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Fiction Flight Behaviour Barbara Kingsolver PB $32.99
Back to Blood Tom Wolfe PB $32.95
Discontented with her life of poverty on a failing farm, Dellarobia, a young mother, impulsively seeks out an affair. Instead, she discovers something much more profoundly lifechanging – a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle, can the old certainties they have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged? A captivating, topical and deeply human novel touching on class, poverty and climate change.
This novel begins with a police launch speeding across Miami’s Biscayne Bay and Tom Wolfe is off and running. We meet a Cuban mayor and black police chief, an ambitious young journalist (Wolfe in character’s clothing?) and artists at the Miami Arts Fair. Back to Blood is a big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by a master chronicler of the way we live now – another brilliant, scrupulous and often hilarious reckoning with our times.
Dear Life Alice Munro HB $39.95
May We Be Forgiven A.M. Homes PB $29.99
Alice Munro’s peerless ability to give us the essence of a life in often brief, but always spacious and timeless stories, is once again everywhere apparent in this brilliant new collection. She illumines the moment in life that turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into a new way of being or thinking. Here is a brilliant collection of all new stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time.
Harold Silver has spent a lifetime watching his younger brother, George, a taller, smarter and more successful high-flying TV executive, acquire a covetable wife, two kids and a beautiful home in the suburbs of New York City. But Harry, a historian and Nixon scholar, also knows George has a murderous temper and when he loses control the result is an act of violence so shocking that both brothers are hurled into entirely new lives in which they both must seek absolution.
Mrs Queen Takes The Train William Kuhn PB $29.99 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, is growing increasingly disenchanted after her decades of public service and years of family scandal. One day, the Queen takes things into her own hands and in a spur-ofthe-moment decision, leaves the palace alone and incognito. Capturing the faded, but enduring glamour and glory of a seemingly old-fashioned institution and a woman who wonders if she too, has become outmoded, this is a charming, witty and poignant novel of responsibilities and freedom.
The Heart Broke In James Meek PB $29.99 Bec Shepherd is a malaria researcher struggling to lead a good life. Ritchie, her reprobate brother, is a rock star turned TV producer. When Bec refuses an offer of marriage from a powerful newspaper editor and Ritchie’s indiscretions catch up with him, brother and sister are forced to choose between loyalty and betrayal. The Heart Broke In is an old-fashioned story of modern times, a rich, ambitious family drama of love, death and money in the era of gene therapy and internet blackmail.
Fiction Merivel Rose Tremain PB $29.95
This Is How You Lose Her Junot Diaz PB $27.99
Robert Merivel is back in Rose Tremain’s magical sequel to Restoration. Courtier to Charles II, but no longer a young man, Robert Merivel goes to France and then Switzerland in pursuit of a handsome woman. Versailles – all glitter in front and squalor behind – is a fiasco. Switzerland, by contrast, is perhaps a little too comfortable. But the lady, a clever botanist, leads Merivel deliciously on – until her jealous husband bursts in with duelling pistols.
This new book by the Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz is a collection of linked narratives about love told through the lives of New Jersey Dominicans, as they struggle to find a point where their two worlds meet. In prose that is endlessly energetic and inventive, tender and funny, it lays bare the infinite longing and inevitable weaknesses of the human heart. A HOC staff favourite, Diaz is one of the finest exponents of the short story form.
Triburbia Karl Taro Greenfeld PB $27.99
Zoo Time Howard Jacobson PB $29.99
Thrown together by circumstance, a group of fathers meets each morning at a local Tribeca coffee shop after walking their children to their exclusive school. Over the course of a year, we are privy to their secrets, passions and hopes and learn of their dreams deferred as they confront harsh realities about ambition, wealth and sex. Reminiscent of Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists and Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Novelist Guy Ableman is in thrall to his vivacious wife Vanessa, a strikingly beautiful redhead, contrary, highly strung and blazingly angry. The trouble is, he is no less in thrall to her alluring mother, Poppy. In flight from personal disappointment and universal despair, Guy wonders if it’s time to take his love for Poppy to another level. Fiction might be dead, but desire isn’t and out of that desire he imagines squeezing one more great book.
The Potter’s Hand A.N. Wilson PB $29.99 Josiah Wedgwood, a master craftsman possessed with a burning scientific vision, embarks upon a thousand piece service for Catherine the Great. Josiah’s nephew Tom journeys to America to buy clay from the Cherokee for this exquisite China. Tom is caught up in the American rebellion and falls for a Cherokee woman who will come to play a crucial role in Josiah’s great creation: the Portland Vase.
The Newlyweds Nell Freudenberger PB $29.99 Amina Mazid leaves Bangladesh for Rochester, New York and for George Stillman, the husband who met and wooed her online. It’s a 21st century romance that echoes ancient traditions – the arranged marriages of her home country. Amina struggles to find her place in America, but it is only when they put an ocean between them that Amina and George will discover whether they have a future. A brilliantly observed, wry and yet deeply moving novel.
Fiction Silent House Orhan Pamuk PB $29.99 In an old mansion in a former fishing village near Istanbul, Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She is now mostly bedridden, attended by her constant servant Recep. There is no love lost between mistress and servant, who have very different recollections from the early years. Never before published in English, Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk’s second novel is the moving story of a family gathering the summer before the Turkish military coup of 1980.
Leaving the Atocha Station Ben Lerner PB $24.95
The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson PB $29.99 Allan Karlsson is moved to a nursing home to await the inevitable, but his health refuses to fail and as his 100th birthday looms a huge party is planned. Allan wants no part of it and decides to climb out the window. So begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving a suitcase full of cash, a few thugs, an elephant and some incompetent police.
Sweet Tooth Ian McEwan PB $32.95
Adam Gordon is a brilliant, if highly unreliable, young American poet on a prestigious fellowship in Madrid, struggling to establish his sense of self and his relationship to art. One of the most talkedabout, widely celebrated and exhilaratingly original debuts of recent times, here is a portrait of the artist as a young man adrift in an age of Google searches and globalisation. Another HOC staff favourite, this is one of our picks of the year!
Toby’s Room Pat Barker PB $29.99 Toby and Elinor are brother and sister, closest friends and confidants. When Toby is reported “Missing, Believed Killed”, a secret casts a lengthening shadow over Elinor’s world: how exactly did Toby die? Elinor’s fellow art student Kit Neville, recently returned from the war with his face destroyed, was there in the fox-hole when Toby met his fate, but he is in no mood to talk. Enlisting the help of former lover Paul Tarrant, Elinor determines to uncover the truth.
In this stunning new novel, Ian McEwan’s first female protagonist since Atonement is about to learn that espionage is the ultimate seduction. Cambridge student Serena Frome’s beauty and intelligence make her the ideal recruit for MI5. It is 1972 and England’s legendary intelligence agency is determined to manipulate the cultural conversation by funding writers whose politics align with those of the government.
Yellow Birds Kevin Powers PB $26.99 A novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, Yellow Birds tells the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive. In Iraq, Privates Bartle and Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. Written with profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on families at home.
Australian Fiction Questions of Travel Michelle de Kretser HB $39.99
The Amber Amulet Craig Silvey HB $16.99
A mesmerising literary novel which charts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events. Award-winning author Michelle de Kretser illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now. A transformative, very funny and intensely moving novel.
Twelve-year-old Liam McKenzie patrols his suburban neighbourhood as the Masked Avenger – a superhero with powers so potent not even he can fully comprehend their extent. Along with his sidekick, Richie the Power Beagle, he protects the people of Franklin Street from chaos, mayhem, evil and low tyre pressure – but can he save them from sadness? This perfect jewel of a book by the award-winning author of Jasper Jones will hold all readers in its irresistible power.
The Voyage Murray Bail HB $29.99
Lola Bensky Lily Brett PB $29.99
Frank Delage, piano manufacturer from Sydney, travels to Vienna to present his concert grand. He hopes to impress with its technical precision, its improvement on the old pianos of Europe. How could he not know his piano is all wrong for Vienna? Perhaps he should have tried Berlin, but a chance meeting with Amalia von Schalla brings new possibilities for Delage – connections, her daughter Elisabeth and an avant garde composer.
It’s 1967 and Lola Bensky is a 19-year-old rock journalist. A high-school dropout, she’s not sure how she got the job – but she’s been sent by her Australian newspaper right to the heart of the London music scene. Lola has an irrepressible curiosity, but she begins to wonder whether the questions she asks these extraordinary young musicians are really a substitute for questions about her parents’ calamitous past that can’t be asked or answered.
Like a House on Fire Cate Kennedy PB $27.95 Prizewinning short-story writer Cate Kennedy once again takes ordinary lives and dissects their ironies and injustices and pleasures with her humane eye and wry sense of humour. In Laminex and Mirrors, a young woman working as a cleaner in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor’s orders, while in Ashes a son accompanies his mother on a journey to scatter his father’s remains. These short stories find the beauty and tragedy in illness and mortality, life and love.
The Happiness Show Catherine Deveny PB $29.99 At 38, Lizzie thinks she has things sorted: a happy relationship, a couple of gorgeous kids, a steadfast best friend and a career she loves, but when Lizzie bumps into Tom, an old flame from her globetrotting 20s, her life begins to unravel. Tom is her “unfinished business”: the man she might have spent her life with, if things had gone a little bit differently. Ten years on, the spark is still there – but how far is Lizzie prepared to go to recapture it?
Australian Fiction Nine Days Toni Jordan PB $29.99
Happy Valley Patrick White HB $29.99
It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, deep in the workingclass suburb of Richmond it is business as usual. And young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stable hand, is living the most important day of his life. Kip’s momentous day is one of nine that will set the course for each member of the Westaway clan in the years that follow. Ambitious in scope and structure, triumphantly realised, this is a novel about one family and every family.
Based on Patrick White’s own experiences in the early 1930s as a jackaroo at Bolaro, in south-eastern New South Wales, Happy Valley paints a portrait of a community in a desolate landscape. It is a jagged and restless study of small-town and country life which gives us a prolonged glimpse of literary genius in the making. White was 27 when Happy Valley was published by Harrop in London and now this mesmerising first novel is available for the first time since 1939.
The Inheritance Of Ivorie Hammer Edwina Preston PB $29.95
Deep South: Stories from Tasmania Ralph Crane & Danielle Wood HB $29.99
When brothers Arcadia and Otto Cirque arrive in a fading gold-mining town with their travelling circus the town and the life of young Marianne Ward will never be the same. Months later, the flamboyant Arcadia is found dead, a pregnant Marianne goes missing and Otto sets off in pursuit of her. Here is an imaginative epic that weaves together a Dickensian sense of mystery, colourful characters and a township at social war with itself.
Lost Voices Christopher Koch PB $32.99 Young Hugh Dixon believes he can save his father from ruin if he asks his estranged great-uncle Walter – a wealthy lawyer who lives alone in a Tasmanian farmhouse – for help. As he is drawn into Walter’′s rarefied world, Hugh discovers that both his uncle and the farmhouse are linked to a notorious episode in the mid 19th century. Twice winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Christopher Koch returns with a remarkable novel of gripping narrative power.
This handsome collection, the first to bring together the finest stories about Tasmania, includes works by notable early Australian writers, internationally renowned practitioners and a range of newer voices. These 24 superb stories showcase the island’s colonial past, its darkness and humour, the unique beauty and savagery of its landscape.
The Conversation David Brooks HB $29.95 A young woman and an older man meet by accident and find themselves dining together. They embark upon a conversation of the kind that can perhaps only happen between total strangers – risky, philosophical, full of the most intimate stories and confessions. She has questions. He finds, as the wine flows, delicious dishes come and go and the velvet night deepens, that he doesn’t have as many answers as he might have thought he had.
Australian The Coast Chris Hammer PB $29.99 This book is a celebration of the Australian seascape, from its natural grandeur to the quirky individualism of those who live beside it. Chris Hammer travels the length of the east coast of Australia on a journey of discovery and reflection, from the Torres Strait to Tasmania. A relevant, satisfying and highly readable book, imbued with a sense of optimism and humour. We can revel in the heritage and character of our shores, reminding us why the coast is so important.
The Essential Leunig Michael Leunig HB $49.99 From the vast repertoire created by Michael Leunig since 1965 comes this inspired selection of his most universal and timeless pieces. Such is his prophetic insight that many of them are more relevant today – and funnier and more ironic – than when they were first published. This beautiful, colour-filled hardback includes some works not previously collected, along with an introduction by Leunig on how he creates.
Canberra Paul Daley HB $29.99 Canberra is a city of orphans. People arrive temporarily for work, but stay on because they discover unanticipated promise and opportunity in a city that the rest of the country loathes, but can’t really do without. Daley’s Canberra meanders through the cultural institutions that chronicle the unsavoury early life of Canberra, the graveyard at St John’s where the pioneers rest and the mountains that surround the city.
The Words That Made Australia Robert Manne & Chris Feik (Eds) PB $29.99 This book presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be. These are the essential statements – from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries – that take us from Federation to the present-day, and tell a story of national self-discovery. Memorably written and cohesive, this is the essential sourcebook of the words that made Australia.
Touch the Black: The Life and Death of Squizzy Taylor Chris Grierson PB $24.95 A colourful yet ruthlessly violent underworld figure, Squizzy Taylor was the mastermind behind countless murders, armed robberies, standover rackets and sly-grog and drug running operations. He soon became a household name in 1920s Australia. Touch the Black brings the world of Squizzy Taylor to life, evoking his charm, manipulation and cold-blooded violence, cloaked in an atmosphere of mystery and cunning.
Capturing Time: Panoramas of Old Australia Edwin Barnard HB $49.99 Panoramas were the 19th century equivalent of IMAX or Google maps. These wide-angled views of landscapes and cities fascinated viewers, who had never before seen such far-reaching perspectives on the world around them. Based on the National Library of Australia’s extensive collections this book looks back on our nation through the magic of panoramas.
Australian Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution Peter FitzSimons HB $49.95
The Best Australian Sea Stories Jim Haynes (Ed) PB $29.99
In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian mind. This book gets into the hearts and minds of those on the battlefield and those behind the scenes, bringing to life Australian legends on both sides of the rebellion.
Australia’s history and national character have been defined by the fact that we live on an isolated island continent girt by sea. These stories trace the maritime history of Australia from the earliest times to today. From first-hand accounts of voyages from the 18th century to modern accounts of refugee “boat people”, the book is a dazzling compendium of the famous and obscure, the brave and the jinxed, human achievement and tragedy.
Ray Parkin’s Odyssey Pattie Wright HB $49.99
Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia Rob Mundle HB $49.99
Ray Parkin was no ordinary sailor. Despite a lack of formal education, he had the soul of an artist and a philosopher’s enquiring mind. A survivor of the sinking of the HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway, Ray’s artwork documented the beauty of the natural world and the savageries and humiliations of the POW ordeal. This biography, illustrated by 100 paintings and sketches, is the first full and comprehensive account of his life and wartime experiences.
Australian War Memorial Nola Anderson HB $89.99 The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is one of Australia’s most iconic institutions. Originally conceived during the turbulent years of World War I, it was opened in 1941 and has grown to become one of the most important symbols of national identity – with one of the most significant collections of military history in the world.
Matthew Flinders is a towering figure in Australian history. Famous for his meticulous charts and superb navigational skills, Flinders was a brilliant sailor. He battled treacherous conditions in a boat hardly seaworthy, faced the loss of a number of his crewmen and following a shipwreck on a reef off the Queensland coast, navigated the ship over 1,000 kilometres back to Sydney to get help.
The Great Race David Hill PB $34.95 On the afternoon of 8 April 1802, in the remote southern ocean, two explorers had a remarkable chance encounter. Englishman Matthew Flinders and Frenchman Nicolas Baudin had been sent by their governments on the same quest: to explore the uncharted coast of the great south land and find out whether the west and east coasts, 4000 kilometres apart, were part of the same island.
Crime Fiction The Geneva Trap Stella Rimington PB $29.99
The Black Box Michael Connelly PB $32.99
When a Russian intelligence officer approaches MI5 with vital information about the imminent cyber-sabotage of an Anglo-American Defence programme, he refuses to talk to anyone but Liz Carlyle. But who is he and what is his connection to the British agent? As Liz and her team hunt for a mole inside the MOD, the trail leads them from Geneva, to Marseilles and into a labyrinth of international intrigue, in a race against time to stop the Cold War heating up again.
In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots. Harry originally investigated the murder, but it was then handed off to the Riot Crimes Task Force and never solved. Now Bosch’s ballistics match indicates that her death was not random violence, but something more personal and connected to a deeper intrigue.
Vengeance Benjamin Black PB $27.99
Standing in Another Man’s Grave Ian Rankin PB $32.99
Victor Delahaye, one of the country’s most prominent citizens, takes his business partner’s son out sailing. But once at sea Delahaye takes out a gun and shoots himself dead. This strange event captures the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett and his friend Pathologist Doctor Quirke. And when a second death occurs, one even more shocking than the first, Quirke begins to realise that terrible secrets lie buried and that nothing is quite as it seems.
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn PB $29.99 Just how well can you ever know the person you love? This is the question that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy’s friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn’t true. So what did really did happen to Nick’s beautiful wife? And what was left in that halfwrapped box left so casually on their marital bed?
Rebus is back and all he wants to do is discover the truth about a series of seemingly unconnected disappearances, stretching back to the millennium. The problem is no one else wants to go there – and that includes Rebus’ fellow officers. Not that any of that is going to stop Rebus. Not even when his own life and the careers of those around him are on the line.
The Bat Jo Nesbo PB $32.95 Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered and Harry has been sent to assist in any way he can. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders and disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry. Appearing in English for the first time, The Bat is the legendary first novel from the worldwide phenomenon Jo Nesbo.
Military History Sandakan Paul Ham HB $49.95
Hell’s Battlefield Phillip Bradley HB $49.99
After the fall of Singapore in February 1942, the Japanese transferred 2500 British and Australian prisoners to a jungle camp at Sandakan, on the east coast of North Borneo. The prisoners were broken, beaten, starved and subjected to torture. In late 1944 with allied aircraft attacking, the Japanese resolved to abandon Sandakan and move 250 miles inland, taking the prisoners with them. Of the 1000-plus prisoners sent on these “Death Marches”, only six – all of them Australians – survived.
Hell’s Battlefield is the first book that tells the whole story of the Australians against the Japanese in New Guinea during World War II, from invasion in 1942 to the brutal end game in 1945. Besides giving new perspectives on the Kokoda campaign, the book covers the battles that preceded and those that followed, most of which have previously received scant attention.
The Lost Battlefield of Kokoda Brian Freeman PB $32.99
The Lost Diggers Ross Coulthart HB $70.00
Since 1942 the villagers of remote Alola have kept secret the location of a lost battlefield, where advancing Australian forces and retreating Japanese soldiers fought in World War II. Inaccurate mapping after the fighting meant that the battlefield was forgotten and quickly reclaimed by the jungle. Part fascinating military history, part gripping archaeological mystery, part exciting adventure, this is the story of the trail and that battle – how it was fought, then lost and found.
Soldaten Sonke Neitzel & Harald Welzer PB $35.00 This book reveals a trove of previously unpublished, transcribed conversations among German POWs, outlining the extent of their brutality and changes our understanding of the mind-set of the German soldier during World War II. The Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe, the German navy and the military in general, had insisted on their own honourable behavior during the war. It is a myth these transcripts unequivocally debunk.
During World War I, thousands of Aussie diggers passed through the French town of Vignacourt. Many had their photographs taken as souvenirs while they enjoyed a brief respite. The nearly 4000 glass plates discovered are being hailed by experts as one of the most important First World War discoveries ever made. With the help of descendants, Ross Coulthart has been able to discover the stories behind many of the photos, of which more than 330 appear in the book.
Uncommon Soldier Chris Masters HB $49.99 Moving away from our ongoing fascination with the ANZAC story, Chris Masters, the country’s foremost investigative journalist, looks at the rich and illuminating present to write a character study of the modern Australian soldier. Having been taken into their ranks in a way rarely before afforded to an outsider, Masters gives heart and shape to the contemporary digger: how they are selected, how they are led, and how they are transformed from civilians to disciplined professional soldiers.
History Letters from Berlin Margarete Dos & Kerstin Lieff PB $32.95 Six years before Margarete died, the author asked her mother to tell her all her stories of life during and after the Second World War. Drawing on these interviews Kerstin Lieff has recreated Margarete’s story from her child’s eye view of the rise and fall of the Reich through the family’s increasingly desperate circumstances as the war’s end neared.
These Wonderful Rumours! May Smith HB $29.99
Giants of Steam Jonathan Glancey HB $39.99 Jonathan Glancey turns his enthusiastic and knowledgeable attention to the thrilling story of the last and greatest generation of steam railway locomotives in regular mainline service. Designed and built chiefly by the railways and workshops of Britain, France, Germany and the United States, these powerful and beautifully designed machines took steam locomotive technology to new heights set against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid 20th century.
The Victorian City Judith Flanders HB $49.99
At the outbreak of World War II, May Smith was 24. She lived in a small village with her parents and taught at the local elementary school. A unique and surprising insight into life on the Home Front. Through May Smith’s observant, witty and sometimes acerbic diary, we gain a new understanding of how the people of Britain coped with the uncertainty, the heartbreak and the black comedy of life during wartime.
On the Map Simon Garfield HB $29.99 Imagine a world without maps. How would we travel? Could we own land? What would men and women argue about in cars? Following the history of maps from the early explorers’ maps and the awe-inspiring medieval Mappa Mundi to Google Maps and the satellite renderings on our smartphones, Garfield explores the unique way that maps relate and realign our history – and reflect the best and worst of what makes us human.
The 19th century was a time of unprecedented transformation and nowhere was this more apparent than on the streets of London. In only a few decades, London grew from a Regency town to the biggest city the world had ever seen. A masterly recreation of Victorian London, whose raucous streets and teeming denizens inspired and permeated the works of one of Britain’s greatest novelists: Charles Dickens.
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Jon Meacham HB $49.95 Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson’s genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously. Passionate about many things, Jefferson loved America most and he strove, despite fierce opposition, to realize his vision: the creation, survival and success of popular government in America. In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jon Meacham brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times.
History Iron Curtain Anne Applebaum HB $49.99
Histories of Nations Peter Furtado (Ed) HB $49.95
Once the Nazis were defeated in 1945, the people of Eastern Europe expected liberation. Instead, they found themselves subjected to a tyranny that was in many ways as inhuman as the one which they had just escaped. This book explains how Communism was imposed across a wide range of societies in the decade following the Second World War. Within a remarkably short period after the end of the war, Eastern Europe had been ruthlessly Stalinised.
Global histories tend to be written from the narrow viewpoint of a single author, but how do writers and citizens in the different countries of the world view their own past? Leading writers and scholars from 28 countries give thoughtful, engaging accounts of their own nation’s history. The countries have been selected to represent every continent and every type of state: large and small; mature democracies and religious autocracies.
Shakespeare’s Restless World Neil MacGregor HB $39.99
A History of the World in Twelve Maps Jerry Brotton HB $49.99
Shakespeare’s Restless World uncovers the fascinating stories behind 20 objects from Shakespeare’s life and times to recreate his world and the minds of his audiences. The objects range from the rich (such as the hoard of gold coins that make up the Salcombe treasure) to the very humble, like the battered trunk and worn garments of an unknown pedlar.
Maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it, but far from being purely scientific objects, world maps are unavoidably partial and subjective. Mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their age. In this scintillating book, Jerry Brotton examines the significance of 12 world maps drawn from global history.
The Black Count Tom Reiss PB $35.00 Born to a black slave mother and a fugitive white French nobleman in present-day Haiti, Alex Dumas was briefly sold into bondage but then made his way to Paris where he was schooled as a sword-fighting member of the French aristocracy. Who was the real Count of Monte Cristo? In this extraordinary biography, Tom Reiss traces the almost unbelievable life of the man who inspired not only Monte Cristo, but all three of the Musketeers: the novelist’s own father.
The Watchers Stephen Alford HB $45.00 Elizabeth I radiated a sense of power and purpose. Her subjects felt that they were living in exceptional times. Across Europe, however, she was viewed very differently. She was “Jezebel”, the bastard offspring of Henry VIII’s illegal second marriage, a woman and a Protestant heretic. The pope denounced her and the most powerful rulers of Europe conspired to destroy her. If Elizabeth’s reign was a golden age, then it was also a precarious one that required constant surveillance.
Biography Bertie: A Life of Edward VII Jane Ridley HB $55.00
The Richard Burton Diaries Chris Williams (Ed) HB $49.95
Edward Vll, who gave his name to the Edwardian Age and died in 1911, was King of England for the final 10 years of his life. Known as Bertie and the eldest son of Victoria and Albert, he was bullied by both his parents. Although heir to the throne, Victoria refused to give him any proper responsibilities, as a result of which he spent his time eating, gambling and shooting grouse. When Bertie finally became king, he did a good job, especially in foreign policy.
Irresistibly magnetic on stage, Richard Burton rose from humble beginnings in Wales to become Hollywood’s most highly paid actor. His epic romance with Elizabeth Taylor, his legendary drinking and story-telling and his enormous talent kept him constantly in the public eye. Yet the man behind the celebrity facade carried a surprising burden of insecurity. This volume publishes Burton’s extensive personal diaries in their entirety.
Country Girl Edna O’Brien HB $35.00
The Last Lion William Manchester & Paul Reid HB $49.95
Born in Ireland in 1930 and driven into exile after publication of her controversial first novel, The Country Girls, O’Brien has created a body of work which bears comparison with the very best writers of the 20th century. In Country Girl we come face to face with the literary life of high drama and contemplation. Along the way there are encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars and literary titans.
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure Artemis Cooper HB $49.99 Patrick Leigh Fermor was a war hero whose exploits in Crete are legendary and above all, he is widely acclaimed as the greatest travel writer of our times, notably for his books about his walk across pre-war Europe. He was a self-educated polymath, a lover of Greece and the best company in the world. Artemis Cooper has drawn on years of interviews and conversations with Paddy and his cloest friends as well as having complete access to his archives.
The Last Lion picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister – when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. This is popular history at its most stirring.
The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe PB $27.99 “What are you reading?” That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Centre. Diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer Mary Anne and her son start a “book club” that brings them together as her life comes to a close. Over the next two years, Will and Mary Anne carry on conversations that are both wide-ranging and deeply personal, prompted by an eclectic array of books.
Biography Joseph Anton Salman Rushdie PB $35.00
Cezanne: A Life Alex Danchev HB $55.00
On 14 February 1989, Valentine’s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been ‘sentenced to death’ by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being ‘against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran’. Here is Rushdie’s own compelling and frank account of one of the most extraordinary stories in recent literary history.
Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (18391906), many did not understand him or his work. With brilliant insight, drawing on a vast range of primary sources, Alex Danchev tells the story of an artist who was never accepted into the official Salon: he was considered a revolutionary at best and a barbarian at worst, whose paintings were unfinished, distorted and strange. A major biography of the brilliant work and restless life of Paul Cezanne.
Montebello Robert Drewe PB $29.99
Give Me Excess of It Richard Gill HB $49.99
In the 1950s the British began a series of nuclear tests in the Montebello archipelago off the west coast of Australia. Even today, few people know about the three huge atom bombs that were detonated there, but they lodged in the consciousness of the young Robert Drewe and lingered with him. In this moving sequel to The Shark Net, Drewe travels to the Montebellos to visit the territory that has held his imagination since childhood.
Richard Gill is one of Australia’s best-known – and best-loved – musical figures. From teaching music in Sydney’s western suburbs to Music Director of the Victorian Opera, Gill has had an involvement with almost every major opera company and orchestra in Australia. Here is Richard’s memoir, tracing his life from school days to the highs (and lows) of conducting and directing an opera company. It’s warm, extremely funny and always sublimely full of the love of music.
Daughter of Empire Pamela Hicks PB $35.00 Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the 20s into one of Britain’s grandest families. The daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his glamorous wife Edwina Ashley, her parents’ vast social circle included royalty, film stars, senior service officers, politicians and celebrities. Here is a magical memoir about childhood in and a glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the 20th century’s leading figures.
Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer Ray Monk HB $65.00 J. Robert Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the 20th century. He oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb – a breakthrough which made Oppenheimer the ‘father of the Bomb’. This is a story of discovery, secrecy, impossible choices and unimaginable destruction, which goes deeper than any previous work in revealing the motivations and complexities of this most brilliant and divisive man.
Essays & Anthologies My Ideal Bookshelf Jane Mount & Thessaly La Force HB $29.99 In this book dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most – books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. With colourful and endearingly hand-rendered images of book spines by Jane Mount and firstperson commentary from all the contributors, this is a perfect gift for avid readers, writers and all who have known the influence of a great book.
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of The Short Story PB $22.95
The Fun Stuff and Other Essays James Wood HB $36.95 The Fun Stuff confirms Wood’s pre-eminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of the contemporary novel. In 23 passionate, sparkling dispatches – that range over such crucial writers as Thomas Hardy, Leon Tolstoy, Edmund Wilson and Mikhail Lermontov – Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. The Fun Stuff is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about contemporary literature.
By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life Ramona Koval PB $29.99
What does it take to write a great short story? In Object Lessons, 20 contemporary masters of the genre answer that question,. Over the course of the last half century, the Review has launched hundreds of careers while publishing some of the most inventive and best-loved stories of our time. This is an indispensable resource for writers, students and anyone else who wants to understand fiction from a writer’s point of view.
Both Flesh and Not David Foster Wallace PB $29.99 Beloved for his wonderfully discerning eye, his verbal elasticity and his uniquely generous imagination, David Foster Wallace was heralded by critics and fans as the voice of a generation. Collected in Both Flesh and Not are 15 essays published for the first time in book form. An examination of television’s effect on a new generation of writers, David Foster Wallace’s writing swoops from erudite literary discussion to open-hearted engagement with the most familiar of our 20th century cultural references.
Ramona Koval’s By the Book is about reading and living and about the authors that have written themselves into her life. It is about learning to read, about love and science (and her childhood ambition to be Marie Curie), about arctic exploration (and her ruminations on what part of a husky she would eat if she had to), about poetry and travel and falling in love. By the Book is quintessentially Ramona: warm, bright, erudite – unmissable.
Life Saving: Why We Need Poetry Josephine Hart HB $45.00 As a teenager Josephine Hart found the poetry of Eliot, Larkin, Yeats and others a lifeline, “a route map through life”. In the late 1980s, Hart began a hugely popular event in which actors read the words of the great poets to a live audience. In 2004, The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour moved to the British Library, where it remains today. She gave each reading intelligent and exciting introductions; all of which are now collected here in this volume.
Fashion Decades: A Century of Fashion Cameron Silver HB $69.99 Cameron Silver runs the most glamorous boutique in LA, where Hollywood royalty go to find vintage couture that is totally unique. He is an expert at taking the finest clothing from the past and giving it a second life. Decades tells an international story with designers from Milan, Tokyo, London, Paris and New York all strutting their stuff. A bubbling, sassy, fabulous book that will make you think about vintage fashion in a totally new way.
Grace: A Memoir Grace Coddington HB $39.95 For decades, Grace Coddington’s personal touch has steered wildly imaginative fashion spreads in Vogue magazine. Then came The September Issue, the behind-the-scenes documentary that turned the spotlight on a woman with a no-nonsense attitude and an unerring visual instinct. Overnight, Grace became a heroine for fashion insiders and the general public alike. The hotly anticipated memoir of the creative genius at Vogue.
Classic Hollywood Style Caroline Young HB $39.95 Caroline Young looks at the history and social context of the costumes through stories from the production, photos, interviews and original costume design sketches, and tips to ‘get the look’ today. This book explores over 30 iconic Hollywood costumes from some of the best-loved, most glamorous films ever made.
The Perfect Gentleman James Sherwood & Terence Stamp HB $75.00 The pursuit of elegance in men’s attire inevitably leads a gentleman to London’s historic West End. Since 1666 the quarters of Mayfair, Piccadilly and St. James’s have been colonized by hatters, shoemakers, jewellers, shirtmakers, perfumers and hosiers. The Perfect Gentleman showcases the historic houses and the great patrons who have upheld the highest standards for hundreds of years.
Kylie Fashion Kylie Minogue & William Baker HB $49.95 The official book celebrating 25 years since Kylie burst onto the music scene. From the very beginning, the fashion she has worn has been key to Kylie’s persona and performances: her status as style icon is unassailable. This dazzling book celebrates her numerous and ground-breaking collaborations with the world’s great fashion designers.
Vogue: The Editor’s Eye HB $90.00 In September 2012, Vogue, the world’s most influential fashion magazine, celebrated its 120th Anniversary. Many of Vogue’s hundreds of gorgeous images have remained timeless. With work by photographers such as Steichen, Horst, Avedon, Penn, Newton, Leibovitz, Testino and Weber, among others, Vogue: The Editor’s Eye is a visual journey through the choices and images that have shaped fashion and the way it is interpreted.
The Arts Muses: Women Who Inspire Farid Hamed Abdelouahab HB $65.00 Here are the stories of 33 women who enthralled society’s artistic geniuses and thus inspired the creation of some of the greatest works of the past two centuries. American Lee Miller was a successful model before travelling to Paris to become the apprentice, lover and muse of Man Ray; and the poet Dora Maar had a profound influence on her infamous lover, Pablo Picasso.
The Iconic Photographs Steve McCurry HB $79.95
Waging Heavy Peace Neil Young HB $39.99 Neil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades. Reflective, insightful and disarmingly honest, in Waging Heavy Peace he writes about his life and career. From his youth in Canada to his first band’s travels across the US seeking fame, to his massively successful solo career and his re-emergence as the patron saint of grunge, on to his role today as one of the last uncompromised and uncompromising survivors of rock’n’roll.
Archive Henry Diltz HB $100.00
American photographer Steve McCurry is universally recognized as one of today’s finest imagemakers and has won many of photography’s top awards. This monograph brings together the most memorable and beautiful of his images, taken around the world over the last 30 years. McCurry’s ability to cross boundaries of language and culture to capture fleeting moments of human experience is unique. With his discerning eye, he offers us windows into other worlds.
In My View: Personal Reflections on Art by Today’s Leading Artists HB $39.95 With over 150 illustrations, In My View provides an intimate look at the imaginations of more than 75 international artists, all of whom reflect on an artist who has inspired them or influenced their practice. It’s an entirely fresh way of looking at art, seen directly through the eyes of the artists themselves. In My View features art from the 15th to the mid-20th century, often supplemented with work by the selecting artists themselves.
The list of influential, extraordinary and legendary musicians that Henry Diltz has photographed is seemingly endless. Anyone who reads album liner notes will know Henry; he is responsible for some of the most unforgettable album covers in modern music and has created stunning visual essays on Woodstock and the Monterey Pop Festival. This survey of images from across four decades features both instantly recognisable moments and previously unseen out-takes.
The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design Normally $260.00 Our Special Price $225.00 Compiled and researched by experts, and illustrated with up to six images per entry, including rarely seen historical and contextual material, The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design is the ultimate reference guide for the design professional and enthusiast alike. Designed with exceptional production details and rich with information, this box also becomes an object that appeals to the creativity and imagination of the reader.
The Arts Photography: The Whole Story Julie Hacking PB $39.95 In a world where billions of snapshots are taken every year, why are some photographers and their works considered so significant? Photography: The Whole Story is a celebration of the most inspiring photographs that have come from this very modern medium. Illustrated, in-depth essays cover every photographic genre, from early portraits and tableaux to the digital montages, split-second sports images and conceptual photographs of today.
I’m Your Man: The Biography of Leonard Cohen Sylvie Simmons PB $35.00
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs HB $55.00 Only The New Yorker could fetch such an unbelievable roster of talent on the subject of man’s best friend. This copious collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine’s archives. Complete with a new essay by Adam Gopnik, this gorgeous keepsake is a gift to dog lovers everywhere from the greatest magazine in the world.
The Big Screen David Thomson HB $49.99
The genius behind such classic songs as Suzanne, Bird on the Wire and Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a man of spirituality, emotion, and intelligence whose work has explored the definitive issues of human life. Sylvie Simmons draws on Cohen’s private archives and a wealth of interviews with many of his closest associates.
A History of Opera Carolyn Abbate HB $55.00 Opera is in many ways the most extraordinary artistic medium of the last 400 years. Prohibitively expensive and patently unrealistic, it can nevertheless paint the human passions with astonishing power and drama. This book, the first new, full-length, singlevolume history of opera for more than a generation provokes in-depth discussions of many works by the greatest opera composers, from Monteverdi, Handel and Mozart, to Verdi and Wagner, to Strauss, Puccini, Berg, and Britten.
At first, film was a waking dream, the gift of appearance delivered to huddled masses sitting in the dark. Then movies began transforming our society and our perception of the world. Now, although still richly entertaining, do they still have the same power? What have they done to our lives? In The Big Screen David Thomson, one of film’s greatest living experts, tells the enthralling story of the movies, and how they have shaped us.
New York Drawings Adrian Tomine HB $39.95 Two strangers, both reading the same novel, share a fleeting glance between passing subway cars. A bookstore owner locks eyes with a neighbour as she receives a package. Strangers are united by circumstance as they wait on the subway stairs for a storm to pass. Adrian Tomine’s illustrations and comics have been appearing for more than a decade in the pages (and on the cover) of The New Yorker. A loving homage to the city he has called home for the past seven years.
Gardening Little Veggie Patch Co’s Guide to Backyard Farming Fabian Capomolla & Mat Pember PB $45.00 Each chapter in this practical guide covers a month of the year and includes advice on what is happening in the garden at that time, and which veggies, fruit and herbs you should be planting and harvesting. There are also delicious seasonal recipes using fresh produce – try the Haloumi Asparagus and Roasted Tomato Salad or the Beetroot and Chocolate Cake.
21st Century Residential Landscape Design Dean Herald HB $59.99
The Gardenist Michael McCoy HB $44.99 In this bold new look at gardens, Michael McCoy shares the secret to understanding what makes a good garden and shows you how to plan and create your own. The Gardenist teases out the anatomy of gardens to discover the roles played by different plants. Michael shows you how to harness the structural power of trees and shrubs to deliberately shape a deeply satisfying outdoor space and then explains how to use bulbs, herbaceous perennials and annuals to decorate these spaces.
Seasons in my Kitchen Garden Marcelle Nankervis PB $39.95
This beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a journey through a number of outstanding gardens that have been landscaped by one of Australia’s leading landscape designers. 21st Century Residential Landscape Design showcases over 20 designs produced by Dean, who specializes in integrating garden design with the living space of the modern home.
The Elegant Garden Johann Kraftner HB $85.00 The first major illustrated monograph in many years on the history of gardens, landscape design, and architecture, focusing on both the Western and Eastern traditions and their influences. Ambitious in scope and lavishly illustrated, this book surveys every period in garden design and landscape architecture. Captured here are two millennia of garden history – the most comprehensive garden photo documentary ever undertaken by a single author.
Seasons in my Kitchen Garden charts the evolution of a garden from a derelict paddock to a fully functional potager/vegetable garden, which included an orchard, vegetables, herbs and chickens. The entire project is based on sustainable practices and includes organic solutions – all sympathetic to the heritage of the site and the history of the area. The changes are charted over the course of a year and documented by Marcelle Nankervis’ photography.
Golden Age of Botanical Art Martyn Rix HB$45.00 From some of the earliest attempts at art to the plant hunters of the 19th and 20th centuries, the images produced in the study of plants have held a fascination for all those who love nature. This beautifully illustrated book brings together the stories of the intrepid explorers and the many professional artists who recorded the flora that they discovered on their travels.
Architecture & Interiors Rural Australian Homes Leta Keens HB $89.99
New Paris Style Danielle Miller & Richard Powers HB $49.95
Leta Keens travelled around Australia to find a wide-ranging and appealing selection of homes, including a sheep station that has been in the same family for 100 years, a converted general store, an adapted shed, and award-winning architect-designed contemporary houses. Covering every state and the Northern Territory, this book gives a compelling insight into contemporary life in rural Australia.
A fresh look into the homes of the most exciting, creative talents in Paris. The 27 properties photographed exclusively for the book are ranged across the city’s grooviest, on-theedge arrondissements – from the elevated bohemianism of the Left Bank to the trendy Marais and the edgier Belleville and 13th – and reflect the cosmopolitan melting pot that influences Paris’s design trends.
The Iconic Interior Dominic Bradbury & Richard Powers HB $65.00
Reviving: Great Houses from The Past Stephen Crafti HB $59.99
Interiors created by artists and designers, fashion personalities and artisans, architects and set-designers – the private spaces where many experimented and lived with their inspiration – have a special significance. Featuring 100 of the world’s most important and influential spaces, by some of the great talents of the 20th and 21st centuries, The Iconic Interior tells the often intimate stories of these remarkable creations.
Things I Love Megan Morton HB $49.99 Interiors stylist extraordinaire Megan Morton inspires by example, sharing her infectious enthusiasm for the houses, people and design she loves. It is also a book full of practical tips – from how to fold fitted sheets to how to clean a vintage painting and when to clean your light bulbs. Quirky, witty and irreverent, Things I Love will put you in touch with the things you love and teach you how to make sure they fill your home and your life.
A detailed study of significant restorations and remodels of houses built between 1900 and 1950 in Australia. Now highly sought-after, structures from this era are being cleverly reworked by architects to reveal stunning contemporary spaces within. The book includes fascinating stories from the homeowners, giving a unique perspective on the briefing, design, and construction process.
Great Houses of London James Stourton HB $80.00 The great houses of London represent one of the marvels of English architecture and yet they are almost entirely unknown. They are for the most part disguised behind sober facades but their riches within are astonishing. This book ranges from the romantic 17th century Ashburnham House, nestled in the shadow of Westminster Abbey, through to the exuberant post-modern interiors of the last 30 years.
Food Limoncello and Linen Water Tessa Kiros HB $59.99 Much-loved author Tessa Kiros celebrates the heritage of Italy, the country she has chosen to call home, in Limoncello and Linen Water. This whimsically feminine book is a tribute to the women in our lives – mothers, mothers-in-law, grandmothers – and the important lessons we learn from them. With accessible, delicious recipes ranging from robust family dishes to quirky cakes and old-fashioned preserves, this book is a precious heirloom to treasure.
A Book for Cooks: 100 Classic Cookbooks Leslie Geddes-Brown HB $69.99
Hugh’s Three Good Things Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall HB $49.99 How often have you wished there was a magic formula to simplify cooking? Well, there is. Put three good things together on a plate and, somehow, the whole is always greater and more delicious than the sum of its parts. Looking back over nearly two decades of professional cookery, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has worked out the combinations that make a magic formula to simplify cooking and amplify taste.
Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Luke Nguyen HB $55.00
If you have ever bought a cookery book, not only for the recipes, but also for the mouth-watering images and attractive design, then A Book for Cooks is for you. Food writer Leslie Geddes-Brown surveys 100 pioneering cookbooks, selected for their influence, for their unusual recipes or simply for their beauty. All types of cookery book are featured and each entry includes a brief commentary on the book, as well as photographs.
Desserts Belinda Jeffery HB $49.99 Saving yourself for dessert? Well, Belinda Jeffery has plenty of desserts worth waiting for. Drawing her inspiration from across the globe, she has created an irresistible collection of recipes for desserts and sweet treats, arranged around her favourite flavours; the subtle notes of coffee and tea; the intensity of caramel, honey and maple syrup; the refreshing tang of berries and summer fruits; the sharpness of citrus – and, of course, the complexity of chocolate.
Join Luke Nguyen as he journeys down one of Asia’s most famous rivers, the Mekong. Luke immerses himself in the cultures and communities of the countries he visits, learning stories and histories from each region, as well as sampling and recreating local cuisines. His travels start in China where he explores the centuries-old traditions of the Yunnan Province. His journey takes him to Myanmar, then on to Northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and finally Vietnam, Luke’s homeland.
Bouchon Bakery Thomas Keller & Sebastien Rouxel HB $75.00 Tastes of childhood have always been a touchstone for Keller and in this dazzling amalgam of American and French baked goods, readers will find recipes for all the French classics. Co-author Sebastien Rouxel spent years refining techniques and every page offers a new lesson. The deft twists, perfectly written recipes, and dazzling photographs make perfection inevitable.
Food Origin Ben Shewry HB $95.00 Ben Shewry, from the multi-award winning Melbourne restaurant, ‘Attica’, is one of Australia’s most significant chefs. He draws inspiration for his exquisite dishes from his surroundings and pivotal moments and experiences in his life. Ben uses what the earth provides without exploiting its precious resources. Origin is Ben’s unique and extraordinary account of food, memory, time and place.
The Lebanese Kitchen Salma Hage HB $59.95 The food of Lebanon has long been regarded as one of the most refined cuisines in the Middle East. Salma Hage, a Lebanese housewife from Mazarat Tiffah (Apple Hamlet) in the mountains of the Kadisha Valley in north Lebanon, has over 50 years experience of family cooking. In The Lebanese Kitchen she presents a comprehensive list of her own recipes for family favourites, along with classic dishes handed from generation to generation.
What Katie Ate Katie Quinn Davies HB $49.99 This long-awaited debut cookbook from talented food photographer and keen home cook Katie Quinn Davies features simple, seasonal recipes, including much-loved classics from her blog and plenty of brand new mouthwatering dishes. Featuring Katie’s gorgeous photography throughout, this book is a feast for the eyes, as well as the palate.
Jerusalem Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi HB $49.95 Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi are the men behind a chain of restaurants famous for their innovative flavours and stylish design. At the heart of their food is a shared home city: Jerusalem. Both were born there in the same year, The two only met when they worked together in London nearly 30 years later and discovered they shared a language, a history and a love of great food.
My Umbrian Kitchen Patrizia Simone & Caroline Pizzey HB $59.99 Join Patrizia Simone as she shares the timehonoured rituals, stories and treasured family recipes from her childhood in rural Italy that inspire the dishes she serves at her celebrated restaurant, in Victoria’s Ovens Valley. From the simplest pork ribs grilled over hot coals, delicate salads of spring flowers, handmade pasta and fruit-filled crostate to elegant dishes using that most Umbrian of ingredients, the truffle, this book captures the essence of Umbria.
Wine Grapes Jancis Robinson HB $199.00 Using the most cutting-edge analysis to detail almost 1,400 distinct grape varieties, this is a book for wine students, wine experts and wine lovers everywhere. Combining Jancis Robinson’s world view, nose for good writing and good wines with Julia Harding’s expertise and attention to detail Wine Grapes offers essential and original information in greater depth and breadth than has ever been available before.
Politics & Economics Best Australian Political Cartoons 2012 Russ Radcliffe (Ed) PB $29.95
Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power David Priestland HB $39.99
Here is the year-inreview as witnessed in full colour by our funniest and most subversive political cartoonists. The 10th edition of this best-selling series features the work of Peter Broelman, Warren Brown, Matt Davidson, Andrew Dyson, Firstdogonthemoon, Matt Golding, Fiona Katauskas, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Bill Leak, Alan Moir, Peter Nicholson, Vince O’Farrell, Ward O’Neill and Bruce Petty,
We live in an age ruled by merchants and until recently it seemed to us self-evident that their free-market imperatives were the ones that mattered. Competition, flexibility and profit are still the common currency, even at a time when Western countries have been driven off a cliff by these very values. But will it always be this way? Priestland argues we are now in the midst of a period with all the classic signs of imminent change.
Speechless James Button PB $32.99
Murdoch’s Pirates Neil Chenoweth HB $45.00
James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd. Before that, he reported on politics as a highly regarded journalist for Fairfax, but James also has politics in the blood: his father was the diminutive but largerthan-life Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. Speechless is James’ highly personal account of a year working in Canberra.
What happens when one of the biggest media groups in the world sets up its own private security force? What happens when part of this operation goes rogue? NDS produces smart cards for use by pay TV operators; this is a fiercely competitive field and one of the ways you get business is to demonstrate that the smart cards produced by your rivals can be easily pirated. Unless you are very careful, sometimes those pirated versions make their way out into the real world.
The Price of Inequality Joseph E. Stiglitz PB $29.99 The impact of inequality on societies is now increasingly well understood – higher crime, health problems and mental illness, lower educational achievements, social cohesion and life expectancy. But what are the causes of inequality, why is it growing so rapidly and what are its economic impacts? This exceptional book, by one of the world’s most celebrated and original economists, provides authoritative answers to these timely questions.
The Best Australian Business Writing 2012 Andrew Cornell (Ed) PB $29.99 Have Baby Boomers been forced back to work since the GFC? Why do we rely on the arbitrary and illusory numbers of double-entry bookkeeping to direct our policies, institutions, economies and societies? In this first edition of a new annual anthology showcasing the best of Australian business writing, editor Andrew Cornell shows just how good – and how important – writing about business can be.
Philosophy & Modern Thought The End of Men: And the Rise of Women Hanna Rosin PB $29.99 In 2010, for the first time, the balance of the British workforce tipped towards women, who now hold around half of the nation’s jobs. Not only do women now dominate colleges and professional schools, young single women in the US now earn more than their male counterparts. In this landmark, once-in-a-generation book, Hanna Rosin reveals how this new world order came to be and its profound implications for marriage, sex, children, work, families and society.
Fifty Thinkers Who Changed The Modern World Stephen Trombley PB $35.00 December
Mortality Christopher Hitchens HB $26.99 During the US book tour for his memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens collapsed in his hotel room to excruciating pain in his chest and thorax. As he would later write in the first of a series of deeply moving Vanity Fair pieces, he was being deported ‘from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of malady.’ Mortality is at once an unsparingly honest account of the ravages of his disease, an examination of cancer bathroom etiquette and the coda to a lifetime of fierce debate and peerless prose.
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Nassim Nicholas Taleb PB $29.99 December
This book profiles 50 landmark philosophers, scientists, political and social theorists, as well as spiritual leaders whose ideas have defined the age we live in. It offers a crisp analysis of their key ideas and in some cases a re-evaluation of their importance as we proceed into the 21st century. This is a concise history of modern thought from the Enlightenment to the present day.
The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver PB $29.99 Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the global financial crisis to 9/11 to the Fukushima disaster, we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events, often at great cost to society. New York Times political forecaster Nate Silver explores the art of prediction, revealing how we can all develop better foresight in an unpredictable world.
In his new book, Nassim Taleb tells us how to live in a world that is unpredictable and chaotic and how to thrive during moments of disaster. Antifragility is about loving randomness, uncertainty, opacity, adventure and disorder, and benefitting from a variety of shocks. It is about what to do when you don’t understand. It is a new word because it is a new concept.
The Great Degeneration Niall Ferguson PB $29.99 Representative government, the free market, the rule of law and civil society: these were the four pillars of Western societies, which set them on the path to global dominance. In our time, however, these institutions have deteriorated. This book is based on Niall Ferguson’s BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures, which were broadcast under the title The Rule of Law and Its Enemies.
Science & Nature The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery Andrew Robinson HB $49.95 The ideas, experiments, and inventions of great scientists have revolutionized our understanding of the world around us. Theories, discoveries, and technologies have transformed the physical world and our lives. Copernicus, Crick, Watson, Galileo, Marie Curie: these are some of the 40 pioneers behind modern science whose stories are explored here.
Zombie Tits, Astronaut Fish & Other Weird Animals Becky Crew PB $24.99
John Gould’s Extinct & Endangered Birds of Australia Sue Taylor HB$49.95 In 1838, John Gould, the ‘father of Australian ornithology’’visited Australia with the intention of gathering material for his great work on Australian birds. In the resulting publication, The Birds of Australia, Gould named, for the first time, no fewer than 32 Australian bird species. Since then, a number of other species have become extinct and others are now facing extinction.
Curious Minds Peter Macinnis PB $39.99
Did you know that the peacock mantis shrimp has the most powerful punch on Earth? That vampire spiders are attracted to your smelly socks? From the mother-eating black-lace weaver spiders to Texas horned lizards that can shoot jets of poisonous blood from their eyes, this book from fearless science blogger Becky Crew will introduce you to a menagerie of the world’s weirdest animals.
The Great Barrier Reef Len Zell HB $59.99 The Great Barrier Reef really is like nowhere else on earth. It is a massive, complex ecosystem and one that has gone through enormous changes throughout the history and evolution of our planet. Produced in partnership with the BBC, this book takes you on a journey along 2,300 km of the reef, through the diverse range of habitats that make up this extraordinary water world.
Curious Minds looks at the long line of naturalists who have traversed Australia in search of new plants and animals. It brings to life their stories and contributions to developments in natural science. Beautifully illustrated with images from the collection of the National Library of Australia, this publication is a loving tribute to the courageous and inquisitive men and women who led by example.
The Medical Book Clifford A. Pickover HB $39.99 Pickover has selected 250 milestones he believes represent the most important advances in the history of medicine. This book is organized chronologically and each page-long entry is accompanied with a photo or illustration on the facing page. The illustrations and photographs bring a vivid look at the people, cellular structures, and medical treatment, past and present and add an extra dimension to the text.
Science & Nature How The Dog Became The Dog Mark Derr PB $27.95 December It is an accepted fact of evolution and history that the dog evolved from the wolf. But the question of how wolf became dog remained a mystery. This book argues that the dog was an evolutionary inevitability because humans and wolves were made for each other. The natural temperament of and social structure surrounding humans and wolves is so similar that as soon as they met, they recognised themselves in each other.
Otter Country Miriam Darlington HB $35.00 Over the course of a year, Miriam Darlington travelled around Britain in search of wild otters. During her journey, she meets otter experts, conservationists, walkers and poets. Above all she learns how to track and be around otters and that the stillness required to encounter this shy animal can bring many unasked-for wonders. Otter Country establishes Darlington as a prominent voice in the new generation of British nature writers.
Gossip from the Forest Sara Maitland HB $35.00 December In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms are intimately connected: the mysterious secrets and silences, gifts and perils of the forests were both the background and the source of fairytales. Yet both forests and fairy stories are at risk and their loss deprives us of our cultural lifeblood. Written with Sara’s wonderful clarity and conversational grace, Gossip from the Forest is a magical and unique blend of nature writing, history and imaginative fiction.
The Where, The Why and the How Jenny Volvovski et al HB $34.95 A science book like no other, The Where, the Why and the How turns loose 75 of today’s hottest artists onto life’s vast questions. Inside these pages some of the biggest (and smallest) mysteries of the natural world are explained in essays by real working scientists, which are then illustrated by artists given free rein to be as literal or as imaginative as they like. The result is a celebration of the wonder that inspires every new discovery.
Doctor Hugh: My life With Animals Hugh Wirth PB $29.99 From his time as a young country vet to running his own busy practice in suburban Melbourne, Hugh has treated all manner of animals and told off any number of owners. Doctor Hugh’s memoir, written in his unmistakable tell-it-as-it-is voice, will delight, enrage, inform, entertain and teach every one of us how to care for and understand the rights of animals in our modern world.
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot Robert MacFarlane HB $45.00 Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast network of routes criss-crossing the British landscape and its waters and connecting them to the continents beyond. The result is an enthralling exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths, of pilgrimage and ritual. Above all it is a book about people and place: and the subtle ways in which we are shaped by the landscapes through which we move.
Travel Names for the Sea Sarah Moss PB $32.99
Paris Bon Appetit Pierre Rival & Christian Sarramon HB $39.95
Novelist Sarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there when she was 19. In 2009, she saw an advertisement for a job at the University of Iceland and applied on a whim, despite having two young children and a comfortable life in an English cathedral city. A compelling account of Sarah Moss’s extraordinary time living in Iceland – a country poised on the edge of Europe, between the modern and the mystic.
A richly illustrated overview of where to sample the best food and drink in the French capital. Divided into three chapters, this book guides the reader from the temptations of “Decadent Paris”, to favorite bistros and boulangeries in “Traditional Paris”. “Contemporary Paris” celebrates the city’s most inventive and trendy venues and pays homage to its international offerings.
Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita Slim Aarons HB $110.00
My Greek Island Home Claire Lloyd HB $49.99
This lavish fourth volume in Abrams’ Slim Aarons collection revels in this photographer’s decades-long love affair with Italy. From breathtaking aerials of the Sicilian countryside to intimate portraits of celebrities and high society taken in magnificent villas, Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita captures the essence of “the good life.”
Australian artist and designer Claire Lloyd had a successful career in London and a life filled with excitement, however a chance conversation with a friend led her to the Greek island of Lesvos, where she finally found what she was looking for – a sense of peace and the return of her creative drive. This book describes her journey to a small Greek village where the seasons govern a way of life that has barely changed over thousands of years.
Adventures of a Compulsive Traveller Dominic Dunne PB $29.95 Journalist Dominic Dunne’s travels have rarely been ordinary, despite his best intentions. He has been travelling all his life, trekking all over Australia and to some 60 countries, spending his life trying to satisfy his insatiable appetite for travelling, an addiction that has taken him to wonderful and sometimes dangerous places. In this book Dominic uses insight and wit to capture the highlights (and lowlights) from destinations the world over.
Monumental Venice Jacques Boulay, Agnès de Gorter & Jean-Philippe Follet HB $190.00 Monumental Venice presents breathtaking panoramic views of Venice’s famed monuments and historic sites, as well as little-known gems. Covering many fascinating styles and periods, it features bustling Piazza San Marco, watery churches and abbeys, such as San Giorgio and Il Redentore, tranquil isolated squares and unfrequented districts and marble palazzos lining the Grand Canal.
Travel Paris by Hollywood Antoine de Baecque (Ed) HB $85.00
28 Days in Provence Shannon Bennett PB $39.99
This beautifully nostalgic and insightful volume examines Tinseltown’s fascination with the City of Light. Romantic, elegant and enticing, Paris is by far the foreign city that appears most frequently in Hollywood movies. Eminent film commentators uncover Hollywood’s role in the cultivation of now timeless Parisian cliches, examining seminal films such as An American in Paris.
In a glorious farmhouse just outside the village of Ménerbes, Shannon immerses himself in the life of Provence. With no recipes from home, his first task is to find old books and learn the history of local dishes. His aim is to re-engage with a culinary tradition that has been such a part of his life, and to nourish and enjoy time with his young family. He invites us to join them all and step inside this beautiful part of France and live life à la Français.
Better Than Fiction Lonely Planet PB $24.99
Travels with Epicurus Daniel Klein HB $29.99
This exciting new anthology of travel literature features international authors, including: Isabel Allende, Bryce Courtney, Francis Mayes, Carol Birch, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith and Joyce Carol Oates and also features stories from Lloyd Jones and Keri Hulme. Better Than Fiction brings to life the idea that travel and travel stories can inspire, entertain, enlighten and change lives.
Daniel Klein journeys to the Greek island Hydra to discover the secrets of aging happily. Drawing on the lives of his Greek friends, as well as philosophers, Klein learns to appreciate old age as a distinct and extraordinarily valuable stage of life. He uncovers simple pleasures that are uniquely available late in life, as well as headier pleasures that only a mature mind can fully appreciate. A travel book, a witty and accessible meditation and an optimistic guide to living well.
Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die Chris Santella HB $29.95 Biking has grown increasingly popular in recent years, as both a leisure and an extreme exercise activity, and Santella covers trips for cyclists of every level. Fifty Places to Bike covers environments as varied as the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia, the Indochina Trail in Vietnam and the urban jungle of New York City. With a healthy mix of locations, the 50 chapters capture the breathtaking vistas cyclists will enjoy around the world. As always, the places are brought to life with more than 40 stunning color photographs.
Brazil Michael Palin HB $45.00 Brazil is one of the four new global super powers with its vast natural resources and burgeoning industries. Half a continent in size and a potent mix of races, religions and cultures, it is also one of the few countries Michael Palin has never fully travelled. Here he explores in his inimitable way this vast and disparate nation. From the Venezuelan border and the forests of the Lost World to his journey’s end at the border with Uruguay and the spectacular Iguacu Falls.
Children’s Fiction Summer and Bird Katherine Catmull HB $19.99
The High-Skies Adventures of Blue Jay The Pirate Scott Nash HB $19.95
When their parents disappear in the middle of the night, young sisters Summer and Bird set off on a quest to find them. A message from their mother leads them to a familiar gate in the woods, but comfortable sights quickly give way to a new world entirely, inhabited by talking birds and the evil Puppeteer queen. Summer and Bird are quickly separated and they take very different directions in the quest to find their parents and vanquish the Puppeteer.
Captain Blue Jay has a fondness for collecting treasure, especially eggs. Unfortunately, sometimes his treasure hatches: and this time the hatchling is the strangest one the Grosbeak has ever seen. Whether the chick is a young god or just an oversized bird who needs too much food, no sailor is certain. But one thing is clear: the winds over Thrushland are shifting, and dramatic changes are in store for all.
The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas David Almond & Oliver Jeffers HB $19.95
Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind Gary Ross HB $29.95
Stanley Potts is just an ordinary boy, but when his Uncle Ernie develops an extraordinary fascination with canning fish, Uncle Ernie’s obsession reaches such heights that he would even can Stan’s beloved goldfish! Stan, however, has his own destiny, which leads him via a hook-a-duck stall to Pancho Pirelli, the blue-caped madman who swims with piranhas. And as Stan delves into the waters, he finally discovers who he really can be.
Bartholomew Biddle’s life has always been pretty ordinary, but when a huge wind blows past his window one night he can’t resist the urge to grab his bed sheet and catch a ride. Soon he’s soaring far above his little town, heading wherever the wind takes him! Bart finds himself in a cove where the wind doesn’t blow where he is forced to face the fact that his flying days might be over. Will he ever get home?
Princess Betony and the Unicorn Pamela Freeman & Tamsin Ainslie HB $17.95 Princess Betony’s mother is a dryad and misses the Wild Magic of the Dark Forest. When the princess sees her mother running into the Dark Forest, Betony is worried she will never return. Humans are forbidden to enter the Forest. Betony doesn’t care. She has to find her mother, no matter what. But first she must catch a unicorn!
Tuesdays at the Castle Jessica Day George PB $10.95 Every Tuesday Castle Glower takes on a life of its own – magically inventing, moving, and even completely getting rid of some of its rooms. Good thing Princess Celie takes the time to map out these never-ending changes. Because when the castle is ambushed and Celie’s parents and oldest brother go missing, it’s up to Celie to protect their home and save their kingdom.
Young Adult Fiction What’s Left Of Me Kat Zhang PB $19.99 Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else – two souls woven together in one body. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why isn’′t one of them fading? Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. But only Addie knows Eva′’s still there, trapped inside their body. Then one day, they discover there may be a way for Eva to move again. The risks are unimaginable – and yet, for a chance to smile, to twirl, to speak, Eva will do anything.
The Lost Girl Sangu Mandanna PB $16.95 Eva’s life is not her own. She is a creation, an abomination – an echo. Made by the Weavers as a copy of someone else, she is expected to replace a girl named Amarra, her ‘other’, if she ever died. Eva studies what Amarra does, what she eats, what it’s like to kiss her boyfriend, Ray. So when Amarra is killed in a car crash, Eva should be ready. But fifteen years of studying never prepared her for this.
The Paladin Prophecy Mark Frost PB $21.95 Will has spent his entire life trying to avoid attention. But when he scores off the charts on a nationwide exam, Will is recruited by an exclusive and mysterious prep school – the best school no one's ever heard of. At the same time Will realizes he’s being followed by men driving black sedans who pose a terrifying threat to his family. What follows is a series of events and revelations that places Will smack in the middle of a millennia old struggle between titanic forces.
Jepp Who Defied The Stars Katherine Marsh PB $19.95 Set in 17th century Europe, Jepp is the thrilling, romantic and heart-warming story of a teenage dwarf limited not only by his height, but by his destiny. Jepp has ambition and he dreams of becoming a scientist and marrying the woman he loves. This highly original and unforgettable story is based on a real historical figure, and Jepp’s story includes violence, love, astrology, astronomy and even a beer-drinking moose.
Let It Snow John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle PB $19.99 A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House would lead to love with an old friend.
The Girl From Snowy River Jackie French PB $19.99 World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particularly for orphaned 16-year-old Flinty McAlpine, who lost a brother when the Snowy River men marched away to war. Now her brother Andy has left her alone to take care of their younger brother and sister and to face the threat of eviction from the farm she loves so dearly. A brumby muster held under the watchful eye of the legendary Clancy of the Overflow offers hope.
Picture Books The Great Snortle Hunt Claire Freedman HB $19.99 This is a picture book that is pure joy to read aloud. Claire Freedman’s rhyming text jogs along delightfully, allowing the reader to play with the words, varying tone and pitch in a story that will leave children mesmerised. The wonderful story is accompanied by gorgeous illustrations by artist Kate Hindley who has created some of the most memorable and warm characters. Her illustrations move with the text, even requiring the reader to turn the book at some points to follow the adventure. The Great Snortle Hunt is one of the best picture books published this year.
The Alfie Treasury Shirley Hughes HB $49.95 December Alfie is one of the most endearing and enduring characters in children’s literature. The great charm of Shirley Hughes’ Alfie is that all small children can identify with him. The Alfie stories are about family and everyday occurrences in a child’s life, from buying new shoes, to being accidently separated from mum and being nervous about new situations. Alfie’s stories are like a warm blanket, they are comforting and reassuring and as relevant to children today as they were when Shirley Hughes wrote them in the 70’s.
Picture Books Invitation to the Ballet Metropolitan Museum of Art HB $19.95 In this engaging book, young readers will find out what happens in ballet class, learn about some of the steps and leaps, and discover the magic of ballet. Works of art by Edgar Degas bring the ballet vividly to life, while illustrations by Rachel Isadora picture modern young dancers learning ballet.
The Night Pirates Pop Up Adventure Deborah Allwright HB $24.95
My Dog, My Cat, My Mum and Me Nigel Gray PB $14.95 The dog gets fatter and fatter, but what is the matter? Lift the flap and find out in this fun picture book about puppies and kittens and babies being born. Bob Graham’s stunning illustrations add to the anticipation and hilarity on every page.
Playbook Farm Corinna Fletcher HB $24.99
The Night Pirates is a bestselling picture book with delightful rhyming text about a young boy having an adventure with some rough, tough girl pirates. This rollicking adventure story has now been created as a pop-up book which just adds to the fantastic tale that boys and girls aged 4 plus will adore.
On the Farm Roland Harvey HB $24.99 In this sixth picture book in Roland Harvey’s hilarious and delightful holiday adventure series, Uncle Kev has a farm, where the pigs do the polishing and the cows are the happiest in all the hills. Kev invites the family for a ‘holiday’, then sets them to work. Roland Harvey has once again created a winner that will keep children entertained and educate them as well.
This brilliant and ingenious novelty package comprises a pop-up storybook, which then unfolds and transforms into a 3D farmyard landscape playmat, with cut-out cardboard animals and a tractor for total fun on the farm! Then fold it away and store it in its own box-style slipcase.
Michael Hague’s Treasury of Christmas Carols Michael Hague HB $12.95 This beautiful hardcover, with an incredible red velvet jacket, includes the traditional Christmas carols; ‘Jingle Bells’, ‘Deck the Halls’, ‘O Christmas Tree’ and ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’. Michael Hague’s sweet, soft illustrations match the gentle words to the carols perfectly. This is a beautiful book that will be treasured in your family for generations.
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