Summer Reading Guide 2015

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SUMMER READING GUIDE Gifts - Reviews - Specials

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Great Gift Ideas Napoleon’s Last Island

The Mountain Shadow

Tom Keneally

Gregory David Roberts

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Betsy Balcombe moved as a child with her family to St Helena, ‘that high midAtlantic rock of exile’. Ten years later her family befriended, served and were ruined by their relationship with Napoleon. Tom Keneally recreates Betsy’s friendship with Napoleon, and her dramatic coming of age during her years with them on the island.

The Natural Way of Things Charlotte Wood Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned property in the middle of a desert in a story of two friends, sisterly love and courage - a gripping, starkly imaginative exploration of contemporary misogyny and corporate control, and of what it means to hunt and be hunted. The Natural Way of Things confirms Charlotte Wood’s position as one of our most thoughtful, provocative and fearless truth-tellers, as she unflinchingly reveals us and our world to ourselves.

Charlotte Wood is the author of five novels and a book of non-fiction, and editor of The Writer’s Room Interviews magazine. Her last novel, Animal People, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin award and her other books have been shortlisted for many prizes including the Miles Franklin and the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.

The Lake House Kate Morton Paperback RRP $ 32.99

In the long awaited sequel to Shantaram, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by a different generation of mafia dons, playing by a different set of rules. The Mountain Shadow is a sublime, all-consuming novel of our extraordinary human struggle for love and faith.

Ghost River

Tom Houghton

Tony Birch

Todd Alexander

Paperback RRP $ 29.95

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

The river is a place of history and secrets. For Ren and Sonny, two unlikely friends, it’s a place of freedom and adventure. For a group of storytelling vagrants, it’s a refuge. And for the isolated daughter of a cult reverend, it’s an escape. But change and trouble are coming – to the river and to the lives of those who love it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hardback RRP $ 46.99

As a boy growing up, Tom Houghton escapes the harshness of the schoolyard by cocooning himself in the cinema of the golden age of Hollywood and sinks deeper into his fantasy life.

Almost thirty years later, with the rigours of his past catching up with him, fantasy and reality struggle for control and Tom finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about himself.

The Simplest Words

The Women’s Pages

Alex Miller

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Debra Adelaide

Hardback RRP $ 35.00 From one of Australia’s greatest novelists comes this fine collection, a storyteller’s journey. These short stories and essays, written over the last forty years, comprise an insightful and intelligent meditation on the life of the novelist and the culture of contemporary Australia.

The morning after the Edevane’s exclusive Midsummer Eve party in 1933, their youngest child is nowhere to be found. After months of searching, the family pack up and leave their beautiful country home, never to return. Until, in 2003, a young female police officer stumbles into the lost gardens surrounding the abandoned house and determines to find out what happened.

After her mother’s death, Dove decides to write a whole new story for herself, for her mother and for their literary heroines. In undertaking this labour of love, Dove unwittingly taps into the universal story of choice, grief and compromise that women everywhere experience.

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Australian Stories

Island Home Tim Winton

Keating

Phillip Hughes

Kerry O’Brien

Malcolm Knox & Peter Lalor

Hardback RRP $ 49.99 The life of one of Australia’s most intriguing public figures, former Prime Minister Paul Keating, as told by the country’s most influential political interviewer, Kerry O’Brien. This long awaited collaboration is a biography unlike any other.

Hardback RRP $ 45.00 Phillip Hughes - the Official Biography is a celebration of the life and career of the Macksville boy who played 26 Tests and 25 one-day matches for Australia, 2009-13. Personal photos from the Hughes family archives create a lavish, poignant album of tribute to be enjoyed by all ages.

Hardback RRP $ 39.99 Island Home is the story of how Tim Winton’s relationship with the Australian landscape came to be, and how it has determined his ideas, his writing and his life.

It is also a passionate exhortation for all of us to feel the ground beneath our feet. Much more powerfully than a political idea, or an economy, Australia is a physical entity. Where we are defines who we are, in ways we too often forget to our detriment, and the country’s.

Second Half First Drusilla Modjeska Hardback RRP $ 39.99

Best of Australian Essays; Stories; Poems Paperbacks RRP $ 29.99/ $ 29.99/ $ 24.99 Three incredible anthologies covering the best Australia has to offer. The Best of Australian Essays, edited by acclaimed literary critic and author Geordie Williamson. Novelist Amanda Lohrey returns for a second year as editor of The Best Australian Stories. The Best Australian Poems, showcasing the immense and diverse poetic talent from the country’s best and emerging writers.

Great South Land

Legacy

Rob Mundle

Tim Cahill

Hardback RRP $ 45.00

Hardback RRP $ 39.99

We may think Australia’s colonial story begins with Captain Cook but some 164 years before his historic voyage highly skilled Dutch seafarers began their romance with the Australian continent.

In Great South Land Rob Mundle is back on the water with another sweeping and powerful accountof Australian maritime history.

Plain Speaking Jane Jane Caro Paperback RRP $ 34.99 Jane Caro is known for saying what she thinks across the news and entertainment media. In an era where public figures talk about themselves as brands, this is not just refreshing, it’s radical. Written with panache and wit, Plain-speaking Jane is an unflinchingly honest celebration of a perfectly imperfect life.

Australian author

Beginning with the disastrous events of the night before her fortieth birthday, in Second Half First Drusilla Modjeska looks back on the experiences of the past thirty years that have shaped her writing, her reading and the way she has lived. An intellectually provocative and deeply honest memoir from one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed writers. The book that readers of Poppy, The Orchard and Stravinsky’s Lunch have been waiting for.

In the most anticipated autobiography of the year we learn about Tim Cahill, the young man brought up in Sydney’s western suburbs who, with faith and hard work, followed his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. This is a universal reminder of the importance of making your moments count.

Best Australian Political Cartoons 2015 Russ Radcliffe Paperback RRP $ 29.99 The year in politics as observed by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists. With Dean Alston, Peter Broelman, Pat Campbell, Andrew Dyson, First Dog on the Moon, Matt Golding, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Alan Moir, Peter Nicholson, David Pope, David Rowe, Ron Tandberg, Andrew Weldon, Paul Zanetti, and many more.

Titles marked with this symbol are available in Bolinda audio format

A Mother’s Story Rosie Batty & Bryce Corbett Paperback RRP $ 32.99 A heartfelt and inspiring story, Rosie Batty’s one is of pain no woman should have to suffer.

After years of family violence, in 2014 her son was killed by his father, a horrendous event that shocked the world. Rosie has since been an outspoken crusader against domestic violence and was named Australian of the Year, 2015. Her story has forced unprecedented focus on such violence. She has courageously risen above her tragedy, helping to bring about change for all Australians.

Big Blue Sky Peter Garrett Hardback RRP $ 49.99 Peter Garrett’s life has been fully and passionately lived.

From his idyllic childhood growing up in the northern suburbs of Sydney, to an early interest in equality and justice; from the height of 1960s culture shock at ANU to fronting iconic Australian band Midnight Oil; from his time as a galvanising activist for the environment to being the only unaligned Cabinet minister in two Labor governments, Garrett has an extraordinary story to tell.

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New Fiction

Slade House David Mitchell Hardback RRP $ 27.99 A stranger greets you by name and invites you inside. At first, you won’t want to leave. Later, you’ll find that you can’t.

This unnerving, taut, and intricately-woven tale begins in 1979 and reaches its turbulent conclusion around Hallowe’en 2015. Born out of the short story David Mitchell published on Twitter in 2014 and inhabiting the same universe as bestselling novel The Bone Clocks, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a dark and stormy night.

The Heart Goes Last Margaret Atwood Hardback RRP $ 32.99 Charmaine and Stan are young and in love.

Victims of a growing divide between the haves and the havenots, they struggle to keep their relationship alive in the face of increasing poverty. Now living in their car, they survive on tips from Charmaine’s job at a filthy dive bar, until the day they see an advertisement for a social experiment offering security, community, and a break from the daily grind of their current existence.

Two Years Eight Months and TwentyEight Nights

Where My Heart Used to Beat

The Gap of Time

Sebastian Faulks

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 On a small island off the south coast of France, Robert Hendricks, an English doctor is forced to confront the events that made up his life. The search takes us through the war in Italy in 1944, a passionate love, the idealistic work in the 1960s and finally – unforgettably – back into the trenches of the Western Front.

Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson’s cover version of The Winter’s Tale vibrates with echoes of the original but tells a contemporary story where Time itself is a player in a game of high stakes that will either end in tragedy or forgiveness. It shows us that however far we have been separated, whatever is lost shall be found.

A Strangeness in My Mind

Numero Zero

Orhan Pamuk

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 From the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Snow and My Name Is Red: a soaring, panoramic new novel – his first since The Museum of Innocence – telling the unforgettable tale of an Istanbul street vendor and the love of his life.

Umberto Eco Fuelled by media hoaxes, Mafiosi, love, gossip and murder, Numero Zero reverberates with the clash of the cynical forces that have shaped Italy since the last days of World War II. This gripping story from the author of The Name Of The Rose is told with all the power of a master storyteller.

Gold, Fame, Citrus

Dictator

Claire Vaye Watkins

Robert Harris

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Haunting and beautifully written novel by the awardwinning author of Battleborn, set among a cult of survivors in a dystopian American desert. In her bare and brilliant prose, nature and human nature, conspiracy and cult, motherhood and manhood are played out across the vast, indifferent, inevitable desert.

There was a time when Cicero held Caesar’s life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero’s life is in ruins.

Riveting and tumultuous, Dictator encompasses some of the most epic events in history yet is also an intimate portrait of a brilliant, flawed, frequently fearful yet ultimately brave man.

Salman Rushdie Paperback RRP $ 32.99 From one of the greatest writers of our time: a spellbinding, entertaining, wildly imaginative novel, which blends history and myth with tremendous philosophical depth. A masterful, mesmerising modern tale about worlds dangerously colliding, the monsters that are unleashed when reason recedes, and the power of love and humanity in chaotic times. Inspired by 2,000 years of storytelling yet rooted in the concerns of our present moment, this is a spectacular achievement - both very funny and terrifying.

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Thirteen Ways of Looking

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Colum McCann

Mitch Albom

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Hardback RRP $ 35.00

From the bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, comes a novella and four stories of immediate power and grace. Told from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, Thirteen Ways of Looking is a ground-breaking feat of quiet power and resonance, exploring the consequences that can derive from a simple act.

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From number one New York Times bestseller, Mitch Albom, author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays With Morrie, comes his latest inspirational, moving and heart-warming novel.

Summer Reads Hester & Harriet Hilary Spiers Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Hold on to your tea cups you’re about to fall head over heels for Hester and Harriet, whose quiet and ordered Christmas celebrations are turned upside down with the arrival of their runaway teenage nephew and a young refugee woman and her baby.

According to Yes Dawn French Paperback RRP $ 32.99

When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow Dan Rhodes Paperback RRP $ 24.99 A hilarious farce that tells a great story and, as in all of the best fables, our key characters learn a valuable lesson or two about life. Each chapter glistens with daft double entendres, with some slyly profound commentary on the atheism versus religion debate.

Recipes for Love And Murder Sally Andrew Paperback RRP $ 29.99

The Foreign Land of the Very Wealthy - otherwise known as Manhattan’s Upper East Side - has its own rigid code of behaviour. It’s a code strictly adhered to by the Wilder-Bingham family.

Emotional displays - unacceptable. Unruly behaviour - definitely not welcome. Fun - no thanks. But after a lifetime of saying no, what happens when everyone starts saying yes?

Tannie Maria used to write a recipe column for the Klein Karoo Gazette. Then Head Office decided they wanted an advice column instead, so now she gives advice. In the form of recipes. Because, as she says, she may not know much about love, but food—that’s her life. All too soon Tannie Maria’s recipes take on much more than matters of the heart as she finds herself going from Agony Aunt to crime-fighting cook.

CARRYING ALBERT HOME

Trust

Homer Hickam

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 This is a funny, sweet, and sometimes tragic tale of a young couple and a special alligator on a crazy 1,000mile adventure. Told with the warmth and charm that made Rocket Boys a beloved bestseller, Homer Hickam’s rollicking tale is a testament to that strange and marvellous emotion we call love.

Mike Bullen From the creator of the generation-defining TV series Cold Feet, comes this laughout-loud novel of romance, sex and morality for anyone who’s ever fall in - or out of - love. Follows two couples, both together for years - one still in love, the others just going through the motions. But then a chance encounter has the potential to change everything.

The Secret Chord Geraldine Brooks Hardback RRP $ 39.99 A unique and vivid novel that retells the story of King David’s extraordinary rise to power and fall from grace, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book, Year of Wonders and March, Geraldine Brooks. Full of drama and richly drawn detail, The Secret Chord is a vivid story of faith, family, desire and power that brings David magnificently alive. Exclusive offer: Purchase a copy of The Secret Chord and receive a beautiful harp-shaped metal bookmark! *While stock lasts.

The Japanese Lover Isabel Allende Hardback RRP $ 39.99 An exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic sweeping from presentday San Francisco to Poland and the United States during WWII. Following Pearl Harbor, Alma and Ichimei are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family - like thousands of Japanese Americans - are declared enemies by the US government and relocated to internment camps.

Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they must hide from the world. Purchase a copy of The Japanese Lover for your chance to WIN 1 of 3 Jo Malone 30ml cologne and body and hand wash packs, valued at $150. For details go to Isabelallende.com.au and use the code word INDIES to enter the competition before 31/12/15.

The Story of the Lost Child Elena Ferrante

Ghost

After Alice

Louise Welsh

Gregory Maguire

Hardback RRP $ 39.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Ghost is the definitive anthology of all that goes bump in the night. This handpicked collection of 100 ghost stories will delight, unnerve, and entertain. Features tales from an all-star cast of authors including Hilary Mantel, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, Kate Atkinson and Stephen King.

When Alice toppled down the rabbit hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules as the world she left behind. But what of that world? Bestselling author of Wicked Gregory Maguire uses his dazzling imagination to offer an inventive spin on Lewis Carroll’s enduring tale.

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 The Story of the Lost Child is the longawaited fourth volume in the Neapolitan Novels (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay). The quartet traces the friendship between Elena and Lila, from their childhood in a poor neighbourhood in Naples, to their thirties, when both women are mothers but each has chosen a different path.

Their lives are still inextricably linked, for better or worse, especially when it comes to the drama of a lost child.

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Thrilling Reads

Career of Evil Robert Galbraith Paperback RRP $ 32.99 The third book in the highly acclaimed crime fiction series by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, Career of Evil is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.

You will not be able to put this book down.

Even Dogs in the Wild

City on Fire

Ian Rankin

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Garth Risk Hallberg

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Rebus returns… It’s a game of dog eat dog – in the city, as in the wild. Even Dogs in the Wild brings back Ian Rankin’s greatest characters in a story exploring the darkest corners of our instincts and desires. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke calls on the help of the recently retired John Rebus. Together the two old adversaries might just stand a chance of saving a life.

The Crossing

The Honourable Assassin

The Heat

Roland Perry

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 December release, advance orders welcome The execution of a Mexican drug cartel hit man in a Carlton laneway draws Vic Cavalier to Thailand and back to a past he’d rather forget. Weaving together a face-paced, all-too-real story The Honourable Assassin is part psychological thriller and part today’s headlines about massive illegal drug trafficking in Australia and corruption at the highest levels in South East Asia.

It’s New Year’s Eve, 1976, and New York is a city on the edge. As midnight approaches, a blizzard sets in – and amidst the fireworks, an unmistakable sound rings out across Central Park. Gunshots. Two of them. The search for the shooter will bring together a rich cast of New Yorkers.

From the newly arrived and enchanted, to those so sick of the city they want to burn it to the ground. A story ready to explode.

Michael Connelly

Garry Disher Wyatt knows how it’s done: case the premises, set up escape routes and failsafes, get in and get out with the goods unrecognised. Make a good plan; back it up with another. And be very, very careful. But who is his client? Who else wants that painting? Sometimes, being very careful is not enough.

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller in the new thriller from Michael Connelly. When Mickey needs help on one of his cases he turns to Harry, soon he is right in the centre of a particularly puzzling murder mystery. But as Bosch gets closer to discovering the truth, he makes himself a target. Purchase a copy of The Crossing for your chance to WIN a Michael Connelly backlist pack. Go to indies.com.au for details.

Best of 2015 Sweet Caress William Boyd Paperback RRP $ 29.99 A heart-wrenching tale of love and war in the twentieth century. William Boyd creates a sweeping panorama of some of the most defining moments of modern history, told through the camera lens of one unforgettable woman.

The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning… She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls them. And then she sees something shocking.

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The Other Side of the World

Go Set a Watchman

Stephanie Bishop

Hardback RRP $ 45.00

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 A novel of astonishing grace and devastating emotional power that will make your heart ache. If you loved The Hours or The Hand that First Held Mine, you will love The Other Side of the World.

Rush Oh! Shirley Barrett Paperback RRP $ 32.99 When Mary Davidson, the eldest daughter of a whaling family in Eden, New South Wales, sets out to chronicle the particularly difficult season of 1908, the story she tells is poignant and hilarious, filled with drama and misadventure.

Harper Lee

The mostanticipated release for 2015.

Set during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later.

The Midfulness Colouring Book Emma Farrarons Paperback RRP $16.99 Beautifully illustrated, The Mindfulness Colouring Book is filled with templates for exquisite scenes and intricate, sophisticated patterns, prompting you to meditate on your artwork as you mindfully and creatively fill these pages with colour.

Women I’ve Undressed Orry-Kelly Hardback RRP $ 39.99 Orry-Kelly created magic on screen. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed all the biggest stars, from Bette Davis to Marilyn Monroe. He was an Australian. Yet few know who Orry-Kelly really was – until now.

The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (Illus) Paperback RRP $12.99 Andy and Terry’s amazing 65-storey treehouse now has a pet-grooming salon, a birthday room where it’s always your birthday (even when it’s not), a room full of exploding eyeballs, a lollipop shop, a quicksand pit, an ant farm and a time machine. Age: 5+

True Life Stories Gilliamesque

Modern Love

Terry Gilliam

Kendrah Morgan, Lesley Harding

Hardback RRP $ 59.99 Finally - in glorious technicolour - the illustrated memoir from the legendary director, animator and founding member of Monty Python, Terry Gilliam. This book is an unrestrained look into a unique creative mind and an incomparable portrait of late twentieth-century popular culture.

Richie: The Man Behind the Legend; Those Summers of Cricket: Richie Benaud Norman Tasker; Ian Heads Hardbacks RRP $ 39.95/ $ 45.00 Two brilliant biographies of the iconic sports commentator.

Richie: The Man Behind the Legend is not a book of statistics or match reviews.

Instead, it gets to the heart of ‘Richie Benaud, the man’. Those Summers of Cricket: Richie Benaud pays homage to the life of Richie Benaud. Learn more about his brilliant career in this warm and colourful tribute.

Six Square Metres Margaret Simons Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Life lessons from the ground up. In this thoughtful and beautifully observed book, journalist and gardening enthusiast Margaret Simons takes readers on a journey through the seasons, through her life, and through the tiny patch of inner-urban earth that is home to her garden.

Foo Fighters Mick Wall Paperback RRP $ 32.99 The definitive, no-holdsbarred biography of one of the biggest-selling rock bands in the world, the Foo Fighters.

With exclusive testimony from true insiders, this book is an exploration of the real story behind Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters.

Green Nomads

Paperback RRP $ 45.00 Much has been written about the lives and art of Heide, but finally the full story will be told through this intimate biography of John and Sunday Reed.

Part romance, part tragedy, Modern Love explores the complex lives of these of Australian artists and writers, detailing their artistic endeavours and passionate personal entanglements.

Bob Brown Hardback RRP $ 45.00 Bob Brown takes us on a journey across Australia visiting Bush Heritage sites, sharing the beauty and diversity they represent. Powerfully capturing the landscapes and spirit of Australia, paired with Bob’s personal and insightful anecdotes, there is no doubt that this book will appeal to travellers, tourists, conservationists and all those that enjoy the wilderness. 200+ colour photographs.

Interestingly Enough... The Life of Tom Keneally

Reckoning

Stephany Steggall Evans

Magda Szubanski

Hardback RRP $ 49.99 For five decades Tom Keneally has been one of Australia’s most loved literary figures.

Celebrated as one of the world’s finest writers and known especially for the Booker Prize–winning Schindler’s Ark. The breadth and richness of Keneally’s life and work is brilliantly explored in this engaging authorised biography.

The Art of Free Travel Patrick Jones & Meg Ulman

Hardback RRP $ 49.99 In this extraordinary memoir, Magda describes her journey of self-discovery from a suburban childhood, haunted by the demons of her father’s espionage activities in wartime Poland and by her secret awareness of her sexuality, to the complex dramas of adulthood and her need to find out the truth about herself and her family. With courage and compassion she addresses her own frailties and fears, and asks the big questions about life, about the shadows we inherit and the gifts we pass on.

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Meg and Patrick were living a happy, low-carbon life with their family in regional Victoria, but craved an adventure.

So with eleven-year-old Zephyr, toddler Woody and Zero their Jack Russell they set off on a road trip with a difference – cycling 6,000 km from Daylesford to Cape York and back.

Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink Elvis Costello Paperback RRP $ 34.99 In a solo career spanning four decades, Elvis Costello has made himself a huge reputation through his catchy tunes, poetic lyrics and more than a few instances of bad behaviour. Now, having turned sixty, and one of music’s elder statesmen, he is telling his story.

M Train; Patti Smith Collected Lyrics Patti Smith Paperbacks RRP $ 32.99/ $ 29.99 An unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of cafes and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as ‘a roadmap to my life’.

Also available to honour the fortieth anniversary of her seminal album Horses, a revised and updated version of the iconic artist’s collected lyrics.

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Lovely Picture Books Imaginary Fred

Jill & Dragon

Wombat Wins

Eoin Colfer & Oliver Jeffers (Illus)

Lesley Barnes Hardback RRP $ 24.99

Jackie French & Bruce Whatley (Illus)

Hardback RRP $ 27.99 Sometimes, with a little electricity, or luck, or even magic, an imaginary friend might appear when you need one. An imaginary friend like Fred. Fred floated like a feather in the wind until a lonely little boy wished for him and found a friendship like no other.

This is a dazzlingly original colour gift book and an extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children’s Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar Oliver Jeffers. Age: 4+ Exclusive offer: Purchase a copy of Imaginary Fred to receive a free back pack! *While stocks last.

‘… and they all lived happily ever after…’

At least, that’s what Jill’s story book tries telling her, but Jill can’t help noticing that at the end of the story, one character looks far from happy. A stunning debut from an award-winning illustrator, reminds us that everyone has a talent, however well hidden. Age: 3+

This & That Mem Fox Hardback RRP $19.99 This charming bedtime tale creates a wonderful, whimsical world that young children will love—it tells the story of a mother rat and her child and their adventures in the wide, wide world. From the iconic team of Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, creators of the best-selling Where is the Green Sheep? and Good Night Sleep Tight. Age: 2+

Adelaide’s Secret World

Eye to Eye

Elise Hurst

Hardback RRP $ 26.99

Graeme Base

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Set in a mysterious city inhabited by a rich cast of characters, this enchanting and superbly illustrated story celebrates creativity and friendship. A story about courage, change and finding your soul mates. Age: 3+

Imagine you could soar high in the sky with an eagle or dive into the deep with a majestic blue whale. Come eye to eye with some of nature’s most impressive creatures as Graeme Base takes you on a richly illustrated journey of imagination and possibility. Age: 3+

Alice in Wonderland Rebecca Dautremer

Natalie Jane Prior & Cheryl Orsini (Illus)

Hardback RRP $ 29.99

Hardback RRP $19.99

December release, advance orders welcome Lewis Carroll’s classic story has delighted children since 1865. One hundred and fifty years since its first publication, Hodder celebrates in style with this sumptuous new edition, illustrated by Rébecca Dautremer, whose dreamlike illustrations bring vibrant new life to Carroll’s beloved characters.

A must-have, full-colour gift edition celebrating 150 years of Alice in Wonderland! Age: 9+

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The Fairy Dancers

Every Saturday, with a hop, a skip and a magical twirl, Mia, Emma and Grace turn into fairy dancers! Enter their enchanted world of fun, friendship, fairy wings and dancing. This is a lavishly illustrated storybook from award-winning Australian author Natalie Jane Prior and much-loved illustrator Cheryl Orsini. Age: 3+

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Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Mothball has become an athlete, albeit a little accidentally. In her never-ending quest for carrots, she stumbles upon children at the local school competing in their school sports and despite her limited physique and lack of training, Mothball manages to go home with a gold medal. Age: 3+

Numerical Street Hilary Bell & Antonia Pesenti (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Count as you walk up Numerical Street. Every page has a numerical treat…

From the creators of the bestselling Alphabetical Sydney comes a walk up a busy street, past cake shops, panel beaters, laundromats and hairdressers.

Vibrant illustrations and playful verse celebrate the jostle and chaos of suburban streetscapes. Age: 3+

Perfect Danny Parker & Freya Blackwood (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 24.95 On a perfect day, the hours stretch endlessly ahead. Scribbling with chalk, running with kites, digging for shells... paddling, climbing, dreaming.

Hour unfolds upon hour, with reassuring comfort and sleep beckoning at the end. CBCA shortlisted author, Danny Parker captures the simplicity, spontaneity and freedom of an idyllic childhood. Kate Greenaway and multiple CBCA winner Freya Blackwood’s paintings of three children roaming a rolling beachside idyll capture the light—and even the smell and feel—of a perfect summer day.

Age: 1+ Book comes with a FREE print.

For the Very Young ABC Dreaming

Scarlett, Starlet

Warren Brim

Emma Quay

Paperback RRP $17.95

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

ABC Dreaming is an alphabet book with a twist.

Bright, captivating and boldly showcasing the beauty of Indigenous block art. Featuring an array of amazing Australian animals, parents and teachers will love this book. ABC Dreaming is a MUST HAVE for every home and library. A new Australian classic. Age: 3+

Scarlett loved to dance. The moment she hopped out of bed, she was dancing. She high-kicked to the kitchen, flew to the fridge and twirled to the table. Scarlett dances at home all day long. But what happens when she performs on stage in front of her first real audience?

From the bestselling creator of Rudie Nudie comes a gorgeous new picture book for every child who dreams of the stage. Age: 3+

Colour Dog

What Do You Wish For?

Matthew Van Fleet

Godwin Jane & Walker Anna (illus)

Hardback RRP $ 29.99 From bestselling author Matthew Van Fleet comes a wonderfully interactive sturdy board book about dogs that will help you teach little ones about colours and much more. This captivating book features cleverly designed tabs, scratch-and-sniffs, and lift-the-flap reveals that will have toddlers playing along from start to finish. Age: 2+

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

My Dog Bigsy Alison Lester Hardback RRP $ 24.99 From Australia’s favourite picture-book creator, Alison Lester, comes this energetic story about a little dog who causes a big commotion. Meet my dog Bigsy. He’s only small, but everyone knows he’s the boss. Each morning he visits the animals on the farm. Squawk, neigh, quack, moo, baa, oink, cluck, purr, ruff ruff ruff! What a lot of noise! And all because of Bigsy! Age: 3+

Ruby thinks of all the things that make Christmas special... From this much-loved creative partnership comes a sparkling and beautiful story, full of the wonder of Christmas, the magic of wishing, and the timeless dreams of a child. Age: 3+

A You’re Adorable, Book & CD

Peter and the Wolf

Fred Wise

Ayesha L. Rubio

Christmas for Greta and Gracie

Hardback RRP $19.95

Hardback RRP $ 22.99

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 A, you’re adorable, B, you’re so beautiful, C, you’re a cutie full of charms... How do you tell someone they’re wonderful using all the letters from A to Z? Find out when you sing along to this adorable alphabet song! Includes charming CD recording by Justine Clarke! Age: 3+

This beautifully illustrated book has a contemporary classic look but the adapted story transports the original tale, by Sergei Prokofiev, into the 21st century. Its modern twist teaches us how we should show respect for each other, whether human or animal, and by doing this everyone can enjoy a happy ending! Age: 3+

Yasmeen Ismail A cute and hilarious picture book about two siblings sharing the excitement of the run-up to Christmas. Greta is chatty and poor Gracie can’t get a word in edgeways. Then on Christmas Eve, while Greta is quietly sleeping, Gracie hears a funny noise. Whatever could it be? Her discovery leaves chitty chatty Greta lost for words! Age: 3+

Hairy Maclary Treasury and CD

I Need a Hug

One Thing

Hardback RRP $ 39.99

Hardback RRP $16.99

Lauren Child

December release, advance orders welcome

Hairy Maclary and Friends: Cuddle and Play

Pig the Pug, Boxed Set

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

Cloth Book RRP $19.99

Aaron Blabey

December release, advance orders welcome

Lynley Dodd The Hairy Maclary Treasury is the complete collection of Hairy Maclary’s mischievous and mad adventures, which children will love to read and listen to over and over. Age: 2+ Also available Hairy Maclary and Friends: Cuddle and Play is the perfect item to delight and entertain a baby. Age: 0+

Boxed set RRP $ 29.99 I Need A Hug is a hilarious tale about a porcupine… who just wants a hug. But with such prickly spikes, will she ever get the cuddle she craves? Pig is the greediest Pug in the world and is now available in a gorgeous boxed set containing a mini hardback edition and an irresistible Pig the Pug plush toy! Age: 3+

*Age guides are approximate. Ask for more personalised advice in-store.

Charlie and Lola return in a perfectly funny, perfectly formed picture book that sees top negotiator Lola take on numbers in everyday life and bend them to her endearing and unique will. A new and completely original Charlie and Lola picture book from the bestselling, multi award-winning author and artist, Lauren Child. Age: 3+

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Sharing Magical times Moletown

Where’s Jessie?

Torben Kuhlmann

Janeen Brian & Anne Spudvilas (Illus)

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 The author of Lindbergh: Tale of a Flying Mouse, Torben Kuhlmann’s stunningly illustrated, nearly wordless tale, offers a fascinating window into an imaginary, yet hauntingly familiar world under our feet, where a mole suddenly recognises the precarious balance between progress and preservation. But is it too late? Age: 4+

Jack Frost William Joyce Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Discover how Jack Frost keeps the hearts of children happy in the third picture book in Academy Award winner William Joyce’s bestselling The Guardians of Childhood series. Jack finally realizes bringing joy to others can melt his own chill! Age: 5+

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Bertie Bear’s going on a long journey. He doesn’t realise it will be on a camel! And he never imagines he’ll be having adventures on his own, far away from his owner, Jessie. When Bertie falls from a camel he meets a host of desert inhabitants but will Bertie be reunited with Jessie? Award winning author Janeen Brian has created a beautiful story for Bertie with stunning illustrations from Anne Spudvilas. Age: 3+

Snow Queen; Little Prince; Beauty and the Beast

Where’s The Artist? From Cave Paintings to Modern Art Susanne Rebscher

Manuela Adreani

Hardback RRP $ 39.99

Hardbacks RRP $ 44.99 each

The Enchanted Wood; The Adventures of the Wishing Chair; The Magic Faraway Tree

This endlessly entertaining book opens up entire historic periods to young readers, from the Ice Age to Contemporary Art. Each spread represents a moment in history, capturing how art was integrated into daily life, and illustrating contemporary styles, tools, and mediums. Age: 4+

Three new titles to the gift range of children’s books, beautifully illustrated by Manuela Adreani. With a specially adapted text for young readers, these new versions of much loved tales will delight readers of all ages.

Age: 4+

Please, Open This Book!

THE Nutcracker Margrete Lamond

Enid Blyton

Adam Lehrhaupt & Matthew Forsythe(Illus)

Hardback RRP $ 24.95

Hardbacks RRP $ 29.95 each Parents and grandparents will swoon over these beautifully illustrated hardbacks and children will be entranced by the magical stories. A keepsake editions to be treasured for life.

When a boy is turned into an ugly nutcracker, Marie is his only key to freedom. He, in turn, holds the key to her heart. Ritva Voutila’s paintings bring the magic, wonder and terror of childhood imagination to life, set against a lavish Victorian backdrop. Age: 5+

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 The creators of Warning: Do Not Open This Book! are back with a zany animal crew needing your help! Opening this book is the only way to save the animals trapped between its pages. This irresistibly entertaining rescue effort puts power in the hands of the page-turner, and giggles into everyone!

Age: 5+

Stephen Biesty’s To the Rescue!

Stephen Biesty Hardback RRP $ 24.95 The bestselling, award-winning master of cross sections presents a selection of well-loved emergency vehicles in this brilliant lift-the-flap book, To the Rescue. With over 40 flaps to lift, Stephen Biesty brings his fantastic immersive artwork to a new younger age group in this interactive title. Age: 5+

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Novelty & Gift Fashion Studio Helen Moslin

Sleeping Beauty Theatre

Building Machines

Su Blackwell

Boxed set RRP $ 24.95

Boxed set RRP $ 29.95

Hardback RRP $ 39.99

This gorgeous set includes a designer’s handbook with detailed step-by-step instructions, exquisite double-sided papers and coloured tissues, press out patterns, a fabulous fold-out studio and notes on the couture origins of each look. The perfect gift for fashion lovers and budding designers. Age: 5+

A magical pop-up theatre with exquisitely designed paper cutouts for children to stage their own productions of the well-loved story of Sleeping Beauty. Everything a child needs is provided, including interchangeable scenery and delightful moveable versions of the characters. Age: 6+

Ian Graham

A must for budding engineers, this unique interactive book contains all you need to put together 9 working models.

Just follow the simple instructions to bolt colour-coded cogs, rods and wheels onto the perforated workshop – then discover for yourself how each machine works! Age: 5+

Fantastic Worlds Alexander McCall Smith talks about School Ship Tobermory What kind of books do you enjoy writing?

I write all sorts of books. Many people will perhaps know ‘The Number One Ladies Detective Agency’ a series of books that are set in Botswana.

Recently, in fact my books have tended to include an Australian setting because I often come to Australia. It’s one of my favorite countries in the world. I also write books for younger readers. The characters in this particular series, The Tobermory series are about 12 or 13.

What inspired you to write The Tobermory series, in particular the first book in the series, School Ship Tobemory ?

The Tobermory series has its origin in my enthusiasm for sailing. I am a very keen sailor.

I love going off in boats and sailing around islands which we’ve got quite a number in the west of Scotland where I keep a sailboat.

Tobermory itself is the name of a beautiful little harbor in the Scottish island of Mull. So I invented a school ship called The Tobermory.

School Ship Tobermory

Who are the main characters in School Ship Tobemory?

We’ve got two principle characters Ben and Fee who are twins and they are new to the school ship. And they make friends with two other students in the school: an American boy called Badger, who comes from New York, and an Australian girl called Poppy, who’s a great character. We’ve got a few villains; obviously every story must have a reasonable supply of villains. There is William Edward Hardtack and his sidekick Geoffrey Shark and Maximilian Flubber.

What sort of things will the characters get up to on the School Ship?

This is going to be a series so there is going to be a book a year and the books will take the School Ship to various parts of the world.

In the first volume they go off and they end up in an adventure, which involves the protection of threatened marine creatures and there is a stowaway on the boat. I so enjoyed writing it that I immediately started to write volume two.

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Sword of Summer: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1 Rick Riordan Paperback RRP $ 22.99 The first in a new series from bestselling author Rick Riordan. Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of Boston. One day, he’s tracked down by an uncle he’s never met who tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. Age: 11+

Alexander McCall Smith & Iain McIntosh (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 22.99 A brand new children’s series from master story-teller Alexander McCall Smith, one of the world’s favourite authors. Follow the exploits of the children who go to a most unusual school – the sail-powered training ship Tobermory. When a film crew arrives in Tobermory Bay, Ben and Fee are invited to be extras. But their suspicions are soon aroused – is the film crew genuine, or are they up to something sinister? Ben and Fee soon discover the truth when they uncover a dastardly plan masterminded by a South American businessman. Age: 8+

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alexander McCall Smith is known world-wide for his hugely popular No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series and numerous stand-alone novels. But he is also a favourite with younger readers and School Ship Tobermory is the first in his brand new series of adventure books illustrated by award-winning artist Iain McIntosh.

Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief

Ranger’s Apprentice The Early Years 1: The Tournament at Gorlan

Catherine Jinks Hardback RRP $19.99 Catherine Jinks, the multiaward-winning author of A Very Unusual Pursuit, is back with the incredible first novel in a two-part intriguing mystery series set in the perilous back alleys of Georgian London. This gripping tale of spies, spells and secrets plunges the reader into a dark and perilous world where superstition clashes with the Age of Enlightenment. Age: 10+

John Flanagan Paperback RRP $18.99 The Ranger’s Apprentice origin story fans have been waiting for! Before they became the most famous Ranger in the land and the hard-working Ranger Commandant, Halt and Crowley were young friends determined to change the world. Book One of a brand new series!

Age: 9+

Star of Deltora: Two Moons, Book 2

The Mapmaker Chronicles: Breath of the Dragon, Book 3

Emily Rodda Paperback RRP $15.99 Britta of Del wants nothing less than to be the new Apprentice Trader of the Rosalyn fleet. Family and friends and even the terrible secret of her parentage will not stop her. But how can she succeed when her true identity must surely be guessed by Trader Mab, who knew her father, and the crew of the Star of Deltora? Age: 8+

A.L. Tait Paperback RRP $14.99 Quinn, Ash, Zain and the crew of the Libertas are racing against the clock to get back to Verdania before the King’s deadline. Will they make it in time? Will Quinn complete the first map of the whole world? Will Zain bring back enough treasure to satisfy the King? Will they win the race to the end of the world? Or will their enemies stop them from getting back at all? Age: 8+

*Age guides are approximate. Ask for more personalised advice in-store.

Asterix and The Missing Scroll Jean-Yves Ferri Hardback RRP $ 24.99 The long awaited new album featuring Asterix, the Gaul.

Following in the footsteps of Goscinny and Uderzo, the thirty-sixth Asterix album by Ferri and Conrad centres around a mysterious missing scroll. Join millions of fans worldwide to celebrate Asterix and the Gauls in their latest adventure. Age: 7+

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Non-Fiction for kids Can a Skeleton Have An X-Ray?

Adam Spencer’s Enormous Book of Numbers

Kyle HughesOdgers

Paperback RRP $19.99

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

How does sound taste? Do colours smell? Why do onions make me cry? Who builds the wings for birds to fly? Renowned artist Kyle Hughes-Odgers brings his unique vision to these and many other questions.

From the practical to the philosophical, this book is guaranteed to fire young imaginations!

Adam Spencer A fun-filled, action-packed activity book by Australia’s funniest and best-loved maths dude! Adam Spencer’s Enormous Book of Numbers is jam-packed with stuff to make, decode, deduce, descramble, decipher, dedraw and dewrite! Counting has never been so cool. Age: 8+

The Travel Book; Adventures around the Globe

Katie Scott Paperbacks RRP $19.95/ $ 29.95 A book of creative colouring and drawing activities for young naturalists, Animalium Activity Book is bursting with fascinating facts and puzzles from around the world. The Animalium Poster Book is a beautiful collection of 28 immaculately detailed animal illustrations, selected from the bestselling book. Age: 7+

Ickypedia

Hardback/Paperback RRP $ 29.99/ $16.99

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kyle Hughes-Odgers is an Australian artist. He has held exhibitions and created public art extensively throughout Australia and internationally in New York, Los Angeles, Singapore and Berlin.

He won a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award for his debut picture book, Ten Tiny Things (with Meg McKinlay).

Animalium Activity Book; Animalium Poster Book

Covering every country in the world, The Lonely Planet Kids Travel Book is loaded with thousands of amazing facts on wildlife, how people live, sports, food, festivals and a wide range of other quirky insights. Adventures Around The Globe is packed full of activities - and more than 250 stickers - as it takes young readers on a non-stop tour of the continents.

Richard Higgins and Matt Kelly Paperback RRP $14.99 Ickypedia is a wacky collection of crazy, smelly and just plain disgusting words, scribbles, pooetry, quizzes and gross histories by Australia’s mostloved comedians for kids. From ‘alphaburp’ to ‘zinklegritting’ the Ickypedia has some of the most ridiculous, stupid and ‘grosstastic’ words you’ve never heard. Age: 9+

For older readers The Bad Guys Eposide 2

Laugh Your Head Off

Aron Blabey

Various

Paperback RRP $12.99

Hardback RRP $19.99

The Bad Guys are back with a daring plan to rescue 10,000 chickens from a high-security cage farm! But how do you rescue chickens when one of you is known as The Chicken Swallower? Join them as they return for more dodgy good deeds and watch out for the super villain who might just be the end of them! Age: 8+

An anthology of short, funny stories by nine of the top, award-winning authors in the kids’ publishing world, headlined by the King of Kids: Andy Griffiths. There’s a story from Andy Griffiths about being a robot; Jude Rossell’s story about a cranky fairy; Tristan Bancks explores Nits and Naplan in his story ‘NitPlan’. Age: 6+

WeirDo 5: Totally Weird!; WeirDo Boxed Set

Paperback RRP $14.99 In the latest instalment of the phenomenally bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, author-illustrator Jeff Kinney brings the series back to its roots, as Greg starts a new school year and faces a challenge he never could’ve imagined. Age: 9+

All the Wrong Questions, Book 4: “Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?”

Shannon and Dean Hale

Paperback/Boxed set RRP $14.99/ $ 49.99

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The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party

Anh Do

Weir’s back! The Camp Kangaroo Challenge is on, and Weir’s team is up against Bella and the new kid…Hans Some!

Yep, that’s really his name! Weir Do vs Hans Some! It won’t be easy... but it will be funny!

Find the first four best-selling WeirDo books in one super-weird collection! Age: 5+

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School, Book 10

Lemony Snicket

Hardback RRP $19.95 Today is Princess Magnolia’s birthday party, and she wants everything to be perfect. But just as her guests are arriving... Brring!

Brring! The monster alarm! A hilarious and actionpacked follow-up to Shannon and Dean Hale’s critically acclaimed The Princess in Black! Age: 5+

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Hardback RRP $17.95 There was a town, and there was a train, and there was a murder. Apprentice investigator Lemony Snicket thought that if he solved the murder he could save the town.

Instead, he asked the wrong question. The eagerly anticipated fourth, and final, book in the series leads readers on an adventure, right till the very end.

Age: 12+

For Kids of All Ages Mango & Bambang: The Not-a-Pig, Book 1

Grandpa’s Great Escape

Polly Faber

Paperback RRP $19.99

David Walliams

Hardback RRP $17.95 A charming collection of four beautifully illustrated stories about the unlikely friendship between Mango, a little girl, and Bambang, an Asian tapir. When the two unexpectedly meet, a friendship begins, filled with adventures. The Not-a-Pig is book one in a brilliant series from Polly Faber and Clara Vulliamy. Age: 7+

Jack’s Grandpa wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves up Spam for dinner and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name. But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day. This is an exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa. Age: 9+

Story of Life: Evolution

The Cleo Stories: A Friend and a Pet

Katie Scott Hardback RRP $ 24.95

Libby Gleeson & Freya Blackwood (Illus)

Historium Jo Nelson & Richard Wilkinson

Hardback RRP $16.99 In this delightful companion to The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present, Cleo comes up with ingenious ways to make a new friend and find a pet. Two more endearing stories about Cleo, the little girl with a big imagination who always finds a way to have fun. Age: 5+

Hardback RRP $ 39.95 Two new fantastic publications from the creators of Maps and Animalium. Story of Life captures the history of life on earth in a single snapshot; a two-metre-wide timeline illustrated in stunning detail. Welcome to Historium, this museum houses an astonishing collection of more than 130 objects from ancient civilisations. Age: 7+

Ruby Redfort: Pick Your Poison

Hardback RRP $ 35.00 Wander through five of the world’s wildest habitats to discover 80 amazing animals. Celebrate the diversity of life on Earth with a parade of rare and unexpected creatures, collected in one, exotic garden. Discover extraordinary animals from all corners of the globe that have evolved to survive the harshest environments, outlive predators, or find a new mate, with the vivid engravings of Icelandic artist Kristjana S Williams that make real-life seem more fantastic than fantasy. Age: 7+

The landmark publishing event of 2015 - a full-colour illustrated edition of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with breathtaking illustration

by Jim Kay, winner of the Kate Greenaway medal.

Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay’s dazzling depiction of the wizarding world and much loved characters in this full-colour illustrated hardback edition of the nation’s favourite children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, brimming with rich detail and humour. Age: 6+

Olive of Groves

Hardback RRP $19.99

Hardback RRP $19.99

Nicholas Gannon Hardback RRP $ 24.99 December release, advance orders welcome Archer B. Helmsley longs for adventure. Grand adventures, with parachutes, exotic sunsets and interesting characters. But how can he have an adventure when his mother barely lets him leave the house? It helps that he has friends like Adelaide and Oliver. But nothing goes quite as they expected. Age: 8+

*Age guides are approximate. Ask for more personalised advice in-store.

Hardback RRP $ 59.99

Katrina Nannestad & Lucia Masciullo (Illus)

The Doldrums

Kristjana S. Williams & Jenny Broom

J.K. Rowling & Jim Kay (Illus)

Lauren Child Meet Ruby Redfort: supercool secret agent, code-cracker and 13-yearold girl. There’s a poisoner on the loose and a plot striking at the heart of Ruby’s family. Ruby’s following a trail of clues, but this may not have a happy ending. Will Ruby make it out in one piece? Age: 9+

The Wonder Garden

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, IlLustrated Edition

Olive has always dreamed of attending boarding school, but Mrs Groves’ Boarding School for Naughty Boys, Talking Animals and Circus Performers is not what she expected. Will friendship and wits be enough to survive bully Pig McKenzie’s Truly Wicked Plan or will Olive be cast out of Groves forever? Age: 8+

The Adventures of Miss Petitfour Anne Michaels Hardback RRP $19.99 December release, advance orders welcome Meet the utterly irresistible Miss Petitfour. She loves baking and making and dancing with her cats, but most of all she loves to fly. Anne Michaels, Orange Prize-winning author of Fugitive Pieces, makes an utterly charming, frothy, playful debut in the world of children’s book. Age: 4+

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The Marvels

teen Reads

Brian Selznick Hardback RRP $ 34.99 Master artist and storyteller Brian Selznick author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck invites you on a mesmerising adventure about the power of story. The Marvels tells two seemingly unrelated stories – one in pictures, the other in words – coming together with seamless, ingenious synergy. Simple on the surface, complex underneath, The Marvels is Selznick’s most ambitious book to date! His previous novels dazzled the world with their innovative storytelling. Age: 9+

Red Queen: Obernewtyn, Book 7 Isobelle Carmody Paperback RRP $ 32.99 The time has come at last for Elspeth Gordie to leave the Land on her quest to find and stop the computermachine Sentinel from unleashing the deadly Balance of Terror arsenal. But before she can embark on her quest, she must find a lost key; and although she has long prepared for this day, nothing is as she imagined. This is the final, dramatic volume in the epic Obernewtyn Chronicles saga – one of the most fantastic, and fantastical, tapestries ever woven. Age: 12+

Illuminae Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Night Owls

The River and the Book

Jenn Bennett Paperback RRP $19.99 Meeting Jack on the Owl San Francisco’s night bus - turns Beatrix’s world upside down. On midnight rides, Beatrix begins to see who this enigmatic boy really is. But Jack is hiding much more - can she uncover the truth that leaves him so wounded?

A unique and profoundly moving novel, Night Owls will linger in your memory long after the final page.

Alison Croggon Paperback RRP $16.95 Simbala is a Keeper, the latest in a long line of women who can read the Book to find answers to people’s questions. When developers begin to poison the River on which Simbala’s village relies, the Book predicts change. But this does not come in the form they expect; it is the sympathetic foreigner who comes to stay who inflicts the greatest damage of all. Age: 12+

Zeroes

Unbecoming

Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti

Jenny Downham

Paperback RRP $19.99 Introducing Zeroes - featuring six unique superheroes, one bag of stolen drug money, one bungled bank robbery and a whole heap of trouble.

Filled with high-stakes action and drama, Zeroes unites three powerhouse authors for the opening instalment of a thrilling new series.

The Next Together Lauren James Paperback RRP $16.95 A powerful and epic debut novel about fate and the timelessness of first love.

Katherine and Matthew are destined to be born again and again. Each time their presence changes history for the better, and each time, they fall hopelessly in love, only to be tragically separated. How many times can you lose the person you love? Age: 12+

Paperback RRP $19.99 Katie only meets her Grandmother Mary for the first time when she is seventeen and by that point Mary is almost completely lost to dementia. And as her only living relatives, Katie’s small broken family are forced to care for her. As time goes on snippets of Mary’s life are revealed to Katie during her brief moments of lucidity and a long kept family secret is at last revealed. Age: 15+

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain John Boyne Paperback RRP $19.99 When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, it’s 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler.

Paperback RRP $19.99 Kady and Ezra thought their break up was messy until they witnessed their entire world literally falling apart. Now Kady and Ezra are piecing together what’s left of their lives, and their romance, and trying to survive an intergalactic war. Constructed to look like a foundfootage style dossier, each page has been heavily designed to form this ground-breakingly original reading experience. An innovatively designed story that’s best described as Battlestar Galactica meets 10 Things I Hate About You. Age: 14+

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Carry On

The Iron Warrior

Rainbow Rowell

Julie Kagawa

Paperback RRP $16.99

Paperback RRP $19.99

Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, and a melodrama with just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story. Age: 14+

Waking after a month on the brink of death, Ethan Chase is stunned to learn that the Veil that conceals the fey from humans was temporarily torn away. The human world has fallen into chaos, renewing the tremendous power of the Forgotten Queen. As she leads an uprising, Ethan faces a reckoning that will have cataclysmic effects on the Nevernever. Age: 14+

*Age guides are approximate. Ask for more personalised advice in-store.

Non-Fiction Reads When It’s Right to be Wrong

The White Road

Russel Howcroft

Paperback RRP $ 35.00

Paperback RRP $19.99 Why be the same as everyone else? Witty, informative and refreshing, this book by former adman and branding expert Russell Howcroft, from The Gruen Transfer, gets you thinking about the power of good ideas with examples from advertising, everyday life, design and business. Don’t wait to be right. Do it anyway.

Worst Words Don Watson Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Dr Don Watson - with his trademark wit and wisdom - says enough already! The English language is complex and evolving, and can win minds, hearts and nations.

Why don’t we try using it? Returning to the follies he described in Death Sentence and Weasel Words, he will make you cringe and laugh and possibly die of shame.

Bruce Postle: Sport Bruce Postle Softcover RRP $ 29.99 For five decades, legendary press photographer Bruce Postle captured significant moments in Australian life. Sport presents 180 of Bruce Postle’s greatest sporting images, from cricket legend Bill Lawry socialising after a 1965 Test, to Glen Boss steering Makybe Diva to a third Melbourne Cup in 2005 – with every sport in between. Special Offer: Purchase a copy of Bruce Postle: Sport and receive a FREE Hallmark Gift Card. *While stocks last.

Bestselling author and artist Edmund de Waal travels the globe to tell the story of his obsession with porcelain, or ‘white gold’. Within all this is an intimate memoir of the author’s life as a potter, and his deepening understanding of the material he has worked with for over 45 years.

Gotta Love This Country!

Hardback RRP $ 39.99 Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. Now to mark the twentieth anniversary of Notes from a Small Island, Bryson makes a journey round Britain, following a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath. Bryson sets out to rediscover the wondrously beautiful country that he thought he knew but doesn’t altogether recognize any more.

Peter FitzSimons Paperback RRP $ 29.99 December release, advance orders welcome Peter FitzSimons celebrates the good, the generous, the kind and the downright strange in this hilarious and heart- warming collection of stories from daily life and grassroots sporting fields around the country. It’s enough for you to puff out your chest and say, Gotta Love This Country!

The Keepers Malcolm Knox Hardback RRP $ 45.00 The cricket field is a unique stage, where the player at the centre is the most easily overlooked. Wicketkeepers are the closest eyewitnesses to cricket’s story. In The Keepers, award-winning journalist and writer Malcolm Knox re-examines the history of Australian cricket through the eyes and narratives of the talented, resilient men at the heart of the play.

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future Simon Winchester Paperback RRP $ 32.99 The Pacific is a world of tsunamis, the atomic bomb, Captain Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson. It has an astonishing recent past, an uncertain present and a hugely important future. Navigating the newly evolving patterns of commerce and trade, the world’s most violent weather and the fascinating histories, problems and potentials of the many Pacific states, Simon Winchester’s thrilling journey is a grand economic, political and military depiction of the future ocean.

Australia’s Second Chance George Megalogenis Paperback RRP $ 34.99

The Courage To Act

Anthony David

Hardback RRP $ 49.95

The extraordinary true story of a secret forty-year friendship between two women who should have been bitter enemies. Yasser Arafat’s mother-in-law and the wife of Israel’s top general, the man who spent much of his military career trying to hunt Arafat. A beautiful story of reconciliation by award-winning author Anthony David.

Bill Bryson

Edmund de Waal

An Improbable Friendship Paperback RRP $ 34.99

The Road to Little Dribbling

Ben S. Bernanke Rich with detail of the decision-making process in Washington and indelible portraits of the major players, The Courage to Act recounts and explains the worst financial crisis and economic slump in America since the Great Depression, providing an insider’s account of the policy response.

Most nations don’t get a first chance to prosper. Australia is on its second. Australia’s Second Chance goes back to 1788 to bring us a unique and fascinating view of the key events of our past right through to the present day. With newly available economic data and fresh interviews with former leaders, George Megalogenis crunches the numbers and weaves our history into a compelling thesis, bringing fresh insight into the urgent question of who we are, and what we can become.

This catalogue is printed on paper which is fully PEFC Certified (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification scheme), a program which promotes the sustainable management of forests. In addition, the paper is Australian Made with 92% of the energy used coming from renewable sources providing an environmentally friendly paper with a low carbon footprint. The pulp was bleached using totally Chlorine Free (TCF) process. This Catalogue is produced in accordance with the environment ISO 14001 Standard.

Popular Science

Adam Spencer’s World of Numbers Adam Spencer Paperback RRP $ 34.99 From the building blocks of life, to the games we play, the food we eat, and the marvels of space, Australia’s funniest mathematician is back with a fascinating snapshot of the world of numbers. What’s a ‘firkin’?

Is a tardigrade animal, vegetable or mineral? How fast is Usain Bolt… really? And what’s the record for the most lobster rolls eaten in 10 minutes? All these questions and more are answered in Adam Spencer’s World of Numbers.

Brief Candle in the Dark

Thing Explainer

Richard Dawkins

Hardback RRP $ 35.00

Paperback RRP $ 35.00 The second and final part of Richard Dawkins’ memoirs. In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run through the second half of his life so far and homing in on the key individuals, institutions and ideas that inspired and motivated him.

Map: Exploring The World

Resurrection Science

Phaidon Editors

M.R. O’Connor

Hardback RRP $75.00

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Map: Exploring The World brings together a curated selection of 300 maps that celebrate humans’ efforts to understand the world around them through the ages. This visually engaging compilation highlights the widespread presence of maps in our lives and the many reasons that people create them.

In a world dominated by human interference, species are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. Journalist MR O’Connor explores the extreme measures scientists are taking to try and save them, and meets the people entwined in their fate. But can we co-exist with species when our existence and their survival appear pitted against one another?

HIStory & Military The Protest Years: The official history of ASIO, Vol 2

Fromelles & Pozières

John Blaxland

Hardback RRP $ 49.99

Peter FitzSimons

Hardback RRP $ 49.99 The continuing story of Australia’s domestic intelligence organisation during the turbulent years from the end of the Menzies era to the downfall of the Whitlam government. The Protest Years is the second of three volumes of The Official History of ASIO.

On 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles, what followed was a bloodbath. Peter FitzSimons brings the battles back to life and puts the reader in the moment, illustrating both the heroism displayed and the insanity of the British plan.

Randall Munroe December release, advance orders welcome From the bestselling author of What If and creator of xkcd comes a series of brilliantly simple diagrams that show how important things work. Funny, interesting, and always understandable, this book is for anyone -age 5 to 105 -- who has ever wondered how things work, and why.

The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 Bianca Nogrady (Ed) Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Can we live without a pulse?

Are we close to a cure for Huntington’s? And how does dust connect the cosmos with our bed sheets? With a foreword by Adam Spencer, this acclaimed anthology selects the best science writing from the past year and challenges perceptions of the world we think we know.

Australia Remember When Bob Byrne Paperback RRP $ 34.99 December release, advance orders welcome Remember grabbing a copy of the afternoon paper from the paperboy? Playing ‘what’s the time Mr Wolf?’ at school and getting mixed lollies on the way home? Watching Countdown? Driving a Holden with a cassette deck in which no-one wore seatbelts? This bumper book, with pictures galore, will lead you on a happily sentimental trip down memory lane.

The Dismissal

The Unseen Anzac

The Secret War

Paul Kelly & Troy Bramston

Jeff Maynard

Max Hastings

Hardback RRP $ 39.99

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Hardback RRP $ 39.99 For the fortieth anniversary of the Dismissal, two of our leading political journalists write the definitive book on the most controversial event in our political history, conclusively demonstrating that John Kerr orchestrated a conservative conspiracy to overturn the Whitlam government.

Throughout his life, George Hubert Wilkins wrote detailed diaries and letters, but when he died in 1958 these documents were locked away.

Jeff Maynard follows a trail of myth and misinformation to locate Wilkins’ lost records and to reveal the remarkable, true story of Australia’s greatest war photographer.

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Max Hastings examines the espionage and intelligence machines of World War II, and the effect of spies, code-breakers and partisan operations in its operations.

Written on a global scale, this book brings together accounts from British, American, German, Russian and Japanese sources to tell the story of a secret war.

COOKING UP A FEAST NOPI: The Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi & Ramael Scully

The Great Australian CookBook

Hardback RRP $ 59.99

Hardback RRP $ 49.95

Nopi: The Cookbook includes over 120 of the most popular dishes from Yotam’s innovative Soho-based restaurant NOPI. It’s written with long-time collaborator and NOPI head chef Ramael Scully, who brings his distinctive Asian twist to the Ottolenghi kitchen.

100 of Australia’s finest cooks, chefs and local food heroes open their homes and their hearts to share the food they make for the people they love. Featuring 165 recipes, original photography shot entirely on location and cover artwork from acclaimed artist Reg Mombassa, this is the ultimate celebration of Aussie cuisine.

Special Delivery Annabel Crabb & Wendy Sharpe Hardback RRP $ 39.99 Host of top-rating ABC TV show Kitchen Cabinet, Annabel Crabb, shares recipes for fabulous food that travels. Annabel has teamed up with her best friend from childhood, fellow food tragic and Kitchen Cabinet recipe consultant Wendy Sharpe, to bring you recipes for those knockout desserts as well as tons more ideas for soups, salads, pastries, breads and other treats ideally suited to make and take to those you love.

The Nordic Cookbook

Luke Nguyen’s France

Magnus Nilsson

Luke Nguyen

The Silver Spoon Quick and Easy Italian Recipes

Hardback RRP $ 59.95

Hardback RRP $ 59.95

Hardback RRP $ 39.95

The Nordic Cookbook is the definitive guide to the rich and varied cooking of the Nordic countries: Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It features 600 simple and authentic recipes, collected and developed by acclaimed chef Magnus Nilsson.

Cornersmith Alex Elliott-Howery and James Grant Hardback RRP $ 49.99 This book brings together favourite dishes from the award-winning cafe, covering everything from breakfasts, lunches and dinners to desserts, as well as recipes for their most popular pickles, jams, compotes, chutneys, relishes and fermented foods. Cornersmith food is about following the seasons, not the latest fad.

Follow acclaimed chef Luke Nguyen as he traverses the culinary landscape of France to discover the flavours, ingredients and dishes from the bustling streets of Paris to the coastal cities of Nice and Marseilles. Filled with beautiful location and food photography throughout, learn the secrets behind these much-loved French dishes, from classics to traditional recipes with a modern twist.

A collection of 100 recipes that can be cooked in under 30 minutes from the world’s most trusted and bestselling Italian cookbook – The Silver Spoon, which has sold over 1 million copies.

Recipes range from classics such as spaghetti carbonara and mushroom risotto to fish, soups, and luxurious desserts.

Guillaume: Food for Family

Spice Temple

Guillaume Brahimi

Hardback RRP $ 69.99

Neil Perry

Hardback RRP $79.99 In Food for Family, celebrated French–Australian chef Guillaume Brahimi visits some of Australia’s most charming and stylish homes, creating delicious menus inspired by the people and place, and discovering what makes a house a home.

This is big-hearted, full-flavoured food, perfect for sharing with those you love.

Spice Temple is a collection of renowned chef Neil Perry’s signature recipes from his restaurant of the same name, honed after eating his way across China and years of experience mastering the balance of flavours and textures that Chinese cuisine offers.

FOR GREEN THUMBS Birdscaping Australian Gardens

Indoor Green: Living With Plants

The Australian Native Garden

George Adams

Bree Claffey Hardback RRP $ 49.99

Angus Stewart & A.B. Bishop

Hardback RRP $ 59.99 Featuring plant and bird directories illustrated with superb colour photographs and line drawings, as well as comprehensive planting tables and expert advice, this book has all you need to create a refuge for birds – and so preserve Australia’s amazing natural heritage and biodiversity.

For centuries, plants have transformed interiors. Today houseplants are once again experiencing a revival.

Author Bree Claffey, of Mr Kitly in Melbourne, journeys into the worlds of fellow plant lovers to explore the enduring attraction of houseplants. From the ever-reliable peace lily and beguiling fiddle leaf fig to the elusive Chinese money plant, house plants are showcased in all their weird and wonderful forms.

Hardback RRP $ 49.99 December release, advance orders welcome A highly illustrated, authoritative and practical book focused on all aspects of using native plants in the home garden, from design through to plant choice and cultivation. It showcases some of the best designed Australian gardens and explores rural areas around Australia where indigenous species thrive in the wild.

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The Forgotten Notebook Betty Churcher Paperback RRP $ 44.99 In the 1990s Betty Churcher drew her way around the galleries of the world as she arranged artwork loans for blockbuster exhibitions at the National Gallery of Australia. In 2014 she discovered a sketchbook she had forgotten and decided to create a final companion volume to her bestselling Notebooks series. She wrote the manuscript in six months, but died shortly after completing it. The Forgotten Notebook showcases Betty Churcher’s greatest talents: championing art and sharing the excitement of discovering meaning in the great artworks of the world.

Inspired Living The Singing Bones Shaun Tan Hardback RRP $ 35.00 A unique and alluring art book showcasing Shaun Tan’s extraordinary sculptures based on the timeless and compelling fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.

Introduced by Grimm Tales author Philip Pullman and leading fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes, The Singing Bones breathes new life into some of the world’s most beloved fairy tales.

Flower Addict Saskia Havekes

The Beach: An Australian Passion Robert Drewe Hardback RRP $ 39.99 Robert Drewe, internationally acclaimed writer, writes here about the quintessential Australian experience. Here he presents beaches in new way: a mix of history, reminiscence and lyrical description. From the sunny, salty sexiness of the beach that first enticed the crusading Mr William Gocher into the ocean at Manly in 1903, defying authorities in his neck-to-knee bathing costume, to a place where sharks attack prone surfers and prime ministers disappear, Drewe’s lyrical examination of Australian beach culture combines imagery from some of Australia’s most celebrated photographers.

The Craft Companion Ramona Barry & Rebecca Jobson

Hardback RRP $79.99

Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden Janet Hawley Hardback RRP $79.99 For more than twenty years Wendy Whiteley has worked to create a public garden at the foot of her harbourside home in Sydney’s Lavender Bay. This is the extraordinary story of how a determined, passionate and deeply creative woman has slowly transformed an overgrown wasteland into a beautiful sanctuary.

The Wayward Leunig Michael Leunig Hardback RRP $ 59.99

Immerse yourself in Sydney florist Saskia Havekes’ exhilarating and beautiful world of flowers in this showcase of her work with Grandiflora. The highly acclaimed business Saskia started 20 years ago is known for its large-scale events with cascading flowers and extravagant arrangements, as well as exquisite, intimate bouquets of petal-perfect blooms.

The Wayward Leunig is a superb companion volume to Michael Leunig’s The Essential Leunig, with another 400 definitive cartoons spanning five decades. As with those first 400, the cartoons are just as wide-ranging, just as potent, just as hilarious, insightful, relevant, original and beautiful. A must-have for Leunig fans.

India

Boat

Steve McCurry

Simon Griffiths

Hardback RRP $ 89.95 Featuring 150 photographs highlighting the exotic places, rich colours and scintillating dramas of India, this new edition of Steve McCurry’s work is devoted to one of the world’s most fascinating countries. Introduced

by William Dalrymple, this book is a sumptuous celebration of the life of the subcontinent.

Hardback RRP $ 39.99 The Boat — a vessel for escape, adventure, trade and travel. This mode of transport is one of infinite variety and inspires passion, whether made of bolted steel, sleek fibreglass or lovingly hand-burnished timber. Photographer Simon Griffiths has been all over Australia to bring us this stunning salute to the craftsmanship of all sorts of boats.

Hardback RRP $ 65.00 Once the domain of the domestic, craft has now infiltrated every creative sphere.

The Craft Companion is the ultimate guide for this new wave of keen creatives. From applique and baskets to weaving and zakka, The Craft Companion features over 30 new and old crafting techniques. Each chapter looks at the evolution of a craft, inspiring atists working within the medium, as well as the various tools and techniques required to get you started - plus a project you can do at home.

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The Terrace House Cameron Bruhn & Katelin Butler Hardback RRP $70.00 With British precedents and working-class origins, the terrace house is a story of remarkable resilience. Today it is highly sought after for its nostalgic charm and inner city locale. A new generation of homeowners are reimagining the terrace house for a twenty first century lifestyle. This collection of homes celebrates the incredible history and enduring appeal of these well-loved buildings.

Shelter:How Australians Live Kara Rosenlund Hardback RRP $ 59.99 As photographer, stylist and adventurer Kara Rosenlund travelled the country, documenting raw and real interiors and landscapes, she found shelter – under the roofs of beach shacks, grand homesteads, sheep stations and shipping containers, and in the welcome of strangers. Shelter is a celebration of Australia’s authentic, intriguing rural homes and the people who live in them.

More Great Gifts Paris Up, Up and Away

Phil Szostak

Hardback RRP $ 26.99

Hardback RRP $ 49.99 December release, advance orders welcome Bursting with hundreds of stunning works of art, including production paintings, concept sketches, storyboards, blueprints, and matte paintings, this visual feast will delight Star Wars fans and cineastes for decades to come. The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the definitive expression of how the latest chapter in the Star Wars saga was dreamed into being.

Wild World

Hardback RRP $ 55.00

Beautiful World Paperback RRP $ 39.95 Two incredible gift books from Lonely Planet. Wild World explores the world’s most majestic and mystical places with more than 300 spellbinding images. Beautiful World is a lush and thoughtprovoking portrait of the most magnificent places on earth, presented through 10 photographic essays.

Garance Doré

The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Helene Druvert The Eiffel Tower is bored… so it decides to cut loose and fly over Paris! Sailing through the night air, it glides over the Seine, weaves through the crowd and department stores. This beautifully crafted book, full of meticulous lasercuts, is a wonderfully imaginative introduction to Paris for all ages!

Love X Style X Life Paperback RRP $ 39.99 This gorgeously illustrated book by fashion blogger Garance Doré is part memoir and part style guide, gathered together in a chic, Gallic-inflected gift book. Sections are devoted to style, beauty and elegance, with intermittent chapters on wardrobe basics, how to look good in pictures, and the importance of thank-you notes. Special Offer: Receive a FREE gift wrap with each purchase of Love X Style X Life. *While stocks last.

A Personal Guide to India & Bhutan

Paris in Style

Christine Manfield

Paperback RRP $ 39.99

Janelle McCulloch

Paperback RRP $ 39.99 This personal tour from well-loved chef Christine Manfield is the result of years exploring India, the Himalayas and Bhutan – the perfect companion for travellers who want to find the really special places to eat and stay. Each chapter contains essential sights, local eats, top places to stay and the best places to shop.

Paris always seems to keep something slightly hidden: those intriguing ateliers and fashion museums, enticing boutique hotels, secret gardens, enthralling bookstores... Paris in Style reveals this city’s most surprising and fascinating fashion, design and style destinations. It is the ultimate insider’s guide for travellers seeking style, creative inspiration and unforgettable experiences.

New York Wet Dog

Wine Trails

Sophie Gamand

Lonely Planet

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

Hardback RRP $ 34.99

Wet Dog is a hilarious series of dogs photographed during their least favourite activity: bath time. Exposed at a vulnerable and humiliating moment, the soggy doggies wiggle, shake, haul themselves out of the groomer’s soapy grasp. Their priceless expressions are caught by photographer Sophie Gamand.

Alexandra Carroll Paperback RRP $ 39.99

Lonely Planet’s first comprehensive companion to 52 weekends of wine-tasting is for anyone who loves travel and enjoys wine. Discover the world’s most exciting wine-touring regions and meet their best winemakers. Wine Trails also contains expert reviews of wineries, maps and practical details, where to stay and eat, and - of course what to drink.

Famed for its incredible array of food, fashion, art, design, nightlife and shopping, New York draws people from all over the world. Alex Carroll takes readers beyond the wellknown façades and into the depths of Manhattan and Brooklyn, seeking out the very best the city has to offer.

Special Offer: Purchase a copy of New York and receive a FREE copy of Provence and the Cote d’Azur. *While stocks last.

Best of Colouring Books THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS Adriana Picker RRP $19.95

Take a journey through The Garden of Earthly Delights and revel in the intricate detail of Adriana Picker’s illustrations as you colour to your unique style.

Wildscapes Stephanie Holm RRP $19.99

Distinctively Australian in content, Wildscapes is themed by a variety of natural environments – from rainforests to deserts.

Energy Coloring Set; Serenity Coloring Set Vive Le Color RRP $19.99

each

These lap friendly new colouring books offer pages of inspiring designs, colouring pencils and a pencil sharpener – these sets have everything you need.

Secret Garden: Artist’s Edition

Alice In Wonderland

Johanna Basford

Lewis Carroll & Nikki Wright (illus)

RRP $ 29.99

RRP $ 24.99

This special artist’s edition of the hugely successful Secret Garden, features 20 beautiful, pull out art prints for colouring in.

With these beautifully detailed, black and white illustrations by Nikki Wright you can create your own Alice in Wonderland storybook.

Award Winners 2015 The Eye of the Sheep

The Bush

Sofie Laguna

Don Watson

Paperback RRP $19.99

Hardback RRP $ 45.00

Winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award

Winner of the 2015 Indie Book of the Year Award

Told from the mesmerising point of view and in the inimitable voice of Jimmy, this is an extraordinary novel about a poor family who is struggling to cope with a different and difficult child. Sofie Laguna’s great originality and talent will amaze and move readers.

A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James Paperback RRP $ 22.99 WINNER OF THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION Jamaica, 1976: Seven men storm Bob Marley’s house with machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but leaves Jamaica the following day, not to return for two years.

Inspired by this near-mythic event, A Brief History of Seven Killings is an imagined oral biography, told by ghosts, witnesses, killers, members of parliament, drug dealers, conmen, beauty queens, FBI and CIA agents, reporters, journalists, and even Keith Richards’ drug dealer. Marlon James’s dazzling novel is a tour de force.

A milestone work of memoir, travel writing and history, The Bush by Don Watson takes us on a profoundly revelatory and entertaining journey through the Australian landscape and character. No one who reads it will look at this country the same way again.

All the Light We Cannot See

How to be Both

The Strays

Anthony Doerr

Ali Smith

Emily Bitto

Paperback RRP $ 22.99

Paperback RRP $ 24.99

Winner of the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

Winner of the 2015 Stella Prize

Paperback RRP $19.99 Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

All The Light We Cannot See is an epic novel set during WWII. Marie-Laure and her father flee occupied Paris for Brittany, whilst in Germany, orphan boy Werner is enchanted by a crude radio, tracking the Resistance. Deftly interweaving their lives, Doerr shows that against all odds, people are good to one another.

When There’s Nowhere Else to Run Murray Middleton Paperback RRP $ 27.99 WINNER OF THE 2015 AUSTRALIAN/VOGEL’S LITERARY AWARD A vivid and compelling collection of stories about people who find their lives unravelling and discover that no matter how many thousands of kilometres they put between themselves and their transgressions, sometimes there’s nowhere else to run.

The Strays is an engrossing story of ambition, sacrifice and compromised loyalties from an exciting new talent. Set in 1930s Australia. At her first day at a new school, Lily befriends one of the daughters of infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. Lily becomes infatuated with this wild, makeshift family and longs to truly be a part of it.

A renaissance artist of the 1460s. A child of a child of the 1960s. Two tales of love and injustice twist into a singular yarn where time gets timeless, knowing gets mysterious, fiction gets real and all life’s givens get given a second chance.

H is for Hawk

Life or Death

Helen Macdonald

Michael Robotham

Paperback RRP $ 22.99

Paperback RRP $19.99

Winner of the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize

WINNER OF THE 2015 UK (CWA) GOLD DAGGER AWARD

H is for Hawk is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald’s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk’s taming and her own untaming. This is a book about memory, nature and nation, and how it might be possible to reconcile death with life and love.

The Shawshank Redemption meets No Country for Old Men in the breathtaking new thriller from international bestselling author Michael Robotham. Everybody wants to find Audie, but he’s not running. Instead he’s trying to save a life... and not just his own.

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Prices listed in this catalogue as RRP refer to the publisher’s recommended retail prices. While every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of price and availability, these may be subject to change without notice by publishers. In most cases, any title not currently in stock can easily be ordered in at your request. All special prices and offers are valid from 10/11/15 to 31/1/16 unless otherwise stated or stock has sold out.