HGBooks May Kit 2019 by Hardie Grant Publishing

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The Full Catastrophe Rebecca Huntley and Sarah Macdonald It happens to the best of us – those moments when we think nothing could get worse...

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We’ve all had days when if we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. Whether it’s a domestic drama, career cockup or just a run-of-the-mill disaster, we’ve all been there – no matter who we are. In this hilarious and moving collection, well-known Australians from all walks of life share their stories as a kind of mass therapy; a feel-good tonic for when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan. From Annabel Crabb’s tale of Russian interference in the birth of her first child to Kate McClymont on how to manage mobsters, or Frank Moorhouse on the worst possible Valentine’s Day to Emma Alberici on moving to London with three small children, these entertaining tales of woe remind us that this too shall pass.

Author Details Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia’s best known social researchers. She has a PhD in politics, three children and goes to bed at 8.30pm most nights. She is a writer and broadcaster and the presenter of The History Listen on RN every week.

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01 May 2019

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Paperback

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AU$32.99 | NZ$36.99

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9781743795453

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Hardie Grant Books

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Sarah Macdonald is a best-selling author and presenter of Nightlife on ABC Radio. She has two teenagers and a dog and goes to bed at 2am. Sarah and Rebecca text a lot in the middle of the day.

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Based on the popular podcast and live event of the same name, with an established audience of devoted listeners and attendees

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A Brilliant list of contributors includes Annabel Crabb, Robbie Buck, Richard Glover, Susan Carland, Juanita Phillips, Jeremy Fernandez, Larissa Behrendt, Emma Alberici, Jenny Valentish, Ivan Coyote, Zac McDermott, Kirsty Clements, Cathy Wilcox, Andrew P Street and Rick Morton and others

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304pp

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Authors will appear at SWF 2019 in a live-audience podcast recording, in addition to other shows throughout 2019 and 2020 Taps into nonfiction trends in real-life vulnerability and humour – Kitty Flanagan’s Bridge Burning and Other Hobbies, Tanya Hennessy’s Am I Doing This Right?, Em Rusciano’s Tryhard or Denise Scott and Judith Lucy’s ongoing and wildly popular comedy show Disappointments Fantastic feel-good Mother’s Day gift or self-purchase that appeals to women of all ages Marketing and publicity campaign on release with interviews across radio, print and TV.

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Special Offer Now Available! The Full Catastrophe Pack

GTIN: 9349685011224 8 copies of The Full Catastrophe at 50% discount

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AU RRP $263.92 with discount $131.96 NZ RRP $295.92 with discount $147.96

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AU$32.99 | NZ$36.99

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Annabelle Crabb Andrew Street Rick Morton Jenny Valentish Kirsty Clements Larissa B Richard Glover Susan Carland Robbie Buck Ivan Coyote Frank Moorhouse Kate McClymont Deborah Knight Cathy Wilcox Jeremy Fernandez Emma Alberici Juanita Phillips James Jeffrey Jan Fran Wendy Harmer Alannah Hill Clem Bastow Sally Rugg Marc Fennell Steve Lucas Bernard Salt and more...

Less Stuff Simple zero-waste steps to a joyful and clutter-free life Lindsay Miles A simple, joyful guide to decluttering that reminds us what’s important in life.

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When we consider how we love to spend our time, we don’t usually think about sorting, cleaning or tidying. The mess and clutter filling our spaces impacts on our productivity, stresses us out and keeps us stuck. Our stuff stands in the way of the lives we dream about.

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And what about when it comes to throwing away all that stuff? After all, there is no ‘away’. But decluttering, if done right, can be good for the planet. When we rehome, reuse or recycle objects we already own, we free up existing resources and reduce the demand for new ones.

Less Stuff is a guide for people who find it difficult to let go of things and who care about our environment, waste and its impact. Step by step, you’ll learn to find your ‘enough’, realise that storage is not the solution, and eventually break the cycle of stuff. The end result is a planet with less strain, and a life with more meaning.

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01 May 2019

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Flexibound

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AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

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9781743795446

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Hardie Grant Books

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224pp

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Author Details Lindsay Miles is passionate about inspiring people to embrace change, reconnect with their values and make a positive impact on their own lives and the world around them, all while treading lighter on the planet. As well as running her own website, Treading My Own Path , Lindsay has written articles for publications including One Green Planet and Elephant Journal and is on the Board of Directors of the Plastic Free July Foundation. She offers consultancy services for government, business and community organisations to reduce their waste and environmental footprint, and runs presentations and workshops with groups of all sizes to encourage others to make positive change. Lindsay lives in Perth, Western Australia.

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Zero waste and minimalism are two of the biggest current global trends – this book combines both in an original, practical and genuinely meaningful way. Takes readers step-by-step through their house, showing them exactly how to declutter and how to get rid of what they don’t want. Includes interactive workbook elements to encourage readers to take action. Lindsay is a passionate eco-blogger and waste activist, embedded within the zero-waste community, with a strong media profile. She regularly appears in the Australian media, has done a Tedx Talk and appears in the UK media too (most recently on the BBC commenting on Princess Eugenie’s wedding: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45785362). She has over 50k followers across social media platforms @treadingmyownpath and www.treadingmyownpath.com

Small format flexi at $24.99 with cool, minimalist design makes this an attractive package, the antithesis of most daggy decluttering books. • Marketing and publicity campaign on release with national promotion. •

Chapter Five.

Letting Go.

Recycling.

Recycling may be presented as a green solution, and it is definitely preferable to landfill, but it still uses a lot of resources. Those recyclables still need to be collected, sorted and processed back into ‘new’ products. That is why recycling is the last consideration in the waste hierarchy, to come only after reusing and repairing. Before consigning anything to the recycling, take the time to consider if there’s a better alternative. If you have any packaging, or any unrepairable, worn out and broken items then you need to find out where they can be recycled. More things are recyclable than you might expect – the trick is finding out where or how to recycle them. Kerbside recycling (if you have it) often collects only a fraction of what can actually be recycled.

The first step is to check what recycling services your local council offer. ¾¾ If you have a kerbside recycling collection, check exactly what materials can be recycled in this way and how they need to be packed. Ring the council or service provider if you’re not sure or have any doubts. Many councils will take paper and cardboard, glass, aluminium cans and foil, steel cans and plastics type 1 and 2 in kerbside recycling. ¾¾

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Councils sometimes offer subsidized or even free services for collection of larger items including furniture, mattresses and white goods. Transfer stations are usually open to the public and are places to take hazardous chemicals and larger items, or items not collected by the council. Check which refuse facilities are located in your area, what they take and what limits and restrictions they have on quantities. If you have a choice between mixed recycling (kerbside recycling bins, for example) and recycling that is separated at source (bottle banks for coloured glass), choose the latter. It reduces both the chance of contamination and the handling and sorting required by the recycling company, which increases their margins and makes the commodity more valuable (and more likely to be recycled).

Supermarkets, large hardware stores and big retailers will sometimes run recycling programs as part of their corporate social responsibility initiatives. ¾¾

These are usually for products that they sell themselves, and include batteries, light bulbs, textiles and water filter cartridges.

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Soft and noisy plastics (like plastic bags and food packaging) can often be recycled in supermarkets and sometimes big box retailers or department stores.

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Often after the festive season companies will collect greetings cards for recycling.

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Manufacturers will sometimes take back their products for recycling. In some countries this is a legal requirement, but because it is a cost to the company, they are not always keen to advertise it! Check their websites, or call them to ask. Electronics manufacturers and retailers sometimes take back electronic equipment, printer cartridges and cables. If you can’t find a general eWaste collector, try contacting the manufacturer for their recommendations.

Some charity shops will specifically collect textiles for recycling (as opposed to textiles for resale). Usually it is the bigger organisations that do this, so enquire before dropping them off. If you have textiles that are only suitable to be used as rags, keep them separate and label them clearly – it will save someone having to sort through them later.

Recycling Resources When it comes to the ‘maybe’ pile, I’vvfound that there are a few common excuses I’d be telling myself. Recycling can be complicated. The good news is, far more items are recyclable than you might think! However, finding out where to take those items so that they can be recycled can be tricky. If your council or municipality don’t recycle certain items or materials, and can’t advise you on how to dispose of it responsibly, these resources should help you find alternatives. Many manufacturers accept their own products back for recycling so check the brand websites to see if they offer this service.

Global H & M – A global fast fashion brand that accepts old clothes and unwanted textiles (any brand, in any condition) at many of their stores worldwide. Nike – Offers a reuse-a-shoe service, accepting any brand of athletic shoe through most of its Nike stores in the UA and Europe, and recycling the material for new products. Terracycle – specialises in recycling hard-torecycle consumer waste through a range of free sponsored programs, and some paid programs where boxes are purchased, filled with the recyclable material and shipped back. Australia Recycle Near You – allows anyone to search for what can and can’t be recycled in their household recycling services, as well as search for drop-off locations to recycle a wide range of items. DropZone – a nationwide recycling service for televisions, computers, printers and peripherals. E Cycle Solutions – nationwide recycling for televisions, computers, printers and peripherals.

EPSA eWaste – nationwide recycling service for televisions, computers, printers and peripherals. TechCollect – a free national recycling service for computers, computer accessories and TVs.. Paintback – diverts unwanted paint and packaging from ending up in landfill or waterways, with collection points nationwide. USA Earth911 – one of North America’s most extensive recycling databases, with over 350 materials and 100,0000 listings included. Electronics Takeback Coalition – their website includes information about “e-stewards” and retailers who offer take-back schemes. E-Stewards – A global team upholding a safe, ethical, and globally responsible standard for e-waste recycling and refurbishment. Their website has a database of certified responsible electronics recyclers. Levi Strauss – partnered with I:CO to allow anyone to drop off no-longer-wanted clothing or shoes (any brand) in the collection boxes.

Recycle Right Checklist All of these items are theoretically recyclable, so find out if they are dealt with by the local council, business or other organisations in your area.

Glasses (sight and reading)

Paints

Aerosol cans

Construction and demolition

Light globes (light bulbs)

Paper, cardboard and phone books

Aluminium

Corks

Mattresses

Plastic bottles and containers

Asbestos

Electrical Appliances

Medicines

Plastic bags

Batteries

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Metals

Polystyrene

Car batteries

Food scraps

Milk and Juice Cartons

Printer cartridges

Chemicals

Furniture

Mobile Phones

Steel cans

Chemical drums

Garden Cuttings

Office paper

Televisions

Clothing and Textiles

Gas cylinders

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Tyres

Computers and Accessories

Glass bottles and jars

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Changing Habits.

Change isn’t always easy: new habits take time, patience and resilience. You have to do things consciously until they become unconscious. Decluttering your home of everything you no longer love or need is not a process that most people can do in a single go. Keeping spaces clutter-free is not a case of tidying the whole house, thinking – right, I’m never letting it get messy again! (Yes, that was me. I have no idea what made me think that I could go from messy person to tidy person following one afternoon of cleaning.) Think of decluttering and tidying as muscles – the more you exercise them, the stronger they get. It can take six months to make a new behaviour into a habit, so don’t get disheartened if you struggle at first. You might be trying to change habits that you’ve been committed to for years; possibly even decades. Rewiring those habits is unlikely to happen overnight. Keep on going and it will get easier! The process of change can be divided into five stages. We can enter and exit at any stage in this process, and we can cycle between two stages many times before moving onto the next one.

Pre-contemplation

This is where we don’t even realise there’s a need to change. Maybe everyone else around us does, but we can’t (or won’t) see it. There is no intention to take any action in the near future.

Contemplation

Contemplation is where we realise that there is something that we would like to change, but we’re not at the point of doing anything about it … yet. The awareness is there, and maybe we’re thinking about making some changes wvithin the next six months.

Determination

We realise that there is a need or desire to change, and we’ve decided to do something about it. We intend to start within the next month. Maybe we’ve already made some first steps – made some enquiries, researched some information– but we haven’t actually acted yet. The good news is, by reading this book, you’ve decided you’d like to make a change, and you are already at this stage!

Action

We make a change. We’ve changed our behaviour within the last six months and we’re working towards making this new behaviour a habit. As you work through decluttering your home, you may swing between ‘Action’ and ‘Determination’. This isn’t going backwards; it’s all part of the process.

Maintenance

We’ve made these changes a habit and we’ve been doing them for more than six months, and there’s no intention to go back to our old ways! If it all gets too much or it’s making you stress … then just … slow … down. Or stop, if you need to. Take a break. If you’re feeling resistance, that’s understandable. We tie a lot of our hopes and dreams and wants and fears into our possessions, and when we let go of our possessions, we have to deal with these too. That can be hard. It’s okay to have bad days. Wait until you’re feeling ready, and get back on the bandwagon. Don’t feel guilty if you can’t get rid of something despite knowing it is not useful or beautiful. You can come back to it later. Everything you do is a step in the right direction, and things get easier over time. You haven’t failed until you stop trying.

The Last Elephants Colin Bell and Dr. Don Pinnock A book that celebrates the wild elephants of Africa and the danger that they will disappear from the planet without our help. The Africa-wide Great Elephant Census of 2016 produced shocking findings: a decimated elephant population whose numbers were continuing to plummet. Elephants are killed, on average, every 15–20 minutes – a situation that will see the final demise of these intelligent, extraordinary animals in less than three decades. They are a species in crisis. This magnificent book offers chapters written by the most prominent people in the realm of conservation and wildlife, among them researchers, conservationists, filmmakers, criminologists, TV personalities and journalists. Photographs have been selected from among the world’s best wildlife photographers, and the passionate Foreword is provided by Prince William.

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AU$50.00 | NZ$55.00

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9781743795514

This book has been created to make the world aware of the devastating loss of elephant lives in Africa and stem the tide of poaching and hunting. It is hoped that all loopholes in the ivory trade will be closed and that all countries receiving and using ivory (both legal and poached) will ban its trade – and actively pursue those involved in driving the cruel poaching tsunami. This book is also a tribute to those who work for the welfare of elephants, particularly those who risk their lives for wildlife each day, often for little or no pay – including the field rangers and the anti-poaching teams; and to the many communities around Africa that have elected to work with elephants and not against them.

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The Last Elephants – is the title prophetic? We hope not.

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Author Details Colin Bell has worked throughout Africa. He has been at the receiving end of angry, stressed, harassed elephants and witnessed calm, relaxed elephants during their golden glory years when poaching levels were minimal. Today Colin is a part-owner of Natural Selection Travel. Dr Don Pinnock is a historian, criminologist and environmental journalist and photographer, and has served as editor of the travel magazine Getaway . He has explored much of Africa with his camera and pen, meeting extraordinary people and writing what often turned out to be prize-winning features. Along the way he fell in love with elephants. Author of 17 books, he has won two Mondi Awards for his environmental columns, the City Press Non-Fiction Award for his book Gang Town ; and his novel on Khoisan magic, Rainmaker , was shortlisted for the European Union Literary Award

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Including commentary from Prince William and David Attenborough An elephant is killed by poachers every 15-20 minutes. The extinction of the African elephant is imminent without our intervention. This is a cause that people can actively support. There is world-wide concern for the survival of the African elephants. Stunning photographs throughout of this beautiful animal.

Photograph: Johan Marais

When I was born, there were a million elephants roaming Africa. By the time my daughter Charlotte was born in 2015, the numbers of savannah elephants had crashed to just 350,000. At the current pace of illegal poaching, when Charlotte turns twenty-five the African elephant could be gone from the wild. HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

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The Kabul Peace House How a group of young people are daring to dream in a land of war Mark Isaacs A story of peace in a land of unending war.

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This is a story of hope and resilience in Afghanistan, a country constantly under siege from within and without. Refugee advocate, activist and acclaimed author Mark Isaacs takes us inside a remarkable and unlikely peace project established in one of the most war-torn, violent countries in the world, Afghanistan. After decades of war, few Afghans remember what it is like to live in peace, and many have never known a time without war. Yet, a group of Afghan youth, male and female, have come together – led by the charismatic and idealistic Insaan – to form a model community, a microcosm of how a new Afghanistan could be: a place of peaceful coexistence, a nation without violence and war that embraces the values of peace and humanity.

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01 May 2019

Mark takes us on a journey to the streets of Kabul, where day-to-day life involves terror and extreme danger, and lives alongside these inspirational and courageous young people in 'The Community’. Mark reveals their personal stories of trauma and loss that ultimately lead them to defy the risks and stand up to demand peace, a seemingly impossible dream. He witnesses their acts of non-violent protest, their small steps in making life better, their setbacks and struggles, but mostly their bravery and hope for a future that shines with peace.

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9781743793152

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Mark Isaacs is a writer, a community worker, an adventurer, and a campaigner for social justice. After publishing The Undesirables: Inside Nauru in March 2014, Mark continued to work for an asylum seeker settlement service in Sydney. Mark appeared in Eve Orner’s 2016 documentary Chasing Asylum and has written for Foreign Policy, World Policy Journal, Huffington Post, New Internationalist, Mamamia, New Matilda and VICE.

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A highly topical read highlighting the ongoing struggle for peace in Afghanistan. A fascinating first-hand account detailing the history of Afghanistan and the background of the decades-long war, told through the stories of young Afghans struggling to bring peace to country defined by violence. The third book by acclaimed author and human rights activist Mark Isaacs after The Undesirables (2014) and Nauru Burning (2016).

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AU$24.99 | NZ$29.99

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9781743793121

Montreal & Quebec City Pocket Precincts A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries Patricia Maunder

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Cosmopolitan and effortlessly bilingual Montreal is the largest city in Canada’s French-speaking province of Québec. This UNESCO City of Design offers everything from the arts to ice-hockey, the maple harvest to craft beer, and world-renowned jazz and comedy festivals. Montreal & Quebec City Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to these cities' best cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences. As well as 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 to Québec City with its centuries-old heritage charm, north to Mont Tremblant’s adventure, and west to Canada’s capital, Ottawa.

Author Details Melbourne writer and broadcaster Patricia Maunder lived in Montreal from 2012 to 2016. Constantly offering joys unknown in the Australian city where she was born and raised, it quickly became her other, much-loved hometown. From winter wonders on her doorstep to maple beer, poutine (fries with cheese curd and gravy) and the world’s best bagels, Montreal gave her much to write and talk about – including for the city’s English-language daily newspaper, The Gazette, and her blog, Zut alors! An Australian in Québec. Returning to Melbourne as a self-proclaimed ambassador for Montreal and Canada, she continues to write for various travel, lifestyle and arts publications, and is a member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers.

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01 May 2019

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AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

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9781741176247

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THE OLD PORT AND PARC JEANDRAPEAU Welcome to Montreal’s playground – at its heart, on the Saint Lawrence River. Sandwiched between this massive river and Old Montreal, the Old Port was reinvented after port activities relocated in 1978. Today it’s about pleasure, like the Tyrolienne MTL Zipline (see p. xxx), Bota Bota floating spa (see p. xxx) and sightseeing cruises. More plans for play are afoot, including turning the port’s heritage grain silos into condos, bars and restaurants. From here, take a ferry to the close-by islands of Sainte-Hélène and Nôtre-Dame, collectively known as Parc Jean-Drapeau. You’ll find La Ronde amusement park (see p. xxx) and striking structures built for the Expo ’67 world fair: an iconic geodesic dome (now the Biosphère environment museum) and the French and Québec pavilions (now Montreal’s casino). The park’s playlist goes from the Grand Prix and Osheaga music festival (at a new 65,000-seat natural amphitheatre from 2019, all going to plan), to cross-country skiing. In this city in search of a beach, there’s also a lakeside faux beach, Plage Jean-Doré, and another in the Old Port, Plage d’Horloge. The port and park can be bleak when it’s cold, though the Fête des neiges winter festival, Igloofest dance parties and outdoor skating are cool fun.

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POCKET TIP Try sabrage, the old French method of opening Champagne with a short sabre, at Vieux Montreal’s La Champagnerie bar.

5th floor, 106 Rue Saint-Paul Ouest 514 788 4021 www.terrassenelligan.com Open May–Sept Mon–Fri 11.30am–11pm, Sat–Sun 10.30am–11pm [MAP p. 185 B2]

After extensive research, I’ve concluded that this is the very best terrasse in Old Montreal. Here you can get an eyeful of the 19th-century NotreDame Basilica (see p. xxx) and 100-metre 1931 Art Deco Aldred Building. Look the other way, across the Saint Lawrence River: there’s Habitat 67, the striking modernist apartment complex reminiscent of precariously piled toy blocks. What more could you want? Perhaps the lobster rolls and some chilled rosé. From waffles for brunch to wagyu burger for dinner, plus summery cocktails, it’s all about indulgence. A fashionable party vibe builds in peak season, but prices aren’t over the top. Heaters and retractable awnings ward off unpleasant weather, though not enough to extend the season outside May to September. Then it’s time to try Hôtel Nelligan’s year-round wining and dining options downstairs, which may lack that bubbly alfresco mood, but October to April in Montreal is all about getting cosy. 10

POCKET TIP Old Montreal’s other good rooftop options include Terrasse Place d’Armes and Terrasse William Gray.

10 THE COLDROOM 155 Rue Saint-Paul Est (rear) 514 451 6911 www.thecoldroommtl.com Open daily 5pm–3am [MAP p. 185 B2]

Montreal’s fledgling craft cocktail scene took flight in 2016 when this basement bar opened in an old industrial cold storage room. A few joints with obscure entrances had already popped up around town, but this one took it to the next level with no signage and, until word got out, no known address. Adding to its audacity is the location, amid Old Montreal’s tourist traps. Here’s a bar that just wants the cocktail lovers. Entry is speakeasy-style. Although it’s on Rue Saint-Paul Est, press the buzzer by the unremarkable black door on the dogleg laneway corner of SaintAmable and Saint-Vincent streets (look for the little white duck icon), and hope there’s room while you wait. Good to go? Follow the gatekeeper down the stairs into this dimly lit 19th-century space of exposed red-brick walls and low wooden beams, refreshed with a contemporary lick. The cocktails are old-schoolmeets-new, with twists on classics like the Martinez and smart seasonal offerings that maintain the same standards of traditional techniques and quality ingredients, from spirits and bitters to fresh fruits. 11

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5 MAISON PEPIN 378 Rue Saint-Paul Ouest 514 844 0114 www.thepepinshop.com Open Mon–Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 11am–5pm [MAP p. 185 B2]

In this big heritage industrial space of rough grey-stone walls and wooden ceiling beams is an eclectic gathering of objects that are a little bit yesterday, but always oh-so-right-now. In this lifestyle store you’ll find objects often designed and made locally, like Tungstène’s handmade lamps and light fittings – industrial vintage that exudes 21st-century minimalist style. Or WYNIL’s wallpapers, Ramacieri Soligo’s tiles and artist-owner Lysanne Pepin’s own creations, including tassels and scented candles. Her creative eye oversees everything, from product selection to interior style – sometimes even the picturesque covered laneway beside the shop is transformed into a stylish souk or Christmas market. Linger at the in-store cafe operated by artisanal local bakery business L’Amour du Pain (love of bread). While enjoying simple fare like coffee, pastries and sandwiches, consider what to take home –there’s plenty of luggage-sized options, such as skincare and cushion covers. Or step along to the (mostly women’s) fashion boutique Espace Pepin a few doors down, also curated by Madame Pepin. 6

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6 DÉLICES ÉRABLE AND CIE 84 Rue Saint-Paul Est 514 765 3456 www.deliceserableetcie.com Open in summer daily 10am–11pm; other seasonal hours vary. [MAP p. 185 B2]

Did you know Québec produces three-quarters of the world’s maple syrup? That’s why souvenir shops here in the province’s biggest city have shelves and windows full of it, but for the guaranteed good stuff, and an array of other maple products, head to Délices Érable & Cie (Maple Delights & Co). It’s a retail store for the century-old Citadelle Maple Syrup Producers’ Cooperative, whose members tap sap from seven million maple trees and boil it down into unadulterated liquid gold. At this bright, sleek boutique-cafe, you can buy different grades, from the early season’s golden, delicately flavoured style, to late season’s dark, robust drop. There are functional bottles and beautiful bottles, including maple-leaf-shaped ones, and flasks with an elegant pewter maple-leaf decoration. Other temptations include maple popcorn, maple tea, maple butter, candy, sugar, nuts and dressings, plus treats to enjoy in-store, including maple icecream and cookies. Cranberry and honey products have been added lately, making the sweet shopping quandary harder. 7

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have introduced contemporary glamour to this grande dame’s storied interior, especially in the wining and dining spaces with epic river views. Live it up for a while in the 1608 wine and cheese bar, or with a well crafted cocktail at Bistro Le Sam, which also does bar snacks and smart-casual fare like rich clam chowder. The main restaurant, Champlain, is baronial grandeur meets 21st-century chic with a menu of regional haute cuisine, from Gaspésie snow crab to Marieville foie gras. This is expensive special occasion territory, or get smart with the $42 treat-filled afternoon tea or $60 Sunday brunch. Reservations recommended. Between lack of time and Vieux Québec’s charms, most visitors don’t stray outside the wall. Yet just beyond are La Grand Allée’s gracious 19th‑century houses, which have been turned into the city’s most fashionable dining and nightlife strip. L’Atelier (624 Grande Allée Est, map XXX) is the place for classy cocktails with tapas, tartares and oyster shooters, or there’s more affordable fun at L’Inox (655 Grande Allée Est, map XXX), a brewpub with beer-friendly food including deluxe hot dogs. Two former working-class neighbourhoods also just beyond the fortifications, Saint-Jean-Baptiste and

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Saint-Roch, have evolved into lively playtime districts. In slightly bohemian SaintJean-Baptiste, Le Sacrilège (447 Rue Saint-Jean, map XXX) is worth visiting just for their amusing sign. This restaurantbar has a relaxed, well-worn character, microbrews and pub food, which means good times on the streetside and rear courtyard terrasses, or the old church pews inside. Gourmet burger joint Chez Victor (145 Rue Saint-Jean, map XXX) is also a favourite with locals, including vegetarians overjoyed by the five burger options. In SaintRoch, where students and tech entrepreneurs hang, rusticchic French bistro Le Clocher Penché (203 Rue Saint-Joseph Est, map XXX) does decadent but good-value brunch plates. Le Croquembouche (225 Rue Saint-Joseph Est, map XXX), surely the best boulangeriepatisserie in town, has scrumptious cakes, pastries and baguette sandwiches, and brewpub La Barberie (310 Rue Saint-Roch, map XXX) is the neighbourhood’s top beer spot – try all eight on tap with the carousel sampler.

QUÉBEC CITY SHOPPING Among all those souvenir shops selling the same moose and fleur-de-lys tat, there are some distinctive boutiques worth seeking out 135

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MONT TREMBLANT Just two hours by car or bus north of Montreal, the Laurentian mountains offer you a deep dive into nature, with picturesque towns scattered among forested peaks, rivers and thousands of lakes. Choose from almost every kind of good time in the great outdoors from summer hiking to downhill skiing at the region’s 12 resorts. The biggest of this outdoorsy dozen is Mont Tremblant (see p. XXX), which for years has been voted eastern North America’s best resort by Ski magazine readers. With its mansard roofs, gable windows, pretty colours and pristine paths, Mont Tremblant resort’s pedestrian village is a too-nice contemporary take on a Québec town, but from equipment rental to accommodation it aces convenience. Beyond winter sports, from late spring there are more outdoor activities than you can poke a stick at on and around the mountain. Would you prefer canoeing or white-water rafting? Go-karting or horse riding? The two golf courses are popular, as are the paved cycling paths, and trails for mountain and fat bikes. The Laurentian, or Laurentide, warm-weather grand finale is an endless, undulating sea of fiery autumn colour, which usually peaks around late September or early October. Seeing this natural wonder on a sunny day from the top of Mont Tremblant is a bucket-list experience. After the colour fades there’s a muddy off-peak season until a blanket of snow settles in November, then the mud returns during April and May.

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

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From the saffron-coloured buildings and cobblestone-covered streets, to the sleek modern bars and trendy restaurants, Stockholm is a city of history, style and impeccable design. Stockholm Pocket Precincts takes you beyond the city’s glittering surface – it’s your guide to all the best places to eat, drink, shop and explore, from underground cafes and basement dance clubs to tiny vintage boutiques tucked inside historic buildings. Also included is a selection of 'field trips' to encourage you to explore outside the city, including nearby islands like Björkö (home to the viking city of Birka), as well as the popular university city of Uppsala. Along the way, you’ll discover the city’s character, its sense of humor, habits and principles. After all, fashion is fleeting, but fika (the daily coffee break) is forever.

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01 May 2019

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Becky Ohlsen first visited Stockholm as a toddler, on a trip to meet her maternal grandparents. Later, as a teen, she mastered enough of the language and geography to make an important daily pilgrimage to the local snack kiosk for chocolate. Becky will still go out of her way for Swedish chocolate, but several stretches of living in Stockholm apartments over the years have expanded her tastes and interests. These days, she never misses a chance to revisit her favorite paintings at the Moderna Museet, tuck into a bowl of fish stew in the basement of Hötorgshallen food court, stop for a fika (coffee break) in an old-fashioned cafe, play some pinball in an underground billiards hall, or walk along the city’s many bridges and canals. Becky has researched and written about Stockholm for Lonely Planet since 2004; she wrote about family travel in Sweden for The Independent , and landscape as a character in Swedish literature for The Bear Deluxe. She also writes about hiking and camping in Oregon. When she’s not travelling for work, Becky rides motorcycles with the Sang-Froid Riding Club in Portland.

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GAMLA STAN AND RIDDARHOLMEN It’s hard not to swoon over Stockholm’s Old Town, a tiny island crammed with saffron-and-spice-coloured medieval buildings sagging toward each other across narrow cobblestone streets. The city was founded here in 1252. It is home to the Royal Palace, the Nobel Museum, and Stockholm’s narrowest street. Stortorget (see p.XXX), the main square at the heart of the island, is lined with adorable cafes. Most visitors stick to three main streets: busy Stora Nygatan, pedestrianised Västerlånggatan and slightly quieter Österlånggatan, both of which originally ran just outside the city walls. Following the herd is fine, but it’s more fun to get happily lost – grab an exotic-sounding flavour of ice-cream from one of several cafes (black licorice, anyone?) and wander down any skinny alleyway that beckons, including the 90-centimetre wide Mårten Trotzigs gränd. You’ll quickly leave the souvenir shops behind, and with a little imagination you can pretend you’re time-traveling. (Don’t worry, though – the island is tiny, and walking in any direction will soon get you back to a main drag.)

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Linked to Gamla Stan by bridge, the jewelbox islet of Riddarholmen (‘the Knights’ Island’), is home to Riddarholmskyrkan (see p.XXX), the city’s most striking church. It’s surrounded by huge 17th-century pink and white palaces. The views from here are epic, and you can circle the islet on foot in minutes. Tunnelbana stop: Gamla Stan

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STORTORGET (MAIN SQUARE)

LIVRUSTKAMMAREN (ROYAL ARMORY)

Gamla Stan Open 24-hrs

Slottsbacken 3 08-402 30 30 livrustkammaren.se Open 10am–6pm Jul–Aug, 11am–5pm Sep–Jun, closed Mon

The old town’s main square, Stortorget, is the neighborhood’s adorable cobblestone heart – sit at a cafe and just watch as there’s always something going on here, whether it’s a guy playing music on a saw or the annual Christmas market. History buffs know the square as the site of the Stockholm Bloodbath of November 1520. To squelch resistance by Swedes who wanted independence from the Kalmar Union and Danish rule, the newly crowned Danish king Christian II invited more than 80 Swedish nobles to the palace – and then had them hanged or beheaded in the square. (This is all much easier to picture if you’re here in November than it is in July.) As you might imagine, this did not win him or the Kalmar Union any new supporters. Quite the opposite: it sparked Sweden’s war for independence in earnest. Two years later the Kalmar Union was dissolved, and rebel leader Gustav Vasa was king. These days the square is peaceful and cheery, lined with cafes and coffee houses. The Nobel Museum, at the square’s north side, provides a primer on the history of the coveted prize. 14

POCKET TIP Tour de Lévis looks like a fort building but is actually a 1930 water tower – with unrivalled 360-degree views.

The Royal Armory, occupying the basement vaults of the royal palace, is the oldest museum in Sweden and full of fascinating artefacts. There’s a parade of royal costumes over the centuries (some of them still mud- and bloodspattered, commemorating valour or misfortune), a stash of weapons from Stockholm’s original Three Crowns palace (which burned down in 1697), and a beautiful collection of impossibly delicate, elaborately gilded coaches and carriages. But the popular favourite here is the stuffed horse Streiff, the steed that King Gustav II Adolf was riding when he was killed in the Battle of Lützen in 1632. The permanent collection has been expanded and the space renovated as of 2019. Admission is free to the main hall (there’s occasionally a charge for a temporary exhibit); the entrance is along the southeast wall of the palace at ground level.

GAMLA STAN AND RIDDARHOLMEN

IRIS HANTVERK

HILDA HILDA

Västerlånggatan 24 08-6980973 www.irishantverk.se Open Mon–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 10am–3pm

Österlånggatan 21 08-641 36 80 www.hildahilda.se

Known for its ultra-soft handmade wooden brushes and beautiful textiles, this store – with a few locations around town – also stocks carefully chosen household goods and handicrafts of a uniformly high quality. Think sturdy wooden toys, kitchen gadgets that are too pretty to use, unbelievably soft towels and luxurious throw blankets. Nothing here is particularly cheap, but all of it is genuinely well-made. And there’s a bonus: Iris Hantverk works primarily with artisans and suppliers who are visually impaired. The company got its start with a half-dozen visually impaired craftsmen making one-of-a-kind wooden brushes in a traditional Swedish style, then gradually expanded its offerings over the years. With its soft lighting and meticulously organised blondewood shelves, the shop is a soothing, pleasant place even if you’re just browsing.

You need a throw pillow with a dachshund on it, and also a matching pencil case in the same material with a smaller version of the same dachshund. And also an eyeglasses case with a picture of eyeglasses woven into it, and a breakfast serving tray with half a hard-boiled egg on it, and a pot-holder in the shape of a fish. Hilda Hilda makes some of the most whimsical textiles and textile-based household goods, from tote bags and pillows to table runners and makeup cases, sold in this tiny shop where you can often see a craftsperson at work in the back room. This stuff is both totally original and quintessentially Swedish.

Open Mon–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 10am–4pm, Sun 11am–4pm

GAMLA STAN AND RIDDARHOLMEN

RIDDARHOLMSKYRKAN Riddarholmen 08-402 61 00 www.kungligaslotten.se Open 10am–5pm daily May– Sep

One of my favorite elements of the Stockholm skyline, the Riddarholm church’s castiron spire (visible from all over town) sticks up into what always seems like a cloudy sky, even when the sun is shining elsewhere in the city. Or maybe I just see it that way because I know what’s inside: this gloomy church is home to the royal crypt, where all the Swedish monarchs from medieval times to the 1950s ended up. (The one exception is lifelong non-conformist Queen Christina, buried in Rome at St Peter’s.) From June through August there are guided tours in English daily at 2.30pm; join one of these if you can, as it gets you into the crypts, where guides share gossipy stories about the occupants – including King Waldemar, son of historic Stockholm statesman Birger Jarl (both names are ubiquitous). Worn stone stairs lead to the vault, with its gold-starred ceiling over elaborately gilded and decorated coffins. The rest of the year, you mostly have to enjoy looking at Riddarholmskyrkan from the outside, as it’s rarely open in 18

STUDIO LENA M POCKET TIP Adrenaline junkies, step right up to the Décalade, a facefirst abseil, or rappel, down the Old Port’s conveyor tower.

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This little shop, tucked away on a side street, provides the opposite experience to the usual souvenir shopping in Gamla Stan. There are no plastic Viking helmets, wooden-horse refrigerator magnets or blue-and-gold onesies here. The tiny space is done up in reclaimed and recycled materials, and artist Lena M is often behind the counter. Her simple but adorable designs on serving trays and dish towels make ideal gifts to take home: choose from beautiful motifs of fish, birds, moose, other animals or iconic Stockholm buildings. Not only are they unique, practical and very Swedish, but they weigh nothing and are easy to pack. Lena also creates beautiful paintings on recycled wood. You can be happy knowing you’re directly supporting a local artist.

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Michelin-starred chef Josh Emett brings together 303 of the most important classic recipes by 300 of the world's most acclaimed chefs. Taken together, this is a compendium of the crème de la crème of blue ribbon cooking from the world's top restaurants in an elegantly designed volume that will stand up to use in the kitchen but be classically beautiful to behold - sure to delight any food lover or serious home cook. Josh Emett, holder of three Michelin stars and best known for opening Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at the London Hotel in New York, has collected the most important classic recipes from the world's most acclaimed chefs to create a kind of Larousse Gastronomique of the 21st century. These are the best new classics that have emerged during the last 50 years from culinary stars. Each recipe has been tested by Emett in his home kitchen, and he includes guidance and advice for the home cook – discussing complexity, preparation, key elements, complements for planning a larger menu, and tips of the trade. Publication

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Featuring specially commissioned photographs, the book is organised into 12 easy-to-follow sections from basics (stocks, sauces, and dressings), to grains and vegetables, meats, seafood, baking, and more. Each section includes a dedicated introduction with key knowledge elements.

Author Details Critically acclaimed chef Josh Emett has worked with Gordon Ramsay, including as head chef at London’s Savoy Grill (one Michelin star) under Marcus Wareing, and opening Ramsay restaurants in New York (two Michelin stars), Los Angeles (one Michelin star) and Melbourne.

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Josh was named New York Rising Star Chef in 2008, appeared in the US edition of Hell’s Kitchen as a guest judge, and competed in Food Network’s show Chopped which he won convincingly against three other New York chefs. In his native New Zealand Emett owns a number of local restaurants including Rata which was awarded two hats in the 2017 Cuisine Good Food Awards, and is a MasterChef NZ judge.

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303 time-honoured recipes accompanied by 225 original photographs. Australian chefs featured include: Alla Wolf-Tasker, Andrew McConnell, Annie Smithers, Ben O’Donoghue, Charmaine Solomon Cheong Liew, Christine Manfield, Colin Fassnidge, Dan Hong, Daniel Puskas, Danielle Alvarez, Dave Verheul, Diane Holiuigue, Frank Camorra, George Calombaris, Greg & Lucy Malouf, Guy Grossi, Jean Michel Raynaud, Lennox Hastie, Luke Mangan Luke Nguyen, Maggie Beer, Makoto Tokuyama, Massimo Mele, Matt Moran, Peter Gilmore, Philippa Sibley, Poh Ling Yeow, Rodney Dunn, Shannon Bennett, Stephanie Alexander, Teage Ezard, Tetsuya Wakuda Beautiful, sleek package and design.

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FRANCE

Anne-Sophie Pic Bruno Loubet Guy Savoy Jean-Andre Charial Pierre Herme Stephane Reynaud Yannick Alleno GERMANY

Harald Wohlfahrt Heinz Beck ITALY

Gennaro Contaldo Stefano Baiocco SPAIN

Andoni Luis Aduriz Carme Ruscalleda Elena Arzak & Juan Mari Josean Allija Nieves Barragan Mohacho EUROPE (other)

Diane Kochilas (Greece) Peter Goossens (Belgium) Trine Hahnemann (Denmark) UNITED KINGDOM

Adam Byatt Angela Hartnett Bruce Poole Calum Franklin Chantelle Nicholson Chris & Jeff Galvin Clare Smyth Claudia Roden Darina Allen Gary Lee Gary Rhodes Giancarlo & Katie Caldesi [b.Italy] Giorgio Locatelli [b.Italy]

Gordon Ramsay Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Jason Atherton Jose Pizarro Ken Hom Marco Pierre White Mark Hix Mark Sargeant Marcus Wareing Michael Caines Monica Galetti Nathan Outlaw Nick Nairn Nigel Slater Norman Musa Nuno Mendes Olia Hercules Pascal Aussignac [b.France] Paul Ainsworth Peter Gordon Pierre Koffmann [b.France] Rachel Khoo Richard Corrigan Rick Stein Ruth Rogers Sat Bains Skye Gyngell Tom Aikens Tom Kerridge Tom Kitchin Vineet Bhatia

Dominique Ansel [b.France] Dorrie Greenspan Eric Ripert [b.France] Grace Ramirez Jacques Pepin [b.France] Jean-Georges Vongerichten [b.France] Joanne Chang Joan Nathan Jose Andres Kate McDermott Leah Chase Lidia Bastianich Marc Forgione Marc Vetri Mark Bittman Markus Glocker Martha Stewart Matt Lambert Nancy Silverton Nobu Matsuhisa Peter Reinhart Ron Paprocki Ruth Reichl Sean Brock Sylvia Casares Travis Lett Tyler Florence THE AMERICAS

Virgilio Martinez (Peru) ASIA

USA

Alfred Portale Alice Waters Charles Phan Curtis Stone Daniel Boulud [b.France] Daniel Humm Daryle Brantley David Chang David Kinch David Lebovitz

Harumi Kurihara (Japan) Julien Royer (Singapore) [b.France] Bo Songvisava & Dylan Jones (Thailand) Ian Kittichai (Thailand) AUSTRALASIA

Al Brown Alla Wolf-Tasker Andrew McConnell Annie Smithers Ben O’Donoghue

Ben Shewry Carl Koppenhagen Casey McDonald Charmaine Solomon Cheong Liew Christine Manfield Colin Fassnidge [b.Ireland] Dan Hong Daniel Puskas Danielle Alvarez Dave Verheul Diane Holiuigue Frank Camorra George Calombaris Greg & Lucy Malouf Guy Grossi [b.Italy] Jean Michel Raynaud [b.France] Lennox Hastie Luke Mangan Luke Nguyen Maggie Beer Makoto Tokuyama [b.Japan] Massimo Mele [b.Italy] Matt Moran Michael Meredith Monique Fiso Natalia Schamroth Peter Gilmore Philippa Sibley Poh Ling Yeow Ray McVinnie Rodney Dunn Shannon Bennett Sid Sahrawat Simon Wright Stephanie Alexander Teage Ezard Tetsuya Wakuda SOUTH AFRICA

Natasha Sideris Reuben Riffel Yudhika Sujanani

The recipes Basics

DRESSINGS

PASTRY

Mayonnaise

STOCKS

Pâté Sucrée

Truffle Mayonnaise

Traditional Pie Dough

Chinese Master Stock

Aïoli

Chicken Stock Fish Stock Beef Stock Veal Stock

SAUCES

Caesar Dressing Classic Vinaigrette

Scrambled Eggs

Celeriac remoulade

Lasagne Meat and Spinach Cannelloni

Pan con Tomate

Soups

RICE

Tichi’s Gazpacho

Lemon Vinaigrette

TOPPINGS

Risotto con Zafferano

Chicken Soup

Escalavida Catalana

Crème Normande

Risotto Nero

Hot and Sour Soup of Fish

Caponata

Crème Anglaise

Layered Lamb Biryani

Sustainable Bouillabaisse

Crème Pâtissière

Fried Rice with Crab

French Onion Soup

SALADS

Meyer Lemon Curd

Hainanese Chicken Rice

London Particular

Fingerling Potato Salad

Salted Coconut Caramel

Pearl Barley Kedgeree

Chestnut Soup

Caesar Salad

Chocolate Sauce with Rum

Creole Gumbo

Momofuku Ramen

Nicoise Salad

Seafood Paella

Pho Bo

Pumpkin Seed Coleslaw

Prawn, Sesame and Peanut

Wonton Soup

Tabbouleh

Borsch

Waldorf Salad

Green Goddess Dressing Dashi Ponzu Sauce

Fermented Chilli Paste

Guacamole

Green Curry Paste

Baba Ganoush Olive Tapenade Anchoiade Tzatziki

or Coffee

Staples

Pad Thai Char Kway Teow

Chicken and Prawn Curry Laksa

Herbed Garlic Butter

WHEAT

Café de Paris Butter

Egg Yolk Dough

Tasha’s Napolitana Sauce

Taramosalata

Semolina Pasta Dough

Salsa Romesco

MAIZE & CORN MEAL

Sambal

Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce and

Pomodoro Sauce

Cachapas

Chilli Jam

VEGETABLES

Bread Sauce

XO Sauce

Vincisgrassi

Horseradish Cream

Kohlrabi Kimchi

PULSES

Pommes Dauphine

Butternut Squash Gnocchi

Fish Velouté

Sauerkraut

Pappardelle with Prawns,

Apple-onion Soubise Red Wine Sauce Pepper Sauce Béchamel Sauce

Pickled Vegetables Fermented Cucumbers

Ricotta Cheese with Herbs

Peas & Parmesan Spaghetti Vongole

Pickled Red Onion

Fideua

Preserved Lemons

Pappardelle with Rabbit Ragù

Green Tomato Chutney Tomato Confit

and Peaches Goat Cheese Ravioli in Pancetta

Fennel Sabayon

Caramelized Onions

Béarnaise Sauce

Horseradish Gremolata

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Hollandaise Sauce

Classic Turkey Stuffing

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

with Feta & Spinach Classic Ratatouille

Hummus

Homemade Apple Sauce

Pumpkin Kibbeh Stuffed

Minestrone

Sweet Chilli Sauce

Chimichurri

Mushrooms on Toast

Risotto con Pecorino

SIDES & CONDIMENTS

Butter and Sage Sauce

Flemish-style Asparagus

SWEET FILLINGS &

Peanut Sauce

Basil Pesto

Puff Pastry

and Garlic

An Old-fashioned Omelette

French Vinaigrette

Basic Barbecue Sauce

Salsa Verde

Pate à Chou

Spaghetti with Peperoncino

and Shallot Sauce

Mamak Fried Noodles

Yellow Dal with Spinach Lentils à la Française Falafel Feijoada Brazilian Black Bean Stew

Vegetables & Salads

Pommes Anna Pommes Mousseline Colcannon Potato Rösti Potato Gratin

Seafood SHELLFISH Ice Poached Oysters Oyster with Caviar Oysters - Kilpatrick Moules Mariniere Clam Bruschetta with Roasted Vegetables Grilled Scallops with Sweet Chilli Sauce and Creme Fraiche

EGGS

Creamed Spinach

Green Shakshuka

Petit Pois à la Française

Tortilla de Patatas

Cauliflower Cheese

Prawn Cocktail

Bacon, Pea and Goat Cheese

Mixed Greens

Lobster Thermidor

Carrots Vichy

Padstow Crab on Toast

Frittata

BBQ Prawns with Avocado & Mango Salsa

Guacamole Grace Ramirez COMPLEXITY: EASY

PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES

SERVES: 4

INGREDIENTS

METHOD

2 ripe avocados

Halve the avocados, remove the stones and scoop the flesh out, putting it in a mixing bowl. Using a fork, mash the avocado, adding some lemon or lime juice, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the red onion and chilli. Just before serving, finish by garnishing with the pomegranate and sesame seeds, some extra cilantro/ coriander, and coarse or flaky salt.

1 tbsp fresh lime or lemon juice salt and freshly ground black pepper ½ red onion, peeled and diced (about ¼ cup/40 g) 1 jalapeño, serrano or other chilli, minced (optional) 2 tbsp finely chopped cilantro/coriander leaves, plus extra for garnish GARNISH

1 tbsp pomegranate seeds 1 tsp black sesame or toasted sesame seeds coarse pink Himalayan salt (or flaky sea salt), to taste

To prevent oxidation (browning), put the avocado stone in the middle of the guacamole. Acid also prevents oxidation, so feel free to add a thin layer of lemon or lime juice on top, folding this through just before serving. If you need to refrigerate your guac (up to 2 days), put it in a bowl that has a tight-fitting lid. Pack the guacamole tightly in the bowl, pressing out any air bubbles. Dribble in some lukewarm water, making sure that the water covers the surface of the guacamole to about ½ in (1 cm) deep. Put some plastic wrap directly over the guac, then put the lid on and refrigerate. When ready to eat, take the lid off and gently pour out the water. Stir the guacamole to incorporate any extra moisture. NOTES

• Do not over-mash your guacamole; leave it a bit chunky. It will have more texture and better taste. • Chillies vary individually in their hotness. Start with half of one, and taste. Be careful when handling chillies – wash your hands and do not rub your eyes! • If it is not pomegranate season, you can substitute tomatoes in the guacamole. De-seed them first, or the guacamole will be watery.

JOSH’S NOTES

Key element: Use fresh ingredients and perfectly ripe avocados Tip: Add the lemon or lime juice to the avocado right away, to keep it super-green

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Preparation

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Singaporean laksa by Poh Ling Yeow INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons laksa paste

300ml (1¼ cups) coconut milk

500ml (2 cups) chicken or vegetable stock

250g (½ pound) prawns, peeled and deveined, tails on 1 tablespoon lime juice

1 tablespoon fish sauce

In a heavy based saucepan, heat the laksa paste over medium heat for a minute or so until it is warmed through and fragrant. If your laksa paste is very thick or dry, add a few drops of peanut oil to help it along. Stir in a little of the coconut milk and blend well. Add the rest of the coconut milk and the stock, stirring to combine, and let it come up to a simmer.

1 tablespoon brown sugar

Measure in the lime juice, fish sauce and sugar, and stir through. Taste and adjust for balance (see note above).

1 bunch bok choy, roughly chopped

Add the prawns and, one minute later, the bok choy. They will cook almost immediately, and continue cooking after they are served.

50g (2 oz) packets vermicelli bean thread noodles

Drop a nest of bean thread noodles into the bottom of deep two bowls and ladle over the soup. Let it sit for two minutes before serving to let the noodles soften and garnish to your heart’s content. Serve with lime wedges.

“Just before serving, add the fish to the laksa. Drizzle a teaspoonful of shrimp molasses over the top.”

Andalusia Recipes from Seville and beyond José Pizarro

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The bestselling Spanish chef is back with a culinary guide to this popular tourist area.

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01 May 2019

Bordering Spain's southern coast, Andalusia is a place where the past and modernity blend together to form a rather magical destination. From sandy beaches to amazing architecture, buzzing tapas bars and flamenco dancers, it's full of passion. Not just a feast for the eyes, Andalusia is also a food-lovers paradise, and Andalusia, award-winning chef José Pizarro takes readers on a journey through it's most delicious dishes. Blessed with land that produces magnificent wild mushrooms, delicious Jabugo ham, and some of the world's best olive oil and seafood, you'll be spoilt for choice. Many of the dishes go back to Moorish times – or earlier – and each of the eight provinces has their own special dish. Try your hand at Pork loin with pear and hazelnuts, Prawns baked in salt with mango, chilli, coriander salsa, and a rather boozy Barbary fig margarita. Written in José's signature fuss-free style, this is genuine, bold-tasting Spanish food, easily made at home. Andalusia is all about simple pleasures: a glass of wine or sherry, a piece of cheese or ham, and good company. And that's all you need to make yourself happy. It's all about the freshness, the quality and the diversity of the produce. Set to the backdrop of beautiful location shots, Andalusia is a must for anyone who loves authentic, simple Spanish food.

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9781784882266

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Hardie Grant (UK)

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247 x 198 mm

José Pizarro is an award-winning chef and bestselling author. He worked at Meson de Doña Filo in Madrid before coming to London. He now runs the successful tapas and sherry bar ‘José’ and restaurant ‘Pizarro’ in Bermondsey Street and 'José Pizarro' on Broadgate. He regularly appears on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen and Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch. His first book, Seasonal Spanish Food won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award and was nominated for the IACP and Cordon Bleu awards. Basque was one of Observer Food Monthly's 'Books of 2016'.

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256pp

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Full colour photography throughout

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Book three in José Pizarro's must-have Spanish cookery series Simple recipes bursting with flavour will transport you to Spain Award-winning chef José Pizarro takes readers to popular location Andalusia

Also Available by José Pizarro: Price

AU$49.99 | NZ$52.00

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9781784881160

Neo Tarot A fresh approach to self-care, healing and empowerment Jerico Mandybur

C OV E R

Discover the modern magic of tarot and embark on a journey of self-care and empowerment.

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The tarot is an empowering tool that has been used for divination over the centuries. But in Neo Tarot, tarot reader, writer and all-round witch, Jerico Mandybur, offers a refreshing and intelligent look at the ancient cards and practices, showing you that they should be used as healing tool first and foremost. With a beautifully illustrated 78-strong deck alongside – with relatable explanations of the profound symbolism of each card – this modern guidebook is a mixture of revealing insights, practical wisdom and actionable exercises that readers can incorporate into their self-care practice instantly, and watch their self-love flourish.

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01 May 2019

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Hardback

Price

AU$39.99 | NZ$45.00

ISBN

9781784882372

A true digital native, Jerico Mandybur is the founding editorial director of Girlboss, a media company – led by Sophia Amoruso and born from the eponymous New York Times best-selling book – that’s redefining success for millennial women. Jerico hosts the hit podcast Self Service, a “cosmic comfort-zone” dedicated to discussing self-care with a spiritual edge. She’s also a tarot reader and reiki practitioner. She has led editorial teams at Mashable, Oyster Magazine, ASOS, MTV and more. Jerico has been profiled by Refinery29, The Guardian, ABC, MyDomaine, Brit + Co and more. Originally from Australia, Jerico is based in the US.

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Hardie Grant (UK)

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Hardie Grant (UK)

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Gift

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185 x 135 mm

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144pp

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In these uncertain times people are gravitating towards empowering practices like meditation, crystals, tarot and astrology.

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This book offers a refreshing new look at the ancient cards, proposing they should be used as healing tool first and foremost. Includes a beautifully illustrated 78-card deck to use alongside the book. The author is hugely well-connected in the media and online, being the founding editorial director of Girlboss, which is redefining what success looks like for millennial women.

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Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy 100 Postcards LucasFilm Ltd An inspiring, beautifully illustrated celebration of dynamic female characters of the Star Wars galaxy, featuring 100 cards in a keepsake box of the best images created all-new for the Star Wars Women of the Galaxy book. Featuring Leia Organa, Rey, Phasma, Ahsoka Tano, Jyn Erso, Maz Kanata, and dozens of other women from across the galaxy of films, books, comics, animation, and games – these beautifully illustrated images celebrate the fascinating female characters of Star Wars a mini art gallery box of cards, perfect to keep or send and share.

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01 May 2019

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Postcards

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AU$35.00

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9781452174044

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Chronicle Books

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Chronicle Gift

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Misc POS

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159 x 111 mm

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100pp

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Full colour

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This is a well-established and successful format for us within fan communities (Star Wars, DC, Marvel, and Disney all), with fresh and exciting content. Disney/Lucasfilm has a major ongoing-initiative celebrating and showcasing female characters and the importance of women in Star Wars, and welcoming female fans of all ages. It’s the new normal. This fits right into their initiatives (every new property in any medium features cool female characters; their Forces of Destiny YA program celebrates Rey, Leia, Jyn, and Ahsoka Tano, etc.). Celebrations and profiles of the lives and accomplishments of women has been a very successful publishing category in recent years, for Chronicle and other publishers. Cool and inspiring and engaging for Star Wars fans, everyone. The book and this postcard set will be the first visual representations anywhere ever for some of the novel-based characters

: 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

BTS Test Your Super-Fan Status Kate Hamilton A fantastic and fun-filled quiz book on all things BTS, the breakthrough K-pop band with a global army of fans. Packed with puzzles, cool quizzes and great games, dedicated followers can enjoy testing their knowledge of the band to find out if they are true super-fans. Activities include fab fill-in stories, word searches, spot-the-difference games and much more! Including 8 pages of gorgeous glossy photos of all seven members, this is the must-have activity book for any fan of the hottest K-pop band around.

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01 January 2019

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Paperback

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AU$9.99

ISBN

9781780556017

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

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Michael O'Mara

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Category

Puzzles & Games

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198 x 129 mm

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96pp

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8pp full colour photographs

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12 and up

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Fantastic quiz book on all things BTS, the breakthrough K-pop band with a global army of fans (the BTS Army has 3M Twitter followers. their music videos have more than 2 billion views on YouTube and they get an average of 250,000 retweets from their 14- million-strong ‘BTS Army’ of fans every time they tweet) Packed with puzzles, cool quizzes and great games, dedicated followers can enjoy testing their knowledge of the band to find out if they are true super-fans Chapters of the book include: 'Up Close and Personal' sections of all seven members (RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook), 'A Day in the Life' (The boys all live together. A day in the life story with blanks to fill in the name of the member who said or did this and that) and 'In The Stars' (What your astrological sign says about you and which band member would be most compatible) Includes 8 pages of gorgeous glossy photos of all seven members 100% unofficial

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128pp

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120 colour and b&w photography

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More than 1.2 million fans attended the 2011 World Cup in India (with games also in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), and the million-fan mark was also passed when Australia and New Zealand were co-hosts in 2015.

THE VENUES The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will feature 48 matches in total to decide the champions, played out at 12 iconic grounds across England and Wales.

LORD’S

City: London Capacity: 28,000 Did You Know? Lord’s hosted the first ever World Cup final in June 1975. The game saw the West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs thanks to a century from skipper Clive Lloyd and a fourwicket haul from fast bowler Keith Boyce.

THE OVAL

DURHAM Riverside Ground

City: London Capacity: 25,500 Did You Know? The home of Surrey CCC was the scene for the final of the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy when the West Indies edged out England by two wickets. It has also hosted three World Cup semi-final games, most recently in 1983.

OLD TRAFFORD LEEDS Headingley MANCHESTER Old Trafford

HEADINGLEY

NOTTINGHAM Trent Bridge BIRMINGHAM Edgbaston

CARDIFF Sophia Gardens TAUNTON County Ground

SOUTHAMPTON Rose Bowl

City: Manchester Capacity: 26,000 Did You Know? Old Trafford hosted the first ever Ashes Test match held in England back in 1884. The highest ODI team score registered at the ground is 318/7, set by Sri Lanka against England in June 2006.

BRISTOL County Ground LONDON Lord’s The Oval London Stadium

City: Leeds Capacity: 17,500 Did You Know? The highest ever T20 score in English domestic cricket was scored at Headingley in August 2017, when Yorkshire smashed 260/4 against Northants. Opener Adam Lyth hit a record 161 in the run bonanza.

TRENT BRIDGE

City: Nottingham Capacity: 17,500 Did You Know? Trent Bridge was once home to both Notts County and Nottingham Forest football clubs, as well as Nottinghamshire CCC, but became an exclusively cricket venue when County relocated across the River Trent in 1910.

WORLD CUP PLAYER RECORDS TOP 10 RUN SCORERS PLAYER Sachin Tendulkar (India, 1992-2011) Ricky Ponting (Australia, 1996-2011) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, 2003-2015) Brian Lara (West Indies, 1992-2007) AB de Villiers (South Africa, 2007-2015) Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka, 1992-2007) Jacques Kallis (South Africa, 1996-2011) Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, 2007-2015) Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, 1999-2015) Adam Gilchrist (Australia, 1999-2007)

GLORIOUS GUPTILL

2278

152 56.95

1743

140* 45.86

1532

124 56.74

The highest individual ICC Cricket World Cup score was posted by Martin Guptill for New Zealand against West Indies in 2015, when the Kiwi hit an incredible unbeaten 237 from just 163 balls in Wellington.

1225

116 42.24

BEHIND THE STUMPS

1207

162* 63.52

1165

120 34.26

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128* 45.92

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161* 52.95

1100

115* 35.48

1085

149 36.16

Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara appeared in four separate tournaments and holds the record for the most dismissals for a wicketkeeper with 54. Thirteen of his victims were stumped, while forty-one were caught out.

AERIAL BOMBARDMENT

The record for the most sixes gained in tournament history is jointly held by West Indian Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers of South Africa. Both bighitters have 37 maximums to their name.

SEVEN UP

Glenn McGrath is the World Cup’s all-time leading wickettaker and the legendary Australian also boasts the best bowling figures in an innings. He took seven wickets for just 15 runs when the Baggy Greens steamrolled Namibia in Potchefstroom in the group phase of the 2003 competition. Above: Caption to go here. Caption to go here. Caption to go here. Caption to go here.

TOP 10 WICKET TAKERS PLAYER Glenn McGrath (Australia, 1996-2007) Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka, 1996-2011) Wasim Akram (Pakistan, 1987-2003) Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka, 1996-2007) Zaheer Khan (India, 2003-2011) Javagal Srinath (India, 1992-2003) Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka, 2007-2015) Allan Donald (South Africa, 1992-2003) Jacob Oram (New Zealand, 2003-2011) Daniel Vettori (New Zealand, 2003-2015)

MATCHES WICKETS BEST

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71 7/15 18.19

68 4/19 19.63

55 5/28 23.83

49 6/25 21.22

44 4/42 20.22

44 4/30 27.81

43 6/38 21.11

38 4/17 24.02

36 4/39 21.33

36 4/18 32.44

RELIABLE RICKY

No player has made more appearances in the finals than Australia’s Ricky Ponting. The batsman made his World Cup debut against Kenya in India in 1996 and 15 years later signed off with a century against India in Ahmedabad in his 46th and final match.

MARTIN’S MISERY

New Zealand’s Martin Snedden has the dubious record for the most expensive bowling analysis in a World Cup. Snedden was smashed for 105 from his 12 overs against England at the Oval in 1983. Opposite: Aussie paceman Glenn McGrath has taken the most ICC Cricket World Cup wickets and has the best bowling figures. Right: India’s Sachin Tendulkar has scored more than 500 more runs than any other batsman in the history of the World Cup.

The record for the most ducks in a World Cup career is jointly held by New Zealand’s Nathan Astle and Ijaz Ahmed of Pakistan with five apiece. Astle batted 22 times between 1996 and 2003 to record his quintet of no scores, while Ahmed’s five ducks came in 26 innings between 1987 and 1999.

DESTRUCTIVE SPELL

Eight bowlers have claimed hattricks in the World Cup, but only Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga has taken four wickets in four balls. His incredible burst, against South Africa in Guyana in 2007 saw him bowl Shaun Pollock, have Andrew Hall and Jacques Kallis caught and then uprooted Makhaya Ntini’s stumps to complete his record haul.

CENTURY SENSATION

Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific batsman in the tournament in terms of threefigure scores with six. The star scored his centuries against Kenya in 1996 and 1999, Sri Lanka in 1996, Namibia in 2003 and England and South Africa during the 2011 World Cup.

AGE RANGE

The youngest player to appear in a World Cup match is Canada’s Nitish Kumar, who was just 16 years and 283 days old when he turned out in a group stage match against Zimbabwe in Nagpur in 2011. The oldest man to feature in the tournament is the Netherlands’ Nolan Clarke who was 47 years and 257 days old when he played against South Africa in Rawalpindi in 1996. 45

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Kids' Handbook Clive Gifford

C OV E R

As excitement builds in the run-up to the Cricket World Cup 2019, the official ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Kids' Handbook provides the perfect tournament companion for one-day cricket fans aged 7 and up. The book is bursting with information about the hosts, England and Wales, plus the grounds, teams profiles, superstar players, Cricket World Cup facts, stats and record breakers, as well as loads of games, quizzes and puzzles.

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Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of over 150 books for children and adults. These include Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing , winner of the prestigious Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2014. His sports titles include Carlton's Football Record Breakers as well as several cricket books for children's publishers such as Wayland and Franklin Watts.

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01 May 2019

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Paperback

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Price

AU$15.99 | NZ$17.99

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9781783124534

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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Child Non Fiction

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246 x 189 mm

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64pp

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100 colour photographs

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7 and up

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The only official children's companion to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which will be held from 30 May to 15 July 2019 in England and Wales. Packed full of incredible ICC Cricket World Cup facts and records, plus quick fire profiles of the ten teams and top players. Bursting with cricket puzzles, quizzes, and games. A brilliant book for reluctant readers, with bite-sized text and all-action photos and activities. Fill-in progress chart lets young fans record match results as the tournament progresses, making this book a great personalised souvenir of Cricket World Cup 2019!

Record Breakers! The ICC Cricket World Cup has thrown up some astonishing records and record breakers over the years. Can you match each player to his record?

For each record, choose from these players. Pick carefully – there are more players than records!

Herschelle Gibbs

Glenn McGrath

Shoaib Akhtar

Javed Miandad

Kevin O’Brien

Virat Kohli

Chris Gayle

Martin Guptill

Lasith Malinga

Eoin Morgan

Left: Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa

Above: Lasith Malinga

This player bowled the fastest ball in cricket at the 2003 World Cup. His delivery was bowled at English batsman Nick Knight and was measured at 161.3km/h – that’s FAST!

The highest innings in a World Cup match was struck by this player at the 2015 tournament. He hit more sixes than fours, a record 16 in total.

The first player to take four wickets in a row with four balls was this player. He set the record at the 2007 World Cup against South Africa, who were 206 for 5 and only needed four runs to win!

At the 2007 World Cup, this batsman became the first player in international cricket to hit six sixes in an over.

The fastest ever century at a World Cup was scored by this player at the 2011 tournament against England. It took just 50 balls for him to score 100 runs. Answers on page 48

MEET THE TEAMS

ENGLAND First ODI: 1971 v Australia

First ODI: 1974 v England

Highest ODI total: 481 v Australia, 2018

Highest ODI total: 418 v West Indies, 2011

Previous World Cups: 12

Best performance: Runners-up 1979, 1987, 1992

Best performance: Champions 1983, 2011

Players to watch: Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid

Players to watch: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya

Can you unscramble the letters to get the name of two England all-rounders? E M A I L I

S O C K

INDIA

Below: Batsman Alex Hales played two games at the 2015 World Cup, against Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Below: Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan was Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top scorer at the 2015 World Cup.

DID YOU KNOW? Rohit Sharma holds the record for the highest score batting in an ODI. Against Sri Lanka in 2014, he struck an incredible 264 off 173 balls including 33 fours and nine sixes.

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Which player captained India in a record 199 ODI matches? a) Sachin Tendulkar b) M.S. Dhoni c) Virat Kohli Answers on page 48

In 2018, Eoin Morgan scored the fastest 50 by an England player in just 21 balls. Whose record did he beat? a) Andrew Flintoff b) Alex Hales c) Jos Buttler Answers on page 48 16

DID YOU KNOW? In their world-record ODI score of 481 against Australia in 2018, England hit an incredible 17 sixes! Both Jonny Bairstow (139 runs) and Alex Hales (147 runs) faced just 92 balls.

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UTS Writers' Anthology 2019 Various Authors

C OV E R

The UTS Writers’ Anthology is an annual publication produced by students at the University of Technology, Sydney. Undergraduate, postgraduate and research students submit their work anonymously, and a student editorial committee then selects and edits the work. Over the years the Anthology has featured UTS alumni who have gone on to become successful authors such as Gillian Mears, Bernard Cohen, Jill Jones, MTC Cronin, David Astle and Arabella Edge, along with more recent authors such as P.M. Newton, Clinton Caward, Julie Chevalier, Zoe Norton Lodge and Isabelle Li.

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The 33rd UTS Writers’ Anthology, is a not-to-be missed event on the Australian literary calendar.

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Sydney Writers’ Festival launch Active Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/UTS-Writers- Anthology/ ‘The UTS Anthology, which started in 1982, has been an integral aspect of our literary landscape, providing highly gifted and mostly young writers – Nam Le is one often mentioned – from one of Australia’s longest standing writing schools with a place to publish.’ – The Australian

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01 May 2019

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Paperback

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AU$26.99 | NZ$29.99

ISBN

9781925589795

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Brio Books

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Brio Books

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Category

Fiction/Mss Mkt

Format

210 x 135 mm

Extent

288pp

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Text only

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9781925589085

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9781925143089

Super Roots Cooking with Herbs, Roots & Spices to Boost Your Mood Tanita de Ruijt

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Supercharge your health with over 60 recipes that will feed your body and mind.

DRAF T

In Super Roots, Tanita de Ruijt showcases over 60 exciting ways to use herbs, spices, roots and barks in the most delicious ways for optimum health. Taking inspiration from the East – predominantly Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, China – Tanita aims to reinvigorate those traditional recipes that have sustained people healthily for centuries. With chapters exploring the notion of balancing taste and flavour, food as therapy and meals to combat those times when you are feeling tired, bloated, sick or hungover Super Roots offers a new, functional yet delicious approach to food that will leave you feeling restored, satisfied and happy – no diets, just nourishing, flavour-led recipes using everyday ingredients. From the detoxifying Ginger Mapo Tofu to the tangy notes of the Turmeric Flu Busting Broth, these recipes are guaranteed to refresh your mood and brighten your day.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781784882419

Publisher

Hardie Grant (UK)

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Hardie Grant (UK)

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Category

Food & Drink

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Over 60 recipes for inner health and outer beauty based on time-honoured principles of traditional medicine from the East

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230 x 190 mm

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160pp

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Full colour throughout

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A focus on ‘mood food’ is set to dominate the coming year The recipes take inspiration from countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, China and South India, where the respect for the healing properties of food is engrained into their food culture The ingredients are easily sourced, with many recipes based around turmeric, garlic, onions and ginger (all excellent sources of flavour as well as powerful antioxidants)

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Author Details Tanita de Ruijt's simple approach to health and wellbeing is predominantly inspired by her eclectic upbringing, and travels throughout Southeast Asia. Tanita became enamoured with the volcanic islands of Indonesia a few years ago, and quickly became hooked on turmeric tonic. Soon after returning, she began making the golden liquid, from her flat in London. By 25, she founded her own tonics business, known as the Jamu Kitchen.

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THAI PAPAYA SALAD

Ingredients 1/3 small (cannonball) green cabbage, thinly sliced handful of green beans, trimmed and halved 100 g (3 1/2 oz/scant 2/3 cup) roasted peanuts, crushed handful of coriander (cilantro), chopped

Dressing 2 cm (3/4 in) fresh ginger root 1/2 garlic clove 2 small red Thai chillies 5 cherry tomatoes Som tam - is well known for being simultaneously salty, sweet, spicy, sour, and bitter. Papaya salad is certainly one of my favourite street food snacks. Green papaya can be hard to come by, however, so I often use hard green cabbage instead. This salad is addictively fiery – go easy on the chilli if you like.

2 tablespoons fish sauce juice of 1 lime 2 tablespoons coconut sugar

Method - Smash the dressing ingredients using a medium-large pestle and mortar: start with the ginger, garlic, and chilli, then add the cherry tomatoes and lightly squash them, then mix in the liquids and sugar. Taste as you go – you’re looking for a balanced flavour. You may want to adjust the ingredient quantities to your liking. Once you are happy, add the cabbage to the mortar bit by bit, bashing it lightly into the sauce, add the green beans and lightly bash those too, then add the coriander and crushed peanuts. Serve straight away.

Serves 2

GINGER & BLACK PEPPER SALMON

Ingredients glug of light olive oil 2 skinless salmon fillets, cut into bite-sized squares 70 g (2 1/2 oz) unsalted butter 125 g (4 oz) small shallots (about 5), thinly sliced 2 large red chillies, thinly sliced 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped ginger 1 1/2–2 tablespoons coarsely ground black peppercorns 1 1/2 tablespoons kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce) 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon unrefined cane sugar

Serves 2

6 spring onions (scallions), trimmed and cut into 3cm(1 1/4 in)-long pieces

This dish shares similarities with Singapore black pepper crab. Black pepper and ginger are considered very important healing spices in Ayurveda. Together, they’re known as trikatu; a blend of spices that work in synergy to stimulate the digestive fire. I serve this with steamed rice.

Method - Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan (skillet) over a medium-high heat, add the salmon and fry (in batches if necessary – don’t overcrowd the pan), turning the pieces until they are golden all over, then transfer to a plate to rest. Wipe the pan to remove any traces of salmon or oil and throw in the butter. Once it has melted, add the shallots, chillies, garlic and ginger, and fry over a low-medium heat, stirring occasionally, for up to 15 minutes, making sure they don’t colour, until everything looks shiny and is completely soft. Add the kecap manis, soy sauce and sugar to the pan of softened shallots, stir, then add the crushed pepper. Add the salmon to the pan to warm it through for about a minute, then stir in the spring onions. Serve immediately.

KOREAN HANGOVER SOUP

Haejang-Guk - Make a big batch of this soup before your next big night out; you’ll be grateful you did. Koreans developed their own cure for heavy drinking centuries ago: a soup called haejang-guk. It literally means ‘hangover soup’. The broth is rich and unquestionably beefy, but not over-the-top spicy, and aims to put you right, quick. You can substitute the beef for firm tofu and skip the fish sauce to make an equally restorative veggie option. Enjoy with a warm bowl of rice and perhaps a Soycured Egg Yolk (page XXX)

Method Mix the soup base ingredients together in a small bowl. Put the beef chuck or tofu in a separate bowl and add half of the soup base. Mix to coat and set aside for about 15 minutes. Warm the stock in a saucepan over a low heat. Blanch the cabbage leaves in the stock for 1 minute, then remove with a slotted spoon and leave to cool before tearing the leaves into strips. Put the leaves in a bowl and add the rest of the soup base. Set aside. Heat a large saucepan over a high heat. Add the marinated beef (or tofu) and radishes and cook for 1–2 minutes (you won’t need any oil), then add the stock and the marinated cabbage. Stir and bring to the boil. Once it starts boil, reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 20 minutes. For the vegetarian option, just fry the radish for about a minute before adding the stock. Add the spring onions and bean sprouts, continue to simmer for 10 minutes, then remove from the heat and serve.

Ingredients 750 g (1 lb 10 oz) beef chuck or firm tofu 1.5 litres (50 fl oz/ 6 1/4 cups) Veggie Healing Stock (page XXX) 15 green cabbage leaves 200 g (7 oz) radishes, roughly chopped 2 spring onions (scallions), trimmed and cut into 4 cm (1 1/2 in) pieces 3 handfuls of bean sprouts Soup Base 2 tablespoons Gochujang Paste (page XXX) 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 tablespoons fish sauce

Serves 4

3 tablespoons mirin

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1/2 tsp ground black pepper

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California: Living + Eating Recipes Inspired by the West Coast Eleanor Maidment

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Featuring over 80 fresh, accessible and colourful recipes, inspired by the Californian way of eating.

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California: Living + Eating is a glorious celebration of Californian food, looking at its history and origins and journeying through the state’s varied landscape, from Sonoma’s rolling vineyards to the deserts of Palm Springs, via the foodie hotspots of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Over 80 recipes capture the heart of the Californian spirit, with chapters covering a bright array of sweet and savoury brunch dishes including Whipped Ricotta on Toast with Blackberry Jam and Breakfast Burritos with Cheddar Scramble and Coriander Salsa. Colourful salads and light meals, such as Salmon, Citrus Kale and Black Rice Salad, are ideal for everyday eating, while the likes of Roast Chicken with Grapes, Onions and Sourdough, followed by stunning Cherry and Almond Galette are perfect for weekend entertaining. Recipes are designed to be accessible to all home cooks, with a focus on seasonality and good-quality produce

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01 May 2019

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Hardback

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AU$45.00 | NZ$50.00

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9781784882457

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A bright and bold book capturing the energy and excitement of modern Californian food

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80 recipes plus writing and stories that explain the food history “Eleanor’s breadth of knowledge of good food and how to turn that into recipes that work is second to none. She is thorough, attentive and incredibly experienced.” – Yotam Ottolenghi An insight into some of California’s biggest food trends and how the impact they have had on the rest of the world, such as plant-based diets, sourdough, kale, kefir and poke bowls.

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Author Details Eleanor Maidment is a London-based food writer and stylist. From 2011-2018 she was the Food Editor of the multi award-winning Waitrose Food magazine, during which time she wrote, developed and edited recipes for its 2 million readers on a daily basis. She has worked as a chef, and spent many years on the editorial team at Square Meal restaurant guide and website, writing about chefs and reviewing restaurants, before attending Leiths School of Food & Wine in 2010 where she graduated with distinction.

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I’ve heard many stories that the wild yeast in the air that rolls in with the San Francisco fog is what makes the city’s bread so unique. Whether that’s true or not (most disregard it as a wives’ tale), there’s no doubting that San Francisco sourdough is special.

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As is often the way in California, he studied French technique, but on returning to the States he didn’t feel bound by its tradition. He cared deeply for sourcing the best flour, but his method of high hydration and long fermentation was far from conventional. The resulting bread, though, is wonderful with an almost charred crust and a crumb that is often described as ‘custardy’. Having written three books on the subject and generously shared all his knowledge, he has become a guru for many amateur sourdough makers, myself included. At Tartine Manufactory, slices of sourdough might be topped with anything from strawberries, parmesan and ricotta to steak tartare and cured egg. I understand now why I see these tartines, or open sandwiches, so often on Californian menus… because their artisan bread is absolutely worth celebrating.

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Today, Chad Robertson of Tartine is widely regarded as the godfather of San Francisco sourdough. He opened his original bakery in the city’s Mission area in 2002 and although it took a while to gather speed, he since has opened Tartine Manufactory (a café-cum-restaurantcum-bakery) nearby, plus another in LA, in Seoul, and further bakeries in Tokyo and NYC.

SOURDOUGH

The roots of sourdough, a bread made with natural yeasts and bacteria that encourage the acid in the dough to slowly ferment and rise, actually go back to Europe. And although it is said to have first appeared in California during the Gold Rush of the 1850s, it was only really during the craft food revolution of the 1980s that it became more widely available.

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SE RVES: 2 P R E P : 25 mins C O O K : 15 mins

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This is the kind of dish I make at least once a week. Once you get used to assembling all the separate components, it’s something that can be thrown together very quickly. It is also adaptable to whatever leftover lingering veg you have in the fridge: often I’ll pickle carrot or cucumber instead of radish and add a pile of steamed broccoli or edamame. The chilli-yuzu relish is not strictly necessary, but it does add a lovely extra flourish that I think is worth the trouble.

SALM O N N OO D LE B OWL S

125g dried fine egg noodles 2 tsp toasted sesame oil 2 salmon fillets ½ tbsp soy sauce 1 avocado 1 tsp black sesame seeds 1 spring onion, finely shredded Quick pickled radish 2 tbsp rice vinegar 2 tsp honey 150g watermelon radish, peeled and finely sliced Soy dressing 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tsp honey 1 tsp grated fresh root ginger Chilli-yuzu relish 1 large or 2 small jalapenos (or any green chilli), deseeded and finely chopped ¼ tsp concentrated yuzu juice

Toss the all the pickled radish ingredients in a bowl with a pinch of sea salt. Set aside while you prepare everything else, but keep tossing from time to time to coat all the radish in the pickling liquor. For the soy dressing, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl; set aside. For the chilli-yuzu relish, place the finely chopped chilli on a chopping board. Sprinkle with a little sea salt and, using the flat side of the blade of a chef’s knife crush the salt into the chilli using a rolling motion. This is a technique that chef’s often use to crush garlic, rolling the blade back and forth, to create a rough paste and using the sea salt flakes as an abrasive. You may need to scrape it up into a pile every now and then, and chop it with the blade to help break down the skin. (Alternatively you can pound it in a pestle and mortar or whizz in a small food processor). Transfer to a bowl and mix in the yuzu (or mandarin or lime) juice and a pinch of caster sugar to sweeten if you think it needs it. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and drop in the egg noodles, simmer for 3 minutes (check the pack instructions), then drain in a sieve and rinse under cold water to stop them cooking. Shake to drain as much water as possible, then toss through the sesame oil. Spread out on a couple of sheets of kitchen towel to soak up any more excess water. Preheat the grill to 240˚C. Place the salmon fillets on a foil-lined tray, brush the tops with ½(half) tbsp soy sauce and grill for 7–8 minutes or until cooked through. (If you like to eat the skin of the salmon, check that scales have been removed, then brush the skin with a little oil and the soy and grill for 7–8 minutes until golden, then turn and cook flesh side up for a final minute.) Divide the noodles between 2 bowls, and spoon a little dressing over each. Arrange ½(half) an avocado and a good heap of pickled cucumber on each. Place a salmon fillet on each and top with the jalapeno-yuzu sauce. Spoon over the remaining dressing and scatter with sesame seeds and spring onions to serve.

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MORNING SUN

SE RVES: 2 P R E P : 15 mins C O O K : 20 mins

Translated as “rancher’s eggs” this is a simple breakfast traditionally eaten by farmers in the Mexican countryside. You’ll find countless interpretations, but this is very quick and deeply satisfying considering the sum of it parts – pretty much just eggs, warm salsa and corn tortillas. I serve it with a little grated cheese, sliced avocado and a few coriander leaves, but I’ve frequently seen feta cheese, pico de gallo, black beans and sizzling chorizo thrown into the mix.

S A L A D F O R B R E A K FA S T ? WHY NOT?

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SALADS: THE CALIFORNIAN WAY

While the eggs are cooking, toast the tortillas. I like to lay them over a naked flame on the hob until they char in places, then flip them. But you can also dry-toast them in a hot frying or griddle pan or pop them in the oven. In this recipe I cook them for a little longer than usual so they crisp up slightly, as they’ll end up softening in the sauce.

Salads can comprise countless ingredients, raw or cooked, and real attention is given into colour, texture and temperature. Even their eatability is a consideration: “chop salad” is an American invention and it really just refers to cutting everything into bite-sized pieces so it’s easier to get into your mouth. Like with many dishes, the aim is to get a good balance of sweet, sharp and salty, plus some textural variety. And while I have given many salad recipes in this book, there are some tips that can help build a great salad every time.

Place 2 tortillas on each plate and spoon over the eggs and salsa. Scatter over the cheese and coriander and serve with sliced avocado. Notes on… Chilli Although we know certain varieties of chilli are hotter than others, it’s hard to gauge the heat of a chilli without tasting it. So I always cut off a small piece and try it before I start cooking, then I can add as little or as much as I want, seeds or no seeds, to reach the desired heat. If you do choose to deseed your chillies, a great little tip I learned is to halve the chilli lengthways, then scoop out the seeds and membrane using a teaspoon.

SWEET Californians love fruit in their salads and while it took me a good while to get my head around the idea, used subtly it can be rather lovely. Try fine slices of green apple for something a little sharp, or nectarines for a more honeyed flavour. Smaller dried fruit like cranberries, raisins or chopped dates are great in slaws.

SHARP Pickled radishes are one of my favourite ingredients as their vivid fuchsia colour can change a plate. They can be quick pickled in 30 minutes or jarred and stored in the fridge (see page xx). Also think about pickling fruits like sultanas, plums or cherries, as the sharp/sweet combination has a real affinity with salty cheeses.

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With the spoon, make 4 rough indents in the sauce (it will still be quite loose so don’t worry if they don’t hold completely). Crack an egg into each indent. Cover with a lid or a sheet of foil and leave to cook gently for 4–5 minutes until the egg whites are just set but the yolks are still soft.

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Tip the tomatoes into a small blender or food processor with the garlic, chilli (you can remove the seeds but I think the sauce needs a bit of heat), salt, sugar and cumin. Whizz until smooth, then tip into a large sauté pan. Rinse out the jug with a splash of water and add to the pan. Bring the salsa to simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 8–10 minutes. The aim is for it to thicken slightly, let the garlic cook out and concentrate the flavour.

MORNING SUN

Forget traditional thinking around the salad as a tangle of green leaves that is served on the side and get into the mindset of the Californians where anything goes.

H U E VOS R ANCH E ROS

400g can good-quality chopped tomatoes 1 garlic clove 1 jalapeno or mild green chilli, roughly chopped (deseeded if liked) ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp caster sugar ½ tsp ground cumin 4 eggs 4 small corn tortillas 40g grated red Leicester cheese (or cheddar) Small handful coriander leaves, roughly chopped ½ avocado, sliced

MORNING SUN

S A LT Y Olives and capers, or cheeses like parmesan and feta are an obvious option, but I also love roasted tamari mushrooms (see page xx) which have an almost anchovy-like quality. I regularly roast a big batch of halved tomatoes on a low heat to concentrate their flavours, then store in the fridge in a jar covered with oil. Or snipped shards of nori seaweed over the top of a salad are great.

CRUNCH Toasted nuts and seeds are your best friend here, so whenever you’re making a batch go large and store the extra in air-tight containers. I always have toasted cashews, pecans, pumpkin and sesame seeds in my cupboard. I also like paring long strips of carrot using a vegetable peeler straight into salads for a fresher crunch.

Californians know how to brunch! It may be the first meal of the day, but it’s also the brightest and boldest, and pretty much anything goes. Dishes can be sweet or deeply savoury, sometimes spicy and complex, sometimes comfortingly pared back. Inf luences come thick and fast from around the globe, though the Mexican breakfasts are often the star of the morning show.

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SE RVES: 2 P R E P : 10 mins, plus cooling time C O O K : 30 mins

TWILIGHT

In the States sea bass is known by its Italian name, branzino, and although it is mainly a European fish you still see it a lot. I love sea bass, it’s delicate, not too boney and it’s very easy and quick to cook whole, either in the oven (20 minutes at 200°C) or on the barbecue. This shallot vinaigrette goes perfectly with the white fish, though I would happily spoon it over tuna, salmon or chicken.

BARBECUED FISH

2 whole sea bass, gutted, scaled and cleaned ½ lemon, sliced Handful thyme sprigs Shallot vinaigrette 6 tbsp (90ml) extra virgin olive oil 1 banana shallot, finely sliced 2 garlic cloves, halved 2 thyme sprigs 1 tbsp sherry vinegar 1 tomato, diced 1 tbsp chopped chives 1 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley To serve Parmesan-crusted cauliflower (page xx) or roasted broccoli with green tahini (page xx)

Start making the vinaigrette in advance. Place the oil, shallot, garlic and thyme in a small, cold saucepan with a good pinch of salt. Place over a low heat and allow all the ingredients to warm up gently. The aim is to poach the shallot in the oil over a very low heat for about 20 minutes, with just a few bubbles coming up now and then. The shallot and garlic should soften but take on no colour. After 20 minutes, take off the heat, stir in the vinegar and cool completely. Heat a barbecue or griddle pan over a medium heat. Cut 3 slits down each side of the fish, and stuff the cavity with the lemon and thyme. Cook on each side for 3–4 minutes, then check that the flesh is cooked – it should be opaque and come away from the bone. If you’re unsure, you can always pop it into a 180˚C oven for 5–10 minutes. To finish the sauce, discard the thyme and garlic and stir in the chopped tomatoes and herbs. Spoon over the cooked fish to serve. This is great with parmesan-crusted cauliflower (page xx) or roasted broccoli with green tahini (page xx), though a green salad and some boiled new potatoes are just as good.

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8 1/2 An Italian Chef in Asia Umberto Bombana A beautifully illustrated cookbook from Umberto Bombana, the owner of 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo, the only Italian restaurant outside of Italy to receive three Michelin stars. In this cookbook, Umberto Bombana, the renowned Italian chef, introduces recipes that represent the perfect starting point for exploring the world of Italian ingredients and ingredients that come from other parts of the world. The name of his restaurant, 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo, personally chosen by the chef, is a tribute to Federico Fellini, who, in the namesake film, invites everyone to discover the joys of life and fully celebrate the Italian lifestyle – a tradition that continues at the restaurant. The book features thirty recipes from the master chef's kitchen and many stories about the ingredients he uses from Italy, like pasta, pasta fresca, truffle, and burrata, combined with ingredients he takes from Asian traditions such as Japanese red tuna and Hokkaido sea urchins.

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01 May 2019

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Hardback

Umberto Bombana is the chef and founder of the famous 8 1/2 restaurants located in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Macao. After a training period at the Rex restaurant in Los Angeles, in 1993 he opened his own restaurant, Toscana, inside the Hotel Ritz Carlton in Hong Kong. In 2006 the Enoteca Regionale di Cavour appointed him world ambassador of the white truffle of Alba.

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AU$135.00

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9788891817853

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Rizzoli International

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Rizzoli

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279 x 220 mm

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224pp

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450 colour illustrations

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Bombana's restaurant 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo is the only Italian restaurant outside of Italy to receive three Michelin stars.

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This lavishly illustrated cookbook reflects Bombana's love for Italian cuisine, as well as his open approach to the traditions of the Far East. Bombana loves to research, select, and transform ingredients. His recipes are love stories using ingredients that are sourced from all over the world.

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Wild Mixology A Guide to Foraging Natural Cocktails Wood*ing, Valeria Margherita Mosca and Food Lab A comprehensive guide on how to prepare cocktails following the foraging philosophy – using only all-natural, gathered ingredients. In the world of cocktails, using foraged plants and materials has recently become all the rage. Part recipe book, part guide, this volume dives into the sustainable practice of wild mixology, offering thirty original cocktail recipes, richly illustrated technical descriptions, and notes on natural ingredients. Herbs, berries, roots, and barks – readers will learn how to source and process these all-natural ingredients by hand and transform them into delicious, environmentally responsible drinks, such as a whiskey and rowan fruit cocktail or gin enlivened with bay leaves, yarrow flower, and juniper. An easy-to-follow guide outlines user-friendly techniques for transforming wild ingredients into unique cocktails that boast a whole new range of tastes and flavours. Completed with a glossary of must-know terms for the aspiring wild mixologist, this book is the authoritative volume on the rising art of foraged cocktails. Publication

01 May 2019

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AU$60.00

Wood*ing, founded in 2010 by Valeria Margherita Mosca, is the first and only food lab in the world that works exclusively with wild food. It offers cooking classes and courses on foraging, food conservation, and fermentation.

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9788891821393

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Rizzoli International

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Rizzoli

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292 x 207 mm

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144pp

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80 colour illustrations

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Massimo Bottura (Foreward) is the chef and owner of Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, which was recently named the best restaurant at the World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards. He is the author ofNever Trust a Skinny Italian Chef .

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Wild mixology is natural, healthy, and sustainable: It has no detrimental impact on the environment. Wood*ing is an organisation whose aim is to promote the use of only wild, natural ingredients so as to reduce man's impact on nature. With greater awareness of the importance of preserving and protecting our natural environment, this book will show the reader how to create environmentally responsible (and delicious) cocktails. Detailed Techniques: This book will show the reader how to create fermented ingredients, how to use dried plants and their extracts, how to make flour from barks, jelly from flowers, sugar from sap and multiple other techniques for making unique ingredients. Without complicated equipment, it's possible to use natural chemistry to transform foraged materials into delicious cocktail ingredients; the book is an easy-to-follow guide. Useful: Many of the ingredients detailed here are parts of plants and flowers that are usually discarded. Unique: The resulting drinks are both unique and delicious – there is a whole range of tastes and flavours available in easily gathered, natural ingredients. Foreword by Massimo Bottura: Bottorua was recently recognised as best chef at the World 50 Best Restaurants Awards. He is the author of Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef.

A Mixologist's Guide To Making Cocktails 200 of the World's Best Cocktail Recipes in Infographics Jordan Spence

Master the art of mixology with these easy infographic cocktail recipes. Preparing a first-class cocktail relies upon understanding the ingredients and the complex alchemy of how they work together. In this book, each beautifully designed infographic presents the measurements in easy-to-see glass proportions and instructs on which garnish and type of glass should be used for each drink. From coolers and coladas to slings, sours and screws, this book includes over 200 recipes for both old favourites and modern inventions. An informative introduction gives details on equipment needed, glassware, bar stocking and the basic techniques to get you started. Whether you like Gin, Tequila, Rum, Vodka, Champagne or Whisky, this book is a must-have for any cocktail drinker.

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01 May 2019

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Jordan Spence is a journalist who specialises in writing about bars, nightlife and cocktails. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

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9781787391314

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Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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172 x 148 mm

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256pp

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At-a-glance illustrations make complicated mixology easy and accessible – the components and proportions of each cocktail can be seen instantly. For bartenders and barflys alike, this illustrated book provides instructions for perfectly and professionally constructed cocktails. Includes 200 recipes, from all-time greats such as the Manhattan and Negroni to modern interpretations such as the Lychee Martini. With winter warmers, shots and summer-time drinks, this book covers all party seasons.

Floral Libations 41 Fragrant Drinks + Ingredients Cassie Winslow Fun and creative drinks recipes plus beautiful florals in a book that captures unique flavours and lovely inspiration. This drinks book is a fresh and light offering that incorporates floral flavours into every recipe. Whether it's infusing the flavour into syrups, salts and sugars, or teas, the 41 recipes teach readers how to add the taste of flowers to a variety of drinks, both alcoholic and non. With recipes for drinks at any time of day or night, from breakfast, to an afternoon cocktail, to drink before bed, along with pantry items that can be used to add a little freshness to any glass, it's a sweet take on drinks in a lush, floral package.

Author Details Cassie Winslow is the founder and curator of Deco Tartelette, a celebration of colour, taste, and resplendence. She is a self taught home cook, baker, mixologist, and photographer. She is a contributor to Darling Magazine and has been featured online on Vanity Fair, Lucky Magazine , and Darling Magazine . She lives in Santa Cruz.

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01 May 2019

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Hardback

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AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452172545

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Chronicle Books

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Chronicle Adult

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210 x 127 mm

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128pp

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50 full colour photographs

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Cocktails/mocktails plus flowers with lush photography that equally show cases blooms and beverages.

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There are few books that provide recipes for floral drinks as an enthusiastic celebration, without additional health nagging. This book dives into the topic, offering easy ways to use flowers that are readily available at stores and farmer's markets, and advises readers on what to look for in flowers for eating, without the lecture on nutrition. This will sit beautifully with books on gardening and growing flowers in stores that cater to those audiences - like The Drunken Botanist – but it will also appeal to cocktail enthusiasts who don't want to grow the flowers in the recipes and just want to buy them. Florals are everywhere and this book can sit with the floral prints, patterns, and other items that are on the horizon. This book covers a wide range of drinks that use a variety of equipment, from cocktail tools, to punchbowls, mugs and teapots, coffer makers, napkins, ice moulds, etc, and this is a great addition to a table of merchandise for a coffee, cocktails, or brunch moment.

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Cara Cara Orange and Chamomile Simple Syrup In this beautifully balanced syrup, Cara Cara orange’s perfect tang and sweetness make a wonderful match to chamomile’s earthy, honey-like flavor notes. This is a great addition to any bar cart as it adds character to cocktails. If you don’t have access to Cara Cara oranges, feel free to use navel oranges instead. Makes approximately 1 cup [240 ml]

½ cup [120 ml] fresh Cara Cara orange juice 1 Tbsp freshly grated Cara Cara orange zest 1 Tbsp dried chamomile flowers 1 cup [200 g] cane sugar ½ cup [120 ml] filtered water In a saucepan, stir together the juice, zest, chamomile flowers, sugar, and water and cook over medium heat. Simmer until the sugar has completely dissolved and the mixture has thickened into a syrup, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl, then transfer to an airtight container. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

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Calendula and Chamomile Vodka Calendula and chamomile somehow soften the bracing qualities of vodka. So much so that this makes a fantastic vodka martini (page 69) for those not typically inclined to imbibe in such a strong cocktail. Be sure to prepare this lovely infusion one week prior to use so it has time to develop its beautiful flavor.

Makes approximately 2 cups [480 ml]

1 Tbsp dried calendula 6 Tbsp [12 g] dried chamomile flowers 2 cups [480 ml] vodka In a large airtight container, combine the calendula, chamomile flowers, and vodka. Cover tightly and allow to sit at room temperature in a dark place for 1 week. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve set over a large bowl. This is an important step because if you leave the calendula and chamomile flowers in the vodka for too long, it will become quite bitter. Transfer to an airtight container and store at room temperature. Use within 4 months for optimal flavor.

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with Rose Petal Whipped Cream

Deep, rich cocoa lusciousness finds a perfect partner in the delicate floral notes of Rose Petal Sugar. Snuggle up to this cozy concoction anytime. It’s like a warm hug in a cup!

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Dark Chocolate Rose Mocha

Makes 2 beverages

¼ cup [60 ml] heavy whipping cream 1 Tbsp powdered sugar, sifted (optional) ¼ cup [4 g] fresh rose petals 2 cups [480 ml] whole milk ½ cup [75 g] chopped dark chocolate ¼ cup [50 g] Rose Petal Sugar (page 22) ¼ tsp rose water 2 cups [480 ml] hot, freshly brewed coffee Using a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, whip the cream at medium-low speed. Once it begins to thicken, add the powdered sugar (if using). Raise the speed to medium and whip until soft peaks form, about 1 minute more. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the rose petals. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, continuously whisk the milk, chocolate, Rose Petal Sugar, rose water, and coffee until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is completely combined, 5 to 7 minutes. Once the mixture begins to steam, remove from the heat. Pour the mixture into 2 mugs and top with the Rose Petal Whipped Cream.

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Piatti Plates and platters for sharing, inspired by Italy Stacey Adimando From editor-in-chief of Saveur magazine, Stacy Adimando's collection of 75 recipes for beautiful plates to create gorgeous spreads for entertaining, inspired by Italian food traditions. Rich in inspiration, Piatti is filled with recipes for entertaining without formality or fussiness. Saveur 's executive editor Stacey Adimando expands on her Italian heritage and tradition of serving beautiful spreads with 75 recipes for abundant plates for gatherings. Filled with generous compilations of colourful, textural, help-yourself platters organised by season, with recipes that range in size from starting bites, like Roasted Chestnuts with Rosemary and Honey, Shaved Fennel Salad with Sweet Peas and Avocado, and Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Leeks, to main event dishes, like Crispy Pork Ribs, Shrimp with Braised Savoy Cabbage, and Seared Italian Sausage with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, these are plates to serve to family and friends. This visually stunning book provides endless inspiration and insight on creating a striking and enticing meal. From setting the table to expanding the palate, Piatti is a mix of artistry and edibles, making this a classic hostess gift. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$55.00

ISBN

9781452169576

Publisher

Chronicle Books

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Chronicle Adult

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Food & Drink

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254 x 184 mm

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224pp

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Author Details Stacy Adimando is a James Beard award winning cookbook author and executive editor of Saveur magazine. Stacy is the former food editor at Every Day with Rachael Ray and former recipes editor at Food Network Magazine. She has written for a variety of food, travel and lifestyle publications including Bon Appétit, Forbes, Food & Wine, Vogue , NPR, Epicurious, Conde Nast Traveler, SELF, Gastronomica, Dr. Oz's The Good Life, Details, Men's Journal , TastingTable.com, Vegetarian Times , and many more. Stacy is the author of several cookbooks, including Around the Fire (Ten Speed Press 2016) and Nopalito (Ten Speed Press 2017).

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Stacy will generate great press; she is a James Beard award-winning cookbook co-author, the executive editor of Saveur, and we can bring all of her food world connections into play. Prior to her promotion at Saveur, she was their Test Kitchen Director, was the food editor at Every Day with Rachael Ray and recipe editor at Food Network Magazine. The subject and package lend themselves to events such as housewarmings and weddings (as an add-on to gift registries or when purchasing serving or table ware). Featuring a wide range of beautiful plates, Piatti can be merchandised with a large variety of products and placed in the kitchenware, entertaining, and/or book section of any store.

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While the rest of the world may be muted, dulled, and hushed during winter, meals can be at their most lusty and extravagant this time of year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the season of deeply simmered broths and sauces, sizzling roasts, and the patient, slow coaxing of flavor from everything at the market. Everything is less spontaneous and more deliberate, including the way I conceive of gatherings and what to serve at themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;trying to create something comforting and generous without going overboard. The recipes in this chapter are a mix of the delicate (citrus salads, boiled beans, bitter greens) and the rich (fried seafood, doughy treats, and, of course, eggplant Parmigiana). These are some of the most satisfying dishes to cook, serve, and linger over at the table.

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WINTER CITRUS SALAD

with ligurian walnut sauce

In Liguria, land of basil pesto, a walnut-based sauce called salsa di noci or tocco di noci, is everyone’s second-favorite condimento. The traditional version is a creamy mixture of ground walnuts, garlic, mar joram, and Parmigiano, plus what seemed to have been a dairy product somewhere between clotted cream and ricotta. Today, many versions of the nut mixture exist. I leave the dairy out of this one, focusing on fresh, bright flavors. But the oily nuts still add a richness in which to blanket the tart, juicy winter citrus. Serve this salad at room temperature. 2 oz [55 g] walnuts, very finely chopped or smashed, some nearly ground ¼ cup [60 ml] extra-virgin olive oil 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves 1 Tbsp finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, plus ¼ tsp more for topping

In a medium bowl, combine the walnuts, olive oil, parsley, 1 Tbsp of cheese, the chile (if using), and a generous pinch each of salt and pepper. Stir well to combine. Set aside. Using a very sharp knife, slice the navel and Cara Cara oranges crosswise into ¼-in[6-mm-] thick slices. Remove any large seeds that show through. On a large platter, arrange the orange slices haphazardly, overlapping them as needed. Scatter the mandarin segments on top. Spoon the walnut topping over the oranges and mandarins, tucking some underneath. Drizzle with the lemon juice. Sprinkle with the remain ing ¼ tsp of cheese, a pinch of salt, and some pepper. Garnish with a few coarsely torn anchovies, if desired.

¼ tsp finely chopped, seeded medium-heat chile, such as jalapeño or Fresno (optional) Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 2 navel oranges [about 1 lb, or 455 g, total], peeled 2 Cara Cara or blood oranges, or a mix [about 10 oz, or 280 g, total], peeled

The Citrus Mix

2 satsuma mandarins or tangerines [about 6 oz, or 170 g, total], peeled and broken into segments

Serving this dish with varying types of oranges gives it lovely diversity in color and flavor. If you can’t find the full range of oranges listed, this salad can easily be made with just one type, or with a mix of oranges and small, ruby red grapefruits.

2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice Torn oil-packed anchovies, for serving (optional) SERVES 6 TO 8

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LANGOUSTINES AND CLAMS

in fennel broth with chiles

The clickety-clack of working with shellfish is a special music I love in the kitchen. Each type has its own tone—here, it’s the pebble-like click clock of lit tle cockles clanking together, and the high-pitched squeaks of langoustine shells being scrubbed under running water. After cooking them both in a quick, lightly sweet fennel broth, eating them is a hands-on affair, which can transport you to the likes of a summer clam feast or crawfish boil even in winter. I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t dive right into this dish. If langoustines prove hard to find at the fish market, use shell-on shrimp or cooked crab legs broken into manageable segments. 1 lb [455 g] cockles or other small clams 6 large langoustines [1¼ lb, or 570 g, total], scrubbed clean 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil ½ white onion, halved and thinly sliced 1 large [12-oz, or 340-g] fennel bulb, trimmed, quartered lengthwise, then thinly sliced, plus fennel fronds, for garnishing ½ cup [120 ml] dry white wine 1¼ cups [300 ml] low-sodium chicken broth

Purge the clams (see Sidebar, page 105). Drain and set aside. Meanwhile, prepare the langoustines by holding their backs down against a cutting board and cutting a long slit down the inner sides of their tails (do not cut all the way through). This will make the meat easier to pick out later. In a large [6-qt, or 5.7-L] Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened slightly, 2 minutes. Add the fennel and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour in the wine and the broth. Raise the heat to high and bring the mixture to a simmer. Lower the heat as needed to maintain a simmer. Add the langoustines and cover the pot. Cook until the shells are bright orange (the meat should be just cooked through), about 6 minutes. Add the garlic and clams to the langoustine mixture, stirring to incorporate, and cover the pot. Simmer until the clams open, 2 to 3 minutes. Uncover the pot and discard any clams that do not open. Transfer the seafood and broth to a serving bowl if desired. Garnish with the chopped chives and some sliced chile and fennel fronds. Serve immediately with crusty bread.

2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives 1 long red chile, thinly sliced Crusty bread, for serving SERVES 4

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Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest Recipes and Stories Inspired by My Appalachian Home Lauren McDuffie A culinary storytelling and recipe cookbook with Appalachian roots and moody photography that speaks to a modern audience interested in regional takes on familiar foods.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$55.00

ISBN

9781452168760

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

Series

Category

Food & Drink

Format

254 x 184 mm

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240pp

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Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest is a unique cookbook that roots itself in Appalachian ingredients and cooking techniques and transforms them into inspired meals and menus. These are familiar foods as you haven't seen them before, enlivened by new flavours or techniques. From the author's popular blog,Harvest and Honey these 78 recipes are organised by the seasons and encompass a variety of meal occasions, from small plates to soups, salads, mains, sides, drinks, dessert. Menus are suggested according to charming events. Each chapter opens with reflections and stories centred on rediscovering the unique food culture of the region. For example, a journey through a forest in the Virginia Mountains leads to an inspired forager's feast with recipes like Chanterelle and Candy Roaster Squash Bread Puddings and Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream Sandwiches with Black Raspberry Ice Cream. The author's own photography serves to evoke a sense of place, in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a geographically striking and historically rich place.

Author Details Lauren McDuffie is a food writer and amateur photographer whose blog,Harvest and Honey was named finalist forSaveur's Blog Award in the Best New Voice category. She focuses on exploring and delving into recipes from her upbringing in Kentucky and the mountains of Southwestern Virginia. Her blog has been featured inGood HouseKeeping, Better Homes and Gardens, Artful Blogging Magazine , among several others. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, daughter, and son.

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Appalachian food is gaining momentum in the media as a cuisine to eat and a place to travel.

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This recipe takes the season’s poster child for good eats, the great pumpkin, and places it front and center. By using the pumpkin itself as the cooking vessel, the seemingly simple combination of ingredients becomes something of a showstopper. When you bury the pumpkins in a bed of hot coals, you infuse the smokiness of the fire into the flesh as they cook. But if outdoor cooking isn’t doable, fear not! This recipe is easily adapted to an oven, so I’ve included directions for both methods here. The trick to working with pumpkins (and many other squash varieties) is pre-roasting them to help soften the skins and to make cutting a much easier (and safer) task. Whether I’m roasting my stuffed pumpkins inside or over an outdoor campfire, I always precook them in my oven before stuffing. If you have trouble finding crumbled goat cheese, you can purchase a 4-oz [115-g] log of goat cheese and pull or cut off small bits or crumbles yourself. Freezing the cheese for 10 minutes prior to crumbling is very helpful.

Fire-Roasted Stuffed Pumpkins Serves 4 4 small pie pumpkins (1 to 2 lb [455 to 910 g] each) 1 Tbsp olive oil ½ lb [225 g] bulk Italian sausage (mild or spicy) ½ medium sweet onion, chopped 2 tsp garlic powder 4 cups [480 g] cubed corn bread, homemade (see page 92) or store-bought (or use 4 corn mufﬁns) 1½ cups [120 g] shredded Gruyère cheese ½ cup [60 g] crumbled goat cheese Salt and freshly ground pepper

To pre-roast the pumpkins, preheat the oven to 350°F [180°C]. Place the pumpkins directly on the oven rack and roast until their skins are slightly darkened and shiny, and the flesh is more tender, about 35 minutes. Remove them from the oven and cool until they’re easily handled (watch out for hot steam!). If you’re going to roast the stuffed pumpkins indoors, leave the oven at 350°F [180°C]. Meanwhile, make the filling. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the sausage, onion, and garlic powder and cook, breaking the sausage up into crumbles as you go, until it is browned and cooked through and the onion is soft, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat. Add the corn bread, Gruyère, goat cheese, and herbs to the pan and toss to mix evenly. Taste and season the stuffing with salt and pepper (it probably won’t need much salt).

2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives 1 Tbsp chopped fresh ﬂat-leaf parsley

cont.

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR OUTDOOR COOKING:

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It was the name given to the route taken by the late, great frontiersman Daniel Boone and his compatriots as they made their way from Tennessee and Virginia into Kentucky, opening up the country to future expansion and growth. The Wilderness Road. We’d learned about it in my fifth grade Kentucky history class; you could hardly throw a stone anywhere in my town without running into a Daniel Boone this or a Daniel Boone that. “He was The Man!” my teacher had declared, holding two big thumbs up to demonstrate just how highly she thought of Mr. Boone. Uncharted territories. The road less traveled. The great blue yonder. Call it what you will— bestow upon it whatever moniker you deem most fitting—but there is a time during adolescence when we begin to feel our worlds opening up, expanding our views and perspectives past the much narrower, simpler vistas of childhood. We mature and become a little less self-centered. The realization that there is more to the world than meets the eye—that it stretches ever so far beyond the horizon lines with which we are most familiar, is an inevitable thing, a wonderful and natural thing, to be sure. This shifting of perspective is tough to pinpoint. Who’s to say exactly when it happens, when the magical bubble of childhood bursts a little, making room for the wilderness of what’s yet to come. For me, though, I’m pretty sure it happened in February of 1996. I was sitting in the passenger seat of my mom’s Honda Civic trying my best

not to step on my cat, who was weaseling her way under and around all of the car seats, trying desperately to hide, from what, exactly, I’m not altogether sure. The world, I suppose. She was scared to death, poor thing. I stared out the windows and watched the familiar small Kentucky towns and farms and interstate exits fade away. Signs for West Virginia began showing up, and I felt a pit in my stomach start to grow. After many tearful goodbyes and the heartache that comes with a middle-of-the-schoolyear move, we’d packed up our home in Kentucky and began the drive to our new home in Southwestern Virginia. I’d wanted to die. To a twelveyear-old girl, there is quite literally nothing worse than being ripped from the comforts of your safe, easy childhood friendships, only to be thrown into a great big new melting pot of faces and places and things with which you are totally unfamiliar. It was the longest drive of my life (well, at least up until that point). About two hours into the drive, right after we’d made our way through Charleston, West Virginia, the earth perked up a bit and the mountains came into view. It was winter and the leaves had completely given up, abandoning their posts on the forest branches and falling to the rugged floor below, making the mountains look naked. “Elephant backs,” I said, thinking out loud. “What’s that?” my mother questioned, holding

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Slow-Roasted Onion & Golden Apple Soup 108 Roasted Vegetables with Cider Bean Vinaigrette & Whipped Fresh Cheeses 110 Chicken in Milk with Orange & Cardamom 112 Chocolate-Tipped Salted Butter Meltaways 115

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One of my all-time favorite cookbook recipes is Ruth Rogers’s and Rose Gray’s version of the Italian classic pork cooked in milk, in their wonderful The River Cafe Cookbook. (French bistros make this dish, too.) Cooking pork in milk gives it a very juicy interior while also creating a luscious sauce; I’ve been a fan ever since I first laid eyes on the recipe, and I love applying the same method to chicken. In this version, the chicken gets brown and crispy, and you wind up with a wonderfully flavorful sauce, with notes of sweet, bright citrus and floral cardamom. The lemon will curdle the milk; don’t be alarmed by this—it’s what you want. The sauce tastes fantastic, and its rustic look is part of its charm, I think. Some choose to strain the liquid for a more refined-looking sauce. But your sauce will be better for those curds, I promise.

Chicken in Milk with Orange & Cardamom Serves 6 to 8 One 4- to 5-pound [1.8 to 2.3 kg] whole roasting chicken 2 tsp freshly ground pepper 1 tsp salt 6 Tbsp [85 g] unsalted butter ¼ cup [60 ml] olive oil Grated zest of 2 oranges, plus 1 zested orange, cut into 6 pieces Grated zest of 1 lemon 1 tsp ground cardamom ½ tsp ground cinnamon 5 garlic cloves, peeled 2 cups [480 ml] whole milk ½ cup [10 g] fresh sage leaves (about 6 to 8 large leaves) ½ cup [70 g] pomegranate arils Chopped fresh parsley for garnish Crusty bread for serving (optional) Cooked wild rice for serving (optional)

Preheat the oven to 375°F [190°C]. Pat the chicken dry and season on both sides with 2 tsp of salt (1 tsp per side) and all of the pepper. Combine the butter and oil in a large Dutch oven or heavybottomed, oven-safe pot over medium-high heat. When the butter has melted, add the chicken and brown it very well on both sides, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the orange zest, lemon zest, cardamom, cinnamon, garlic cloves, milk, pepper, and salt to the pot. Put as many of the orange pieces inside the chicken as you can. Finally, add the sage—just scatter it all about the pot. Cover the pot and roast the chicken for 1 hour. Remove the lid and baste the chicken with some of the cooking liquid (you can spoon it over or use a turkey baster). Roast, uncovered, until the chicken is deeply golden brown and registers 165°F [74°C] on a meat thermometer, about 30 minutes more. To serve, pull or cut the meat off the bones and present it family style on a platter. Spoon the sauce down over everything and sprinkle the pomegranate arils on top. Garnish with the fresh chopped parsley. Serve with bread and wild rice to sop up all the sauce, if desired.

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Ruffage Recipes and Stories Inspired by My Appalachian Home Abra Berens This cookbook is 100 main recipes and endless variations that marries the style and inspiration ofGjelina with the scope and reference ofVegetable Literacy from an exciting, smart point of view.

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01 May 2019

Binding

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Price

AU$65.00

Ruffage tackles the questions that home cooks (of any skill level) ask themselves about vegetables:how do I cook this? How do I make this exciting? Do I store this in the fridge? How do I make this into dinner? with new strategies from an exciting new author/ chef/farmer in the Midwest. This accessible-but-comprehensive vegetable-focused cookbook picks up where Vegetable Literacy left off, focusing on the simple techniques and information that help any cook prepare a variety of delicious vegetables in a number of ways. Variations, guidance, POV, and smart, unique recipes set Ruffage apart from other vegetable-focused cookbooks: the first-hand guidance from a Chicago and Michigan-based cook and farmer on what to look for in the market, how to store the vegetables, and then the recipes for how to "prepare and accessorise" each vegetable to create a myriad of dishes. The 100 straightforward, informed recipes, each with three or more variations, provides endlessly delicious inspiration. Organised into 20 short chapters by vegetable, including a good balance of vegetables that are best used fresh and in-season (asparagus, peas) and those that store well during those long Midwestern winters (potatoes, celery root), as well as a comprehensive-but-accessible pantry chapter (no Calabrian chili paste here!), this is the vegetable book from the middle of the country that both new and season cooks everywhere can turn to again and again.

ISBN

9781452169323

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Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

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Food & Drink

Format

241 x 178 mm

Extent

304pp

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Abra Berens is the cofounder of Bare Knuckle Farms in Northport, MI and the chef-in-residence at Glanor Farms. After working at the famed Zingerman's deli, Abra trained under Darina Allen at the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland to hone her cooking craft and learn about sustainable foodways. Since leaving Ballymaloe, Abra has found herself working and learning under a slew of notable chefs, including Sky Gyngell, Roger Bowser, Sandra Holl, and, most notably, Paul Virant of Vie Restaurant in Western Springs, Illinois. She was the executive chef at Local Foods Chicago.

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Abra is an up-and-coming talent with great connections in the media and among chefs and farmers. She farms, she cooks professionally at Glacor Farm, and she's a mediagenic author with a compelling personal and entrepreneur story. This is a book that can get awards attention AND reach a broad audience. The content is very distinctive. Each main recipe is paired with multiple variations. The variations take the form of short narrative recipes, typical subrecipes, or lists. More than 50 variations are illustrated (think line drawing of cabbage plus line drawing of red onion) or illustration layered on top of food photographs to break down a dish. There are more than 100 photos and 100 illustrations. This book does a beautiful job of walking the line between being a technique-and-ideas driven reference book and being a beautiful inspirational cookbook with a trustworthy, relatable narrative voice.

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beets Someday I will achieve full kitchen domination, where there is always a sweet and a savory compound butter in the freezer (just in case a friend drops in and craves a crêpe), always a balanced threecourse meal partially prepared and ready to be garnished, and nothing ever gets thrown away because nothing has been made too far in advance and certainly has never been forgotten in the back of the fridge. But until then, there are beets. Beets make me feel like a profound planner. They are one of the few fresh ingredients that I buy in large quantities and cook in one big go. This stems from my inherent love of efficiency; if you are going to turn the oven on, it had better be for more than one lonely beet. So when the oven is on to make a casserole, I put a tray full of beets on the other rack and feel smugly methodical. Then, later in the week, when there is no time for a hot meal, I have a dish full of beets that are ready to be sliced and tossed with whatever else is in the refrigerator. The smugness continues. Shopping at farmers’ markets, I realized that there is a world of beets beyond the pickled ones that adorned my grandmother’s relish tray. There is terrific variety resting atop the burlap-covered tables—golden, torpedo shaped, candy striped, and blood red. The darker the beet’s color, the earthier and richer the flavor; the lighter the color, the sweeter and less complex the flavor. I find

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this to be true for almost all foods—from cherries to carrots— and that isn’t a judgment on the quality of the plant but factors into how it will be paired. How a beet’s color will complement what else is on the plate is another decision driver. Golden beets blaze next to greens. Red beets look almost black against the white of goat cheese or sour cream. As a side note, I cook golden and red beets in the same pan so that the red juice stains the bottoms of the golden beets, turning them into a sunset for the plate. Store them separately, or else in a couple of days they will all be one shade of orangey red. The market is also where I first saw what the greens of the plant looked like. I discovered that they were not only edible but delightful. Beet greens can be used any way that you would use kale or chard, though they are a touch more fibrous. They are also compostable if you just can’t be bothered, which happens to the most committed vegetable eaters of us. The delight of those leaves, combined with my eternal guilt around waste, has forced me to pull those red-ribbed greens from the compost bin more than once. Thankfully the vegetable goddess, Demeter, invented smoothies, the most efficient of all the meals, ever.

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store well. Look for firm skin and no sponginess when squeezed. • Similar size beets will cook at the same rate.

• Tops on means they were dug up within the week. The greens should be perky, and the skin should be free of deep blemishes. • No tops probably means they have been stored for a while—beets do

HOW TO STORE

• Remove tops and store separately. If left on, the beets will respire moisture more quickly. • Store the roots in a paper bag in a plastic bag in the refrigerator or cellar. Plastic keeps moisture in; paper shields light and wicks excess moisture away to prevent mold. • Avoid dramatic shifts in temperature, which will encourage sprouting.

• Beet root stores for months on end. • Once the beets are cooked, store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for a few days. • If the beets get slimy or start to look like they are dressed in vinaigrette, pitch them; they are starting to break down.

NOTES

• The lighter the flesh of the beet, the less earthy (more sugary sweet) the flavor. They do not contain more sugar but taste sweeter because the other flavors are not present. • I cook large batches of beets at a time and keep the extras in the refrigerator for a quick meal. • When beets are fully cooked, their skins should rub off easily. If you are having trouble freeing the skin from the root, try cooking them longer and see if that helps. • I have had trouble peeling beets that are fully cooked after they have been

in the root cellar for several months. After February, I always peel cooked beets with a knife. • Beets can be eaten raw (or any stage between raw and fully cooked) but be warned that the oxalic acid in raw beets can irritate some people’s throats. It makes me feel like I have to cough for a few hours. • After eating beets, remember that you have eaten beets, and remind your guests. The color stains all things passing out of your body, not just your hands.

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beets w/smoked whitefish, sour cream, and dill 6 beets (2 lb | 910 g), steam roasted Olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper

4 oz (115 g) smoked whitefish, flaked, pin bones removed 2 oz (55 g) sour cream

6 sprigs dill, stemmed, leaves left whole

¼ cup (35 g) sunflower seeds

Heat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Scrub the beets and toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper, then place them in a roasting pan in a single layer. Add a good glug of water—about ¼ cup (60 ml) or so—and cover with foil. Cook until the beets yield easily when pierced with a small knife. If there is any resistance, give them more time. When the beets come out of the oven, let them cool a bit, then rub their skins off with a paper towel. If the skins don’t slip off easily, peel with a knife. Depending on the shape you prefer, slice the beets into wedges, ¼-inch (6-mm) rounds, or half-moons—a mandoline will make quick work of this, but watch your fingers! Dress the beets with a glug of olive oil, adding salt and pepper as desired. On a serving platter, lay out half the ingredients, starting with the beets, then the whitefish, and dot with half the sour cream, the dill, the olive oil, and the sunflower seeds. Repeat the layers. Serve.

STEAM ROASTED This is my preferred method for cooking beets because the little bit of water speeds the cooking time, and the flavor is concentrated because there is no excess liquid to wick the flavor away, unlike when boiled. Plus, this is the best method for cooking a lot of beets in one go with little active attention. Cook as many beets as you want, but don’t stack them or they will cook unevenly.

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w/orange pinwheels, pecans + feta w/apples, cheddar + walnuts w/parmesan, dried cherries + wheat berries

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Casa Wabi Sodi Casa Wabi, a nonprofit arts centre located in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, is a stage for world-renowned contemporary artists and architects to engage with the local community. Tadao Ando's remarkable Casa Wabi dots the Pacific coastline of Mexico with structures by Alberto Kalach, Alvaro Siza, Kengo Kuma, Gloria Cabral, Solano Benitez, Jorge Ambrosi, and Gabriela Etchegaray. Founded in 2013 by renowned Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, it combines artist residencies, a gallery, and living quarters with classrooms, gardens, and public space. Tadao Ando centres the foundation on a 312-meter-long wall; his trademark concrete structures radiate off it, capped in woven palm tree leaves for ventilation. These local palapa-style roofs are often the only element distinguishing indoor and outdoor spaces, an effect complemented by wooden shutters in place of paned glass windows. Other unusual native building materials include Mexican parota wood and marmolina. Led by director Carla Sodi, Casa Wabi challenges architects and artists to contemplate nature deeply, as it provides new tools for area residents. Casa Wabi is both a world-class architectural destination and a model for new strategies of creative intervention within economically depressed communities.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

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AU$99.00

Martino Stierli is the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art and the SNF Professor of the History of Architecture at the University of Zurich. Dakin Hart is Senior Curator at the Noguchi Museum, Queens, New York.

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9780847866861

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Art/Fashio/Photography

Format

273 x 216 mm

Extent

288pp

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200 colour photographs

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Tadao Ando is a Japanese self-taught architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism". He is the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize. One of the most highly regarded architects of his generation. Portugese architect Álvaro Siza is known for his sculptural works that have been described as "poetic modernism." He was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1992. Bosco Sodi is a contemporary artist based in New York City. Sodi has lived, studied, and worked in Paris, Barcelona, and Berlin. He now maintains studios in Barcelona, Berlin, New York, and his native Mexico City. Carla Sodi is the general director of Casa Wabi, where she oversees an international exhibition program, residencies in Oaxaca and Japan, and education programs ranging from clay, recycling, conservation, drawing to film and performance.

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Tadao Ando is one of the most highly-regarded and visible architects working today, Ando's buildings are sought out by both other architects and a more general art and design audience.

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Tadao Ando forms the core of the art foundation, but every building or project on the site was constructed by a major or up-and-coming architect. Major architects and critics consider the site to be important. Architects include: Alberto Kalach, Alvaro Siza, Kengo Kuma, Gloria Cabral, Solano Benitez, Jorge Ambrosi, and Gabriela Etchegaray The beautiful Oaxacan desert coastline makes for fantastic images, while the remote setting makes the book the best option for those who may not be able to visit. Bosco Sodi is deeply engaged in his local community, and has created a program that other foundations outside of major urban centres may use as an example. This includes inviting major artists to exhibit, hosting residencies, and teaching over 8,000 young Oaxacans how to work with clay, preserve endangered plant species, and renew the land.

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Magnificent Interiors of Sicily Samuele Mazza and Richard Engel An elegant volume dedicated to the most exclusive villas and homes in southern Sicily's Val di Noto region, perfect for those who love to daydream about traveling to unusual, stunning places. Val di Noto is a magnificent land of architectural interest, renowned for its beautiful landscapes and recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site since 2002. This book presents a refined selection of the extraordinary mansions of the area, many of which were rebuilt in the late Baroque style in the early decades of the eighteenth century following a devastating earthquake. Country residences, farms, and villas are featured, which have all been restored to their centuries-old magnificence, thanks to a highly successful combination of tradition and innovation. The book delves into a unique journey through villas and residences that have been revived while sustaining a charming balance between modern comfort and respect for the past. The enchantment of Val di Noto is not only about splendid residences. The area is also rich in natural parks, including the beautiful nature reserve of Vendicari. The volume provides many tips on what to see and visit.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Author Details

Price

AU$130.00

ISBN

9788891820433

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

Samuele Mazza, curator and fashion designer, gallerist and event organiser, has established himself on the international scene as product designer and interior designer. Founder and creative director of Visionnaire Home Philosophy, he has designed interiors for private and public clients around the world. He designs collections for Paolo Castelli and a line of resort collection fashion that bears his name. He deals with everything that is fashion and finds it as fascinating to create furnishings today as it was to work with fashion in the '80s.

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Home Design

Richard Engel is the award-winning chief-foreign correspondent for NBC. He is the author of And Then All Hell Broke Loose, War Journal, and A Fist in the Hornet's Nest .

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300 x 235 mm

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244pp

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200 colour photographs

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Val di Noto, a gem of late Baroque architecture: As a result of a devastating earthquake in 1693 when all major urban centers of the Vallo area were reduced to rubble, the subsequent reconstruction of the cities' villas used the late Baroque style for many of the buildings. The unique features of this common style in the area has earned it recognition as a world heritage site. Today's most beautiful residences: The book also delves into a unique journey through villas and residences that have been revived while safeguarding a charming balance of modern comfort and respect for the past. Exploring the surrounding territory: The enchantment of Val di Noto is not only about splendid buildings. The area is also rich in natural parks, including the beautiful natural reserve of Vendicari. The volume provides many tips on what to visit.

The New Glamour Interiors with Star Quality Jeff Andrews Interior designer Jeff Andrews reveals his decorating secrets in a refreshing, youthful, and liveable take on what glamour today can be.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$90.00

ISBN

9780847866328

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Category

Home Design

Format

254 x 210 mm

Extent

256pp

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175 colour photographs

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Kourtney Kardashian. Kris Jenner. Kaley Cuoco. These Hollywood stars and more have turned to Jeff Andrews to deliver his trademark high style to their homes. In his first book, Jeff Andrews guides us through the bold spaces he has created for his celebrity clients, while sharing his philosophy on design, exploring topics such as creating a vision and keeping unexpected choices elegant and cohesive; cultivating cinematic style with sweeping staircases and a feeling of extravagance, while never insisting on buttoned-up formality. Throughout, Andrews reminds us that interiors must be balanced – whether it’s making sure that even the most sophisticated house has a sense of welcome, or adding an element of rusticity, like grasscloth walls, to an otherwise sleek modern space. Captivating light fixtures, luxe-yet-comfortable furniture, and carefully curated collections come together for a modern take on old Hollywood glamour that will inspire and instruct. Colourful and fun, this is a sourcebook of cool California living at its best.

Author Details Internationally celebrated interior designer Jeff Andrews creates sophisticated yet liveable interiors for families and celebrities alike. His work has been featured in top shelter magazines around the globe, including Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Veranda , and House Beautiful . Jeff has a furniture line with A. Rudin, a wallpaper line with Astek Wallcoverings, a wood surfaces collaboration with Jamie Beckwith, and a rug collection with Mansour. He has received numerous awards from California Home + Design for his work, as well as the Hue Award from Benjamin Moore. Kaley Cuoco is an American actress who stars on The Big Bang Theory as well as the founder of Yes, Norman Productions.

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Jeff Andrews’s bold work has been featured in top shelter magazines from Architectural Digest to Elle Décor. Luxe, House Beautiful, Interiors, and Traditional Home, among others. He has almost 70,000 followers on Instagram. Like Mark Sikes, Jeff Andrews is part of the new generation of designers who know how to leverage social media. Readers will thrill to see inside the homes of their favourite stars. What sets Jeff Andrews apart are his bold design concepts that are sophisticated and fun. His concept of high design is quality, function, and comfort executed with the most aesthetically pleasing elements and modern amenities. Jeff partnered with Astek Wallcoverings in 2014 for Glazed, a collection of wallpaper inspired by his love of vintage ceramics and pottery. Launched in 2015, the Jeff Andrews Collection for A. Rudin has been featured in Elle Décor, Veranda, Interiors, Interior Design, Angeleno and Traditional Home magazines. In 2016, Jeff released Variations, a collaboration with Jamie Beck with Collection on wood surfaces.

Houses: Atelier AM Alexandra Misczynski and Michael Misczynski Following up on their much-heralded first volume of interiors, this new publication presents the next evolution of Atelier AM – virtuosos of mixing antiques and museum-quality artworks with pedigreed design. “Alexandra and Michael Misczynski, the wife-and-husband team behind the Los Angeles-based AD100 design firm Atelier AM, are standard-bearers for the… concepts of quality and connoisseurship. In an image-driven culture, where novelty and extravagance so often masquerade as virtues, the Misczynskis remain steadfast in their belief that true style can emerge only from substance.”— Architectural Digest Atelier AM has been the go-to designers for true connoisseurs since they opened their office in 2002. Taking on very few projects each year, each Atelier AM home is a complete masterwork – where design and art are fully integrated into the architecture and landscape for a rich and immersive experience. Eight new homes are featured in this new volume, and each features Atelier AM’s signature reverence for patina mixed with the new: reclaimed wood beams and well-loved vintage modern furniture pieces mingles comfortably with century-old artifacts and antiques. The projects in this volume show a deep understanding of design history – from Spanish Colonial and English Classicism to contemporary. The mix of modern and ancient acknowledges and celebrates both the past and the future of design. With photography by their long-term collaborator Francois Halard, and insightful texts by Mayer Rus, Houses: Atelier AM promises to be as rich and satisfying as an Atelier AM home itself.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$120.00

ISBN

9780847865055

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Category

Home Design

Alexandra and Michael Misczynski are the team behind the renowned Los Angeles-based design firm Atelier AM. They have been on Architectural Digest ’s AD100 list since 2012.

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318 x 254 mm

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256pp

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300 colour and b&w photographs

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François Halard is an acclaimed photographer who contributes to numerous lifestyle periodicals, including AD and Cabana . Mayer Rus is the Architectural Digest West Coast editor.

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Atelier AM does not produce a lot of work, but each project is a masterpiece of design, and highly anticipated by design press and connoisseurs. Although their work is well-published, the book contains new photography taken especially for this publication, with many never-seen projects. Written by Mayer Rus, the senior editor at Architectural Digest and one of the most eloquent design voices today; and photographed by the interiors master Francois Halard, the book is as much a visual magnum opus as it is a interior design master class. Strong success of Rizzoli’s previous volume on their work.

Stickers 2 More Stuck-Up Crap Db Burkeman A new bible of sticker art – a visual history of street art in one of its most elemental, accessible, provocative, and ubiquitous forms – with twelve pages of collectible stickers This follow-up volume features more than 3,000 stickers from the vibrant and constantly evolving world of street art, where DIY culture meets music, graffiti, design, and branding. Cheap, democratic, easy to "tag," and not always fast to fade, the sticker has been an ever-present medium from the New York and London punk scenes to skate culture and political expression. Organised by theme, chapters move from Music and Skateboarding to Streetwear, Graffiti, Fine Art, and Political Activism, and include sections on sticker art and the origins of surf and BMX culture. The diverse range of works features stickers by fine artists such as KAWS and Jenny Holzer; street artists such as BANKSY, Neckface, ESPO, and Barry McGee; and a host of amateurs who tag the streets anonymously. With texts from celebrated writers – including INVADER, Paul Gorman, Stikman, and C. R. Stecyk, among many others – Stickers 2: More Stuck-Up Crap reveals not only the cutting edge of sticker art but also the personal relationships that street artists and pedestrians share with the medium. And with 12 pages of removable stickers, this book will be as collectible and coveted as the originals spotted on the streets.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$80.00

ISBN

9780847863037

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

Author DB Burkeman fell in love with stickers and street art at an early age via skateboarding and punk rock, but he made a name for himself DJing between his two homes in London and New York. He threw some of the first UK rave warehouse parties in New York City and in the early 90s he launched the infamous nightclub NASA. Although his career has been in music, DJing, and doing P&R for record labels, since discovering Cost & Revs, his secret passion has been street art.

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Art/Fashio/Photography

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298 x 229 mm

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252pp

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200 colour photographs

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Includes a phenomenal abundance of images, totaling more than 3,000 stickers, filling every page with colorful and striking images from around the world. Includes work from hundreds of artists, including Ed Templeton, Stephen Powers, Glen Friedman, Stash, Bill McMullen, Geoff McFetridge, and Aaron Rose. Like its companion first volume, the book includes sheets of real collectible removable stickers. The first book sold through and has become a collectible and expensive cult book online.

Under the Palm Trees Modern Iraqi Art with Mohamed Makiya and Jewad Selim Ahmed Naji This richly illustrated volume explores creativity in twentieth-century Iraqi art through the art collection of a pioneer architect. Featuring works from artists such as Jewad Selim from the 1940s, the Baghdad Modern Art Group from the 1950s and 1960s and Iraqi artists in exile from 1980 onward, this volume showcases the collaboration of pioneer architect Mohamed Makiya with the Iraqi artists of his time, shedding light on the relationship between art and architecture and its role in shaping modern Iraqi society. Moreover, the Makiya collection gives a glimpse of the trajectory of Iraqi art during the first half of the twentieth century. It also introduces Mohamed Makiya, a promoter of the art of his own country, to a wider global audience.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$120.00

ISBN

9788891820129

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Art/Fashio/Photography

Format

279 x 241 mm

Extent

240pp

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250 colour illustrations

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Ahmed Naji is an independent researcher in art history and a scholar on recent art history in the Middle East, particularly Iraq. Naji worked at the Iraq Memory Foundation in Baghdad, was a cultural advisor for the Public Affairs Office at the US Embassy in Baghdad, and served as executive officer of the Humanitarian Dialogue Foundation until 2012.

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A unique book on art collecting and the patronage experience in Iraq.

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A rare look at independent Iraqi cultural hubs in diaspora, including the essential Kufa Gallery in London, which Mohamed Makiya founded and oversaw from 1986 to 2006. Several of the artists featured in the book have work included in the permanent collections of major museums around the world, including the British Museum, Tate Modern, the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar, and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.

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Art After Stonewall 1969–1989 Jonathan Weinberg and Tyler Cann and Drew Sawyer The powerful artworks that emerged following the rise of the gay rights movement, from Alice Neel to Glenn Ligon. Art after Stonewall reveals the impact of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender civil rights movement on the art world. Illustrated with more than 200 works, this groundbreaking volume stands as a visual history of twenty years in American queer life. It focuses on openly LGBT artists like Nan Goldin, Harmony Hammond, Lyle Ashton Harris, Greer Langton, Glenn Ligon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Catherine Opie, and Andy Warhol, as well as the practices of such artists as Diane Arbus, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Karen Finley in terms of their engagement with queer subcultures. The Stonewall Riots of June 1969 sparked the beginning of the struggle for gay and lesbian equality, and yet fifty years later, key artists who fomented the movement remain little known. This book tells the stories behind their works – which cut across media, mixing performance, photographs, painting, sculpture, film, and music with images taken from magazines, newspapers, and television.

Author Details Jonathan Weinberg is an artist, art historian, and author of Male Desire: the Homoerotic in American Art and Ambition and Love in American Art. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Weinberg teaches at the Yale School of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$120.00

Tyler Cann is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Columbus Museum of Art.

ISBN

9780847864065

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Drew Sawyer is Head of Exhibitions and William J. and Sarah Ross Soter Associate Curator of Photography at the Columbus Museum of Art.

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Rizzoli

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Art/Fashio/Photography

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254 x 191 mm

Extent

304pp

Illustrations

200 colour illustrations

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Stonewall crosses beyond the territory of a typical art book in that it serves as a visual history of the LGBTQ movement in general. There have been no illustrated books that commemorate gay life and struggle on a broad scale in America. LGBTQ people of all generations are eager to have a keepsake volume that shows the story. The book is timed to be released in the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which marked the beginning of the gay rights movement. Featured in the book are works by many well-known openly LGBTQ artists including Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Louise Bourgeois, as well as other artists who engaged with queer subculture, such as Alice Neel, George Segal, Barbara Kruger, Diane Arbus, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The book is split up into 7 portfolios that weave together quotations from the artists and activists at the time, with brief commentary from experts today, and short thematic essays. This creates a more dynamic structure than the usual exhibition catalogue – one that will engage casual readers as well as devoted museum-goers. With the rise of the Trump era and a newly energised white supremacist movement, the civil rights of gay people have come under attack again in America. Marriage equality was only legalised in Australia 15 November 2017 after a bitter debate. This makes the Stonewall messages as relevant as ever, and the book can provide hope and strategies for those facing down today's reactionary foes.

Steve Tobin Mind Over Matter David Houston and Steve Tobin and Phoebe Hoban An incisive monograph on visionary artist Steve Tobin, featuring his massive world-renowned outdoor sculptures. Exhibited around the world yet rarely seen together, Steve Tobin's site-specific massive sculptures and select key smaller works and installations are chronicled within a comprehensive selection of 150 images.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$140.00

ISBN

9780847863532

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Category

Art/Fashio/Photography

Format

292 x 254 mm

Extent

192pp

Illustrations

150 colour illustrations

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This comprehensive monograph draws parallels between themes from nature that underpin his body of work, from the interplay of chaos and order to that of growth and decay, establishing his art and practice firmly within the tradition of contemporary monumental art. Tracing the development of his nearly thirty-year practice and featured work is an original text by Phoebe Hoban, author of the best-selling biography Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art. A foreword by art curator David Houston establishes Tobin within the tradition of contemporary monumental sculptors.

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Steve Tobin sculptures have been exhibited world wide, giving him international recognition.

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Steve Tobin's artworks appeal to art lovers and sculptors and artisans, with his use of traditional labor-intensive art practices and craft, from casting and ceramics to glass. At a time when humanity's relationship with nature has become more fraught, Steve Tobin's work strikes a chord within many with his explorations of the natural world to explore themes of growth and decay, chaos and order (in such detailed and scientifically accurate ways that scientists have studied his artworks). As interactive and magical as they are part of the formal art tradition, Steve Tobin's monumental site-specific sculptures, especially his Walking Roots series, are instantly recognisable and attract many who explore them in the round.

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Karl the Fog San Francisco's Most Mysterious Resident Chronicle Books A witty, photographic celebration of San Francisco by their very own resident fog, Karl, capturing the quirky charm and visual beauty of this special place in a way that charms tourists and locals alike.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452173832

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

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Category

Art/Fashio/Photography

Format

165 x 165 mm

Extent

112pp

Illustrations

4-colour photos throughout

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San Francisco, home of cable cars, the Golden Gate Bridge-and its quintessential cool grey fog. As a resident of the Silicon Valley, Karl the Fog naturally uses Twitter and Instagram accounts to document his comings and goings and the beauty of the city he loves (except for when it's sunny). Amassing roughly half a million followers across social platforms, Karl the Fog's witty takes on San Francisco paired with beautiful, evocative photography have earned him celebrity status in the Bay Area and beyond. In this, Karl's very first book, he details his family's history and shares more than 50 scenic selfies along with brand-new, entertaining appreciations of the city, lifting his veil of mist-ery and celebrating San Francisco as only he can.

Author Details Karl the Fog lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Karl's actually got quite a good eye (for a photographer with no hands), and the photos are deserving of being printed and saved in a book (with many more included not seen in his feed, and all photos given fresh caption attention). Neat historical photos from Karl's family album add to the historical and playful appeal. None of these will have been in the feed. The story of Karl, finally revealed! A great 'in-joke' for tourists, locals past and those longing to visit this iconic city Neat tactile fog-like vellum jacket.

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Art of Toy Story 4

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The Art of Toy Story 4 offers exclusive access to the intricate creative process and brilliant minds behind the next film in Pixar’s beloved franchise.

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Josh Cooley

Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the gang return to screens in the newest installment of Pixar’s beloved franchise. Featuring a bevy of concept art, storyboards, character studies, color keys, and environments, along with exclusive interviews, The Art of Toy Story 4 charts the visual and story development of the highly-anticipated sequel. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$75.00

ISBN

9781452163826

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

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Category

Music/Video/Film

Format

229 x 279 mm

Extent

176pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations

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The Art of Toy Story 3 sold over 24,000 copies, with over 17,000 selling in the first year of its publication. This is the next book is a series that resonates with Pixar fans, lovers of the TOY STORY franchise, and those interested in feature film animation. This book offers an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the concept art, process animation, storyboards, and more in the upcoming film. Toy Story is a hugely popular Disney Pixar series, spanning across decades. Children that grew up with the original movie, Toy Story, are now well into their 20s and nostalgic of the characters.

The Polo Shirt

A Ralph Lauren Book

Embodying a chic casualness and ease that is uniquely American, the iconic Polo shirt has become a cool cultural symbol, worn by everyone from movie stars and presidents to athletes and artists. Whether worn layered and with the collar up in a classic preppy style, dressed up under an elegant suit jacket, or open and untucked in a relaxed display of casual chic, the Polo shirt has come to embody the optimism and confidence of American style.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$55.00

ISBN

9780847866304

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Category

Art/Fashio/Photography

Format

216 x 165 mm

Extent

208pp

Illustrations

125 colour photographs

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Seen through the lens of the many photographers who have been capturing people wearing the shirt, each in their own expressive ways, for nearly fifty years, The Polo Book is a fascinating look at the enduring cultural cool of a wardrobe staple. From the timeless look of the white Polo forty-eight colours (and colour combinations), the shirt is designed to be versatile, proving itself adaptable to a variety of effortlessly stylish looks. It all originated in the early 1970s when Ralph Lauren couldn't find a good knit shirt in the colours he wanted. So he invented one, hitting upon the perfect waffle weave that would wear and weather well, in distinctive colours that would only look better with age. In the process he created a classic that spans the worlds of fashion, sports, politics, film, art, music, and even royalty, who have given it star power and a certain status all over the world. Whether worn layered and with the collar up in a classic preppy style, dressed up under an elegant suit jacket, or open and untucked in a relaxed display of casual chic, the Polo shirt has come to embody the optimism and confidence of American style. To celebrate the many colours the Polo shirt has been offered in over the years, the book's cover is clothed in the texture of the waffleweave knit and is offered in six different classic colours.

Author Details Ralph Lauren began his career in 1967, designing neckties under the label Polo. Today, his collections include menswear, womenswear, accessories, fragrance, and home. He has received numerous awards for his work in fashion, philanthropy, and humanitarian causes and is the only designer to receive the CFDA's four highest honours: Womenswear Designer of the Year, Menswear Designer of the Year, Retailer of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement.

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A celebration of the Polo shirt as ubiquitous style icon, the book will appeal to both fashionistas and hard-core collectors who will love to see all the different colours and styles of the shirt ever produced. With more than 200 stores in the United States alone, and nearly 300 worldwide, Ralph Lauren and Polo have a huge presence in cities around the globe. This is another RL production with the full backing of RL, following the original RL books (the oversized 40th anniversary edition in 2007, the smaller edition in 2011, and the updated 50th Anniversary edition in 2017). Ralph Lauren is beloved by the media. He and his work have been featured in every major fashion and lifestyle magazine. This book is sure to have cross-over appeal, to all RL's core fans as well as to a more general style audience.

Drag Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business Frank DeCaro Drag celebrates the fabulous current and historical influence of drag, and its talented and inspiring performers. Since man first walked the Earth...in heels, no other art form has wielded as unique an influence on pop culture as Drag. Drag artists have now sashayed their way to snatch the crowns as the Queens of mainstream entertainment. Through informative and witty essays chronicling over 100 years of drag, readers will embark on a Priscilla-like journey through pop culture, from television shows like The Milton Berle Show, Bosom Buddies, and RuPaul's Drag Race, films like Some Like It Hot, To Wong Foo..., and Tootsie, and Broadway shows like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, La Cage aux Folles, and Kinky Boots. With stops in cities around the globe, and packed with interviews and commentaries on the dramas, joys, and love that "make-up" a life in wigs and heels, Drag features contributions from today's most groundbreaking and popular artists, including Bianca del Rio, Miss Coco Peru, Hedda Lettuce, Lypsinka, and Varla Jean Merman, as well as notable performers as Harvey Fierstein and Charles Busch. It includes more than 100 photos – many from performers' personal collections, and a comprehensive timeline of drag "herstory." Publication

01 May 2019

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Hardback

Price

AU$70.00

ISBN

9780847862351

Publisher

Rizzoli International

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Rizzoli

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Frank DeCaro hosted his own live national talk show The Frank DeCaro Show every weekday on Sirius Satellite Radio for over 10 years. For nearly seven years, he co-wrote and hosted the popular Out at the Movies segments on the Emmy Award-winning Daily Show with Jon Stewart. A much sought-after pop culture pundit, he has appeared on numerous programs including TV Land's Tickled Pink, Logo's The Evolution Will Be Televised, CNN's Showbiz Tonight, NBC's Dateline, VH1's The List, E! Entertainment Television's The E! True Hollywood Story: The Sopranos, and Bravo's Bravo Profiles: RuPaul. As a journalist and fashion editor, he wrote the funny-butchic biweekly column "Style Over Substance" for The New York Times. His work has appeared in myriad publications including The New York Times Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Vogue, USA Weekend, Metropolitan Home, In Style, Time Out New York , and the Advocate.

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Art/Fashio/Photography

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254 x 203 mm

Extent

240pp

Illustrations

100 colour and b&w photographs

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Bruce Villanch is an award-winning writer and performer

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Though always popular, drag culture has finally taken its rightfully royal place in pop culture. Drag fans are of all ages, genders, and orientations. Includes interviews and contributions with such drag icons as RuPaul, Lady Bunny, Joey Arias, Kevin Aviance, and Lypsinka, and many many more. Also included will be notable performers and influencers as Harvey Fierstein, Charles Busch, Boy George, and Dame Edna's brilliant creator Barry Humphries. Includes remembrances of such gone greats as David Bowie, Sylvester, Charles Pierce, etc., as well as the unique perspectives of artists who redefine gender, such as filmmakers John Cameron Mitchell and John Waters, transgender actress Laverne Cox, and chanteuse Justin Vivian Bond. Written in the breezy but authoritative style for which Frank DeCaro is known, Drag contains, as an added delight, an extensive drag timeline that serves as a jumping off point for any readers eager to learn even more about cross-dressing's huge presence in popular culture.

Sea Time Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting, and Diving Aaron Sigmond The first watch connoisseur's guide to explore a century of high-performing, stylish chronometers for watersports adventures above and below the waves – sailing, yachting and diving. From the Rolex Submariner, Omega Seamaster and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms to dive watches by DOXA, Tudor, IWC, Patek Philippe and TAG Heuer, Sea Time: Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting and Diving takes a pinpoint-periscope look at more than 100 contemporary and vintage nautical-inspired mechanical timepieces. With a foreword by best-selling adventure novelist Clive Cussler and images by fine-art photographer Peter Eaton Gurnz, Sea Time – written by Aaron Sigmond and Mark Bernardo – interweaves history, the sailing-countdown chronographs and dive watches' classic style in a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind monograph. A detailed look at the development and history of these oceanic- and coastal-inspired chronometers is followed by an encyclopedic index: chapters include "The Icons" (the dozen most classic dive watches ever made), "Sailing and Regatta Watches," "Dive Watches" and – for those merely lounging instead of plunging into the briny deep – "By the Pool and At the Shore." Informative and visually striking, this captivating guide is the ideal gift for watch collectors and timepiece devotees, as well as all those who have a timeless appreciation for rakish, sporty style. Publication

01 May 2019

Author Details Aaron Sigmond is an award-winning publisher, editor and author of numerous books, includingDrive Time: Watches Inspired by Automobiles, Motorcycles and Racing, from Rizzoli New York. He has written on the subject of timepieces for aBlogtoWatch, Unwound for Crown & Caliber, Revolution: The World's Ultimate Watch Lifestyle Magazine, Jing Daily, Robb Report Vices and The Hollywood Reporter's Watch Issue.

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Hardback

Price

AU$190.00

ISBN

9780847863167

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Art/Fashio/Photography

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318 x 254 mm

Extent

240pp

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150 colour and b&w photographs

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Mark Bernardo is a New York-based editor and nonfiction author who currently serves as the digital media editor of WatchTime. A wellregarded horology journalist and watch critic for over a decade, Bernardo has written about timepieces and other luxury-lifestyle subjects for Worth, Robb Report, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg Pursuits and Stratos: Journey Beyond First Class. Clive Cussler is the author (or coauthor) of more than 50 books in five best-selling series includingDirk Pitt and the NUMA Files. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobilesof Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt. His books have been published in some 40 languages across more than 100 countries. Cussler's previousNew York Times and international bestsellers include Raise the Titanic and Atlantis Found; more recent bestsellers include Poseidon's Arrow and Havana Storm (co-written with his son, Dirk Cussler).

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Sea Time, a sequel to the much-lauded Drive Time: Watches Inspired by Automobiles, Motorcycles and Racing, is, like its predecessor, the first book of its kind. Drive Time has been praised by Maxim, Esquire, the New York Times, Robb Report, and Autoweek, among others. Dive watches are one of the single largest categories of men's fine mechanical watches. Social media, especially Instagram, has turbocharged watch collecting, transforming it from a subculture into a FOMO, gotta-have-it obsession for vintage timepieces as well as contemporary luxury brands. Authors have a strong Instagram followings and other social media platforms. Watch collecting is a visual as well as tactile subject, which the book capitalises on with photos highlighting the lifestyle as well as those featuring the timepieces.

1000 T-Shirts That Make a Statement Raphaëlle Orsini This guide – in the same format as the popular 1000 series which includes1000 Sneakers, 1000 Football Shirts and 1000 Football Clubs – offers a definitive compilation of the world's most iconic, best designed, and most collectible t-shirts all in one place fleshed out with history, design details, and sociocultural trivia. A visual history of the world's most popular and versatile street wear, 1000 T-Shirts celebrates the evolution of the t-shirt from simple underwear to sportswear to fashion statement and urban design icon.

Author Details Raphaëlle Orsini is the fashion editor for the online magazine of Paris' famed department store Galeries Lafayette. Previously, she was fashion editor for the website of the leading French fashion magazineGrazia . Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9780789336637

Publisher

Rizzoli International

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Rizzoli

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0 x 0 mm

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256pp

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1000 full colour photographs

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Attractively packaged with approachable price, this title has great flexibility in a variety of sales contexts, and Rizzoli have demonstrated success with previous titles in this format,1000 Sneakers, 1000 Football Shirts and 1000 Football Clubs Collectors have plenty to look forward to, from rare collaborations, limited editions, to vintage tees from leading collections Included are t-shirts from high fashion, casual street wear, commemorative designs for rock concerts, sporting events, political rallies, and other occasions Brief sidebars and marginalia make for quick, informative, and entertaining reads offering additional anecdotes on t-shirt design, culture, and collecting, along with quotes from rock starts, sports icons, fashionistas, and other celebrities – must have for t-shirt collectors, fashion buffs, and pop culture junkies alike. With a vast range of styles – anarchic illustration, pixel patterns, heavy metal, retro, deadpan humour – 1000 T-Shirts reveals the enormous potential of T-shirts to be expressive, entertaining, and highly desirable all at once.

Baskets Projects, techniques and inspirational designs for your home Tabara N'Diaye 15 versatile woven projects to make for your home. Baskets are a simple but stylish way to organise your home. These hard-working multitaskers not only provide practical storage solutions but they are also decorative and instantly add texture and warmth to any room. Handled, woven, lined, coloured, patterned and lidded – there are so many options when it comes to choosing the baskets you display around your home to fit your needs and style.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback with Flaps

Price

AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781787132702

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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This book will teach you how to master the versatile art of basketry. Each of the four chapters tackles the different materials and their subsequent techniques, including grasses, rope, twine and cane. Learn how to add pattern and colour to your woven wonders as you create a colourful collection of 15 storage accessories of your own. The projects include laundry baskets, baskets with lids, rope bags, a picnic basket, a gorgeous woven lampshade and a stylish collection of patterned tableware. Disover more about this tactile craft as Tabara N’Diaye explores its history and origins through her Senegalese roots. With clear instructions accompanied by the beautiful lifestyle photography and illustrations throughout, Baskets demystifies the art of basket-making for makers at all levels.

Author Details Tabara N’Diaye is the co-founder of La Basketry, a homeware brand offering baskets and home accessories designed in collaboration with a group of female artisans in her native Senegal. Since its launch in 2017, her range of products has been featured in some of the UK's best press such as the Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Living Etc, House & Garden and is currently stocked at the world-renowned Victoria & Albert Museum. A basket maker herself, she’s on a mission to shine light on one of the world’s most ancient crafts with basketry techniques and modern creations that will inspire you. It's woven into her DNA!

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The latest interior sensation baskets, are being used as practical, decorative accessories in the home.

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There are 21.7K hits for basket weaving on Instagram and basket-making courses are springing up all over the country. This will be the first modern basketry book of its kind as all other books on this craft are traditional and outdated.

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How to Do Things A Timeless Guide to a Simpler Life William Campbell Bushcraft 101 meets theKaufmann Mercantile Guide in this handsome, charming, and practical illustrated guide to self-sufficiency and ode to a simpler time. For anyone who finds satisfaction in doing things with their own two hands,How To Do Things delivers advice on accomplishing projects big and small around the house, garden, and farm. Written by gardeners, farmers, and craftsman, with original text and illustrations from the 1919 first edition ofHow To Do Things , this 100th anniversary volume presents a new generation of readers with expert guidance on every facet of homesteading. With entries on a wide range of subjects, including the art of cheese-making to constructing a handy device for catching runaway pigs, ridding a yard of poison ivy, smoking meat, hosting a potato peeling competition, and so much more, this book is equal parts practical and entertaining. Brimming with wit, wisdom, and nostalgia,How To Do Things is a celebration of self-reliance and a charming invitation to reconnect with life's simple pleasures.

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Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$45.00

ISBN

9781452171678

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Brian Barth is a contributing editor at Landscape Architecture Magazine and the writer-at-large at Modern Farmer. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, USA Today, Newyorker.com, Pacific Standard, Nautilis PACIFIC STANDARD, NAUTILUS, and City Lab. He lives in Toronto.

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Chronicle Adult

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Reading Guides

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229 x 159 mm

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272pp

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William Campbell is the editor of How to do Things: A Timeless Guide to a Simpler Life. He lives an idyllic pastoral life in Brooklyn.

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This is a great gift for hard-to-buy for dudes and dads. The useful and straightforward content presented in a handsome package appeals to a wide audience of men – from the armchair outdoorsman to the dad that prides himself on fixing everything around the home, this book makes for a great Father's Day gift and holiday gift. Utilitarian how-to meets the experience trend in this guide that celebrates slow, purposeful living and the rewarding feelings that comes with doing things with your own two hands. Like the popular books Norwegian Wood, Cabin Porn, Bushcraft 101, and The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide, this book celebrates simple pleasures, contentment, and doing things in real life (#IRL). With bemusing details, practical advice, and useful illustrations the package appeals to both people who simply aspire to be more hands-on and people who actually take a stab at trying out some of the techniques in this comprehensive resource. The Farm Journal was a staple of American households in the early part of the 20th century. Founded in 1877, it became one of America's most beloved and foundational magazine brands – in its prime it sold over a million copies of each issue. The 1919 edition of How To Do Things, which collected entries from the Farm Journal, became an instant bestseller and a chorused fixture in millions of homes across America, and it remained so for decades. This 100th anniversary edition is a nostalgic celebration of a simpler way of life, full of tried-and-true techniques pioneered by real farmers and homesteaders – many are still useful today, while the rest are simply a delight to read.

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Using a typewriter, the farmer wrote a businesslike letter to all nineteen seedsmen, telling them what he had to offer and forwarding samples. His results were typical of mailing-list work. Eight businesses did not reply at all, and seven answered that they had adequate supplies arranged for. Four firms offered $1 a bushel more than the grower had been offered at home.

SELLING NUTS

Almost every farm can use mailing lists to advantage. In buying, the lists help locate the cheapest and the most suitable article at once. In selling, they drum up trade, add new customers, and help obtain the highest market prices.

SELLING SEED CORN

Another farmer with a big crop of hickory nuts used a list of entirely different character. During a trip to town he borrowed several city directories and wrote down the names of professionals, manufacturers, and others that he believed had better-than-average buying power. These were classified in the directories and were easily copied. To every one of the several hundred families on his list, he mailed a printed catalog, with 1-cent postage, describing the superior sort of produce he had to offer and quoting prices in bulk lots. The prices were somewhat below what the city fruit stores were charging. He easily sold his entire crop in this way and had a fine beginning toward a parcel- post trade in other farm products.

SELLING WOOD

A farmer who had made a hobby of growing sweet corn— cultivating it for years until he had developed a superior strain— found that the local stores were glad to handle his seed but offered a low price. He compiled a list of nineteen seedsmen operating in his territory, securing the names from farm paper and newspaper advertisements and from personal knowledge. Some of them sold seeds by mail, some through retail stores, and others were city wholesalers.

A third farmer obtained a list of pulpwood buyers and secured a price 50 cents a cord better than that which he was about to accept for his wood. Purchasing agents of corporations send form letters to every business manufacturing articles they are in the market for, giving specifications and asking for samples and prices. Farmers who are making purchases of considerable size can follow the same plan. From the local farm newspapers a list of businesses can be readily complied. It is well to get prices from the local dealer, too.

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Whether the articles to be bought are fence posts or farm implements, it pays to feel out the market thoroughly, and the mailing list is a cheap, effective way of going about it. The fellow who buys without comparison is often the disappointed one. Mailing lists for most farm purposes can be compiled at home. There are businesses that make a specialty of furnishing lists, their charges running from about $2 for every thousand names with a guarantee of accuracy. If the list written to is a long one, it is oftentimes good business to use a printed form letter. With smaller lists, a typewriter will do. The typewriter lessens the labor in correspondence, and every farmer who does a great deal of writing should have one.

LEADING the BULL SAFELY Where a bull is kept on the farm great care must be taken that he has no chance to do any one an injury. No chances should be taken. A rope attached to a ring in the nose serves as an extra hitching arrangement in the stall, but the bull should not be led by this alone. He can charge on the one leading him at will. Put an extra ring in the rope near his nose and have a stick with a snap in the end, and then the bull can be led anywhere in safety, the rope and the stick being taken together in the hand.

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STOP CHICKEN EATING

Here is a cure for that old hog that eats up all the chickens. Use a piece of stiff leather wide enough to cover the hog’s face within an inch or so of the snout, and secure it with a hog ring to the lower edge of the ears. An old bootleg will do.

ANOTHER HEN DISCOURAGER Hiram Hogg: “At last my owner has solved the hen problem to my entire satisfaction by hinging the door to my sty so that it will always swing shut. When I leave my house to roam in the alfalfa I push it open with my snout and need not worry about any fussy old hen and a host of chirping chickens scratching in my nest. Nor will I again waken from my afternoon nap to find that same fussy old hen hovering her brood on my back.” 21

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HOMEMADE HOG SCRATCHER

RAISING GUINEA PIGS

Here is a device that will take the lice off the farmer’s hogs as they are sound asleep. Drive a stake in the ground, wrap an old rope around the stake, and tack with shingle nails. Saturate the rope with equal parts of coal oil and lard once a week, or use one of the commercial coal-tar dips. Drive the stake near the hogs’ sleeping quarters. This is so effectual that the hogs will stand in line waiting their turn to rub against this homemade hog scratcher.

The guinea pig is a native of Brazil and comes in three different colors—white, black, and fawn. Some of the white ones have red eyes. Before starting in the business of raising guinea pigs, you should carefully consider several things: If you have hay, apples, and similar feed on the home place, it is all right; if not, it may be a mistake to start in the guinea pigs business, as these feeds cost too much. Grain must be purchased, but that is a small expense compared with the other feed. Then there must be a good place to keep the little animals. They won’t thrive down in the cellar, nor out in the shed, nor up in the garret. They must have a place where a fire can be kept in cold weather. They must be attended to as regularly as other farm animals. They must be watered once daily, fed two or three times, and have their hutches cleaned out every day. When you get two hundred or three hundred guinea pigs, which would be necessary to have a steady income, you will find it work—not hard labor, but work you cannot shirk.

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MILK STRAINER Good butter making begins as far back as the milking, if not further. The process of milking must be clean if sweet butter is to be made. Fit a funnel, with strainer in the bottom, to the milk pail and milk into this. This will keep out much floating dust and will also assist in keeping the milk closed to odors while it has to remain in the stable.

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Love Bible Words of love Hady Sy Bible of 'I love you' in over 365 languages. Love is a universal language, made even more so, with the help of this gorgeously produced book. Formatted like a traditional pocket bible, Love Bible contains beautifully presented pages filled with the phrase 'I love you' in more than 365 languages – one for every day of the year. Mon ko lo fon (Abe - Ivory Coast, Niger, Congo) / Sheth shen zhon (Apache - Arizona, New Mexico) / Ko kiciyoh (Afar Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia) / Ek het jou lief (Afrikaans - South Africa, Namibia) / Unë të dua (Albanian - Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia) / Txin yaxtakuq (Aleut - Alaska, Greenland, Siberia) / Ich liebe dich (German - Germany, Austria, Switzerland) / Maite zaitut (Basque - Basque Country, Spain, France) .... there are so many ways to say those three special words.... Publication

01 January 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$16.99 | NZ$19.99

ISBN

9781784882303

Publisher

Hardie Grant (UK)

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Hardie Grant (UK) NA Gift

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150 x 100 mm

Extent

368pp

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This is the perfect way to show anyone in your life how much you care.

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Perfect gift for anyone looking to share the love Contains over 365 languages Romantically packaged for the one you love with gilt edges and marker ribbon. Produced in a bible format.

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oh no Alex Norris A humorous and poignant collection about disappointments big and small based on the popular webcomic, Webcomic Name. Alex Norris’ viral webcomic Webcomic Name, has captured the internet’s heart. The disappointed blob and its resigned "oh no" has become a recognisable slogan, tapping into the current internet zeitgeist of self-conscious pessimism to hilarious and heartbreaking effect. Now in this alternately funny and gloomy collection, oh no brings together all the series’ greatest hits as well as dozens of never-before-seen comics. With exciting material for established fans and newcomers alike, oh no will have something for everyone. Because, after all, we are all the disappointed blob; the disappointed blob is us. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

Alex Norris is an award-winning artist based in the UK. He is the creator of the webcomics Dorris McComics, Webcomic Name, Hello World!, and this amazing bio. He lives in London.

ISBN

9781449492533

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AMP

Imprint

Andrews McMeel Books

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Humour

Format

152 x 203 mm

Extent

128pp

Illustrations

Full colour

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Alex has 114k Twitter followers and his Webcomic Name Tumblr posts receive thousands of likes and shares.

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Not only do Alex's posts get shared by fans, other comics creators have taken to doing their own Webcomic Name-style fan art. Nick Seluk, Ruby Elliot, and many others have created their own Webcomic Name comics, bringing new readers to Alex's work. Quirky and relatable comics are demonstrably popular. The Webcomic Name series appeals to readers who see the glass as half-empty, and anyone who’s experienced disappointment – self-created and not – and has to laugh to keep from crying.

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What Would Skeletor Do? Diabolical Ways to Master the Universe Robb Pearlman Filled with earnest quotes, snarky observations, episode recaps, inspirational mantras, and classic images readers with fond memories of the 1980s classic cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe! will use the wit and wisdom found in this affordable and affable volume to launch their own plans toward planetary domination. Thanks to its multitude of dynamic characters and rich fantasy and science-fiction storytelling, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe has resonated with fans for more than thirty years. Skeletor, He-Man's evil nemesis in the show, remains an icon of villainy for generations who grew up hearing his cackle. Now, for the first time, all of the diabolical wit and wisdom gleaned from Skeletor's unrelenting campaign to wreak havoc on the planet Eternia are collected into one practical, and practically hilarious, volume. This fully authorised, comical, and empowering guide places the evil Skeletor in a variety of troubling scenarios that will be familiar to any reader – from 'Family and Frenemies' to 'Career' and 'Downtime' – and asks the all-important question: What Would Skeletor Do? Combining words of devilish wisdom with appropriate (or inappropriate!) pictures from the original cartoons, this book lets Skeletor tell you how to handle any awkward situation with aplomb. With tongue planted very firmly in cheek, What Would Skeletor Do? is the perfect inspirational resource for pop-culture aficionados of all ages.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9780789335500

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Rizzoli International

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Rizzoli

Robb Pearlman is an editor, author, and pop culture junkie. The author of eight books, he has steered the multi-million dollar publishing and licensing campaigns for Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, and Raggedy Ann and Andy. He is an associate publisher at Rizzoli.

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96pp

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He-Man is a perennial highlight of comic and pop culture conventions, and this book will be published to coincide with San Diego ComicCon 2019, where new and exciting He-Man-related toys and collectibles will be making their debut. The fan-generated SkeletorIsLove Tumblr has more than 282,000 Facebook Fans and 2100 Twitter followers. The classic 1980s cartoon is more beloved than ever by hardcore fans, who are now introducing the next generation to the wonders and adventures of Eternia. New comic books, published by DC Entertainment, are best-sellers.

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The original 1987 Masters of the Universe film, starring Frank Langella and Courtney Cox remains a cult favourite. A script for a new He-Man film is in development at Sony.

Best in Class Essential Wisdom from Real Student Writing Tim Clancy Fin Exams meetsWeird Things Customers Say in Bookstores an illustrated collection of amazing, funny moments from real student writing, collected over the course of more than 25 years in the classroom. From the very first week of Tim Clancy's 25-year career as a high school English teacher, he began to notice and collect funny and strange moments he discovered in his students' writing, moments like: "The word 'witch' has become a household word, like spatula," and "Wherever excitement is, there will always be romance. Trust me." He would occasionally share them with his classes, who enjoyed them as much as he did, and so this book was born. Best in Class collects nearly 200 of the most entertaining of these moments from real student writing and complements them with dozens of playful illustrations to create a sympathetically hilarious book for anyone who has muddled their way through the wilderness of a school writing assignment.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452173627

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Education

Format

152 x 114 mm

Extent

176pp

Illustrations

30 2-colour illustrations

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Tim Clancy taught high school English in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for more than 25 years. He began collecting amusing, entertaining, and intriguing excerpts from his students' writing and would occasionally share them with his classes over the years. Encouraged by their reactions ("Mr. Clancy, you should make a book of these!"), he has collected the very best of them in this book. Johnny Sampson is an American cartoonist and illustrator based in Chicago. He likes to make funny pictures, posters, and songs. His clients include MAD Magazine, National Lampoon, The New York Times, Lucky Peach, Mother Jones, Pitchfork , the Alamo Drafthouse , and others.

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The success of F in Exams has helped demonstrate that a wide range of people and accounts enjoy reading real student blunders and amusing flights of fancy. This shares that pleasure in a different but equally enjoyable way. Should particularly appeal to teachers, students and recently former students, as well as people attuned to wordplay humour. It will also likely appeal to anyone who's been through the grind of writing papers in high school, which is mostly everyone. Nice gift price-point for grads, teachers, and students of every age; funny content on every page, dip-in-and-out friendly, plus illustrations!

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I want to learn more about English. Verbs, etc.

If l did not have wire, or something similar, I would be in many pickles.

She was walking around with someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joke on her shirt.

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Justice is bringing a means to things that are scrambled to clear perfection.

You can never predict anything because all the entertainment is sought out randomly and through lazy grudges in this manipulative town.

People can push others around, the people who are different from them, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never see a boat doing that.

Como te Llamas Everyday Llamas You Might Know Kristin Llamas Which llama are you? This adorably odd collection of super-relatable llama portraits and personalities celebrates everyone's new favorite it creature ("the new unicorn") in a colourfully gifty, shareable way. Which llama are you? Artist Kristin Llamas (her real name) has been drawing adorably odd portraits of llamas for years. Inspired by a name, and her affection for these delightfully expressive animals, she'll create a detailed, personality rich portrait in her realistic and humorous black and white style. The results are charming, funny, and relatable. Some mornings are just Angela mornings. Charlie, we know just how you feel. . . This gorgeously gifty humour book collects 60 of Llamas' most funny and endearing portraits, pairing them with biographical quips and jewel tone colour washes to capture these llamas quirky inner lives and our own.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$35.00

ISBN

9781452177779

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint Series Category

Nashville, Tennessee-based artist Kristin Llamas creates work that is project-based ranging from large scale paintings to digital drawings to street art installations – the common theme being that the work is guided by conversation with the community. Her llama illustration series stems from her Llamas Art Show, in which she plays upon her own last name to study the stories behind everyone's name: individuals submit their naming stories (Why were you given that name? Do you relate to it? etc) and in return, she creates each name as a drawing of a llama. Visit her website at: kllamas.com

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178 x 127 mm

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160pp

Illustrations

b&w illustrations

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2017 saw a huge surge in llama popularity (they were called the "new unicorns") as consumers obsessed over their cute, smiling appearance along with Central/South American-themed patterns and a general feeling of warmth and comfort that comes with the llama lifestyle. Which llama are you? This has a "that's so me" (self-purchase) or "this is so you" (gift purchase) aspect and shareability to it. Funny and sweet and silly. The illustration style at once captures beautifully detailed realism and fun, playful personality in one package, perfect for a range of accounts. Though they are all over pillows, greeting cards, stuffed toys, etc., very limited competition in adult books about llamas.

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DARA

Dara is pretty sure everything is going to be okay.

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CAROLINE Caroline wonders who all these

If Magnus opens a bag of chips, people are sitting in cafes in theheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goingmiddle to finish bag of chips. of that a workday.

Baseball Card Vandals Beau Abbott and Bryan Abbott 200 old and worthless baseball cards expertly defaced by the creators of Instagram and Tumblr sensation Baseball Card Vandals.

Author Details Beau Abbott is 2 1/2 years older than Bryan. He holds a BFA in Painting & Drawing from the San Francisco Art Institute, as well as the distinguished title, "grad school dropout." He currently works as a Copywriter at Deutsch LA, and lives in Culver City with his wife Brittany and their crazy dog Benny. Bryan Abbott is 2 1/2 inches taller than Beau. He is a self-taught graphic designer who can also do masterful impressions of just about any Major Leaguer's batting stance. He currently works as an Art Director at Deutsch LA, and lives in Culver City with his classy dog Milu.

Key Information Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$39.99

ISBN

9781452173603

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Sport & Fitness

Format

178 x 127 mm

Extent

224pp

Illustrations

200 full-colour baseball cards

Age Range

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Baseball Card Vandals has sold nearly 2,000 cards – these are old, worthless baseball cards that someone drew a penis on going for about $40 USD each. Their sales have doubled in the last year, and they have a lot of returning customers, celebrity customers, and new customers. Their fans have been requesting a book since their Tumblr began. People are incessantly lured by nostalgia. Baseball cards were once (and for a good stretch) a huge collector's item for kids and adults alike. They kept them in those plastic sleeves in binders, waited to see who they got in their pack, traded them, sold them, etc. Even though most of them are now worthless, they still pack a nostalgic punch, and those who collected cards love seeing them brought back to life. Their fans are 82% dudes who are primarily between the ages of 25 and 44. While the majority started as sports fans, their followers have since spread wider into fans of all kinds (but still dudes). Check out the media they've already received and you'll see how strongly the cards strike a chord with fans - especially people who used to collect baseball cards. Combined with the nostalgia factor, it's the random and often absurd humour that the authors are able to achieve in just one baseball card. It's weird but in an immediate and new way.

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All That Glisters And Other Quotations You Should Know Caroline Taggart All That Glisters … presents some of the pithiest, wisest and most fascinating quotations we should all know, detailing where they came from and why they may be useful when searching for an elegant or informed line to illustrate a point, spice up conversation or impress one’s friends.

Publication

01 January 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781782439974

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

Imprint Series Category

Michael O'Mara NA Quality Non Fic

Format

178 x 111 mm

Extent

192pp

Illustrations

line decorations throughout

Age Range

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Quotations – or snippets from them – are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the speaker knowing where they came from. From words of comfort to advice for the lovelorn, you can bet that someone, somewhere has come up with phraseology that perfectly sums up whatever situation you find yourself in – and put it more succinctly than you could ever dream of. In All That Glisters … Caroline Taggart presents some of the pithiest, wisest and most fascinating quotations we should all know, detailing where the quotation has come from and why it may be useful when searching for an elegant or informed line to illustrate a point, spice up conversation or impress one’s friends. Part of the pleasure of this book is to reveal the provenance of the wellworn quote (or misquote) – my cup runneth over, ay, there’s the rub, to err is human, the spice of life – but also to introduce some less familiar ones. Most of the quotations included are from classic sources – from the Bible, the works of Shakespeare, other poets, classical authors, Dickens (God bless us everyone, waiting for something to turn up, very humble), Charlotte Bronte (Reader, I married him) and George Bernard Shaw (who didn’t actually say Youth is wasted on the young, but may have said something like it. Somewhere. No one seems to know for sure). This entertaining and informed – but not too serious – take on the wit and wisdom of the last 2000 years is ideal for modern readers who like their knowledge in tweet-sized chunks.

Author Details Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for thirty years before being asked by Michael O'Mara Books to write I Used to Know That, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. Following that she was co-author of My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?), and wrote a number of other books about words and English usage. She has appeared frequently on television and on national and regional radio, talking about language, grammar and whether or not Druids Cross should have an apostrophe. Her website is carolinetaggart.co.uk and you can follow her on Twitter @citaggart.

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Available 1 January 2019

Featuring many famous quotations, their uses and origins as well as misquotes and misattributions. Explodes myths about who said what, where and when, and how some true meanings have been lost or misinterpreted over time. Entertaining and informative, the quotations within will help spice up the dreariest conversations. By the author of My Grammar and I (over 166,000 copies sold worldwide) and 500 Words You Should Know (over 84,000 copies sold worldwide).

YO U N G TO O S O O N , W I S E TO O L AT E

Among the subjects that have sparked people to the greatest eloquence are life’s inevitable ups and downs. Here are their ideas on the highs and lows, the rough and the smooth.

All hope abandon, ye who enter here Often misquoted as ‘Abandon hope, all ye who enter here’, this is much more gloomy in the correct version: every iota of hope, every last scrap is to be abandoned. It’s part of the inscription above the gate of Hell, through which the Italian poet Dante passes at the beginning of his epic poem Divine Comedy. Something to be said as you’re waiting to go into the boss’s office for an unpleasant meeting, perhaps.

All that glisters is not gold This is from Act II, scene vii of The Merchant of Venice, the scene in which the Prince of Morocco opens the gold casket. Hang on. The Merchant of Venice? Isn’t that Shylock and the pound of flesh? Well, yes, but this is a Shakespeare comedy – there has to be a ridiculous subplot. It has been decreed that wealthy Portia shall offer any suitor the opportunity to open one of three caskets, gold, silver or lead; one of them contains her portrait and she is to marry the man who finds it. We’ve already learned that the Prince of Morocco is pretty pleased with himself, so it’s no surprise when he picks the gold casket, which bears the inscription Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire. Why, that’s the lady, he says, reasonably enough, and opens it, only to reveal a skull and a scroll with a verse beginning All that glisters is not gold and warning that Gilded tombs do worms enfold. Don’t judge a book by its glossy cover, it’s saying, and Morocco departs discomfited. An important thing to note here is that the word is glisters, not glitters. Pedants will pick you up on that every time. Extra points if you also know that the imagery recurs in Thomas Gray’s ‘Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat’:

Not all that tempts your wand’ring eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters gold.

The favourite cat has ‘drowned in a tub of goldfishes’ – another sad lesson on the vanity of seeking earthly rewards. 78

come into something that might redound to the good of their Successors, grew very peevish. We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.

For more about Thomas Gray, see the next entry and, for more from The Merchant of Venice, see page 128: A Daniel come to judgement!

s to posterity, I may ask . . . what has it ever done to oblige me? Shades of Monty Python and What did the Romans do for us?, you might think, but in fact this is from a letter by the eighteenth-century poet Thomas Gray, best known for his ‘Elegy in a Country Churchyard’. He’s writing to a friend, explaining why he isn’t doing any work at the moment: he’s wandering round cathedrals and tombs and ruins, thinking. This may be, as he puts it, to little purpose, but who cares? Why should he worry about doing anything that posterity will consider worthwhile? The ellipsis in the heading to this entry indicates the omission of the words with some body whom I have forgot, suggesting that Gray didn’t make this witticism up, but is quoting . . . somebody. That somebody may well be Joseph Addison, the essayist and co-founder of The Spectator magazine, who had lived a generation or so earlier. Addison had written in 1714 (on the surprisingly modern subject of landowners managing their treeplanting sustainably): I know when a Man talks of Posterity in Matters of this Nature, he is looked upon with an Eye of Ridicule by the cunning and selfish part of Mankind. Most People are of the Humour of an old Fellow of a College, who, when he was pressed by the Society to 80

Whether Addison was genuinely quoting an elderly don or was making this up for the sake of a good story is open to speculation.

voiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure . . . . . . Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. So wrote Helen Keller, who in the early twentieth century earned fame by overcoming the handicaps of deafness and blindness to earn a degree and become an author and political activist. It’s an idea that goes back a long way. The Roman historian Tacitus, writing in the first century ad, put it like this: The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. While in the twentieth century the American politician James F. Byrnes said: Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. All persuasive ways of saying, ‘Go for it!’ when someone is erring too far on the side of caution.

Just Between Us: Conversation Cards for the Whole Family Conversation Cards for the Whole Family Meredith Jacobs and Sofie Jacobs Get beyond the chitchat, and deepen the conversation, with this deck of 150 thought provoking prompts for the whole family. From the bestselling authors of the Just Between Us series comes a set of conversation cards to help the whole family get beyond the chit-chat and deepen the conversation. Housed in an elegant keepsake box, these conversation starters can sit on display at a kitchen table or be tossed into a bag for a road trip. Slip a conversation card into the display window and take turns answering the question. Then flip the card over for more ways to enrich the conversation. With more than 150 prompts, these cards generate many rich opportunities for connection, and because the questions are open-ended, they can be reused again and again. Publication

01 May 2019

Author Details

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Sofie Jacobs graduated from the University of Michigan and lives in Rockville, Maryland.

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452174839

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Misc POS

Format

89 x 114 mm

Extent

75pp

Illustrations

75 full colour double-sided cards

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Meredith Jacobs is an award-winning columnist and author. She lives in Rockville, Maryland.

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This format translates the bestselling Just Between Us journaling series in to a real world exchange, encouraging family members to talk in person about the prompts on a road trip or over a meal. The perfect way to get conversation started, and strengthen familial bonds. This illustrated deck is the perfect impulse buy for any family gift giving occasion. It will also appeal to any parent looking for new ways to connect with their children. The original Just Between Us: Mother & Daughter journal has sold more than 275,000 copies net worldwide! Slip a conversation card into the display window and take turns answering the question. Then, flip the card over for just a little more to deepen the conversation. With more than 150 prompts, these questions generate many rich opportunities for connection, and because the questions are open-ended, they can be reused over and over again.

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What is your favorite thing to do with your friends?

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JUST A LITTLE MORE!

What do you look for in a friend?

Alakazam! The Game of Dueling Wizards Stone Librande It's a wizard-versus-wizard battle to the finish in this fast and fun on-the-go game! It's near the end of a mighty duel between two powerful wizards each has only a small arsenal of spells at their disposal, and limited strength left. They must consider carefully which spell to charge up: should they attack their opponents directly? Or predict their opponent's next move with a counterspell? They may even summon monsters to battle-unless their opponent gets there first! A fastpaced and magical game for two players (ages 6+), Alakazam! is a pair of completely contained game cards with spinning wheels and sliders for wizards to duke it out for the first to five points. Armed with a range of spells, wizards choose their spell in secret each turn and cast simultaneously with a mighty cry: ALAKAZAM! Built-in spinners and sliders allow players to use damaging spells, predict an opponent's moves with counter spells, and even summon monsters to battle. Gameplay is like a complex rock-paper- scissors, with defensive and offensive strategies, and even a set of MASTERIES for advanced rules when players become experienced with the game. Take down your opponent as quickly as possible - before their spells hit their mark!

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452172859

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Puzzles & Games

Format

279 x 152 mm

Extent

2pp

Illustrations

4-colour illustrations

Age Range

6 and up

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Stone Librande is an American video game designer at the video game publisher Riot Games. He was the lead designer of Diablo 3 at Blizzard Entertainment and creative director of SimCity at Electronic Arts. Stone is a frequent speaker at the Game Developers Conference where he has given several talks about game design and he also teaches game design courses at CMU's Entertainment Technology Centre in Silicon Valley. In his spare time he makes card and board games for his friends and family. His first board game, Mechs vs. Minions, was published by Riot Games in 2016 and was nominated for 7 Golden Geek awards and SXSW Tabletop Game of the Year.

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The format of this game offers a lot to the gift channel (quick to learn, easy to take on the go, and impulse package) without simply replicating existing games (charades, Go Fish, etc.), presenting a unique addition to an already inflated category of giftable games. The gameplay is fast (maybe 15-20 minutes per game) but offers a lot of replay value due to the strategy involved. There are ways to think beyond your next turn and strategise two steps ahead of your opponent, and you can win by playing defensively (gaining Power) or offensively (doing damage), adding value to every play. The addition of the Masteries ruleset also ensures that even experienced players are never bored. No small pieces, no choking hazards, and a durable, transportable game bring this a level above your usual magnetic game boards or conversation starters. Players of all ages respond positively to the game, and it has years of play-testing with both kids and adults on Stone's part. This format can be translated to a number of themes (sports, knights vs. dragons, etc.) and there is potential to create an exciting and unique series out of these game cards.

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Prepare to cast your strongest magic with

Alakazam!

Pull out creatures to summon!

Raise your power level! Protect your life points!

Spin the wheel to cast spells!

Windows close to lock opponent’s spells!

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Experienced wizard? Get ready for advanced rules with Spell Masteries!

Armed with a range of spells in two completely contained game cards, wizards choose their spell in secret each turn and cast simultaneously with a mighty cry: ALAKAZAM! Built-in spinners and tabs allow players to use damaging spells, predict an opponent’s moves with counter-spells, and even summon monsters to battle. Take down your opponent as quickly as possible—before their spells hit their mark! These two fully contained game cards are travel-ready and perfect for aspiring wizards of all ages.

2 players • 15 minutes • Ages 6+

Contents: two game cards, instructions on back of each

Manufactured in China Game design and text © Stone Librande

$14.95 U.S./£xx.xx U.K.

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alakazam!

The Game of Dueling Wizards

2 players 15 minutes Ages 6+ Two wizards, caught in a mighty duel. Eight spells to cast. Six creatures to summon.

Who will win?

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Zap: Your opponent loses 1 Life. Power: Gain 1 Power. Summon: Summon 1 monster. (It can’t attack this turn.) Bind: Lock one of your opponent’s spells, except their current spell. Reflect: Counters Blast: your opponent loses 2 Life and their Blast Spell fizzles. Or: Center yourself.

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Drain: Counters Power: gain 1 Power and your opponent loses 1 Life and their Power Spell fizzles. Or: Center yourself. Banish: Counters Summon: your opponent loses 1 Life and their Summon Spell fizzles. Or: Unsummon any monster in play. Or: Center yourself. Break: Counters Bind: your opponent loses 1 Life and their Bind Spell fizzles. Or: Unlock any Bound Spell. Or: Center yourself.

In the event of a tie, the player with the most Power wins.

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AlakazaM! The Game of Dueling Wizards

Goal:

Gain 5 Power or reduce your opponent’s Life to 0. Setup:

Set your Life Meter to 5 and your Power Meter to 0. Unbind all spells by sliding the windows open. Slide all monsters down so that they are hidden in the top of the card. How to play:

Each player may cast one of eight spells during their turn. See the front of the game card for spell details. Spells are cast by spinning the Spell Dial to set the star in the window next to the spell. If a spell is “bound,” the window is closed and that spell cannot be cast until it is unbound again using the Break Spell. After the first turn, you may only cast spells adjacent to your prior spell free of cost. Bound spells are still considered to be adjacent spells. If you choose to cast the same spell as the last turn, you must spend 1 Power. You may also choose to “center” yourself rather than casting a spell by hiding the star icon between two spells. This allows you to cast any unbound spell on your next turn. 1. Select

Keeping their boards hidden, each player selects their spell or centers themselves. On the first turn, players select any spell. If a player selected a spell last turn, they can do one of the following: • Cast an adjacent unbound spell • Center themselves • Select the same spell as last turn (costs 1 Power after casting) If a player centered themselves last turn, they may select any unbound spell on the board.

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2. Cast

At the same moment, both players declare “ALAKAZAM!” and reveal their chosen spell. Spells are cast and the effects are determined. If both players cast the same spell, the player with the most Power succeeds and the other player’s spell fizzles. If both players have the same Power, then both spells fizzle. If you cast the same spell as last turn, lose 1 Power.

3. Monsters Attack

Monsters can be brought into play using the Summon Spell. Each unblocked monster does 1 point of damage after spells are cast. A monster cannot do damage on the turn it is summoned, although it can block. Monsters block each other if they are summoned into directly opposite slots when the boards are facing each other (for example, a monster summoned on the far right blocks a monster summoned on the far left). Blocked monsters do not damage each other or the players.

4. Check for Victory

If your opponent is reduced to 0 Life or if you have 5 Power (and at least 1 Life) at the end of a turn, you win! In the case of a tie, the player with the most Power wins. If both players have equal Power then the game is a draw. If there is no winner at the end of a turn, begin a new turn.

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Top This! The Ice Cream Game Chronicle Books A simple game, BINGO-like structure paired with a narrative hook and appealing ice cream shop elements provides endless opportunities for engaged play, boundless creativity, and ice cream love! Kids will delight in this irresistible family game! Here's how to play: Players have a dream job, working at an ice cream shop, creating delicious sundaes for customers. The ice cream dish and scoops are ready-all that needs to be added are toppings! But there's a catch: Each customer has a special request, and there are ice cream shop surprises in store that may hinder or accelerate the players' progress. Spin the spoon to select a topping, then draw a napkin story card for a bonus topping, a topping trade, or a topping loss. The first player to complete his or her sundae wins! This sweetly spirited board game provides heaps of opportunities for engaged play and boundless creativity! Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452171647

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

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Format

279 x 229 mm

Extent

4pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

4 and up

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Author Details Olivia Bartz is an editor living in New York City. Naomi Kirsten is a writer and editor living in San Francisco.

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From the fabled ice cream truck to the excitement of choosing favourite flavours and toppings, kids love ice cream. This game speaks to that sweet obsession in a way that is tactile, fun, and educational. This game incorporates the sorting elements of BINGO with a story hook to serve a delectable, kid-friendly experience. Every game experience is different! Players can choose new ice cream flavours for each game, and toppings can be arranged in countless ways for endlessly creative sundaes. The unpredictable spinner/story cards mean an exciting new outcome every time you play. After playing the game, kids can grab the game pieces to set up their own pretend ice cream shops at home! Parents will also appreciate the creative and narrative hooks that take the tactile, realistic, yet fun components beyond the basic game structure and into free and imaginative play.

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Board

Each player chooses one sundae game board for the

duration of gameplay. Place the topping pieces beside the spinner and arrange the napkin cards, face down,

in a separate stack. (Each topping piece is double sided, so there are two topping options per topping piece.) Play proceeds clockwise from the youngest player, 228.6 who goes first. At the beginning of their turn, the

player spins the spinner and either chooses a topping

from the resulting category to add to their sundae,

279.4 the player draws a napkin card and reads it aloud.

place the card in the discard pile.) Discarded toppings are returned to the toppings pile.

Each players takes turns spinning the spinner, choosing a topping indicated by the spinner, and then drawing a napkin card.

If players run out of napkin cards to draw from,

reshuffle the discard pile to form a new draw pile, and resume gameplay.

spin again, or loses a topping. To complete their turn,

The first player to add six toppings to their sundae wins!

Depending on what the card says, the player may

Note: For younger children, the number of

add or remove toppings, and then place the card in

a discard pile. (If the card instructions do not apply because there are not yet toppings on the sundae,

toppings needed to win can be reduced. For instance, only four scoops require toppings to win. Game B oard 2

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Oh My God, Stacy! Greg Schram Cliques collide in the race to be the coolest in school in this fun and social pick-up-and-play party game with a retro vibe. What's your damage?! Find your clique, grab your gear, and prepare for a night of high school drama to the max with this radical card game that has jocks, preppies, geeks, and punks square off in loving homage to high school movies from the ‘80s. A fun party game for up to 12 players, Oh My God, Stacy! has students work with their clique to play cards throughout the school day attempting to prank their fellow classmates, collect and steal gear, forge alliances, and earn cool points. Morning announcements may change the rules of play each turn, so stay chill and may the coolest kids win! 312 players, ages 13+ Box contents: 118 main cards, 33 Morning Announcement cards, pizza chits ("cool points" - 6 make a complete pizza!), Class Bell card.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Author Details

Price

AU$35.00

ISBN

9781452171043

Greg Schram grew up in San Francisco, and has a background as a comic, clown, and (yes really) LARP camp staffer. His mild-mannered alter ego works as an ad copywriter. His co-created strategy card game, Laboratory Mayhem, successfully Kickstarted and hit shelves fall 2017.

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Puzzles & Games

Format

216 x 178 mm

Extent

160pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

13 and up

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Personal high school experiences may differ but everyone has a certain level of nostalgia for fictional high school – from Breakfast Club to High School Musical, these are the cliques that stick through pop culture and they're fun to play with! The box will be completely unique, evoking a classic Trapper Keeper with a flap and velcro closure, which opens up on the pizzabox holding the cool point tokens and a locker-shaped box holding the cards. This is unlike anything else on the game market, as much a fun object as a fun game! This is party-game-plus (beyond the standards like Cards Against Humanity or Who's Most Likely) Oh My God, Stacy! is a wholly unique card game rather than repackaging an existing concept. It plays best with big groups, but never plays the same way twice and doesn't drag overlong (usually about half an hour), inviting players to play multiple times in a row, develop strategies, and more. This unique game will work well for game-specific channels that are looking for the next board game hit.

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To play any ACTION card, students must get permission from another clique first — except for ACTIONS that would trash this rule.

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COFFEE ON CAMPUS At the start of their turn, students can choose to play an ACTION card instead of drawing from the deck. They can then draw or play another ACTION as normal.

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ON THE COUNT OF THREE, EVERY STUDENT IMMEDIATELY POINTS AT WHO THEY THINK IS THE MEANEST STUDENT. THE STUDENT(S) WITH THE MOST VOTES LOSES 1 COOL POINT.

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ON THE COUNT OF THREE, EVERY STUDENT IMMEDIATELY POINTS AT WHO THEY THINK IS THE SNEAKIEST STUDENT. THE STUDENT(S) WITH THE MOST VOTES MUST TRASH THEIR HAND AND DRAW THE SAME NUMBER OF CARDS.

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PICTURE DAY WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS BUSY WITH HAIR SPRAY, EACH SKATER STUDENT CAN DRAW TO A FULL HAND OF CARDS.

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PROM ONE STUDENT FROM EACH CLIQUE CAN ASK ANOTHER STUDENT FROM A DIFFERENT CLIQUE TO PROM. IF THEY ACCEPT, YOU BOTH GAIN 1 COOL POINT (STUDENTS CAN ONLY HAVE 1 DATE EACH). PREPPIES AND THEIR DATES GAIN 1 ADDITIONAL COOL POINT.

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We Rate Dogs! The Card Game Matt Nelson and Ben Walker and Darren Watts This fun and fast card game is full of pups strutting their stuff to be named the sassiest, floofiest, most boopable Best in Show – but they're all good dogs, Brent! They're good dogs, Brent! In this fast-paced card game for 36 players, based on the massively successful Twitter account WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates, 6.83 million followers), good dogs compete to be the very best! Players choose their favourite puppers to compete in a dog show, with ratings based on six categories: Floof, Sass, Boopability, Zoom, Ears, Wag. Play action cards to knock your opponents' dogs down in the ranks, improve your own dog's ratings, and be named Best In Show, but not to worry: no dog will ever be less than a 10/10!

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

HOW TO PLAY: Each dog has a set of six scored categories (none less than 10/10, following the convention of the WeRateDogs Twitter account) and an overall "Goodness" score. After adopting dogs from the shelter, players join a dog show and, when one of the six categories is chosen for judging, send their best doggos into the ring to compete. Players can then play event cards for any number of game-changing results, including lowering or increasing a certain dog's rating number, changing the judging category, distracting dogs out of the competition entirely, swapping dogs with other players, and so much more! Each judging round includes three chances to play event cards, so players can strategise and play for the long or short term – the dog with the highest rating at the end of the judging round will go to the winner's circle! Once the Winner's Circle is full of good dogs, there is one final judging round for overall Goodness – but event cards can still provide chaotic and unexpected results before one dog is finally named Best in Show! up to 36 players, ages 8+

Price

AU$45.00

Box contents: Shelter Deck, Event deck, category die, Winner's Circle board, player tokens, First Player card

ISBN

9781452173856

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Consignment

Series

Category

Puzzles & Games

Format

203 x 203 mm

Extent

160pp

Illustrations

Full colour photography throughout

Age Range

8 and up

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Author Details Matt Nelson is a sophomore in the PGA Golf Management Program at Campbell University. His success with WeRateDogs™ since late 2015 has been documented in NY Mag , Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Daily Mail, People Magazine, Study Breaks , and many more. The Washington Post called him "the Internet's most famous dog rater." Nelson has accumulated over one million followers across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat in less than a year by showcasing user-submitted dog media attached to his trademark caption style. He resides in Charleston, West Virginia. Darren Watts, Stephen Tasker, and Ben Walker are game designers live on the East Coast and have self-published nearly a dozen games between them.

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This is a fun new entry in Chronicle's established pet category and growing games category, ready for a new generation of dog owners and dog lovers who have taken up their own language on the internet to describe their very best friends. Matt's voice is tuned in perfectly to this audience, and keeps the focus of the game where it belongs – on the very cute pups! Like an actual gathering of dogs, this game is all about good clean chaos! Event cards can completely throw plans out the window as dogs are distracted by squirrels or rush to make new friends, keeping players on their toes and creating a lively and energetic game that never plays the same way twice. After gaining fame for its most famous exchange ("They're good dogs, Brent") the WeRateDogs Twitter account has had extensive coverage for its loving and fun dog-rating system, including Salon, Esquire, NPR, NY Mag, the Chive, and more. He has almost 7 million Twitter followers (up from 2 million at the start of 2017), 373,000 Instagram followers, 253,000 Facebook followers, a successful webstore, a mobile game (completely unrelated to the board game), a book with Skyhorse, and calendars with Andrews McMeel. This unique game will work well for game-specific channels that are looking for the next board game hit.

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Boopability: based on the amount of individuals you’d fight through to lightly touch a pup’s snoot with your forefinger Zoom: just how speedy is this doggo? Take the time to reach maximum zoomage, multiply by top speed when a snackum is introduced, then add total squirrels caught (this metric is a constant zero)

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a player token on top of their dog. The dogs are ready to compete!

There are three stages in this game:

Each Try for the Circle! competition consists of three turns. At the end of three turns, the dog with the highest rating in the judged category goes to the Winner’s Circle!

1. The Shelter

Sass: some dogs are sassy—hard to quantify but you know it when you see it

Ears: ears may come in all sizes and orientations, but this rating gauges a very specific combination of perk, flop, and listening skills

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Each Event Card lists its possible effects. If an Event Card has two possible effects (i.e. an event or a rating change), the player can only choose one effect when the card is played. Player can choose between changing a dog’s ratings 1 or taking the action described 2

1. The Shelter The youngest player picks the first dog, followed by the player to their left, and so on until each player has picked a dog. The last player takes both remaining dogs. When you have picked a dog, place it in your Home, face-up in front of you. Deal out the same number of cards from the Shelter Deck (player count plus one). Whoever picked last in the previous round picks first and choices proceed to the left. Repeat this until every player has a number of dogs equal to the number of players plus one (three players should each have four dogs, four players should each have five dogs, etc.). Set aside the Shelter Deck next to the Winner’s Circle board. The space on the other side of the Winner’s Circle is the Yard, where dogs go to play outside when they are finished competing. In the event that the Shelter Deck is ever empty, the Yard is shuffled and placed face-down to become a new Shelter Deck.

Goodness: all of the above combined with each dog’s special quotient of unconditional love and unrivaled companionship

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1. Shuffle the Event Deck. Remove the “Zeke” cards from the Shelter Deck, and shuffle.

Each dog card has a set of ratings:

It’s competition day! First, roll the Category Die. This die represents the main six ratings on the Dog Cards (Floof , Sass , Boopability , Zoom , Ears , Wag ). The category rolled is the one the dogs in this round will be judged on. It’s possible that the category being judged may change during the round due to Event Cards. Once the judging category is chosen, each player chooses a dog from their Home to Try for the Circle! and places it face-down in front of them. Once all players have chosen their dogs, everyone turns their cards face-up at once, and places

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3. Take the number of players and add one; then draw that many cards from the Shelter Deck and place them face up in the middle of the table. These are the dogs that the shelter has ready for that day. Each Dog Card has a set of ratings at the bottom.

Starting with the youngest player in the first turn, each player chooses to either play one Event Card or pass. Event cards can be played on any dog in the competition (even someone else’s), and the player must choose whether to use the action or the ratings modifier.

An important note: Unless a card specifically states otherwise, no dog’s rating can ever be reduced below 10/10. They are all good dogs. Play then proceeds to the left until each player has either played a single event or passed. This completes the first turn. Play continues around the table in this way until three turns are completed. After the last player has played a card or passed three times the round is done. (There are three turns of card play because dogs always turn around three times before lying down!) The round is then judged, and the dog with the highest rating in their current category is declared the winner and goes to the Winner’s Circle. In the case of a tie, all tied dogs are declared winners, because they’re all good dogs! All event cards in play are discarded, and do not carry over to the Winner’s Circle. The remaining dogs go to play in the Yard. Every player who did not get a dog in the Winner’s Circle draws two more Event Cards as a consolation. Move the First Player Card to the left and roll the Category Die to begin a new Try for the Circle! round. Each player chooses another dog from their Home and places it face-down in front of them; all dogs are revealed simultaneously, and a new competition begins. Once you have played as many Try for the Circle! rounds as there are players, it’s time to move on to the Winner’s Circle to determine the Goodest Dog!

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Bright Games 2-Deck Set of Playing Cards Chronicle Books Bright Games are classic games made brighter. Offering a colourful spin on ever-popular playing cards, Bright Games Playing Cards brings vibrancy to the game and its merchandising opportunities. Bright Games brings the signature vibrant colours of Bright Ideas to three of the most popular classic games: playing cards, chess & checkers, and dominoes. The Playing Cards are set in a deluxe tin with a bright rainbow lid. Each of the two decks features a unique design: the back of one deck has a colour gradient from red to green while the other has a gradient from blue to purple.

Key Information Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452172989

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Puzzles & Games

Format

143 x 102 mm

Extent

108pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

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Chronicle's existing Bright Ideas publishing has been a huge success, selling over 360,000 across the line.

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Bright Games make classic games feel fresh and contemporary. Ridley's has been successful with games that look vintage-ours will be successful for bringing colour and style to the game table.

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You know the game, but have never seen it presented this way! A unique and vibrant package makes it easy to give and receive. Analog games play into the nesting trend as more people are binge watching and cooking at home, they're also playing board games at home rather than going for an expensive night out.

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Bright Games Dominoes Chronicle Books Bright Games are classic games made brighter. Offering a colourful spin on the cherished game of dominoes, Bright Games Dominoes brings vibrancy to the game and its merchandising opportunities. Bright Games brings the signature vibrant colours of Bright Ideas to three of the most popular classic games: playing cards, chess & checkers, and dominoes. This Dominoes set features a deluxe tin with a patterned rainbow, which holds 28 full-colour dominoes. The back of each domino is covered in a vibrant rainbow gradient, while the face side has coloured dots against a white background. The dominoes are made of light and durable wood, which is shown on the exposed sides.

Key Information Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Price

AU$55.00

ISBN

9781452172996

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Puzzles & Games

Format

102 x 114 mm

Extent

28pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

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Our existing Bright Ideas publishing has been a huge success, selling over 360,000 across the line.

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Bright Games make classic games feel fresh and contemporary. Ridley's has been successful with games that look vintageours will be successful for bringing color and style to the game table.

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You know the game, but have never seen it presented this way! A unique and vibrant package makes it easy to give and receive. Board games are on the rise. Analog games play into the nesting trend-as more people are binge watching and cooking at home, they're also playing board games at home rather than going for an expensive night out.

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Bright Games Chess & Checkers Chronicle Books Bright Games are classic games made brighter. Offering a colourful spin on the class game, Bright Games Chess & Checkers brings vibrancy to the game and its merchandising opportunities. Bright Games brings the signature vibrant colours of Bright Ideas to three of the most popular classic games: playing cards, chess & checkers, and dominoes. This Chess & Checkers set is housed in a deluxe tin with a bright rainbow checkered pattern on the lid to mimic the colourful board inside. The chess & checkers board is foldable, with a 4-colour rainbow checkered pattern on one side, and a black back cover. The 32 black and white pieces are reversible: one side features a design to symbolise each chess piece (Queen, King, Rook, Knight, Bishop, and Pawn) while the other side is blank for checkers play. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Price

AU$49.99

ISBN

9781452179858

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Puzzles & Games

Format

178 x 178 mm

Extent

9pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

Terms

Key Information •

Our existing Bright Ideas publishing has been a huge success, selling over 360,000 across the line.

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Bright Games make classic games feel fresh and contemporary. Ridley's has been successful with games that look vintage-ours will be successful for bringing colour and style to the game table. You know the game, but have never seen it presented this way! A unique and vibrant package makes it easy to give and receive.

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California Dreaming Playing Cards 3 Fish Studios A colourful and refreshing take on regionally-themed gift product from 3 Fish Studios, a well-loved SF-based art studio. Housed in a keepsake box, this luxe set of playing cards features artwork inspired by the 1913 sheet music for California's official state song "I Love You, California." With top quality card stock and charming bear-themed artwork and hand drawn elements throughout, this portable 54-card deck will delight Golden State fans from all coasts.

Author Details Eric Rewitzer and Annie Galvin are printmakers and painters, husband and wife, and founders of 3 Fish Studios. The Outer Sunset hub in San Francisco is home to their workshop and studio, where art happens daily and visitors are always welcome.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Playing Cards

Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452176437

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Puzzles & Games

Format

102 x 73 mm

Extent

54pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

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Perennial subject matter: SF is one of the top ten most popular destinations in the U.S. and attracts the third highest number of international tourists of any U.S. city. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Golden Gate Park, and Pier 39 are some of the most visited tourist attractions in the world. Nice gift or self purchase for SF and CA tourists, natives, and transplants. The colourful artwork will also appeal to fans of 3 Fish Studios and the arts community. In 2017, 3 Fish Studio was voted one of the 'Best Places to Shop in SF-for Art Prints' by San Francisco Magazine, and Eric's print was featured in Time Magazine. In 2016, 3 Fish Studios was awarded the San Francisco Small Business of the Year, 4th district. New collaboration with the North Face that launched in May 2018. Together they've developed a limited-edition collection (of hats, T-shirts, totes, hoodies, fanorak) featuring original 3 Fish artwork and patterns.

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London is a Forest Paul Wood A narrative exploration of London through its trees, including how the trees have shaped the city and how we live with and alongside them.

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Can a city be a forest? At first glance, this does not chime with our childhood idea of the ‘wild wood’ – a dark entanglement of trees, where humans fear to tread. But a forest does not need to be dense and impenetrable, and it’s not unheard of for people to live in them either. In London, 8.6 million people are crammed into just 600 square miles alongside 8.3 million trees, and millions upon millions of other plants, insects and animals. According to one UN definition, this makes the city a forest. The Forestry Commission agree, describing London as the world’s largest urban forest. And it’s a very special, urban forest at that. Following a number of trails through the rich diversity of London, this book will look closely at the urban forest, our relationships with it and attitudes towards it and will uncover the fascinating stories and secrets it holds.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781787133419

Publisher

Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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Gift

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216 x 138 mm

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192pp

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Through these paths that meander through the urban forest, author Paul Wood explores its geography, its past and future, and looks at the remarkable variety of life supported in this unique metropolitan ecosystem. From the edgelands to the beating heart of the clamorous 21st century megacity, a wealth of arboreal details, history, legend and anecdotes will be revealed along the way. You’ll discover some of the species found here, and the people who have helped to shape this remarkable environment over many centuries. Complementing the trails, Wood will look in more detail at the fascinating stories of some of the iconic, and some of the more hidden species that define the urban forest. These will include familiar tree species like the London Plane, Oaks, Cherries and Hornbeam, alongside the rare Wild Service Tree and the surprising Tree of Heaven. Other inhabitants of the forest such as parakeets, urban foxes and, of course, humans will also be featured.

Author Details A constant explorer of the city and the irrepressible, boisterous nature it supports, Paul Wood is author of London’s Street Trees: a Field Guide to the Urban Forest , the first book on the city’s frontline trees. He was a Trustee of the London Wildlife Trust for many years, and now leads frequent walks exploring London's fascinating urban arboretum.

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Beautiful descriptions of encounters with the capital's trees on trails the length and breadth of London, from Heathrow to Hyde Park and Epping to Westminster London is set to become the world’s first #NationalParkCity in 2019, which will draw focus to the fact London is 47 per cent physically green, it has 3,000 parks, 30,000 allotments, 142 nature reserves, 14,000 species of wildlife and 300 farms. Trees have been identified as a publishing ‘trend’ by the Bookseller In London, 8.6 million people are crammed into just 600 square miles alongside 8.3 million trees

Guitarist Magazine: Classic & Vintage Guitars The World's Most Beautiful and Desirable Instruments Future Publishing Ltd

This book contains beautiful, specially commissioned photographs of more than one hundred of the greatest guitars ever made, from original standard-issue Gibsons and Fenders to custom-built one-offs and pre-owned classics. Some guitars are works of art and are hugely valuable, either because of where they were made (and who by) or because of who played them. The stunning imagery is combined with salient facts and descriptions of the guitar and player (where relevant), making this book a fascinating guide to some of the most sought-after instruments in the world today. Stunning modern designs are included alongside the sometimes battered ancient pieces in this eclectic, riveting guide. Features are included on particular guitars and their players, including Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat, David Gilmour's black Stratocaster, Brian May's Red Special, and more.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$50.00 | NZ$55.00

ISBN

9781787391512

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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280 x 230 mm

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256pp

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Approx. 250 colour and b&w images

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Author Details Guitarist magazine, founded in 1984, is Europe's longest-established guitar magazine. Its slogan is "The Guitar Player's Bible" and it features reviews, techniques and interviews with the world's most famous players.

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Special features on valuable and unique guitars. Written by the experts at Europe's biggest guitar magazine; Guitarist. Includes famous guitars and players.

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Life in Technicolor A Celebration of Coldplay Debs Wild and Malcolm Croft

In September 1998, a completely unknown band from London performed in the corner of a cafe in Manchester to an audience of fewer than ten people. One of these people was Debs Wild, a record company talent scout who immediately knew she'd seen the future. To celebrate the band's twentieth anniversary, Debs Wild – the discoverer of Coldplay - and Malcolm Croft look back on the band's phenomenal rise to glory. Life In Technicolor: A Celebration of Coldplay charts the band's extraordinary history from the very first rehearsal right through to the conclusion of their record-breaking A Head Full of Dreams Tour. With a unique insider's perspective and never-before-seen photos, this book will delight Coldplay's legions of fans across the globe. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$50.00 | NZ$55.00

ISBN

9781787391093

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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Category

Auto/Biography

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280 x 230 mm

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208pp

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Approx. 250 colour and b&w

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Author Details Malcolm Croft is a celebrated author and music journalist. He has worked with many of the world's most important bands, including the Flaming Lips, Coldplay, The Verve and many others. He is the author of over 15 books on popular culture and music. Debs Wild is a former A&R. Debs discovered and championed Coldplay from their day one and now operates as one of Coldplay HQ's trusted inner circle.

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Written with the band's blessing and with full access to their art archives, this is the first behind-the-scenes look at one of the most popular bands of the 21st century. The authors have known Coldplay since the very early days; Debs Wild signed them while working in A&R, and has travelled with the band throughout their career. Includes many never-before-seen photos of Coldplay throughout the years, as well as handwritten plans, notes, and sketches for early CD covers. Coldplay is one of the most successful active bands in the world, with 100 million album sales; their last tour grossed $500m+, hitting number 3 on the all-time top grossing tours list.

Shawn Mendes The Ultimate Fan Book Over 70 Images of the World's Hottest Popstar Malcolm Croft

A Number One album in nine countries, 5 billion views on YouTube and a world tour that sold out in six minutes – Canadian Shawn Mendes is no ordinary singer-songwriter. Mendes was discovered on the video-sharing platform Vine in 2013 after posting a string of six-and-a-half-second covers of One Direction, 5SOS and Justin Bieber, which gained him legions of fans (called the Mendes Army). His first single "Life of the Party" was released in June 2014 through Island Records and he became the youngest artist to debut in the Billboard Hot 100's top 25 with a first chart entry. In July his four-track debut EP, The Shawn Mendes EP, reached number one on iTunes in 37 minutes. Following this incredible success, his third album Shawn Mendes went to Number One in the USA, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Shawn Mendes: The Ultimate Fan Book is the best illustrated hardback book on the market about the star, meeting the surge of fan frenzy that is building with each album, which will explode during his 2019 world tour. The book will delve – in an enthusiastic tone and fan-focused style, richly illustrated with photographs of the heartthrob – into Mendes' pre-fame history, his discovery on Vine and his use of social media to connect with his 32.6 million Instagram followers and his 19.3 million Twitter fans, his world tours, Number One albums and EP, friendship with friends and mentors Taylor Swift, Fifth Harmony, Hailee Steinfeld, The Vamps and Austin Mahone, and explores his bright, exciting future as the prince of blues-pop.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$15.99 | NZ$17.99

ISBN

9781787392069

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Malcolm Croft is a former music journalist and popular culture commissioning editor. Over the past 15 years he has spent time with many of the world's most exciting bands, from 5SOS to McFly, and many others in between. He lives in London.

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Auto/Biography

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280 x 216 mm

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72pp

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Approx. 70 colour and b&w photographs

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Shawn Mendes's third, self-titled album, released in May 2018, leapt to Number One in the USA, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Switzerland; number two in Denmark, Norway, Ireland, New Zealand and Portugal; number three in the UK, Germany and Mexico; and the top 10 in France. His previous albums, Handwritten and Illuminate, were certified Platinum in both the USA and Canada, and Gold in the UK. Shawn Mendes achieved the most streamed first week for a pop album in 2018 upon its release. His music videos have amassed more than 5 billion views on YouTube and he has a global social media presence with 32.6 million followers on Instagram, 19.3 million on Twitter, 25 million YouTube subscribers and 7 million likes on Facebook. Carlton Books have sold over 300,000 copies of One Direction and 5SOS fanbooks worldwide.

A History of Videogames in 14 Consoles, 5 Computers and 2 Arcade Cabinets... and an Ocarina of Time James Newman and Iain Simons

Forget about bits and bytes, data and code and see the world of videogames through the most unique, important and sometimes downright ordinary stuff on the planet. From the humble audio cassette to out-of-this-world virtual reality, this is the story of video games – told through objects! The curators of the UK's award-winning National Videogame Arcade take you on a journey through joysticks and microchips, Game Boys and cuddly toys, guitars, drums and Ocarinas as they tell the story of how video games are made, played and loved. Whatever your interest in gaming – casual Pokemon player, GTA expert, medal-winning FIFA champion of anything in-between – this is the book for you.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$40.00 | NZ$45.00

ISBN

9781787390645

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

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Category

Puzzles & Games

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237 x 185 mm

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224pp

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Approx. 220 colour and b&w

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Iain Simons is the Director of the National Videogame Arcade (NVA), which he co-founded in 2015. As well as leading curatorial and interpretive development at the NVA, he speaks and writes about videogame culture internationally for a wide variety of audiences, and has written for both the popular and academic press as well as several books. James Newman is Professor of Digital Media at Bath Spa University. He is the author of numerous books on videogames and game culture, including Videogames, Playing with Videogames, 100 Videogames (with Iain Simons) and Teaching Videogames . James has written for the Independent and Edge , spoken about game culture on TV and radio (Front Row, BBC Radio 4; Games Britannia, BBC4), and has given public talks, lectures and workshops at the Barbican, British Library and MediaCity. Ian Livingstone (foreward), CBE, co-founded the iconic games company Games Workshop in 1975, launching Dungeons & Dragons in Europe, and co-authored the multi-million-selling Fighting Fantasy gamebook series. When serving as Executive Editor at Eidos he launched global videogames franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider . His current roles include Chairman at Sumo-Digital, Chairman at Flavourworks, Chairman at Midoki and Vice Chair of UKIE. He was the recipient of a BAFTA Special Award in 2002 for his services to the videogames industry, and was made a CBE in 2013.

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Videogames are a hugely popular part of a trillion dollar global industry – this book appeals to all types of gamer, old and new, current or retired. Written by two experts, and featuring contributions from many globally important game designers, writers and creators. Curated and written in conjunction with the National Videogame Aracade (NVA) – the world's first permanent cultural space dedicated to videogames. Includes more than 100 amazing video game objects, from hardware, software and characters to games, toys and in-game accessories. London's V&A museum has announced a major exhibition about videogames, opening in September 2018.

Stuff They Don't Want You to Know Conspiracy Theories That Won't Go Away David Southwell and Graeme Donald

Taking each theory in turn, Stuff They Don't Want You to Know considers more than 80 conspiracies, examining the evidence and key suspects in an explosive account of the world's secrets. Meticulously researched, it contains fresh revelations on historical conspiracies that won't go away, as well as information on the latest cover-ups. Brought to life with photographs of the places, people and evidence, this book is your in-depth guide to the grassy knolls and undercover bunkers of a world you were never meant to know existed.

Author Details David Southwell is an author and journalist who has written books on true crime, conspiracy theories and parapolitics, including The History of Organized Crime and Secrets and Lies. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Graeme Donald is the author of several books on history and popular misconceptions. His previous books include When the Earth was Flat, The Accidental Scientist and Lies, Damned Lies and History.

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AU$35.00 | NZ$40.00

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9781787390744

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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Reference

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237 x 185 mm

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208pp

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Approx. 85 colour and b&w photographs

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Over 100 fascinating conspiracy theories, each deconstructed and examined in detail.

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Features the latest and greatest conspiracy theories from the past few years: from the Trump-Russia relationship and Infowars, to the 'classics' of the moon landing and chemtrails. Each side of every argument is examined in full detail along with evidence covering dozens of famous conspiracy theories from the last century. Conspiracy theories are more popular than ever on forums such as Mumsnet, where there are over 50 threads devoted to favourite conspiracies.

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The Elements The Ultimate Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe Jack Challoner

The Elements: An Ultimate Guide to the Building Blocks of our Universe is an illustrated reference book to the elements that make up everything in our universe. General information about the properties, behaviour and occurrence of the elements, their main compounds and their principal uses is given. It is authoritative and accessible, with a sense of wonder about the way the material world works, thanks to the protons, neutrons and electrons that make up the atoms of the elements.

Author Details Jack Challoner has been a science writer since 1991. He has written over 30 books on a variety of scientific and technological subjects. He has also written for encyclopaedias, magazines, museum exhibitions and websites, and acts as scientific consultant for books, CD-roms, plays and television programmes. He is the author of Carlton's Genius: Great Inventors and their Creations and lives in Bristol.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$25.99 | NZ$29.99

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"Hard science" presented in an easy-to-understand, attractive and bang-up-to-date way.

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9780233005508

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All elements, even the rarest and newest, are related back to their usage in our everyday lives. Written by renowned popular science writer Jack Challoner who knows just how to make seemingly complicated subjects understandable and engaging. Includes removable items of memorabilia ranging from the periodic table to mass spec imagery of the elements to a chart showing the beautiful colours resulting from the flame test of the alkaline metals.

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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Category

Science

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220 x 180 mm

Extent

160pp

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Full colour illustrations and photographs

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The Brain What It Does, How It Works & How It Affects Behaviour Catherine Loveday

The brain is the most important part of our anatomy – the master controller that tells the other parts of the body what to do and when to do it. The Brain delves into how we use our brains in everyday life and uncovers the crucial workings of this vital organ in an accessible way for the general reader. How does our brain store memories? How does the brain process emotion? How do we recognise faces? What is dreaming? What does it mean to be conscious? How do injuries and diseases disrupt brain function? Are male and female brains any different? What is really happening in the teenage brain? From revealing how the brain controls our basic functions such as speech, vision and movement to how it determines our perceptions, contributes to our personalities and affects our emotions, this beautifully illustrated book unlocks the key questions about the brain. Contained within are a mixture of eye-catching and specially commissioned illustrations and photographs.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$25.99 | NZ$29.99

ISBN

9780233005454

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

Dr Catherine Loveday is a principal lecturer on the BSc Cognitive Neuroscience and MSc Cognitive Rehabilitation programmes at the University of Westminster. She has published papers on topics including the relationship between stress hormones and attachment in adolescence, as well as the psychology of music. Catherine is an active member of the British Psychological Society, as a member of the editorial committee of The Psychologist, and a member of the Research Board. She has a passion for public engagement with science, is regularly invited to give public lectures and has appeared as an expert psychologist on a number of television and radio shows.

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Science

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220 x 180 mm

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192pp

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Understanding the brain is one of the greatest challenges remaining for modern science with the possibility of profound advances in the fields of science, medicine and industry. The Brain investigates the human brain in action and explains its complex nature in an accessible way for the general reader. This compelling new book differs from the competition in its approach both in design and content, with a mixture of photographic and specially commissioned illustrations, an eye-catching graphic design and text that focusses on the key questions that affect people in their everyday life. An expert author presents up-to-date research from neuroscience and unlocks the key scientific theories about how the brain functions. Interest in understanding how the brain works is continually growing: in 2013, the European Commission launched the Human Brain Project – a 10-year research project on the brain, looking at areas of neuroscience, medicine, computing and ethics.

eSports Superstars Get the Lowdown on the World of Pro Gaming Kevin Pettman

The world's fasting-growing sport is live video gaming and it's taking on football in terms of popularity and prize money. This book introduces this new global phenomenon, explains how the tournaments work, profiles teams, players and games, and gives all the facts and stats the next generation of fans are waiting for.

Author Details Kevin Pettman is a sports writer and editor of children's magazines and annuals, including Match of the Day and Match. He is also a regular contributor to Top Gear's annuals and children's titles.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$15.99 | NZ$17.99

ISBN

9781787391352

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

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Carlton Books

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Category

Sport & Fitness

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280 x 216 mm

Extent

64pp

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Full colour throughout

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The global eSports audience is reported to be 385 million people – and it's growing!

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There is limited publishing on this subject at the moment and so Carlton is ahead of the trend and first to market with a book like this. Top teams from South Korea, America and Europe mean that eSports is now considered to be truly international and is one of the national pastimes of South Korea. Stars such as Faker already earn a base salary of £2 million a year and have a huge worldwide fan-base. Games played include League of Legends, FIFA and Minecraft – all suitable for under-18 players. All of the games included have a PEGI rating of 12 or under. Football clubs like Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have started signing stars of the virtual world so they can compete wearing the club's colours!

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How To Think Like Obama Daniel Smith How to Think Like Obama reveals the motivations, inspirations and philosophies behind a man who broke the mould to challenge the status quo. With his thoughts on leadership, innovation, creating change, fighting inequality and much more, you too can learn to think like Barack Obama.

Publication

01 January 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781789290035

Publisher

Michael O'Mara Books

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Michael O'Mara NA

Be inspired by Barack Obama and learn how to think big with this unique insight into the mind of one of the world’s great influencers. Born to a black Kenyan father and white American mother, raised in Hawaii and, for a time, Indonesia, Barack Obama would typically never have been tipped for a future president of the United States, such was the world he was born into. But the path towards greatness and the choices he made along the way can be understood by an attitude that saw him take on any challenge – indeed, ‘Yes We Can’ became the all-inclusive slogan for his presidential candidacy. Riding a wave of positivity and hope for the future that swept him all the way to the Oval Office, Obama aimed to define his presidency as one that would provide opportunities for the many, not the few. With the price of change being gritty negotiation and compromise, Obama evolved the skills of a twenty-first century president which belied his relative inexperience to achieve the America that, as a young man, he had dreamed of. How to Think Like Obama reveals the motivations, inspirations and philosophies behind a man who broke the mould to challenge the status quo. With his thoughts on leadership, innovation, overcoming obstacles and fighting inequality, and with quotes by and about him, with this book you too can learn to think like Barack Obama.

Author Details Daniel Smith is a non-fiction author and editor who has written across a range of subjects, including politics, economics and social history. He is the author of The Ardlamont Mystery: The Real-Life Story Behind the Creation of Sherlock Holmes, and the How to Think Like... series for Michael O'Mara Books, which has been published in 20 languages and sold over 413,000 copies worldwide. He is also a long-time contributor to The Statesman's Yearbook, the geo-political guide to the world that celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013. He lives in London with his wife and two children.

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198 x 129 mm

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224pp

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Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first African American to run for and hold the office. One of the most popular US presidents ever; even after leaving office, Obama is one of the most enduringly influential people in the world the How to Think Like... series has sold over 413,000 copies worldwide. From the author of How to Think Like Mandela, How to Think Like Bill Gates and How to Think Like Churchill

Everything Starts With Family

Barack Obama’s start in life was anything but traditional. When he was born on 4 August 1961 in Hololulu, the capital of the island state of Hawaii, nobody could have seriously predicted that the White House would loom in his future. Yet for all of its unorthodoxy, Obama’s family would instil in him the principles and ambition that would see him rise to high office. The roll call of American presidents had, until Obama, been united by certain characteristics – most obviously, their maleness and whiteness. Moreover, more often than not they came from prosperous families, often boasting long heritage. Apart from being born male, Obama’s story started noticeably differently. His mother, Ann Dunham, was a white teenager when she had him and his father (also called Barack Obama) was a student economist who hailed from Kenya. In his memoir, Dreams from My Father, the younger Obama would say: ‘That my father looked

nothing like the people around me – that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk – barely registered in my mind.’ But if he was colour-blind, much of the rest of the population was not so progressive. This was, after all, a time when inter-racial marriage in some states was still illegal. His parents had met only the year before his birth while both studying at the University of Hawaii, Obama Snr having won a prestigious scholarship for foreign students. They named their child Barack – ‘blessed’ in Swahili – and he soon became known as Barry. Within a few weeks of his birth the family would move to Seattle. After Obama Snr graduated in economics from the University of Hawaii he took up a Master’s at Harvard, living separately from the rest of the family. In 1964, the Obama marriage fell apart and Obama Snr went back to Kenya, where he remarried. Barack would be ten years old before father and son saw each other again. Dunham, meanwhile, remarried in 1965, having fallen in love with another fellow student – an Indonesian called Lolo Soetoro. He returned to Indonesia the following year, with his wife and stepchild joining him in 1967. Obama spent the next four years being schooled in Jakarta (including a period of home-schooling with his mother) during which time he kept a monkey as a pet and also became fluent in Indonesian. It was around this time

How to Think Like Obama

Everything Starts With Family

that he first gave voice to his ambitions to one day be American president. Moreover, he learned to box (under the tutelage of Soetoro), having been preyed upon by some local bullies. It no doubt provided him with useful skills for when he later had to deal with Congress.

Keen that he should continue his education in the US, Dunham sent her son to a renowned Hawaiian private school, Punahou, when he was ten. His mother, and a half-sister called Maya who was born in 1970, remained in Indonesia while he lived with

his maternal grandparents, whom he knew as Toot and Gramps. More upheaval was around the corner though. His mother’s second marriage failed and she returned to Hawaii with Maya in 1972. Barack went to live with them while her mother continued her studies in anthropology. But in 1975 Dunham went back to Indonesia to carry out fieldwork for her PhD, taking Maya with her. Barack, though, did not want to go, so he moved back in with Toot and Gramps and stayed until he graduated from Punahou in 1979. Obama’s youth, then, was marked by repeated disruptions. His struggle to establish a sense of selfidentity was heightened by the absence of a consistent father figure. In particular, he keenly felt the lack of a relationship with his natural father, whom he craved might serve as a guide and role model. As he would reflect in Dreams of My Father: ‘There was only one problem: my father was missing. He had left paradise, and nothing that my mother or grandparents told me would obviate that single, unassailable fact.’ Yet, where others might have gone off the rails altogether, Obama managed to maintain an admirable sense of equilibrium – although not without the odd outbreak of wayward behaviour, as detailed in the sections to come. Key to his success in the face of challenges under which others might have crumbled was the remarkable relationship he maintained with his mother, even as they lived thousands of miles apart. A teacher herself,

A CIVIL EDUCATION

Back in the US, the civil rights movement was gathering a head of steam. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed many forms of discrimination, including those based on race or colour, while the Voting Rights Act of the following year sought to end prohibitions on African American voting rights at the state and local level. His mother made him aware of such developments, while also encouraging his mastery of English, and gradually the young boy began to become aware of the reality of being black in America.

Yang Sheng The art of Chinese self-healing Katie Brindle

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The first book for the western market on the ancient Chinese medicine that is Yang sheng (meaning ‘nourished life’).

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The concept of self-care is, in fact, thousands of years old. This buzzword is rooted in a 2,500-year old Chinese philosophy. ‘Yang sheng’ means to nourish life – fostering your own health and wellbeing by nurturing body, mind and spirit. In this book, Katie Brindle teaches readers how to harness this powerful natural healing system to improve every aspect of their life. Yang Sheng fits and works brilliantly in modern life. Some of the techniques may seem unusual, but they are all simple, quick and effective. Even more appealing, a key principle of Chinese medicine is balance; that means not being perfect or excluding foods or having too many rules or pushing yourself to exhaustion with overwork or over-exercise. And so, Yang Sheng encourages you to have the green juice and the glass of wine, a full-on day at work and a night out dancing. For people who are overtired and overtaxed, stressed, lacking a sex drive, or who feel anxious or hopeless, the practice of Yang sheng restores balance. Our bodies are designed to self-heal – Yang Sheng knows the mechanics of how to activate this.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781784882402

Publisher

Hardie Grant (UK)

Katie Brindle has been a Chinese medicine practitioner since 2002, after graduating from the UK’s Integrated College of Chinese Medicine. Two years ago, she launched beauty and wellness business Hayo’u, selling products and techniques based on yang sheng principles, such as her highly popular jade face tool.

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Hardie Grant (UK)

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Yang Sheng fits perfectly into the ‘Now Age’ genre of books and this is the very first book on the subject

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Self Help

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Katie Brindle recently started selling her line of de-stress and anti-anxiety tools and products

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215 x 150 mm

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208pp

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Key Priniciples of Chinese

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step – Lao Tzu

Throughout the book I’ll refer to certain elements of Chinese medicine that will help you understand what’s happening. Here is a short explanation on each, in case they are unfamiliar to you.

TAOISM Taoism is a Chinese philosophy and science of life, dating back over 2000 years. It is the philosophical basis of Chinese medicine. The word ‘Tao’ means ‘the way’ – the way of nature and the universe. Taoism is about understanding your body, mind and spirit all impact each other. Think of it like this: everything in the universe comprises of energy or (Qi). As part of the universe, we too are comprised of energy – and this is what connects us inherently to everything around us. We’ll come back to Qi in a minute. To be a Taoist is to work out how best to live considering your own nature. It suggests lifestyle habits to encourage a long and healthy journey through life. Taoism prescribes that if you live in harmony with the energies of the planet and seasons, your body will thrive.

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YA N G SH EN G

YIN AND YANG Yin and Yang represents harmony and balance: the belief that everything in the universe - including your body and your health - is made up of two opposing forces in a constant state of change. In practice, think of them as forms of energy. If yin is negative, yang is positive. Yin is feminine, yang masculine. Yin is passive, yang active. Yin is passive and slow, while Yang is active and fast. Even though they are opposite, yin and yang cannot exist without each other. For optimum health, they should be roughly equal. To find that balance, you can look at what is yin and what is yang in your life and body. In fact, modern imbalance comes from the fact that the world is now so yang: fast, aggressive, active. So, one of the main things you’ll do throughout the exercises, is learn how to nurture your yin and get more passive, nourishing energy into your life. By the very nature of being human, our lives will always create imbalance. Consciously employing the health habits in this book can help bring you back to balance. Your symptoms, whilst unpleasant, are not the problem. They are alerts, signaling that you are out of balance. The worse your symptoms, the more out of balance you are. The trick is not to try and make massive adjustments – start with the small changes offered by the Yang sheng techniques. One minute a day is all you need, they are as simple as brushing your teeth! This will create a strong basis to build on.

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Key Priniciples of Chinese More than ever, we need these techniques to carve out moments of calm throughout the day. It’s a quick reset to ‘factory setting’ which will strengthen your body along with your mind. Yin and yang are one of the universal rules that apply to all of nature - including us. As we are fundamentally connected to nature, syncing with it is therefore the best way to balance your yin and yang. This is why Yang sheng prescribes that living in harmony with nature is so important. This may all sound quite unfamiliar, but once you start to apply the theory in the practical ways, you will quickly see a difference.

QI Qi could be explained as ‘the space between yin and yang’; as energy or life force. This energy flows inside all of us – as well as through every animate object on the planet. Think of us as little ecosystems within a big ecosystem. Qi is the living vibration and the basis for all that exists. The best way that I’ve heard it described is this. Imagine yourself as a wave. You are, at the same time, an individual wave but also a part of the ocean. So, you are separate, but also inherently connected. Even if you sit completely still, movement will still be taking place internally. Your organs, your heart beating, the movement of the fluids… in fact every cell is always moving. All these different types of energy combined together is what makes your Qi.

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YA N G SH EN G How does Qi flow? When you stimulate one type of energy they all become stimulated because they are all interrelated: the blood flow is part of the Qi flow. Improve your circulation and you are going to improve your Qi – because everything flows together. The Qi channels travel up the front of the body and down the back. According to Chinese medicine, the quality and movement of Qi through the body determines your health. The ideal state is one of smooth flow with no blockages. If there is an imbalance or blockage, whether physical, emotional or spiritual, this will eventually physically manifest as disease. All along these channels are places where our Qi is more abundant, behaves in a certain way and is accessible; these are the points used in acupuncture. Each point has a particular function related to either the mind, body or spirit. There are different ways you can stimulate these points and encourage the free flow of QI. With fine needles in acupuncture, with a remarkable massage technique called Gua sha, or via an exercise that manipulates the flow of Qi using movement and breath, called Qi Gong. The Yang sheng techniques in this book are very much concerned with nurturing and boosting your Qi and encouraging its smooth flow around the body. It’s actually pretty simple: if you expend more Qi than you accumulate, you’ll start to see fatigue and other low-level health problems. If you regularly top up your Qi using Yang sheng techniques, the benefits will be astonishing. You’ll have boundless energy and vigor and a renewed zest for life.

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TECHNIQUES YOU’LL BE USING These techniques are basis of most of the Yang Sheng exercise you’ll be learning, especially the three basic daily rituals below (left/right). They may sound alien or complicated when you first read them, but they are powerful. Done little and often - and that’s all you need to do - you will see and feel the difference in your body. A word on inflammation, because it will crop up repeatedly. The inflammation that is triggered by our immune system is crucial to fight infection or protect damaged tissue. It heals wounds and is a useful mechanism in the body’s defences. But excessive, out of control inflammation (often stress related) is increasingly seen as a culprit for a huge number of diseases and health issues. Which is why the anti-inflammatory techniques suggested in this book are so important. Chinese medicine makes frequent reference to ‘heat’ in the body. Broadly speaking, you could read this as referring to inflammation – but it’s not quite that simple, as you can have different types of heat! But for the purposes of this book, when I talk about clearing heat, you can take it that we are talking about inflammation.

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How Poetry Can Change Your Heart Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley Poetry is for everyone! This joyful book demystifies it, celebrates it, and invites you to join the poetry party. Was poetry something you dreaded in school? Have you secretly scribbled it in the margins of notebooks? Has it changed your life? In this slim and accessible field guide, spoken word poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley invite readers to explore their relationships with verse and welcome more poetry, more joy, and more awe into their lives. Whether poetry devotees or total novices, readers will learn to find poetry in unexpected places, navigate a poem when they don't quite "get it," have fun at a poetry slam, and tap into the transformative power of this under-appreciated art form.

Author Details Andrea Gibson leapt to the forefront of the spoken-word poetry movement in 2008 when they won the first-ever Woman of the World Poetry Slam. Since then, they have headlined prestigious performance venues all over the country and abroad, authored three collections of poetry, and recorded seven full-length albums. Their poetry focuses on gender norms, politics, social reform, and the struggles of the LGBTQ community. They live outside Boulder, Colorado. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452171807

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

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Self Help

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178 x 114 mm

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112pp

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2-colour throughout

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Megan Falley is a Woman of the World and National Poetry Slam finalist and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She is a cofounder of the touring group SPEAK LIKE A GIRL and the creator of the online writing course Poems That Don't Suck. She has toured over one hundred colleges nationwide. Her work focuses on LGBTQ issues, sex, body positivity, and love. She lives outside Boulder, Colorado.

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Building a series: How Art Can Make You Happy has garnered enthusiasm and achieved strong sales, exceeding 12,000 copies worldwide in its first year. This follow-up will build on that success and bring new audiences to this burgeoning series. As we develop this series of cute and colourful books, they will make a gorgeous collection and a great merchandising statement. Each book features the same the eye-catching foil-on-wibalin cover treatment and vibrant interior design, with new shades of colored paper and metallic ink for each title. More and more, people aspire to be savvy creators and consumers of content, but there is more and more content to choose from. Meanwhile, people have less and less time to devote to their passions. This book and its companions offer the perfect solution, making readers feel smart and creative without demanding too much of their precious time. Andrea Gibson is a beloved leader in the spoken-word movement. They regularly tour and have garnered wide media coverage. With 36,000 followers on Instagram, almost 2 million views on their YouTube channel, and several chapbooks with strong sales on the market, they have a dedicated following. Megan Falley, meanwhile, is a popular and acclaimed spoken word poet who tours, performs, and teaches. Together, Gibson and Falley bring a big fan base and lend authority to the book. Poetry is having a renaissance. Thanks to the runaway success of the "Instagram poets," a new generation of poets and readers are discovering just how wonderful verse can be. This book is perfectly positioned for that audience, offering

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WHAT IS POETRY, ANYWAY?

“poetry (noun): writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm”

—MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM DICTIONARY

Now that we’ve gotten the dictionary’s definition of poetry out of the way, let’s get a little bit more honest. We might venture to say that poetry has closer to seven billion definitions, as it means something a little different to every person on the planet. A romantic might say that it is the pen-andpaper version of roses and chocolate. A skeptic might argue it’s whatever is inside a very disposable greeting card. A high school student might believe poetry is Shakespeare, and never learn anything more. A literary academic might define it as saying as much as you can in as few words as possible. But a person whose heart has been changed by poetry will tell you poetry is the key that unlocks a door you never knew was shut.

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Below are some definitions of poetry from a smattering of people:

“The poet thinks in big ways. The people think in tiny ways.” —JUDE, 7

“Word music” — LINDA TEDESCO, 49, LEGO® BRICK ARTIST

“What happens when you give your heart a pen.” —HILLARY BROWNE, 38, DOG ENTHUSIAST

“Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle, makes you want to do this or that or nothing, makes you know that you are alone in the unknown world, that your bliss and suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.” —DYLAN THOMAS (1914–1953), WELSH POET

“To understand the universe, I turn to science, but to understand my place in it, I turn to poetry.”

There have been some rumors about poetry flying around, and it’s time to set the record straight. Myth #1: Poetry has to rhyme. Myth #2: Poetry has to be about love. Myth #3: Or flowers. Or wintry landscapes. Myth #4: Poetry is polite and proper. Myth #5: It is difficult to understand. Myth #6: Poetry can only be found in books. Myth #7: All poets are white men from the 1800s or before. Myth #8: It’s a dead art form. Myth #9: Poetry is not for you.

— K ARINA FOSTER-MIDDLETON, 22, ASTRONOMY STUDENT

Everyday Offerings Pick a hand. Follow its lead. Lea Redmond This is Lea Redmond (Letters to My... author, over 2 million copies sold worldwide) at her best, combining beautiful object appeal with accessible, open-anywhere inspirational content. This one-of-a-kind book offers a little dose of mindfulness in a simple format: Die-cut in the shape of a hand, the book falls open to reveal one of the 75 pairs of hands found inside, each cradling a beautifully illustrated object on the right and offering a corresponding phrase on the left. Each pair of phrases and illustrations sparks a unique moment of inspiration and reflection.

Author Details Artist Lea Redmond crafts objects, designs experiences, writes books, and plays with ideas in her studio in Oakland, California. Participate in creative projects and keep in touch with Lea at LeaRedmond.com

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01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452168876

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

Series

Category

Self Help

Format

178 x 101 mm

Extent

150pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

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With an eye-catching die-cut format, this book doubles as a decorative object and a charming gift. Handier (ahem) than a deck of cards and more concise than a regular book, it offers something new to the fortunetelling, creativity, and mindfulness audiences. The lovely illustrations and open-ended prompts give this book wide gift appeal, from artists to modern mystics, mums and besties – anyone who wants to add a touch of magic and surprise to their day. Mindfulness is everywhere, from apps to the way we eat, and it's a growing industry. In 2015, the meditation and mindfulness industry raked in nearly $1 billion, according to research by IBIS World.

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Things to Do Before a Monday Syd Veverka Cure the Monday blues with 52 quirky and creative activities for making small changes and staying inspired throughout the week. A quirky, inspirational book, Things To Do Before a Monday, provides 52 amusing activities to start each week in a positive and joyful way. Ranging from silly, irreverent ideas to self-improvement goals, each prompt encourages readers to shake up their usual routine with fun and attainable exercises like volunteering at an animal shelter, cooking a childhood favourite meal, or holding hands on a bike with a cute boy. With humorous, brightly-coloured illustrations and inspiring exercises, this little book is the cure for the Sunday sads.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452170329

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

Series

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Art/Fashio/Photography

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152 x 152 mm

Extent

112pp

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Full colour

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Syd Veverka is an illustrator and designer based in Chicago. A graduate from Savannah College of Art and Design, her passions include the environment, bicycles, and repurposing old materials into colourful art. You can find her work on Instagram @moodyrodent

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Bright, irreverent, and adorably packaged, Things To Do Before a Monday focuses on small weekly activities illustrated in an unexpected style. Syd's distinctive art will help it stand out from other gifty books on the shelf. The mindfulness and self-improvement movement is not waning anytime soon. This will attract millennials who want a self-improvement book that isn't too heavy and full of cool art. With her bright artistic style and humorous writing, Syd Veverka is a new talent with series potential.

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Write a short story at a coffee shop Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve likely seen those well-groomed bodies cluttering coffee shops with their canvas laptop bags and clicking keyboards, staring past the wall, deep in thought, swirling an iced mocha with almond milk until an aha! moment of clarity sparks more keyboard clicking. That could be you! And maybe it already is; there are a lot of folks filling the ever-expanding table space as coffee shops take over the world one street corner at a time. Think of all the creative gold transferred from the depths of minds into prose in those places. You have creative gold in your head too, itching to travel from your fingers to a Word document: a tragic childhood memory of a missing pup or a suspenseful mystery featuring quirky characters from your neighborhood watch group. Whichever type of story suits you, grab that elaborate coffee order and write it.

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Volunteer at a local animal shelter

This one takes a bit of emotional prep. If you are the type who tends to like animals more than people, and/or no matter how hard you resist, you have to pet every dog walking its owner down the sidewalk . . . then prepare for some very strong feelings that will probably arise at an animal shelter. These feelings may span the spectrum from tear streams for the sad, lonely pups to uncontrollable giggles for the new batch of kittens cooing in the back room, who are so small that their eyes arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t open yet (but they love your smell, so they crawl into all the nooks of your body that you never knew you had). WARNING: you may not be able to go home without a whole new crew of best friends to care for dearly for the next many years of your life.

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Seasonal Soul A Mystic's Guide to Inner Transformation Lauren Altetta With enchanting illustrations and inspiring mystical practices for self-care, empowerment, and personal transformation – including crystals, healing rituals, and astrology. The Seasonal Soul is a richly illustrated guide to self-discovery. Spiritual teacher and mystic Lauren Aletta takes readers through the "seasons" of personal growth and illuminates the ways each season provides opportunities for insight, healing, transformation, and rejuvenation: Winter: A time to heal, characterised by low energy and feeling lost or uninspired. Spring: A time of rejuvenation, characterised by bursts of creativity and a lust for new adventures. Summer: A time of action, characterised by confidence, high energy, and productivity. Autumn: A time of reflection, characterised by feeling unfulfilled and lethargic. For each seasonal cycle of growth, Aletta presents interactive practices and engaging exercises-including self-care rituals, meditations, crystal and astrological guides, and journaling prompts – so readers can find fulfilment, alignment, and inspiration in every season.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$45.00

Tegan Swyny is a designer and illustrator based in Brisbane, Australia.

ISBN

9781452174822

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Chronicle Books

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The Seasonal Soul is the ultimate guidebook for modern mystics.

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Chronicle Adult

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Self Help

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254 x 184 mm

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304pp

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1-colour illustrations throughout

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This book falls squarely within the new-age/ spirituality/mysticism trend popular with millennials. With an eye-catching, modern design and a contemporary voice, The Seasonal Soul will appeal to the same audience that embraces Tarot, crystals, witchyness, sage burning, and meditation. While the mysticism + personal-growth category is growing rapidly, most comps focus on a specific topic, like crystals, astrology, or witchcraft. The Seasonal Soul takes readers on an illustrated spiritual adventure through a variety of on-trend mystic and spiritual practices. Contemporary and sleek with lovely, eye-catching production elements, this book will merchandise perfectly alongside Tarot decks, crystals and gemstones, smudge sticks, candles, essential oils, and other healing gifts. There's so much information gathered in this chunky book – the content combines new-age trends of crystals, chakras, magic, witchcraft, archetypes, rituals, and astrology into one dynamic package making this the ultimate, one-stop-shop guide for modern mystics.

Lauren Aletta is a spiritual teacher and the founder of Inner Hue, an online platform offering video courses, personal coaching, and spiritual readings. She lives in Queensland, Australia.

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Part #1

INTO THE CAVE

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The Winter can be tough. It can be dark and lonely. But it always births magic. Your magic.

The Metaphorical Winter. It’s the time in your life when you’re feeling most isolated, alien, and like you just plain don’t fit in. Anywhere. It’s like you’re too big and too small all at once.

Go in, my friend. Remember to dive deep. To stay on the surface is to miss out on opportunities for profound self-discovery. Your treasure can be found in your darkest depths.

You are too wild, yet captured. Too freethinking and rebellious, yet surface dwelling. You look around at your life and think to yourself: How the heck did I get here? From your relationships and friends to your work. From the food you eat to the clothes you wear. A bleak and heavy haze has engulfed you. All the while, a very silent yet frantic flurry is slowly seeping out of your skin, shaking and waking you up. Prying your eyes open to see. Pulling you into the depths of a dark yet star-sprinkled night . . . Your belly is hungry; your bones are dry. You’re aching for real connection.

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THE WORLD WITHIN WINTER’S BONES Throughout your lifetime, you will enter into a Winter period many times. Winter is a period of time when any aspect of your life—your work life, love life, social life, parenting, creativity, or all these elements—enters a period of retreat, retraction, and stillness. It is the birthplace of transformation, revolution, and evolution. While it is very normal and necessary for you to experience a Winter period, it often feels uncomfortable and somewhat unsettling because of the sense of unknown that it brings.

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It is through the slowing down and the standstill that you can listen, reconnect and realign to your essence. It is the way your soul self influences and supports your human self to create the life it ultimately desires.

Renewal, growth, birth and transformation only come after the period of death and decay of Winter.

SIGNS AND ATTRIBUTES: WINTER IS COMING

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Winter kicks off each Cycle of Growth because:

More often than not, Winter creeps in on you slowly and subtly. Shifts begin months before you completely enter the period of stillness.

The first sign Winter is coming occurs in Autumn. If you’re very aware, you may start to notice the ever-so-subtle signs in late Summer. However, you experience the full effects of a soul shift in the Winter phase. In most cases, you are able to reflect back and recognize that your soul self had been giving you gentle nudges in preparation for the growth and change that was afoot through your thoughts, feelings, and life events. Yet, it’s not until you are uncomfortable, depleted, exhausted, and lost that you begin to trace and scour

If you find yourSelf in a Winter period right now, you will be nodding along. Should you have recently emerged or are in a different season of your current cycle, you may become lost in reflection, making more sense of what led you to where you are now standing.

the lead-up time (Autumn) and realize that you chose to gloss over and ignore the tip-offs your soul self was gifting you about the impending shift. When this shift arrives through the natural process of breakdown

Regardless of your current status within your journey, this I shall guarantee . . . You will have experienced a Winter before and you will experience it again. Each time you enter a Winter, it will be different from the last; however, the sensations will be familiar. Sometimes a Winter will only be a mild chill while upon another occasion, you may find yourself huddled in the corner, frozen for a period of time that will feel unending.

and decomposition, we cling to our ego, small selves, and familiarity— despite them no longer serving us! This resistance makes the process of change and growth all the more uncomfortable. We find ourselves running about frantically, inhibiting the process of transformation by trying to “patch up” and “save and rescue” what we need to allow,

Let me assure you, Winter will end.

respect, and revere as a sacred

You will feel the warmth on your back again and the fresh shoots of new life

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102 Things to Do Before You Are Due Dawn Dais A practical and entertaining handbook with 102 tips for expectant parents. These proven tips and to-do items provide fun and solid advice to prepare for a new baby while enjoying every month of the pregnancy. Whether your pregnancy was an “oopsie” or stemmed from intricately charted ovulation cycles, you are most likely going to kick off the party with a home pregnancy test. Or ten. And there you’ll be, staring at a little stick and waiting for it to change your entire life. It’s positive! This is the beginning of your most important story. But what do you do next? First: Freak out. Next...? Well, that's a different story. Dawn Dais, author of the seriesThe Sh!t No One Tells You About , has compiled 102 tips and to-dos that will get you up to speed for the biggest changes of your life – from the practical (prepare freezer meals), to the serious (check your blood sugar), to the seemingly-frivolous-but-actually-really-important (go out with your husband or girlfriends to that restaurant you love).102 Things to Do Before You Are Due is a practical and entertaining handbook that provides important advice for parents-to-be with eye-catching illustrations, checklists, actionable charts, and many laugh-out-loud tips. There are countless pregnancy books for first-time parents out there, but only 102 Things to Do Before You Are Due perfectly balances solid advice to prepare for a new baby and the right amount of humour to help you enjoy every month of the pregnancy. Publication

02 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$24.99

ISBN

9781947458499

Publisher

Workman Publishing

Imprint Series Category

Workman NA Non Fic General

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Extent

160pp

Illustrations

3 colour throughout

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Author Details Dawn Dais is a writer and designer from Sacramento, CA. She is the author ofThe Sh!t No One Tells You About series, which includes The Sh!t No One Tells You About Pregnancy, The Sh!t No One Tells You, andThe Sh!t No One Tells You About Toddlers . Dawn lives in Roseville, CA, with her partner, two kids, two dogs, two cats, and the occasional mouse brought into the home by said cats. She is tired.

Key Selling Points • A visual handbook with easy-to-follow tips and advice to make pregnancy easier and more fun. • Dawn Dais has been publishing opinionated and amusing books on parenting for more than 10 years. As the author of the series The Sh!t No One Tells You About she has a strong fan base and thousands of social media followers. • The Sh!t No One Tells You About series has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.

This Is the Journey Alison Malee This Is The Journey is a stillness. A clean slate. A step back. An open window. The counterpart to The Day Is Ready For You, This Is The Journey is a collection of poetry and prose to help bridge the space between wanting, waiting, and possibility.

Author Details Alison Malee is a lover of literature, caffeinated beverages, and pretending every season is autumn. She currently resides in New York with her husband and their children, probably reading some form of prose or another. Her official website is www.alisonmalee.com, and she can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter under Alison Malee. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781449492991

Publisher

AMP

Imprint

Andrews McMeel Books

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Category

Poetry

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203 x 127 mm

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TBC

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Malee has 143,000 Instagram followers and 14,000 Facebook followers. Her engagement rates are high, with each of her posts receiving between 65,000 and 135,000 impressions. Weekly, her Instagram averages 1M+ views worldwide. Her writing has been featured in the Huffington Post, Thought Catalog, Bustle, YourTango, and other online platforms. Her first collection received 4.9 out of 5 stars on Amazon with 40 5-star reviews for Shifting Bone. Samples: “This book speaks to my soul. Even the parts of my soul with which I've lost connection. I've gifted it to several friends and they all – lovers of poetry and those who aren't typically fans – love it.”

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AU$24.99 | NZ$27.99

ISBN

9781449492984

Solve-it-Yourself Mysteries: The Sherlock Holmes Case Book Puzzle Your Way Through 15 Baffling New Cases Tim Dedopoulos

Join the world's greatest fictional detective and use your own powers of deduction to solve these puzzling mysteries. Sherlock Holmes Case Book is a remarkable collection of crimes from John Watson's case notes that features all of the twists and turns that have come to be expected from a Holmes case – but now it is up to you to solve them. There are 15 cases to be cracked, each of which requires the reader to use logic and powers of perception to answer a question at three points – the beginning, the middle and the end.

Author Details Tim Dedopulos, AKA Dr John Watson, is an author, puzzle setter and editor. He worked for Wizards of the Coast and White Wolf, and has written role-playing games and fiction. He wrote The Ultimate 1001 Puzzle Book and The Greatest Puzzles Ever Solved (both Carlton). He lives in central London. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

ISBN

9781787390751

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

238 x 170 mm

Extent

224pp

Illustrations

Approx. 100 colour and b&w artworks

Age Range

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Sherlock Holmes is the world's best-known fictional detective. Movies, TV shows and books about him are consumed by millions of people around the world. 15 cases are detailed, with John Watson's case notes and period artworks providing the clues, leading the reader through the mysterious events before leaving them to solve the case and apprehend the culprit. Carlton's Sherlock Holmes-inspired puzzle books have been incredibly successful around the world, and have sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

The World of Sherlock Holmes The Facts and Fiction Behind the World's Greatest Detective Martin Fido

The World of Sherlock Holmes delves into the detective's storied history to explore the myths and reality of the era where Holmes was first born – a time when crime analysis and medicine were seeing unprecedented developments and technology was quickly advancing. It was a world where Scotland Yard was the king of criminal detection – that is, before our enigmatic hero was written into existence. As well as the history of the character's origin, this book also looks at some of the many different portrayals of the "deerstalker" detective through the years, concluding with the modern BBC Sherlock series, the American spin-off Elementary, and the action-packed Sherlock Holmes films directed by Guy Ritchie.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$27.99 | NZ$30.99

ISBN

9781787391369

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Auto/Biography

Format

237 x 185 mm

Extent

224pp

Illustrations

Approx. 220 b&w and colour images

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Martin Fido is a true crime writer and broadcaster whose many books include The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper, The Official Encyclopaedia of Scotland Yard, Serial Killers and The Murder Guide to London. He has also written illustrated biographies of Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde, and a book on Agatha Christie.

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The latest generation of films and TV series has reinvigorated the global Sherlock Holmes' fan base – Robert Downey Jr in the Guy Ritchie films and Benedict Cumberbatch in the award-winning BBC series Sherlock, as well as the American show Elementary, helmed by Jonny Lee Miller, all of which have been transmitted worldwide. Includes full details of the different iterations of the world's smartest detective throughout his history. The third Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes film is set to begin filming in late 2018, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.

The Ghost Keeper's Journal & Field Guide An Augmented Reality Adventure Japhet Asher

Welcome to SPRUNG, the Society for the Pursuit of the Reputedly Undead, Namely Ghosts! Agamemnon White – SPRUNG Ghostkeeper, child prodigy and tuna sandwich obsessive – has gone missing. All that remains of him is his Journal, which you now hold in your hands. As the head of Ghostkeeping for the Western region, Ag was collecting the most powerful ecto-energy types known to man in this very book. Your task? To join SPRUNG, read Ag's Journal and use the app to retrace his footsteps and help us rescue him. But beware... the moment you open this book, you will release the ghosts Ag trapped inside. It's up to you to recapture them and solve the mystery of his disappearance... without disappearing yourself! The Ghostkeeper's Journal & Field Guide is a unique and groundbreaking integrated book and app experience that takes you into a mysterious and magical world of ghosts and spirits. Powerful Augmented Reality effects include on-and-off-page animations of text, illustrations and characters, leading you through a gripping story that comes together as the book and game unfold. Will you dare to step into this magical world where all is not as it seems...?

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01 May 2019

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Paperback

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AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

Japhet Asher is well known for creating innovative multimedia across genres. His work has been shown on CBBC, MTV, HBO and more, earning Emmy, Bafta and Oscar recognition.

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9781783123629

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Carlton Publishing Group

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Book and app seamlessly combine to create a unique and immersive storytelling experience you both read and play

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Carlton Books

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255 x 185 mm

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Unique fusion of Augmented Reality, the printed page and the real world – go on an interactive search for ghosts in the book and throughout your home The most elaborate combination of print and Augmented Reality ever published Will attract readers of the Harry Potter, Spiderwick Chronicles and Lemony Snicket series From the steampunk styling to the mix of print and digital, this is the classic ghost story reinvented for a new audience

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144pp

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Quirky and dramatic ghost stories appropriate for readers aged 10 and up

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Photographs and illustrations

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10 and up

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Montreal & Quebec City Pocket Precincts A Pocket Guide to the City's Best Cultural Hangouts, Shops, Bars and Eateries Patricia Maunder

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01 May 2019

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Paperback

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AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781741176247

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Explore Australia

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General

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Pocket Precincts

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Travel

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182 x 130 mm

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200pp

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Full colour photography & illustrated maps

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Melbourne writer and broadcaster Patricia Maunder lived in Montreal from 2012 to 2016. Constantly offering joys unknown in the Australian city where she was born and raised, it quickly became her other, much-loved hometown. From winter wonders on her doorstep to maple beer, poutine (fries with cheese curd and gravy) and the world’s best bagels, Montreal gave her much to write and talk about – including for the city’s English-language daily newspaper, The Gazette, and her blog, Zut alors! An Australian in Québec. Returning to Melbourne as a self-proclaimed ambassador for Montreal and Canada, she continues to write for various travel, lifestyle and arts publications, and is a member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers.

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

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Stockholm is a city of immense beauty. Set across 14 islands, the city is surrounded by waterways and inlets, defining its nautical history and sleek style. Enjoy your fika (coffee and food break) at one of Stockholm’s many cafes or restaurants that champion local, seasonal and sustainable produce, usually with a view. Visit stores that effortlessly inspire with creative spaces that feature Swedish makers and Scandinavian style. Live like a local and get outdoors in one of the city’s many green spaces, or go indoors to museums that host enviable collections. Stockholm Pocket Precincts is your insider guide to all the best places to eat, drink, shop and explore in the city. As well as detailed reviews, you'll find maps for the city and a handy 'field trip' section detailing must-see nearby destinations, including the iconic red cabin-dotted island archipelago east of the city, Drottningholm Palace and the popular university city of Uppsala.

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01 May 2019

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Paperback

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781741176285

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Explore Australia

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General

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Pocket Precincts

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Travel

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182 x 130 mm

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200pp

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Full colour photography & illustrated maps

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Becky Ohlsen first visited Stockholm as a toddler, on a trip to meet her maternal grandparents. Later, as a teen, she mastered enough of the language and geography to make an important daily pilgrimage to the local snack kiosk for chocolate. Becky will still go out of her way for Swedish chocolate, but several stretches of living in Stockholm apartments over the years have expanded her tastes and interests. These days, she never misses a chance to revisit her favorite paintings at the Moderna Museet, tuck into a bowl of fish stew in the basement of Hötorgshallen food court, stop for a fika (coffee break) in an old-fashioned cafe, play some pinball in an underground billiards hall, or walk along the city’s many bridges and canals. Becky has researched and written about Stockholm for Lonely Planet since 2004; she wrote about family travel in Sweden for The Independent, and landscape as a character in Swedish literature for The Bear Deluxe. She also writes about hiking and camping in Oregon. When she’s not travelling for work, Becky rides motorcycles with the Sang-Froid Riding Club in Portland.

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

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01 May 2019

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Paperback

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AU$19.99 | NZ$22.99

ISBN

9781741176285

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Explore Australia

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Pocket Precincts

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182 x 130 mm

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224pp

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Darwin & Northern Territory Street Directory 9th ed UBD Gregory's

The fully revised & updated UBD Gregorys Darwin Street Directory 9th edition is the only guide you need to navigate Australia's top city. Over 120 new streets with subdivisions at Durack, Muirhead & Zuccoli. New suburbs of Buffalo Creek & Shoal Bay. Northern Territory & Darwin district maps. Also includes Alice Springs, Batchelor, Jabiru, Katherine, Nhulunbuy, Pine Creek, Tennant Creek, and Wagait Beach. Over 1,120 facilities including aged care, caravan parks, clubs, golf courses, hotels & motels, parks, places of interest, schools and swimming pools. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

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AU$22.99 | NZ$24.99

ISBN

9780731932016

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Capital City SD

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Street Directory

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Format

170 x 268 mm

Extent

112pp

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Touring region & NT towns information.

Gold Coast Map 404 8th ed UBD Gregory's

The latest edition of the Gold Coast touring map has been fully revised and updated and includes: Gold Coast regional mapping at a scale of 1 : 160 000 covering along the coast from South Stradbroke Island in the north to Bogangar NSW in the south and Beaudesert in the west, Beenleigh in the north and Murwillumbah NSW in the south. Regional map coverage at a scale of 1 : 450 000 covering along the coast from Sandgate in the north to Casuarina NSW in the south and Toowoomba and Warwick in the west, Fernvale in the north and Rathdowney in the south plus an index to towns. Street level mapping at a scale of 1 : 25 000, 1 : 18 000 & 1: 15 000 for Runaway Bay to Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach to Palm Beach, Currumbin to Tugun, Coolangatta Tweed Heads and Surfers Paradise. Information on attractions, highlights and Visitor Information Centres. Publication

01 May 2019

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Paper Map

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AU$9.99 | NZ$12.99

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9780731932023

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UBD Gregory's

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Maps

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Touring Map

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Travel

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920 x 690 mm

Extent

1 pp

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Full Colour

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With all this information included in this handy fold out map it is an ideal companion to use when touring the Gold Coast.

Sunshine Coast Map 405 8th ed UBD Gregory's

The latest edition of the Sunshine Coast touring map has been fully revised and updated and includes: Sunshine Coast regional mappping at a scale of 1 : 171 950 and index covering along the coast from Inskip Peninsula in the north to Caloundra and Toorbul in the south, Wonga Lower in the west and Noosa Heads and Caloundra in the east. Street level mapping at a scale of 1 : 25 000 with coverage for Caloundra and surrounding suburbs, Maroochydore Mooloolaba and surrounding suburbs, Nambour, Noosa Heads Noosaville Sunshine Beach, Peregian Beach to Mudjimba, Rainbow Beach and Tin Can Bay. There is also a list of Visitor Information Centres. With all the information that is contained in the handy fold out map it is ideal for use when exploring the Sunshine Coast. Publication

01 May 2019

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Paper Map

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AU$9.99 | NZ$12.99

ISBN

9780731932030

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UBD Gregory's

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Maps

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Touring Map

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Travel

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920 x 690 mm

Extent

1 pp

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Full colour

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Tasmania State & Cities Map 719 8th ed (waterproof) UBD Gregory's The latest edition of the Tasmania state and cities map has been fully revised and updated and includes: State mapping at a scale of 1 : 625 000 and an index to towns and localities Street Level mapping for Hobart and Launceston at a scale of 1 : 10 000, Devonport, Penguin, Burnie, Bicheno, Deloraine, Stanley, St Helens, Strahan, Ulverstone, Oatlands and Queenstown at a scale of 1 : 25 000. Bruny Island coverage at a scale of 1 : 240 000. There is also information on the best ways to discover Tasmania. With all this information contained in this handy fold out map this is an essential too to carry when navigating your way around Tasmania.

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01 May 2019

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Waterproof Map

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AU$11.99 | NZ$14.99

ISBN

9780731932047

Publisher

UBD Gregory's

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Maps

Series

State Map

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Travel

Format

920 x 690 mm

Extent

1 pp

Illustrations

Full colour

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Wollongong Suburban Streets map 299 18th ed UBD Gregory's

The latest edition of the Wollongong suburban streets map has been fully revised and updated and includes: Street level mapping and street index at a scale of 1 : 25 000 from Helensburgh in the north to Dunmore in the south plus an index to suburbs and localities . There is also coverage included for Berry and Nowra, North Nowra and Bomaderry. A regional overview map of Wollongong to Nowra at a scale of 1 : 685 700. With all this information included in 1 handy fold out map this is an essential tool to carry when navigating your way around Wollongong and the surrounding area.

Publication

01 May 2019

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Paper Map

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AU$9.99 | NZ$12.99

ISBN

9780731932054

Publisher

UBD Gregory's

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Maps

Series

City Map

Category

Travel

Format

1000 x 690 mm

Extent

1 pp

Illustrations

Full colour

Age Range

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Western Australia State & Cities Map 619 7th ed (waterproof) UBD Gregory's

The latest edition of the Western Australia State and Cities map has been fully revised and updated. It includes a state with map an index to the WA towns and localities on one side. On the other side there are street level maps for Perth city at a scale of 1 : 5 000, a Fremantle map at a scale of 1 : 15 000, and town maps for Mandurah, Busselton, Carnarvon, Broome, Albany, Geraldton, Esperance, Bunbury and Kalgoorlieâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Boulder at a scale of 1 : 25 000. There is also some touring information included for the state. With all this information contained in 1 handy fold out map this is an essential tool to keep by your side when travelling in Western Australia.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Waterproof Map

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AU$11.99 | NZ$14.99

ISBN

9780731932078

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UBD Gregory's

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920 x 690 mm

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1 pp

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James Martin's Great British Adventure James Martin

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James is back with a major new TV show – and tie-in book – that takes him the length and breadth of Britain.

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Following on from his triumphant TV shows and books James Martin's American Adventure and James Martin's French Adventure , our food hero comes home and brings us what he does best in James Martin's Great British Adventure. The book sees James travel from coast to coast, cooking and eating everywhere from Whitby to Snowdonia, Bristol to Belfast, and Orkney to Land's End. On the way he cooks classic British dishes alongside some more surprising recipes, all with the best ingredients this small island has to offer. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$39.99 | NZ$45.00

ISBN

9781787133747

Publisher

Quadrille Publishing Ltd

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It's the culinary journey that's right on your doorstep and here are recipes from the series, along with exclusive photography from behind the scenes on James's extraordinary food trip.

Author Details

Presenter of James Martin's British Adventure and host of ITV's flagship cookery show, Saturday Morning with James Martin, James Martin is one of the UK’s most popular TV chefs, whose enthusiasm and passion for food have won him countless fans. His accessible approach to cooking has been showcased across bestselling books including James Martin's American Adventure (2018), James Martin's French Adventure (2017), Home Comforts (2014) and More Home Comforts (2016). He regularly appears on the BBC, ITV and Food Network, as well as demonstrating live at the BBC Good Food Show and touring the UK with his own one-man show.

Food & Drink

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253 x 201 mm

Extent

256pp

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Full colour photography throughout

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Ties in with a major new ITV series with 21 episodes, broadcasting daily from February 2019 and then repeated in a prime-time slot (in the UK).

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James Martin's French Adventure has already sold over 80k copies globally and James Martin's American Adventure has sold over 45k copies globally. James's Saturday morning show has launched on ITV weekly, and he regularly introduces This Morning in the UK. Martin's Cooking shows are shown on Foxtel in Australia.

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Marloe s Sands Seafood Parcel Tucked away on the edge of Pembrokeshire, Marloes Sands is an awesome place and the perfect location to cook a dish packed with great British seafood. The seaweed flakes add a rich umami flavour that complements the individual star ingredients.

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100g smoked back bacon, cut into 1-cm strips 600g haddock, cut into 4 pieces 1 teaspoon dried dulse flakes 1 teaspoon dried kelp flakes 50g raw cockles in their shells 4 whole medium raw prawns 1 medium courgette, cut into batons 12 cherry tomatoes, halved A few sprigs of dill, leaves picked 25g butter, cubed sea salt and freshly ground black pepper To serve crusty bread

Preheat the BBQ: when the coals are silvery in colour, it’s ready. Heat a medium frying pan over a medium heat and dry-fry the bacon until crispy. Lift onto a plate and set aside. Tear two large squares of tin foil, approximately 30 x 30cm, then tear the same sized pieces from baking parchment and pop on top of the foil. Put two pieces of haddock into the middle of each square and sprinkle over the dulse and kelp seaweed. Add all the remaining ingredients, dividing them equally between the squares and season well. Pour 1 tablespoon of water over each parcel then bring the foil up and around the ingredients and seal well. Put on the BBQ and cook for 8–10 minutes. Open the parcel and check everything’s cooked – the haddock should be opaque and the prawns should have turned pink. Unwrap both parcels, divide between 4 plates and serve with crusty bread to mop up the juices.

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Blair Castle salmon with saffron sauce Tom Kitchin and I had an great day fishing for salmon in the River Tummel in Pitlochry – cooking this dish with him by the river in our fishing waders afterwards was a privilege (and hilarious). You don’t need to catch your own salmon; farmed salmon from Shetland is excellent and sustainable.

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25ml rapeseed oil sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 x 200-g salmon fillets, skin on 1 shallot, diced 1 medium-sized fennel bulb, sliced 1 garlic clove, diced 12 cherry tomatoes, halved 50ml dry white wine 250g mussels, cleaned (see James’ tip) 100g langoustine tails 100g crayfish 100ml double cream pinch of saffron small bunch of chives, chopped small bunch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Heat a large flat griddle pan over a medium to high heat until hot. Drizzle with half the oil, season the salmon fillets all over and pop on the griddle, skin-side down. Cook for 3–4 minutes then turn over and cook for a further 2 minutes. Set aside on a plate, cover and keep warm. In a separate large, heavy-based saucepan, heat the remaining oil and add the shallot, fennel, garlic and tomatoes to the pan and sauté for 4–5 minutes, until softened but not coloured. Season well then pour in the wine. Add the mussels, langoustines and crayfish, then cover the pan and cook for 2–3 minutes until the mussels have steamed open. Discard any that remain closed. Pour the cream into the pan, add the saffron and season again. Cover and cook for 2 minutes more, then add the chopped herbs and stir through. Ladle the sauce and shellfish into four shallow bowls and top each with a salmon fillet.

Ja m e s ’ t i p Fresh mussels need to be alive before you cook them. Throw away any with broken shells or any that don’t close tightly when you tap them. To prepare them, pull off the stringy beards, scrape off any barnacles and give the shells a scrub in water to clean them.

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A Book Lover's Guide to New York Cleo Le-Tan and Pierre Le-Tan and Olympia Le-Tan

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An illustrated guide to New York City tailored for the book-obsessed explorer showcasing the city's best bookshops; libraries; homes and haunts of world-famous writers; and scenes from literary classics with charming drawings by the famed New Yorker cover artist Pierre Le-Tan. A Book Lover's Guide to New York is a love letter to everything literary in New York City. It is a book all about books. The book is an object in itself, designed as the ultimate little tome any book collector would love to acquire, layered with witty Pierre Le-Tan drawings, as well as photographs of some of the most precious bookish locations. Rediscover New York in the most fashionably literate way: whether you are in need of an exceptionally rare edition of your favourite novel (perhaps to be found in the dark and musty backroom of The Center for Fiction), or the most tranquil place to devour a short story on a wintry day (an empty underground food court in a Midtown skyscraper), or if you are looking to follow in the footsteps of a beloved author or novella character (like Capote's Grady and Clyde in Central Park Zoo), this will be your ultimate companion. Part guide, part sophisticated scrapbook and part desirable object, A Book Lover's Guide to New York is an absolute must for any book-savvy person – the young bookworm or old scholar, the visiting tourist or homegrown New Yorker, the aspiring writer or doting parent.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Author Details

Price

AU$55.00

ISBN

9780847863662

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Cleo Le-Tan is a London born, New York based author who has always loved books. Born into an artistic family of obsessive collectors, she grew up surrounded by books. She published her first novel Une Famille with Grasset in 2013. Since then, she moved to New York and has been carefully exploring all the literary hideouts and secrets of the city, hoping to put them all together in a compelling journallike collaboration she is working on with the visual help of her father.

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Rizzoli

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Travel

Format

222 x 165 mm

Extent

128pp

Illustrations

80 drawings and photographs

Olympia Le-Tan is a self-taught fashion designer. She started her career at the Chanel design studio with Karl Lagerfeld. In March 2012, she launched her first ready-to-wear collection – classic clothes with a twist, a mix between her British and Parisian heritage using velvets, tartans, college stripes, and Liberty print fabrics.

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Pierre Le-Tan is a well-respected artist, interior decorator, illustrator and art collector. He rose to prominence in the early 70s when he drew covers for the New Yorker at the young age of 19. Since then, he has had multiple art exhibits all around the world, decorated restaurants, hotels, film sets and has written dozens of books. He lives in Paris, surrounded by hundreds and hundreds (if not thousands) of books, rare artwork and all kinds of bizarre objects.

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Ideal book for both the curious and adventurous traveler who wishes to explore the city outside of the traditional guides and tours, and the "book worm" who seeks a pilgrimage that pays homage to one of the world's epicentres of literature. The book's compelling and fun content will serve as the ideal companion for homegrown New Yorker's and tourist's book lover's odyssey. This includes illustrated maps, drawings of both secret and well-known literary locations, and snap shots of the field's most captivating personalities – from book collectors to librarians – as well as archival and new photography. Covering large chunks of Manhattan and swathes of Brooklyn – from its well-known literary gems all the way to its best kept secrets – the guide will serve as a great holiday companion for any tourist, or the perfect gift to pick up and bring home as a souvenir for someone. Independent bookstores around the world are on the rise so the timing of this publication could not be better.

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The Grand Canyon Unseen Beauty: Running the Colorado River Tom Blagden Jr. and The Grand Canyon Association The majesty of the Grand Canyon is celebrated from the Colorado River as it continues to carve America's natural wonder from a mile below the rim. As one of the Wonders of the World and the most iconic national park in America, the Grand Canyon enthralls six million visitors each year. Only a small fraction of those people, however, have the privilege of experiencing the canyon by rafting down the Colorado River. The Grand Canyon captures and evokes the power of that journey from the drama of the rapids and the immeasurable scale of the canyon walls to the subtle rock patterns and varied life forms.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$115.00

ISBN

9780847866403

Publisher

Rizzoli International

Imprint

Rizzoli

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Category

Travel

Format

254 x 254 mm

Extent

256pp

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200 colour photographs

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What started as an exceptional opportunity for Tom Blagden to raft through The Canyon in 2006 with Rod Nash at the oars has evolved into a passionate photographic pursuit that still continues. The route – the River – is the same every time but the experience constantly variable and deeply profound. Rafters never tire of it and, if anything, feel more in awe of the Canyon's magnificence with each trip. Tom Blagden's images and Rod Nash's essay reveal the canyon from a different perspective portraying what it's like to be on the river and immersed a mile deep, surrounded by rock almost half the age of the earth. On the centennial of Grand Canyon National Park it seems only fitting that we journey together to this unique place through the pages of this astonishing book. The book weaves a wondrous adventure that will bring readers along on a journey while raising questions about the significance of a national park and an iconic American river and how to sustain them for generations to follow.

Author Details Tom Blagden Jr. is the official photographer for Grand Canyon Expeditions. He is the photographic author of eight books, including Rizzoli's Acadia National Park. His images have appeared in numerous exhibits and magazines, including on the covers of Smithsonian, Audubon, Outdoor Photographer, Nature Conservancy, and Sierra. He has served on the board of the Nature Conservancy of South Carolina and is a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and the North American Nature Photography Association. Roderick Fraser Nash taught American history and environmental studies at the University of California Santa Barbara for 30 years. His 1967 publication Wilderness and The American Mind has been cited by Outside Magazine as one of the books that changed our world. Nash began guiding river trips in the 1950s and has made more than 70 descents of the Colorado through the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon Association is the official nonprofit partner of Grand Canyon National Park, working hand-in-hand with the National Park Service to support projects including trails and historic building preservation, educational programs for the public, and the protection of wildlife and their natural habitat.

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The Grand Canyon is one of the most visited national parks in the world with 6,254,238 visits in 2017

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2019 is the centennial of Grand Canyon National Park. Most of the photography in the book is previously unpublished. Book is published in partnership with the Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon Expeditions. Foreward by renowned author, conservationist, and riverman, Rod Nash.

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Art of Pendleton Notebook Collection Pendleton Woolen Mills Pendleton + Chronicle Books! Chronicle's hit partnership with one of America's most beloved heritage brands continues with a new collection of gifts for the desktop launching this spring and an exquisite line of classic games in the fall. Pendleton Woolen Mills has been producing its world-class wool textiles in iconic plaids, National Parks stripes, and patterns inspired by Native American weaving traditions for more than a century. This trio of notebooks showcases the brand's rich 150- year heritage with a different iconic Pendleton pattern on each cover and features tactile details like a stitched spine, foil stamping, and uncoated pages. Slender and sophisticated, each notebook is perfect for slipping into a tote bag or backpack for on-the-go adventures or adding a classic touch to desktop notes.

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Pendleton Woolen Mills has been producing wool blankets in their Northwest American mills since 1909. Founded in 1863, this six-generation, family-owned business is renowned for world-class wool textiles in plaids, tweeds, bold stripes, and geometric patterns inspired by Native American artistic traditions. As their offerings have grown to include home, apparel, and accessories, Pendleton Woolen Mills has become synonymous with classic American style.

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Notebooks & Journals

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AU$29.99

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9781452172514

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Chronicle Books

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216 x 152 mm

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64pp

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Our existing Pendleton publishing has been a runaway success and seen strong replenishment season after season on the backlist, with the first notebook collection as the top performer among the line. This notebook collection features a new assortment of patterns, drawn from throughout Pendleton's history and distinct from the first set, that will give fans of the first collection a fresh offering. Chronicle is Pendleton's exclusive paper goods publisher. This quality stationery featuring Pendleton's prints will stand out among other offerings. The authentic heritage, quality, craftsmanship, and rich gifting tradition of the Pendleton brand appeals to both hip young flannel-wearing consumers as well as families who have been gifting Pendleton blankets for generations. Featuring classic patterns that span the brand's history, this notebook collection offers a way to collect and gift a piece of the Pendleton library that channels the high-quality look and feel of the Pendleton brand, at an impulse or add-on gift price point. Pendleton's brand partnerships and extensive reach reflect its wide appeal for today's consumers: Pendleton products are available worldwide.

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Art of Pendleton Notes: 20 Notecards and Envelopes Pendleton Woolen Mills Pendleton + Chronicle Books! Chronicle's hit partnership with one of America's most beloved heritage brands continues with a new collection of gifts for the desktop and an exquisite line of classic games coming soon. Pendleton Woolen Mills has been producing its world-class wool textiles in iconic plaids, National Parks stripes, and patterns inspired by Native American weaving traditions for more than a century. Each notecard in this set of 20 features one of Pendleton's traditional trade blanket or jacquard patterns, and includes the story behind each pattern on the back.

Author Details Pendleton Woolen Mills has been producing wool blankets in their Northwest American mills since 1909. Founded in 1863, this six-generation, family-owned business is renowned for world-class wool textiles in plaids, tweeds, bold stripes, and geometric patterns inspired by Native American artistic traditions. As their offerings have grown to include home, apparel, and accessories, Pendleton Woolen Mills has become synonymous with classic American style. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Notecards

Price

AU$34.99

ISBN

9781452172521

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

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Stationery

Format

141 x 111 mm

Extent

20pp

Illustrations

Full colour

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Chronicle's existing Pendleton publishing has been a runaway success and seen strong replenishment season after season on the backlist. These cards feature 20 different patterns distinct from the first set, including iconic classics and new favourites drawn from throughout Pendleton's history, packaged in our top-selling notecard format a boxed set of 20 petite notecards that make great gift enclosures and work perfectly for all types of card-sending occasions. Chronicle is Pendleton's exclusive paper goods publisher. This quality stationery featuring Pendleton's prints will stand out among their offerings. The authentic heritage, quality, craftsmanship, and rich gifting tradition of the Pendleton brand appeals to both hip young flannel-wearing consumers as well as families who have been gifting Pendleton blankets for generations. This box of notecards offers a way to collect and gift an assortment of pieces from the Pendleton library, in an affordably-priced format that captures the high quality look and feel of the Pendleton brand. Pendleton's plaid shirts became the uniform of California surfers in the '60s. The Beach Boys originally called themselves the Pendletones and wore those signature plaid shirts on the album cover for Surfer Girl.

The Eagle Rock summit in Arizona towers more than 6,000 feet above sea level. Geometric motifs are inspired by the eagle’s view from the mountain peak onto the stunning vistas below.

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The Oregon coast is home to Falcon Cove, where thousands of birds make their nests each year. Dunes, sea grasses, and shoreline inspire the soft colors and gentle geometric shapes of this pattern.

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At the center of a Pendleton heritage pattern from 1935, an eight-point star refers to the morning star, gatekeeper to a new day and symbol of new beginnings.

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Crosses, stripes, triangles, and diamonds are motifs common to many early Navajo blankets. In this pattern, crosses represent the four cardinal directions, and arrows signify movement and strength.

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An overall design repeats a symmetrical pattern over the entire weaving, carried to the edges of the blanket, showing the influence of the early Navajo weaving style.

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Art of Pendleton Postcard Box: 100 Postcards Pendleton Woolen Mills Pendleton + Chronicle Books! Chronicle's hit partnership with one of America's most beloved heritage brands continues with a new collection of gifts for the desktop launching this spring and an exquisite line of classic games in the fall. Pendleton Woolen Mills has been producing its world-class wool textiles in iconic plaids, National Parks stripes, and patterns inspired by Native American weaving traditions for more than a century. This box of collectible postcards showcases a curated selection of iconic patterns drawn from the Pendleton Woolen Mills' archive, including both new favourites and some of its most popular classics.

01 May 2019

Binding

Postcards

Price

AU$45.00

ISBN

9781452172507

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

159 x 111 mm

Extent

50pp

Illustrations

Full colour

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Chronicle's existing Pendleton publishing has been a runaway success and seen strong replenishment season after season on the backlist. Chronicle is Pendleton's exclusive paper goods publisher. This quality stationery, showcasing a wide range of Pendleton's prints, will stand out among their offerings. The authentic heritage, quality, craftsmanship, and rich gifting tradition of the Pendleton brand appeals to both hip young flannel wearing consumers as well as families who have been gifting Pendleton blankets for generations. This postcard box offers a way to collect and gift a vast array of the most beloved patterns from the Pendleton library at a low price point that channels the high-quality look and feel of the Pendleton brand. Pendleton's brand partnerships and extensive reach reflect its wide appeal for today's consumers: Pendleton products are available worldwide.

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California Dreaming Correspondence Cards 20 Correspondence Cards & Envelopes 3 Fish Studios A colourful and refreshing take on regionally-themed gift product from 3 Fish Studios, a well-loved SF-based art studio. A colourful tribute to the Golden State, these correspondence cards feature paintings of a beloved historical icon - the grizzly bear holding the state of California. With a range of designs, this collection (to keep or send) is a great way to spread some California love. Note: The image of the bear holding California comes from the cover of the 1913 sheet music for California's state song "I Love You, California."

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01 May 2019

Eric Rewitzer and Annie Galvin are printmakers and painters, husband and wife, and founders of 3 Fish Studios. The Outer Sunset hub in San Francisco is home to their workshop and studio, where art happens daily and visitors are always welcome.

Binding

Notecards

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Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452176444

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

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Stationery

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171 x 130 mm

Extent

20pp

Illustrations

Full colour throughout

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California Dreaming Notebook Set 3 Fish Studios A colourful and refreshing take on regionally-themed gift product from 3 Fish Studios, a well-loved SF-based art studio. Featuring colourful hand-painted designs of a beloved Golden State icon-the grizzly bear hugging California-this 2-notebook set is sure to inspire west coast love in tourists and natives alike. Interiors include lined and unlined pages. Note: The image of the bear holding California comes from the cover of the 1913 sheet music for California's state song "I Love You, California."

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Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452176420

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

216 x 140 mm

Extent

96pp

Illustrations

1 colour interiors

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Perennial subject matter: SF is one of the top ten most popular destinations in the U.S. and attracts the third highest number of international tourists of any U.S. city.

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The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Golden Gate Park, and Pier 39 are some of the most visited tourist attractions in the world. Nice gift or self purchase for SF and CA tourists, natives, and transplants. The colourful artwork will also appeal to fans of 3 Fish Studios and the arts community. In 2017, 3 Fish Studio was voted one of the 'Best Places to Shop in SF-for Art Prints' by San Francisco Magazine, and Eric's print was featured in Time Magazine. In 2016, 3 Fish Studios was awarded the San Francisco Small Business of the Year, 4th district. New collaboration with the North Face that launched in May 2018. Together they've developed a limited-edition collection (of hats, T-shirts, totes, hoodies, fanorak) featuring original 3 Fish artwork and patterns.

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Succulent Garden Notebook Collection Edyta Szyszlo The perennial popularity of succulents (see: the success of Succulent Notecards!) meets Chronicle's bestselling journal format. This trio of notebooks brings the evergreen charm of succulents to the desk, tote, or bedside table. Each sleek journal features gorgeous photography of succulents, a stitched spine, a foil-stamped cover, and lined interior pages.

Author Details Edyta Szyszlo is a San Francisco-based photographer and the author of Succulent Garden Notecards, also from Chronicle Books.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452178233

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint Series Category

Chronicle Gift NA Stationery

Format

216 x 152 mm

Extent

64pp

Illustrations

3 cover photographs

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Succulents are a perennial favourite gift for housewarmings, showers, weddings, and beyond, and they continue to be a décor theme season after season. They are the botanical that never goes out of style. Just like gifting a succulent itself, this notebook set makes a sweet gift on any occasion and appeals to a wide range of aesthetic tastes. The love for succulents only continues to grow, as the runaway success of Succulent Garden Notecards shows. All of the imagery was shot on location at Flora Grubb Gardens in San Francisco!

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Little Letters for Lunch Lea Redmond Offering a tiny twist on the bestselling Letters to My . . . series, Little Letters for Lunch are an irresistibly cute way to send a little love for lunchtime. This mini version of the bestselling Letters to My . . . series contains 75 mini tear-off sheets for sending little notes of love, appreciation, and encouragement along with someone's lunch. Each one can be folded into an adorably small envelope, sealed with the enclosed stickers, and slipped into a child's lunch bag, a coworker's desk, or a loved one's pocket.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Writing Set

Price

AU$17.99

ISBN

9781452169347

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Misc POS

Format

89 x 114 mm

Extent

75pp

Illustrations

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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The Little Letters format brings a new and special twist to a bestselling line. Overall, the series has sold over 2 million copies! The original Letters to my Future Self has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. This cute little format will generate big surprise and delight. Its size and bright illustrations (think apples and orange slices) makes this a great gift for lunch-packers and their kids.

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420 Things to Draw While High Chronicle Books A playful inspiration for cannabis creativity super fun! A book of inspiration for the highly creative, this playful sketchbook offers 420 chill illustration prompts and plenty of space to hash out what two giraffes riding a rainbow REALLY looks like.

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01 May 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452176901

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Adult

Series

Category

Humour

Format

229 x 190 mm

Extent

304pp

Illustrations

1 colour interiors, 420 prompts

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The prompt journal format has been massively successful due to its low level of intimidation and extra-imaginative prompt direction. Here's more of the same high quality content, with a cannabis twist. The few other weed-based comps are colouring or activity books, not very attractive and hemmed in by the recent collapse of that category. Ours is free of that, with a funny but sophisticated design, less dim basement bong rips and more shopping-at-Anthropologie-while-high. Our book will look good on the coffee tables of a range of consumers.

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How to Be Legendary A Goddess Journal for Finding Your Power Ann Shen The lush art of Legendary Ladies combined with mindful self-reflection to unlock your inner goddess. This is a workbook-style specialty journal that incorporates aspects of goddess worship and personal reflection to empower readers. Incorporating the art of Legendary Ladies, the journal offers practices related to the myths of goddesses from the book, expanding on how to incorporate different kinds of spiritual self-reflection in everyday life. Focused on unlocking your best self and incorporating all aspects of your personality, readers can work through the journal from start to finish or pick and choose exercises that resonate more personally.

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 May 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452174556

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

New Age/Inspirational

Format

178 x 127 mm

Extent

192pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

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Ann's art has a huge draw and her books bring in buyers for stationery products – just look at the success of Bad Girls, both the book and the stationery. Feminine power and spirituality is still hugely popular and this journal offers something with a little more substance to fit into the trend. The journal will merchandise well with crystals, witch-related items, and other spiritual statements. The combination of Ann's art and the practical aspects of this guided journal make it a unique object among other products related to this mystical female moment. While there are some new books on this topic, none of them have the specialty aspect or journal/workbook component of this journal, and its complementary book. This journal is a beautiful companion to Legendary Ladies, but also offers a new entry point for readers to come to the book, as well as Ann's other publishing.

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To invoke Kuan Yin, you may:

Visualization meditation. Sit with your spine straight and close your eyes. Inhale deeply, then exhale. Repeat Build an altar. Make a sacred space with an image of

eight times. Then visualize that you’re in nature, coming

Kuan Yin, and place a white, light-blue, or yellow candle

across a rainbow bridge over brilliant, sparkling water. As

next to it. You may also use objects—a lotus, a bowl of

you cross the bridge, you find yourself becoming more

water with light blue-green crystals such as aquama-

and more calm. You arrive at Kuan Yin’s island of P’u T’o

rine or jade, or willow branches—to symbolize Kuan

Shan. The goddess is here to greet you, handing you a

Yin’s presence.

gorgeous, fragrant flower. You follow her through a lush,

Chanting meditation. Often worshippers of Kuan Yin will simply chant her name over and over as a focal point for their thoughts, allowing her spirit to come over them and fill them with peace and harmony. Light a candle for her at the altar, sit comfortably, and chant her name for ten minutes, allowing the power of the ritual to rise within you. Walking meditation. Worshipping Kuan Yin and inviting in this divine goddess of mercy can be very simple; some practice repeating her name softly or silently to themselves throughout the day—perhaps during a walk. You may feel her presence physically with you or channeling through you in the form of new ideas when focusing on her name.

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tropical island to her pavilion. There, she first washes your feet and then serves you what you need. You are seated facing each other, and she asks what’s troubling you. You pour out your heart to her, and she listens intently. She gives you all the patience, love, and attention you need, filling you with support and Light. You feel utterly loved, seen, and heard. Sit with her until you feel whole. Then she’ll take you back to the rainbow bridge, and you will embrace her and express your deepest gratitude. The return trip over the rainbow bridge is even faster than you remember, and you come back into your body, feeling lighter and integrating the feelings of patience, love, and compassion into your heart so that you may give it to yourself and to others who may need it.

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Collect Moments Not Things A Travel Journal Sandrine Kerfante Sumptuous photography sets this travel journal apart from the crowd – this is theWanderlust Travel Journal for the Instagram generation. Featuring daydream-worthy nature and travel photography throughout many of the images overlaid with inspiring text-this gorgeous, ruled travel journal from photo curator Sandrine Kerfante captures the get-out-there allure of the great outdoors and the seize-the-day magic of exploration.

Author Details Sandrine Kerfante has been featured on Rue 89, Sho and Tell, and the Jealous Curator, as well as on blogs throughout Europe. She is the author of the book Two of a Kind (also from Chronicle Books). She lives in Paris. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452167886

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Gift

Series

Category

Stationery

Format

203 x 152 mm

Extent

168pp

Illustrations

35 Full colour photographs

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In a cultural moment when people are more reliant on technology than ever before, escaping into the great outdoors holds an ever greater appeal. Studies show that more Australian, Americans and Brits, are camping than ever before, and millennials in particular are investing in camping-related products. This journal celebrates the romance of getting back to nature with stunning, trend-forward visuals. Author and photo curator Sandrine Kerfante has an amazing eye. Her visual sensibilities are perfectly tailored to reach a hip, social media-savvy audience. Similar content abounds on Pinterest and Tumblr, but not in print form, and this analog package will resonate with millennials and recent grads. As backlist sales figures show, travel journals are an extremely successful format. Wanderlust Travel Journal, one of the few photographic travel journals on the market, sold 84k copies and is now out of print. Pairing Kerfante's taste level with this bestselling category makes for pure gold.

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Truth & Daring A Journal for the Thoughtful & Bold Sarah O'Leary Burningham Be a truth-teller, and be daring, with this empowering and eye-catching guided journal. This guided journal takes the cultural titan Truth or Dare and turns it on its head by pairing self-reflection prompts with action to challenge readers of all ages to dig deep and try new things, while quotes throughout empower and inspire. Every left-hand page features a Truth prompt, inviting readers to reflect on their life; and every right-hand page features a Dare prompt, inviting readers to take action in their lives. Includes 8 tear-out mantra pages, featuring beautifully illustrated and hand-lettered quotes from inspiring feminist icons that users can hang on their wall.

Author Details Sarah O'Leary Burningham is the author of Girl to Girl, Boyology, and How to Raise Your Parents. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Notebooks & Journals

Sarah Walsh is an illustrator of books and products, including Draw Bridge and Hats of Faith. She lives in Kansas City.

Price

AU$27.99

Key Information

ISBN

9781452170916

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Self Help

Format

203 x 152 mm

Extent

120pp

Illustrations

2 colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

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Truth or Dare is a cultural touchstone, a game adults know, something that 6th graders still play on the playground, and the go-to slumber party activity for all ages. This guided journal takes this cultural titan and turns it on its head. This journal pairs empowerment, a timely yet evergreen topic, with Truth or Dare, the perennially popular party game. With beautifully illustrated tear-out mantra pages, a ribbon marker with text printed on both sides, eye-catching two-color interior illustrations, and blingy foil on the front cover, this journal feels like a deluxe object, perfect for a gift or self-purchase. Chronicle Books is known for innovating in the arena of specialty journals, with bestselling journals (like the Just Between Us series, One Line a Day, Letters to My… ,). Sarah O'Leary Burningham is a beloved, established author with a great platform around feminism and girl power. Sarah Walsh is a rising star illustrator with a strong eye for contemporary design and a great Instagram following!

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When you look in the mirror, what do you see? What’s the first thing you think

Create a personal mantra, words you want to live by. It might be a few words,

about yourself?

or it might be a few sentences. It could encapsulate who you are and what you

want your life to be. It could be something you can repeat to yourself during moments of self-doubt, when you need a little clarity, or just when you look at yourself in the mirror while you’re brushing your teeth. If coming up with a mantra feels daunting, you can borrow mine. I often say to myself, “You are the still center of a spinning wheel.” It’s a reminder that no matter how much is going on in my life, no matter how many things are “spinning” around me, I am still me. I am constant, and I don’t have to be affected by everything. My mantra reassures me.

Come back to this idea of a mantra once you’ve finished this journal. Has your personal mantra evolved as you’ve discovered and experienced new things? Give yourself permission to add to it or even rewrite it, and do that as often as you need to! As you grow and change, your mantra is likely to grow and change with you.

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What is the most meaningful gift you’ve ever received?

Give something you love—or something you’ll miss—to someone else, some-

one you think will appreciate or benefit from it. It doesn’t have to be a special occasion, and it’s even better if it’s not. How does it feel to give something that’s important to you to someone else?

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Kids' Handbook Clive Gifford

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01 May 2019

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Paperback

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9781783124534

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

246 x 189 mm

Extent

64pp

Illustrations

100 colour photographs

Age Range

7 and up

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Record Breakers! The ICC Cricket World Cup has thrown up some astonishing records and record breakers over the years. Can you match each player to his record?

For each record, choose from these players. Pick carefully – there are more players than records!

Herschelle Gibbs

Glenn McGrath

Shoaib Akhtar

Javed Miandad

Kevin O’Brien

Virat Kohli

Chris Gayle

Martin Guptill

Lasith Malinga

Eoin Morgan

Left: Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa

Above: Lasith Malinga

This player bowled the fastest ball in cricket at the 2003 World Cup. His delivery was bowled at English batsman Nick Knight and was measured at 161.3km/h – that’s FAST!

The highest innings in a World Cup match was struck by this player at the 2015 tournament. He hit more sixes than fours, a record 16 in total.

The first player to take four wickets in a row with four balls was this player. He set the record at the 2007 World Cup against South Africa, who were 206 for 5 and only needed four runs to win!

At the 2007 World Cup, this batsman became the first player in international cricket to hit six sixes in an over.

The fastest ever century at a World Cup was scored by this player at the 2011 tournament against England. It took just 50 balls for him to score 100 runs. Answers on page 48

MEET THE TEAMS

ENGLAND First ODI: 1971 v Australia

First ODI: 1974 v England

Highest ODI total: 481 v Australia, 2018

Highest ODI total: 418 v West Indies, 2011

Previous World Cups: 12

Best performance: Runners-up 1979, 1987, 1992

Best performance: Champions 1983, 2011

Players to watch: Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid

Players to watch: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya

Can you unscramble the letters to get the name of two England all-rounders? E M A I L I

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Below: Batsman Alex Hales played two games at the 2015 World Cup, against Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Below: Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan was Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top scorer at the 2015 World Cup.

DID YOU KNOW? Rohit Sharma holds the record for the highest score batting in an ODI. Against Sri Lanka in 2014, he struck an incredible 264 off 173 balls including 33 fours and nine sixes.

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In 2018, Eoin Morgan scored the fastest 50 by an England player in just 21 balls. Whose record did he beat? a) Andrew Flintoff b) Alex Hales c) Jos Buttler Answers on page 48 16

DID YOU KNOW? In their world-record ODI score of 481 against Australia in 2018, England hit an incredible 17 sixes! Both Jonny Bairstow (139 runs) and Alex Hales (147 runs) faced just 92 balls.

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The World of Dinosaurs The Ultimate Photographic Reference Book Dr Mark Norell

In The World of Dinosaurs, paleontologist Dr Mark Norell takes a detailed look at everything we know about these wondrous creatures, drawing on the very latest research in the field. Produced in association with the American Museum of Natural History and drawing on their archives, Norell examines every facet of the dinosaur mystery, from the scattering of dinosaur fossils after the breakup of Pangea to the different categorisations of these monstrous reptiles. Even subjects you may think you know about - such as the species' extinction – are looked at in a new light. Illustrated with exceptional scientific recreations of key species, as well as documentary photographs, sketches and notes from dino discoveries, this is the ultimate photographic reference book on dinosaurs. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$60.00 | NZ$65.00

ISBN

9780233005041

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

283 x 245 mm

Extent

240pp

Illustrations

200 colour and b&w

Age Range

7 and up

Terms

SOR

Author Details Dr Mark A. Norell is a curator at the AMNH and chairman of the Division of Paleontology. He is famed for his part in discovering the first theropod dinosaur embryo, his description of dinosaurs with feathers, and the first indication that dinosaurs nested on eggs.

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Produced in association with the American Museum of Natural History in New York, which is one of the largest museums in the world and contains one of the greatest collections of Dinosaur fossils. Dinosaur books and films are consistently popular worldwide. The latest film in the Jurassic World franchise, released in 2018, is predicted to gross $1.5 billion worldwide. Incorporates the latest, ground-breaking theories on the lives of dinosaurs, including the discovery of a new species in Egypt in January 2018.

The Complete Adventures of Curious George Carlton Books and H. A. Rey and Margret Rey

Curious George, a little monkey whose curiosity always gets the better of him, has been a favourite with several generations of children. This complete collection contains all his adventures, with their original full colour illustrations by husband and wife team Hans and Margret Rey.

Author Details Hans and Margret Rey were both born in Germany. They lived in Brazil and went on honeymoon to Paris where they stayed for 4 years. There, Curious George was first created: Margaret wrote the story and her husband drew the illustrations. In 1940 they moved to New York where the first Curious George books were published in 1941. Hans died in 1977.

Key Information • Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$35.00 | NZ$40.00

ISBN

9781783123667

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Fiction

Format

203 x 163 mm

Extent

400pp

Illustrations

350 full-colour illustrations

Age Range

3 and up

Terms

SOR

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George is an evergreen character who has appeared in books, on TV and even in his own Hollywood film (Curious George, 2006). The stories have been translated into dozens of languages and have generated tie-ins ranging from cuddly toys to video games. A definitive book of tales is the obvious addition to a fan's collection.

Space Number Crunch! The Figures, Facts and Out of this World Stats Kevin Pettman

Space Number Crunch! is a snappily written, fact-packed overview of the world of space, bursting with colourful, punchy data graphics and high-impact artworks. It's guaranteed to contain all the essential info that space fans aged 8 and up need to know. Each piece of data is based around a number, creating an entire book of easy-to-digest information that will hook the most reluctant of readers. Includes features on the Big Bang, Mission to Mars, the Hubble Telescope and each of the extraordinary planets in our solar system. This really is an essential guide for any young space-explorer.

01 May 2019

Binding

Flexibound

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$21.99

ISBN

9781783123698

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

251 x 191 mm

Extent

96pp

Illustrations

Full colour infographics and artworks

Age Range

8 and up

Terms

SOR

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Biggest planet, fastest asteroid, head-to-head astronaut match-ups, and much more – every page of this book is a treasure trove of space data. Each snappily written infographic is number based with quick easy-to-read information. Truly comprehensive coverage, featuring all the key space facts and stats you need to know about everything to do with space! A perfect book for reluctant readers – amazing facts and records about a high-interest topic, presented as dynamic infographics. The latest in the already-successful Number Crunch series.

Amazing Space Go on A Journey to the Edge of the Universe Raman Prinja

This stunning 48-page book takes you on a beautifully illustrated journey into space, from the Earth's surface to the edge of the universe. Once you have completed your journey to the outer limits of the universe, make your return trip with fascinating infographics explaining facts and statistics about the universe in a simple and beautiful way.

Author Details Raman Prinja is Professor of Astrophysics at University College London. In addition to researching astronomy, he has written various science books for children.

Key Information Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$25.99 | NZ$28.99

ISBN

9781783123933

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

300 x 240 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

8 and up

Terms

SOR

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Stunning modern illustrations work together with the text to create an immersive reading experience.

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Attractive infographics mean that this book is perfect for space fanatics and more reluctant readers. This gorgeous book makes a wonderful gift purchase.

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The Totally Amazing, Fact-Packed, Fold-Out Atlas of the World Jen Green

Hold the world in your hands with The Totally Amazing, Fact-Packed, Fold-Out Atlas of the World, a bright and colourful atlas! Designed specifically to make the vast reaches of our planet tangible for a young audience, and including three lavish gatefold maps showing the major continents in rich detail with pictoral insets featuring people, places and wildlife. It presents the world as a place rich in discoveries that readers themselves can make on its pages. Divided by continent, there are lavish gatefolds with textured artworks that show biomes and terrains as well as wildlife, and further maps that show people, places and political boundaries. Discover people, creatures and amazing physical and man-made features, and find out how every part of our planet is both vital and connected. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$29.99 | NZ$32.99

ISBN

9781783123650

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

283 x 245 mm

Extent

44pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

7 and up

Terms

SOR

Author Details Jen Green is a highly experienced children's non-fiction writer. She has written over 200 books, mainly on geography, nature, environment and history. Her publishers include Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Quarto, Watts, Wayland, Harcourt/ Raintree, Grolier and Lorenze. She currently teaches writing skills at the University of Sussex.

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A bright, highly interactive atlas designed to make the vast reaches of our planet tangible to a young audience.

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Three lavish gatefolds show the major continents in rich detail with pictorial insets featuring people, places and wildlife.

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Educational, interactive and fun!

The Totally Wild, Fact-Packed, Fold-Out Animal Atlas Jen Green

Hold the world in your hands and come face to face with the many wonderful animals that inhabit our extraordinary Earth! This bright, colourful atlas is designed specifically to make the vast reaches of our planet tangible for a young audience. It features beautiful, detailed maps that children will love to pore over, discovering something new each time. A fabulous map showcases the world's animal biomes at a glance and the accessible text is packed full of amazing facts on record-breaking animals, creatures to beware of and animals that work alongside people.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$21.99

ISBN

9781783123797

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

283 x 245 mm

Extent

44pp

Illustrations

Full colour photography

Age Range

8 and up

Terms

SOR

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Three lavish fold-out gatefolds show the wildlife and habitats of major continents in rich illustrative and photographic detail.

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A fantastic map of the world shows all the major biomes at a glance. Contains over 500 colourful animal photographs.

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My Cutest Kitten (With Augmented Reality) Best friends forever! Kay Woodward

Meow! It's time to meet your furry new friend! The pages of My Cutest Kitten are bursting with the most adorable photos imaginable, plus all the info you need to know about keeping a new cat in tip-top condition. Then download the free app, point your phone or tablet's camera at the pages of the book… and say hello to your new Augmented Reality kitten! You can name your virtual kitty, play with it, and even choose the latest accessories for it. Keep it healthy and happy with toys to play with, its favourite food to eat, and capture photos of your most precious moments - ready to take pride of place in the My Cutest Kitten Hall of Fame. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$19.99 | NZ$21.99

ISBN

9781783124220

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

228 x 262 mm

Extent

32pp

Illustrations

Full colour photographs and illustrations

Age Range

5 and up

Terms

SOR

Author Details Kay Woodward has written over 150 children's books, including storybooks and series fiction like the Skate School series for Usborne. Along with classic fairy tales, her wide-ranging interests include Roald Dahl, Christmas and chocolate, all of which she has written about.

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The only cat care title on the market that pairs a book with an Augmented Reality app and creates an immersive interactive nurturing experience. The book combines the cute-factor of photographic kitten titles with simple and practical "how to" information about caring for a new cat as it grows to adulthood. Point your smartphone or tablet's camera at the special trigger pages in the book to interact with your Augmented Reality kitten – from petting and feeding to choosing accessories, playing games and teaching tricks.

Minecraft Master Builder Time Machine Juliet Stanley

Minecraft Master Builder Time Travel lets you journey through history and create your own amazing Minecraft masterpieces inspired by magnificent buildings and inventions from ancient times and through to the future with this incredible step-by-step guide! From a medieval throne and imperial palace to a hot-air balloon and a futuristic space station, this fun and interactive guide will inspire readers to use their imagination to build the impossible. It's full of fascinating Minecraft facts, figures and trivia, plus hints and tips on how to master the game as well as inspirational profiles of the game's most amazing construction masterpieces.

Author Details Juliet Stanley is a former teacher and educational publishing specialist. She is also a keen Minecrafter who can break down complex builds into easy-to-understand steps.

Key Information Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$15.99 | NZ$18.99

ISBN

9781783124190

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

270 x 216 mm

Extent

72pp

Illustrations

Images of bespoke Minecraft buildings

Age Range

Terms

SOR

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Simple-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for 15 constructions that have been specially created for this book by expert Minecrafters. Each build is rated a Quick, Intermediate or Master Build; a list of materials is provided for each project, plus guidance on how long each build will take. Tutorials include incredible buildings and inventions through time: hot-air balloon, Roman temple, medieval house, historic mansion, futuristic space station, steam engine and pyramid!

I Am Not A Toilet Roll The Recycling Project Book Sara Stanford

Recycle empty loo rolls into fantastic craft creations with this hilarious DIY book. Follow step-by-step guides and handy cutouts to make a shark, a bat, an elephant, a rocket, a pirate, a unicorn, a ninja, a gingerbread man, a castle and a mermaid. The projects in this book are fun for boys and girls alike and each project requires between one and eight toilet rolls, allowing you to make some models right away or wait until you've collected enough rolls. Alternating picture-book style spreads quirklily narrated by the projects themselves with step-by-step instructions on how to create them, this book will inspire kids and parents to look twice at the humble toilet roll.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Sara Stanford is a freelance writer and editor with a passion for arts and crafts. She has worked on licensed and own-brand books, magazines and partworks.

Price

AU$13.99 | NZ$15.99

Key Information

ISBN

9781783124060

Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

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Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

262 x 228 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour photography throughout

Age Range

7 and up

Terms

SOR

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Easy craft creations take up to an hour to make.

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Encouraging readers to recycle craft materials, this is a book that conscientious parents will enjoy too. Photographic step-by-step instructions are easy for kids to follow. Funny narrative-style spreads set this book apart from regular craft books. Gorgeously illustrated scenes show off your toilet roll creation in style!

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Recycling is on trend with the popularity of the zero waste movement. This is a great way to get kids involved!

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I Am Not An Egg Box The Recycling Project Book Sara Stanford

Create ten awesome makes from egg cartons and some simple craft essentials. Follow step-by-step guides and handy cutouts to make a penguin, an owl, a fire engine, a hen, a crab, a pirate ship, a dragon, a whale, shakers and a car. For boys and girls alike, this crafty book will make you think twice about the humble egg carton!

Author Details Sara Stanford is a freelance writer and editor with a passion for arts and crafts. She has worked on licensed and own-brand books, magazines and partworks. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Key Information •

Easy craft creations take up to an hour to make.

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Encouraging readers to recycle craft materials, this is a book that conscientious parents will enjoy too. Photographic step-by-step instructions are easy for kids to follow. Funny narrative-style spreads set this book apart from regular craft books. Recycling is on trend with the popularity of the zero waste movement. This is a great way to get kids involved!

Price

AU$13.99 | NZ$15.99

ISBN

9781783124169

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Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

•

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

262 x 228 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour photography throughout

Age Range

7 and up

Terms

SOR

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Gorgeously illustrated scenes show off your egg carton creation in style!

I Am Not A Cereal Box The Recycling Project Book Sara Stanford

Minimise your waste and maximise the fun! Recycle your cereal boxes and make ten incredible craft projects. Follow step-by-step guides and handy cutouts to make a robot, an aquarium, a car, a dinosaur, a castle, an elephant, a rock star guitar, a building, a marble run and a puppet theatre. Get ready for some serious crafting fun and all using the simple cereal box as a base. Perfect for adults and kids to do together.

Author Details Sara Stanford is a freelance writer and editor with a passion for arts and crafts. She has worked on licensed and own-brand books, magazines and partworks. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

•

Easy craft creations take up to an hour to make.

Price

AU$13.99 | NZ$15.99

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ISBN

9781783124176

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Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

Imprint

Carlton Books

Encouraging readers to recycle craft materials, this is a book that conscientious parents will enjoy too. Funny narrative-style spreads set this book apart from regular craft books. Photographic step-by-step instructions are easy for kids to follow Gorgeously illustrated scenes show off your cereal packet creation in style! Recycling is on trend with the popularity of the zero waste movement. This is a great way to get kids involved!

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

262 x 228 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour photography throughout

Age Range

7 and up

Terms

SOR

Key Information

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I Am Not An Old Sock The Recycling Project Book Sara Stanford

Turning socks into fabulous craft makes has never been so much fun! From a 'socktopus' to a cute little owl, children will love these fun-tastic creations! Follow easy to read step-by-step guides, images and handy cutouts to make an octopus, a horse, juggling balls, an owl, a caterpillar, a dog toy, a rabbit, a snake, a cat toy and a snowman.

Author Details Sara Stanford is a freelance writer and editor with a passion for arts and crafts. She has worked on licensed and own-brand books, magazines and partworks.

Key Information

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Paperback

Price

AU$13.99 | NZ$15.99

ISBN

9781783124206

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Publisher

Carlton Publishing Group

•

Imprint

Carlton Books

Series

Category

Child Non Fiction

Format

262 x 228 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour photography throughout

Age Range

7 and up

Terms

SOR

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Easy craft creations take up to an hour to make.

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Encouraging readers to recycle craft materials, this is a book that conscientious parents will enjoy too. Photographic step-by-step instructions are easy for kids to follow. Funny narrative-style spreads set this book apart from regular craft books. Recycling is on trend with the popularity of the zero waste movement. This is a great way to get kids involved!

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Gorgeously illustrated scenes show off your sock creations in style!

Ice Cream Scoop Puzzle Countless Sweet Creations with 32 Flavors Chronicle Books

Cup or cone? How about both?! Create countless sky-high ice cream concoctions by assembling 20 double-sided, scoopshaped puzzle pieces: 32 flavors in all (including a cup, cone, slice of pie, and cake). Then, add a topping! This puzzle is perfect for free play, as well as primed for early concept learning with bonus counting and identification prompts included. An irresistible way to engage the building blocks of basic math all while refining key motor skills.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Games & Puzzles

Price

AU$27.99

ISBN

9781452155913

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Puzzles & Games

Format

127 x 202 mm

Extent

21pp

Illustrations

Full-colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

3 and up

Terms

SOR

Sarah Ferone is a freelance illustrator based in Philadelphia. After many years of designing for the advertising and non-profit worlds, Sarah turned to illustration where her love for drawing and design converge.

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From the fabled ice cream truck to the excitement of choosing favourite flavours and toppings, kids love ice cream. This puzzle speaks to that sweet obsession in a way that is tactile, engaging, and educational. The shaped puzzle pieces can be arranged in endless ways, as kids mix and match scoops to construct their perfect ice cream cone. This puzzle offers bonus educational content that provides prompts for guessing games, counting games, and more. Ideal for engaging toddlers and early elementary school-age children. An appealing package make this a perfect stand-alone or add-on to baby shower, new parent, and birthday gifts. Parents, grandparents, and gift-givers are often seeking age-appropriate puzzles that are engaging, visually appealing, and encourage creative, thoughtful play. This puzzle is in-step with the trend.

Liner - inside lid

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Tomorrow Most Likely Dave Eggers Goodnight Moon meetsThe Wonderful Things You Will Be in this incredibly commercial, beautiful title from bestselling author Dave Eggers. Tomorrow Most Likely is Dave Eggers's thoughtful take on the bedtime story. Rather than focusing on going to bed, he contemplates the next day and all of the wonderful, dreamy, and silly things that are to come. Between Eggers's poignant rhymes and household-name illustrator Lane Smith's visual expertise, this powerhouse duo makes this a bedtime story for tomorrow and every day after it.

Author Details

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452172781

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Fiction

Format

254 x 203 mm

Extent

40pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations

Age Range

3 to 5

Terms

SOR

Moved from March 2019

Dave Eggers is the author of many books, including Heroes of the Frontier, The Circle , and The Lifters . He is the cofounder of: Voice of Witness, an oral history series focused on human rights; 826 National, a network of writing and tutoring centres; and ScholarMatch, which connects donors and under-resourced students to make college possible. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lane Smith is the author and/or illustrator of several award-winning books for children. He is a two-time winner of the Caldecott Honor for Grandpa Green and The Stinky Cheese Man . Four of his books have won the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and he is a multiple-time New York Times bestseller. Mr. Smith has illustrated works by the likes of Bob Shea, Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss, George Saunders, Judith Viorst, Florence Parry Heide, Jack Prelutsky, and Eve Merriam. He lives in Connecticut.

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Bedtime stories are always in demand.

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The universal appeal of this book's concept combined with the big names of both creators will make this book find a home in trade, online, institutional, and international accounts. Previous Eggers books on our list have done very well. Dave Eggers's name is as big as can be. As we've seen with Her Right Foot, his name turns heads and makes sales that the same book would otherwise miss without it. Egger's Her Right Foot has been a major success, selling 45,000 copies net worldwide to date, receiving seven starred reviews, and seeing inclusion on countless Best Of lists and four state lists and counting. Citizen, likewise, has already been featured on Entertainment Weekly for its cover reveal and is getting great early reads. Lane Smith has two Caldecott honours and numerous bestselling books to his name, along with decades of industry expertise and scores of devoted librarians, teachers, and parents who buy anything he touches. The universality of this idea and Lane's name and accessible art style will appeal to audiences all over the world.

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I Love You the Purplest Barbara M Joosse At last, a board book edition of the classic Barbara M. Jooose title. From the bestselling author of Mama, Do You Love Me?, a board book edition of a poetic and reassuring story that answers the universal question: who do you love more?

Author Details Barbara M. Joosse is the author of many books for children, including the bestsellers Mama, Do You Love Me? and Papa, Do You Love Me?. She lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Board Book

Price

AU$16.99

ISBN

9781452177717

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

203 x 203 mm

Extent

24pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

2 and up

Terms

SOR

Mary Whyte is an illustrator and fine artist. Her books include the Boomer's Big Day, Chestnut, and Snow Riders. She lives in South Carolina.

Key Information • • •

I Love You the Purplest has grossed over 280,000 copies worldwide! A board book edition, with its affordable price and sturdy construction, will introduce it to an even wider audience. The perfect baby shower gift for expecting parents, new baby or new sibling. This is the perfect book for a parent and child to share-it is delicately reassuring and the format works perfectly for an intimate reading experience, which promotes parent-child bonding.

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FO Early in the evening the brothers and their Mama finished supper in the sturdy red cabin and set out to fish.

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The moon glowed on one side of the lake while the sun shimmered on the other. This was the time when fishing was best. Max exploded from the cabin, twirling his shovel. Mama came next, and then Julian. Julian shut the cabin door tightly to keep it safe from burglars and bears.

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Hello Honeybees Read and play in the hive! Hannah Rogge Take a playful peek into the lives of hardworking honeybees with this carousel board book that transforms into a stand-up hive with two bee characters on ribbons. Perfect for the youngest nature lovers, this playful, interactive board book is a gentle introduction to the hard-working honeybee. The carousel-style book is shaped to mimic the look of a beehive, complete with two honeybee characters on ribbons that attach to the top of book (like a bookmark) and can "fly" around the pages, then fit neatly into die-cuts on the cover. The book stands up to create a play environment, but can be folded up for travel and shelving. A light narrative encourages readers to guide the two bee characters through the pages to visit a garden, tour the beehive, and see how honey is made.

Author Details Hannah Rogge is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in industrial design, and is the author of craft titles and journals. She is the Creative Director at ROBIE and lives in New York. Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Board Book

Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452168920

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

229 x 127 mm

Extent

14pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

4 and up

Terms

SOR

Emily Dove is an illustrator and certified California Naturalist who uses illustration as a tool to educate about science and to inspire others to fall in love with the natural world. She has illustrated several books for children and lives in the San Francisco area.

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Honeybees are growing in popularity, especially as we begin to recognise their important contribution to the health of our environment. This book will appeal to the budding naturalist in kids and their parents. This book delivers a satisfying novelty experience, yet is still able to be shelved and transported easily. This book features smart novelty components that invite interactive play as well as learning. Features eye-catching design and the adorable art of Bay Area artist and certified naturalist Emily Dove.

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Hide-and-Sleep A Flip-Flap Book Lizi Boyd A new series for the very early reader from the incomparable Lizi Boyd. Lizi Boyd brings her magic touch to a new series for the very youngest readers. These playful books have sturdy die-cut pages that let readers flip the pages back and forth to reveal fun details and action.

Author Details Lizi Boyd is an award-winning artist whose books have been published around the globe and have won accolades, from a New York Times Best Illustrated Book to the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi Award. She also creates paper goods, rugs, and other wonderful and whimsical things. Lizi lives in Vermont.

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The bright colours, strong black line, simple text, and playful die-cut pages will engage even the youngest children.

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The combination of narrative and "seek-and-find" makes the book work from playtime to bedtime. The subject (going to sleep) makes for an ideal bedtime read. Lizi Boyd's art always stands out on the shelf. The exceptionally designed package will appeal to a wide range of book consumers. Lizi Boyd's titles consistently receive the highest critical recognition and steadfast sales.

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01 May 2019

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Board Book

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Price

AU$22.99

ISBN

9781452170961

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

292 x 146 mm

Extent

20pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

1 and up

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TouchWords: Animals Chronicle Books Put words and images together, literally, with this tactile vocabulary-building book. TouchWords is a brand new extension to the beloved, groundbreaking TouchThinkLearn series, now with raised letters that fit into die-cut shapes! This is a full hands-on, sensory experience, associating the tactile shapes of letters with the objects. Rilla Alexander executes a fresh design incorporating the classic elements of the TouchThinkLearn first words format, with core vocabulary and stretch words on each page helping children expand their vision of words and how they work together.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Board Book

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452173924

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

178 x 229 mm

Extent

16pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

1 and up

Terms

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Rilla Alexander is an Australian-born designer and illustrator whose work has appeared on everything from toys and tea cups to buses and buildings. Her books celebrate creativity, reading, making, and doing. You know her for A Bear Sat on My Porch Today and Motor Mix: Emergency and Motor Mix: Flight. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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This sturdy, oversized board book has all the appeal of a novelty book without any of the damage concerns.

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Concepts to be touched, felt, and experienced by the reader: a powerful learning tool relying on a methodology borne out in a broad range of educational theory and application – Montessori, Waldorf and beyond. Carefully selected "conversation starter" words encourage dialog and play between child and caregiver. Great Reviews: "Fun for fingers, eyes, and minds." – Publishers Weekly, "Visual and tactile elegance that will appeal to eyes and hands." – The New York Times Rilla Alexander brings a fresh yet harmonious illustration style to the original TouchThinkLearn series. Fans of the original series as well as newcomers will love her appealing, delightful illustrations. The TouchThinkLearn series has sold more than 550,000 copies net worldwide since the first titles launched in July 2013.

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These books address the "word gap" addressed in The Atlantic's article "The 32Million Word Gap" and The New Yorker's article "The Talking Cure." They are unique not only in their tactile quality but also their method of teaching. Rather than teaching words in isolation or even in sentence contexts, TouchWords considers them in a network of other words.

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TouchWords: Food Chronicle Books Put words and images together, literally, with this tactile vocabulary-building book. TouchWords is a brand new extension to the beloved, groundbreaking TouchThinkLearn series now with raised letters that fit into die-cut shapes! This is a full hands-on, sensory experience, associating the tactile shapes of letters with the objects. Rilla Alexander executes a fresh design incorporating the classic elements of the TouchThinkLearn first words format, with core vocabulary and stretch words on each page helping children expand their vision of words and how they work together.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Board Book

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452173917

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

178 x 229 mm

Extent

16pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations

Age Range

1 and up

Terms

SOR

Key Information •

This sturdy, oversize board book has all the appeal of a novelty book without any of the damage concerns.

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Concepts to be touched, felt, and experienced by the reader: a powerful learning tool relying on a methodology borne out in a broad range of educational theory and application – Montessori, Waldorf and beyond. Carefully selected "conversation starter" words encourage dialogue and play between child and caregiver. Great Reviews: "Fun for fingers, eyes, and minds." – Publishers Weekly, "Visual and tactile elegance that will appeal to eyes and hands." – The New York Times Rilla Alexander brings a fresh yet harmonious illustration style to the original TouchThinkLearn series. Fans of the original series as well as newcomers will love her appealing, delightful illustrations. The TouchThinkLearn series has sold more than 550,000 copies net worldwide since the first titles launched in July 2013.

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Brave Molly Brooke Boynton Hughes We all battle monsters… Molly battles her own, finally banishing them with bravery, generosity, and ultimately the only force powerful enough: friendship. What do you do when no one can see your monsters but you? At first, Molly runs from them, but they follow her down the sidewalk, get in the way when she tries to make a new friend, pop unexpectedly out of shadows, relentless and multiplying until finally… Molly faces down her fears. Author/illustrator Brooke Boynton delivers a modern classic in this empowering, wordless adventure, honouring everyday acts of bravery and the ability of friendship to banish the monsters that haunt us. This book is for anyone who has faced their own invisible monsters.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Brooke Boynton-Hughes is an introvert who often finds going out into the world and meeting new people anxiety-inducing. But, she does it anyway because the world is full of beautiful and interesting places and people. Just like Molly, Brooke found her voice with the help of books. Brooke writes and illustrates children's books in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she lives with her husband and twins. To see more of her work please visit www.BrookeBoyntonHughes.com.

Price

AU$29.99

Key Information

ISBN

9781452161006

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

279 x 216 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

5 and up

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Accessible and classic art-these monsters echo Where the Wild Things Are.

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Because we don't know exactly what's bothering Molly-it could be anything from bullying to depression to anxiety, and so much more-the story feels universal and Molly feels like an every girl. Brave Molly dramatises the small action of returning a book and speaks to how sometimes the littlest things feel the hardest. The almost-wordless format, comic panels, and compelling visual storytelling make this important message accessible to reluctant readers and readers who may have thought they'd outgrown picture books. Brooke Boynton-Hughes dedicates the book to Molly Bang, and in fact, it is Molly Bang who inspired the protagonist's name. Molly Bang may be best known for Chronicle Books' Picture This: How Pictures Work, which uses Little Red Riding Hood as an example to show the power of colours, like a red hood, and shapes, like dark tree trunks, to convey emotion and meaning visually. Brooke Boynton-Hughes first sketched Molly while sitting in the audience of her first Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (or SCBWI) event. But Brooke's conference anxiety was banished when she made friends who soon became her beloved critique group.

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Most Marshmallows Rowboat Watkins The universal message of "be yourself" meets marshmallows in this delectably sweet and silly picture book. Most marshmallows are born into marshmallow families, play with marshmallow friends, and go to marshmallow school where they learn to be squishy. Most marshmallows read a book before bed and then fall asleep to dream ordinary marshmallow dreams. Is this book about most marshmallows? It isn't. Because Rowboat Watkins knows that just like you, most marshmallows can be anything they want to be even a fire-breathing marshmallow if they just put their minds and imaginations to it.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452159591

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Fiction

Format

279 x 216 mm

Extent

40pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

4 and up

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Rowboat Watkins was a recipient of the 2010 Sendak Fellowship, his book RUDE CAKES was an Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book and The New York Times praised his most recent title, Big Bunny, as "homey yet mindbending." Rowboat lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. Find out more at http://www.rowboatwatkins.com/

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Rowboat Watkin's first books received great reviews and had strong sales. He is much loved by reviewers, librarians, and booksellers. The mixed media art that features real marshmallows will stand out on the shelf. Children will be charmed by the marshmallow characters and adults will marvel at incredible detail. This sweet and silly book is an inspiring reminder to everyone that by being true to ourselves, each of us can be extraordinary. Whether for a new baby or a recent graduate, the message here will fit the bill. While all of Rowboat's books work on multiple levels, they are always entertaining and funny. The theme is classic, but the story could only have come from the mind of Rowboat Watkins. The art (and subversive humour) has nods to Maurice Sendak (with whom Watkins studied), but is unlike anything else out there.

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Ruby's Sword Jacqueline Veissid A classically styled picture book about the power of imagination that also lightly touches on sibling relationships while turning gender stereotype on its head. Ruby is always racing after her big brothers. But no matter how hard she tries, she can never catch up. Then one day, she discovers some sticks in the grass. Not just any sticks-swords! And suddenly the world is her kingdom.

Author Details Jacqueline Véissid grew up in New York City with two older brothers and one older sister. She now lives with her husband and a trio of little girls on the South Shore of Massachusetts. Ruby's Sword is her first book. Learn more about her at www.jacquelineveissidbooks.com.

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01 May 2019

Paola Zakimi was born and raised in cold Patagonia, Argentina. She studied art and graphic design in Buenos Aires and now lives in Villa Giardino, Cordoba, Argentina. She illustrated Teddy & Co. by Cynthia Voight and Secrets I Know by Kallie George. In addition to illustration, she also creates nursery décor. Visit her at www.paolazakimi.com.

Binding

Hardback

Key Information

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452163918

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Publisher

Chronicle Books

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Imprint

Chronicle Child

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Category

Child Picture Book

Format

279 x 203 mm

Extent

40pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

4 and up

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The art style is warm and familiar, nostalgic of narrative picture books, a perfect match for the fantasy and imaginative-play themes. Ruby is an independent and smart heroine. Plus there are very few books that feature girls in "knightly" play. Even though the star of the book is a girl, the story will appeal to boys and girls. The same light touch is applied to the sibling "issue." It will have special appeal to families with siblings but also works to discuss friendship and collaborative play in general. (Teachers of young children will note that learning to play with more than one friend is a particular milestone in terms of social skills.) Ties nicely to current focus of parents, teachers and media on "unplugging" and the need for children to engage in imaginative play and to interact with nature and the outdoors.

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after her brothers,

their long legs leaping ahead.

“Wait up!” she called out.

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heart thumping.

A single cloud sailed across an

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A warm wind rippled

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I'm a Baked Potato! Elise Primavera A Bear Sat on My Porch Today meetsGaston in this whimsical, quirky tale about identity, self-acceptance, and family. When a potato-loving lady adopts a dog of her own, she adores him unconditionally-but with the pup's small, round frame and warm, brown coat she can't help but name him "Baked Potato"! But when Baked Potato loses his Lady, who will help him find her? And how will he find himself? I'm a Baked Potato! is a fun, big-hearted story about the names we're given, the names we choose, and how both can help us find our way home.

Author Details Elise Primavera has been writing and illustrating children's books for more than twenty-five years. She has received numerous awards for her work and in 2004 was asked to illustrate the Christmas Brochure for the White House. Her bestselling book, Auntie Claus, has sold over half a million copies and is in development for a feature length animated movie. Some of her illustrated middle grade novels include the popular The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls, Libby of High Hopes, and Ms. Rapscott's Girls. She lives in New Jersey.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$29.99

ISBN

9781452155920

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

222 x 241 mm

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Extent

32pp

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Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

4 and up

The immediate humour and quirk comes through from the title. The slight surreality of this book and Juana's accessible art style will appeal to audiences overseas and export. Elise Primavera is well-known as both an author and illustrator, especially for middle-grade series Ms. Rapscott's Girls and her picture book series Auntie Claus. Juana Medina is a winner of the Pura Belpre Award for her early chapter book Juana & Lucas.

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Juana Medina was born in Bogota, Colombia, where she grew up getting in trouble for drawing cartoons of her teachers. Eventually, all that drawing (and trouble) paid off. Juana studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she has also taught. And she has done illustration and animation work for clients in the US, Latin America, and Europe. She now lives in Washington, DC, where she teaches at George Washington University.

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This is a classic narrative book, with an endearing main character, a familiar story structure, a humorous quirk, and a message of finding and understanding your own identity. Couchbooks with broad audiences that backlist for years.

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There was a lady who loved baked potatoes.

She ate one every day. She even had a potato garden in her backyard because she hated to run out.

The lady also loved dogs, and so one day she went and got one. She chose him because he seemed to fit so nicely in her arms. “You remind me of something,” she said to the dog. “What could it be?” The dog was smooth. The dog was warm. She could have eaten him right up.

“That’s exactly it!” she exclaimed. “You’re just like a baked potato!”

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And that was what she told him first thing every morning. “You’re my little baked potato.”

The lady was an excellent pet owner.

Throughout the day she called for him. “Here, Baked Potato!”

Or commanded, “Roll over, Baked Potato!”

And so on.

She and the dog ate all their meals together by the fire.

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She let him sleep under the covers. She loved the dog even more than she loved baked potatoes.

Guitar Genius Kim Tomsic Discover the story of Les Paul: groundbreaking inventor, legendary guitarist. A picture book biography of Les Paul, considered to be the father of the solid-body electric guitar. From the time he was a kid, Les scrutinised his family's gadgets, tinkered in his father's garage, and took everything in his mother's living room apart the phonograph, the player piano, the telephone, the radio. With his irrepressible curiosity and an endless faith in what is possible, Les Paul created the world's first solid-body electric guitar, countless other inventions that have changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll.

Author Details Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$32.99

ISBN

9781452159195

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

241 x 279 mm

Extent

56pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

7 and up

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Kim Tomsic lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and dogs. She teaches yoga and encourages her son in his performances of both the acoustic and electric guitar. Though Kim doesn't know how to play the guitar herself, she did play the flute in middle school. This is her first picture book. As for inventions, Kim hasn't invented anything . . . yet! Brett Helquist is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of many books, including A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett. He is also the author of Grumpy Goat, Bedtime for Bear, and Roger, the Jolly Pirate. He grew up in Utah and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. When Brett has a little free time, he loves to play guitar, ukulele, and banjo.

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Les Paul's path to inventing the electric guitar is a fascinating engineering journey of identifying problems with the current instruments available to him and trying again and again to design an instrument that would carry across large spaces with high fidelity. When Lester wanted to be able to hear himself play and recording devices weren't available, he turned his father's garage into a laboratory and took apart similar objects in his house to learn how to make his own. Lester's inspiring story shows how powerful imagination can be when one is feeling limited. Lots of kids encounter music in some form by this age, whether they have music lessons at school, are beginning to practice an instrument, or are part of a choir. Les Paul's enthusiasm for music will resonate with young music and rock enthusiasts as well as with parents and teachers seeking to get their kids excited about this art form. Brett Helquist is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of many books, including A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett. His books have sold over 5 million copies in the United States alone.

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Lester wished that, too, but he didn’t own a recording device. It was the 1920s. Nobody he knew owned that sort of gadget. But that was okay. If he didn’t have a recording device, he’d build one. He scrutinized the family’s newfangled gizmos, tinkering in his mother’s living room and his father’s garage. And then he took everything apart—things like the phonograph, the player piano, the telephone, and the radio. “Ma,” his big brother hollered. “The kid’s at it again!” “Leave him alone, Ralph,” his mother said. “He’s just trying to learn.”

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could record his music. He made recordings of his guitar strumming and harmonica humming, and then he played them back to figure out how to make it sound better. Soon, he could whip out all sorts of knee-slapping, hillbilly melodies. Everybody said he was super.

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But Lester wanted to be even better. He wanted to play both sides of his harmonica while he plucked his guitar. “You only have two arms, you goofus,” Ralph said. “You can’t flip a harmonica and play a guitar at the same time. Everyone knows that’s impossible.” But Lester thought it was possible. So when Ralph left for work at the neighborhood dry cleaning store, Lester picked up a coat hanger left lying around the house. He fitted the hanger over his shoulders, and shaped the other ends to fit the harmonica so he could flip the instrument with his chin and play twice as many sounds. Hot dog! It worked. He could hum and strum at the same time.

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At thirteen years old, Lester called himself Red Hot Red. He landed local gigs by playing his guitar-harmonica act and telling funny stories. He performed for tips at nearby movie theaters, clubs, and drive-ins.

Folks who sat up front loved the act, but people in the back complained. “We can’t hear you, Red! Nobody in the back can hear you play!” Lester wanted his music heard up front, in back, and in the way, WAY back. His tips depended on it!

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We Are the Change Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders Harry Belafonte An illustrated treasury of inspiration for future leaders to come. The fight for equality and justice is not over. Now more than ever, we must remember the importance of civil rights and civil resistance. We must remember the power of gathering together in hope and in action. Sixteen award-winning children's book artists offer the civil rights quotations that inspire them in this stirring and beautiful book. Featuring words from Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., among others, this inspirational collection of ideas and illustrations sets a powerful example for generations of young leaders to come. With an introduction by civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.

Author Details Authors include: Harry Belafonte (introduction), Selina Alko, Alina Chau, Lisa Congdon, Emily Hughes, Molly Idle, Juana Medina, Innosanto Nagara, Christopher Silas Neal, John Parra, Brian Pinkney, Greg Pizzoli, Sean Qualls, Dan Santat, Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, Raúl the Third

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Hardback

Price

AU$32.99

ISBN

9781452170398

Publisher

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Imprint

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Child Non Fiction

Format

254 x 203 mm

Extent

48pp

Illustrations

Full colour illustrations throughout

Age Range

10 and up

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We are in what many are starting to call 'the second civil rights movement,' with young people leading the movement of change in these modern times. This work boasts an amazing roster of talented artists who are also passionate about social change. Answers the call for more books that represent and celebrate readers of all backgrounds. Indie art fans, bookworms, and activists alike will be delighted by the beauty of the art and the spirit it's inspired by. Larger trim size + a wide array of gorgeous art/handlettering = instant coffee table hit among trade/specialty. Ideal for classroom use: Inspirational quotes paired with graphic, compelling illustrations as well as additional back matter make this an appealing read for both teachers and students.

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“You must remember never to cease to act because you fear you may fail.” —Queen Lili‘uokalani

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Lili‘uokalani sacrificed her crown in order to defend what was most precious to her—respect toward life and the lives of her people. Though Hawaii’s kingdom was overthrown and colonized as a part of the United States, the people she had welcomed and protected have never forgotten Lili‘uokalani’s strength, dignity, and encompassing love. This spirit of acceptance is not only sustained by Lili‘uokalani’s memory, it is a cornerstone of Hawaiian culture. The continued custom of possessing and sharing a wide love is a fierce act of rebellion and a remembrance of the queen’s deep, long-lasting wisdom.

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NO GREAT ADVANCE IN HUMAN RIGHTS or social justice has ever been made without struggle. Frederick Douglass’s life itself is an example of the human call to resist oppression. He endured enslavement and physical abuse and persevered to educate himself and others, fight slavery, and help lead the abolitionist movement. He is one of the most inspiring human beings of the last 200 years and is for me a shining symbol of courage and determination!

—LISA CONGDON

FREDERICK DOUGLASS illustrated by LISA CONGDON

QUEEN LILI' UOKALANI illustrated by EMILY HUGHES

QUEEN LILI‘UOKALANI DEFENDED THE RIGHTS of her native people, her disenfranchised people, her emigrated people. Those who came to the islands were taken in as her own—received, revered, and raised as kama‘aina, children of the land.

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Moby-Dick A Pop-Up Book from the Novel by Herman Melville Gerard Lo Monaco A visually arresting, accessible, shadowbox pop-up celebration of one of the great books of American literature, in time for the 200th anniversary of Melville's birth.

Publication

01 May 2019

Binding

Pop-Up Hardback

Price

AU$75.00

ISBN

9781452173849

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Imprint

Chronicle Child

Series

Category

Child Picture Book

Format

184 x 286 mm

Extent

16pp

Illustrations

Full colour, 10 pop ups

Age Range

8 and up

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In time for the 200th anniversary of author Herman Melville's birth, this graphically arresting, beautifully rendered pop-up retelling of Moby-Dick is a wonder to behold. Rich linocut artworks portray ten key chronological moments from the story in shadowbox-style pop-ups that reward time spent poring over the details and offer fresh perspectives on the classic. Each spread is accompanied by select quotations from the book, while brief page notes provide additional context for the depicted plot moments. With striking typography presented in an authentic broadsheet style, here is an adventure in book craft and storytelling.

Author Details Joëlle Jolivet is the illustrator and author of numerous books for children. She lives in France. Gérard Lo Monaco is an Argentinian illustrator, paper engineer, and a former art director for several prestigious illustrated publishing houses. He is based in Paris.

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Follows on the success of visually amazing pop-up books that appeal to an adult/design/art audience, with added literary appeal Classier than some of the more gimmicky pop-ups: the shadowbox and linocut treatment is elegant and suitably bookplate-come-to-life in feel. Neat! A fun and easy way to dive in to the classic, which has carried through the generations. We've seen surprisingly robust success with our fresh takes on Shakespeare (almost 90,000 worldwide of Shakespeare Insult Generator, good reception for The Great Shakespearean Deaths Card Game so far 13,000 worldwide) August 1 2019 is the 200th anniversary of Melville's birth!

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oby-Dick; or, The Whale is now indisputably Melville’s crowning achievement. It raises to epic proportions the story of a whaling mission, over the course of which Captain Ahab of the Pequod obtains from his crew the promise to hunt and kill the white whale that mutilated him during an earlier hunt, and which, in his suffering and madness, he has made into the symbol of all evil in the universe. At the end of a long search, and after three days of almost uninterrupted battle with the white whale, the Pequod sinks. Ishmael alone survives to recount the story of the captain from Nantucket, who left one day to solve the mystery of things at the borders of the world of the sea. This grandiose hunt is rich in episodes by turn violent, poetic, and comic, but also leaves plenty of room for the supernatural. It unfurls against of backdrop of a vast encyclopedic project, half-serious and half-parody, aiming to present cetaceans from the most diverse points of view. The exposition of cetacean science, often very funny, occupies an important place in Melville’s

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the western conscience that has lost its way between the decline of faith and the moral indigence of rationalism. In 1885 or 1886 (he abandoned his position as a customs officer on December 31, 1885), he returned to narrative writing, using as a jumping off point a short ballad he had composed about a sailor condemned to death for mutiny. Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative), which he was constantly revising and expanding, occupied the last years of his life. The manuscript that he left behind was not completely finished. He died on September 28, 1891 in New York, forgotten in his own country (at most, people retained a far away memory of “the man who lived among the cannibals”). But Moby-Dick was at the time still read and admired in Great Britain by the intellectuals and writers who had broken with Victorianism. His oeuvre would be rediscovered in the United States in the 1930s.

book. Nevertheless, it is not this documentary piece—with one exception—which corresponds to the ten images that comprise the book you are holding, but rather the story of the monomaniacal captain pursuing the white whale with his crew. “Images” must in this case be understood in a particular sense. Thanks to clever paper cutting, each composition comes literally onto the stage, or into space, in a sort of rectangular box, just as the reader turns the page. You have the impression of holding in your hands, ten times, the scale model of a set designer, with the characters in action and the rich backdrop against which they evolve both represented in miniature. The delicious magic of a private theater, to which Joëlle Jolivet and Gérard Lo Monaco invite us to succumb, recalls the seductions of nineteenth century dioramas: a succession of painted views which, thanks to subtle lighting, gave the illusion of relief and perspective to the spectator who contemplated them in the dark. This impression of images coming from a far away world is accentuated by these two artists’ choice to compose the pages of the novel that they wished to illustrate in the flashy style of the bulletins of yore. The eye catches on the fantastic irregularities of typography in the text and wanders among the depths and details of the corresponding scene, with the same joy of rediscovering, in the face of so many strange beauties, a childlike wonder. —Philippe Jaworski

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CHAPTER II

moving on, i at last came to

a dim sort of light not far from the docks, and heard a forlorn creaking in the air; and looking up,

SAW A SWINGING SIGN OVER THE DOOR with a white painting upon it, faintly representing a tall straight jet of misty spray, and these words underneath

—“The Spouter Inn:—Peter Coffin.”

Coffin?—Spouter?— Rather ominous in that particular connexion, thought I.

Ishmael, a penniless young American in search of maritime adventure, has just left New York; he wishes to embark on a whaling ship. He arrives in New Bedford, the biggest whaling port in Massachusetts, where he will stop off before reaching Nantucket. Night falls, and

he looks for a cheap inn. The scene takes place at the end of the December, perhaps in 1840, the year when Herman Melville, aged 21, enlisted on the whaler Acushnet at Fairhaven, the port neighboring New Bedford.