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2010/2011where books and people meetThe Finkler QuestionHoward Jacobson $32.99 pb

2010 Man Booker Prize Winner

Julian Treslove, a professionallyunspectacular and disappointed BBCworker, and Sam Finkler, a popular Jewish philosopher, writer and televisionpersonality, are old school friends. Theyhave never quite lost touch with eachother – or with their former teacher,

Libor Sevick, a Czechoslovakian always more concerned withthe wider world than with exam results. Now, both Liborand Finkler are recently widowed, and with Treslove, whoseunsuccessful record with women renders him an honorary thirdwidower, they dine together at Libor’s grand, central Londonapartment. All three remove themselves to a time before theyhad loved and lost; before they had prized anything greatlyenough to fear the loss of it. On his way home that eveningTreslove is a acked. After this his whole sense of who and whathe is will slowly change. The Finkler Question is a scorching

story of exclusion and belonging, justice and love, ageing,wisdom and humanity. The novel captures the con icts andcontradictions that, in Jacobson’s view, characterise the positionof contemporary British Jews. While Treslove ddles aroundwith salt beef sandwiches and klezmer bands, Libor and Finkler

nd themselves, without the protection of marital and romanticlove, cast into a world of such ambiguity and complication thattheir own identities come under threat.

Fall GirlToni Jordan $32.95 pb

Meet Ella Can eld, highly quali ed evolutionary biologist. A ractive, if a li le serious-looking inher heavy glasses, she is about to put her careeron the line. Dr. Can eld is seeking funding fora highly unorthodox research project. She wants

to prove that an extinct animal still roams in one of Australia’smost popular national parks. Now meet Daniel Metcalf, a good-looking and expensively dishevelled millionaire. He is wi y but far too rich to be taken seriously. Daniel heads the MetcalfTrust, an organization which donates money to o eat scienti cresearch projects. He also has an interest in animals that don’texist. Now for the problem: Dr Ella Can eld is in fact DellaGilmore, professional con artist, and she has never met anyonelike Daniel Metcalf before. Trouble is brewing and someoneis going to take a fall. This is a bright story from the author of Addition. It is about passion and loyalty, deceit and integrity,and the importance of believing in things that don’t exist.

That Deadman DanceKim Sco $32.99 pb

Told through the eyes of black and white, youngand old, Kim Sco ’s new novel is set in the rstyears of contact between the Noongar people,British colonists and American whalers. The book explores the lively fascination these people

felt for one another. The novel’s hero is a young Noongar mannamed Bobby Wabalanginy. Clever, resourceful and eager toplease, Bobby befriends the new arrivals, joining them as theyhunt for whales, tilling the land, exploring the hinterland andestablishing the edgling colony. But slowly things begin tochange. Bobby is forced to take sides: he must choose betweenthe old world and the new, his ancestors and his new friends.

The WeekendBernhard Schlink $29.99 hb

Jörg has spent 24 years in prison since his convictionfor murder and several acts of terrorism on behalfof the radical left. When he is unexpectedlypardoned his sister Christiane organizes a reunionfor a group of his old friends to welcome him

back into society. Among those who a end are journalist Henner,whom Jörg believes betrayed him to the police; quiet Ilse, usingthe weekend to begin a novel about a common friend’s allegedsuicide; and Marko, a young revolutionary keen to convince Jörgto speak out against the current government. As the weekendunfolds old jealousies simmer and unanswered questions cometo the fore as the guests struggle to reconcile youthful idealswith what has become of their lives. Schlink dwells on the past’sgrip on the present and the possibility – or impossibility – ofredemption.

To The End Of The LandDavid Grossman $35 pb

From one of Israel’s most acclaimed writerscomes a novel about family life and the cost ofwar. Ora, a middle-aged mother, is ge ing readyto celebrate her son Ofer’s release from armyservice when he suddenly re-enlists and returns

to the front for a major o ensive. In a t of preemptive grief andmagical thinking she decides to go hiking in the Galilee, whereshe cannot be contacted by the ‘noti ers’ who might informher of her son’s fate. Recently estranged from her husbandIlan, she decides to travel with Avram, their former best friendand her former lover. Avram was brutally tortured in the YomKippur War when serving in the military; since then he haslost contact with Ora and her family, even though he is Ofer’s biological father, but has never met his son. Now, as Ora andAvram travel through the hills and valleys, Ora gives Avram thegift of Ofer, supplying the story of her motherhood, a retellingthat keeps Ofer alive for his mother and which opens Avram tohuman bonds undreamed of in his sha ered world. Grossman’smasterful novel describes the reality and surreality of daily lifein Israel, the currents of ambivalence about war and the burdensthat fall on each generation anew.

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Fiction

Sunset ParkPaul Auster $32.99 pb

Sunset Park follows the hopes and fears of peoplecaught up in the aftermath of the 2008 economiccollapse. In the atlands of Florida, Miles isphotographing the lingering traces of families who

have abandoned their houses due to debt or foreclosure. He ishaunted by guilt for having inadvertently caused the death ofhis step-brother seven years ago. What keeps him in Florida ishis relationship with a teenage high-school girl, Pilar, but whenher family threatens to expose their relationship, Miles decidesto protect Pilar by going back to Brooklyn, where he prepareshimself to face the inevitable confrontation with his father.Sunset Park is above all a story about love and forgiveness —not only among men and women, but also between fathers andsons.

The Empty FamilyColm Toibin $29.99 pb

In the nine stories that make up ‘The Empty Family’,Colm Toibin writes about lives of unspoken orunconscious longing, of individuals cast adrift fromtheir history. From the young Pakistani immigrant

who seeks some kind of permanence in a strange town to theIrish woman who reluctantly returns to Dublin and discoversa city that refuses to acknowledge her long absence, each ofToibin’s stories manages to contain whole worlds; stories of

eeing the past and returning home, of family threads lost andultimately regained. From the particular crucible of his ownlife, Tóibín has devised a schedule of the principal tormentsavailable to the educated, Left-leaning, upwardly mobile, male baby boomer in middle age.

Hand Me Down World

Lloyd Jones $32.95 pbFrom the author of the beloved, bestselling MisterPip comes a novel about a mother’s search for herstolen child. A woman washes up on a beach inSicily. She has come from Tunisia to nd her son,

taken from her when he was just days old and stolen away toBerlin. With nothing but her maid’s uniform and a homemadeknife stashed in a plastic bag, she relies on strangers — somegenerous, some malevolent — to guide her passage north. Thesestrangers tell of their encounters with her, building her story infragments of memory, prejudice and sentiment into a movingwork of sacri ce and love. Hand Me Down World tells an epicstory about the courage of a mother, the versions of truth towhich we accommodate our lives, and love’s ultimate power to

redeem us. A novel you can’t stop thinking about.

The AccidentIsmail Kadare $32.95 pb

A man and a woman, both Albanian émigrés inVienna, are on their way to the airport when theirtaxi overturns, killing them both. The driver regainsconsciousness a week later, and remembers seeing

something disturbing in the rear-view mirror, but can onlydimly articulate what it was. The two passengers, he stammersin confusion, seemed about to kiss. Set against the backdropand bleak aftermath of the war in the Balkans, The Accident intimately documents an a air between two people caught upin each other’s intrigues. The intelligence services of both Serbiaand Albania take an interest in the deaths, and the investigationinto their demise uncovers a mutually destructive obsession thatre ects the con icts in the region

The Long Song : A NovelAndrea Levy $29.99 pb

A British writer of Jamaican descent, Levy drawsupon history to recall the island’s slave rebellion of1832. The narrator pretends to be telling the storyof a woman called July, born as the result of a rape

of a eld slave, but it soon becomes obvious that the narratoris July herself. Taken as a house slave when she is eight yearsold, July is later seduced by the moralistic English overseer afterhe marries the plantation’s mistress. The narrative encompassesscenes of shocking brutality and mass carnage, but also humour,sometimes verging on farce. Levy’s satiric eye registers thevenomous racism of the white characters and is equally candidin relating the degrees of social snobbery around skin colouramong the blacks themselves, July included.

RoomEmma Donoghue $32.99 pb

This is the story of ve-year-old Jack. He lives withhis beloved, and loving, mother in a room which isnot like other rooms. It is a converted shed, lockedand armoured, without windows, and Jack has

never been outside it. His mother is kept prisoner in there by aman who Jack never sees. But Jack is growing up, and his mothermakes a decision — somehow or other she will enable Jack toescape and get help so that they can both return to the outsideworld. This is quite a task — rst Jack must become accustomedto the extraordinary idea that there is a world to escape to, andthen he must be as brave and strong as any ve-year-old canpossibly be in order to cope with the ordeals of ‘Outside’.

CTom McCarthy $39.95 hb

C follows the short, intense life of Serge Carrefax,a man who hurtles into the electric modernityof the early twentieth century, trans xed by thetechnologies that will obliterate him. Serge nds

himself steeped in a weird world of transmissions, whose veryair seems lled with cryptic and poetic signals of all kinds. Whenpersonal loss strikes him in his adolescence, this world takes on adarker and more morbid aspect. What follows is a tour-de-forcein which the eerily idyllic se ings of pre-war Europe give wayto the exhilarating ight-paths of the frontline aeroplane radiooperator, then the prison camps of Germany, the drug-fuelledLondon of the roaring twenties and, nally, the ancient tombs ofEgypt. A sophisticated and sublimely imaginative novel whichuncovers the hidden codes and dark rhythms that sustain life.

In A Strange RoomDamon Galgut $29.99 pb

In this autobiographical novel the narrator (alsonamed Damon) describes three journeys he tookas a younger man, one where he lled the role ofthe follower, one the lover, and one the guardian.

And while each trip is distinct, involving di erent locations,travel companions, and challenges, certain themes resurfacethroughout Damon’s wanderings, including his unceasing driveto keep moving and his inability to form lasting relationships.Locating a solid core within this impermanence is whatcompels Damon to undertake his quests. Throughout Damon’stravels Galgut captures the essence of the traveller’s changinglandscapes and moods while maintaining a simplicity thatshades the stories with allegorical overtones. In a Strange Room is a beautiful and haunting meditation on loneliness and the

unending drive to discover a deeper meaning of life.

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Fiction

The Life Of An Unknown ManAndrei Makine $32.99 pb

The writer Shutov returns to St Petersburg fromFrance after twenty years in exile, hoping toreconnect with his roots and the woman he lovedin his youth. He encounters Volsky, a fellow relic

of the Communist era who relates his story: of surviving theSiege of Leningrad, the march on Berlin and Stalin’s purges andof a transcendent love a air. To Shutov, his story comes as arevelation, and an inspiration. Drawing on his own experienceof growing up in the Soviet Union, Makine poses an unse lingquestion: for all its horrors, was life under Communism richerthan it is now? An extraordinary story of love and enduranceduring the Siege of Leningrad lies at the heart of this novel aboutRussia past and present, and the human condition.

NotoriousRoberta Lowing $32.95 pb

The focal point of Roberta Lowing’s debut novelis a diary wri en by the French poet Rimbaud,who endured privation in the Sahara desert in1890. Over the next one hundred and twenty years

everyone who sees the diary will want to possess it. Only anameless woman lying close to death in an asylum in a NorthAfrican desert sees the true worth of the book. At its core this is a book about the transformative power of the desert and the e ecton those who wish to unlock its secrets. Notorious is a literarymystery, a love story, a book of poetry and a tale of faith andchaos, redemption and destruction.

FameDaniel Kehlmann $29.95 pb Fame dramatizes the alienating e ects of seeingone’s life re ected and refracted in the public eye.The book is presented as 'a novel in nine stories', but the connections between the tales are, for themost part, very loose. Characters pop up again,

some scenes are seen again from a di erent perspective, butthese tales don't blend together very obviously. The rst storyis about a man who nally gets a mobile phone, but nds heis receiving someone else's calls. The stories overlap in variousways: we meet the actor who should be the recipient of thesephone calls but who becomes ‘invisible’ without his phone andconsequently becomes an impersonator of himself, while a laterstory clears up the number-mix-up that led to the technicalproblem in the rst place. Deborah found the book intriguingin its construction and context and wanted to start reading Fame again in order to fully understand its complexities.

When Colts RanRoger McDonald $32.95 pb

Roger McDonald follows the story of KingsleyColts as he chases the ghost of himself through thedecades, in and out of the lives and a ections of thecitizens of ‘The Isabel’, a slice of Australia sca ered

with prospectors, artists, no-hopers and visionaries. Against thisspacious backdrop of sheep stations, timeless landscapes andthe Five Alls pub, men play out their fates, conduct their rivalriesand hope for the best. They are men shaped by the obligationsand expectations of a previous generation, all striving to de nethemselves in their own language, and on their own terms. The book shows how loyalties shape us in the most unexpected waysand how men ‘strike at beauty’ as they fall to the earth.

NemesisPhilip Roth $35 hb

*BiP Price $29.95In 1944 a terrifying polio epidemic rages in New Jersey, threatening children with paralysis, lifelongdisability and even death. Bucky Cantor, a sporty

young playground director whose weak eyes have excluded himfrom active military service, faces the dilemmas of responsibilityas polio begins to ravage the children in his care. He succumbs tofear, panic, anger and bewilderment as the disease spreads andhis control over his charges and over his own life is taken outof his hands. Much later, in 1971, one of the survivors runs intoBucky, now a broken man, and hears the rest of Bucky’s storyof bad luck, poor decisions and piercing guilt. Roth depicts adecent, energetic man with the best of intentions who strugglesin his own private war against the epidemic. How does theindividual withstand the onslaught of circumstance?

Indelible InkFiona McGregor $32.95 pb

Marie King is fty-nine, recently divorced, andhas lived a rather conventional life on Sydney’sa uent north shore. Now her three children havemoved out, the family home is to be sold, and with

it her beloved garden. On a drunken whim, Marie gets a ta oo— an act that gives way to an unexpected friendship with herta oo artist, Rhys. Before long, Rhys has introduced Marie toa side of the city that clashes with her staid north-shore milieu.Her children are morti ed by their mother’s transformation, butthey have their own challenges to deal with: workplace politics;love a airs old and new; and the real-estate market. Wri enwith savage wit and keen eye, Indelible Ink uses one family as amicrocosm for the changes operating in society at large.

The Hundred Foot JourneyRichard C Morais $27.99 pb

The Hundred-Foot Journey recounts the quest ofa young Indian boy from Mumbai to become arenowned chef in pursuit of the coveted Michelinstars. Hassan’s childhood was rich with family

and food, but tragedy hits the family however, and they leaveIndia for good, se ing up home in Southall, London. Beforelong the family embarks on an eccentric journey across Europe;when mechanical failure halts them in the town of Lumière,Papa promptly buys a vacant mansion, with plans to turn it intoan Indian restaurant. However, the mansion is directly oppositea restaurant owned by the famous chef Madame Mallory, whosereputation for excellence is renowned. Madame Mallory is aformidable opponent, but will she be the equal of the Mumbai-toughened Papa?By Nightfall

Michael Cunningham $27.99 pb

Peter and Rebecca Harris are in their mid-forties,married for nearly twenty years, both withcommi ed careers in the arts. With a spacious loftin Soho, they are admirable, enviable contemporary

urbanites. Then Rebecca′s much younger look-alike brother,Ethan (known in the family as Mizzy, ′the mistake′), shows upfor a visit. A beautiful, beguiling twenty-three-year-old, Mizzyis wayward, at a loose end and looking for direction. In hispresence, Peter nds himself questioning his artists and theirwork, and his whole career. This new novel is a heart-breakinglook at the way we live now. Full of shocks and aftershocks, itmakes us think and feel deeply about the uses and meaning of beauty and the place of love in our lives.

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FictionField GreyPhilip Kerr $32.95 pb

It is 1954 and Bernie has tired of his increasinglydangerous work spying for Cuban Intelligence.He buys a boat and sails to Florida, where he’sarrested, sent back to Cuba and imprisoned. He

meets Castro, and a French intelligence o cer, Thibaud, wholiaises between the CIA and French intelligence. Bernie ndshimself own back to Berlin with a proposition: work for theFrench or hang for murder. Bernie’s job is to meet and greetPOWs returning from Germany. One of these is Edgard deBoudel, a French war criminal and member of the French SS,who has been posing as a German Wehrmacht o cer. ButBernie’s past as a German POW in Russia is about to catch upwith him in a way he could never have foreseen.

The Death Instinct Jed Rubenfeld $32.99 pb

Ten years on from The Interpretation of Murder ,Stratham Younger and James Li lemore embarkon a thrilling new adventure in the aftermath of aterrorist a ack in New York. Stratham will journey

to the heart of war-ravaged Europe, where he will once againencounter Sigmund Freud. At 12.01pm, September 16, 1920,a quarter-ton of explosives is detonated on New York’s WallStreet. Stratham Younger witnesses the explosion alongsideCaptain James Li lemore of the NYPD and Cole e Rousseaux,a young disciple of Marie Curie. Li lemore’s investigation willlead him into con ict with the FBI; meanwhile Stratham andCole e embark on a perilous journey to Vienna, where Freudwill shed light on his theory of the human desire for destruction,even self-destruction, which he terms ‘the death instinct’.

How It FeelsBrendan Cowell $32.99 pb

Brendan Cowell’s debut novel begins with Neil, histwo mates Stuart and Gordon, and his girlfriendCourtney, celebrating the end of school andcontemplating their new adult lives. The scene is

set during twelve hours of partying — twelve hours which seeslives changed, love unleashed, virginity lost and secrets buried.A decade later, one person is dead, one is famous, two arege ing married and the truth is about to erupt. Wildly funny, brutal, tender and true, How It Feels is a coming-of-age story setin Sydney’s Sutherland Shire with stopovers in Bathurst andLondon. It is a devastating ode to youth, capturing the beautyof growing up by the beach, and the darkness which moves beneath its surface.

Three SecondsRoslund and Hellstrom $32.95 pb

Piet Ho man is the best undercover operative inthe Swedish police force, but only one other man iseven aware of his existence. When an amphetaminedeal goes badly wrong, he is faced with the

hardest mission of his life: to in ltrate Sweden’s most infamousmaximum security prison. Detective Inspector Ewert Grens ischarged with investigating the drug-related killing. Unaware ofHo man’s real identity, he believes himself to be on the trailof a dangerous psychopath. But he cannot escape the feelingthat vital information pertaining to the case has been withheldor manipulated. Ho man has his insurance: wiretap recordingsthat implicate some of Sweden’s most prominent politicians in acorrupt conspiracy. But in Ewert Grens the powers that be might just have found the perfect weapon to eliminate him.

Snow Angels James Thompson $32.99 pb

Finnish resident Thompson’s rst novel is set innorthern Finland during Kaamos, the country’stwo weeks of complete darkness. Inspector Vaarais newly married and about to become a father,

but his American wife nds northern Finland depressing andlonely, especially after a young Somali movie star is brutallymurdered, and the case consumes Vaara’s days and nights.Vaara refuses to give up, even after nding out that his ex-wife might be involved. Thompson’s portrait of Lapland in thedepths of winter is starkly drawn; as an American who lives inFinland, he is able to make an insular society and a forbiddinglandscape comprehensible for readers who have never been insuch an extreme climate.

American Subversive

David Goodwillie $32.99 pbPart political thriller and part obsessive love story, American Subversive is a study of the paranoiaof our times and its real untold dangers. PaigeRoderick, devastated by the death of her beloved

brother in Iraq, is an easy mark for home-grown terrorists whorecruit her from the ranks of weekend environmental warriors.Separately, Aidan Cole, a failed journalism student turnedManha an gossip blogger, is drawn into her radical orbit by aphantom from America’s radical past: a former member of theWeather Underground. In examining the connection betweencollective apathy and the roots of insurrection, Goodwillie hascrafted an intoxicating story of two young Americans graspingfor a foothold in a culture — and a country — that is crumblingaround them.

Harbour John Ajvide Lindqvist $32.95 pb

Anders lost his six-year-old daughter on the island

of Domarö. He turned his back and she was gone:vanished from the winter ice, as if by magic. Twoyears later Anders returns to the island to confront

his despair. He slowly realizes that Maja’s disappearance isnot the rst unexplained tragedy to strike the islanders. Nor iseveryone telling him all they know; even his own grandmotherseems to be keeping secrets. There is something bad happeningon Domarö, something that involves the sea itself. Lindqvist’snew novel is a cocktail of suspense, bizarre humour and a fast-paced narrative that races along. But it is also a story of loss andguilt that pits the in nite force of nature against the love of afather for his child. From the author of Let the Right One In.

Operation NapoleonArnaldur Indridason $32.95 pb*BiP Price $27.95

In 1945 the crew of a German bomber loses its wayover Iceland in a blizzard. The plane eventuallycrashes on a glacier. On board are both German

and American o cers. A large force of American soldiers isdespatched to nd the crashed aircraft but only the plane’snosewheel is found. In 1999 the US Army returns to secretlyremove an aircraft from the glacier. Two young Icelanders become involved in the search and one of them contacts his sister,Kristin, with details of a discovery before he and his companionare killed. Kristen’s pursuit of the truth behind his murderplaces her in danger, but does not stop her from a hazardous journey which leads to the secret of Operation Napoleon. Agripping thriller from the Icelandic master of crime.

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Picture Books

Zog Julia Donaldson $27.99 hb

Julia Donaldson! Need I saymore? Zog, the accident prone

young dragon, is as delightfuland tender as Gru alo, if notmore. Another instant classicillustrated by Axel Sche er, boys and girls aged 3+ willlove listening along to Zog.

Fancy Nancy’s Fabulous Fashion Boutique Jane O’Connor $19.99 hb

Fantabulous Fancy Nancy hasopened a fabulous fashion boutique in her front gardenhoping she’ll raise enoughmoney to buy a fancy lace fanfor herself. Nancy’s li le sisterhas a birthday coming up, butthe rhinestone necklace shehad been admiring has beensold. How can Fancy Nancysave the day? 4+

The Legend of the Golden SnailGraeme Base $29.95 hb

The Golden Snail of SpiralIsles is banished to the Ends

of the Earth, so Wilbur setsout on a mission to free it,and along the way makesfriends who save him fromrough seas and mazes ofmadness. An imaginitive,enchanting adventure storyin Graeme Base’s signaturestyle — look out for hidden

snail and crossbones in each picture. A special gift for 4+

O o : The Autobiography of a Teddy BearTomi Ungerer $24.95 hb

A heartwarming story wheregood is found in the midst ofwar. O o is a German-bornteddy whose rst memory isplaying with Jewish boy Davidand his best friend Oskar. WhenDavid starts wearing a yellowstar, he gives his O o to Oskar before disappearing on a truck.Soon O o and Oskar are alsoseparated, and O o ends up onthe ba le eld where he saves

the life of an American soldier and becomes a nationalhero. Many years later Oskar discovers the bear in an an -tique store and is soon reunited with his old friend David.A brilliant, powerful tale. 6+

HullabazooLisa Hollier $24.95 hb

In this rollicking, rhymingtale, a cage of clever crocsplan a cunning escape and

before long all sorts of wildanimals are running looseand the zookeepers are help -less! How will Lochlan savethe day and put an end tothe hullabaloo at the zoo? Acrazy adventure! 3+

Charlie & Lola Slightly InvisibleLauren Child $28.99 hb

A new story for Charlieand Lola fans. Charlie and

his friend Marv are braveadventurers, seeking outstrange and tricky creatures.But they are constantly bothered by Lola. With thehelp of her invisible friend,Lola knows exactly howto help catch her brother’screatures. 5+

Ella Bella Ballerina and Swan Lake

James Mayhew $28.99 hbAnother charming Mayhew

ballet story. Ella Bella stays behind in the old theatre afterdance class. When she windsthe li le music box, Ella is allof a sudden surrounded bydancing swans. Ode e, theSwan Princess, needs her help.Will Ella be able to break awicked sorcerer’s spell and re -unite Princess Ode e with herone true love, her prince? Theillustrations are exquisite. 4+

EggAlex T Smith $28.99 hb

In need of a room, Egg rollsup at Beak House, home ofFoxy Dubois. Foxy, alwaysthe host, is delighted by herunexpected visitor so sheplans a perfect breakfast — forherself! But it is Miss Duboiswho is in for the big surprise because not all eggs hatch into

li le chickens! Quirky illustrations are sure to engage. 3+

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Baby and Toddler

He y’s Day OutPamela Allen $24.95 hb

A charming counting bookthat follows He y the cat’s

big day as she devours oneplate of baked beans, twopork pies, three lamb chops.And that’s just the beginning.Another Pamela Allen classic.

Old MacDonald Had A FarmIllustrated by Mandy Foot $24.99 hb

Children will enjoy singingalong as they they discovera kangaroo, an emu andmore on Old MacDonald’sfarm. An old favourite with

an Aussie twist.

Noni The PonyAlison Lester $24.99 hb

Noni the pony is friendlyand funny, her shimmeringtail is the colour of honey.A fun rhyming story by anaward winning Australianauthor and illustrator

Orchard Book of NurseryRhymes for Your BabyMary Hoberman $29.99 hb

Collection of over 60 traditionaland modern nursery rhymeswith illustrations by PennyDann. Great gift for new babies.

Kate DiCamillo Collection : 4 Classic TalesKate DiCamillo $34.95

Newberry Award winner KateDiCamillo’s classic novels foryounger readers together for the

rst time in a boxed set. IncludesBecause of Winn-Dixie, The TigerRising, The Tale of Despereaux and The Miraculous Journey of EdwardTullane. The perfect gift.

The Muddleheaded WombatRuth Park $39.99 hb

All four of Ruth Park’s much-lovedMuddleheaded Wombat stories ina new colour edition that featuresall the original line drawings. AnAustralian classic for every child’slibrary.

Li le Prince Graphic Novel Joann Sfar $29.95 hb

This graphic adaptation of Antoinede Saint-Exupery’s iconic children’s

book Le Petit Prince by French comicartist Joann Sfar is a striking modern

take on a 60 year old classic.

Classics

Paddington Treasury for the Very YoungMichael Bond $34.99 hb

The famous bear from darkest Peru is back! Six popular Paddington stories brought together in an illustrated hard - back treasury.

Never Smile at a Crocodile Book + CD Jack Lawrence $26.99 hb

Three animal friends travel throughswamps, jungles, cityscapes and

circus arenas magically captured byShane Devrie’s vivid oil paintings.

HeadsMa hew van Fleet $24.99 hb

Durable, interactivetouch-and-feel companionto Ma hew van Fleet’s

bestselling Dog, Cat and Alphabet.

Orchard Book of Hans ChristianAndersen’s Fairy Tales $34.99 hb

Nine favourite fairy tales retold byMartin Waddell. Emma ChichesterClark’s glorious illustrations bring

the stories to life, making this book a joy to shareand a gift to treasure.

Story Of The Li le Mole SoundbookWerner Holzwarth $29.99 hb

One morning what appears to bea sausage lands right on the li le

mole’s head. A hilarious modernclassic now with sound.

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Younger Readers

Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant PlotAnna Branford $19.95 hb

Meet Violet Mackerel, a very interesting li le girl brimming with important ideas and brilliant plots

and collector of small things. She stars in a delightful tale fullof charm, love and friendship — and a li le blue china bird. Forimportant li le girls. 5+

On The Blue CometRosemary Wells $19.95 hb

Trains and time travel, mystery and adventure, On TheBlue Comet has it all! Rosemary Wells’ gripping story

and beautiful illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline make this book a great gift for young readers. 9+

The Search for WondlaTony DiTerlizzi $24.95 hb

Twelve year old Eva Nine has been raised underground by her robot called Muthr. She has never seen the sun

or sky or another human before. When her home is destroyedand she is forced to the surface, she nds it inhabited by verystrange aliens and she begins her search for other beings likeherself. Another fantastic adventure from the author of TheSpiderwick Chronicles. 9+

ShadowMichael Morpurgo $19.99 pb

Shadow is like no other dog. She is a friendlyshadow, there for Aman and his mother as they

ee the war in Afghanistan. That was 6 years ago.Now, in England and in Yarl Wood’s DetentionCentre, Aman and his mother are to be deported.

Help comes from a surprising quarter. This is a heartwarmingstory of bravery, loyalty and friendship. Michael Morpurgo iswonderful, and so is Shadow. A rewarding tale. 9+

Noah Barleywater Runs Away John Boyne $27.95 hb

When 8-year-old Noah Barleywater runs away fromhome, he embarks on a journey that will change himforever. Noah comes upon a toyshop like no other

and the toymaker takes him in and shares the story of his unusuallife and of his regrets about decisions he made and promises hefailed to keep. There is magic to be found in this fable-like taleand Noah’s story will stay with you long after reading. 10+

Maze Runner James Dashner $16.99 pb

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing heremembers is his rst name. His memory is blank, but he is not alone. The lift opens and he is surrounded

by kids who welcome him to the Glade, a large open expansesurrounded by stone walls. Outside the walls lies a giganticmaze. All the Gladers know is that the stone doors open everymorning and close every night and that every 30 days a new boyis delivered in the lift. This rst book in a new trilogy is excitingand a li le bit scary! 10+

Good OilLauren Buzo $18.99 pb

Amelia Hayes is 15 and has just started an after school job at Woolworths. There she meets Chris who is funny,

charming and intelligent and Amelia falls in love for the rsttime. However Chris is 21, at Uni and likes going to the pub withmates or parties with friends. Can a relationship work betweenthem given the six year age gap? The Good Oil is a bi ersweetcoming of age story and is one of my favourite reads this year. 15 +

Older Readers

Young Adult

The Blending TimeMichael Kinch $16.99

In 2069, turning 17 means dangerous but mandatoryGlobal Alliance work. This dystopian novel is about

three s’teeners ghting for their lives in a world ravaged byplagues and environmental disasters who are sent to Africa tohelp rebuild and repopulate the country after a devestating solar

are. Pacy, clever and exciting; the rst in a new trilogy. 15+

Rosie Black Chronicles 1 : GenesisLara Morgan $24.95 pb

Fisrt in an exciting new Australian trilogy, the RosieBlack Chroniclesis a fast paced novel set 500 years inthe future. When 16-year-old Rosie nds an unusual

box, li le does she know the trouble it will bring into her life. Amysterious organisation wants it back and will kill to get it. SoRosie is on the run, not knowing who to trust and she must learnthe secrets of the box before it’s too late. A highly compellingread, I can’t wait for book 2! 13+

Elliot AllagashSimon Rich $24.95 pb

Meet Seymour Herson, lonely, obedient 8th grade losernicknamed Chunk Style. When a new ‘friend’ who’s

obscenely rich and generous o ers to turn him into the mostpopular kid in school, Seymour is introduced to new conceptslike power, sabotage and vengence, and learns some importantlessons about the value of money. Elliot Allagash is wryly amusing,cynical and a li le sinister; in other words, a must read! 14+

Careful What You Wish ForMaureen McCarthy $15.99 pb

From a master storyteller, here is a warm and funny,yet heartfelt, novel for younger readers. 11-year-oldRuth is stuck with a family who just don't understand

her. It takes a magical encounter with the sharp-nosed and even-sharper-tongued Rodney the Rat to help her see what's reallyimportant. 11+

Bright Young ThingsAnna Godbersen $19.95 pb

In search of fame and family, Le y and Cordelia haveescaped their small Midwestern town for the gli ering

metropolis of 1929 Manha an, a city ruled by appers and socialitesseeking thrills and chasing dreams. From the bestselling authorof The Luxe comes a new series set in the dizzying last summerof the Jazz Age. 15+

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Gift IdeasPop-Up : A Paper Engineering MasterclassRuth Wickings $39.95 hb

Encourage children to becreative with this fun andunique paper engineeringmasterclass. With step-by-step instructions, kids canassemble four amazing pre-prepared pop-ups.

Very Cranky Bear Book and ToyNicholas Bland $24.99

Angelina Ballerina’s Pop-Up

and Play Sleepover PartyKatherine Holabird $29.95 hb

Angelina and Alice are havingtheir very rst sleepover and

Angelina has a special activity planned: a bedtimedance show!

Koala Lou Book and ToyMem Fox $29.95

An Aussie classic published againin a hardback gift set with adorableplush Koala Lou toy.

Star Wars Year by Year :A Visual Chronicle $69.95 hb

Celebrate four decades of allthings Star Wars with this stylishslipcased edition featuring twoexclusive posters. All Star Warsfans will love this book!

True Colours - Adam Gilchrist $19.99 pb

Australia and World Records 2011 $14.99

Whitaker’s World of Facts 2011 $35 hbWho Do You Think You Are?Based on BBC TV Series $34.95

Inspire young geneaology detectivesto create a family tree that will givethem insight into their ancestry.

Children’s Book of MusicDorling Kindersley $29.95 hb

Children will discover thepower of music with thiscomprehensive introductionto the world’s most amazingmusic and its creators. Withactivities and an interactiveCD this is the perfect presentfor all budding musicians.

I Wish I Knew That - Buster Books $16.99 hb

Movie MakerTim Granham $34.95 hb

Cool clapper-board box completewith director’s handbook, speciale ects and storyboard book, and

a sound e ects CD.

Non Fiction

The Hunger Games TrilogySuzanne Collins $49.95

The groundbreaking triology isnow complete and available in a

box set. Stunning, gripping andpowerful, boys and girls alikewill be blown away by this series.

My Top Secret EJ12 Girl Hero GiftboxSusannah McFarlane $29.99

Special Agent EJ12 cracks codesand foils evil plans all over theworld. EJ12 is Emma Jacks. Savingthe world is the easy part.

Boxed Sets

Space Scout Jet PackH Badger $29.95

From the creators of Zac Powercomes the rst four Space Scout

books, great for emerging readers,packaged in a cool backpack.

Also available in hardbackThe Very Itchy Bear $15.99

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Bligh : Master MarinerRob Mundle $49.99 hb

Meet a 24-year-old Master Bligh as hewitnesses the demise of his Captain andmentor Cook; a 34-year-old Lieutenant Blighat the helm of the famous Bounty then castadrift by Fletcher Christian on an epic 47-dayopen-boat voyage from Tonga to Timor; anda 36-year-old Captain Bligh as he takes HMS

Providence, in the company of a young Ma hew Flinders, on agrand scienti c voyage around the world. And all this before hewas forty. Rob Mundle’s Bligh puts you at the heart of a greatnautical life it is a story that embraces the romance of the sea, bravery in ba le, the adventure of exploration under sail and the

cost of having the courage of your convictions.

And Furthermore Judi Dench $49.99 hb*BiP Price $34.95

From the moment Judi Dench appeared asa teenager in the York Mystery Plays it wasclear that acting would be her career. Trainedat London’s Central School of Speech andDrama, it was her performance in her twentiesas Juliet in Franco Ze relli’s memorable

Old Vic production that turned her into a star. She became ahousehold name via television, thanks initially to a sit-com, AFine Romance, in which she played alongside the actor MichaelWilliams, whom she married in 1971. She has since made nineseries of the beloved sit-com, As Time Goes By. Her lm creditsinclude Ladies In Lavender (opposite Maggie Smith), Notes ona Scandal and Shakespeare in Love, in which she played QueenElizabeth, a role which gained her a Hollywood Oscar. Light,readable and amusing, Judi recounts her life in the theatre andacting career in intimate detail.

Coco Chanel : The Legendand the Life

Justine Picardie $45 hb

In this book, Justine Picardie brings themysterious Gabrielle Chanel out of hiding,to celebrate her great achievements, at thesame time as casting a clear eye over hertransgressions. She examines Chanel′s

enduring afterlife, as well as her remarkable life, uncoveringthe consequences of what she covered up, unpicking the seams between truth and legend, yet keeping intact the real fabric ofher past.

Edith Head : Hollywood’sGreatest Costume Designer

Jay Jorgensen $95 hb

Scores of iconic lms of the last century hadone thing in common: costume designer EdithHead (1897–1981). Over the course of a fty-year career she received an unprecedented

35 Oscar nominations and 400 lm credits. Never before hasthe account of Hollywood’s most in uential designer been sothoroughly revealed because for the rst time the Edith HeadArchives of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienceswere made available to the author. This unprecedented accessallows this book to be a one-of-a-kind survey, bringing togethera spectacular collection of rare and never-before-seen sketches,costume test shots, behind-the-scenes photos and ephemera.

How To Make GravyPaul Kelly $49.95 hb*BiP Price $39.95

This is a memoir like no other. Each of itshundred chapters, presented in alphabeticalorder by song title, consists of lyrics followed by a story, the nature of the la er taking its cuefrom the former. Some pieces are confessional,some tell Kelly’s personal and family history,

some take you on a road tour with the band, some form anidiosyncratic history of popular music, some are like smallessays, some stand as a kind of how-to of the songwriter’s art– from the point of inspiration to writing, honing, collaborating,performing, recording and reworking. How to Make Gravy is along volume that’s as tight as a three-piece band. There isn’t atopic this man can’t turn his pen to — contemporary music andthe people who play it, football, cricket, literature, opera, socialissues, love, loss, poetry, the land and the history of Australia.

The RomanticKate Holden $34.95 pb

In search of Romantics, Romance and Herself,Kate arrives in Rome armed with her notebookand dreams of Byron and Shelley’s Italy. Withher usual wit and searing honesty, she leadsus through her year of encounters with sad,dangerous and heart-warming men. Kate’syear in Italy teaches her a lot about herself

and the politics of sex versus love and romance. Through hereyes we see the back streets of Rome and Naples, in all theirgri y reality. In this spellbinding follow up to In My Skin , Kateallows us to experience some of the highs and lows, the fun andloneliness of her year in Italy.

Biography

Lazarus Rising John Howard $59.99 hb

This book looks back over 30 years in politics,and at the changes Howard has seen bothinside and outside Government during thattime. From his modest beginnings, to his steepascent in Liberal Party ranks, and subsequenttime in the wilderness during the Coalition’sopposition years, to a victory almost no one

had predicted, and on to some of the most tumultuous years inAustralia’s recent past, this is history seen through the eyes ofthe ultimate insider.

Backstage PoliticsPhillip Adams $32.95 pb

Phillip Adams has been close to governmentsof various persuasions for over fty years.Having been a con dant or a erce opponentof many of Australia’s most in uential guresover that time, he has built up an unparalleledcollection of anecdotes about our politicaland cultural leaders. Backstage Politics is also

something of a personal memoir, tracing Adams’ life in politics,media and the arts over the years. To make the collectioncomplete, he even invited the pollies themselves to submit theirstories, the most enthusiastic respondent, not surprisingly, beingSenator Barnaby Joyce. From Menzies to Rudd, via Gorton,Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Hanson and Howard, Backstage Politics takes us on a funny, insightful and revealing journey throughthe Australian political landscape

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Street Fight in NaplesPeter Robb $49.99 hb

Naples is the only city in Europe whose ancientpast still lives in its irrepressible people.Their ancestors came from all over the earlyMediterranean to the wide bay and its islands,

shadowed by a dormant volcano. Peter Robb’sStreet Fight in Naples ranges across nearly three thousand yearsof Neapolitan life and art, from the rst Greek landings in Italyto his own less auspicious arrival thirty-something years ago.In 1503 Naples became the Mediterranean capital of Spain’sworld empire. It was a European metropolis matched only byParis and Istanbul, an extraordinary concentration of militarypower, lavish consumption, poverty and desperation. As theoccupying empire went into crisis the people of Naples paid adreadful price.

Crimea : The Last CrusadeOrlando Figes $59.95 hb

Orlando Figes’ new book Crimea brings to lightthe con ict that dominated the mid-19th century.The Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men andpi ed Russia against a formidable coalition ofBritain, France and the O oman Empire. It was a

war for territory, provoked by fear that if the O oman Empirewere to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of landfrom the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war ofreligion, driven by a fervent belief that it was Russia’s task torule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land. Figeschronicles the experiences of the participants, from the ordinaryBritish soldier in his snow- lled trench, to the haunted, gloomy

gure of Tsar Nicholas as he searches for religious salvation.

Greek Pilgrimage John Carroll $29.95 pb

Greek Pilgrimageis a meditation on classical Greece, journeying through its great sites, monuments,and cultural works. On the way, it examines thecountry’s pivotal role in the foundation of themodern world. The ancient Greeks invite us to

think about who we are, and the best ways to organise ourselves,to build institutions, and to make our cities beautiful. They leadus to debate the world we inhabit, questioning the meaningof it all. They have bequeathed to us science and philosophy,drama and sport, our engagement with nature, and much elsethat graces our modern world. Greek Pilgrimageis also a practicalguide for the modern traveller to Greece.

Speeches That Changed The WorldSimon Sebag Monte ore $34.95 pb

This bestseller is now available with footage ofsome of history’s greatest speeches. The DVDprovides genuine historical footage of twenty ofthe most signi cant speeches of the 20th century

and is accompanied by an illustrated book whichcontains the transcripts of these and over 30 other momentousorations from throughout history. Complete with biographiesof each speaker and the stories of why the world changed as aresult, this is a fascinating history of humanity told through thespeeches that shaped it. The book contains speeches by Moses, Jesus, St. Francis of Assisi, John Paul II, Mother Teresa, Lincoln, John Kennedy, George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, NevilleChamberlain, Emperor Hirohito, Golda Meir, Napoleon, Hitler,Stalin, Malcolm X, and Elie Wiesel among many others.

Three FaminesTom Keneally $49.95 hb*BiP Price $36.95

Thomas Keneally recounts the history of threegreat famines. The rst is ‘an Gorta Mór’, thegreat hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846.

The second is the less well-known but more deadly famine thatstruck Bengal in 1943. The third is the Ethiopian famine, which

rst sprung up in lethal form in the 1970s under Emperor HaileSelassie and then again under the brutal dictator Mengistu in the1980s. Tom Keneally shares these three shocking histories withhis customary wisdom, and he presents a controversial theory:in all three famines, ideology, the mindsets of governments,racial preconceptions and administrative incompetence were,ultimately, more lethal than the initiating blights, the loss ofpotatoes or rice or grain. The Korean War

Cameron Forbes $49.99 hbThe Korean War was a twentieth-centurycon ict that has never ended. South Korea, apowerhouse economy and dynamic democracysits uneasily alongside North Korea, the world’smost secretive, belligerent and repressive

totalitarian state. Today, tensions simmer and occasionally areinto violence on a peninsula dense with arms, munitions andnuclear warheads. Cameron Forbes tells the story of the warand Australia’s involvement in it, using the le ers and diariesof those diggers who fought across Korea’s unforgiving hillsand mountains. He describes the grand strategies formulated inWashington, Moscow and Beijing, revealing the con ict on allits levels – human, military and geopolitical. Cameron Forbes’

new book will serve as the de nitive history of the Korean War.

The Death of King ArthurPeter Ackroyd $49.95 hb

An immortal story of chivalry, treachery anddeath brought to new life for our times. Thelegend of King Arthur has retained its appeal andpopularity through the ages: Mordred’s treason,the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot’s fatally

divided loyalties and his love for Guinevere, and the quest forthe Holy Grail. Now retold by Peter Ackroyd with his signatureclarity, charm and relish for a good story, the result is not onlyone of the most readable accounts of the knights of the RoundTable but also one of the most moving. Peter Ackroyd hasdismantled and reassembled Thomas Malory’s original textfrom around 1485 and has intensi ed it for a modern audience,reinvigorating the main characters of the saga, such as Merlin,Lancelot, Queen Guinevere and Tristram and Isolde.

History

The Party ThievesBarrie Cassidy $34.99 pb

When Barrie Cassidy rst started thinking aboutthis book, Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Ruddwere leaders of their parties. Within six months, both men had been deposed. Cassidy contendsthat both men stole their parties away: Turnbull

by insisting on a climate change policy that the majority hated;Rudd by his authoritarian rule and disregard for MPs and partymembers. Cassidy contends that the removal of Kevin Rudd inthe lead-up to the 2010 election ranks with the Dismissal, thedisappearance of Holt and the day Fraser called an election asone of the four big stories in Australian politics in the last 50 years.The Party Thieves is an analysis of a tumultuous eight months inpolitics and the impact on the party and the population.

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The Mind’s EyeOliver Sacks $34.99 pb

In Musicophilia , Oliver Sacks explored musicand the brain; now, in The Mind’s Eye , he writesabout the myriad ways in which we experiencethe visual world: how we see in threedimensions; how we recognize individual facesor places; how we use language to communicate

verbally; how we translate marks on paper into words andparagraphs, even how we represent the world internally whenour eyes are closed. Alongside remarkable stories of people whohave lost these abilities, Sacks chronicles his own experienceliving with cancer and the e ects of a malignant tumor in oneeye. In turning himself into a case history, Sacks has given usperhaps his most intimate, impressive and insightful book yet.

The World From Down Under

George Negus $35 pbGeorge Negus was a high-school teacher beforehe wrote for The Australian and The AustralianFinancial Review. Now he is a much-respectedfamiliar face on Australian television. Negus isalso an accomplished author who rst showedus the world from Italy, and then from Islam.

Now in The World From Down Under , George Negus shares withus his unique ‘Australian internationalist’ perspective on the bigissues a ecting our country today. Drawing on his own travelsand extensive journalistic background, Negus explores climatechange, poverty, politics, war, indigenous a airs, and the role ofwomen, as well as some lighter stu .

Parky’s People : The InterviewsMichael Parkinson $49.99 hb

A revealing account of some of Parky’s mostunforge able encounters and the momentsthat made TV history. He sets down onrecord the highlights of his interviews whichprovide an intimate insight into the private

lives and personal characters of great celebrities from JohnLennon and Clint Eastwood, George Michael and Roald Dahl,to George Clooney and Barry Humphries. Now an internationalcelebrity himself, the man from a humble but colourful Yorkshiremining family has teased the secrets out of even the most reticentstar guests, such as Fred Astaire and Ingrid Bergman, and he hasdrawn fascinating new information and insights from even themost frequently interviewed subjects like Peter Ustinov, DavidNiven and Stephen Fry. With a li le help from his friends,Parky’s People is wi y, always perceptive, often wise, and neverless than compulsive reading.

The Pen and the StethoscopeLeah Kaminsky (ed) $32.95 pb

The Pen and the Stethoscopeis a unique collectionof ction and non- ction by doctor–writers thatgives us a fascinating look behind the doctor’smask and gets inside the minds of those who

deal with enormous existential issues andtraumatic situations on a daily basis. It isthrough writing that many doctors have plumbed the depthsand richness of their experience. This book takes a critical lookat doctors’ close observations on their working lives. With aforeword by Jerome Groopman, contributors include OliverSacks, Atul Gawande, Irvin Yalom, Jacinta Halloran, PeterGoldsworthy, Robert Jay Lifton, Danielle Ofri, Perri Klass, NickEarls, Ethan Canin, Sandeep Jauhar, and Leah Kaminsky.

Non-Fiction

Toute AllureKaren Wheeler $26.95 pb

After reaching the heights as a successfulfashion editor, Karen said goodbye to all thatand set about renovating a run-down housein rural Poitou-Charentes, in central westernFrance, and living a simpler life. Her idyllis almost complete when she is blissfully

ensconced in her fully plumbed, tiled, oored and ‘warm as thehug of a pashmina’ Maison Coquelicot — until a gang of machoPortuguese builders, a procession of Brits behaving badly andthe ghosts of boyfriends past begin to arrive on her doorstep.Karen soon nds her (dancing) feet in the small rural community

when she discovers the key to acceptance is ‘le danse country’.And after a few shu es and twirls she meets the love of her life— he has dark, shaggy hair, four paws and a wet nose…

Secret Life of FranceLucy Wadham $24.99 pb

At the age of eighteen Lucy Wadham ranaway from English boys and into the arms ofa Frenchman. Twenty- ve years later, havingmarried in a French Catholic Church, put herchildren through the French educational systemand divorced in a French court of law, Wadham

is perfectly placed to explore the di erences between Britain andFrance. Using both her personal experiences and the lessons ofFrench history and culture, she examines every aspect of Frenchlife — from sex and adultery to money, happiness, race andpolitics — in this funny and engrossing account of France.

Conversations With MyselfNelson Mandela $54.99 hb

Conversations With Myself draws on Mandela’spersonal archive of never-before-seen materialsto o er unique access to the inner world ofan incomparable world leader. Journals kepton the run during the anti-apartheid struggleof the early 1960s; diaries and draft le ers

wri en on Robben Island and in other South African prisonsduring his twenty-seven years of incarceration; notebooks fromthe post-apartheid transition; private recorded conversations;speeches and correspondence wri en during his presidency — ahistoric collection of documents brought together in a sweepingnarrative of great immediacy and stunning power. An intimate journey from Mandela’s rst stirrings of political conscienceto his galvanizing role on the world stage, Conversations With Myself illuminates a heroic life forged on the front lines of thestruggle for freedom and justice.

Scribble, Scribble, ScribbleSimon Schama $55 hb

In this provocative collection of journalisticobservations, Simon Schama covers a widerange of topics from history and current events,to art, travel, lm and even food. There isnothing and no one, from Barack Obama to icecream that this man doesn’t have an opinion on.

One of the foremost historians of the his era, Schama expandshis repertoire with this readable and entertaining collection ofdiverse commentaries. This selection of his occasional writingsis a treasure trove of surprises. Never predictable, alwaysstimulating, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble , allows us to view to world

in all its diversity.

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The Secret of Chanel No. 5Tilar Mazzeo $35 pb

Blending strong personal narrative withthoughtful research, The Secret History of Chanel No. 5 takes the reader on a journeyof discovery into the legend of this iconicperfume and, along the way, untanglessomething about our own relationshipto luxury and sensual pleasure. Takingalternately historical, personal, scienti c,and commercial approaches to solve theriddle of Chanel No. 5′s unprecedented

popularity, this is an intimate and engaging account of what itmeans to explore the multi-faceted nature of any cultural icon,and of the narrative power of luxury itself.

Eucalypts : A Celebration J Wrigley & M Fagg $65 hb

Eucalypts are a familiar part of ourlandscape and an integral part ofthe Australian identity. This bookcelebrates their diversity, their beauty and the role they play inour history, culture and economy.It looks at their evolution, biology,horticulture and ecology, togetherwith their classi cation and the

botanists involved. Through historic and contemporary images,this book examines the many ways in which they have servedAboriginal, colonial and contemporary Australians in bothpractical and aesthetic ways.

21st Century HousesDownunderMark Cleary $49.95 hb

An invaluable reference for anyoneinterested in quality architectureand contemporary living, this latestadditing to Images’ ‘21st Century’series presents a diverse sample ofcontemporary Australian and New

Zealand architecture from rural retreats and scenic lakesideresidences to chic city dwellings and suburban family homes.

A Life In FrocksKelly Doust $29.95 pb

A Life in Frocksis about the divine obsession— a woman’s love for clothes. In particular,it is a personal, entertaining, joyous andseductive exploration of the signi canceof clothes, ltered through one woman’slife-long sartorial infatuation. A beautifullyillustrated mix of memoir, philosophies andfantasies, A Life in Frocksis a book for those

who love clothes and nd fashion beguiling, ckle and fabulous.

Here On EarthTim Flannery $34.95 pb

Tim Flannery’s rst major book since TheWeather Makers charts the history of lifeon our planet. Here on Earth , which drawsits points of departure from Darwin andWallace, Lovelock and Dawkins, is anextraordinary exploration of evolutionand sustainability. Our success as a specieshas had disastrous e ects on many of theEarth’s ecosystems and could lead to our

downfall. But equally, Flannery argues, we are now equippedas never before to explore our true relationship with the planeton which our biological, economic and cultural futures depend.Here on Earth is not just a dazzling account of life on our planet.It will change the way you live.

Gift Ideas

Dreaming of ChanelCharlo e Smith $35 hb

Inheriting a priceless vintage collection

sounds like every woman′s dream cometrue, but when Charlo e Smith discoveredthat her late American godmother, DorisDarnell, had made her custodian of morethan three thousand pieces dating from1790 to 1995, including originals by Chanel

and Dior, she was more than a li le daunted. In Dreaming of Dior ,Charlo e shared some of her treasures and the stories of thewomen who wore them for the rst time. Now, in Dreaming of Chanel with special appearances by Chanel, Vivienne Westwood,Zandra Rhodes, Pucci, Akira and many more, Charlo e o ersanother unforge able glimpse inside the magic wardrobe everywoman would love to own.

Seasons In My Houseand GardenHolly Kerr Forsyth $49.99 pb

Beloved gardening writer HollyKerr Forsyth takes readers from hergarden into the home and kitchen.Season by season, and month bymonth, Holly shares her gardeningsecrets and hard-won wisdomfrom years in the garden. Inside thehouse, Holly o ers ideas on how totransform produce into beautiful

dishes, as well as tips for ower arranging, table se ing, andmore. Fully illustrated throughout, and with useful identifying

pictures for owers and produce, Seasons In My House andGarden is the perfect companion for gardeners experienced andnovice, homemakers and keen cooks.

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