardware stores. Chapman spends her days knee-deep in plants, translating ideas into tangible designs and scouring nurseries for new varieties to play with.

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Houseplants are HOT! Scroll through #MonsteraMonday on Instagram or flip through the pages of the latest glossy design magazine and you’ll discover that houseplants are now a must-have in every well-decorated home. This book will help readers create the #urbanjungle of their dreams. Merchandising opportunity: As the houseplant trend continues to grow, a range of retailers are adding or expanding the houseplant selections in their stores. This book is the perfect companion. Beautiful + useful: This book has it all – essential care information for dozens of popular houseplants, plus hundreds of inspiring original photographs illustrating how to incorporate them into your home décor. Great for apartment dwellers: As a longtime San Francisco apartment resident, Chapman is no stranger to the struggle of bringing plants into small, poorly lit spaces. She introduces readers to dozens of low-light stunners (like ivy and marimo balls) and offers creative planting solutions to make a big impact in small spaces.

McClean Design Creating the Contemporary House Paul McClean and Philip Jodidio The first book on the architect’s custom-built residences in California, tailor-made to the highest specification one could ask for. This collection of visionary residences takes us on a tour of the height in luxury, designed to accommodate all amenities available – from the indoor gym and hair salon to the movie theatre, champagne vault and wine cellar, cigar room, and wellness room. McClean Design looks at McClean’s rise to prominence, from his first Bird Streets home in the Hollywood Hills to houses that drew attention from the likes of fashion designer Calvin Klein and the record-setting Bel Air home of Beyoncé and Jay Z. In addition to incorporating water in all of his designs, he makes extensive use of glass to eliminate the barrier between the indoors/outdoors. His sleek designs seamlessly integrate the outdoors taking advantage of the spectacular views and landscapes.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$150.00

After an illustrated introduction, the portfolio section of twenty-four magnificent ultra-modern homes describes each house in detail with sketches and site plans, explaining the architect’s work. McClean offers his reflections on these beautiful projects and the design strategies behind their creation, all completed in the past fifteen years. McClean Design has grown into one of the leading contemporary residential design firms in the fashionable areas of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, with projects throughout the Western United States and beyond to Hawaii and British Columbia.

ISBN

9780847863501

Author Details

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

Series

Category

Home Design

Format

292 x 241 mm

Extent

TBC

Illustrations

100 colour illustrations

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Paul McClean grew up in Ireland where he attended the Dublin Institute of Technology, graduating with honours in architecture in 1994. During this time he travelled and worked for award-winning architectural practices in London, Dublin, and Sydney. After graduation he arrived in Southern California and worked for various local architectural firms before establishing McClean Design in 2000. McClean is a member of the American Institute of Architects and works primarily in California and Hawaii. Philip Jodidio was born in New Jersey in 1954. He studied art history and economics at Harvard before moving to Paris, where he was editor in chief of the French art monthly Connaissance des Arts from 1980 to 2002. Jodidio has written over 90 books about contemporary architecture and art including Tadao Ando: Venice, Tadao Ando at Naoshima , Tadao Ando Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth , and I. M. Pei: The Complete Works for Rizzoli.

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McClean is the designer behind the most expensive spec homes ever built – such as the 20,500-square-foot “Opus House” which is located on one of the most highly sought-after streets in Beverly Hills and was the most expensive home sold in the area (for $100 million). International billionaires are buying a new breed of oversized homes. In L.A., it’s boom time for a select and exclusive group of developers, builders, architects, and realtors dedicated to building and selling mega-mansions on spec. McClean designed Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 30,000-square-foot Bel Air manse, complete with four pools and a helipad. The Winklevoss Twins, Swedish DJ Avicii, and Calvin Klein live in McClean designed homes.

Natural Living Style Inspirational ideas for a beautiful and sustainable home Selina Lake In Natural Living Style , Selina Lake reveals how to create a beautiful and stylish home that is as natural, plastic-free and sustainable as possible. In Inspirations, Selina starts by revealing the concepts that inspire her: natural decor, living simply, mindful consumption, recycling, upcycling and reducing plastic waste. She looks at materials suited to the natural living look, including wood, bamboo, cork, recycled glass and upcycled materials. In Textures, she focuses on organic fabrics, fibres such as coir and rattan and eco-friendly paints. Finally, she shows how to style the home using lighting, decorative objects, vintage pieces, garden flowers and house plants. In the second section, Natural Living Spaces, Selina shows how sustainability and style can go hand in hand in living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, home offices and even utility rooms. In The Natural Garden, she steps outside to discuss green gardening, growing your own produce and venturing further afield to camp, travel and explore. Thoughout, eco-friendly tips and hints will inspire those who want to lighten their footprint on the planet. Last but not least, the Natural Resources section will help readers get the look and create a sustainable, eco-friendly home of their own.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$49.99

ISBN

9781788790666

Publisher

Ryland Peters and Small

Imprint

RPS Books

Series

Category

Home Design

Format

254 x 216 mm

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160pp

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220 colour photography

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Author Details Selina Lake is a successful stylist, author and columnist. She has a monthly column in Modern Gardens magazine and her styling work can be seen in publications including Country Living, Homes & Antiques and Country Homes & Interiors . Selina has produced eight books for Ryland Peters & Small, including the bestselling Botanical Style .

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From the best-selling author of Homespun style, Garden Style and Botanical Style, which has sold over 13,000 copies worldwide. Taps into the current interest in living a greener lifestyle, avoiding single-use plastics and reducing unnecessary waste. Selina has a loyal and growing following of over 16,000 on Instagram.

Tadao Ando Living in Harmony: New Contemporary Houses Philip Jodidio and Tadao Ando Showcases recent houses by the world-renowned Japanese minimalist architect, offering unprecedented access to his thought process through more than 100 photographs, line drawings, sketches, and plans.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$200.00

ISBN

9780847865307

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

Series

Category

Art/Fashio/Photography

Format

279 x 279 mm

Extent

240pp

Illustrations

150 colour photographs

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Tadao Ando is one of the best-known and most influential contemporary architects with a minimalistic aesthetic and love of natural materials like glass and concrete – proof that “less is more.” This volume features ten houses and examines his approach to these designs. Viewed as a collection, these houses serve to demonstrate the wide range of Ando’s prodigious genius through lavish and striking photographs. Characteristics of his work include large expanses of unadorned architectural concrete walls combined with wooden or stone floors and large windows. He uses simple methods to solve complicated and small spaces, and turns them into spaces with breathtaking landscapes. Through more than 120 photographs, line drawings, sketches, and plans, this collection presents several unseen and unpublished works, from the Bosco Studio and House facing the Pacific Ocean in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2014, to his penthouse in Manhattan for a Japanese collector, finished in 2017.

Author Details Born in Osaka, Japan, Tadao Ando is one of the most renowned contemporary Japanese architects. In 1969 he established Tadao Ando Architect & Associates. Ando has designed many notable buildings, including Row House in Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 1976, Church of the Light, Osaka, 1989, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 2001, Armani Teatro, Milan, 2001, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2002 and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo, 2007. Among many awards he has received are the Pritzker Prize, the Carlsberg Architecture Prize, the Praemium Imperiale award, and the Kyoto Prize. Ando was a visiting professor at Yale, Columbia, and Harvard, and professor at the University of Tokyo from 1997, and professor emeritus there since 2003. Ando has held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, in 1991 and Centre Pompidou in Paris, 1993. Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard before moving to Paris, where he was editor in chief of the French art monthly Connaissance des Arts from 1980 to 2002. Jodidio has written over 100 books about contemporary architecture and art including Tadao Ando: Venice, Tadao Ando at Naoshima, Tadao Ando Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth , and I. M. Pei: The Complete Works for Rizzoli.

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Four of the seven houses featured are in Japan; the others are in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca (Mexico), Malibu, and New York.

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All but one of the residences will be published for the first time. The Penthouse apartment in NYC was recently finished in 2017 and photographed in 2018.

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Tadao Ando is the only architect to have won all four of the field’s most prestigious awards: the Pritzker Prize, the Carlsberg Architecture Prize, the Praemium Imperiale award, and the Kyoto Prize.

All Year Round Seasonal decorating inspired by nature Hans Blomquist Be inspired by nature and the changing seasons in Hans Blomquist's new book All Year Round, full of easy-to-recreate ideas for beautiful interiors no matter what the time of year. Visiting a variety of different locations, master stylist Hans shares his ideas and secrets for quick, easy seasonal transformations. In Spring, draw inspiration from city life in Paris and New York and introduce light, gauzy fabrics, blossom, spring bulbs and soft, elegant colours. Summer styling takes its cue from Hans’ own home in the south of France with textured linen and earthy hues then in Autumn ring the changes with cosy corners and old wooden rockers in front of the stove or open fire. Lastly, create cosy Winter schemes that draw on Hans’ childhood in the Swedish countryside – bright berries, chunky throws, simple rustic furniture and eclectic collections. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Author Details

Hardback

Price

AU$45.00

ISBN

9781788790215

Hans Blomquist is an art director and stylist who is highly sought after by many prestigious brands. Hans started out working for IKEA in Sweden and ended up art directing their catalogue. His clients include Harrods, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, H&M and IKEA. Hans lives in Paris and the French capital is a great source of inspiration for his work. He is also the author of The Natural Home (also published by Ryland Peters & Small).

Publisher

Ryland Peters and Small

Imprint

RPS Books

Series

Category

Home Design

Format

254 x 216 mm

Extent

192pp

Illustrations

250 colour photographs

Age Range

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Interiors are increasingly reflecting fashion trends and as a result there is a new desire to revamp interior looks seasonally.

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Easily accessible and encourages the reader to make the most of what they already have rather than requiring designer furniture or high-spec finishes. Hans' previous books include Natural Home (9781849752138, April 2012) with 26,908 copies sold worldwide, In Detail (9781849752138, October 2014) 14,420 copies sold worldwide, and In the Mood for Colour (9781849757553, November 2016) 11,690 copies sold worldwide. Hans has a loyal and growing following of 16,000 on Instagram.

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JR: The Chronicles of San Francisco JR JR, one of TIME's 100 most influential people of 2018, takes on San Francisco, one of the hottest cities in the world. Think Banksy for the Instagram generation. For two weeks in 2018, internationally acclaimed artist JR brought his mobile photo studio to San Francisco and set out to create a portrait of the city in over 1,000 people. The individual portraits will combine to form a vast photographic mural to be installed at SFMOMA in early 2019. This book tells the story of the project and the story of the city. It features over 1,000 individual portraits, selected first-person accounts from participants, behind-the-scenes photos, a forward by JR, essays by artworld and San Francisco luminaries, and a removable poster of the mural, tucked in a pocket on the inside front cover. Covetable, cutting edge, and packed with rich content, this is a must-have for JR's legions of fans and for anyone who loves the City by the Bay. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$65.00

ISBN

9781452176697

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

Series

Category

Art/Fashio/Photography

Format

229 x 279 mm

Extent

160pp

Illustrations

Full colour and b&w photography

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Author Details JR exhibits freely in the streets of the world. Drawing on his background as a street artist, he pastes over-sized black-and-white photos on walls, streets, and rooftops. His projects have taken him to the suburbs of Paris, the favelas of Brazil, the Israel-iPalestinian border, the streets of Tokyo, New York's Times Square, and beyond. He has won the TED prize, created the biggest illegal exhibition ever, been nominated for an Oscar alongside French New Wave legend Agnès Varda, created art for the 2016 Rio Olympics, made headlines with his recent installation along the US-Mexico border wall, opened a restaurant for refugees in Paris, and was named one of TIME's 100 most influential people in 2018. In every place and through every project, he celebrates communities and individuals, tells compelling stories, and changes the way we see art. He divides his time between Paris and New York.

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With 1.2 million followers on Instagram, JR is a trailblazing contemporary artist. His of-the-people- and-for-the-people approach has garnered both serious artworld acclaim and a devoted popular fan base. Originally from France, he has worked – and been lauded for his work – around the world. And although this book's topic is San Francisco specifically, JR's prominence on the world stage and continuous production of new work will draw audiences far beyond the local-interest crowd. This book brings a major name to our list. With this book, Chronicle does one of the things it does best: brings world class art to readers in a dynamic and affordable way. JR's previous books have been expensive and slightly out of reach for both fans and casual readers. Our book will reach a wider audience with a price point that matches the democratic ethos of his work. This publication coincides with two moments. First, the year-long run of JR's mural at SFMOMA, which will raise awareness of his work and this project in particular (the mural may also travel to other locations after 2019). Second, the growing and continuing interest in San Francisco as a city at the cutting edge of technology and a desirable destination - people are flocking to SF and watching its evolution from afar, and this book will tap into that fascination. JR's art taps into the selfie generation's obsession with photography and the human face. From Instagrammers to fine art photo buffs, this book will draw a wide audience interested in JR's unique take on portraiture.

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ARTIST’S STATEMENT When I travel for my different projects, and I visit the local museums, I encounter beautiful murals that represent times that I haven’t known, realities from another era. Since the birth of photography, that tradition of murals has been lost.

In the past decade, photography has become ubiquitous: Everything is documented. But never at the scale of a community, of a population, of a city. Inspired by the tradition of the great muralists and painters—Diego Rivera, Gabriel Orozco, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel—I was interested by the challenge of creating a painting using photography. In a painting, it’s usually the perspective that focuses the attention of the viewer. With this new mural technique, we break the perspective: Every person is presented at the same size, captured with the same light. No one is more important than another. It is not a group photo, but rather a group of photos. I work with the individuals as they decide how they want to be represented. The mural aims to be a picture of society, not depicting good and bad, but rather showing that both sides are present in everyone. This is the first time that I am creating a mural at the scale of a whole city. Since the visit of Diego Rivera in 1931, San Francisco has had a long muralist tradition. It is a city rich in contrasts, one that features immense innovation and wealth as well as one of the highest rates of child homelessness in the country—which makes it a perfect canvas for this project.

We built a studio inside a huge truck, in order to meet people in the streets of San Francisco. We decided on twenty-four different locations around the city and parked the truck there. The San Franciscans in the mural are the people who were passing by at that location, at that moment. A large part of the mural is therefore decided by chance. We also set up a studio for larger groups.

There could be one hundred different murals of San Francisco, but each one of them would still feature homeless people, policemen, tech workers, firemen, drag queens. . . . Painters capture movement through their brushstrokes. This project exists not only as a composite photograph, but also as a video installation. In the video, everyone is represented with their own loop, in their own time—we adapted to the tempo given by each and every one. In both versions of the mural, every person is depicted as they presented themselves, so the mural creates a fair and true representation of our era. What seems futuristic in the mural will probably look obsolete in a few years, and even historical in fifteen years. I am very proud to present this work, which was made with them, to the people of San Francisco.

JR on the studio truck on a rainy day

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Opposite: Roberto de Angelis (cinematographer) and JR, capturing elements of the streets of San Francisco. Above: A green screen was used to easily remove the background from each photo in post-production. This means that no subject can wear green. The mural was then assembled by collaging the individual subjectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; portraits together. Here, Maud Malfettes (production coordinator) paints a wall green inside the studio. 16

PHOTO LOCATIONS DATE

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Monday, January 15, 2018

11am–7pm

Ocean Beach/Outer Sunset Judah Street & 46th Avenue

Tuesday, January 16

12:30pm–8pm

Fillmore District 1340 Golden Gate Avenue

Wednesday, January 17

12:30pm–7pm

Market Street 801 Jessie Street

Thursday, January 18

9:30am–5pm

Ocean View/Merced/Ingleside 65 Beverly Street

Friday, January 19

12:30pm–6pm

Richmond District 4350 Geary Boulevard

Saturday, January 20

12:30pm–6pm

Mission District 21st Street at Valencia

Tuesday, January 23

12:30pm–6pm

Tenderloin 1065 Sutter Street

Wednesday, January 24

12pm–6pm

Civic Center Fulton Street, Asian Art Museum & San Francisco Public Library

Thursday, January 25

12pm–6pm

Marina Marina Green Triangle

Friday, January 26

10:30am–5:30pm

Civic Center 134 Golden Gate Avenue

Saturday, January 27

12:30pm–6pm

Castro 100 Collingwood Street

Sunday, January 28

12:30pm–6pm

Chinatown/North Beach Washington Street & Kearny Street

Tuesday, January 30

10:30am–6pm

Mission 3245 16th Street

Wednesday, January 31

12:30pm–6pm

Mission/Potrero Mariposa at Bryant Street

Thursday, February 1

10:30am–5:30pm

SOMA Harrison Street between Sherman & Columbia Square

Friday, February 2

12:30pm–6pm

Haight & Ashbury on Haight Street at Masonic Street

Saturday, February 3

12:30pm–6pm

Mission 2868 Mission Street

Wednesday, February 7

12pm–6pm

Financial District/SOMA 50 Fremont Center & Mission Street

Thursday, February 8

12pm–6pm

Central Market 9th Street & Market Street

Saturday, February 10

12:30pm–6pm

Civic Center 260 Golden Gate Avenue

Sunday, February 11

12pm–6pm

Bayview Newcomb Avenue & 3rd Street

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20 10 8 19 3

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THE PORTRAITS AND INTERVIEWS

Illustrators Annual 2019 Bologna Children's Book Fair This is the 2019 edition of Chronicle Book's yearly publication celebrating artists featured at each year's Bologna Book Fair. This is the 2019 edition of Chronicle Book's yearly publication celebrating artists featured at each year's Bologna Book Fair. Selected by the year's jury at the fair in March, the illustrators here-in represent the most daring, exciting artistic minds working across the world. Every year a new issue is published, each filled with art that represents the best of illustration today and to come.

Author Details The Bologna Children's Book Fair is the largest and most impactful international book fair in the world. It is the annual fair at which children's books' biggest deals are made, the hottest talent is found, and publishing relationships built and deepened.

Key Information Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$75.00

ISBN

9781452163628

Publisher

Chronicle Books

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Chronicle Gift

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279 x 229 mm

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192pp

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Full colour illustrations throughout

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The Bologna Illustrators Annual has long been a prized resource for artists, illustrators, and designers. The truly ground-breaking art in this collection is the perfect source of inspiration for those working in this field. The art and interviews featured in this book provide a fascinating peek into the world of global children's book illustration, making this an excellent choice for visual art connoisseurs.

First Knits 20 irresistible hand knits for your baby Debbie Bliss

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20 practical, stylish knitwear projects for newborns and babies up to the age of two.

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First Knits is a charming collection of 20 practical, yet beautiful hand-knit garments, toys and nursery accessories for novice and experienced knitters, alike. Established author and children's knitwear designer, Debbie Bliss returns to what she knows best with this stylish new book. Catering for all your baby's knitwear needs, First Knits includes everything from snuggly baby blankets, irresistible tops, cosy sweaters, a cute romper, little bootees and more. Each project is knitted in classic yarns that are not only soft and gentle against young skin, but are also practical and easy to wash and care for.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback with Flaps

Price

AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

ISBN

9781787132535

Publisher

Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Craft/DIY

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240 x 190 mm

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160pp

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To help even the most inexperienced knitters, each project includes key information on how to knit up the key stitches that are featured throughout the designs. Debbie will hold your hand as she takes you through the knitting basics and works up to the trickier double moss, feather and fan and rib stitches. First Knits is the prefect project book for anyone looking to build on their knitting skills and create a wardrobe of contemporary knitwear for their baby or toddler. Put your new crafting skills into practice or simply refresh your repertoire with this charming book.

Author Details Debbie Bliss is one of the foremost designers and authors of hand-knitting patterns in the UK, the US, Europe and Asia. As well as publishing her own Debbie Bliss Knitting magazine, she is the author of bestselling knitting pattern books, including The Ultimate Book of Baby Knits, The Knitter's Year, Knits for You and Your Home and The Knitter's Knowledge, which was the winner of The Best Book 2013 at The British Knitting Awards.

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A beautiful collection of 20 cosy, cute and practical hand-knit designs for your baby and toddler.

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Debbie Bliss is one of the world's foremost children's knitwear designers and authors of hand-knitting patterns. Step-by-step instructions to help novice knitters to gain further confidence and build on their skills.

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BASIC INFORMATION

If you are completely new to knitting then do read this chapter through before you start on a project. You may not need all the information right away, but you will need some of it now and the rest will become useful as you knit more pieces.

Abbreviations Knitting instructions are usually given as abbreviations to save space. In this book each new abbreviation is listed on the project page when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s used for the first time, and all of them are listed here. Figures given in italics at the end of a row instruction are the number of stitches that should be on the needle when that row is completed. Note that not all knitting designers use exactly the same abbreviations, so do check that you understand everything written in a pattern before you start it. beg begin(s)(ning) C2B cable 2 stitches back C2F cable 2 stitches front C4B cable 4 stitches back C4F cable 4 stitches front C6B cable 6 stitches back C6F cable 6 stitches front cm centimetre(s) cont continue dec(s) decrease(s)(ing) DK double knit foll(s) follow(s)(ing) g gram in inch; inches

inc increase(s)(ing) k knit k2tog knit two stitches (or number stated) together k2tog tbl knit 2 stitches together through the back loops m1 make one stitch m1pw make 1 stitch purlwise mm millimetre(s) p purl p2tog purl two stitches (or number stated) together p2tog tbl purl 2 stitches together through the back loops patt(s) pattern(s) psso pass slipped stitch over rem remain(ing) rep repeat skpo slip one stitch, knit one stitch, pass slipped stitch over sl slip st st stocking stitch st(s) stitch(es) yf yarn forward yon yarn over needle yrn yarn round needle [ ] work instructions within brackets as many times as stated * work instructions following/between asterisks as many times as stated

needle: you have knitted one row. Swap the needle with the stitches on into your left hand to start the next row. Purl stitch: Continental The purl stitch can be trickier to get to grips with using the Continental method as you are taking the yarn anticlockwise, which can be a bit fiddly. However when alternating knit and purl stitches â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as for rib or moss stitch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Continental method can be the quickest way to create the fabric. 3 Draw the tip of the right-hand needle and the yarn wrapped around it, backwards through the stitch on the left-hand needle, so forming a new stitch on the righthand needle.

1 Hold the yarn and needles the Continental way (see page XX). *With the yarn in front, from right to left put the tip of the right-hand needle into the first stitch on the left-hand needle. 4 Slip the original stitch off the left-hand needle, keeping the new stitch on the right-hand needle. You have purled one stitch. Repeat from * until all the stitches have been purled off the left-hand needle onto the right-hand needle: you have purled one row. Swap the needle with the stitches on into your left hand to start the next row.

2 Wrap the working yarn over the tip of the right-hand needle, and press the yarn down with the index finger of your left hand to keep it taut.

BEANIE HAT

I find it very soothing to knit a beanie and the babies of family and friends always get one gifted from me. A small project like this is portable, too, for knitting on the run. Worked in easy garter stitch, this hat will introduce you to decreasing to shape the crown.

Measurements To fit ages 3–6 6–12

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Pattern Note 1

Materials 1(2) 50g balls of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in Tobacco Pair of 3.25mm (US 3) knitting needles

Tension 25 sts and 50 rows to 10cm/4in square over garter st using 3.25mm (US 3) needles

Abbreviations foll(s) follow(s)(ing) k2tog knit two stitches (or number stated) together (see page XX) [ ] work instructions within brackets as many times as stated Also see page xx

Note Figures given in italics at the end of a row instruction are the number of stitches that should be on the needle when that row is completed.

LEGGINGS

These trousers are perfect to encase plump baby legs. They are knitted in stocking stitch, which is a combination of the knit stitch and the purl stitch that you are going to learn how to work now. Wide elastic sewn at the waist makes the leggings fit snugly around the nappy without being too tight.

Measurements To fit ages 0–3 3–6 6–9 9–12 months Finished measurements (Over nappy) 41 46 51 56 cm 16¼ 18 20 22 in Length 33 37 41 46 cm 13 14½ 16¼ 18 in

Materials 2(2:3:3) 50g balls of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in Wasabi 313 Pair each 3mm (US 2) and 3.25mm (US 3) knitting needles Waist length of 13mm/1/2in wide elastic

Tension 25 sts and 34 rows to 10cm/4in square over st st using 3.25mm (US 3) needles

Abbreviations beg begin(s)(ning) dec(s) decrease(s)(ing) inc increase(s)(ing) m1 make one stitch (see page XX) p purl (see page XX) skpo slip one stitch, knit one stitch, pass slipped stitch over (see page XX) Also see page xx

LACE BLANKET

The lace stitch on this blanket looks incredibly complex to tackle, but in fact it is one of the easiest patterns to knit. It is formed from repeating just four rows where stitches are decreased and increased to make eyelets in a wave design. The pattern also creates a beautiful scalloped effect on the cast-on edge. Measurements 60 x 70cm/231/2 x 271/2in

Materials 6 50g balls of Debbie Bliss Eco Baby in Ecru 16 Pair of 3.25mm (US 3) needles

Tension 30 sts and 32 rows to 10cm/4in square over patt using 3.25mm (US 3) needles

Abbreviations p2tog purl two stitches (or number stated) together (see page XX) patt(s) pattern(s) Also see page xx

Crafted A compendium of crafts – new, old and forgotten Sally Coulthard An encyclopaedia of crafts for the modern maker. Crafted is a celebration of craft in the 21st century – a definitive visual guide to all things handmade. Featuring over 70 of the most popular and well-established crafts, Sally Coulthard explores their history, materials and techniques as she offers a deeper insight into some of your favourite crafts and provides inspiration for both new and ancient creative pursuits. After an introductory section covering the culture of craft (its definition, why it matters, history and community), the main body of the book consists of beautifully illustrated entries on 80 of the world's most established crafts. The scope is encyclopaedic and covers Paper, Pen & Print (bookbinding, origami, calligraphy, lino printing), Textiles, Cloth & Leather (fur & leather, embroidery, knitting, dyeing), Pottery, Glass & Stone (porcelain, stained glass, stone carving), Wood, Willow & Nature (basket weaving, wood carving, lime plastering and thatching) and Metal (gold, bronze, cast iron and steel). A comprehensive directory section, listing international organisations and professional communities and guilds, completes this groundbreaking compendium.

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01 April 2019

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Hardback

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AU$34.99 | NZ$39.99

ISBN

9781787132566

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Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Best-selling author and designer Sally Coulthard has spent the last twenty years designing, building and writing about craft, homes and outdoor living. She sees no boundary between the rules that govern good interior design and those which are needed to create a spectacular studio or glorious garden. Keen to explore the relationships between good design, craftsmanship and creativity, she’s written over a dozen books about creative spaces, restoring houses, designing interiors and outdoor spaces. From cool studios to salvage, workspaces to building sheds, Sally’s books inspire, encourage and equip readers to take on projects of their own.

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234 x 153 mm

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224pp

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Detailed entries exploring the history, materials and techniques of over 70 crafts A visual reference guide to new, old and forgotten crafts It’s cool: crafters are younger than the average age of the population Men are makers too: half of all painters, illustrators and wood carvers are men – they even make up one third of all knitters • 90 per cent of crafters spend more than 5 hours a week making stuff; 40 per cent spend more than 20 hours a week

CRAFTED THE!CULTURE!OF!CRAFT WHAT!IS!CRAFT? WHY!CRAFT!MATTERS THE!CRAFT!COMMUNITY BUYING!AND!DISPLAYING!CRAFT

PAPER#!PEN!&!PRINT

CLAY#!GLASS!AND!STONE

Papermaking, Papier Mâché, Paper Quilling, Paper Folding & Origami, Paper Modelling, Paper Cu"ing, Découpage, Marbling, Bookbinding, Globemaking, Calligraphy & Illumination, Blockprinting, Linoprinting, Stencilling, Screenprinting, Le"erpress

Beadmaking, Cameo glass making, Glassblowing, Glassmaking, Mosaic making, Pargeting, Po"ery making – Earthenware, Stoneware and Porcelain, Stained glassmaking, Tile making

TEXTILES!AND!LEATHER Fur & Leather, Spinning & Weaving, Dyeing, Felting, Applique, Kni"ing & Nålebinding, Crochet & Macrame, Embroidery & Tapestry, Quilting, Lacemaking, Ropemaking, Upholstery

METAL Blacksmithing, Clockmaking, Enamelling, Farriery, Gilding, Goldsmithing & Silversmithing, Jewellery making, Knife making, Leadworking, Tinsmithing, Weaponsmithing, Wheelwright

PRINTING Blockprinting including wallpaper making, Engraving, Etching, Le"erpress and Typography, Lino printing, Lithography, Screen printing, Stencilling

WOOD#!REED!AND!WILLOW Arrowsmithing, Basket weaving, Bowyery, Chair caning, Coopering, Coracle making, Furniture making, Hedgelaying, Hurdle making, Rake making, Spoon carving, Straw cra$ing, Thatching, Timber framing, Willow weaving, Woodcarving, Woodturning Candlemaking, Dri$wood sculpture, Floristry including Ikebana, Horn working, Shellwork and Pebblework, Soap making

DROP-INS Cra!ed Clothing: Includes – Shoes, Skirt, Dress, Trousers, Woolly Jumper, Socks, Underwear, Jewellery

DEADLY!CRAFTS Includes – Mercury, Lead, Arsenic, Silica

CRAFT!INVENTIONS! Includes - Scissors, Glue, Needle, Pencil, Ruler

ENDANGERED!CRAFTS!

MARBLING The deeply satisfying cra$ of marbling probably originated in Japan in the 12th century. There, it was called suminagashi (ink floating), and involved dropping splashes of black or blue pigment onto the surface of a tray of water. The ink would then be blown into swirls and smoke-like pa"erns. By the 15th century, Persia and Turkey had taken the technique and improved on it. Using oil paints and a thicker, viscous floating liquid meant that the marbler had a greater level of control over the pa"erns and spread of colour. Two hundred years later, via trade and travel, marbling arrived in Europe. Even today, many people call marbled paper ‘Turkish Paper’, a name that recognises how accomplished the O"oman Empire was at producing exquisite designs.

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It’s a relatively simple process; pa"erns are made by floating inks onto the surface of water or a gelatinous liquid called ‘size’. The inks are dropped in one a$er the other and then swirled around, feathered, combed or gently shaken in the tray to produce a marble-like design onto which a piece of paper is gently laid, li$ed oﬀ and le$ to dry. No two pa"erns are ever alike and the beauty of marbling is o$en in its unexpected, organic results. From the 17th century, marbled papers were highly prized both by collectors and bookbinders (see BOOKBINDING), who would use the decorative sheets as book covers, endpapers or fore-edges. As well as being highly ornamental, marbled paper also had its practical uses. Marbled papers were sometimes used as a background for important documents, making them impossible to forge, while bookbinders found that marbled papers o$en disguised the wear and tear that plain book covers couldn’t hide.

Despite its appeal, marbling is today counted as an endangered cra$ (page XXX), with only a handful of marblers working at a professional level both in the US and across Europe. Fewer books are traditionally hand-bound, digital printing is ubiquitous, and there are few apprentices going into the cra$. That said, the community of practicing marblers is a close one and well represented by organizations such as US-based International Marbling Network, which provides information and lists of professional marblers not only in North and South America, but across Asia, Europe and Africa.

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APPLIQUE In 1323 B.C., when the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun died at the tender age of 18, he was buried with enough clothes to last him in the a$erlife, including piles of loincloths, tunics, kilts, shawls, socks and gloves. Just like a modern wardrobe, while some of these clothes were plain and everyday, a selection were gorgeously elaborate and decorated. Among the clothes and other textiles were a number of items that had been painstakingly appliquéd, including a faux leopard skin with appliqué spots, a pair of wings appliquéd with a falcon and vultures, and a child’s tunic with an appliqué collar. Appliqué is a technique that involves stitching smaller cut-outs onto a larger foundation cloth. The term ‘appliqué’ comes from the French appliquer, ’to apply’ or ‘to put on’, and it’s tempting to think that appliqué must have developed as a technique for patching up old clothes. From the finds at Tutankhamun’s tomb, however, and subsequent discoveries, including appliqué wall hangings in Siberian tombs (see FELT) and appliquéd mummified animal wrappings from Saqqara, Egypt, it would seem that appliqué has more o$en been a cra$ not of necessity, but of pomp and ceremony. During the Middle Ages, for example, elaborate appliqué was o$en used to decorate heraldic banners and ecclesiastical textiles.

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In fact, it’s interesting to note that throughout the world appliqué is still used by many cultures to embellish ceremonial and ritually significant pieces, from the ‘mola’ appliqué clothing of the Kuna women in Panama to the traditional textiles of the Hmong hill tribes of Southeast Asia. In Africa, the appliqué raﬃa textiles of the Kuba, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reflect the shared religious beliefs of the group, while the Fon of Benin use appliqué cloth as a way to record a deceased person’s merits and friendship. Appliqué is also popular technique in QUILTING, where scraps of fabric are turned into folk art full of symbolism relating to family, history and community.

A boost to the cra$ came in the form of pa"ern book, published in the 1840s by Mlle Riego de la Branchardiere called ‘Kni#ing, Crochet and Ne#ing; with twelve illustrations”, which showed thousands of readers how to copy these new fangled crochet techniques. At the same time, over in Ireland, the nation was in the grips of the potato famine. The economy had collapsed, crops failed and the population were starving. In a bid to help, church members and charities oﬀered to teach the new cra$ of crochet to anyone willing to listen, the idea being that families – especially women and children – could make crocheted items at home to sell and bring in extra income. Sales were slow at first – crochet was quick and easy to produce but seen as a poor relation to LACE and other, more expensive textiles; no-one with money, it

DID!YOU!KNOW?! Crook, hook and crochet all come from the same origin – the Old Norse krāka - which became Middle English crok, meaning ‘hook’.

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seemed, wanted to be seen wearing such a ‘common’ adornment. But then something happened to change all that. Queen Victoria was given a gi$ of Irish crochet. She loved it. Not only did she wear it with pride, prompting high society to clamour for this fashionable new product, but Queen Victoria also learned how to crochet for herself and produced hand-made gi$s for friends, family and subjects. This act – which removed the stigma of crochet as a working-class cra$ – helped catapult crochet into popular consciousness. Today, kni"ing and crochet remain two of the most popular and practiced of cra$s. Both are accessible, requiring li"le in terms of start-up costs, but perhaps one of their strongest appeals is their sociability. Kni"ing and crochet are both skills that can be done communally, as part of a group, which makes them unique amongst other, more solitary cra$s. With the modern world o$en making it diﬃcult to either connect socially in real life, or create something tangible, kni"ing and crochet solve two problems in one. Virtual communities of kni"ers and crocheters are also hugely active – social networks such as Ravelry allow cra$ers to connect across continents – while exciting oﬀshoots, such as guerrilla kni"ing groups, have caught the a"ention of a new generation of cra$ers interested in combining cra$, politics and social change.

spread. Either way, it doesn’t take too long for good ideas to spread. And, so, sometime between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago, the skill of making pots began to creep across East Asia and into the Middle East. By 14,500 BC it appears in Japan, in Persia by 8000 BC and on the Indian subcontinent by 5500 BC. Even further afield, pots pop up in the archaeological record around the same time: in the Americas by 5500 BC and in sub-Saharan Africa by 9500BC. Whether these pot makers worked out the technique by themselves, or were taught the cra$ by an ‘outsider’, remains unknown. It’s also interesting that in many instances, the archaeology tells us that the cra$ of po"ing would ‘arrive’, be used for a period and then be lost, only to return hundreds or even thousands of years later. It’s worth mentioning that po"ery never really took oﬀ in Australia even though the indigenous tribes in the north would probably have known the cra$ through contact with Indonesian fisherman. One theory is that the Aborigines, despite knowing and valuing clay for ceremonial painting, had no real use for clay pots – they already had everything they needed. Water was carried in wood containers and woven baskets worked perfectly well for storing and carrying food. It’s telling that, when Europeans se"lers did bring ceramics and glass to Australia, the indigenous people found their own ways to use them, including turnings broken sherds into spear points and cu"ing tools. Early pots were simple but it’s important to recognise just how much knowledge pre-historic po"ers would have needed to make and successfully fire po"ery. First,

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the po"er would have needed to find a source of suitable local clay. He or she would have also known that, to stop the pot cracking when it was fired it was a good idea to add a handful of sand, crushed bone or shell to the mix. The po"er would have also been required to build and maintain a hot enough bonfire or fire pit to ‘cook’ the pot, not just dry it out – clay only starts to change its chemical composition at about 500°C and sudden changes in the bonfire’s temperature could cause the pot to crack. Our prehistoric cra$ers would have also worked out that po"ery vessels with rounded, bag-like bo"oms were less likely to crack than pots with hard angles, and took great pains to smooth oﬀ or decorate the outside of their work as an extra flourish.

DID!YOU!KNOW? Japanese’s oldest po"ery is around 16,500 years old and called ‘Jomon’, which means ‘rope pa"erned’; makers would press ROPE into the so$ clay to make their pots look like WOVEN baskets. Most Jomon vessels were used for boiling and cooking but recent research has also discovered that these early po"ers also used their pots to store the dead bodies of very young children.

CAST!METAL!WORKING Ancient cultures o$en looked to the stars for divine inspiration. And, for once, their prayers were answered because the earliest iron ever found fell, literally, from the sky. Meteoric iron – which is iron that comes to earth in meteor showers – provided our prehistoric ancestors with a rare but useful source of metal. Small lumps would be found, where they’d fallen to earth, and because they had few impurities could be hammered into shapes without needing to be heated up. The oldest known iron artefacts are made from this out-of-this-world metal and include a handful of Egyptian small beads – dated to 3200BC – and an iron dagger found in Tutenkhamun’s tomb. In fact, archaeologists had long been puzzled by iron objects that turned up on sites much older than the invention of iron smelting technology – only when these objects were later analyzed did it become clear that they were made from meteoric iron (which had a tell-tale high percentage of nickel in it). From a precious Syrian iron pendant dating to 2300 BC to Chinese iron arfefacts from the Shang dynasty (3400 years old), it turns out that all of these early iron treasures came from cosmic sources. Meteoric iron has fallen across the globe for thousands of years and has been a valuable and useful resource for many cultures, especially those who didn’t

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have access to iron smelting or who were isolated from the exchange of ideas and technology. So precious were these sources of ‘space metal’ that many societies venerated meteors and meteoric iron as gi$s from the gods. Celestial metal was o$en a"ributed with supernatural origins and, therefore, supernatural power. Writing in 1975, for example, one commentator recorded the experiences of a group of native American Indians and their veneration of a vast, fourteen tonne iron meteorite that landed in Willame"e, Oregon: “One Indian was Susap, a 70-year old Klickitat, who testified that he had seen the meteorite as a child and have been told by Wochimo, Chief of the Clackamas, that the Indians washed their faces in the water collected at the basins of the meteorite, and that their young warriors dipped with arrows in the water before engaging in ba"le with neighbouring tribes.” (Buchanan 1975) The issue with meteoric iron, and other native metals such as gold, is that – although they are pure and easily hammered into shapes - they’re incredibly rare. It’s not an accident that most of the objects made with these metals were either destined for high-ranking individuals or connected to some kind of important ritual.

Punch Needle Master the art of punch needling accessories for you and your home Arounna Khounnoraj 20 stylish and modern practical makes for your home. Discover a fresh take on a traditional craft in this ultimate introduction to the art of punch needling. Giving this forgotten craft a modern twist is author Arounna Khounnoraj (aka Bookhou). One of Canada's most sought after mentors and creatives, she has caused a social media storm with her beautiful images and videos featuring her modern interpretation of this craft. In Punch Needle she shows you how to create your own floral and abstract designs, teaches the basic stitches and guides you in mastering punch needling through a stylish collection of 20 homeware and accessory projects. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback with Flaps

Price

AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

ISBN

9781787132788

Publisher

Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Craft/DIY

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253 x 201 mm

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144pp

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Full colour photography throughout

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Hard on the heels of macrame, this classic 70s' craft is making a hipster comeback around the world.

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20 step-by-step projects for wall art, rugs, jewellery, bags, plant holders and storage containers. All you need: scissors, yarn, punch needle and mesh fabric or hessian! Arounna has a huge following on Instagram and is the platform's leading light in this craft.

It won’t take long to ace, as this is one of the most straightforward crafts to pick up – all you need is your hands, a ball of yarn, some fabric and a punch needle. Discover how to create stunning cushions, wall art, bags, a blanket and an impressive rug with the help of illustrated step-by-steps, pattern charts and inspirational project photography. Each piece highlights Arounna’s beautiful botanical and abstract pattern work, sense of colour and combination of stitches, which bring this age-old technique bang up to date. Arounna also shows you how to develop and translate your own designs into beautiful pieces to feature around your home. So once you have mastered the basics, you can begin to design your own creations… the possibilities are endless.

Author Details Arounna Khounnoraj is a Canadian artist and maker based in Toronto, where she emigrated with her family from Laos at the age of four. While her education includes a Masters in fine arts, it was through subsequent residencies that she found her current focus in fibre arts. In 2002 she started Bookhou, a multi-disciplinary studio with her husband John Booth, together they explore a variety of printing and embroidery techniques through making utilitarian objects such as bags, home goods and textiles.

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My Big Book of Sewing Over 60 fantastic projects to stitch and sew CICO Books A bumper book of over 60 creative projects to inspire and challenge budding young sewers. Young crafters who are keen to learn to sew, or simply want to improve their basic sewing skills, need look no further than My First Big Book of Sewing. Packed with over 60 creative projects carefully selected to appeal to children, it includes stylish clothes, bags and accessories as well as cute toys and gifts. Every project includes a photo and clear, illustrated step-by-step instructions of how to make it, as well as a skill level so that children can start by learning the basics but then quickly progress. The projects cover a wide range of impressive sewing skills that are clearly explained in the techniques section, including basic stitches and decorative stitches as well as a foolproof guide to using a sewing machine.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback with Flaps

Price

AU$24.99

ISBN

9781782497097

Publisher

CICO

Imprint

Cico Books

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Craft + Child NonFiction

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276 x 208 mm

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192pp

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350 colour photos and artworks

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9 and up

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Craft Industry Today says: "Tweens are sewing, knitting and crocheting. These retro crafts provide a sense of accomplishment and the opportunity for individual style." With over 60 projects, this book is great value for money. Includes projects by bestselling craft authors such as Emma Hardy, Clare Youngs and Catherine Woram. My First Sewing Book (ISBN 9781907563713) has sold over 67,000 copies worldwide.

Mindful Crochet 35 creative and colourful projects to help you be in the moment, relieve stress and manage pain Emma Leith The 35 patterns in Mindful Crochet include specially designed elements of repetition, colour and texture, which will help you relax, refocus and unwind. Anyone who’s ever tried to master a new stitch or work out which granny squares should go where on a blanket will appreciate how crochet can totally engage your attention and harness your creativity. Being “in the moment” is an essential part of following a pattern, keeping your yarn on the hook, counting stitches and remembering which colour to use next. Emma Leith shows how these qualities can become a form of mindfulness practice, bringing you peace, calm and a greater sense of well-being. There are projects you can make for yourself or your home, and others designed to be given as gifts. The satisfaction you’ll get from creating these lovely makes and seeing others appreciate them is another important way in which crochet can encourage a positive outlook and bring happiness. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback with Flaps

Price

AU$34.99

ISBN

9781782496939

Publisher

CICO

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Cico Books

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Category

Craft/DIY

Format

276 x 208 mm

Extent

128pp

Illustrations

70 colour photographs and 40 colour artworks

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Author Details Emma Leith has used her Buddhist practice and learned the benefits of mindful crochet from a personal perspective, while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Her website, Emma Leith Atelier (emmaleith.co.uk), showcases her love of colour and texture, and her aim is to spread hope and happiness in all that she does. Whether she is yarnbombing a town centre or teaching children, her work is always life affirming and full of fun. Emma lives near Bath with her daughter and partner, their two Dachshunds, and Womble the cat.

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Mindful crafting is a huge trend, with magazines such as Project Calm tapping into the growing recognition that craft – and in particular crochet – can be a mindful practice in many ways. These patterns have been specially designed to incorporate elements of mindful practice, including concentration, repetition and creativity. Developing your creativity and sharing your creations with others can boost your confidence and self-esteem.

Inspired by Nature Sketchbook Marjolein Bastin Marjolein Bastin's passion for the natural world saturates each page of Inspired by Nature Sketchbook, and kindred spirits will adore this unique, beautifully illustrated sketchbook. Known for her charming, lush nature illustrations, Marjolein has kept detailed sketchbooks of the things she encounters in nature since she was a young girl. This book features a number of her personal sketches side-by-side with the fully wrought, exquisitely detailed pieces of art they inspired. Blank pages, with hand-drawn borders by Marjolein, are included after each illustrated spread for users to document their own drawings and thoughts. A durable cover, an envelope in the back for nature finds, and a bound ribbon bookmark make this sketchbook both beautiful and useful.

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Publication

16 April 2019

Binding

Flexibound

Price

AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

ISBN

9781449495961

Publisher

AMP

Imprint

Andrews McMeel Books

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Stationery

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222 x 165 mm

Extent

192pp

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Full colour illustrations throughout

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Marjolein Bastin creates artwork for greetings cards, calendars, dinnerware, bedding, gifts, and more. Through her art and words, Marjolein offers people a simple reminder to pause and enjoy nature and allow it to be a source of serenity, energy, and healing. Finding inspiration in a bird lighting on a branch or a leaf drying in the autumn sun, Marjolein takes long walks each day to seek new ideas for her artwork and her writings.

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In 2013, Marjolein Bastin received a LOUIE Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Greeting Card Association. (She and Mary Engelbreit are the only artists who have received this honour.) Marjolein's artwork is found on calendars, greeting cards, dinnerware, bedding, gifts, and many other products.

Perfume In search of your signature scent Neil Chapman

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A guide to selecting your next signature scent.

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A beautifully made scent can encapsulate a particular feeling, transport you to a very specific time in life with clarity, or remind you of a special loved one or friend. And just like wearing your favourite outfit or shoes, your favourite perfume can make you feel invincible. The question is, how do you find such a creation? With the number of new releases steadily increasing, it can be bewildering even attempting to find a perfume you like, let alone love. In Perfume, Neil Chapman guides readers through a world that can at times seem overwhelming. Fragrances of every variety are listed ‘note by note’ in clearly divided categories that will steer you in the direction of a perfume you not only like, but love and cherish as ‘your’ signature scent. Chapters explore popular notes (for example, vanilla, sandalwood, jasmine, rose, patchouli, chocolate) or a broader identifiable group (such as ‘oceanics’, ‘green florals’ or ‘anti-perfume’), giving an insight into that particular category as well as a clear sense of the similarities and differences between the scents described within it.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

Featuring over 700 scents, from vintage perfumes to department store classics, rarities and niche boutique fragrances, Perfume is a true portal into the beautiful world of perfume. The further you go on this journey, the more you will be amazed by how many beautiful creations do exist if you take the time to look.

ISBN

9781784882433

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Hardie Grant (UK)

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Hardie Grant (UK)

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Reference

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217 x 147 mm

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272pp

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Full colour illustrations

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Neil Chapman began writing his perfume blog, The Black Narcissus, in 2012. He has won the ultimate prize for perfume writing – the Literary Award at the 2013 Jasmine Awards – for his first published piece, Perfume Haters, in ODOU magazine. Neil studied aromatherapy and has been using essential oils for decades. He lives in Japan.

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The perfume equivalent of the Flavour Thesaurus, this book categorises perfumes according to the note that predominates and includes over 700 commended perfumes. With new perfume brands and perfumeries popping up all the time, never before has there been such a need for a comprehensive guide. By grouping perfumes according to key 'note' it becomes possible to explore and compare different perfumes within each category. Neil has an encyclopaedic knowledge of perfume, and inserts fun and interesting information about the scent, people who wore it and personal anecdotes throughout. Beautiful illustrations throughout and high-quality package, making it the perfect gift.

Lucy: Speak Out! A PEANUTS Collection Charles M. Schulz Move over, Charlie Brown! Lucy takes the spotlight in this latest collection of Peanuts comics for kids. In this delightful collection of classic Peanuts comics for younger readers, Lucy rallies her friends to speak out for equal rights for women. Between social causes and dropping fly balls in the outfield, Lucy decides to write a biography of Beethoven, much to Schroeder's dismay. Meanwhile, life in the Peanuts gang is as hilarious as always: Woodstock takes up farming, Peppermint Patty struggles to make the grade, and Charlie Brown's rotten luck lands him in the hospital. You won't want to miss this latest edition of outstanding Peanuts fun.

Author Details Charles Schulz is a legend. He was the hand and heart behind 50 years of Peanuts, which featured one of the world's most beloved and recognisable cast of cartoon characters, until his death in 2000.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$17.99 | NZ$19.99

ISBN

9781449493554

Publisher

AMP

Imprint

Andrews McMeel Books

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Child Fiction

Format

229 x 152 mm

Extent

176pp

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Full colour illustrations

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The most popular and influential strip in cartoon history. Peanuts, and its instantly recognisable characters, opened the door for billions of dollars in licensing projects. Peanuts is read by millions of fans in more than 75 countries, including Australia.

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So Who's Counting? The Little Quote Book About Growing Older and Still Kicking Ass Erin McHugh and Emily Luchetti So long nostalgia, and goodbye resignation! This book of quotes reminds us that growing old isn’t about slowing down and taking it easy – it’s a chance to ask, “What’s next?”

Ageing is an extraordinary process where you become the person you should have been. – David Bowie Sixty is the new fifty, seventy’s the new sixty, and older is getting younger every day. With fun, forward-looking, and inspiring quotes, So Who’s Counting? is the ideal gift for baby boomers or anyone reaching a major age milestone. Instead of cloying sentimentality or the standard sagging-body-part jokes, it strikes the perfect balance of humour, guidance, reflection, bon mots. Quotes are divided into eight sections, such as “As Old as You Feel,” “Laughter: The Best Prescription,” and “Aged to Perfection.” So Who’s Counting? is all about ageing with gusto and celebrating what lies ahead.

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Publication

09 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$22.99 | NZ$24.99

ISBN

9781449496227

Publisher

AMP

Imprint

Andrews McMeel Books

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Category

New Age/Inspirational

Format

130 x 95 mm

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TBC

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Both authors are active on social media and have a combined 6,000 Twitter followers and 3,000 Facebook likes.

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This inspirational title is a real celebration of ageing, tailored toward a generation who's refusing to age like its predecessors; baby boomers are healthier, living longer, traveling farther, and working later. This book responds to a demand; Erin McHugh works at Barnes and Noble where she constantly encounters people looking for a good gift book for baby boomers.

Emily Luchetti is a James Beard Award-winning pastry chef, and Chief Pastry Officer of San Francisco’s Big Night Restaurant Group. She has helped define what great pastry in America means, partly as a cookbook author, and through her three decades in the business of desserts, both as a chef and as a teacher and mentor to chefs and restauranteurs. Erin McHugh is an award-winning author of more than two dozen books of popular nonfiction, history, inspiration, humour, and children’s books. She is a former publishing industry and advertising executive who started a second career as a bookseller and author in her mid-fifties. Emily and Erin met in a milestone year, when Emily turned 60, and Erin, 65. Together, they are exploring what it’s like getting older today, where people like themselves prefer rock ‘n roll to rocking chairs, and get up every day looking forward to reinvention, not retirement. They’re thinking about smart ageing, and they want to spread the word. Emily lives in Sausalito, California, Erin lives in New York City, and they also meet and work together in their homes in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

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According to the 2016 Census, 11.8% of the Australian population is made up of baby boomers.

Crazy Plant Lady Isabel Serna

For the plant-obsessed woman of any age, this little illustrated book celebrates the delightfully quirky habits that accompany botanical passion, even addiction. Like seeing every bare surface as a reason to buy a new succulent, fern, or pileum. Or, when planning a fabulous vacation, wondering: But who will water my plants? Throughout there are humorous quotes: “I don’t need therapy, I talk to my plants.” Sweet puns: “Aloe you vera much.” A quiz: Are you a good plant mum? Plus, the telltale signs that you’re a crazy plant lady: Even your office is a houseplant jungle. Author-illustrator Isabel Serna’s charming art is as bright and vibrant as the pops of colour that plants bring to your home, her text clearly inspired by being a crazy plant lady herself – put it together, and here is a perfect present for housewarmings and a great add-on to a gift of a potted plant or ceramic planter.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

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AU$22.99

ISBN

9781523505371

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Workman Publishing

Isabel Serna is the founder of Black Lamb Studio, a Miami-based design studio with a focus on colourful patterns, fun stationery, and product design. She was formally trained as an industrial designer, and her work can be found on wallpaper, wrapping paper, textiles, stationery, and various printed media. She has collaborated with brands such as Kate Spade, Hallmark, Travelpro, Mixbook, West Elm, and Figo Fabrics. She lives with her husband, her French bulldog, and many plants in Miami, Florida.

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Humour

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130 x 127 mm

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112pp

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The phrase "crazy plant lady" is all over popular non-book items, from t-shirts and enamel pins, to magnets and stickers, to coffee mugs. The hashtags #crazyplantlady, #iloveplants, and #plantlife have more than 2 million tags on Instagram combined. ApartmentTherapy.com declares that "plants have exploded in popularity in the past couple of years," and Nylon.com says "Millennials are obsessed with houseplants." The New York Times, Washington Post, Cosmo, and The Independent have all recently written trend stories about millennials and their plants, citing their green thumbs as an extension of the generation's interests in self-care, the environment, and an Instagram-friendly design aesthetic. This little book celebrates the life a plant mom, with illustrated puns ("I'm quite frond of my plants"), scenes (watering day!), quotes ("I don't need therapy, I talk to my plants"), and the daily joys of living with plants. Plus, there's a sheet of stickers included! There are surprisingly few books for passionate plant people that aren't how-to gardening guides; this book fills a need in the gift market.

Crazy Cat Lady Agnes Loonstra and Ester Scholten A celebration of the cat lady life with charming artwork (by Nes, a regular Flow illustrator) and clever text (by Es) including cat facts, quotes, scenes, and more. Welcome to the new “crazy cat lady.” Once a dowdy, eccentric figure with at least a dozen cats shedding hair on every available surface, today she’s a hip-at-any-age woman who knows an unassailable truth: Cats are awesome! And she declares her kitty love with pride, humour, and – like her cats – an irresistible dose of sass. Her tote bag is stocked with lint rollers and catnip. All her photos get the #catlady or #crazycatlady hashtags. And she’s not alone – each tag has over 4 million posts on Instagram! With clever text by Ester Scholten and utterly charming artwork by Agnes Loonstra (a regular Flow illustrator), Crazy Cat Lady is a celebration of the quirky, relatable, and instantly recognisable habits of devoted feline fans. There are mottos for the perpetually fur-covered: Cat hair, don’t care. Quotes for the owners who know the more the merrier: “Cats are like glasses of wine. You can’t have just one.” Flowcharts on what to name your kitten. “How to draw a cat” tutorials. Fun facts: Did you know that a cat has 230 bones in its body, more than you? And portraits of crazy cat ladies through history, from Florence Nightingale to Katy Perry (whose cat is named Kitty Purry). At an impulse-friendly price, this sweetly edgy little book has the fresh outlook on cat fanaticism the modern feline lover has been waiting for.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781523505579

Publisher

Workman Publishing

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Workman

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Humour

Agnes Loonstra and Ester Scholten are the Dutch creative team (and related dopplegangers) Es & Nes. Artist Agnes Loonstra (a regular Flow contributor) and writer Ester Scholten are quintessential cat ladies. They lives in the Netherlands with their respective cats.

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130 x 127 mm

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112pp

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Full colour illustrations throughout

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Cat ladies embrace their label with pride and a sense of humour through social media hashtags, coffee mugs, T-shirts, tote bags, buttons ("You say crazy cat lady like it's a bad thing"), even socks and jewellery. • •

365 Cats is always Workman's top-selling Page-A-Day Calendar. Really Important Stuff My Cat Has Taught Me has 92,000 copies worldwide in print after only 12 months. Poems by cats have hit the bestseller list. Cats sell. And sell. And sell! Agnes Loonstra's art is unmistakably hip and utterly charming, with appeal to trend-aware women of all ages. Matched with this sweet, small-book package.

What to Wear A woman's guide to flawless style Tracy Martin This invaluable guide will solve the perennial 'What to wear?' problem for women everywhere. A woman who is immaculately dressed and impeccably groomed will appear confident, sophisticated and chic. Witty and informative, Tracy Martin offers practical advice on how to appraise every situation and dress accordingly – from classic to extravagant. Learn how to adapt your style according to your inspirations and personality and avoid fashion faux pas. Starting with the classic Little Black Dress, with tips on how to wear and accessorise it, you will look the part whatever the occasion. Plus, don’t forget what’s underneath – your lingerie is just as important as your outfit, and every element of underwear is covered here, from dresses and skirts, suits and shirts to those all-important bags, shoes, scarves and jewellery that finish a look perfectly. So whether your style icon is Audrey Hepburn, Grace Coddington, or Kate Moss, you’ll learn how to put together an outfit with confidence and ease, knowing you have just the right Instagram-perfect look.

Author Details Tracy Martin has a passion for fashion. She has written features on design, style and fashion, and often appears on television. She travels worldwide lecturing on fashion history as well as what we should be buying now as a fashion investment for the future. Her previous books include High Heel Heaven (9781849754446 published by Ryland Peters & Small), and Collectable Names and Designs in Fashion.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$24.99

ISBN

9781782497165

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A great gift or self purchase for any woman who takes pride in her appearance.

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As there are fewer and fewer clear rules about what to wear for specific occasions, this is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to feel more confident about her outfit choices. Writing with warmth and humour, Tracy Martin will help you decide on your outfit quickly and calmly, banishing the days of last-minute panic about what to wear.

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186 x 123 mm

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160pp

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20 colour illustrations

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Be More Jane Bring out your inner Austen to meet life's challenges Sophie Andrews Follow the wise words of one of the world's best-loved authors to lead a happier life. Are you more Marianne than Elinor, Lydia rather than Lizzy? Be More Jane will teach you to address life with more sense and less prejudice, taking useful lessons from the novels and letters of Jane Austen, one of the world’s best-loved writers. Times may change, but many of our problems remain the same. Sophie Andrews, a young Janeite, knows from personal experience that in times of trouble, or just on matters of social etiquette, fashion, and food, answers are to be found in the pages of Miss Austen’s novels.

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01 April 2019

Sophie Andrews is a founder member of the Jane Austen Pineapple Appreciation Society, and organises events such as picnics, balls and house parties for her fellow Austenites. Sophie started her blog, Laughing with Lizzie, in 2012, aged 16, after studying Pride and Prejudice at school. She has been attending Austen-themed events since then, and was featured in the BBC documentary “My Friend Jane” which focused on the fun and friendship she has found with her fellow Janeites. She lives in Reading and has over 100 different editions of Pride and Prejudice on her bookshelves.

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Hardback

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AU$19.99

ISBN

9781782497066

Publisher

CICO

Imprint

Cico Books

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Gift

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186 x 123 mm

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64pp

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20 colour artworks

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Jane Austen is one of the world's most popular authors and Pride and Prejudice regularly leads polls of 'best-loved books'

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Despite a life of apparent seclusion, Austen was an expert assessor of character and a keen observer of social faux pas Characters such as Lizzy Bennet and Emma Woodhouse are familiar even to non-readers from the numerous TV and film adaptations of Austen's books

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Cat Tarot 78 Cards and Guidebook Seek answers to your past, purresent, and future directly from our feline companions in this modern and entertaining cat-themed tarot deck. Are you seeking guidance right meow? Trying to make sense of your past, purresent, and future? Seek answers in the cards with a new tarot deck led by the oldest symbol of wisdom, divination, and inspiration: the cat! Cat Tarot offers guidance and insight directly from our feline companions in a fresh, entertaining update to the classic RiderWaite tarot deck, combining authenticity with a cat-friendly sense of humour. All the familiar cards are given a feline persuasion – the Hanged Man now the Hang-in-There-Kitty, the Devil now a devious dog – with suits to match – pentacles as kibble, cups as food bowls, wands as feather wands, and swords as claws. With Megan Lynn Kott's stunning illustrations and signature humour, this colourful set features the 78 cards of the Major and Minor Arcana, as well as a guidebook with directions on how to conduct a reading, interpretations for each card, and more, ready for both experienced and new tarot readers alike.

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01 April 2019

Megan Lynn Kott has been working for nearly a decade as a graphic designer and freelance illustrator. She paints cats, cute animals, sad animals, more cats, redheads, weird animals, and flowers. Currently, she works with a variety of clients such as Old Navy, Wildlife Works, and Tea Collection. In addition to being an artist, she is a lifelong cat lover – her first word was "kitty."

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All Cards

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AU$34.95

ISBN

9781452173634

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

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New Age/Inspirational

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133 x 82 mm

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78pp

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Full colour illustrations

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Tarot, divination, and mysticism have been on the wishlists of accounts across markets – accounts across channels are seeing success with giftable items that have a spiritual/divination bent. CATS!: there are only a few cat-themed tarot decks on the market – all of which are older comps with vintage/new age art to match. Megan's style is fresh and resonates well with a younger market, bringing a new voice and a modern look to the classic tarot. The closest comps are Potter Style's Dog Tarot from 2012 and Laurence King's Cat Gurus from 2018, both of which are oracle decks rather than tarot decks. While many tarot decks tend to be high-priced, this deck is only $34.95 to invite consumers who are curious or interested in tarot, but reluctant to overspend on more "serious" decks. The box itself also has an adorable cat peeping through a die-cut in the top and bottom as if it were a carrier or cat-tunnel, for a surprise and- delight package. Cat Lady Old Maid has been a smash-hit for the impulse gift and game category (17,000 copies sold in worldwide 9 months!), and a tongue-in-cheek Cat Tarot deck is the perfect follow-up, combining the classically familiar with Megan's modern catlady touch.

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Moon Playing Cards Chronicle Books Take a giant leap into lunar exploration with this collectible 54-card deck of moon playing cards honouring the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. This stand-out set of playing cards features iconic NASA photographs of the moon in its various lunar phases, in addition to key mission modules, honouring the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. The gifty tin features a screen-printed bright, full moon, lending the package gift and collectors' appeal.

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01 April 2019

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Games & Puzzles

NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), established in 1958, is the United States agency of scientific research, technological development, and exploration in space. Its vision since its inception has been "to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind." Responsible not only for landing the first men on the moon in 1969, NASA's technological research has led to the development of the first weather and communications satellites, more than 130 flights within 30 years of space shuttle missions, the landing of rovers on the Mars surface, as well as the establishment with 16 other nations of an International Space Station in 2000. Since the retirement of the space shuttle missions in 2011, NASA has continued its scientific research with several aims, most notably to land humans on Mars and to launch the Next Generation Air Transportation System by 2025, a program to design aircraft that are more fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible.

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AU$22.99

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9781452176840

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Chronicle Books

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Puzzles & Games

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114 x 76 mm

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55pp

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The 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar walk is in July 2019, and NASA and other key space organisations, not to mention the national media and other influential social media platforms, will be celebrating this historic milestone, raising consumer awareness for all things moon-themed. We are experiencing a space renaissance, in part due to NASA's recent triumphs with the Mars Curiosity Rover, the successful Orion Spacecraft test flight, and the ongoing research aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Now more than ever, NASA's star is on the rise, buoying the hope of millions that what was once relegated to "science fiction" is now in the realm of the possible. NASA's endeavours in the social media space, via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, have secured a rapt and formidable audience (there are 30 million followers on each platform alone). These cards will publish directly to this engaged fan base, eager for NASA-themed gifts. In celebration of the anniversary, the Apollo 11 command module is on a national tour through 2019 to four high-profile museums before returning to the Smithsonian for a 2021 "Destination Moon" exhibition. These cards are not only ideal for science and natural history museum gift shops, they complement planned exhibitions and will be a perfect go-to purchase for excited museum-goers. This winning combination won't be lost on parents, caregivers, and teachers who will embrace these cards as a way to explore the moon here on Earth and to encourage an overall engagement with science.

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After Dinner Amusements: Name That Tune Chronicle Books A mini and minty fresh music trivia game, complete with fresh content, great packaging, and the bitesize appeal of the 52 decks. This music trivia game is perfect for the whole family. Challenge cards get everyone humming, singing, and brainstorming song titles, and the question cards give each player a chance to show off their knowledge. For 2 or more players, ages 12 and up! Includes 50 prompt cards + 1 instruction card The After Dinner Amusements series offers a fun little twist on classic party games and activities. Each miniature deck of cards is packaged in a full-colour decorative tin box, charmingly evoking the look of after-dinner mints! Compact and eye-catching, they're the perfect pocket-size games to bring to any party and to add to any gift.

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01 April 2019

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Games & Puzzles

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AU$14.99

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9781452175799

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Chronicle Gift

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Puzzles & Games

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62 x 62 mm

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51pp

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44 colour throughout

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Trivia games are longtime favourites at parties and family gatherings. The compact package and charming aesthetic make this product stand out from other versions of the game – and the challenge cards offer opportunities for even more interactive fun! The compact format allows you to take the game anywhere! These petite tins are perfect for slipping into a purse or pocket for on-the-go play. The content is 100% family-friendly and kid appropriate. An $14.99 price point makes this a great self-purchase for party hosts. They also make for charming gifts or stocking stuffers, individually or as a set of two, three, or more.

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9781452173757

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9781452173764

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9781452164892

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9781452164885

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CHALLENGE CARD!

Set a timer for 60 seconds. Each player must write down as many songs as they can that feature the word “red” in the title. Whoever guesses the most wins! Chris de Burgh’s 1986 hit “The Lady in Red” was voted the third-worst song of the 1980s by a Rolling Stone magazine reader poll.

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CHALLENGE CARD!

Recite a full verse and chorus from the song “Let It Go” from the movie Frozen. Starting with the player to your right, each player has one chance. The first player to succeed wins! “Let It Go” has been professionally recorded in more than 40 different languages.

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Hum or whistle the tune to a favorite holiday song. The first player who guesses the song correctly wins!

Irving Berlin wrote the song “White Christmas” while staying at the Southern California resort town of La Quinta.

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After Dinner Amusements: Travel Trivia Chronicle Books A mini and minty-fresh travel trivia deck, complete with fresh content, great packaging, and the bite-size appeal of the 52 decks. Book Description: This family-friendly, travel-themed trivia deck is perfect for geography buffs and frequent fliers. For 2 or more players, ages 12 and up! Includes 50 prompt cards + 1 instruction card The After Dinner Amusements series offers a fun little twist on classic party games and activities. Each miniature deck of cards is packaged in a full colour decorative tin box, charmingly evoking the look of after-dinner mints! Compact and eye-catching, they're the perfect pocket size games to bring to any party and to add on to any gift.

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01 April 2019

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Games & Puzzles

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AU$14.99

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9781452173771

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Chronicle Books

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Chronicle Gift

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Category

Puzzles & Games

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62 x 62 mm

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51pp

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4 colour

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Trivia games are longtime favourites at parties and family gatherings. The compact package and charming aesthetic really make this product stand out from other versions of the game – and the travel theme makes it even more appropriate for playing on the go! The compact format allows you to take the game anywhere! These petite tins are perfect for slipping into a purse or pocket or tucking into a carryon bag to keep the family entertained on a long flight. The content is 100% family-friendly and kid appropriate - and a great way for kids to learn about different parts of the world. An $14.99 price point makes this a great self-purchase for party hosts. They also make for charming gifts or stocking stuffers, individually or as a set of two, three, or more.

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AU$14.99

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AU$14.99

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9781452173757

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9781452173764

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9781452164892

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9781452164885

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What object was constructed on the Champ de Mars in Paris as the entrance to the 1889 Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fair? The tower was originally planned to be demolished in 1909, but it was instead maintained as a radiotelegraph station.

THE EIFFEL TOWER

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COPENHAGEN In 2016, sensors clocked more than 265,000 commuting bikes on the streets of the city and only 252,000 cars.

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What capital city boasts more bicycles than cars on its streets?

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What African nation is the fourth largest island in the world?

Only Borneo, New Guinea, and Greenland are larger islands than Madagascar.

MADAGASCAR

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Spark Courage Chronicle Books The gift of bravery in a box: accessible prompts in an irresistible, pick-me-up package that will genuinely spark courage for anyone about to take a leap – like recent grads – or who wants to live a more confident life. Designed to look like a matchbox, this little box of faux matchsticks contains 50 prompts that will inspire taking a leap, facing fears, and being bold - whether in the context of career, social life, or lifelong dream. Sample prompts:

Think about being fueled by optimism and possibility rather than fear. Say yes to something you'd normally decline. Publication

01 April 2019

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Kits

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AU$19.99

ISBN

9781452178196

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Chronicle Books

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Chronicle Gift

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Category

Puzzles & Games

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127 x 68 mm

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50pp

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Foilstamped box tray with sleeve, 50 kraft faux matchsticks inside, shrinkwrapped tray

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This matchbox format packages courage-sparking content in a totally unique and accessible way that distinguishes it from other decks and books on the market. Decked out in foil, with irresistible object quality, this little box of inspiration has striking shelf presence and makes a distinctive gift. This matchbox-like format can merchandise just like real matches - with candles, as a register add on, or as a holiday stocking stuffer. And this vibrant package will assort perfectly with graduation gift round-ups. We've seen that consumers are increasingly interested in purchasing and gifting experiences rather than stuff. Full of prompts that inspire taking action and speaking your mind, this is the gift of a more audacious, confident way of living. The courage theme is also a great choice for giving the gift of selfcare - paired with a candle for de-stressing and self-reflection, these confidence-inspiring prompts offer the complementary gift of speaking up and taking care of your needs.

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9781452168821

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9781452168838

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9781452168814

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Stand up for something you believe in, even if it’s not popular.

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Say yes to something you’d normally decline.

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Say no to something you would usually accept out of obligation.

Spark Family Fun Chronicle Books Family fun-time in a box: the gift of connection sparking activities in an irresistible, pick-me-up package that's sure to bring the fun at family gatherings. Light a spark of inspiration! Designed to look like a matchbox, this box of 50 faux matchsticks offers activities to spark play, connection, and fun for the whole family. Sample prompts: Put on music and transform a family chore or project into a dance party. Share funny stories about the most hilarious things that happened this month.

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01 April 2019

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Kits

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AU$19.99

ISBN

9781452178202

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Chronicle Books

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Chronicle Gift

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Category

Puzzles & Games

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127 x 68 mm

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50pp

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Foilstamped box tray with sleeve, 50 kraft faux matchsticks inside, shrink-wrapped tray

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This matchbox format packages the gift of family fun time in a totally unique and accessible way that distinguishes it from other decks and books on the market. Decked out in foil, with irresistible object quality, this little box of family fun has striking shelf presence and makes a distinctive gift. This matchbox-like format can merchandise just like real matches – with candles, as a register add-on, or as a holiday stocking-stuffer. And this vibrant package will assort perfectly with springtime travel themes or Mother's Day and Father's Day gift round-ups. We've seen that consumers are increasingly interested in purchasing and gifting experiences rather than stuff. Full of prompts for fun activities, games, and conversation topics that are fun for kids and adults, this is the gift of authentic, connective, and joyful experiences with the whole family.

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9781452168821

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9781452168838

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9781452168814

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Play Name That Tune. The only word you can sing is the name of the guesser.

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Put on music and transform a family chore or project into a dance party.

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Share a story about the most hilarious thing that’s happened this month.

Brain Boosters: Beginner Puzzles Matthew Donegan

Boost your brainpower with the basic puzzles bursting from Brain Boosters. This selection of over 200 illustrated, full colour conundrums has been designed to help train your mind no matter how much free time you've got to spare. There's a plethora of puzzles including Sudoku, logic sequences, riddles, latin squares, visual teasers, maths challenges and more. Exercise your mind whether you've got five minutes or an hour, with puzzles growing slowly from basic to medium level of difficulty. Who said exercise couldn't be fun?

Author Details Matthew Donegan is a puzzle compiler and checker based in London.

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Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$16.99 | NZ$18.99

ISBN

9781787392021

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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Category

Puzzles & Games

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175 x 126 mm

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176pp

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225 puzzles

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A wide variety of puzzle types, with logic teasers, number puzzles, riddles, visual tests, codebreaking and more Studies have shown that routinely training your brain can improve your memory – and ward off memory loss – as well as your overall general health as the years go by The puzzles are all basic to medium level difficulty, perfect for people looking to fit brain training in around their busy schedules

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Brain Boosters: Challenging Puzzles Matthew Donegan

Charge up your cognitive power with the challenging conundrums crammed into Brain Boosters. This selection of over 200 illustrated, full colour puzzles has been designed to help expand your brainpower no matter how much free time you've got to spare. There's a plethora of problems including Sudoku, logic sequences, riddles, Latin squares, visual teasers, maths challenges and more. Exercise your mind whether you've got five minutes or an hour, with puzzles growing slowly from moderate to taxing in difficulty. Who said exercise couldn't be fun?

Author Details Matthew Donegan is a puzzle compiler and checker based in London.

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Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$16.99 | NZ$18.99

ISBN

9781787392014

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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Category

Puzzles & Games

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175 x 126 mm

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176pp

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225 colour illustrations

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Over 200 full colour puzzles

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A wide variety of puzzle types, with logic teasers, number puzzles, riddles, visual tests, code breaking and more Studies have shown that routinely training your brain can improve your memory - and ward off memory loss - as well as your overall general health as the years go by The puzzles are all medium to challenging level difficulty, but are all short problems perfect for people looking to fit brain training in around their busy schedules

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Oddities An Advanced Spot the Difference Challenge John Bigwood Life’s odd, isn’t it? People are odd, places are odd, things are odd. It’s an odd old world. There’s oddity in the strangest places, not least in this extreme odd-one-out challenge. From a perfectly groomed, flowery beard and a trendy cycling cap, to a prickly cactus and a delicious flat white, discover the minute differences lurking on every page. There are odd ones out to spot, hipster accessories to match, and much more millennial fun to be had. Cool and quirky black and white illustrations are accompanied by funny one liners and utterly useless, and odd, trivia. It’s time to find the oddest of odd ones out.

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01 April 2019

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Paperback

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AU$16.99 | NZ$19.99

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9781782439851

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Michael O'Mara Books

Fun and quirky black and white illustrations of odd hipster accessories, quirky millennial items and fun bits and bobs

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Accompanied by funny and sarcastic instructions and unusual trivia The perfect gift or novelty title for teens to trendy adults Contemporary and clean design layouts, with a rounded-corner format

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Puzzles & Games

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190 x 147 mm

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96pp

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Full colour throughout

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John Bigwood is an illustrator and graphic designer who illustrates titles for children and adults across a range of genres, such as the best-selling Sherlock Bones series and How to Draw People for the Artistically Anxious, among others. John studied Illustration and Animation at Falmouth College of Art and currently lives and works in London.

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Just My Type Look closely and find the two odd ones out. Mark Twain was the first author to submit a manuscript written on a typewriter. He also loved cats. These two facts arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t related.

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Get the Horn Spot the unique unicorn amongst these magical creatures. The collective noun for a group of unicorns is a ‘blessing’ (a ‘fact’ so sweet you might just vomit a rainbow).

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Llama Drama Spot the odd pair amongst these llamas with lluscious llocks. When frustrated, llamas are notorious for spitting, hissing and kicking. Much like puzzlers who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find the odd one out.

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Two Prayers to One God A Journey Towards Identity and Belonging Dr. George Szego

Not just a journey through turbulent decades and across continents, this autobiography by George Szego – a practising psychiatrist – is also an enthralling exploration of the possibilities of self-analysis. Szego paints a warm and vivid picture of youth that is fast obliterated when Nazi tanks invade Hungary in 1944. Szego drifts between analysis and cinematic narration even as he walks through hell itself, diving deeper and deeper into fantasy and memory as a means of survival. Now in its second edition, Two Prayers to One God is more than a Holocaust book. It is a compelling look at the post-war years of rejuvenation in Budapest that were snatched away by Stalinist terror, and later, regained fleetingly with the Hungarian Revolution.

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15 November 2018

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$25.00 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781743795408

Publisher

Hardie Grant Books

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Hardie Grant Local Consignment

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Auto/Biography

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198 x 128 mm

Extent

400pp

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Text Only

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SOR

Available 15 November

Former psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor and author George Szego, spent a happy childhood in the village of Mezo?berény, on the Great Hungarian Plain, where his father was a doctor. His parents converted from Judaism to Catholicism to protect the family from growing anti-Semitism. But within days of the Nazis invading Hungary in March 1944, George was interned in the Jewish ghetto. Three months later he was deported to Auschwitz – his grandmother was gassed to death on arrival, his mother also perished in the war. George was then transported to a concentration camp in Bavaria until liberation by the US army nearly a year later. He returned to Hungary to find his father alive. In the post-war years, George studied medicine in Budapest and married Eva, who would also become a doctor. They fled Hungary for Israel in the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, and two years later emigrated to Australia. After a bleak period, during which George found himself cleaning toilets at a Melbourne hospital, he and Eva passed the exams enabling foreign-qualified doctors to practise in Australia. Together, they opened a surgery in Elwood. He later specialised in psychiatry. He has a PhD in neuropathology and is a member and fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. In 2013 Eva died of cancer. In his mid 80s George found love again with a long-time friend, Kati. His experience of loss and renewal, trauma and memory is the subject of his book, And The Rest is Yours. His writings have been published in The Australian Jewish News and The Age. His acclaimed memoir, Two Prayers to One God, was first published in 2001 by Hardie Grant Books.

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An in-depth, first-hand account of the horrors of the Holocaust, drifting between cinematic narration and analysis.

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More than just another Holocaust book, Two Prayers To One God takes a compelling look at rejuvenation during the post-war years. An enthralling tale of the search for ones true identity as told by a renowned psychiatrist.

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And the Rest is Yours A Story of Love, Loss and Resilience Dr. George Szego His ninetieth year just behind him, former psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor George Szego reflects on the mysteries of grief, loss and desire. “Sentenced to life” by the Nazis at the age of sixteen, Auschwitz–Birkenau survivor George would go on to marry his childhood sweetheart, a fellow Hungarian Jew and eventually a fellow doctor; see cancer take the love of his life some seventy years later; then finally re-partner, in his eighties, with all the innocence and wonderment of a teenager. With the clock ticking, Szego is haunted by the horrors of his past; is repeatedly recharged by the gifts of the present; and is, all the while, philosophical about life’s apparent contradictions and the inexorable march of time. Part social autobiography, part deconstruction of accepted attitudes to ageing, part romantic memoir, this powerful book is both heartrending and heart-warming.

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Publication

15 November 2018

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$25.00 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781743795415

Publisher

Hardie Grant Books

Imprint

Hardie Grant Local Consignment

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Category

Auto/Biography

Format

198 x 128 mm

Extent

184pp

His writings have been published in The Australian Jewish News and The Age . His acclaimed memoir, Two Prayers to One God, was first published in 2001 by Hardie Grant Books.

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This book is a follow up to Two Prayers To One God and tells a hauntingly beautiful story of love, loss and resilience.

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Part social autobiography, part deconstruction of accepted attitudes to ageing, part romantic memoir, this powerful book is both heartrending and heart-warming. A story told by former psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, Dr George Szego

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Red Mist in Football The Most Shocking Moments in World Football History Phil Cartwright

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There’s more than one way to attain football immortality, and BBC Sports journalist, Phil Cartwright turns a witty and revealing eye over the mavericks, pioneers anti-heros and iconic legends that have defined football history and changed the game forever.

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30 of the best red mist moments from the beautiful game.

From Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt to Eric Cantona’s king-fu kick, Red Mist In Football celebrates 30 iconic game-changing moments that broke the hearts of nations and spawned instant legacies.

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01 April 2019

Featuring stories of red cards, dirty tackles, biting, pitch invaders and a couple of streakers, you will be taken on an unforgettable journey of the (not so) good, the bad and the downright despicable; celebrating the personalities and events of football history that we just can’t stop talking about.

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Hardback

Author Details

Price

AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

ISBN

9781784882440

Publisher

Hardie Grant (UK)

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Hardie Grant (UK)

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Football is still the number one sport in the world with around 3.5 billion fans across the globe.

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Sport & Fitness

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177 x 140 mm

This book is loaded with facts, stats, profiles on player personalities, bios, history, and much more to make the beautiful game leap out at you like you’ve never seen before. Features a range if illustration styles to create a beautiful, design-lead book. The perfect gift for avid football fans, whatever team they support.

Extent

160pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations

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Phil Cartwright’s passion for sport began when he attended his first Wolverhampton Wanderers football match at the age of six. He has been a BBC Sport journalist since 2006 and has covered a wide range of sports and major events for the BBC, including the Championship football play-off final and the Rugby League World Cup.

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PAULO DI CANIO

Paolo Di Canio had the ability to do some things on a football field that would take your breath away. There was the sublime; sensational scissor-kicks, silky skills and, at times, sportsmanship. While playing for West Ham United, Di Canio passed up the chance to score a late winner into an almost empty net at Goodison Park, catching a cross when he saw Everton goalkeeper Paul Gerrard was lying injured near the corner flag - an act that earned Di Canio a Fifa Fair Play award. And then there was the ridiculous.

Hillsborough, Sheffield

In September 1998, Di Canio was given one of the longest bans in English history - 11 matches for pushing referee Paul Alcock while playing for Sheffield Wednesday.

26 September, 1998

It all started fairly innocuously. Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira reacted to Wim Jonk pulling his shirt by pushing the Dutchman to the ground.

PUSHES REFEREE

That was enough for a host of players, including Di Canio, to get involved in a few pushes and shoves.

Paolo Di Canio

Player Moments

Senior career — Yellow cards XX — Red cards XX

It quickly escalated, however, and Di Canio aimed a kick at the leg of Arsenal defender Martin Keown. The Italian was marshalled away from trouble by some of his Wednesday team-mates, but Alcock had already seen enough of a transgression to warrant a dismissal. Di Canio’s reaction to seeing Alcock brandish a red card was to push him in the chest, causing Alcock to fall backwards to the floor. There was a comical element to Alcock’s fall, as there was when Gunners full-back Nigel Winterburn attempted to confront Di Canio as he left the field, and then recoiled quickly when it appeared Di Canio was about to square up to him. But that did not take away from the general sense of shock surrounding the incident and the furore it caused in the aftermath. Di Canio did not play for Sheffield Wednesday again and a few months later he joined West Ham, where he became a club legend. •

“ Paolo’s reacted and I can’t condone it. It’s absolute stupidity and I don’t know what’s gone through his mind.” SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MANAGER DANNY WILSON

Red Mist in Football

Paolo Di Canio

Player Moments

BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS THEM

Sometimes red cards can tarnish the biggest games of a player’s career. Liam Ridehalgh’s high, lunging challenge on Ricky Shakes earned him a first-minute red card in the 2018 National League promotion final at Wembley. Thankfully for him, it did not cost Tranmere victory, with Rovers beating Boreham Wood 2-1 to seal their place back in the English Football League.

FAST RED CARDS

Uruguay’s Jose Batista holds the record for the fastest red card in World Cup history. The midfielder lasted just 52 seconds of his country’s group game against Scotland in 1986 when he was sent off for a lunging challenge on Gordon Strachan.

Sheffield United’s Keith Gillespie was sent off immediately after coming on as a substitute in a Premier League match against Reading in 2007. Awaiting a throwin to be taken, Gillespie swung an arm in Stephen Hunt’s direction, a clash deemed worthy of a red card by referee Mark Halsey. He then pushed the Reading midfielder in the face as he left the field.

Red Mist in Football

Perhaps surprisingly, some goalkeepers have also been sent for an early bath. Kevin Pressman’s 200001 season was only 13 seconds old when he was dismissed for handling the ball outside his penalty area in Sheffield Wednesday’s opening second-tier match against Wolves at Molineux. And in 2011, Preston Edwards of Ebbsfleet United lasted only 10 seconds of a Conference South game before he saw red for bringing down a Farnborough player who was clean through on goal.

In 1999, Swansea striker Walter Boyd’s dismissal for elbowing an opponent in an English fourth-tier match against Darlington created headlines - as play hadn’t been restarted after Boyd’s introduction as a substitute, the Jamaican was technically sent off after ZERO seconds!

Player Moments

Clough wanted to clear the pitch as quickly as possible, but did so by punching several fans as the two sets of players made their way down the tunnel. There was widespread condemnation of Clough’s actions. One of the supporters said in a television news interview: “I thought it was a Queens Park Rangers fan who had hit me. I turned round and I couldn’t believe it - Brian Clough’s here. He’s shouting ‘get off the pitch’ to everyone and swinging his fists all over.” Clough was fined £5,000 and banned from the touchline for the remainder of the season. A couple of days after the incident, Clough met with two of the fans that he had punched in a press conference and apologised. It all ended in typical Clough fashion - with the two supporters planting a kiss on his cheek. • “ I thought it was a Queens Park Rangers fan who had hit me. I turned round and I couldn’t believe it - Brian Clough’s here” Nottingham Forest supporter Sean O’Hara

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Afloat A Memoir Danie Couchman

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The inspiring story of a a twenty-something’ girl’s life on a London houseboat.

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On sunny summer’s evening, we’ve all strolled along a London canal path, admiring the beautiful narrowboats that throng the banks, and idly dreamed of living in one. But what is it really like? What happens in winter (hint: you get used to ice inside as well as out). What does it take, to navigate locks, repair gunnels, steer a craft that can be up to 72 feet long but only ever 6 foot wide? Danie Couchman has spent the last few years of her 20s living alone on a canalboat in London, moving moorings every two weeks. The decision to do so was swift and instinctive: having grown up in a fractured army family and then in a series of shared houses, she never found a place that felt like home. The water called to her in a way nothing had before. As she would soon learn, a watery abode carries all kinds of new dangers, and the pull of the past is as sure as the pull of a current. But the water also carries friends and a sense of kinship and community which is fast-disappearing in our increasingly screen-led, urban existence.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Slow down and walk along the canal bank. You never know what you might find…

Price

AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

Author Details

ISBN

9781787133488

Publisher

Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Danie Couchman works as a voice-over artist and TV continuity writer and announcer for various national channels in London. She contributes to the Canal & River Trust’s magazine Waterfront and wellbeing publication The Simple Things, and you can find articles she has written for them on her website (www.daniecouchman.com/writer/).

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Comparable to last year’s memoir breakout, The Outrun, this is a universal story of loss, learning and nature.

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Beautifully written; once you start reading you won’t be able to stop. Canals are visited by over 200,000 people a year; canalboat holidays are perennially popular.

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224pp

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Elizabeth's Rival The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester Nicola Tallis The first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era.

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Cousin to Elizabeth I – and very likely also Henry VIII’s illegitimate granddaughter – Lettice Knollys had a life of dizzying highs and pitiful lows. Darling of the court, entangled in a love triangle with Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I, banished from court, plagued by scandals of affairs and murder, embroiled in treason, Lettice would go on to lose a husband and beloved son to the executioner’s axe. Living to the astonishing age of ninetyone, Lettice’s tale gives us a remarkable, personal lens on to the grand sweep of the Tudor Age, with those closest to her often at the heart of the events that defined it. In the first ever biography of this extraordinary woman, Nicola Tallis’s dramatic narrative takes us through those events, including the religious turmoil, plots and intrigues of Mary, Queen of Scots, attempted coups, and bloody Irish conflicts, among others. Surviving well into the reign of Charles I, Lettice truly was the last of the great Elizabethans. Publication

01 April 2019

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Paperback

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AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

Nicola Tallis is a British historian and researcher. Her debut book, Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey, was published to wide praise. She has previously lectured at the University of Winchester and worked with Historic Royal Palaces and the National Trust.

ISBN

9781782439240

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

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Michael O'Mara

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History

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198 x 129 mm

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448pp

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2 x 8pp colour plate sections

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Gives readers a new and personal perspective on the events of the Tudor period and early Stuarts – Lettice lived through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I Examines the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Lettice's husband, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, within the context of his third marriage Explores the effect that Lettice’s marriage had on her relationship with Elizabeth I, and what this reveals about Elizabeth’s attitude towards women This is the stunning new book from Nicola Tallis, whose debut book Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey has been widely praised

Above: Lettice Knollys. Described as ‘one of the best-looking ladies of the court’, Lettice was favoured by Elizabeth I until she dared to wed the Queen’s favourite.

Above: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Lettice’s second husband was the love of her life and the reason she became Elizabeth I’s rival.

Left: Elizabeth I at the age of fourteen. Elizabeth had been close to Lettice’s mother since childhood, and Lettice is also likely to have spent time with the future queen during her youth.

Above: Sir Francis Knollys. Lettice’s father was a man of great principle and was devoted to his children. He was one of the few witnesses at Lettice and Leicester’s wedding.

Right: Lady Katherine Knollys. The only surviving portrait of Lettice’s mother shows her in the final months of pregnancy. In total she would bear her husband sixteen children.

A History of Art in 21 Cats Creative cats to discover and draw Nia Gould More than just a reference book, A History of Art in 21 Cats is perfect for art enthusiasts, drawing beginners and cat lovers alike. Art history has been given a fun feline makeover.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781910552902

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

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Michael O'Mara

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Art/Fashio/Photography

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230 x 180 mm

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96pp

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Full colour illustrations throughout

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Discover the basics of important art movements through a host of beautifully illustrated cats, each one inspired by a specific period in art history. From The Surrealist to The Cubist, The Abstract Expressionist to The Ancient Egyptian, these creative cats will introduce you to key themes and provide you with all of the inspiration you need if you want to create your own version. Each arty illustrated cat comes with an overview of the art movement that it represents, plus a breakdown of the cats features, explaining the relevance of each. Accompanied by fun, informative captions, each element - from faces and fur to patterns, shapes and colours - is simple enough to be recreated at home. More than just a reference book, A History of Art in 21 Cats is perfect for art enthusiasts, drawing beginners and cat lovers alike.

Author Details A graduate of Falmouth University, Nia Gould is a Creative Design Manager and illustrator and runs a small design business from her home in Devon. Her work is inspired by her love of cats as well as the arts, with many illustrations finding their way onto cards, prints, tote bags and enamel pins. The most popular series combines her two passions – a set of observational prints featuring cats posing as famous artists. Her designs are stocked in shops and galleries around the world, including the New Museum in New York, House of Illustration in London and the Gallery of Modern Art, Australia.

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Discover the basics of major art movements through 21 cultured cats, each inspired by a particular art style

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Each cat comes with an overview of the art movement alongside inspiration to create your own illustration by choosing from a selection of features to copy Quirky illustrations are accompanied by fun, informative captions Perfect for art enthusiasts, drawing beginners and cat lovers alike

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renaissance The word ‘renaissance’ means ‘rebirth’ and refers not just to a period in the history of European art but to the study of science, music, literature and philosophy, too. Beginning in Italy during the 14th century, it spread through southern Europe, reaching northern Europe as late as the 17th century. The re-examination of classical Rome and Greece was combined with new technology, political stability and prosperity — and it coincided with the lives of some of the greatest artists ever known. Renaissance art was concerned with ‘humanism’, where the worth of an individual human being became more important than religion, which had been the focus of Byzantine art. Rather than following traditional conventions, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Titian began to depict three-dimensional forms, making their subjects look as realistic as possible. Though Renaissance styles varied from city to city, the overriding aim was to represent even the most mundane details realistically and with humanity.

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Every cloud has a silver lining

‘Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.’

Light-filled, textured skies can frequently be seen in Renaissance art, often as a backdrop to heavenly beings such as cherubs. These skies combined perspective, light and movement to dramatic effect.

Leonardo da Vinci

Vermeer pearl A painting from the Dutch Golden Age, Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring was not meant to depict any particular individual, but instead was intended to show off the artist's expertise in using light to create form.

Roses

Mastering techniques

Renaissance art was heavy with symbolism. Flowers in particular were used to convey all sorts of hidden messages. This romantic cat is using roses to convey feelings of true love.

Huge advances were made in both painting techniques and materials. Artists experimented with oil-based paints, mixing powdered pigment with linseed oil to ensure the paint took a long time to dry. This meant they could work on their pieces over a long period of time, adding layers and reworking to achieve distinctive depth and textures.

On the face of it Portraits of women were very popular in Renaissance art. They were almost always painted in profile or three-quarter profile, and it was normal to keep facial expressions and emotions enigmatic. Beauty was used to imply goodness, so we can determine that this pretty pussy cat is very virtuous indeed.

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w ‘A man paints ith his brains and not with his hands.’ Michelangelo

Elaborate frames The signature ornate gold frames that frequently surround Renaissance paintings could be considered works of art in their own right.

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pointillism Pointillism was influenced by Impressionism, in that it concentrated on the juxtaposition of complementary colours. However, Georges Seurat and Paul Signac pushed the idea further, meticulously applying regular, tiny dots of pure colour, close together. The idea was that when the paintings were viewed from a distance, the dots would fuse in the viewer’s eye to become solid colours. As usual, the critics sneered and invented ‘Pointillism’ as a derogatory label — but again they were proved wrong and Pointillism became immensely influential into the 20 th century and remains so today. The shimmering surface of Pointillist paintings represented innovative thinking by scientists, who discovered how the eyes and brain react to colour, and artists who took up that knowledge and applied it to canvas. In Pointillism, science met art to triumphant effect.

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‘The inability of some critics to connect the dots doesn’t make Pointillism pointless.’

Feeling shady In one of his most famous works, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat shows his subjects in formal poses, depicting women walking demurely along a riverbank holding parasols. This could have been intended to draw attention to the repressed nature of upper-class people as he saw them.

Georges Seurat

Dots and spots It was the Impressionists who started the trend of applying colour in separate, clearly defined strokes, but the Pointillists took it one step further by developing a technique that made the process much more intricate and precise.

Divisionism A branch of Neo-Impressionism, ‘Divisionism', as it was known, was concerned with the science behind the separation of colours and the optical effects that could be produced. ‘Pointillism', however, referred to the specific way the paint was applied.

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From Pointillism to Fauvism Pointillism had a huge influence on the Fauvists, who looked to their choice of bold, distinct colours for inspiration.

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cubism Scandalous! When Cubism first appeared at the beginning of the 20 th century it caused uproar among the public and even in the art world. Instead of trying to convey depth by using perspective, tone and colour, Cubist artists showed their subject from different angles at the same time, using geometric shapes in unexpected combinations. The most famous of the Cubists was Pablo Picasso, an ardent cat-lover, whose work often depicted feline forms with features at unusual angles. There are two main types of Cubism. Analytical Cubism used a lot of black, grey and ochre which gave a stark, severe feel. This was followed by Synthetic Cubism, which used brighter colours, simpler shapes and added elements of collage.

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Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper Carol Ann Lee In Somebody’s Mother, Somebody’s Daughter, Carol Ann Lee tells, for the first time, the stories of those women who came into Peter Sutcliffe’s murderous orbit, restoring their individuality to them and giving a voice to their families, including the twenty-three children whom he left motherless. Much has been written about the brutal crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, and – thirty-five years after he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of thirteen women – scarcely a week goes by without some mention of him in the media. In any story featuring Sutcliffe, however, his victims are incidental, often reduced to a tableau of nameless faces. But each woman was much more than the manner of her death, and in Somebody’s Mother, Somebody’s Daughter, Carol Ann Lee tells, for the first time, the stories of those women who came into Sutcliffe’s murderous orbit, restoring their individuality to them and giving a voice to their families, including the twenty-three children whom he left motherless. Based on previously unpublished material and fresh, first-hand interviews the book examines the Yorkshire Ripper story from a new perspective: focusing on the women and putting the reader in a similar position to those who lived through that time. The killer, although we know his identity, remains a shadowy figure throughout, present only as the perpetrator of the attacks. By talking to survivors and their families, and to the families of the murdered women, Carol Ann Lee gets to the core truths of their lives and experiences, not only at the hands of Sutcliffe but also with the Yorkshire Police and their crass and ham-fisted handling of the case, where the women were put into two categories: prostitutes and nonprostitutes. In this book they are, simply, women, and all have moving backstories.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$39.99 | NZ$45.00

ISBN

9781789290394

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

Imprint

Michael O'Mara

The grim reality is that not enough has changed within society to make the angle this book takes on the Yorkshire Ripper case a purely historical one. Recent news stories have shown that women and girls who come forward to report serious crimes of a sexual nature are often judged as harshly – and often more so – than the men who have wronged them. The Rochdale sex abuse scandal, the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, and the US President's deplorable comments about women are vivid reminders that those in positions of power regard women as second class citizens. At the same time, the discussions arising from these recent stories, and much of the reporting, show that women are judged today as much on their preferences, habits and appearance as they were at the time of the Yorkshire Ripper attacks. The son of Wilma McCann, Sutcliffe's first known murder victim, told the author, 'We still have a very long way to go' and in that regard he is correct.

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Hard-hitting and wholly unique in approach, this timely book sheds new light on a case that still grips the nation.

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True Crime

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234 x 153 mm

Extent

336pp

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8pp b&w plate section

Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1969, Carol Ann Lee graduated from Manchester University. Three years later, her first book, Roses from the Earth: The Biography of Anne Frank was published to great acclaim, and has been published in fifteen countries to date. She went on to write several more best-selling books, including biographies and fiction, returning to non-fiction in 2010 with One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley, A Fine Day for a Hanging (2012) and The Murders at White House Farm (2015).

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A compelling and detailed account of the women, their families and the cultural and political melting pot from which the crimes emerged. Based on first-hand research, including interviews with the women who survived the attacks and with the victims’ families.

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A wholly unique perspective on this horrific case – from the point of view of the women who were involved and their families.

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Nike SB: The Dunk Book Sally Bodecker and Jesse Leyva The first book on Nike’s iconic DUNK SB, a mid-rise basketball court staple that has in the last two decades become a colourful (and often irreverent) icon of skate and street wear. Created in 2002, the Nike Dunk was adopted from the court by skateboarders and sneakerheads to become an icon of the streets. An early catalyst to evolving sneaker culture as we know it today, the Nike Dunk has enjoyed a storied legacy of reinvention through numerous iterations and creative collaborations proving to be an integral part of a culture obsessed with sneakers. To celebrate this legacy, Nike SB: The Dunk Book is the first book to present the historical archive of one of the most important shoes ever created. Worn by an ever-growing list of elite riders at competitions all over the world, Nike Dunks are prized as much for their funky, one-of-a-kind designs as well as their high performance.

Publication

01 December 2018

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$99.00

ISBN

9780847866694

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Category

Art/Fashio/Photography

Format

269 x 203 mm

Extent

352pp

Illustrations

200 colour photographs

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Available 1 December 2018

Nike SB: The Dunk Book is filled with stunning images that tell the visual story of Nike SB’s most iconic styles. Including Danny Supas, Staple Pigeon Dunks, De La Soul Highs, Paris Dunks, U.N.K.L.Es, and Supreme Dunk SBs, this volume flaunts the signature colour-ways and craftsmanship that Nike SBs are known for. Through enlightening anecdotes by the likes of Futura and Paul Rodriguez, readers get intimate accounts of how their favourite sneakers came to be. Also featured are archival images of Nike SB’s most recognisable skaters rocking the iconic sneakers, including Eric Koston, Richard Mulder, Grant Taylor, Omar Salazar, Reese Forbes, Brian Anderson, Theotis Beasley, and Daniel Shimizu.

Author Details Sandy Bodecker is Nike’s vice president of special projects. Jesse Leyva is senior creative director of Nike SB & ACG (All Conditions Gear).

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Nike is a leader in worldwide sales including the US, Japan, and the Europe. With this edge, the book is positioned to succeed in both international and domestic markets. The publishing of this book will be tied to the special release of a Nike SB shoe, making it a highly collectible item. HOT! Appeal extends to Hip-Hop, streetwear, skate culture, street art and pop culture fanatics as well as the larger creative and fashion community. This is the first book ever authored by Nike. Many books about Nike have been published, but this is the first time they will be telling the story of their own brand.

Bohemian Rhapsody The Inside Story Owen Williams

Bohemian Rhapsody: The Inside Story is the official book of the Twentieth Century Fox and Queen epic movie Bohemian Rhapsody. The author has interviewed key cast and crew members to reveal how Freddie Mercury and Queen's incredible story was brought to the big screen. Many of Queen's pivotal moments were recreated for the film - including Live Aid and other key performances – and are described and shown in this authorised book of the 2018 movie.

Author Details Owen Williams has been a regular contributor to Empire magazine since 2006. His work has also been published in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Film 360, Fangoria, Rue Morgue and elsewhere. He was author of the award-winning Alien Augmented Reality Survival Manual. He lives in the UK and tweets as @FlexibleHead.

Publication

01 December 2018

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$40.00 | NZ$45.00

ISBN

9781787391888

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

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Category

Music/Video/Film

Format

280 x 230 mm

Extent

160pp

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200 colour and b/w photographs

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Available 1 December 2018

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Released in Australia on the 1st of November 2018, Bohemian Rhapsody is one of 20th Century Fox's biggest movies of 2018, and is on Variety 's "hotly anticipated" list Includes hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs Queen have sold more than 120m albums worldwide, and continue to tour the world (as Queen + Adam Lambert) A fully authorised book, produced in association with 20th Century Fox and Queen Includes forewords by Brian May and Roger Taylor

D-Day Remembered From the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris Richard Holmes and the Imperial War Museum

D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men, and helped seal the fate of The Third Reich. Seventy-five years on, this is a graphic account of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, as well as the campaign that effectively destroyed the German forces in France, opening the way for the Allied advance. Filled with information on key personnel, weapons and military units, this fascinating book is enhanced through the inclusion of documents, such as intelligence maps, situation reports, letters, and leaflets, which bring events to life.

Author Details Professor Richard Holmes was one of the UK's leading military historians. As well as being the General Editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History , he presented several documentary series for the BBC. His books included The Napoleonic Wars Experience , as well as Tommy: The British Solider on the Western Front, Wellington: The Iron Duke and Red Coat . He died in 2011.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$60.00 | NZ$65.00

ISBN

9780233005775

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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This beautiful edition of the international bestseller is published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day in June 2019

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Contains rare images and documents from the archives of the Imperial War Museums A fully illustrated account of the largest naval, air and land operation in history

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283 x 245 mm

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256pp

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200 colour and b&w photographs

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IWM (Imperial War Museums) is a leading authority on conflict and its impact, from the First World War to the present. A family of five museums, IWM illustrates and records all aspects of modern war and of the individual's experience of it, whether allied or enemy, service or civilian, military or political, social or cultural.

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Identity Theft Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke Debra Meyerson An inspirational story for anyone struggling with their sense of self following injury, Debra Meyerson's emotionally powerful journey of rebuilding and redefining her identity after suffering a debilitating stroke seeks to let survivors know that they're not alone. In 2010, Debra Meyerson, a Stanford University professor, suffered a severe stroke in which she lost all speech and was paralyzed on her right side. Identity Theft centres on Debra’s experience: her stroke, her extraordinary efforts to recover, and her journey to redefine herself. She draws on her skills as a social scientist and conversations with dozens of fellow survivors-, family members, friends, colleagues, therapists, and doctors to paint a new picture of the emotional journey through the identity-based challenges born from stroke and other accidents and illnesses that rob people of important capabilities. She shares amazing personal stories and uses them to illustrate lessons we can all learn from. She addresses these important questions:

·Who are you after a stroke? How do I define myself in the face of more limited abilities? ·How do you grieve the loss of you? What is really important to me? ·Who do you become during your recovery? How do I fit in? Publication

16 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$45.00 | NZ$50.00

ISBN

9781449496302

Publisher

AMP

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Andrews McMeel Books

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Health/Related

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229 x 152 mm

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256pp

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This is not a how-to book for recovery, nor will it tell you what you'll experience or how you should deal with the loss of ability, but it's a book full of hope for stroke survivors. It gives them and their support network a broad picture of what might lie ahead. And it explores some critical questions that, in the more prevalent focus on physical recovery, are all too often overlooked in the effort to help people who have lost capabilities from stroke or otherwise.

Author Details Previously a tenured professor at Stanford University, Debra Meyerson studied, wrote, lectured, and taught about organisational change and how individuals make sense of work and of their lives. She is the author of dozens of articles and book chapters, and two books including Tempered Radicals: How People Use Difference to Inspire Change at Work (HBS Press, 2001). She remains a consulting professor. Debra is also the survivor of a severe stroke that, in 2010, initially left her paralyzed on the right side and unable to speak or communicate in any way. An entrepreneur at the intersection of society and technology, Danny Zuckerman worked on a new digital identity system at Consensys. He has written and spoken on the problems and opportunities of identity in a globally connected world. Passionate about how individuals relate and cooperate, he is currently building a new tech startup that will help people create more powerful communities. Danny is Debra Meyerson's son.

Key Titles • Unlike most books about stroke recovery, which focus on the experience of stroke and the physical recovery, Identity Theft focuses on the emotional journey of stroke survivors. More specifically, it focuses on a question that so many stroke survivors wrestle with, but often don’t talk about or even know to ask – having lost the ability to do so much of what used to “make me, me”, who am I now? • Life After a Stroke: This book has elements of a medical memoir, sharing the compelling story of Debra’s journey through stroke and recovery, but it is much more. As a social scientist, Debra brought the stories of many other survivors, and their caregivers, families, doctors and therapists, to highlight the degree to which every stroke is different, and every survivor must find his/her own path to recovery. • Message beyond stroke survivors: This book is primarily about stroke and stroke survivors. But it brings in the stories of other accidents/illnesses that can create similar journey’s around identity.

All Hail the Queen Twenty Women Who Ruled Shweta Jha Twenty remarkable royals to appeal to the queen in every woman. In this elegant gift book, Jennifer Orkin Lewis breathes colorful new life into the stories of exceptional women monarchs from around the world. From Cleopatra to Marie Antoinette and Empress Wu Zetian to Queen Liliuokalani, these powerful leaders have captured imaginations throughout the ages. Readers will be enthralled by their gorgeously illustrated stories told in entertaining text by writer Shweta Jha.

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Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$35.00

ISBN

9781452166735

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

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203 x 152 mm

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136pp

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Jennifer Orkin Lewis is an artist, illustrator, and author living in New York. Her illustrations have been featured on products for Anthropologie, Kate Spade, and many more. Her previous books include Draw Every Day Every Way and Love Found (also from Chronicle Books). You can see more of her work at www.augustwren.com. Shweta Jha is a writer and freelance journalist. Her work has been featured in the New York Post and the Lost Angeles Times , among others. She is currently working on her first novel. She lives in San Francisco.

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Jennifer Orkin Lewis's painterly illustrations have a huge online following (136,000 on Instagram as @augustwren) of dedicated fans who will come out to support her book. She's a great self-promoter who will showcase this new project across her social media platforms. Fans of Chronicle's bestselling collaborations with the likes of Katie Daisy, Ann Shen, and Samantha Hahn will instantly fall for Jennifer Orkin Lewis's art style and the enchanting world of All Hail the Queen. Feminist Momentum: Feminism continues to appear in the news cycle, and books highlighting the accomplishments of amazing women are selling like gangbusters. With her own whimsical art style and fresh new take on this winning category, Jennifer Orkin Lewis celebrates the fact that no matter what, girls do (and always have) run the world.

: D D TE E N H IZ IO IG R T R HO BU PY T I O U TR C T A IS O D N R FO The unprecedented but highly scandalous reign of Wu Zetian remains a riveting chapter of China’s imperial past. The only woman sovereign in three thousand years of Chinese history, Wu ruled China during the Tang Dynasty in the seventh century CE. Her extraordinary reign boasted diplomatic, social, and military achievements, but also much controversy: Most notably, she was accused of murdering her own family members, including her own infant daughter, in her quest for ultimate power. At fourteen years old, Wu joined the imperial palace of Emperor Taizong as a low-ranking concubine. In 655 CE, she married his successor, Emperor Gaozong, and became Empress of China. Over the years, Wu’s power and influence soared, and she ruthlessly eliminated her enemies while keeping her supporters close. In 690, she became the sole ruler of her empire and created a new dynasty, the Zhao. China prospered under Wu’s reign, and she proved to be a strong, capable leader. Agriculture and trade along the Silk Road thrived, and she poured money into literature, education, and the arts. Buddhism, a foreign import from India, rose to prominence during her rule, as Wu perceived its teachings as being friendlier toward women than those of the official state religion of Confucianism. In 705 CE, Wu was buried with Gaozong in a special joint tomb. To this day, it remains unopened—keeping the story of Wu alive forevermore.

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Lady Six Sky was a Maya royal princess and daughter of King B’alaj Chan K’awiil, ruler of Dos Pilas. In 682 CE, she was sent by her father to Naranjo (located in present-day Guatemala), where the local royal bloodline had been destroyed when that lineage was conquered by a more powerful polity. Lady Six Sky was tasked with breathing new life into Naranjo and reestablishing a royal dynasty. Though she was never formally crowned as Naranjo’s queen, she governed for about a decade, until her son, K’ak’ Tiliw Chan Chaak, ascended the throne at the age of five, and appears to have acted as his regent for many more years during his childhood. Unlike other Maya women rulers, Lady Six Sky was in the unique position of having stone monuments erected during her lifetime, which recorded her successes and showcased the significant power she held. Two depictions portray her standing on top of bound captives in the style of a warrior king, while another pictures Lady Six Sky’s accession to the throne. While her son was king, she also engaged in diplomacy and orchestrated victorious military campaigns against neighboring polities, which expanded Naranjo’s territory, and her skillful leadership positioned Naranjo as a center of power during the golden age of Maya civilization.

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England’s most famous royal, Elizabeth I, wasn’t always destined for the throne. Born to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she was third in line for the crown. She became Queen of England at the age of twenty-five, after the deaths of her younger brother Edward and her older halfsister Mary. England was politically and financially weak when Elizabeth was crowned. The threat of Spanish and French aggression loomed, and religious dissent divided the populace. Moreover, sixteenth-century English society was deeply patriarchal, and women were thought to be inferior to men. Elizabeth’s queenship, therefore, required a deft combination of clever maneuvering, composure, discretion, and the ability to use powerful language to craft her identity as a female ruler in a traditionally masculine role. She was immensely popular. Although she entertained several proposals, she never married, and became famous for her virginity. As she aged, Elizabeth encouraged her portrayal as the Virgin Queen married to her country. Her rule—the Elizabethan era—brought peace and stability back to England. She restored Protestantism as England’s official religion, established the country as a great world power, and defended her throne against countless threats. The later part of Elizabeth’s reign is considered the golden age of English history, a period of international expansion and exploration, and a time when music, poetry, literature, and drama flourished. 70

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Future is Feminist Jessica Valenti Brilliant essays by beloved feminist icons in an eye-popping package. Brilliant, funny, and thought-provoking, this is an anthology of not-to-be-missed feminist writing in an unmissable package. The 21 pieces span generations and backgrounds and cover topics ranging from financial independence to "resting bitch face." Poets, essayists, activists, actors, and professors write powerfully and candidly about what it means to be a feminist. Their impassioned voices are echoed in the vibrant cover and design-forward interior. This is the smart, covetable anthology ambitious women of all ages will turn to for support and inspiration in the ongoing fight for gender equality.

Author Details Jessica Valenti is a writer and founder of the award-winning website feministing.com. Her memoir Sex Object was an NYT bestseller. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$45.00

Features contributions from Rachel Fudge, Caitlin Moran, Jia Tolentino, Warsan Shire, Anne Boyer, Sofia Jawed Wessel, Claire Vaye Watkins, Salma Hayek, Ijeoma Oluo, Roxane Gay, Mindy Kaling, Mary Wollstonecraft, Judy Brady, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Chelsea Handler, Sojourner Truth, Paulette Perhach, Audre Lorde, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Naomi Alderman.

ISBN

9781452168333

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Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

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Non Fic General

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235 x 190 mm

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160pp

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Feminism is on the rise, becoming more and more mainstream. Feminist publishing continues to be hugely successful. But amid the slew of memoirs, illustrated profiles of historical trailblazers, and feminist-branded gift products, this book stands out by offering tons of rich content from iconic and diverse contributors and by embodying an optimistic, forward-looking perspective. This is neither a dry, academic textbook nor a glib gesture toward feminism. The content is super smart and pulls no punches, and it's delivered as a covetable object that readers will proudly display and share. This book features a wide range of voices, including feminists of diverse eras, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, and religious backgrounds. The majority of the texts are very contemporary, but a sprinkling of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century pieces add gravitas and context.

Originally published on Esquire.co.uk 2016

ey, I’m not going to womansplain feminism to the readers of Esquire! That’s not happening on my watch! You’re sophisticated, twenty-firstcentury men with a copy of the El Bulli cookbook, a timeless pair of investment brogues, and a couple of Joni Mitchell albums— for when you want to sit in your leather armchair, and have a little, noble, necessary man-cry.

You don’t need me lecturing you—because you’re not hanging out the back of a bus shouting “CLUNGE!” at a bunch of terrified 15-year-old girls. You’ve got sisters, mothers, lovers—female friends and colleagues—and you’ve never once gone up to any of them shouting, “Blimey! You don’t get many of those to the pahnd!” while honking on their breasts, in the manner of Sid James. You’re down with the sisterhood. You’ve got eyes. You know what’s going on out there. You’ve noted that while society’s happy for a famous man to age, and become distinguished, and generally wander around looking like a fucking wizard, the women generally still seem to be 20 years younger, and

standing there on the cover of magazines, all like, “Oh! My clothes . . . they fell off!” EVEN IF IT’S DAME JUDI DENCH. You know the pay disparity; still 20 percent less for women in this country, and not a single prosecution, even though it’s literally illegal. You know babies come out of vaginas and it fucking stings, and that the vaginas are having a hard time anyway, what with all the waxing they get. (That’s £20 a pop, my friend. Every single month. Just to feel normal. It’s basically VAT on your minge. Imagine if you had to get your bum-hole stripped every 30 days—lest the mean girls at school corner you on the bus home and go, “I’ve heard you’re like Catweazle down there. Someone who fingered you said it was like diddling a Gonk. Ugh.”)

12 Things About Being a Woman That Women Won’t Tell You

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CAITLIN MORAN

12 THINGS ABOUT BEING A N A M O W THAT WOMEN WON’T TELL YOU

You’ve seen Amy Schumer’s brilliant, edgy sketches on contraception and rape, and laughed along with them. You’ve called Donald Trump “a twat” for his sexist comments about a female news anchor being on her period. You’ve watched the whole Caitlyn Jenner trans thing unfold and gone, “You know

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arvey Weinstein was a passionate cinephile, a risk taker, a patron of talent in film, a loving father, and a monster.

For years, he was my monster. This fall, I was approached by reporters, through different sources, including my dear friend Ashley Judd, to speak about an episode in my life that, although painful, I thought I had made peace with. I had brainwashed myself into thinking that it was over and that I had survived; I hid from the responsibility to speak out with the excuse that enough people were already involved in shining a light on my monster. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider my voice important, nor did I think it would make a difference. In reality, I was trying to save myself the challenge of explaining several things to my loved ones: Why, when I had casually mentioned that I had been bullied like many others by Harvey, I had excluded a couple of details. And why, for so many years, we

have been cordial to a man who hurt me so deeply. I had been proud of my capacity for forgiveness, but the mere fact that I was ashamed to describe the details of what I had forgiven made me wonder if that chapter of my life had really been resolved. When so many women came forward to describe what Harvey had done to them, I had to confront my cowardice and humbly accept that my story, as important as it was to me, was nothing but a drop in an ocean of sorrow and confusion. I felt that by now nobody would care about my painâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;maybe this was an effect of the many times I was told, especially by Harvey, that I was nobody.

Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too

HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS MY MONSTER TOO SALMA HAYEK

We are finally becoming conscious of a vice that has been socially accepted and has insulted and humiliated millions of girls like me, for in every woman there is a girl. I am inspired by those who had the courage to speak out, especially in a society that elected a president who has been accused of sexual harassment and assault by more than a dozen women and whom we have all heard make

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“MY MEMORY OF MEN IS NEVER LIT UP AND ILLUMINATED LIKE MY MEMORY OF WOMEN.” —MARGUERITE DURAS, THE LOVER In my high school yearbook there is a note from a girl who wrote, “I like you even though you are very mean.” I do not remember the girl who wrote this note. I do not remember being mean to her, or anyone for that matter. I do remember I was feral in high school, socially awkward, emotionally closed off, completely lost. Or maybe I don’t want to remember being mean because I’ve changed in the 20 years between now and then. Around my junior year, I went from being quiet and withdrawn to being mean where mean was saying exactly what I thought and making sarcastic comments, relentlessly. Sincerity was dead to me.

I had so few friends it didn’t really matter how I behaved. I had nothing to lose. I had no idea what it meant to be likable though I was surrounded by generally likable people, or I suppose, I was surrounded by people who were very invested in projecting a likable façade, people who were willing to play by the rules. I had likable parents and brothers. I was the anomaly as a social outcast, but even from a young age, I understood that when a girl is unlikable, a girl is a problem. I also understood that I wasn’t being intentionally mean. I was being honest (admittedly, without tact), and I was being human. It is either a blessing or a curse that those are rarely likable qualities in a woman.

Not Here to Make Friends

N OT HERE TO MAKE F R IE N D S

Originally published in Buzzfeed 2014

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’m truly, truly happy to be here today, so happy, in fact, that when I found out your class color was yellow, I decided I would wear yellow eye shadow. But on second thoughts, I realized that as much as I admire Wellesley, even yellow eye shadow was a bit too much of a gesture. So I dug out this yellow— yellowish—headwrap instead.

Speaking of eye shadow, I wasn’t very interested in makeup until I was in my twenties, which is when I began to wear makeup. Because of a man. A loud, unpleasant man. He was one of the guests at a friend’s dinner party. I was also a guest. I was about 23, but people often told me I looked 12. The conversation at dinner was about traditional Igbo culture, about the custom that allows only men to break the kola nut, and the kola nut is a deeply symbolic part of Igbo cosmology. I argued that it would be better if that honor were based on achievement rather than gender, and he looked at me and said, dismissively, “You don’t know what you are talking about, you’re a small girl.”

I wanted him to disagree with the substance of my argument, but by looking at me, young and female, it was easy for him to dismiss what I said. So I decided to try to look older. So I thought lipstick might help. And eyeliner. And I am grateful to that man because I have since come to love makeup, and its wonderful possibilities for temporary transformation. So, I have not told you this anecdote as a way to illustrate my discovery of gender injustice. If anything, it’s really just an ode to makeup. It’s really just to say that this, your graduation, is a good time to buy some lipsticks—if makeup is your sort of thing—because a good shade of lipstick can always put you in a slightly better mood on dark days.

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FEMINISM SHOULD NOT BE AN EXCLUSIVE PARTY CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

Commencement speech presented at Wellesley College 2015

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It’s not about my discovering gender injustice because of course I had discovered it years before then. From childhood. From watching the world. I already knew that the world does not extend to women the many small courtesies that it extends to men. I also knew that victimhood is not a virtue. That being discriminated against does not make you somehow morally better. And I knew that men were not inherently bad or evil. They were

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52 Small Changes for the Family Build Confidence * Reinforce Good Habits * Create Empathy * Increase Intelligence Brett Blumenthal and Danielle Tan A proven successful format-this handbook will guide any family towards making real and positive improvements to their everyday lives. Second in the series to the popular 52 Small Changes for the Mind , author Brett Blumenthal takes the successful format of making small changes every week to enact real change and uses it to create healthy habits and mindful practices for the whole family. Divided into 52 activities (one for each week of the year) aimed at targeting at least one, if not all, areas of improvement: Sharp mind, Healthy spirit, Resilient body, and Deep connections. An introduction and inspirational quote begin each activity, followed by a recommended "roadmap to success," a checklist, and sidebars to help encourage readers into seeing each activity through.

Author Details Brett Blumenthal is the bestselling author of 52 Small Changes for the Mind (2015), among other titles. Her writing has been featured in the Huffington Post , the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Spa Magazine , Stuff Boston , American Fitness , the METRO, Darling Magazine , and Glamour , among others.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$32.99

Danielle Shea Tan is a mother and holistic family nutritionist. She has her Masters of Nutrition and Integrative Health and is a Certified Health Coach. Her website: healthymamas.com/

ISBN

9781452169583

Key Information

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Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Health/Related

Format

203 x 152 mm

Extent

320pp

Illustrations

2-colour

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People tend to gravitate towards easy-to-use wellness/mindfulness books-as seen in comps like Little Book of Mindfulness and our own Eat Pretty Every Day (22.5k net sold) and 52 Small Changes for the Mind (32k). Actionable, giftable, and unique-this is the type of book that Chronicle excels at! With the success of 52 Small Changes for the Mind and an established format, there is fantastic potential for a brand/series. The mindfulness/wellness category for families contain books that are text heavy and can seem intimidating-this book uses a simple and actionable format that will be accessible to a wide variety of families. The content is mainstream enough for trade but hits at a positive mindfulness trend that would resonate with specialty accounts, much like the previous book.

TICKLE YOUR FUNNY BONE

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WEEK

women aged sixty-five and older found that people who never or almost never laugh are 121 percent more likely to have cardiovascular disease and 160 percent more likely to have a stroke than those who reported laughing every day.5

If that isn’t enough to convince you that laughter is the best medicine,

consider that laughter boosts your immune system, too.6,7 Studies show it stimulates the production of natural killer cells, a type of white blood

cell that limits the spread of infection and controls tumor growth. Further,

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts. —Madeleine L’Engle

research shows people with a strong sense of humor are much less likely to die from cardiovascular disease or infection than their more serious peers.8 Beyond health, laughter brings people closer together and has been shown to enhance bonds and relationships.9 Enjoying laughter can bring more joy and happiness into your family dynamic and provide your children with a coping mechanism that can get them through life’s ups and downs. Further, married couples that engage in humor can experience more intimacy, a more positive mindset, and greater satisfaction in their relationships.10

THOUGH IT MAY

seem trite to encourage laughter, given all of the respon-

sibilities of parenting, we all could benefit from more humor. Let’s face

DID YOU KNOW?

it—parenting is a tough job. But laughter allows us to enjoy both the good

According to humor and laughter expert Dr. Rod Martin, a person’s sense of humor can be attributed to both genetics and environmental factors.11 If laughter doesn’t come easily to you, you can modify your sense of humor to some degree with concerted focus on activities that provide amusement.

and bad moments, keeps us healthy, and helps maintain our sanity. Laughter can be the perfect antidote to an otherwise stressful situation. What else can you do but laugh when you lock your family out of the house or step in dog poop? When we laugh, especially with others, our brains release endorphins—neurochemicals that boost our moods, induce calmness and reduce feelings of pain.1,2 Endorphins have been known to produce similar effects on the mind as mood-altering drugs such as morphine. Since laughter activates endorphin production, it can also lower blood pressure and heart rate. In fact, research shows laughter protects the heart and improves vascular

THE CHANGE FIND WAYS TO LAUGH EVERY DAY.

function by decreasing arterial stiffness and lowering cortisol, a stress

path to change Everyone could use a little more laughter. Use the

hormone.3,4 A large study of over twenty thousand Japanese men and

following tips to boost laughter in your family’s life:

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LAUGHTER AND YOGA: A PERFECT COMBINATION

your car roof or wear slippers to work can defuse an otherwise terrible morning. People who laugh at themselves are certainly fun to be around

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laugh at yourself Chuckling when you leave your coffee mug on

Laughter yoga is a practice, developed by Dr. Madan Kataria, which intentionally stimulates laughter among participants through making sounds such as rapid “ha-has” and “ho-hos.” The yoga practice includes physical movement with a lot of added laughter that may start out sounding fake, but eventually brings an eruption of joy to the room. Find a class online or near you at www.laughteryoga.org.

when the going gets rough, and they also tend to be more cheery, easygoing, and less hampered by failure or change. According to laughter expert Dr. Rod Martin, self-deprecating humor, or not taking yourself too seriously, leads to more positive experiences in life, whereas self-defeating humor, or disparaging yourself to be accepted by others, does the opposite by bringing on a negative mindset. Keep it light—laugh at your mistakes and embrace your quirks.

tell jokes You don’t have to be Jerry Seinfeld to share a good joke; you just need a good joke book. Get your family involved in finding books

be silly Find your silly side. Try singing silly songs or making silly

of jokes that make you all laugh. Preschool children will love learning

faces. Your teens may roll their eyes at your antics, but even mid-

age-appropriate jokes to share with their friends, while older children

dle-school children can laugh out loud at silly games. For younger

will appreciate the lightness of a joke-telling home life.

children, change words to their favorite songs or rhymes to make them sound funny. For older children, add silly games like Pie Face! or Say Any-

seek humor in everyday life Take cues from the “That’s Silly” pic-

thing to family game night.

ture puzzle in the High Five magazine for kids, and find things in real life that make your family crack up. Stop to laugh at the dog in the stroller or

read funny books Besides joke books, there are loads of funny books

the mustache on the grill of an SUV. When encouraged, children can find

to enjoy. An oldie but goodie is Mad Libs, which allows players to create

silliness in just about anything.

funny stories with fill-in blanks. Ask librarians for recommendations on age-appropriate humorous books for your children and funny books you

dress up play Playing pretend isn’t just for toddlers; children and

can enjoy together. And don’t forget to try a humorous book for your own

adults of all ages can enjoy a good costume party. Let your younger chil-

reading pleasure.

dren create a superhero costume for you or—even funnier—try to wear their tiny costumes. Get older children involved by cohosting a costume

make funny moments visible Although smartphones make cap-

party with a fun theme, like Sweating to the Oldies or Best of the ’80s.

turing real-life silly moments easy, the photos often get buried. Print

You don’t have to wait for Halloween; just grab a bunch of silly hats, wigs,

silly pictures to make them visible so you can recall laughable memories

and accessories, and start snapping photos—every family member will

at your desk, in the kitchen, or when driving. Use photo apps such as

be giggling in no time.

Chatbooks (www.chatbooks.com) or Snapfish (www.snapfish.com), which link directly to your phone, so you can print photos at home or turn them into treasured memory books.

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eighteen are one of the most sleep-deprived populations, with only

52 percent indicating they get at least seven hours of sleep nightly, the

minimum recommendation.3 Further, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) refers to teen sleep deprivation as an epidemic. Rightly so, as

an analysis of over 270,000 teens found that less than two-thirds of sixteen- to seventeen-year-olds and one-third of fourteen- to fifteen-year-

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. —John Steinbeck

olds report getting the nine hours of sleep each night recommended.4

As parents, we can all attest to the noticeable differences in joy and coping skills between a well-rested child and a sleep-deprived one. The effect of chronic sleep deprivation on family health and happiness, however, goes beyond a little whining. Research shows inadequate sleep not only causes sleepiness in children but also produces issues with attention, impulse control, behavioral regulation, and academic performance.5 Children with sleep problems are also more likely to develop anxiety and depression in the future.6,7,8,9

QUALITY SLEEP IS

critical to your family’s health and longevity. During

sleep, the immune system heals and rejuvenates your body. The brain converts new information into memory and forms new neural connections that enhance cognitive function, such as problem-solving and creativity. Emotional processing that regulates mood, behavior, and emotions also occurs during nighttime sleep. Though sleep was once thought to be an inactive time for the brain, scientists have since discovered the brain may be more active while we sleep than when we are awake.1

Sleep deprivation impedes the mind’s ability to manage emotions and make rational decisions. In fact, teens with poor sleep engage in more risky behaviors including unprotected sexual intercourse, violence, and the use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, or illegal drugs.10 Sleep deprivation also affects physical health and has been associated with weight gain, a weak metabolism, and compromised immune function. These physiological consequences are factors that link poor-quality sleep or lack of sleep to many medical conditions including high blood pressure, heart attack, heart failure, and stroke.12 It turns out sleep is just as important to good physical health as exercise and nutrition.

DID YOU KNOW? Sleep deprivation for just one night lowers immune response and raises inflammatory markers that persist even after you get another full night’s sleep. Chronic inflammation is believed to be the root cause of many common diseases.2

When it comes to making sleep a priority, parents have the most influential position. Parental sleep behaviors and attitudes about the importance of sleep are noticeable to children and impact their ability to practice good sleep habits and achieve healthy sleep. For example, a recent study found parental sleep duration and the confidence a parent feels in his

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or her ability to help children get quality sleep directly affects children’s sleep duration.13 Taking steps to improve your own sleep patterns is just as important as teaching children how to experience high-quality sleep.

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path to change Getting quality sleep takes effort, especially as we

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THE CHANGE PRIORITIZE HEALTHY SLEEP.

create a sleep-inducing environment The right environment makes all the difference when it comes to achieving quality sleep.

Everything from temperature to clothing can affect whether or not you experience healthy sleep:

age. Use the following evidence-informed suggestions to support your

Darkness Sunlight and artificial light impede production of melatonin,

family in developing healthy sleep behaviors that last a lifetime:

the hormone responsible for sleep. While some adults may enjoy waking up to natural light, children are more sensitive to light during sleep. Use

establish sleep rules Parents who prioritize sleep and set limits

light blocking shades or curtains to help children sleep as long as needed

around sleep/wake times for the entire family will demonstrate the

(and if you are light-sensitive, use them yourself). When young children

importance of sleep. Sleep experts suggest adult and adolescent sleep

request nightlights, choose a warm color and place the light out of direct

should ideally commence between 8 p.m. and midnight and continue

line of sight.

for seven to nine hours.14 A younger child’s ideal bedtime is generally between 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Setting parameters for “lights out” times that align with these suggested time frames increases the likelihood that all family members will get quality sleep. While older children can easily follow sleep limits, parents of younger children may need to get creative. For instance, consider purchasing alarm clocks designed with “time to

Temperature During sleep, we are less able to regulate body tempera-

ture, so room temperature is important for quality sleep. Studies show keeping bedroom temperatures on the cooler side, optimally between 60°F and 68°F, is best.15 Be sure children have plenty of layered bedding to keep them warm or cool. For winter months or drafty homes, keep young

wake” and “time to sleep” color patterns, pictures, and/or sounds to des-

children warm with heavier pajamas or wearable blankets.

ignate sleep and wake times.

Noise/White Noise For light sleepers, even the quietest noises, such as a

SLEEP RECOMMENDATIONS BY AGE 15

creaky stair, can cause sleep disturbances. Use a white noise machine to help children and adults sleep through the normal noises of a busy

DANGEROUS SLEEP DURATION IN EACH 24-HOUR PERIOD

household. But be mindful of the volume of these machines, as white

AGE

RECOMMENDED SLEEP DURATION IN EACH 24-HOUR PERIOD

0 to 3 months

14 to 17 hours

<11 hours, >19 hours

Electromagnetic Fields All objects, even humans, contain electrical charges

4 to 11 months

12 to 15 hours

<10 hours, >18 hours

1 to 2 years

11 to 14 hours

<9 hours, >16 hours

3 to 5 years

10 to 13 hours

<8 hours, >14 hours

6 to 13 years

9 to 11 hours

<7 hours, >12 hours

home’s wireless network at night, remove all electronic devices from the

14 to 17 years

8 to 10 hours

<7 hours, >11 hours

bedrooms, and consider purchasing an EMF protection unit.

18 to 25 years

7 to 9 hours

<6 hours, >11 hours

26 to 64 years

7 to 9 hours

<6 hours, >10 hours

>65 years

7 to 8 hours

<5 hours, >9 hours

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noise machines that are too loud may impact hearing.

and produce a physical field referred to as an EMF. Electrical devices produce stronger EMFs; power transmission lines produce one of the strongest forms of EMF. Some studies show EMF exposure can impact health, including sleep quality. To reduce EMF exposure, turn off your

Nighttime Clothing Choose materials best suited to the body temperature

regulation tendencies of each family member. For example, family members who get warm may sleep best in bedding made from bamboo fibers, week 2

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Know Yourself A Book of Questions Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst From the editors of Flow, a thoughtful collection of questions to help you know yourself better. Each question emphasises reflection and an appreciation for the small things, and is hand-lettered and designed with Flow charm – for a reading experience that leads to mindfulness and self-awareness without feeling at all like work. Incisive questions can inspire self-reflection, spark ideas, and, best of all, reveal surprising truths. From Flow , the champions of meditating on life’s simple pleasures, here’s a book of 165 creative questions, some sweet, some silly, some unexpectedly provocative, that will open the mind to deeper self-knowledge. There are no “right” answers – the point is simply to stay curious and stay open to learning about oneself or a friend, partner, or roommate. There are questions to prompt memories: How many homes have you lived in? To fuel a fantasy life: Which historical event do you wish you could have seen with your own eyes? To tap into your sense of adventure: What’s the wildest thing you’ve ever done? To remind you to live in the present: What were the three best things that happened today? To celebrate your strength: When have you stood up for yourself?

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781523506354

A signature Flow book in its mindful theme and charming, colourful aesthetic with vibrant patterns and hand-lettering, Know Yourself is a pleasure to browse through and share.

Publisher

Workman Publishing

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Workman

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New Age/Inspirational

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152 x 101 mm

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192pp

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4-colour throughout with hand-lettering

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Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst are the cofounders and creative directors of Flow magazine, a popular international publication packed with paper goodies and beautiful illustrations that celebrates creativity, imperfection, and life's little pleasures. They both live outside Amsterdam.

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A signature Flow book in its thoughtful approach to daily life, its mindful appreciation of the small details, and its design-forward look and feel. A welcome new book for fans of Flow, and an ideal introduction to the brand for impulse buyers. For consideration and reflection (Do you tend to ask questions or answer them?), to prompt memories (When was the last time you spent a day at the beach?), to encourage you to appreciate the small things in life (What song makes you turn up the volume on the car radio?), these questions are thoughtful, inspiring, and fun for yourself or to share. They evoke the feeling of your experiences, for a particularly satisfying read. With a charming, full-colour design and hand-lettering, this book is a pleasure to hold and browse, and makes a perfect book for the nightstand, dorm room, porch, or coffee table. And like Everything Grows with Love (9781523501144) and The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures (9780761193760) from Flow, it makes a lovely small gift and impulse purchase.

The Big Book of Less Finding Mindfulness and Joy in Living Light Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst From Flow, a joyous, hands-on, goodie-packed celebration of living with less of what we don't need (stuff, judgment, arguing, busywork) to make room for more of what we do (happiness, mindfulness, thinking, and more). Celebrate the joys of living with less. Less stuff. Less stress. Less overthinking. Less judgment. Less excess. Combining the hands-on activity and beautiful production value that made A Book That Takes Its Time a bestseller, with 204,000 copies in print, The Big Book of Less presents a message that will be equally embraced: how paring down allows us to live not just lighter, but better. And it’s a book that approaches “less” in a fresh, new way, addressing mental and spiritual decluttering as well, with tips on “cleaning out” the extra stuff in our heads to create more room for what we actually enjoy. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$49.99

ISBN

9781523506286

Publisher

Workman Publishing

A perfect gift for anyone who would breathe easier from scaling back and relish the freedom of letting go.

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Workman

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New Age/Inspirational

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222 x 190 mm

Extent

224pp

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Full colour illustrations throughout

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Read about how doing less – less work, less internet browsing – allows us to reclaim time for relaxation and meditation. How talking less leaves more time for listening. Sprinkled throughout are Flow’ s signature paper goodies that mix the fun of learning with the fun of putting ideas into action: a just-one-thought-a-day diary helps nurture a daily habit of worrying less; tear-out Expressionist art posters inspire less scheduling; a tiny, foldable paper house underscores the appeal of living minimally; and more.

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A Book That Takes Its Time (9780761193777) has 204,000 copies worldwide in print after 7 months, and helped to put the Flow book publishing program on the map. This new book shares a similar package, and a message that will be equally embraced: how living with less allows you to live better. And this Flow material has never been published in English.

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There's a reason Marie Kondo was a huge bestseller: people know that clutter (in their minds and in their living spaces) gets in the way of mindfulness and happiness. This book approaches "less" in a totally new way, combining thoughtful text on popular and important topics (why basics are better than luxury; how to talk less and listen more; the benefits of idleness) with beautiful illustration in a giftable, special package. The book's content is completely new for Flow's English-language readers.

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Flow's signature goodies are sprinkled throughout the book, making the book both a special reading experience and a lovely gift. There are 5 different goodies: a large poster, 4 smaller posters, two pull-out booklets, and a "Build Your Own Tiny House" interactive paper project. Here, each extra product nurtures the reader's ability to live with less: a one-thought-a-day pull-out diary encourages less thinking; a dot journal poster helps you write things down (less remembering); the tiny paper house and punch-out furnishings underscore the appeal of less space and less clutter.

The Crystal Power Tarot Includes a full deck of 78 specially commissioned tarot cards and a 64-page illustrated book Jayne Wallace Take the tarot beyond divination into the magical realm of self-empowerment with this beautiful 78-card deck, which is infused with the wisdom of crystals and accompanied by a 64-page guidebook.

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01 April 2019

For many centuries, both tarot cards and crystals have been used as powerful divination techniques – and they come together in The Crystal Power Tarot. Featuring more than forty stunning stones, every tarot card depicts a crystal, placed within a lavish artist-commissioned tarot image. In the guide book are interpretations for all the cards, plus the properties of their crystals and five spreads to try – from a simple card of the day to a seven-card chakra spread for healing. Each card also includes an empowerment affirmation, which provides a way for you to declare your intention and connect with the card’s crystal, thus taking action to influence your future and make your dreams a reality. From relationship advice to career guidance, this unique crystal tarot illuminates what’s important to you now, and gives you the means to make your wishes come true.

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All Cards

Author Details

Price

AU$39.99

ISBN

9781782496960

Publisher

CICO

Imprint

Cico Books

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Category

New Age/Inspirational

Format

160 x 135 mm

Extent

64pp

Illustrations

78 colour artworks

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Jayne Wallace is the founder of Psychic Sisters, a team of 15 clairvoyants working from her concession at Selfridges department store in London. Jayne has worked as a professional clairvoyant since the age of 17 and has a monthly column in Fate & Fortune . She is the author of Oceanic Tarot and The Angel Tarot , both published by CICO Books. She lives in Essex.

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Crystals are seeing a renewed popularity, being favoured by celebrities, becoming a key feature of beauty treatments (such as crystal facial grids), and appearing on social media (#crystalhealing has 2.1 million posts on Instagram as of October 2018). Jayne has excellent media contacts and a celebrity clientele, including Kim Kardashian and Tracey Emin. Oceanic Tarot (9781782493396), also by Jayne, has sold over 14,000 copies worldwide. This is a best-selling format for CICO: The Art of Tarot (ISBN 9781904991045) has sold over 253,000 copies worldwide and The Golden Tarot (9781906094867) has sold over 95,000 copies worldwide.

The Power of Breath and Hand Yoga Pranayama and mudras for health and wellbeing Christine Burke Discover how to heal both body and mind using only your breath and your hands. In The Power of Breath and Hand Yoga, Christine Burke shows how you already have all you need to heal both physical and emotional conditions and improve your overall wellbeing. Breath awareness has been linked to calming the body and brain, regulating blood pressure, improving memory and immune function, preventing heart attacks and easing chronic pain asthma. Mudras are known as ‘yoga for the hands’: they are hand poses and positions that channel energy and offer a point of focus during meditation. In Part 1, Christine teaches you a range of breathing techniques and reveals the background behind mudras and how best to use them, while in Part 2, she offers breath and mudra practices for 35 conditions, divided into body and mind. Each practice also includes a ‘jewel thought’ meditation, which can accompany the breath technique and/or mudra.

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Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$24.99

ISBN

9781782497110

Christine Burke is a registered yoga teacher at the 500-hour-plus level. Her studio, Liberation Yoga, opened in 2004 and has been named in the “Top 20 Yoga Studios In The World” by Travel + Leisure magazine. She is the author of The Yoga Healer , published by CICO Books, and her writing has been featured in LA Yoga and Yogi Times. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their daughter, Clementine.

Publisher

CICO

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Cico Books

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Category

New Age/Inspirational

Format

210 x 170 mm

Extent

144pp

Illustrations

50 colour artworks

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Breathwork and mudras offer similar benefits to meditation but can be done anywhere at any time.

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Breathwork was highlighted as a wellness trend for 2018 by MindBodyGreen website. The Yoga Healer (9781782493754), also by Christine Burke, has sold over 9,900 copies worldwide. Meditation remains popular, as seen in sales for other titles published by CICO: Meditation Made Easy (9781782491101) has sold over 10,000 copies worldwide and The Little Pocket Book of Meditation (9781782493778) has sold over 22,000 copies worldwide.

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Live More Sloth Slow Down, Chill Out and Live in the Sloth Lane Tim Collins Get ready to live the sloth life. Live More Sloth is a collection of wisdom that reminds us all to relax, hang in there and smile, no matter what life throws at you. C OV E R

The no-sweat approach to self-care from nature’s expert: the sloth.

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Get ready to channel nature’s most relaxed animals and turn your perspective upside-down. There’s a lot to be said for taking it easy and our sloth friends are experts at finding their superchill. Learn how to slow down, be present and forget the small stuff as you follow the slothenly path to enlightenment.

Publication

01 December 2018

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781910552964

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

Imprint

Michael O'Mara

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Category

Self Help

Format

185 x 135 mm

Extent

128pp

Illustrations

40 b/w line illustrations

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Celebrating the art of slow and bringing together their philoslothopy for living a happy life, Live More Sloth is a collection of wisdom that reminds us all to hang in there and smile, no matter what life throws at you. Start living your best life today, by the way of the sloth.

Author Details Tim Collins is originally from Manchester, but now lives in London. He is the author of over thirty books including Wimpy Vampire, Cosmic Colin and Dorkius Maximus . His books have been translated into over thirty languages and he has won awards in the UK and Germany. Born in Lithuania, Luka Va now resides in sunny Australia where she enjoys making people smile with her artwork. She is the founder of the brand, The Surfing Sloth, which creates original and quirky illustrations which have been turned into greetings cards, prints and accessories around the world. Her work can be found at www.surfingsloth.com.au.

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The content will contain four key messages: How to Build your Sloth-confidence; The Art of Slow; Turning your Perspective Upside-down; and when it gets really tough, learning to Hang in There. Each chapter will offer easy-to-follow tips to apply in your everyday life, and coupled with inspirational quotes throughout. This is real self-help from nature’s original expert: the sloth! We have a fantastic creative team on board: comedy writer Tim C ollins, the author of The Wimpy Vampire among others, as well as Luka Va, a brilliant illustrator whose company, The Surfing Sloth, sells a range of greetings cards, prints and other illustrative goods through Etsy.

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Available 1 December 2018

CHAPTER 1

Life in the sloth lane

It’s all so fast these days. We drive fast cars to the fast food joint before rushing off to the new fast-paced film in the Fast and Furious franchise before speeding home for a quick conversation about how terrible it was. You wouldn’t catch a sloth doing any of this. With a ground speed of 0.15 miles per hour, the sloth has nothing to fear from a speed camera. Unless there’s an eagle perching on it. Humans put a constant demand on themselves to be busy. At work, they accept ever greater levels of responsibility until their calendar becomes a dizzying blur of meetings and deadlines. And going home only plunges them into a different to-do list of chores and repairs. Sloths, on the other hand, have none of this pressure. They feel no guilt from taking a few hours to watch clouds travel across the sky. It’s pretty much their Netflix. In this chapter, I’ll explain how every aspect of life, from eating to travelling, can be more rewarding when you slow it down. It’s time to forget the rat race and discover your sloth pace.

Sloths are related to anteaters. But they know that inviting fussy relatives round for dinner isn’t worth the hassle, so they don’t do it.

EAT LIKE A SLOTH Dining is a great place to start sloth life. After all, eating

Take a moment before starting your food, becoming

is something you already do every day, unless you’re a

aware of your hunger and signals, such as your mouth

supermodel.

watering. When you take your first bite, chew slowly,

For many humans, meals have become just another

taking the time to enjoy it. This will give you a deeper

item to cross off the to-do list. Lunch is a wilting sandwich

appreciation of the texture and flavour of your food, so

in a meeting and dinner is a soggy wrap on the train

make sure you don’t do it if you’ve just bought something

home. Even a meal out is marred by the stress of trying to

from your local supermarket.

get the waiter’s attention without clicking your fingers like an idiot. Now consider the sloth as it inches from tree to tree,

No mammal digests as slowly as the sloth. Pay tribute to it by remaining still for a few moments after you’ve eaten. Taking time over food and

savouring the taste of every leaf. The creature takes the

being aware of your digestion

time to enjoy every mouthful, focusing on the simple act

can stop you overeating. The

of eating without even watching TV at the same time.

sloth might not have much of

Imagine yourself as a sloth as you choose your meal.

a six pack, but it knows when

This doesn’t mean that you should include insects and

to quit snacking and move

carrion in your diet, at least not at first. But you might find

onto other activities, such as

yourself drawn towards the green leaves in your fridge

dangling from branches.

rather than a packet of ham or the takeout menus in the drawer above the plates. Linger over your choice of food and consider all of your options, unless you’re in MacDonald’s ™ and there’s a massive queue behind you.

Sloths move at an average of four metres per minute, which means it would take them twenty-five minutes to complete the 100-metres race. This would be a very popular event at the sloth Olympics, if they ever got round to organizing it.

Every Word You Cannot Say Iain Thomas *May this book find the person it needs to. May they find every word they were looking for.* **I know you don’t want to talk sometimes. Sometimes because it hurts and sometimes because you’re just not supposed to talk about what you want to talk about. Sometimes it can be hard to say, “this is beautiful,” when no one else can see what you see. Or, “Here, this is where the pain is.” But some part of you knows, the truth about the words you cannot say is that they only hurt until you say them. They only hurt until the person who needs to hear them, hears them. Because we are human, and the closest we’ve ever come to showing each other who we really are, and how we love, is with words. So I’m going to try to say to you here, what I wish you’d say to me too. Please. Listen. We can change things.

Author Details Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$17.99 | NZ$19.99

ISBN

9781449495206

Publisher

AMP

Imprint

Andrews McMeel Books

Series

Category

Poetry

Format

228 x 152 mm

Extent

232pp

Illustrations

4-colour throughout

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Iain S. Thomas is a writer and new media artist. He is the author of several books, the most popular of which is I Wrote This For You. Originally an online verse and photography project widely considered to be at the forefront of popular contemporary poetry, it has gone on to became a worldwide phenomenon. When he’s not writing, drawing or working, he spends time with his family in the outdoors in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Thomas's smash hit I Wrote This For You series has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide.

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For almost a decade, fans have followed Iain Thomas's poetry in the I Wrote This for You series, four books building off Thomas's online work as pleasefindthis. Every Word You Cannot Say is the first wholly original book of poetry Thomas has written in several years. Moving away from Thomas's previous themes of love and heartbreak, Every Word You Cannot Say is explicitly concerned with loss, growth, and accepting your authentic self. Thomas has called this work a "recognition of someone’s humanity on the page." A hallmark of Thomas's hugely popular poetry, each poem is written directly to the reader, creating an intimate connection between author and audience. This book encourages readers to speak the truths that are hardest to say, and often mean the most.

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When you touch this page, someone else, somewhere else, is waiting to touch the exact same spot, and thinking of you. I promise you, someone, somewhere in the world is thinking of how beautiful you are on the inside, how much they wish that whatever is hurting you would stop, how much they love you without ever having known your name.

Here.

Reach out, and touch their heart. Because somewhere, they are reaching out to yours.

I want to love and be loved. I want my children to have a better life than I did. I want my dad to be proud of me and I want him to say it. I want to drink cold water on a hot day. Sometimes I cry at something that I don’t believe anyone else cries at. There’s a way that clouds can move across the sky that can do this to me. Sometimes I worry about stupid things in the middle of the night. I find it hard to talk to certain people and I don’t think I will ever really understand why. My stomach hurts every now and again and I’m convinced it’s cancer or something else that’s about to kill me. I still think about something stupid I said in high school to impress someone. I still think about every relationship I fucked up. I worry about my mom, a lot. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who cares about a lot of stuff. I’m just trying to do the right thing, and I don’t know what that is. I think you have to make it up new every single day.

Here.

You are part of a beautiful story. Listen:

But â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chapter Oneâ&#x20AC;? is not your first memory. The first word in this story was written a long, long time ago. And you are only in the story for just a few short pages. But in these pages, you get to decide how the story goes.

Over time, you will play every character in the story. You will love and be loved. You will hate and be hated. You will be cruel and you will be kind.

The wind does not stop being the wind when it stops blowing. You will start young and if you are lucky, you will be old when it ends. Everyone you meet along the way is just someone at a different point in their story.

A wave does not stop being a wave when it crashes against the shore.

So be patient and kind. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let anyone tell you how your story should go. Only you know how your story goes. And when your pages are over, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be sad or angry.

A story does not stop being a story when you turn the page.

How to Be a Poet J.M. Farkas The Roman poet Ovid's The Book of Love instructed women on the "art" of seduction and men in the "art" of romantic conquest. It is a "classic" sexist text on men, women, love, and sex. In her second book of erasures, JM Farkas takes on Ovid's Ars Amoratis , or "The Book of Love" . In her signature feminist, revisionist twist, Farkas speaks to emerging "girl" poets. How to Be a Poet is not only for writers, but for anyone who wants to create beauty in the world. In addition to the erasure, How to Be a Poet will include a "cross-out" style that leaves the original text visible. Illustrations throughout also enhance the text. avenge your mother. invent a girl with a reckless heart. free her in her tower. be a thief, snatch time, every time you write, set fire to your arrows of desire. be greedy, burn like a jealous star. hide the key by the strawberry trees behind your heart. turn with the earth and sing like a girl.

Publication

02 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$26.99 | NZ$29.99

ISBN

9781449495541

Publisher

AMP

Imprint

Andrews McMeel Books

Series

Category

Poetry

J. M. Farkas is a rebel-teacher, poet, and YA novelist with deep ties to high school and university writing, young adult literature, and poetry communities.

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178 x 127 mm

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TBC

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Written for women, about women, by a woman, and with the aim of empowering women.

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While erasure has experienced success in poetry circles for some time, the relatable subject matter positions How to Be a Poet for a new, broader audience. Will appeal to women, those experiencing heartbreak, followers of both high- and low-brow culture, and students of canonical literature. The first book in the series, Be Brave has sold 4,600 copies

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A Mother's Memory Journal Look Back. Record. Treasure Forever. Quadrille Publishing Ltd Too often precious memories, anecdotes and family history get lost between one generation and another. Inspire your mother to record memories of her own childhood, school days, family members and experiences of becoming a mother by giving her this beautiful journal. Filled with over 150 questions and prompts to help your mother write about her life (as well as your part in it), this journal can be filled with precious memories, anecdotes and family history. Your mother will then return the completed journal to you as a keepsake to be enjoyed for years to come. The perfect gift for any mother for Christmas, Mother's Day or birthday. This journal also includes a ribbon marker, an internal gatefold for recording your family tree, some blank pages for sticking in old photos or telegrams, and a pocket affixed to the inside back cover for other pieces of memorabilia. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781787132634

Publisher

Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Imprint

Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

225 x 175 mm

Extent

128pp

Illustrations

4c illustrations throughout

Age Range

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S T A R T I N G A F A M I LY

Names of your children

Did you plan to have a family?

Dates of birth of your children

Where were they born?

Were there any children that are no longer here?

What was my Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction when you announced the pregnancy?

How strong was your maternal instinct?

What most excited you about being pregnant?

Did you have any fears about your pregnancy?

How uncomfortable or happy was your nine months with me?

What advice did your mother share about being pregnant?

Did you read any birthing or baby manuals?

Tell me about the day I was born

What names did you decide not to call us?

What does my name mean?

How easy / dreadful were your labours?

What would you have called me if I were the opposite sex?

Letters to My Sister Lea Redmond Next in the bestselling (Oprah's favourite) Letters series! A truly unique gift for a sister, simple to create and meaningful to receive. This keepsake book of letters lets siblings share their love for their favourite sister with twelve guided writing prompts. Once filled with memories, reflections, and well wishes, these letters are a keepsake the recipient will cherish forever.

Author Details

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Writing Set

Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452159492

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

95 x 202 mm

Extent

12pp

Illustrations

12 envelopes, full colour sticker sheet, Full colour spot illustrations throughout

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Lea Redmond crafts objects, writes books, and plays with ideas in her studio in Oakland, California. She is the author of the bestselling Letters to My . . . series, Paint Chip Poetry, Conversation Dice, World's Smallest Post Service, Connexio, My Museum: A Journal for Sketching and Collecting, Lucky You! , and Tandem Activity Book. Participate in creative projects and keep in touch with Lea at LeaRedmond.com.

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Overall, the series has sold over 2 million copies! The original Letters to my Future Self has sold more than 470,000 copies worldwide, and current sales for the other titles in the series prove that this line is still growing and that follow-ups with more targeted audiences are just as popular as the original. This is a novel format that garners good gift guide coverage (including Oprah's Favourite Things!). People are always looking for unique, easy, and personal gifts for sisters-for birthdays and holidays for besties on Galentines day, or just because. Letters to My Sister makes it easy to send encouragement and share treasured memories. Its novel format will charm sentimental letter writers and become an extra-special keepsake gift. Sisterhood and female camaraderie are powerful topics and embraced now more than ever before-this little book speaks to the trend in a sweet and genuine way.

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Legendary Ladies Notes Ann Shen The lush art of Legendary Ladies in a set of notecards that sends an empowering message for every occasion. Featuring 10 goddesses from cultures around the world, this notecard set inspires women to tap into their inner goddess and send a message of power and strength to a friend who needs a pickmeup. With watercolor portraits from the distinctive Legendary Ladies book, these cards are the perfect year-round gift enclosure or just-because note. The backs of the cards include a one-line description of the goddess pictured along with her name in beautiful calligraphy.

Author Details Ann Shen is an illustrator and designer whose bright, whimsical work has been featured around the world. Her clients have included the New York Times, Disney, and Facebook, among many others. She is also the author of Bad Girls Throughout History. She lives in Los Angeles. Visit her online at ann-shen.com. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Notecards

Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452175133

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Misc POS

Format

141 x 111 mm

Extent

20pp

Illustrations

10 full colour illustrations

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Ann's art has a huge draw and her books bring in buyers for stationery products

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Feminine power and spirituality is still hugely popular and this notecard set will merchandise well with crystals, witch-related items, and other spiritual statements. These notecards are a beautiful companion to Legendary Ladies, and offer a new entry point for readers to come to the book, as well as Ann's other publishing. Gorgeous illustrations with major female appeal, in a giftable package.

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Hawai’ian goddess of fire and creator of the Hawai’ian Islands. May Pele ignite your inner strength and determination to follow your dreams

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Vietnamese goddess of feminine divinity and strength. �u Harness Lie � Hanh’s energy to strengthen ˙ your resolve and make your own path

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Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts. Let Saraswati enlighten your intellectual and creative pursuits

Illustration copyright ÂŠ 2019 by Ann Shen. From Legendary Ladies Notes, published by Chronicle Books LLC.

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Sumerian goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, justice, and power. May Inanna help you discover a place of love and power

Illustration copyright ÂŠ 2019 by Ann Shen. From Legendary Ladies Notes, published by Chronicle Books LLC.

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The Ocean Notes Chronicle Books Take-me-away ocean photography to enjoy and share Let the beauty and majesty of the ocean inspire you with this set of photographic notecards. From the serene to the awe-inspiring, these gorgeous vistas capture the power of nature. Perfect for sending an appreciative note to a friend, these cards will to appeal to anyone who's ever felt the irresistible call of the waves.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Notecards

Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452172767

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

140 x 111 mm

Extent

20pp

Illustrations

20 full colour photographs

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Bestselling books and prints of jaw dropping ocean photography abound, and the ocean is a source of wonder for people the world over. These notecards are a loving homage to the timeless beauty of the sea. In spite of the widespread love of the seaside, there are no distinctive, high quality stationery offerings on the market that truly do justice to the ocean's magnificence. Gorgeous, visually striking photographic notes have very strong sales records. Like Succulent Garden Notes (63,000 sold worldwide) or Polaroid Notes (162,000 sold worldwide), The Ocean Notes will continue to see year after year.

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The Ocean Notebook Collection Chronicle Books Take-me-away ocean photography to enjoy and share. Let the beauty and majesty of the ocean inspire you with this set of photographic notebooks. From the serene to the awe-inspiring, these gorgeous vistas capture the power of nature. Perfect for jotting down thoughts and musings, these cards will to appeal to anyone who's ever felt the irresistible call of the waves.

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01 April 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452172774

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series Category

NA Stationery

Format

216 x 152 mm

Extent

64pp

Illustrations

3 PB notebooks, 3 Full colour photographs

Age Range

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Bestselling books and prints of jaw-dropping ocean photography abound, and the ocean is a source of wonder for people the world over. These notebooks are a loving homage to the timeless beauty of the sea. In spite of the widespread love of the seaside, there are no distinctive, high-quality stationery offerings on the market that truly do justice to the ocean's magnificence. Gorgeous, nature-themed notebook collections have very strong sales records.

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Go-To Notebook with Mohawk Paper, Brick Red Dotted Chronicle Books Every creative's new Go-To notebook is here. Featuring Mohawk Superfine paper, this notebook will inspire great work with top quality and smart design. The Go-To Notebook has been designed to inspire makers, thinkers, dreamers and doers to create their best work-and what inspires great work is great quality. These notebooks use the finest paper made today, Mohawk Superfine – milled in the USA and trusted by creative professionals for generations for their most important projects. In addition, each offers special features for maximum productivity and an outstanding writing experience: an interior pocket, a ribbon marker, a lay-flat binding, a tactile cloth case exterior, and a front section of blue tinted pages for tracking and planning projects.

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Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$39.99

ISBN

9781452172491

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Calendars

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

203 x 152 mm

Extent

172pp

Illustrations

dotted interior

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Mohawk is North America's largest privately owned manufacturer of fine papers. A family-owned company since 1931, Mohawk was founded where the Hudson and Mohawk rivers come together-a location where generations of papermakers honed their craft. Since then, the company has developed and acquired a wide portfolio of premium papers, including Superfine, the finest paper made today. Mohawk continues to operate three paper machines in two mills in upstate New York, but the brand is also an industry leader, continually developing new ways to connect designers and printers to new markets. Chronicle Books publishes distinctive books and gifts. From award winning children's titles, bestselling cookbooks, and eclectic pop culture to acclaimed works of art and design, stationery, and journals, we craft publishing that's instantly recognisable for its spirit and creativity. Enjoy our publishing and become part of our community at www.chroniclebooks. com.

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Quality materials inspire quality work. Graphic designers and paper aficionados associate the Mohawk name with the top tier of quality papers worldwide. The Mohawk paper we've selected for the bulk of the journal- Superfine smooth-has been trusted for generations of design professionals as the ultimate surface for their most important projects and offers the ideal texture for writing with either ink or graphite. For designers, artists, illustrators, writers, and anyone who knows how much the feel of a notebook impacts the quality of the work it contains, this is the ultimate notebook. Mohawk is widely known among creatives as offering the finest paper out there. The brand reaches a vast audience of creative influencers through its blog and Maker Quarterly magazine, which circulates to nearly 20,000 readers. These notebooks are designed to suit a vast array of productivity needs: Each journal features 27 pages at the front for project planning – offering space for mind-mapping, making checklists, and schedule tracking – as well as 192 pages of unguided pages that can be used for bullet journaling, everyday task organising, brainstorming, drafting, and beyond. Each colour comes in both a dotted and a ruled version, offering both visual thinkers and writing-oriented folks layouts that best fit their usage.

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Studio Ghibli: 100 Collectible Postcards Studio Ghibli Continuing our partnership with animation giant Studio Ghibli, this deluxe 100-postcard boxed set captures the history of the studio, in a giftable and collectible stationery format for fans of every age! Celebrate the art of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation film studio, with this extensive collection of 100 full-colour postcards showcasing final frames from all their feature-length films – from Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind (1984) to When Marnie Was There (2014). Housed in a keepsake box with a lifting ribbon, these postcards (to keep or send) will delight Studio Ghibli and animation fans of every age.

Author Details Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Postcards

Price

AU$35.00

ISBN

9781452168661

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

159 x 111 mm

Extent

100pp

Illustrations

Full colour throughout

Age Range

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Studio Ghibli is a Tokyo-based animation film studio founded in 1985 by directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki. The studio has produced several short films, television commercials, one television film, and over twenty feature-length films, many of which have garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim, including My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke , and the Academy Award-winner Spirited Away. Their last four films, The Wind Rises (2013), The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013), When Marnie Was There (2014), and The Red Turtle (2016) were all nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film.

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A beautiful collectible format at an affordable price, perfect for Studio Ghibli fans: 100 different full-colour postcards featuring final frames (key scenes and characters) from all of the Studio’s feature films, housed in a keepsake box. Chronicle is the main licensee of stationery and gift product in North America. Studio Ghibli has stationery licensees in Japan, Korea, and France, but we will be their key partner in North America. Most of the stationery available in the US is either imported (manufactured by Japanese licensees) and quite expensive or not officially endorsed. The last 4 films released by Studio Ghibli, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, and The Red Turtle (co-produced by Studio G) were all nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film. The Ghibli Museum (opened Oct 2001) is a popular destination in Tokyo, seeing about 650K visitors a year. In 2017, they celebrated the milestone of having 10 million visitors! Ghibli theme park is in development, to open in 2020s in Aichi Prefecture.

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Castle in the Sky

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Kiki's Delivery Service: Jiji Journal Studio Ghibli Continuing our partnership with animation giant Studio Ghibli, this soft plush journal features the beloved black cat from Kiki's

Delivery Service. In Spring 2019, the Studio will be celebrating Kiki’s 30th anniversary!

Author Details Studio Ghibli is a Tokyo-based animation film studio founded in 1985 by directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki. The studio has produced several short films, television commercials, one television film, and over twenty feature-length films, many of which have garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim, including My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, and the Academy Award-winner Spirited Away. Their last four films, The Wind Rises (2013), The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013), When Marnie Was There (2014), and The Red Turtle (2016) were all nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film.

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Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452171241

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series Category

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NA Stationery

Format

203 x 152 mm

Extent

96pp

Illustrations

4-colour endsheets

Age Range

Terms

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Studio Ghibli has stationery licensees in Japan, Korea, and France, but Chronicle is their key partner in North America and Austratlia. Most of the stationery available in the US is either imported (manufactured by Japanese licensees) and quite expensive or not officially endorsed. Kiki is very popular (especially Jiji, the black cat). In terms of merch, in Japan, Totoro is #1 and Kiki is the #2 bestseller – and 90% of Kiki products are of Jiji, the cat. Outside of Japan, Totoro is #1, followed by Spirited Away , and then Kiki. The movie released in Japan in 1989 and won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize. (Animage is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine) Miyazaki is often called the “Walt Disney of Japan.” The last 4 films released by Studio Ghibli, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, and The Red Turtle (co-produced by Studio G) were all nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film. The Ghibli Museum (opened Oct 2001) is a popular destination in Tokyo, seeing about 650,000 visitors a year. In 2017, they celebrated the milestone of having 10 million visitors! Ghibli theme park is in development, to open in 2020s in Aichi Prefecture

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My Neighbor Totoro Pop-Up Notecards

My Neighbor Totoro: 30 Postcards

Price

AU$24.99

Price

AU$24.99

ISBN

9781452168678

ISBN

9781452171234

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My Neighbour Totoro: Plus Journals! Featuring the mysterious forest spirit, Totoro, and the fantastical Cat Bus from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved film My Neighbor Totoro, these plush and embroidered journals include lined interiors and colourful artwork on the front and back pages-sure to delight Totoro fans and all who love irresistibly cute and fluffy characters.

ISBN

9781452168654

ISBN

9781452168647

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$27.99

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

203 x 152 mm

Extent

96pp

Illustrations

4-color endsheets, 1-color interiors

Age Range

Terms

Studio Ghibli is a Tokyo-based animation film studio founded in 1985 by film directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki. The studio has produced several short films, television commercials, one television film, and over twenty feature-length films, many of which have garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim, including My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke. The last four films released by Studio Ghibli, The Wind Rises, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, and The Red Turtle were all nominated for Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film.

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Studio Ghibli is the Walt Disney of Japan. They're one of the most acclaimed animation studios in the world, are best known for their anime feature films, and have won many awards – including an Oscar. My Neighbor Totoro is one of the most popular movies by Studio Ghibli. The English dubbed version produced by Walt Disney and released in Australia in 2006, now has a world-wide cult following. It was ranked in Time Out as #1 greatest animated films of all time. Totoro is the studio's mascot – à la Mickey Mouse, and is as famous among Japanese children as Winnie-the-Pooh is to British children. Totoro has made multiple cameo appearances in Studio Ghibli films and video games. 2018 is the 30th anniversary of My Neighbor Totoro.

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Chronicle is the sole licensee of official Ghibli stationery outside of Japan.

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Kino, ACMI, Mighty Ape, Amazon, ABC shop, Minotaur all stock Studio Ghibli products, but NO stationery. As a search term ‘Totoro’ and ‘My Neighbour Totoro’ are searched more in Australia than the US and Canada. Both terms are searched more world-wide than ‘Studio Ghibli’, and there are 1.6 million posts on Instagram with the hastag #totoro. The Studio Ghibli Museum opened in October 2001 and is a popular destination in Tokyo, seeing about 650,000 visitors a year. The museum is so popular visitors have to pre-book to be able to go! A Totoro theme park is in development, to open in 2020 in Nagoya City. The park will be based on the film My Neighbor Totoro, embodying the movie's theme of respecting and embracing nature.

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New South Wales CityLink Street Directory 28th ed UBD Gregory's

The latest edition of the New South Wales Citylink has been fully revised and updated and includes: All the information you need to find your way from Sydney to its neighboring cities and regional towns is included in the l New South Wales Citylink street directory. Featuring coverage from the Sydney & Blue Mountains street directory, Canberra, Central Coast, Newcastle and Wollongong street directories.

Covering locations from Branxton in the north to South Nowra and Banks in the south, Sydney in the east and Mount Victoria in the west. Includes over 650 new streets andÂ 14 new maps for Newcastle to include the Hunter Expressway. With over 740 detailed street maps & 44 large scale maps of the main city areas its over $110.00 value for $64.99. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$64.99 | NZ$74.99

ISBN

9780731931972

Publisher

UBD Gregory's

Imprint

Capital City SD

Series

No Series

Category

Travel

Format

216 x 283 mm

Extent

1128pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

SOR

Sydney to Brisbane Map 244 8th ed UBD Gregory's

The latest edition of the Sydney to Brisbane touring map has been fully revised and updated and includes: Information on travelling from Sydney to Brisbane via both the Pacific Motorway/Highway and the New England Highway. Information on choosing to travel between Sydney and Brisbane via either the Pacific or New England Highways. State mapping with both routes highlighted. 2 x separate strip maps for each route with information on the major towns along each route.Â Visitor Information Centre locations, addresses and contact information.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paper Map

Price

AU$9.99 | NZ$12.99

ISBN

9780731931989

Publisher

UBD Gregory's

Imprint

Maps

Series

Touring Map

Category

Travel

Format

920 x 690 mm

Extent

1 pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

With all this information contained in one handy fold out map this is an essential tool when travelling between Sydney and Brisbane.

Far North Coast NSW Map 296 14th ed UBD Gregory's

The latest edition of the Far North Coast NSW has been fully revised and updated and includes: Regional touring mapping covering Tweed Heads in the north, Woolgoolga in the south, Byron Bay in the east and Sandy Hill in the west. Maps and street index of Ballina, Byron Bay, Grafton, Lismore and Tweed Heads city centres and surrounding suburbs. Maps of Brunswick Heads/Ocean Shores, Casino, Evans Head, Iluka, Kyogle, Lennox Head, Maclean, Mullumbimby, Murwillumbah and Yamba. Regional touring attractions and advertisers index.

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paper Map

Price

AU$9.99 | NZ$12.99

ISBN

9780731931996

Publisher

UBD Gregory's

Imprint

Maps

Series

Touring Map

Category

Travel

Format

1000 x 690 mm

Extent

1 pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

With so much information included in this handy fold out map this is an essential tool for navigating the Far North Coast NSW region for both the tourist and locals alike.

Tasmania State & Suburban Map 770 27th ed UBD Gregory's

The latest edition of the Tasmania state and suburban map has been fully revised and updated and includes: State map & index to towns and localities Suburban map coverage of Hobart north to Mangalore and Runnymede south to Oyster Cove and South Arm, east to Sorell and west to Molesworth and an index to the Suburbs & Localities included in the coverage. State maps showing conservation areas, national parks, state forests and world heritage areas. Tasmania facts including geography, history, popular tourist attractions and industries. With all this information included in 1 handy fold out map this is an essential tool to use when exploring Tasmania. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paper Map

Price

AU$9.99 | NZ$12.99

ISBN

9780731932009

Publisher

UBD Gregory's

Imprint

Maps

Series

State Map

Category

Travel

Format

1000 x 690 mm

Extent

1 pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

Atlas Europe 2019 Michelin

D R A F T 2018 C O V E R

Michelin motoring Atlas Europe is the perfect companion for an enjoyable and safe drive in Europe. Convenient and easy to use thanks to its spiral bound cover, Michelin motoring altas Europe covers 40 countries and will provide you with precise and reliable information with its annually updated mapping scaled 1/500,000 – 1/3,000,000 and local driving regulations. The route planner as well as the time and distance charts will help you plan and optimise your journey. Tourist sights, leisure facilities and scenic routes will add pleasure to your journey. In addition to clear and accurate mapping, the Michelin motoring Altas Europe features: Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Spiral

Price

AU$45.00 | NZ$50.00

ISBN

9782067236141

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Atlas

Category

Travel

Format

286 x 230 mm

Extent

335pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

SOR

·Detailed mapping with a scale 1/500,000 - 1/3,000,000 ·Mileage chart and journey times to help you plan your journey ·Key to Map Pages to quickly access your region of interest ·Motoring regulations to travel in Europe ·78 town plans for easy navigation in urban areas ·An extensive place name index to easily identify the destination of your choice ·Comprehensive and detailed key to symbols used ·Tourist information with place of interest and leisure facilities ·Scenic routes, cross-referenced with the famous Michelin Green Guides, with towns underlined in green

Atlas France 2019 Michelin

Michelin Atlas France is the perfect companion for safe and enjoyable drive in France. Convenient and easy to use thanks to its spiral bound cover, Michelin Atlas France will provide you with precise and reliable information with its annually updated mapping scaled 1/200 000 (1 cm = 2 km). Smart and practical, this atlas includes tourist sights, leisure facilities and scenic routes recommended in the famous Michelin Green Guide as well 40 city plans with QTR codes for an easy access to your smartphone for online mapping and tourist information! Michelin's checklist will help you prepare your journey before your leave and Michelin's safety alerts will warn you about dangerous driving areas, such as steep hills and level crossing. Michelin's route planner as well as the time and distance charts will help you plan and optimise your journey. Michelin Atlas France (A4 spiral) will make sure that you make the most of your journey in France! Features:

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Spiral

Price

AU$45.00 | NZ$50.00

ISBN

9782067235977

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Atlas

Category

Travel

Format

291 x 220 mm

Extent

491pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

SOR

·Scale 1/200 000 ·Spiral bound for lay-flat convenience. ·Time & distance charts ·Route planner with major itineraries ·Tourist sights and scenic drives pulled directly from Michelin's famous Green Guide travel series. ·Sports and recreational facilities to add enjoyment to your journey ·Extensive place name index for rapid look-up ·Location map on top of each page for an easier navigation within the atlas ·40 street maps embedded in the map of their surrounding areas with QR code to guide you through the last few miles of your journey with your smartphone.

Atlas Germany, Benelux Austria Switz Czech 2019 Michelin

D R A F T 2018 C O V E R

Michelin's Germany, Benelux, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic Tourist and Motoring Atlas is the perfect companion for an enjoyable and safe drive in Germany and North East Europe. Convenient and easy to use thanks to its spiral bound cover, Michelin tourist and motoring altas will provide you with precise and reliable information with its annually updated mapping scaled 1/300,000 – 1/600,000 and motoring regulations. The route planner, the new street map pages as well as the time and distance charts will help you plan and optimise your journey. Tourist sights, leisure facilities and scenic route will add pleasure to your journey, whilst the new location map on top of each page will help you easily navigate within the atlas. Features:

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Spiral

Price

AU$45.00 | NZ$50.00

ISBN

9782067236110

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Atlas

Category

Travel

Format

286 x 230 mm

Extent

346pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

SOR

·Detailed mapping with a scale 1/300,000 - 1/600,000 ·Mileage chart and journey times to help you plan your journey ·Key to Map Pages to quickly access your region of interest ·57 town plans for easy navigation in urban areas ·An extensive place name index to easily identify the destination of your choice ·Comprehensive and detailed key to symbols used ·Tourist information with place of interest and leisure facilities, as well as scenic routes ·Motoring regulations ·Location map on top of each page for easy navigation within the atlas ·Highly practical street map pages embedded in the mapping of their surrounding areas

Atlas Italy - Tourist and Motoring Atlas 2019 Michelin

D R A F T 2018 C O V E R

Michelin Italy Tourist and Motoring Atlas is the perfect companion for a safe and enjoyable drive in Italy. Convenient and easy to use thanks to its spiral bound cover, Michelin Italy Tourist and Motoring Atlas will provide you with precise and reliable information with its annually updated mapping scaled 1/300 000 (1 cm = 3 km). The route planner, the pages on the motorway system, as well as the time and distance charts will help you plan and optimise your journey. Tourist sights, leisure facilities, scenic routes and service areas will add pleasure to your journey, whilst the new location map on top of each page as well highly practical street maps will help you easily navigate within the atlas. Michelin's Italy tourist and motoring atlas features:

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Spiral

Price

AU$45.00 | NZ$50.00

ISBN

9782067236165

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Atlas

Category

Travel

Format

286 x 230 mm

Extent

208pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

SOR

·Detailed and easy-to-use mapping with a scale 1/300 000 ·Mileage chart and journey times to help you plan your journey ·Key to Map Pages to quickly access your region of interest ·53 town plans for easy navigation in urban areas ·An extensive place name index to easily identify the destination of your choice ·Comprehensive and detailed key to symbols used ·Tourist information with place of interest and leisure facilities, as well as scenic routes ·Fixed and average speed cameras indicated ·Pages on the motorway system to help you easily find the exits, service stations, etc. ·Location maps on top of each pages for easy navigation within the atlas ·Highly practical street maps embedded in the mapping of their surrounding areas

Atlas Spain & Portugal 2019 Michelin

D R A F T 2018 C O V E R

Michelin Spain & Portugal Tourist and Motoring Atlas is the perfect companion for a safe and enjoyable drive. Convenient and easy to use thanks to its spiral bound cover, the Michelin Spain and Portugal atlas will provide you with precise and reliable information with its annually updated mapping scaled 1/400 000 (1 cm = 4 km) and safety alerts. The route planner, as well as the time and distance charts will help you plan and optimise your journey, whilst the new location map on top of each page and the highly practical street maps will provide you with an easy navigation within the atlas. Tourist sights, leisure facilities, and scenic route will add pleasure to your journey. Michelin touring and motoring atlas Spain & Portugal features:

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Spiral

Price

AU$45.00 | NZ$50.00

ISBN

9782067236127

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Atlas

Category

Travel

Format

286 x 230 mm

Extent

246pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

SOR

·Detailed and easy-to-use mapping with a scale 1/400 000 ·Mileage chart and journey times to help you plan your journey ·Key to Map Pages to quickly access your region of interest ·64 town plans for easy navigation in urban areas ·An extensive place name index to easily identify the destination of your choice ·Comprehensive and detailed key to symbols used ·Tourist information with place of interest and leisure facilities, as well as scenic routes ·Location maps on top of each pages for an easy navigation within the atlas ·Highly practical street map pages embedded in the mapping of their surrounding areas

Michelin National Maps 2019 *draft 2018 covers shown Updated annually, MICHELIN National Maps 2019 will give you an overall picture of your journey thanks to its clear and accurate mapping scales. Michelin's map will help you easily plan your safe and enjoyable journey thanks to a comprehensive key, a complete name index as well a clever time & a distance chart. Michelin's driving information will help you navigate safely in all circumstances. In addition Michelin National Maps are cross-referenced with the famous Michelin Green Guides highlighting destinations worth stopping for! With MICHELIN National Maps, find more than just your way! MICHELIN NATIONAL MAPS feature:

Belgium & Luxembourg Scale 1/350,000 ISBN

9782067236455

Europe

ISBN

9782067236394

Germany

France

Scale 1/3,000,000

Scale

1/1,000,000

Scale 1/1,000,000.

Scale

1/750,000

ISBN

9782067236578

ISBN

9782067236493

9782067236318

Italy

Great Britain & Ireland Scale 1/1,000,000

France Reversible

Scale 1/1,000,000 ISBN

9782067236714

Mauritius ISBN 9782067233201

9782067236547

Spain & Portugal

Switzerland

·Up-to-date mapping ·A scale adapted to the size of the country ·A clear and comprehensive key ·Distance and time chart ·Place name index ·Driving and road safety information ·Tourist sights information Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paper Map

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9782067236455

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Map/National

Category

Travel

Format

250 x 113 mm

Extent

1pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Scale 1/1,000,000

Scale

1/400,000

Age Range

ISBN

978206723660

Terms

9782067236677

2019 Red Guide Hong Kong Macau Michelin

The MICHELIN Guide Hong-Kong Macau highlights the best hotels and restaurants Hong-Kong has to offer and featuring many simple shops – serving everything from dim sum to dumplings, noodles to congee, 78 Bib Gourmand and of course the famous Michelin stars. This year's selection includes over 300 restaurants and 50 hotels. MICHELIN Guide Hong-Kong Macau features colour mapping and photographs throughout as well as lively descriptions for each venue. To make your stay memorable, the MICHELIN guide has an easy-to-use format, featuring: ·Thematic indexes to help you make the right choice ·Cultural and practical information ·Cuisines from around the world, in all price bands ·City map locating the guide's hotels and restaurants ·Photos and lively description for each entry, including prices

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$39.99 | NZ$45.00

ISBN

9782067232853

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Guide/Red

Category

Travel

Format

190 x 112 mm

Extent

505pp

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Full colour

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Zoom Map Bali - Lombok Michelin

MICHELIN Zoom Map Bali-Lombok 2019 is the ideal travel companion to fully explore this destination thanks to its easy-to-use format and its scale of 1/ 180,000. The Zoom collection are characterised by the high precision of their detailed scale, specially adapted for very touristy areas or with a high density road network, including new developments and industrial areas. In addition to clarity, reliability and up-to-date information, all Michelin cartography features include a wealth of practical information: places and monuments of tourist interest, picturesque tours, areas for sports and leisure activities. Useful plans of cities and a practical index of localities. Also the maps contain places of interest and signposting of tracks for bicycles and green-ways. MICHELIN ZOOM MAPS are perfect to discover major tourist areas, with a high level of details in an easy to use format. They nicely complement our Michelin Guides and include:

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paper Map

Price

AU$16.99 | NZ$19.99

ISBN

9782067235281

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Map/Regional

Category

Travel

Format

250 x 113 mm

Extent

1pp

Illustrations

Full colour

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路Various leisure activities, such as water parks, tourist trains, horse racing, etc. 路Scenic routes and tourist sights crossed referenced with the famous Michelin's Green Guides 路Camping sites information from Michelin's Camping Guides 路Hotel information from the world famous MICHELIN Guides

Zoom Map Yucatan & The Mayan Region Michelin

MICHELIN Zoom Map Yucatan & the Mayan Region 2019 is the ideal travel companion to fully explore this destination thanks to its easy-to-use format and its scale of 1/ 700,000. The Zoom collection are characterised by the high precision of their detailed scale, specially adapted for very touristy areas or with a high density road network, including new developments and industrial areas. In addition to clarity, reliability and up-to-date information, all Michelin cartography features include a wealth of practical information: places and monuments of tourist interest, picturesque tours, areas for sports and leisure activities. Useful plans of cities and a practical index of localities. Also the maps contain places of interest and signposting of tracks for bicycles and green-ways. MICHELIN ZOOM MAPS are perfect to discover major tourist areas, with a high level of details in an easy to use format. They nicely complement our Michelin Guides and include: 路Various leisure activities, such as water parks, tourist trains, horse racing, etc 路Scenic routes and tourist sights crossed referenced with the famous Michelin's Green Guides 路Camping sites information from Michelin's Camping Guides 路Hotel information from the world famous MICHELIN Guides Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paper Map

Price

AU$16.99 | NZ$19.99

ISBN

9782067235250

Publisher

Michelin

Imprint

Michelin

Series

Michelin Map/Regional

Category

Travel

Format

250 x 113 mm

Extent

1pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

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Author Details Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

ISBN

9781789290677

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

Imprint

Michael O'Mara

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

280 x 216 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations

Age Range

8 and up

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Test your spotting skills and find ten sloths in each different location.

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ISBN

9781780555997

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

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AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

ISBN

9781449495732

Publisher

AMP

Imprint Series Category

Andrews McMeel Books NA

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Child Fiction

Format

228 x 152 mm

Extent

208pp

Illustrations

b&w illustrations

Age Range

8 and up

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ISBN

9781449494896

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9781449494865

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Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Board Book

Price

AU$24.99

ISBN

9781452165073

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Fiction

Format

251 x 190 mm

Extent

12pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations

Age Range

2 and up

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Down in the big construction site, ten trucks wake to morning light. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to s-t-r-e-t-c-h, roll out of bed, and gear up for the day ahead!

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Bulldozer’s heavy, wide, and grand. He’ll push and plow to clear the land . . . Skid’s breaker bit blasts rocks to rubble, so ’Dozer rolls through without trouble.

Each long trench is marked and planned: Excavator digs the land,

then Backhoe grabs a drainage pipe and sets it down in one smooth swipe.

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Skid Steer’s nimble,

Strong Flatbed rolls right to a stop, with more supplies all stacked on top . . .

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Cement Mixer is working hard around the whole construction yard. But now the concrete needs to climb . . . . . . and here is Pumper, right on time!

The Ultimate Book of Planet Earth Anne-Sophie Baumann

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$34.99

ISBN

9791027605620

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

343 x 254 mm

Extent

18pp

Illustrations

Full colour throughout

Age Range

3 and up

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Oversized format – 60 flaps, pull-tabs, pop-ups, and moveable parts

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Chock-full of engaging facts and detailed illustrations A must-have addition to a child's Ultimate Books library!

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9791027603039

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9791027600793

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9791027601974

Price

AU$34.99

ISBN

9782848019840

Baby Orca: Finger Puppet Book Chronicle Books

Author Details YuHsuan Huang, also known as Smallx2, is an illustrator and artist from Taichung City, Taiwan, where she lives with her family and cats.

Key Information

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Board Book

Price

AU$9.99

ISBN

9781452170794

Publisher

Chronicle Books

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Imprint

Chronicle Child

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Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

111 x 111 mm

Extent

12pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

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The Finger Puppet series has sold more than 5 million copies!

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A never-before-published animal for the series, orcas are popular animals that are perfect additions to summer and ocean-themed assortments, nurseries, etc.

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When Baby Orca swims, he flicks his tail to glide through the water.

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When Baby Orca is hungry, Mama Orca brings him a fresh-caught fish.

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And when Baby Orca plays, he jumps high above the waves! Good job, Baby Orca!

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Author Details YuHsuan Huang, also known as Smallx2, is an illustrator and artist from Taichung City, Taiwan, where she lives with her family and cats. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Board Book

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The Finger Puppet series has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide!

Price

AU$9.99

•

ISBN

9781452170787

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

111 x 111 mm

Extent

12pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

Terms

SOR

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This title updates 2012's Little Pig with the cute new style of the BABY finger puppets, and speaks to the ever-popular farm theme.

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When Baby Piglet is hungry, she roots around for a tasty corncob. BabyPiglet_INT_Mechs.indd 1

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When Baby Piglet meets a new friend, she says hello with an oink!

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When Baby Piglet gets hot, she rolls in the mud to cool off.

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And when the day is done, Baby Piglet snuggles with her family. Goodnight, Baby Piglet!

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AU$9.99

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AU$9.99

ISBN

9781452156095

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9781452163741

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AU$9.99

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9781452142364

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AU$9.99

ISBN

9781452170763

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781925589542

Publisher

Brio Books

Imprint

Brio Books

Series

Category

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Young Adult Fiction

Format

230 x 198 mm

Extent

180pp

Illustrations

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AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

Price

AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

ISBN

9781921134586

ISBN

9781925143928

CAN MIRII MAKE IT OUT ALIVE? CAN SHE SAVE HER FRIENDS? OR WILL SHE REMAIN IN PRISONCORP FOREVER?

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GTIN: 9349685010821 3 for 2 special! 15 Copy Pack 5 of each at 60% discount AU RRP $249.85 with discount $99.94 NZ RRP $294.85 with discount $117.94

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AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

Price

AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781921134586

ISBN

9781925143928

ISBN

9781925589542

F.A.R.T. Files Book 02 Dr. Rob Bell

Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

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Second book in a new series for 8–12 year olds

ISBN

9781925589726

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Publisher

Brio Books

Well connected and highly promotable author, host of Channel 10’s Scope series for ten years Combines a full serve of mystery with a side dish of STEM!

Imprint

Brio Books

Series

The F.A.R.T. Files

Category

Key Information

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Juvenile Fiction

Format

198 x 128 mm

Extent

192pp

Illustrations

B&W line illustrations

Age Range

8 and up

Terms

SOR Price

AU$14.99 | NZ$17.99

ISBN

9781925589351

World of Eric Carle (TM) Numbers and Counting Flash Cards Eric Carle This flash card set provides an introduction to numbers and counting featuring Eric Carle's beloved art. A new format for flash cards, featuring a smaller footprint, 50 cards, and a hang tag to accommodate a variety of display options. The Numbers and Counting Flash Cards use Eric Carle's art to familiarise young learners with counting up to 20 and basic equations.

Author Details Eric Carle is an acclaimed and beloved creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for young children. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, he has illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote. Eric and his wife, Barbara, currently divide their time between the Florida Keys and the hills of Western Massachusetts. With more than 125 million copies of Eric Carle books sold worldwide, in 32 languages, Eric Carle is one of the most beloved children's book illustrators. Eric Carle's work appeals to all age groups, and his fan base spans two generations. Parents and young kids both adore his work, as well as teachers and librarians. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opened in November 2002 and has established itself as a rich resource for those interested in the art of the picture book. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Flash Cards

Price

AU$14.99

ISBN

9781452174990

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

130 x 79 mm

Extent

50pp

Illustrations

50 doublesided cards, Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

2 and up

Terms

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These small flash card sets with a hang tag are perfect for mass displays, trade, and indie accounts.

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Eric Carle's artwork is instantly recognisable and beloved by children and adults. His colorful illustrations give any gift a timeless feel. Parents and teachers want to broach the subject of math earlier than ever. These cards provide an approachable introduction not only to counting and numbers, but to the most basic equations. More than 1 million Chronicle World of Eric Carle formats sold.

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Hug Me Little Bear: Finger Puppet Book Chronicle Books A sweet lap board book with adorable animals, simple, child-friendly text, and two soft plush arms to cuddle and play with! A new line of finger puppet books that celebrates all the things a parent's arms can do for their child - from playing and comforting to sharing a treat and, best of all, showing their love with a hug. With adorable animal illustrations and two attached plush finger puppet arms, this is a giftable, lovey-dovey lap read for little bears and their loved ones.

Key Information • Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Board Book

Price

AU$19.99

ISBN

9781452175218

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

184 x 152 mm

Extent

10pp

Illustrations

Plush finger puppet arms, Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

1 and up

Terms

SOR

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This series beautifully combines reading with interactive play. The finger puppet arms offer a playful way for parents to enhance the reading experience, while the die-cuts function as handles for a child to grip as they turn the pages. From the sweet, affirming text to the soft, huggable plush arms, this is a series that's all about moments of love and closeness between a parent and child - a perpetually popular theme. The animals featured have nice seasonal appeal but are also classic, year-round favourites. The finger puppet books continue to be some of Chronicle's most reliably bestselling titles, with more than 5 million books sold worldwide.

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My arms take you dancing to our favorite song.

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My arms give you a lift and catch you when you come back down.

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My arms make your day sweeter. You always get the first taste!

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My arms cheer you up with a tickle on the belly.

Hug Me Little Bunny: Finger Puppet Book Chronicle Books A sweet lap board book with adorable animals, simple, child-friendly text, and two soft plush arms to cuddle and play with! A new line of finger puppet books that celebrates all the things a parent's arms can do for their child - from playing and comforting to sharing a treat and, best of all, showing their love with a hug. With adorable animal illustrations and two attached plush finger puppet arms, this is a giftable, lovey-dovey lap read for little bunnies and their loved ones.

Key Information • Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Board Book

Price

AU$19.99

ISBN

9781452175225

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint Series Category

Chronicle Child NA Child Picture Book

Format

184 x 152 mm

Extent

10pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

1 and up

Terms

SOR

• • •

This series beautifully combines reading with interactive play. The finger puppet arms offer a playful way for parents to enhance the reading experience, while the die-cuts function as handles for a child to grip as they turn the pages. From the sweet, affirming text to the soft, huggable plush arms, this is a series that's all about moments of love and closeness between a parent and child – a perpetually popular theme. The animals featured have nice seasonal appeal but are also classic, year-round favourites. The finger puppet books continue to be some of Chronicle's most reliably bestselling titles, with more than 5 million books sold.

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My arms will greet you every morning.

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I hold your hand as we explore new places. Did you pick that flower for me?

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My arms show you how to find the best treats. Here, try this tasty carrot!

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When the day is done, my arms carry you home and rock you to sleep.

Charlie & Mouse Even Better Laurel Snyder This funny and adorable continuation of the Charlie & Mouse early chapter book series will delight newly independent readers and show that celebrations don't have to be perfect to be just right. Join Charlie and Mouse as they: choose the best pancakes, hunt for presents, decorate with snakes, distract someone with hugs, and save the day. Charlie and Mouse are getting ready for Mom's birthday and things are not going exactly as planned . . . but with plenty of humour and imagination, they'll prove that sometimes when things are not perfect, what they turn out to be is even better.

Author Details Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$34.99

ISBN

9781452170657

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Calendars

Format

229 x 178 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

6 and up

Terms

Laurel Snyder is the author of many books for children. She lives and writes in a small yellow house in Atlanta, Georgia, which she shares with her husband and two sons. She would like to state for the record that while none of these stories are exactly true, none of them are exactly untrue either. Emily Hughes is an illustrator (and sometimes writer) who lives in windy Brighton, England, while thinking fondly of her hometown in Hilo, Hawaii. When making books she uses pencils, her tablet, and a very, very generous stack of paper.

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Book 1 in hardcover sold nearly 25,000 copies worldwide in its first year alone, in addition to winning a Geisel award and being chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection. The second book, Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy, is already building great buzz. Henry & Mudge, Frog & Toad, Charlie & Mouse-funny, friendly pairs rule in early reading. Small casts of characters and the small adventures of everyday life tailor stories like these to the early chapter book reader. This age group is just moving into longer books. The interconnected but distinct short stories in this book offer an accessible transition. This third book in the Charlie & Mouse series focuses on appreciating a central character in both the books and the boys' lives: their mom! With a winning combination of the series' distinct humour and a sweet focus on creating an extra-special day for Mom, this book is just right for reading together on Mother's Day. Laurel Snyder brings a fresh, humorous, and heart-warming approach to central themes to which readers of all ages can relate: Imagination, creativity, play, and sibling bonding are fondly celebrated in each of these stories. The up-and-coming artist of this series, Emily Hughes, is Asian-American, and sharp-eyed readers will note that Grumpy is Japanese-American, the setting is Hawaii, and Charlie and Mouse are mixed-race kids.

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Charlie and Mouse were going shopping. Charlie and Mouse were going shopping with Dad. It was a secret! “Shhhhhh!” said Charlie.

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“What do you think Mom might like for her

“What do you want to buy?” asked Charlie.

birthday?” asked Dad. “Flowers? Bubble bath?”

“I am not sure yet,” said Mouse. “Will you help

“Yes,” said Mouse. “Mom would like those.

me think?”

Mom likes smelly things. But they are not the

“Of course!” said Charlie.

things I want to buy.”

Charlie and Mouse thought. “Hmmm.”

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“Maybe Mom would like a jewel,” said Charlie.

“Oh,” said Charlie. “Then maybe Mom would

“Mom likes things that sparkle.”

like a special box to keep special secrets in.

“That is true,” said Mouse. “But we only have

And we will promise not to peek in it, ever.”

two dollars. I think a jewel will cost more than

“Mom would like that,” said Mouse. “But I

two dollars.”

am not sure I can make that promise. I like to snoop.” “That is a good point,” said Charlie. “I like to snoop, too.”

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Suddenly, Mouse stood up. “I know!” he said. “I know what Mom would like!” “What?” asked Charlie. “Tape!” said Mouse. “Tape?” asked Charlie. “Yes, tape,” said Mouse. “Does Mom like tape?” asked Dad. “Everyone likes tape,” said Mouse. “That is true,” said Charlie.

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“Also, tape is a thing Mom can never find when she needs it.” “That is also true,” said Charlie. “Tape is a very good idea. You are smart, Mouse.”

“Now you should wrap the present,”

“I try,” said Mouse.

said Dad, when they got home.

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Bikes for Sale Carter Higgins You've Got Mail meets Leo in this testament to unusual friendships and taking a chance on something different. Maurice rides his bike to his shop every day. Lotta rides her bike to collect sticks every day. Both go about their separate routines, unaware of the friendship that is just a few blocks away. But what happens when a pothole and a scrap heap get in the way? This delightful friendship romcom from acclaimed picture book creators Carter Higgins and Zachariah OHora celebrates the power of coincidence to lead us to the friends we're meant to meet all along.

Author Details Carter Higgins is an elementary school librarian and the author of Everything You Need for a Treehouse and This Is Not a

Valentine . She lives in Los Angeles, California. Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Zachariah OHora is the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Wolfie the Bunny , among many other beloved books for kids. He lives and works in Narberth, Pennsylvania.

Price

AU$29.99

Key Information

ISBN

9781452159324

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

279 x 229 mm

Extent

40pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

1 and up

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The book's universality made it a hit at Bologna.

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The themes in this book-friendship, bikes, and finding what you need in the last place you look for it-will speak to a wide range of consumers in and outside the USA. The simplicity and poignancy of the story will draw in fans of more traditional storytelling children's books, and the quirky, endearing characters and vibrant illustrations make this a sure pick for design-minded hipster parents. Nearly every city with a major bookish population has an equivalent if not larger bikish population. What's more, riding a bike has always been and continues to be one of the major hallmarks of coming of age: Every kid has a relationship to a bike. There is a very classic feel to this text. While the story is contemporary, it's also one that could have been in picture books 50 years ago, making this a book that will backlist well. The on-trend illustrations combined with the universal theme make this book one that could work in small boutiques and other places not normally stocking books. Carter is the author of This is Not a Valentine and Everything You Need for a Treehouse. She is well known (6,200+ Twitter followers, 2,700+ Instagram followers) and well-loved by librarians, teachers, and industry professionals. Her work with kids, her personality, and her insightful and thoughtful blog Design of the Picture Book mean a lot of people know who she is and will be interested in the things she writes. Her writing is award-contending: the writing is note-worthy, different, and quite skilled. This is Zachariah OHora's first time illustrating for Chronicle Books, but he is very well known. He consistently sells well and is a New York Times bestseller.

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He rode it to the grocery store,

He was far enough from the grocery store and just beyond the snack bar in the park.

through the park on 3rd Street that had the best lemon trees, and to the shop.

“Everyone loves lemonade,” he thought. Twenty-five cents wasn’t all that much for some squeezy drops of sunshine. No matter where he rode, he always had customers.

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After a while, it was time to ride on.

“Stay here!” said the construction site man, thirsty from all that hammering.

“Don’t go!”said the dog walker with lots and lots of leashes.

But Maurice had more corners to try.

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She rode it to the woods,

through the ditch on 5th Street that had the best mud, and to the fort.

That one belonged to Lotta. No matter where she rode, she always had room for one more.

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“Everyone loves sticks,” she thought. “They’re the best thing to collect.”

She rode deep into the woods where the sun couldn’t reach, and far out to the lake where the beavers kept their leftovers.

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Besides, they were free.

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I Have an Idea Herve Tullet Creative genius Hervé Tullet on the subject closest to his heart: AN IDEA! From one of the true creative geniuses of this generation, Hervé Tullet's I Have an Idea is at once a meditation on and a celebration of the magic of the birth of a simple idea. Sparkling with visual wit, it is a richly emotional exploration of the creative process, from the initial anticipation of the hunt for an idea, to the frustration of chasing the wrong idea, to the exhilaration of capturing just the right idea.

Author Details Hervé Tullet is known for his prodigious versatility, from directing ad campaigns to designing fabric for Hermes. But his real love is working with children, for whom he has published dozens of books, including the NYT bestsellers Press Here, Mix It Up!, and Let's Play! He lives in Harlem, New York City.

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Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$32.99

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ISBN

9781452178585

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Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

225 x 162 mm

Extent

88pp

Illustrations

Full colour throughout

Age Range

5 and up

Terms

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Not only an essential title for all children (and their adults) who love poring over the pages of a Tullet book, but an inspirational celebration of what is so special about a new idea that makes this perfect for graduation and other milestone gift-giving occasions. This book celebrates exploration, trial, and embracing the creative side that makes each person unique. Tullet's work with its minimal text and vibrant colours is accessible even to the youngest readers. With more than 2 million copies sold net in this series worldwide, this book most directly brands Tullet as the creative innovator that he is in addition to giving an opportunity to promote his backlist.

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You Are New Lucy Knisley A sweet and humorous look at the first year of a baby's life, told in words and pictures by bestselling author Lucy Knisley. A world of being new is waiting-exciting, cool, and fascinating! Napping, crying, cuddling, playing, making friends, exploring such a wealth of experiences await each new life. With humour, honesty, and sweetness, award-winning author/artist Lucy Knisley celebrates the joys of a new baby and the timeless gifts of new beginnings.

Author Details

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Lucy Knisley is a critically acclaimed and award-winning comic creator. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the graphic novels Relish, French Milk, An Age of License, Displacement, and Something New . She lives and works in Chicago with her husband John, their fat little baby son, and their fluffy orange cat.

Binding

Hardback

Key Information

Price

AU$32.99

ISBN

9781452161563

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Family/Pregnancy

Format

260 x 254 mm

Extent

52pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

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Lucy Knisley is a tremendous talent! From Relish to French Milk, she has a history of award winners and reader favourites. She recently married her college sweetheart, and is newly a mother, sparking her interest in writing for children. These delightful illustrations stand out on the shelf! Lucy's beautiful book is the go-to gift for anyone looking for a baby shower or first birthday present. Nearly 4 million babies are born in the United States every year, and with the arrival of new babies comes new parents transitioning from adult books to children's books. Lucy's book reaches these consumers and provides a bright, sweet introduction to the world of read-aloud books. Lucy's book is a fresh, hip take on the age-old experience of having a new baby. Parents and grandparents everywhere can relate to this experience and will be overjoyed to celebrate the novelty through Lucy's text and art.

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Hello, You!

you are new.

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when you're new . . .

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what can you do?

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you can doze and

It makes you sleepy, being new.

nap

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snooze.

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Moon 100 Piece Puzzle Chronicle Books A giant leap for mankind is the springboard for this over-sized, deluxe 100-piece lunar puzzle. It has been 50 years since Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, gracing the lunar surface with mankind's first steps. This die-cut, photographic 100-piece moon puzzle (spanning 2.5 feet/76 centimetres in diameter) honours that ground-breaking event, providing an anniversary keepsake for both NASA fans and consumers dazzled by all things space.

Author Details Publication

01 April 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Price

AU$32.99

ISBN

9781452176390

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Fiction

Format

229 x 229 mm

Extent

56pp

Illustrations

Full colour photos throughout

Age Range

Terms

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The 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar walk is in July 2019, and NASA and other key space organisations, not to mention the national media and other influential social media platforms, will be celebrating this historic milestone, raising consumer awareness for all things moon-themed. We are experiencing a space renaissance, in part due to NASA's recent triumphs with the Mars Curiosity Rover, the successful Orion Spacecraft test flight, and the ongoing research aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Now more than ever, NASA's star is on the rise, buoying the hope of millions that what was once relegated to "science fiction" is now in the realm of the possible. A unique, eye-catching new puzzle format and dazzling shelf presence will expand market reach. The puzzle itself will be challenging enough for adults to assemble while having key kid appeal as well. NASA's endeavours in the social media space, via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, have secured a rapt and formidable audience (there are 30 million followers on each platform alone). These cards will publish directly to this engaged fan base, eager for NASA-themed gifts. This winning combination won't be lost on parents, care-givers, and teachers, who will embrace this puzzle as a way to explore space here on Earth and to encourage an overall engagement with science.

approximately 2.5 feet (76 centimetres) across.

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MOON 100 PIECE PUZZLE

approximately 2.5 feet (76 centimetres) across.

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Completed puzzle measures

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