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2013
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FEBRUARY 2013
‘…genuinely rewarding – it’s not often that Australian fiction propels the reader so far out of their comfort zone that the world takes on a slightly different gleam, if only for a moment.’ readings monthly
konkretion MARION MAY CAMPBELL
konkretion, in turns funny and moving, stages a dialogue around the romance of the Baader-Meinhof gang’s revolutionary aspirations. Ex-commo Monique Piquet meets up in Paris with a former student, Angel Beigesang, who has just published a dramatic re-imagining of Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin of the Red Army Faction. Wandering through revolutionary and repressive Paris, her breakdown goes into freefall, as she recalls her earlier radicalism and its part in the younger woman’s dangerous identification with revolutionaries.
FICTION ISBN 9781742584911 160 PP, PAPERBACK $24.99 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
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FEBRUARY 2013
‘Stephen Scourfield’s latest novel reveals a deep love of the region he so vividly describes… It will appeal to anyone with a love of the ‘red country’, and to those with a interest in environmental politics and a concern for the fragility of the Australian environment.’ books+publishing magazine
As the River Runs STEPHEN SCOURFIELD
In the Kimberley water is plentiful – but in the city it is precious and political. Government minister Michael Mooney has cooked up a secret plan to pipe water from the monsoonal north to the south, but he needs to find out what opposition he might face in the river valley. He sends Kate Kennedy, his young Chief of Staff, and political fixer Jack Cole on a ‘fact-finding’ trip. Ex-greenie Dylan Ward is their guide, respected by both the mining industry and Aboriginal elder Vincent Yimi, and unaware that he has been compromised. But as they travel through the wild river country, Kate begins to see Dylan and the world around her in a new light. FICTION ISBN 9781742584904 336 PP, PAPERBACK $26.99 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
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FEBRUARY 2013
‘The success of Other Country is also largely due to its voice, which is immediate, dramatic and stark. Poetic as well as vernacular, it suggests Proulx, McCarthy and other US writers for whom voice is, in many ways, story. Scourfield’s evident intimacy with the landscape and subjects that have inspired him percolates through every page of this impressive novel.’ the weekend australian
Other Country STEPHEN SCOURFIELD
A new edition of the novel that precedes Stephen Scourfield’s latest release, As The River Runs. Linked by a common hatred of their violent Old Man, The Ace and his younger brother Wild Billy Parkes hit the road into northern Australia to make their own history. Two very different brothers, one held by the past, the other grasping for the future. Their story, set in a landscape as harsh as the lives lived in it, is both desperate and filled with hope. There’s the other country that is out there, and there’s the other country within; what you make of each is up to you.
FICTION ISBN 9781742585031 320 PP, PAPERBACK $22.99 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
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FEBRUARY 2013
In 2013 The University of Western Australia celebrates its Centenary – this handsome volume is released to commemorate the first one hundred years of UWA’s remarkable legacy. Seeking Wisdom A centenary history of The University of Western Australia JENNY GREGORY, WITH JEAN CHETKOVICH
Seeking Wisdom charts the changes the University has undergone as well as the challenges it has met since it was established in 1913 on a small site in Irwin Street, Perth, including the move to its present site at Crawley, the building of Winthrop Hall and the Hackett Memorial Buildings in 1930, and its ongoing development to become one of the world’s top 100 universities in 2012. Richly illustrated with photographs, Seeking Wisdom is both a record of the University’s past and a promise for its future.
HISTORY ISBN 9781742584881 488 PP, HARDBACK $65.00
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FEBRUARY 2013
‘I met Stanley while I was in medical school. He was a lecturer in physiology and pharmaceutics. I had already done physiology at that stage and so he did not lecture me. But he passed through the medical school a lot. And he saw my fair curly hair. And that was it. He decided he had to marry that girl.’ The Calling A true story of faith, hope and love SUSAN L PRESCOTT
Monica Mary Job was one of only a few women doctors to graduate from university in the 1930s, and, as a descendant from a long line of missionaries, she inspired Stanley Prescott to leave England for missionary work in China – a decision made without forewarning of World War II and the Japanese occupation of China. This biography draws extensively on letters, newspaper clippings, interviews and family lore to bring Monica and Stanley’s story to life. Their shared story spanned three continents and four decades. It has been written – in UWA’s centenary year – as a loving tribute by their granddaughter Professor Susan Prescott, who followed Monica’s lead into a distinguished medical career. BIOGRAPHY ISBN 9781742584898 384 PP, PAPERBACK $29.99
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MARCH 2013
What English laws for marriage solemnisation were followed for the first twelve years after settlement, before new laws were introduced for registration and solemnisation in 1841? Why were these laws changed three times between 1847 and 1856? How did the rules apply differently for men and women? What role did the Magistrate’s Courts play in resolving marriage conflicts? The Marriage Knot Marriage & divorce in colonial Western Australia 1829–1900 PENELOPE HETHERINGTON
In this fascinating book, renowned WA historian Penelope Hetherington turns her analytical gaze to marriage and divorce in colonial Western Australia. The Marriage Knot ends the confusion about religious arrangements and disagreements in the first thirty years of the colony and, along the way, reveals the kinds of marriage registration instigated by the government and other aspects of its marriage laws. Hetherington also analyses the nature and number of divorce petitions by men and women from 1863 to 1900 and examines the importance of the 1892 Married Women’s Property Act, and other laws passed towards the end of the century. HISTORY ISBN 9781742585215 208 PP, PAPERBACK $24.99
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MARCH 2013
‘Given the confluence of factors driving world trade, ageing of the Australian population, resource wealth and the coming Asian century, it is more than plausible that Australia will reach 60 million well before 2100.’ brian haratsis, macroplan australia
Made in Australia The future of Australian cities RICHARD WELLER AND JULIAN BOLLETER
How do you creatively plan for a population of 62 million by 2100? Australia’s current major city planning frameworks only account for an extra 5.5 million people. Whether we want a ‘Big Australia’ or not, Australia’s 21st century is likely to see rapid and continual growth – if we want liveable, high performance cities and regional centres we need to think outside the box. Richard Weller and Julian Bolleter (Australian Urban Design Research Centre at The University of Western Australia) offer optimistic and creative solutions for the future with one imperative: what we build this century will make or break our country.
ARCHITECTURE/URBAN PLANNING ISBN 9781742584928 318 PP, LARGE FORMAT ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK $49.99
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APRIL 2013
Jenny and Neil Delmage have won fifteen design awards of excellence, including Landscaper of the Year, two Waterwise Awards, and an Institute of Architecture Award of Excellence for commercial and domestic design. 12 Gardens Creative designs for the Australian climate JENNY AND NEIL DELMAGE
In the harsh Australian climate, how do you create and maintain a beautiful yet waterwise garden? Jenny and Neil Delmage have been setting the standard in garden design for more than twenty years, creating sustainable, biodiverse, waterwise – and gorgeous – gardens. Their innovative ideas and tried-and-tested methods produce stunning gardens that fit the natural environment. Both practical and beautiful, 12 Gardens features twelve new garden designs for residential, commercial and historic properties, and includes over 240 stunning photos. The book also features design plans, plant lists, soil types, orientation and client briefs. 12 Gardens will inspire both the hands-on gardener and the armchair gardener. DESIGN/GARDENING ISBN 9781742585048 160 PP, LARGE FORMAT ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK $39.99
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MAY 2013
The first cookbook to come from My Kitchen Rules. Saporito! Daniela & Stefania DANIELA PIRONE AND STEFANIA MUSCARA
Reaching the semi-final of the second My Kitchen Rules series in 2011, cousins Daniela and Stefania’s reputation for raucous banter and hearty cooking had them nicknamed the ‘Italian mamas’. Now they bring us their unique mix of traditional and contemporary Italian cooking in their first, much-anticipated cookbook, Saporito! (Italian for ‘delicious!’). Homestyle recipes drawn from years of cooking with their mothers reflect their love of family as much as their passion for cooking. These recipes are quick and easy to make and are delicious for the whole family. Saporito! features over 200 photos, including a ‘how-to’ pasta photo series, family photos, Italian regional specialties and stories behind the recipes. FOOD/ITALIAN COOKING 9781742585055 250 PP, LARGE FORMAT ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK $34.99
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MAY 2013
‘Elemental continues Amanda Curtin’s fruitful fascination with memory, history and the generational legacies of family…this is another moving novel from a unique Australian fiction writer.’ books+publishing magazine
Elemental AMANDA CURTIN
Nearing the end of her life, Meggie Tulloch takes up her pen to write a story for her granddaughter. It begins in the first years of the twentieth century, in a place where howling winds spin salt and sleet sucked up from icefloes. A place where lives are ruled by men, and men by the witchy sea. A place where the only thing lower than a girl in the order of things is a clever girl with accursed red hair. A place schooled in keeping secrets. Moving from the north-east of Scotland to Fremantle, Australia, Elemental is a novel about the life you make from the life you are given.
FICTION 9781742585062 448 PP, PAPERBACK $29.99 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
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JUNE 2013
‘…gritty, wise and frequently funny. An edgy exploration of contemporary adolescence and a perceptive examination of the complexities of mid-life, it’s a novel you’ll remember long after you read the final pages.’ wendy james
just_a_girl KIRSTEN KRAUTH
Layla is only fourteen. She cruises online. She catches trains to meet strangers. And her mother, Margot, never suspects. Even when Layla brings a man into their home. Margot’s caught in her own web: an evangelical church and a charismatic pastor. Meanwhile, downtown, a man opens a suitcase and tenderly places his young lover inside. just_a_girl tears into the fabric of contemporary culture. A Puberty Blues for the digital age, a Lolita with a webcam, it’s what happen when young girls are forced to grow up too fast. Or when they never get the chance to grow up at all...
FICTION ISBN 9781742584959 192 PP, PAPERBACK $24.99 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
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JUNE 2013
He never knew his name, he never knew his mother, he never knew his family, he never knew his people, he never knew his country. Murdered…because he was black. A Boy’s Short Life The True Story of Warren Braedon/Louis Johnson ANNA HAEBICH AND STEVE MICKLER
Warren Braedon, named by his adoptive parents Louis St John Johnson, was taken from his mother in Alice Springs at just three months old. Told he had been abandoned, Louis was raised by Bill and Pauline Johnson in a loving family in Perth. Yet, despite a happy childhood, he was increasingly targeted for his Aboriginality. As Louis grew older, his attempts to meet his natural family were made impossible by bureaucracy. Then, walking home on his nineteenth birthday, Louis was brutally murdered by a group of white youths whose admitted motive was ‘because he was black’. Louis’ tragic story captures the dark heart of racism in modern Australia. Originally published as part of the multi-award-winning history, Broken Circles. BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY ISBN 9781742585079 96 PP, PAPERBACK $17.99
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