The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne: A Verlaque and Bonnet
Mystery
Longworth, M L
$37.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 320pp
18 November 2015 9780143128076 Carton Qty: 64
The fifth entry in this acclaimed series finds Verlaque and Bonnet investigating a murder
and the provenance of a mysterious painting.
Like Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri, M. L. Longworth's enchanting mystery series
blends clever whodunits with gustatory delights and the timeless appeal of Provence. The
Mystery of the Lost Cézanne adds a new twist by immersing Antoine and Marine in a clever
double narrative that costars Provence's greatest artist.
A friend in his cigar club asks Antoine to visit René Rouquet, a retired postal worker who
has found a rolled-up canvas in his apartment. As the apartment once belonged to Cézanne,
Rouquet is convinced he's discovered a treasure. But when Antoine arrives at the
apartment, he finds René dead, the canvas missing, and a mysterious art history professor
standing over the body.
When the painting is finally recovered, the mystery only deepens. The brushwork and color
all point to Cézanne. But who is the smiling woman in the painting? She is definitely not
the dour Madame Cézanne. Who killed René? Who stole the painting? And what will they
do to get it back?
Praise for M. L. Longworth
'[T]horoughly delightful… Longworth deftly handles what is in effect a locked-room
mystery, but the book's real strength lies in the backstories she creates for each of the
distinctive characters. The puzzle's answer, buried in the past, is well prepared by what has
come before.' Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
'Longworth once again immerses readers in French culture with this whodunit, which will
delight Francophiles and fans of Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri. The setting will also
appeal to readers who enjoy trapped-on-the-island mysteries in the tradition of Agatha
Christie's And Then There Were None.' Library Journal
'Longworth's novels, set in the south of France are mysteries for foodies, with the plot
providing a table upon which the enchanting meals and accompanying wines are
served.' Booklist
'[A] charming read with a well-crafted mystery and characters as rich and full bodied as a
Bordeaux.' The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
'Charming' Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
'A splendid read' Mystery Scene Magazine
Summertime All the Cats Are Bored: Europa Editions
Georget, Philippe; Rendall, Steven
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 432pp
18 November 2015 9781609451219 Carton Qty: 24
It's the middle of a long hot summer on the French Mediterranean shore. The town is full of
tourists and the at the Perpignan police headquarters, Sebag and Molino, two tired cops
who are being slowly devoured by dull routine and family worries, deal with the day's
misdemeanors and petty complaints without a trace of enthusiasm. But out of the blue a
young Dutch woman is brutally murdered on a beach at Argelès, and another disappears
without a trace in the alleys of the city. A serial killer obsessed with Dutch women? Maybe.
The media goes wild. Gilles Sebag finds himself thrust into the middle of a diabolical
game. If he intends to salvage anything. He will have to put aside his domestic cares, forget
his suspicions about his wife's faithfulness, ignore his heart murmur, and get over his
existential angst. He waits joylessly, patiently, and lets himself go. The stone house may
end up being his grave. Who's doing what, who's chasing who?
'Philippe Georget has us hooked and he will not let us go, masterfully commanding his
narrative to its final denouement.' Pol'Art Noir
'The great richness of this debut novel lies especially with its context and its characters . . .
It is hard to believe how well [Philippe Georget] seems to know the region of Catalonia.
Wander through it as a reader, in any case, solely for the sake of pleasure.' Hannibal Le
Lecteur
'The author's writing style is supple and nimble, and he sets into motion an inexhaustible
intrigue.' Isabelle Ollivier-Queau
'The principal character of Georget's novel is Catalonia, a region seldom used in noir
fiction. Far from hyper-urban cities . . . the countryside, brutalized by heat, the scents of the
Mediterranean and of Spain, and the cosmopolitanism of Perpignan are the massive figures
who are imbued little by little, through Georget's narrative, with a new mythology.' Obiwi
Magazine
Three Women in a Mirror: Europa Editions
Schmitt, Emmanuel; Anderson, Alison
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 400pp
18 November 2015 9781609451226 Carton Qty: 32
Anna, Hanna, and Anny. Three young women, free spirits all, each one at odds with the age
in which they live. Despite the centuries that divide them, their stories intersect—a
surprising narrative technique that lends increasing tension and richness to this novel,
which builds to a thrilling crescendo of unexpected revelations.
Anne lives in Flanders in the sixteenth century. She's a mystic who talks with animals like
Saint Francis; she finds God in nature and cannot understand the need for religious rituals.
Yet her ideas run against the temper of the times. It is the age of the counterreformation and
the Inquisition. Her serenity and the loose tongues of those who secretly envy her, result in
her being branded a heretic, with tragic consequences. Hanna lives in Vienna at the start of
the twentieth century. She is a young noblewoman, dissatisfied with bourgeois conventions,
who undertakes a journey of self-discovery. After much sadness she will find a method for
uncovering the roots of her malaise in a new cure developed by a Viennese doctor by the
name of Sigmund Freud. Anny is a Hollywood star of the 2000s. Addicted to celebrity and
to variety of illicit substances she is searching for meaning in world where the only
apparent thing of any value is money. Both her curse and her solace, acting will give her
the key to a open a new chapter in her life where she will find love, companionship, and the
meaning she has been searching for.
'There is a surprising sweetness to Schmitt's stories of redemption and reconciliation. They
carry a slight pleasant aftertaste, a lingering hint of delight.' The Boston Globe
'Schmitt's stories capture a quirky, clever, feminist, very French sensibility.' Publishers
Weekly
'Concerto in Memory of an Angel cannot fail to delight anyone who likes their literature
'with accompaniment' (it really does make a superb concerto), as well as all those—and
they are many—who ponder the meaning of life . . . A small masterpiece.' Le Parisien
'Moral fables, gilded mini-legends: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's stories are fiendishly
efficient. Schmitt is a prodigious story-teller with a style both elegant and assured.' Les
Echos
Mapuche: Europa Editions
Ferey, Caryl; Rendall, Steven
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 464pp
18 November 2015 9781609451202 Carton Qty: 21
Jana is a Mapuche, one of those 'people of the earth' who roamed the South American
pampas for over two thousand years before being dispossessed in 1910 by the Argentinean
constitution and transformed overnight into outlaws. Long black hair, big almond-shaped
eyes, ravishing features, she is sculptor of a rare and undiscovered talent. When her best
friend Miguel, a.k.a. Paula, a transvestite who works as a prostitute down at the docks, goes
missing, Jana turns for help and protection to private investigator Ruben Calderón.
Calderón is a grizzled investigator who served time following the coup d'état of March 24,
1976. Since then he has been working tirelessly for the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo,
searching for any trace of los desaparecidos and their odious tormentors.
Jana and Calderón's hunt for the truth takes them into the corrupt, beating heart of the
Argentinian political system. They will have to face up to a dangerous cabal of rich
politicians and businessmen who will stop at nothing to maintain their hold on the reins of
power.
After South Africa (Zulu) and New Zealand (Utu), Caryl Férey focuses his prodigious
talents on South America. His novels are at once gripping, instant classics in the noir
tradition and passionate indictments of political and social injustices.
'A rich, virtuoso thriller reminiscent of the works of John le Carré.' Le Monde
''Férey's best so far.' Lire
Caryl Férey's Zulu soon to be a major motion picture starring Orlando Bloom and
Forest Whitaker
'Zulu is powerful and unflinching in its portrayal of evil both mindless and
calculating.' Publishers Weekly
Back to Delphi: Europa Editions
Karystiani, Ioanna
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 320pp
18 November 2015 9781609450908 Carton Qty: 36
A stirring story about a mother and her son, Back to Delphi is the most recent novel by an
author who is both beloved by readers and acclaimed by critics in her native Greece.
Linos has been granted a five-day furlough from prison, where he is serving a life sentence
for a series of violent crimes. Seeking a way to re-establish a connection with her
estranged son, his mother decides to take him on a tour of Delphi. A few days spent in that
magical place, she thinks, might distract him from his awful fate. She also hopes that this
brief time together might be a chance for them to repair what, for many years, has been a
damaged relationship. To that end she also intends to reveal to her son the truth about his
arrest: she was the one who tipped off the police. In order to find the strength to make such
a terrible revelation, she will have to sift through every one of her memories of the days
leading up to his arrest.
During their time together, as mother and son wander the magnificent ruins of Delphi,
Linos's mother is forced to ask herself to what extent she, too, is implicated in the crimes
committed by her only son. To what extent is any parent responsible for the acts of his or
her child? This is a return to the origins of Greek tragedy, a story about guilt and
innocence, about the monsters that lurk even in everyday life, and about the complex and
fascinating relationship between mothers and their sons.
Praise for Ioanna Karystiani's previous novels
'Swell is a poignant, moving novel about aging.' Kirkus
'The Jasmine Isle is an exciting and colourful ride.' Publishers Weekly
'The Jasmine Isle is grim yet gorgeous . . . Homeric intensity visited on intimate
truths.' Kirkus
Bitter Almonds: Europa Editions
Cosse, Laurence
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 176pp
18 November 2015 9781609450892 Carton Qty: 60
From the pen of Laurence Cossé, author of A Novel Bookstore, comes this delightful story
about friendship across racial and economic barriers set in contemporary Paris.
Édith can hardly believe it when she learns that Fadila, her sixty-year-old housemaid, is
illiterate. How can a person living in Paris in the third millennium possibly survive without
knowing how to read or write? How does she catch a bus, or pay a bill, or withdraw money
from the bank? Why it's unacceptable! She thus decides to become Fadila's French teacher.
But teaching something as complex as reading and writing to an adult is rather more
challenging that she thought. Their lessons are short, difficult, and tiring. Yet, during these
lessons, the oh-so-Parisian Édith and Fadila, an immigrant from Morocco, begin to
understand one other as never before, and from this understanding will blossom a
surprising and delightful friendship. Édith will enter into contact with a way of life utterly
unfamiliar to her, one that is unforgiving at times, but joyful and dignified.
Praise for Laurence Cossé's previous novels
'[A Novel Bookstore] makes a good argument for literature as a sensual pleasure surpassing
even sex and fine wine.' The Washington Post
'Marvelous and stimulating.' San Francisco Chronicle
'A deeply satisfying manifesto of book love and a sharp indictment of those who would use
such love for their own evil purposes.' The Huffington Post
'The psychological issues Cossé raises [in An Accident in August] are telling and
true.' Kirkus
70% Acrylic 30% Wool: Europa Editions
Di Grado, Viola, Reynolds, Michael
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 192pp
18 November 2015 9781609450779 Carton Qty: 52
Winner of the Campiello First Novel Prize and a finalist for Italy's most important literary
award, the Strega, 70% Acrylic 30% Wool announces the arrival of an exceptional new
literary talent.
In Leeds, England, it has been winter for so long that nobody is old enough to remember
what came before. At least it seems that way to Camelia, a young Italian woman who
inhabits that wintery wasteland with her mother, once a renowned flautist, now a mute
depressive. For some years now, since the death of her husband in a freak accident,
Camelia's mother no longer speaks and the two women communicate in a wordless
language of their own invention. The odds are stacked against either woman ever finding
her way back to a normal life, until, that is, Camelia meets Wen. Wen is a local shop
owner who has fallen for Camelia. In an effort to woo her, he begins to teach her Chinese.
Through this new language of signs and subtle variations Camelia will learn to see the
world anew and, in it, a chance for renewal.
In a breathtaking literary style inspired by the syncopated rhythms of modern music, Viola
Di Grado has given her readers an unusual love story, one as unpredictable as the human
heart itself. Side-splittingly funny at times, heartbreaking at others, 70% Acrylic 30% Wool
will find admirers among readers of fiction by contemporary novelists like Jennifer Egan
and Karen Russell.
'Di Grado eclipses every one of her contemporaries and deserves to win a slew of prizes for
70% Acrylic 30% Wool.' Il Sole 24 Ore
'A stunning debut.' Flair
'Di Grado plays with language like a mad but incredibly talented juggler.' Elle (Italy)
'Di Grado really knows how to write . . . 70% Acrylic 30% Wool is a powerful novel that
will leave you wanting to give its protagonist a hug.' Marie Claire (Italy)
Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles: Europa Editions
Bartolomei, Fabio; Shugaar, Antony
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 288pp
18 November 2015 9781609450830 Carton Qty: 32
Diego is a forty-something car salesman with a talent for telling half-truths. Fausto sells
watches over the phone. Claudio manages (barely) his family-owned neighborhood
supermarket. The characteristic common to each of these three men is their abject
mediocrity. Yet, mediocrity being the mother of outrageous invention, they embark on a
project that would be too ambitious in scope for any single one of them let alone all three
together. They decide to flee the city and to open a rustic holiday farmhouse in the Italian
countryside outside Naples.
Their misconceived endeavor would have been challenging enough for these three unlikely
entrepreneurs but when a local mobster arrives and demands they pay him protection
money, things go from bad to worse. Now their ordinary (if wrongheaded) attempt to run a
small business in an area that organized crime syndicates consider their own becomes a
quixotic act of defiance.
A 'miraculous' Italian comedy that will have readers laughting out loud, Alfa Romeo 1300
and Other Miracles marks Fabio Bartolomei's vivid debut.
'Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles is an entertaining and humorous debut.' La
Repubblica
'Bartolomei's style is swift and immensely readable.' Flaneri
'A melancholy yet hopeful fable told with a smile.' Internazionale
'Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles left the kind of smile on my face that doesn't go
unnoticed ... Bortolomei is attentive to the proper rhythm of a story, the proper way to
reveal plot, to what is and is not the right word in the right place, all of which produced
exactly the right effect on this reader.' Valentina Aversano, Setteperuno
At the End of a Dull Day: Europa Editions
Carlotto, Massimo; Shugaar, Antony
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 192pp
18 November 2015 9781609451141 Carton Qty: 64
Giorgio Pellerini, the unforgettable and unconscionable anti-hero of the Edgar-award
nominated The Goodbye Kiss, has been living an 'honest' life for eleven years. He's been
running his restaurant, attending to his happy marriage, and cultivating just the right
network of friends and associates. But the good life Giorgio's put so much effort into
guaranteeing for himself is under threat. His lawyer has been playing Giorgio for a fool
and now he is forced into service as an unwilling errand boy for an organized crime
syndicate. At one time, Giorgio wouldn't have thought twice about robbing, kidnapping
and killing in order to get out of a mess like this. But he's not as young as he used to be and
facing his foes directly may no longer be the best approach. His desperation to get his old
new life back knows no bounds. Neither does his thirst for revenge. Giorgio quickly learns
that killing people is a bit like riding a bicycle.
Praise for Massimo Carlotto
'Cold and heartless – but, in a creepy way, fascinating.' The New York Times
'Those with a taste – even a need – for an occasional inky cup of bitter honesty should lap
this up.' The Chicago Tribune
'For Carlotto, hate and revenge trump love and forgiveness every time. His is a nihilistic
vision but, if you are drawn to noir, a compelling one.' Patrick Anderson, The
Washington Post
'Beneath the conventions of Continental noir is a remarkable study of corruption and
redemption in a world where revenge is best served ice-cold.' Kirkus Reviews
Blood Curse: The Springtime of Commissario Ricciardi: Europa
Editions
De Giovanni, Maurizio; Shugaar, Antony
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 384pp
18 November 2015 9781609451134 Carton Qty: 36
Book two in the Commissario Ricciardi series.
Ricciardi has visions. He sees and hears the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent
deaths. It is both a gift and a curse. It has helped him become one of the most acute and
successful homicide detectives in the Naples police force. But the horror and suffering he
has seen has hollowed him out emotionally. He drinks too much and sleeps too little. Other
than his loyal partner, Brigadier Maione, he has no friends.
We're in Naples, 1931. In a working class apartment in the Sanita' neighborhood an elderly
woman by the name of Carmela Calise has been viciously beaten to
death. Commissario Ricciardi and Briadier Maione arrive at the scene and start asking
questions. No one wants to talk but slowly the neighbors let a few intriguing facts slip.
Carmela Calise was moonlighting as a fortuneteller and moneylender. In her decrepit
apartment she would receive clients, among them some of the city's rich and powerful,
predicting their futures in such a way as to manipulate and deceive. If economic ruin lurked
in their futures, Calise was happy to help by offering a loan. For a price, of course. She had
many enemies, those who were indebted to her, or had been manipulated by her lies,
disappointed by her prophesies, or destroyed by her devilish machinations. Murder suspects
abound in this atmospheric thriller set in Naples during the rise of Fascism.
Praise for I Will Have Vengeance, book one in the Commissario Ricciardi series
'Maurizio de Giovanni creates a main character who feels far more sympathetic than both
Stieg Larsson's Mikael Blomqvist and Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole . . . Ricciardi is a completely
different kind of character.' Mary Whipple Reviews
'A colorful novel that imparts a strong sense of time and place . . . there's more than a touch
of Agatha Christie in this tale' Curious Book Fans
Garlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil: Essays on Marseilles, The
Mediterranean, and Noir Fiction: Europa Editions
Izzo, Jean-Claude; Curtis, Howard
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 120pp
18 November 2015 9781609451158 Carton Qty: 96
A short sublime book on the three things dearest to Jean-Claude Izzo's heart: his native
Marseilles, the sea in all its splendour, and Mediterranean noir – the literary genre his
books helped to found. This collection of writings shows Izzo, author of the acclaimed
Marseilles trilogy, at his most contemplative and insightful. His native city, with its food,
its flavors, its passionate inhabitants, and its long, long history of commerce and
conviviality, constitute the lifeblood that runs through all of Izzo's work.
Reminiscent of Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi and the lyrical essays of Antoine
de Saint-Exupéry and Albert Camus, as uplifting and touching as Daniel Klein's Travels
with Epicurus, this slender volume will appeal equally to gourmets who delight in the
strong flavors of Mediterranean cuisine, to those travelling on the Riviera (or arm-chair
travellers who wish they could), and, naturally, to aficionados of noir fiction.
'Izzo's Marseilles is ravishing. Every street, café and house has its own character.' Toronto
Globe and Mail
'Mr. Izzo was a marvellous food writer . . . His books are filled with winning descriptions
of Provencal meals run through with the flavors of north Africa, Italy, Greece.' Sam
Sifton, The New York Times
'In Izzo's books . . . Marseilles is a 'ville selon nos Coeur,' a city in tune with our heart . . . a
cosmopolitan, maritime city, greedy, sensual and warm.' Michel Samson, Slow Food
'Our last true romantic, Jean-Claude Izzo transmits warmth to his readers, as if granting
them a mouthful of pure love.' Le Point
Minotaur: Europa Editions
Tammuz, Benjamin; Parfitt, Kim
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 192pp
18 November 2015 9781609451165 Carton Qty: 52
On the day of his forty-first birthday, an Israeli secret agent encounters a beautiful young
English woman. In his overburdened mind, she is the woman he has been searching for all
his life, the one he has loved forever. Though they have never met, he is certain that she is
an essential part of his life's destiny. Using all the tricks of his trade and his network of
contacts, he takes control of her existence without ever revealing his identity. Alexander
Abramov's desperate, dangerous love for a woman half his age consumes everything in its
path: time, distance, and rival suitors. Only his own story, of a life conditioned by isolation,
distrust, and murder, can explain his devastating manipulation of the woman he professes to
love.
Four lives are entwined in this intricate story of a solitary man driven from one side of
Europe to the other by his obsession. Riveting and full of suspense, as in the best spy-story
tradition, Minotaur is also a highly inventive and original literary novel. Tammuz is a
skilled writer whose commanding style makes of Alexander Abramov's story a moving
allegory of every man's search for love.
'A novel about the expectations and compromises that humans create for themselves . . .
Very much in the manner of William Faulkner and Lawrence Durrell.' The New York
Times
'With echoes of Kafka and Conrad, Israeli novelist Tammuz (Castle in Spain) has fashioned
a provocative, spare, slow-to-unfold mystery of character.' Kirkus Reviews
'A largely unrecognized masterpiece.' Three Monkeys Online
'If the doomed atmosphere that hovers over the romances in Greene and Le Carré is present
in Minotaur, so is a flavor that can only be described as more continental, and prose more
sensuous than fits into the schemes of those two writers.' Boston Phoenix
'The best novel of the year.' Graham Greene
The Threads of the Heart: Europa Editions
Martinez, Carole; Curtis, Howard
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 400pp
18 November 2015 9781609450878 Carton Qty: 28
They say Frasquita knows magic, that she is a healer with occult powers, that perhaps she is
a sorcerer. She does indeed posses a remarkable gift, one that has been passed down to the
women in her family for generations. From rags, off-cuts, and rough fabric she can create
gowns and other garments so magnificent, so alive, that they bestow a breathtaking and
blinding beauty on whoever wears them; they are also capable of masking any kind of
defect or deformity (and pregnancies!).
But Fasquita's gift incites others' jealousy. She is hounded and eventually banished from
her home. What follows is an extraordinary adventure as she travels across southern Spain
all the way to Africa with her five children in tow. Her exile becomes a quest for a better
life, for herself and her daughters, whom she hopes can escape the fate of her family of
sorcerers.
Winner of no less than nine literary prizes, a bestseller in France and Italy, and soon to be a
major film directed by the author, Carole Martinez's The Threads of the Heart has won the
hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers in Europe. For readers who loved The House of
the Spirits by Isabel Allende or One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez,
The Threads of the Heart possesses the lyric beauty of a prose poem and the narrative
power of myth and cannot fail to delight.
'If Gabriel García Márquez and Carson McCullers had had a child together, and if that child
had inherited the poetic lyricism of the former and the fine sensibilities of the latter, she
would resemble Carole Martinez.' Buzz Littéraire
'Carole Martinez interrogates unflinchingly the mystery of human relations, and the games
of power between men and women . . . she refuses to be trapped in 'realism,' preferring
poetic language and imagination.' Le Nouvel Observateur
The Island of Last Truth: Europa Editions
Company, Flavia
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin 144pp
18 November 2015 9781609450816 Carton Qty: 72
'I don't remember who introduced me to Dr. Prendel. However, I do know that it was at the
home of Martin Fleming, the psychiatrist, during a get-together of the faculty professors to
celebrate his promotion from Assistant Dean to Dean, and I was immediately captivated by
his reserved, taciturn attitude and the indifference with which he looked around him, as if
he knew exactly what would happen and what would be said . . . '
Legend has it that Dr. Matthew Prendel, an expert sailor, had been shipwrecked years
before the action in The Island of Last Truth opens in contemporary New York. His boat
was attacked by pirates. He survived thanks to an incredible stroke of luck, while his entire
crew perished, but then found himself embroiled in a ferocious fight for survival between
two castaways on a desert island. There, too, he was lucky and came out the victor.
But perhaps luck played no part in it. Perhaps something darker was at work and at
stake. The only sure thing is that Matthew Prendel disappeared for five whole years. He
has been back in New York now for a couple of years. That's what they say at
least. Though one should never rely entirely on hearsay.
The Island of Last Truth is part adventure story, part noir, and party mystery, one that, like
many novels belonging to the adventure genre, doesn't shy away from incisive observations
about the nature of human relations.
The Darkness and the Thunder: 1915: The Great War Series
Binns, Stewart
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin (General Uk) 512pp
18 November 2015 9781405916288 Carton Qty: 1
Continuing the stories of those characters introduced in Shadow of War, The Darkness and
the Thunder follows the terrible trials of life in the trenches of the Western Front and the
horrors of Gallipoli.
The Thomas family are scattered across Europe and the Mediterranean, The StewartMurrays try to continue the heritage of noblesse oblige, but soon realise that that world has
gone forever.
The miners and mill-workers of Burnley are still preparing to contribute to the cause, while
their wives confront the reality of war head-on. Londoners, Maurice and Harry, two Old
Contemptibles from the Royal Fusiliers, fight on.
The Castle
Kafka, Franz
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Classics 304pp
18 November 2015 9780241197806 Carton Qty: 1
'K., he said, had taken the rousing from sleep, the interrogation, and the obligatory threat of
explusion from the country with a very bad grace'
The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted land surveyor who is never to be admitted to the
Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he experiences certainty and
doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine
world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about existence. Kafka
began The Castle in 1922 and it was never finished, yet this, the last of his great novels,
feels strangely complete.
Translated by J. A. Underwood
With an Introduction by Idris Parry
'Kafka may be the most important writer of the twentieth century.' J. G. Ballard
Tales from the Decameron
Boccaccio, Giovanni
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Classics 400pp
18 November 2015 9780141191331 Carton Qty: 1
'That night the abbess was enjoying the company of a priest, whom she often arranged to be
transported to her room in a chest'
Bawdy, hilarious, tragic and surprising, Boccaccio's fourteenth-century masterpiece The
Decameron is a collection of stories told by a group of young people taking refuge from
plague-ridden Florence. This selection brings together The Decameron's most celebrated
tales of secret lovers, cuckolded husbands, lascivious priests, smart women, practical jokes,
wise lessons and strange twists of fate, brought to life in an accessible new translation
which preserves all the humour and verve of Boccaccio's storytelling.
Translated with an introduction by Peter Hainsworth
The Case Against Satan
Russell, Ray
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Classics 160pp
18 November 2015 9780143107279 Carton Qty: 92
By the twentieth century, the exorcism had all but vanished, wiped out by modern science
and psychology. But Ray Russell—praised by Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro as a
sophisticated practitioner of Gothic fiction—resurrected the ritual with his classic 1962
horror novel, The Case Against Satan, giving new rise to the exorcism on page, screen, and
even in real life.
Teenager Susan Garth was 'a clean-talking sweet little girl' of high school age before she
started having 'fits'—a sudden aversion to churches and a newfound fondness for vulgarity.
Then one night, she strips in front of the parish priest and sinks her nails into his throat. If
not madness, then the answer must be demonic possession. To vanquish the Devil, Bishop
Crimmings recruits Father Gregory Sargent, a younger priest with a taste for modern ideas
and brandy. As the two men fight not just the darkness tormenting Susan but also one
another, a soul-chilling revelation lurks in the shadows—one that knows that the darkest
evil goes by many names.
For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature
in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a
global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines.
Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes
by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by
award-winning translators.
Praise for The Case Against Satan:
'Provocative, shocking, moving.' Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Ray Russell:
'[Sardonicus is] perhaps the finest example of the modern gothic ever written.' Stephen
King
'Russell links postpulp literature and the Grand Grand Guignol tradition with the modern
sensibilities of America in the 1960s . . . [He is] a fascinating combination of the liberal and
the heretic.' Guillermo del Toro
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
Ligotti, Thomas
$37.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Classics 464pp
18 November 2015 9780143107767 Carton Qty: 1
The recent smash success of HBO's True Detective has sparked new interest in cult horror
favorite Thomas Ligotti, who was cited by the show's creator, Nic Pizzolatto, as a prime
influence. Ligotti's debut story collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and its followup, Grimscribe, marked a major evolution in supernatural horror. Influenced by the strange
terrors of Lovecraft and Poe and by the brutal absurdity of Kafka, Ligotti eschews cheap,
gory thrills for his own brand of horror, which shocks at the deepest, existential, levels.
Ligotti's stories take on decaying cities and lurid dreamscapes in a style ranging from rich,
ornamental prose to cold, clinical detachment. His raw and experimental work lays bare the
unimportance of our world and the sickening madness of the human condition. Like the
greatest writers of cosmic horror, Ligotti bends reality until it cracks, opening fissures
through which he invites us to gaze on the unsettling darkness of the abyss below.
For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature
in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a
global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines.
Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes
by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by
award-winning translators.
'Songs of a Dead Dreamer is full of inexplicable and alarming delights . . . Put this volume
on the shelf right between H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. Where it belongs.' The
Washington Post
'Thomas Ligotti has had one of the most quietly extraordinary careers in the history of
horror fiction. He is a dense, witty, and enormously inventive writer.' The Philadelphia
Inquirer
Perchance to Dream: Selected Stories
Beaumont, Charles
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Classics 336pp
18 November 2015 9780143107651 Carton Qty: 1
It is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts
for The Twilight Zone—for his was an imagination so limitless it must have emerged from
some other dimension. Perchance to Dream contains a selection of Beaumont's finest
stories, including five that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes.
Beaumont dreamed up fantasies so vast and varied they burst through the walls of whatever
box might contain them. Supernatural, horror, noir, science fiction, fantasy, pulp, and more:
all were equally at home in his wondrous mind. These are stories where lions stalk the
plains, classic cars rove the streets, and spacecraft hover just overhead. Here roam
musicians, magicians, vampires, monsters, toreros, extraterrestrials, androids, and perhaps
even the Devil himself. With dizzying feats of master storytelling and joyously eccentric
humor, Beaumont transformed his nightmares and reveries into impeccably crafted stories
that leave themselves indelibly stamped upon the walls of the mind. In Beaumont's hands,
nothing is impossible: it all seems plausible, even likely.
For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature
in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a
global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines.
Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes
by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by
award-winning translators.
'Charles Beaumont was one of the seminal influences on writers of the fantastic and
macabre.' Dean Koontz
'The name of Charles Beaumont will be honored and recognized for generations yet to
come.' Robert Bloch
The Travellers and Other Stories
Davies, Carys
$37.00 (Royal Pb 230x152 Mm) Text 272pp
23 September 2015 9781925240764 Carton
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From the Heart: Women of Letters
Hardy, Marieke; McGuire, Michaela
$0.00 (Misc P/B) Viking 368pp
18 November 2015 9780670078776
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'Letters, we have witnessed firsthand, stir some unusually beautiful things in people,' write
Women of Letters curators Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire. In From the Heart, the
full power of letter-writing is on display.
Rock star Amanda Palmer thanks a song for reminding her of the importance of music,
and the importance of love.
Torn between wanting to encourage and wanting to warn, Senator Penny Wong tells of the
'amazing highs and terrible lows' of choosing a career in Australian politics.
Beloved chef and author Stephanie Alexander writes of the shining moment when she
received a letter from her hero Elizabeth David.
And thirty years since they got married – and fifteen years since they broke up – Derryn
Hinch writes with love and celebration for his dearest friend, Jacki Weaver.
Uplifting, passionate and compelling, From the Heart is a wonderful new collection from
your favourite Australians of note.
All royalties for this book will go to Edgar's Mission animal rescue shelter.
Short Blacks Gift Boxset
Various
$95.00 (Paper Lami Cover and Slipcase) Black Inc 976pp
18 November 2015 9781863957878 Carton Qty: 9
Short Blacks are gems of recent Australian writing – brisk reads that quicken the pulse and
stimulate the mind.
The boxset includes;
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Richard Flanagan – The Australian Disease: the decline of love and the rise of
non-freedom
Karen Hitchcock – Fat City
Noel Pearson – The War of the Worlds
Helen Garner – Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice
John Birmingham – The Brave Ones: East Timor, 1999
Anna Krien – Booze Territory
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
David Malouf – The One Day: the memory of Anzac
Simon Leys – Prosper: a voyage at sea
Robert Manne – Cypherpunk Revolutionary: On Julian Assange
Les Murray – Killing the Black Dog
Robyn Davidson – No Fixed Address
Galarrwuy Yunupingu – Tradition, Truth & Tomorrow
Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Kafka, Franz
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Classics 320pp
18 November 2015 9780241197820 Carton Qty: 1
'When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed
into a monstrous cockroach in his bed'
Kafka's masterpiece of unease and black humour, Metamorphosis, the story of an ordinary
man transformed into an insect, is brought together in this collection with the rest of his
works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes Meditation, a collection of his
earlier studies; The Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The Stoker,
the first chapter of a novel set in America; and a fascinating occasional piece, The
Aeroplanes at Brescia, Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together,
these stories reveal the breadth of his literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative
depth of his thought.
Translated with an Introduction by Michael Hofmann
'What Dante and Shakespeare were for the ages, Kafka is for ours.' George Steiner
The Happy Reader: Issue 4
Anon
$7.99 (Misc P/B) Penguin Classics 64pp
18 November 2015 9780241203002 Carton
Qty: 1
For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature
and to stay inspired and entertained.
The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable
book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of
surprising and invigorating angles.
The book of the autumn will be M.P. Shiel's sci-fi masterpiece The Purple Cloud. This cult
novel from 1901 involves one man's trip to the North Pole, followed by the death, due to a
large poisonous cloud, of everyone on Earth...except for him.
Selected Writings
Carlyle, Thomas
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Classics 400pp
18 November 2015 9780141396767 Carton Qty: 1
'Roar with all your throats, of cartilage and metal, ye Sons of Liberty . . . for it is the hour!'
Thomas Carlyle was the Victorian era's prophetic voice. Historian, iconoclast and resolute
Romantic, he cried out against a utilitarian age of machines, and spoke with visionary
clarity and conviction to a generation unnerved by the upheavals of industrialisation and
widespread political unrest. Among his ardent admirers were Charles Dickens and even
philosophical opponents such as John Stuart Mill. This collection represents every stage of
his career, including selections from his masterpiece The French Revolution, Heroes and
Hero-Worship, Signs of the Times and Chartism.
Edited with an introduction by Alan Shelston
Tingle on Australia's Political Amnesia: Quarterly Essay 60
Tingle, Laura
$26.00 (Misc P/B) Quarterly Essay 128pp
18 November 2015 9781863957861 Carton
Qty: 1
In Political Amnesia, Laura Tingle reveals a political culture suffering from profound
memory loss. This is an essay about the role of government today that is part defence, part
lament.
Blending present-day cases, examples from history and interviews with leading figures,
Tingle shows the long-term harm that has come from undermining the public sector as a
source of ideas and experience.
She shows the damage done when responsibility is outsourced: 'Without the anchor of any
sense of continuity, and without the anchor of a strong 'push-back' against political whim,
politics and policy have spun down into a series of reactions and counter-reactions which
play out in vacuous daily news grabs and zingers.'
The idea of institutional memory loss helps explain what has gone wrong with our politics.
In Political Amnesia, Laura Tingle examines how it occurred and how we might put things
right.
Having the Last Say: Capturing Your Legacy in One Small
Story
Gelb, Alan
$37.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Tarcher 256pp
18 November 2015 9780399174872 Carton Qty:
40
As the baby-boomer generation ages, its members are looking ahead to the biggest
challenge of all: making sense of life in its third act. Having the Last Say takes life review
out of the realm of memoir writing and journaling—making the rich and timeless tradition
of authentic storytelling accessible to those who have never considered themselves 'writers.'
In creating 'legacies' in the form of short personal narratives, you will have the opportunity
to reflect on the people and events that have shaped your life and your values, and to share
these stories with those who matter most. Gelb's reassuring and straightforward advice will
help you every step of the way, from identifying an engaging topic to employing creative
writing techniques in order to construct a compelling story.
'Having the Last Say makes you want to pick up a pen and write—even if you're certain
that you're not a writer. Alan Gelb gives you a reason to try, and the conviction that you
can. Perhaps you want to convey a deeply held value, describe a passion, reveal a bit of
family history that shaped you. Follow Gelb's clear instructions about how to craft a short
piece, and voilà, you'll find that you've expressed something heartfelt and filled with
meaning.' Janna Malamud Smith, author of An Absorbing Errand: How Artists and
Craftsmen Make Their Way to Mastery
'With humor, compassion, and an expert's understanding of the difficulties inherent in
putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys), writing coach Alan Gelb offers a step-by-step
guide to all of us who yearn to examine our lives, validate our unique individuality, and
create a valuable and touching slice of family history to bequeath to our offspring.'
Katherine Ketcham, coauthor of Experiencing Spirituality and The Spirituality of
Imperfection
Chasers of the Light
Gregson, Tyler Knott
$37.00 (Miscell H/B) Particular Books 144pp
18 November 2015 9781846148934 Carton
Qty: 1
I would love to say that you make me weak at the knees, but to be quite upfront and
completely truthful, you make my body forget it has knees at all.
One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena, Montana, photographer Tyler Knott
Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale. Standing up and using a
page from a broken book he was buying for $2, he typed a poem without thinking, without
planning, and without the ability to revise anything.
He fell in love.
Three years and almost one thousand poems later, Tyler is now known as the creator of
the Typewriter Series: a striking collection of poems typed onto found scraps of paper or
created via blackout method. Chasers of the Light features some of his most insightful and
beautifully worded pieces of work-poems that illuminate grand gestures and small
glimpses, poems that celebrate the beauty of a life spent chasing the light.
Strangers Drowning: Voyages to the Brink of Moral Extremity
MacFarquhar, Larissa
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Allen Lane 336pp
18 November 2015 9781846143984 Carton Qty:
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What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning,
Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment, and tells
their intimate stories: their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their
recklessness; their wrenching dilemmas.
A couple adopts two children in distress. But then they think: if they can change two lives,
why not four? Or ten? They adopt twenty. But how do they weigh the needs of unknown
children in distress against the needs of the children they already have?
Another couple founds a leprosy colony in the wilderness in India, living in huts with no
walls, knowing that their two small children may contract leprosy or be eaten by panthers.
The children survive. But what if they hadn't? How would their parents' risk have been
judged?
We honour such generosity and high ideals; but when we call people 'do-gooders' there is
scepticism in it, even hostility. Why do moral people make us uneasy? Between her stories,
MacFarquhar threads a lively history of the novels, philosophy, social science, and selfhelp that have contributed to a deep suspicion of do-gooders in Western culture.
Through its sympathetic and beautifully vivid storytelling, Strangers Drowning confronts
us with fundamental questions about what it means to be human. In a world of strangers
drowning in need, how much should we help, and how much can we help? Is it right to care
for strangers even at the expense of those we are closest to? Moving and
provocative, Strangers Drowning challenges us to think about what we value most, and
why.
Limonov
Carrere, Emmanuel
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Press 352pp
18 November 2015 9781846148217 Carton Qty: 1
Limonov is not a fictional character, but he could have been. He's lived a hundred lives. He
was a hoodlum in Ukraine, an idol of the Soviet underground, punk-poet and valet to a
billionaire in Manhattan, fashion writer in Paris, lost soldier in the Balkans, and now, in the
chaos after the fall of communism a charismatic party leader of a gang of political
desperados.
'Limonov was a rogue; a bum, a multimillionaire's valet; a fashionable writer in Paris; a lost
soldier in the Balkan wars; and now, in the chaotic ruins of postcommunist Russia, the
charismatic leader of a party of young desperados. He sees himself as a hero; you might
call him a scumbag . . . '
'Brilliant, exhilarating.' Rosamund Bartlett, Daily Telegraph
'Emmanuel Carrère has found a perfect subject in Edward Limonov, the self-described
Johnny Rotten of Soviet dissident writers . . . a galloping, picaresque gonzo biography.'
Rachel Donadio, The New York Times
'Completely riveting, immediately hooks the reader . . . It's been a spectacular roller coaster
life, and Emmanuel Carrère has turned it into an equally spectacular book.' Michael
Dirda, Washington Post
'Electrifying.' The New Yorker
Merdeka & the Morning Star: Civil Resistance in West Papua:
(Peace and Conflict Series)
MacLeod, Jason
$48.00 (Royal Pb 230x152 Mm) Uqp 500pp
18 November 2015 9780702253768 Carton
Qty: 1
West Papua is a secret story. Unfolding on the western half of the island of New Guinea,
hidden from the world, in a place occupied by the Indonesian military since 1963, is a
remarkable nonviolent struggle for national liberation. In Merdeka and the Morning Star,
Jason MacLeod, a movement insider and academic, reveals the trajectory and dynamics of
civil resistance in West Papua, where there have been protests, boycotts, strikes and other
nonviolent actions against repressive rule.
This is the first in-depth account of civilian-led insurrection in West Papua, a movement
that has transitioned from guerrilla war to relentless nonviolent resistance. MacLeod
analyses several case studies including: tax resistance that pre-dates Gandhi's salt march by
two decades; strikes by mine workers at the world's largest gold and copper mine; daring
attempts to escape Indonesian rule by dugout canoe; mass occupations of parliament, and,
the collection of a petition in support of joining the Melanesian Spearhead Group, where
signing is to risk being shot dead.
Merdeka and the Morning Star is a compelling book for all those interested in Indonesia,
the Pacific, self-determination struggles and non-violent ways out of occupation.
The Art of the Publisher
Calasso, Roberto
$15.99 (A Fmt 181x111 Mm) Penguin Press 160pp
18 November 2015 9780141978482 Carton Qty:
1
'All books published by a certain publisher could be seen as links in a single chain, or
segments in a serpentine progression of books, or fragments in a single book'
Writer, critic and publisher of Adelphi, Roberto Calasso condenses a lifetime's knowledge
into this short, illuminating meditation on beauty, literature and design. From whether you
can judge a book without its cover to a future of universal digitization, and from the most
beautiful book ever printed to the elusive notion of quality, Calasso creates a vision of
publishing as 'a literary work in itself, belonging to a genre all its own'.
'Calasso is a literary institution.' Paris Review
'A master of imaginative sympathy.' Andrew Motion
'He has no equal.' Independent
Lunch with the FT: 52 Classic Interviews
Barber, Lionel
$50.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Portfolio 352pp
18 November 2015 9780241239469 Carton Qty: 1
Nearly one thousand lunches later, the FT's weekly interview has become an institution.
From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to lifestyle gurus, the list reads
like an international Who's Who of our times.
Lunch with the FT is a selection of the best: 52 classic interviews conducted in the
unforgiving proximity of a restaurant table. From Angela Merkel to Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs,
Martin Amis to one of the Arab world's most notorious sons, this book brings you right to
the table to decide what you really think of our world's most powerful players.
'The formula was deceptively simple: a conversation-cum-interview over an agreeable
lunch. Good food essential, preferably washed down with a decent bottle of wine to elicit
insights and the occasional indiscretion. FT journalism to not only inform, but also delight
readers.' Lionel Barber Editor, Financial Times
Purple Prose
Robertson, Rachel;Byrski, Liz
$35.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Fremantle Press 288pp
18 November 2015 9781925163094 Carton Qty: 64
Purple Prose introduces fifteen new works of non-fiction by Australian women writers,
each responding to the colour purple. In their hands, purple takes on many meanings. From
a story about King George's coronation gown to pigeon fanciers and the Dockers' Purple
Haze, this is a book for women readers everywhere.
The book features new works by Amanda Curtin, Lily Chan, Hanifa Deen, Sarah
Drummond, Lucy Dougan, Tracy Farr, Deborah Hunn, Natasha Lester, Toni Jordan, Anne
Manne, Rosemary Stevens, Annamaria Weldon and Jacqueline Wright.
In Praise of Idleness: A Timeless Essay
Russell, Bertrand, Greive, Bradley Trevo
$24.00 (Miscell H/B) Nero 192pp
18 November 2015 9781863957908
Carton Qty: 1
New York Times bestselling author Bradley Trevor Greive breathes new life into Bertrand
Russell's classic work, In Praise of Idleness, with a magical package that includes BTG's
new introduction, biographical afterword, historical notes, additional quotations and comic
illustrations. This is the perfect gift for the fearless literary connoisseur who values
creativity, big ideas and revolutionary spirit.
Considered 'the Voltaire of his time', Bertrand Russell was a fearless iconoclast who stood
unbowed before political and religious leaders; his disdain for conventional thinking and
accepted beliefs set him apart from his academic peers and at odds with the authorities
throughout his long and storied life.
Russell's penetrating insights and exquisite turns of phrase feel as fresh and relevant today
as when they were first written. Arguing that we can achieve far more by doing far less, and
that traditional wealth accumulation is a form of cultural and moral poverty, Russell
demands greater depth from our age of abundant creativity and heralds the next wave of
enlightened entrepreneurs.
Beethoven in China: How the Great Composer Became an Icon
in the People's Republic: Penguin Specials
Cai, Jindong; Melvin, Sheila
$12.99 (A Fmt 181x111 Mm) Penguin 142pp
31 August 2015 9780734399526 Carton Qty:
144
At the turn of the twentieth century, students returning from abroad introduced Beethoven
to China. The composer's perseverance in the face of adversity and his musical genius
resonated in a nation searching for a way forward. Beethoven remained a durable part of
Chinese life in the decades that followed, becoming an icon to intellectuals, music fans and
party cadres alike, playing a role in major historical events from the May Fourth Movement
to the normalisation of US-China relations. Jindong Cai, whose love for the musician began
during the Cultural Revolution, and culture journalist Sheila Melvin tell the compelling
story of Beethoven and the Chinese people.
A Woman on the Edge of Time, a son's search for his mother
Gavron, Jeremy
$40.00 (E H/B 210x148mm) Scribe Publications 272pp
18 November 2015 9781925106725 Carton Qty: 14
It's 1965, and in Primrose Hill, north London, a beautiful young woman has just
gassed herself to death, leaving behind a suicide note, two small children, and an
about-to-be-published manuscript: The Captive Wife.
Like Sylvia Plath, who died in eerily similar circumstances two years earlier just two streets
away, Hannah Gavron was a writer. But no-one had ever imagined that she might take her
own life. Bright, sophisticated, and swept up in the progressive politics of the 1960s,
Hannah was a promising academic and the wife of a rising entrepreneur. Surrounded by
success, she seemed to live a gilded life.
But there was another side to Hannah, as Jeremy Gavron's searching memoir of his mother
reveals. Piecing together the events that led to his mother's suicide when he was just four,
he discovers that Hannah's success came at a price, and that the pressures she faced as she
carved out her place in a man's world may have contributed to her death. Searching for the
mother who was never talked about as he grew up, he discovers letters, diaries, and photos
that paint a picture of a brilliant but complex young woman grappling to find an outlet for
her creativity, sexuality, and intelligence.
A Woman on the Edge of Time not only documents the too-short life of an extraordinary
woman; it is a searching examination of the suffocating constrictions in place on intelligent,
ambitious women in the middle of the twentieth century.
A Noble Cause: American Battlefield Victories In Vietnam
Niles, Douglas
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Berkley 320pp
18 November 2015 9780425278345 Carton Qty:
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In the tradition of We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young, A Noble Cause is a stirring
tribute to the valor and courage of the allied forces in the Vietnam War and a vivid recreation of hard-won battles from Ia Drang Valley to Khe Sanh and Hamburger Hill . . .
Celebrating the skill and bravery of the United States armed forces and their South
Vietnamese allies, A Noble Cause presents a gripping chronicle of both large and small unit
successful combat engagements, including the Battle of Dong Xoai (1965); the Battle of Ia
Drang Valley (1965), the first major ground battle of the Vietnam War; the Battle of Loc
Ninh (1967) by the Cambodian border; the Battle of Khe Sanh (1967–1968) leading up to
the Tet Offensive; the Battle of Dong Ha (1968); the bloody siege on Hamburger Hill
(1969); and the Battle of An Loc (1972), sixty-five miles north of Saigon, which
contributed to the failure of the Vietcong's Eastertide Offensive.
Documenting the invaluable role of a tireless and determined infantry as well as air cavalry
divisions and B-52 'Arc Light' air strikes, A Noble Cause chronicles the crucial strategic
decisions that led to victory—often against steep odds—and honors the bravery of every
soldier who stood his ground, faced the enemy, and gave his all.
Includes photos and and maps
Dick Hamer: the liberal Liberal
Colebatch, Tim
$40.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Scribe Publications 528pp
18 November 2015 9781925321067 Carton Qty: 1
He was the reformer who made Victoria a leader in social equality, the arts, and the
environment. He and his government built the underground rail loop, decriminalised
homosexuality, abolished capital punishment, and outlawed sexual discrimination in the
workplace.
Hamer and his team ended the demolition of the inner suburbs, preserved the best of the
state's buildings and landscapes, and set aside large areas of diverse ecosystems as national
parks. They gave Melbourne key infrastructure such as the West Gate Bridge and the
Thomson Dam, extended the city's tramlines for the first time in half a century, and built art
galleries, libraries, and theatres all over the state.
Yet Dick Hamer was a Liberal: a Toorak boy educated at Victoria's best schools, who
served for years under the conservative Sir Henry Bolte before taking the reins himself and
making the Liberal Party a spearhead of reform from 1972 to 1981.
Hamer was a different kind of politician. He was intelligent, fair-minded, courteous, and
hard-working, and governed with the longterm interests of his people in mind. He never
tried to manufacture issues or direct debates for short-term political gain.
Victorians recognised this, and elected him three times in a row as their premier — the last
Liberal premier in Australia to have achieved this feat. He stands as the exemplar of
important qualities in the Liberal tradition. Dick Hamer: the liberal Liberal is the first
biography to be written of this remarkable man, who so embodied a quality now lacking in
our public life: integrity.
Last Night in the OR: A Transplant Surgeon's Odyssey
Shaw, Byers
$37.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Plume 304pp
18 November 2015 9780147515339 Carton Qty:
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The 1980s marked a revolution in the field of organ transplants, and Bud Shaw, M.D., who
studied under Tom Starzl in Pittsburgh, was on the front lines. Now retired from active
practice, Dr. Shaw relays gripping moments of anguish and elation, frustration and reward,
despair and hope in his struggle to save patients. He reveals harshly intimate moments of
his medical career: telling a patient's husband that his wife has died during surgery;
struggling to complete a twenty-hour operation as mental and physical exhaustion inch
closer and closer; and flying to retrieve a donor organ while the patient waits in the
operating room. Within these more emotionally charged vignettes are quieter ones, too, like
growing up in rural Ohio, and being awakened late at night by footsteps in the hall as his
father, also a surgeon, slipped out of the house to attend to a patient in the ER.
In the tradition of Mary Roach, Jerome Groopman, Eric Topol, and Atul Gawande, Last
Night in the OR is an exhilarating, fast-paced, and beautifully written memoir, one that will
captivate readers with its courage, intimacy, and honesty.
'Shaw's lean prose offers insights into medical professionals' private perspectives as well as
a sobering sense of human fragility and the scientific strides taken to counter it. A bracing,
unusual personal narrative that should appeal to aspiring physicians as well as to those
considering the 'big questions' around high-risk surgery.' Kirkus
'Dr. Shaw's memoir is a uniquely human journey of a man who performed superhuman
feats. His written candor made me (a surgeon as well) cry, laugh, recoil, cheer, and ponder
life's true meaning. I could not put this book down.' Paul A. Ruggieri, M.D., author
of Confessions of a Surgeon
'This darkly fascinating and ruthlessly honest memoir charts the highs and lows of a
transplant surgeon's life from bright-eyed junior to wise veteran with humor, intelligence
and compassion.' Wendy Moore, author ofThe Knife Man
'Bud Shaw's writing is scalpel sharp, close to the bone and true to the heart.' Mark
Vonnegut, author of The Eden Express and Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness
Only More So
'An eye-opening perspective on the human condition and an eloquent contribution to our
dialogue about what care is, and why we should care.' Janet Burroway, author of Raw
Silk
Aunts Up the Cross:Text Classics
Dalton, Robin
$15.99 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Text 160pp
18 November 2015 9781925240641 Carton Qty: 1
My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was eighty-five. The
bus was travelling very slowly in the right direction and could hardly have been missed by
anyone except Aunt Juliet, who must have been travelling fairly fast in the wrong direction.
Growing up in the 1930s in a grand old home in Sydney's bohemian Kings Cross, Robin
Dalton experienced a childhood of curiosity and wonder. Raised by a bevy of idiosyncratic
aunts and a revolving door of unconventional houseguests, Dalton recalls a time when
children had real adventures in a world not easy but perhaps less complicated than today's.
With a gentle warmth and wicked wit, Robin Dalton brings to life all the colour, glamour
and charm of Australian society between the wars. Steeped in nostalgia, Aunts Up the
Cross is a delightfully funny memoir of family, childhood and an Australia of yesteryear.
My Relations: by Robin Ann Eakin, aged 8, 1929
Dalton, Robin
$26.00 (B Fmt H/B 206x133mm) Text 64pp
18 November 2015 9781925240573 Carton
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In 1929 an eight-year-old child, who had very few relations, imagined an assortment of
eccentric aunts, uncles and cousins. She wrote and illustrated a little book about them,
which her grandmother kept.
This is it.
Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
Blanning, Tim
$85.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Allen Lane 480pp
18 November 2015 9781846141829 Carton Qty:
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Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, dominated the eighteenth century in the same way
that Napoleon dominated the start of the nineteenth. He was a force of nature, a ruthless,
brilliant, charismatic military commander, a monarch of exceptional energy and talent, a
gifted composer, performer, poet and philosopher, and a discerning patron of artists,
architects and writers, most famously Voltaire. From the very start of his reign he was an
intensely divisive figure - fascinating even to those who hated him.
Tim Blanning's brilliant new biography captures Frederick's vitality, complexity and flawed
genius better than any previous writer. He also recreates a remarkable era, the last
flowering of the old regime that would be swept away almost immediately after Frederick's
death by the French Revolution.
Equally at home on the battlefield or in the music room at Frederick's extraordinary
miniature palace of Sanssouci, Blanning draws on a lifetime's immersion in the eighteenth
century to present him in the round, with new attention paid to his cultural self-fashioning,
including his sexuality. Frederick's spectre has hung over Germany ever since, both as
inspiration and warning - Blanning at last allows us to understand him in his own time.
Home: A Time Traveller's Tales from Britain's Prehistory
Pryor, Francis
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin (General Uk) 304pp
18 November 2015 9780241955888 Carton Qty: 1
Francis Pryor's search for the origins of our island story has been the quest of a lifetime.
In Home, the Time Team expert explores the first nine thousand years of life in Britain,
from the retreat of the glaciers to the Romans' departure. Tracing the settlement of domestic
communities, he shows how archaeology enables us to reconstruct the evolution of habits,
traditions and customs. But this, too, is Francis Pryor's own story: of his passion for
unearthing our past, from Yorkshire to the west country, Lincolnshire to Wales, digging in
freezing winters, arid summers, mud and hurricanes, through frustrated journeys and
euphoric discoveries.
Evocative and intimate, Home shows how, in going about their daily existence, our
prehistoric ancestors created the institution that remains at the heart of the way we live
now: the family.
Australian Leader Eats Raw Onion Whole: The Government
that broke satirein Headlines!
Williams, Evan (compiler)
$12.99 (A Fmt 181x111 Mm) Black Inc 80pp
12 October 2015 9781863957915 Carton Qty:
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Welcome to Team Australia …
This is the story of the Abbott years in headlines.
Inspired by The Onion, Evan Williams has searched high and low for real-life headlines
that tell the story of Team Australia.
What he found poses the question: has this been Australia's maddest government?
You be the judge …
'Abbott says Turnbull 'invented internet' '
'Labor frontbencher Gary Gray eats his own hair in Parliament'
'KRudd dog reaches out to young voters on social media site Reddit'
'Protect some disabled, says Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews'
'Barnaby Joyce threatens to euthanise Johnny Depp's dogs'
And many more!
The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the
Twenty-first Century
Service, Robert
$45.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Press 768pp
18 November 2015 9780141981543 Carton Qty: 1
Revised and updated with a new Introduction and new Final Chapter.
Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars,
and the country is still undergoing huge change and upheaval.
In his acclaimed history, now updated to 2009, Robert Service provides a superb panoramic
viewpoint on Russia, exploring the complex, changing interaction between rulers and ruled
from Nicholas II, Lenin and Stalin through to Gorbachëv, Yeltstin, Putin and beyond. This
new edition also discusses continuing economic and social difficulties, Russia's
determination to restore its major role on the world stage and how, despite the recent years
of de-communization, the seven decades of communist rule which penetrated every aspect
of life still continue to influence Russia today.
'A fine book . . . it is a dizzying tale and Service tells it well; he has none of the ideological
baggage that has so often bedevilled Western histories of Russia.' Brian
Moynahan, Sunday Times
'Always well-informed and balanced in his judgements, clear and concise in his analysis . . .
Service is extremely good on Soviet politics.' Orlando Figes, Sunday Telegraph
Stalin, Vol. I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
Kotkin, Stephen
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Press 976pp
18 November 2015 9780141027944 Carton Qty: 1
In January 1928 Stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound
for Siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life. He was
about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire
Soviet Union. Millions would die, and many more would suffer. Where did such great,
monstrous power come from? The first of three volumes, the product of a decade of
intrepid research, this landmark book offers the most convincing explanation yet of Stalin's
power.
'Exhilarating, compelling, terrifying and utterly gripping . . . Stalin emerges from Kotkin's
book as that most frightening of figures - a man of absolute conviction.' Lucy HughesHallett, New Statesman
'A brilliant portrait . . . there is no study to rival Stephen Kotkin's. It will surely become the
standard work.' Robert Gellately, Times Higher Education
'This magnificent biography debunks many of the myths around Stalin.' John
Thornhill, Financial Times
'A fine book . . . Kotkin's Stalin is more truthful and perceptive than that of others . . . one
of the tragedies of Kotkin's book is its eerie and troubling relevance today.' George
Walden, The Times
'Original, engaging, with a sharp, irreverent wit.' Sheila Fitzpatrick, Guardian
'Gripping . . . leaves the reader longing for the story still to come.' Jennifer Siegel, The
New York Times
Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism
Beckert, Sven
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Press 640pp
18 November 2015 9780141979984 Carton Qty: 1
Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Philip Taft Prize
Cotton has created vast empires, powered the industrial revolution, generated huge wealth and unimaginable suffering. As Sven Beckert's gripping history shows, this humble product
is at the heart of global capitalism, and its story is the story of how the modern world
emerged.
'A major work of scholarship that will not be soon surpassed as the definitive account of the
product that was, as Beckert puts it, the Industrial Revolution's 'launching pad'.' Adam
Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review
'Illuminating, memorable, rich and diverse . . . One of the new elite of genuinely global
historians.' Daniel Walker Howe, Washington Post
'Beckert is a big-order thinker. His book offers a masterly picture of the empire of cotton as
an economic system that held together myriad different parts . . . impressive indeed.'
Stephanie McCurry, The Times Literary Supplement
Rock of the Marne: The American Soldiers Who Turned the
Tide Against theKaiser in World War I
Harris, Stephen L
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Berkley 368pp
18 November 2015 9780425275566 Carton Qty:
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The soldiers of the Third U.S. Infantry Division in World War I were outnumbered and
inexperienced young men facing hardened veterans, but their actions proved to be a turning
point during the last German offensive of World War I.
In stopping three German divisions from crossing the Marne River, these heroic American
soldiers blocked the road to Paris east of Château-Thierry, helped save the French capital
and, in doing so, played a key role in turning the tide of the war. The Allies then began a
counteroffensive that drove the enemy back to the Hindenburg Line, and four months later
the war was over.
Rock of the Marne follows the Third Division's Sixth Brigade, which took the brunt of the
German attack. The officers, many of them West Pointers and elite Ivy Leaguers, fighting
side-by-side with enlisted men—city dwellers and country boys, cowboys and coal miners
who came from every corner of America along with newly planted immigrants from
Europe—answered their country's call to duty.
This is the gripping true account of one of the most important—yet least explored—battles
of World War I.
Includes Photos
'No one writes about World War I with more empathy and understanding than Stephen
Harris. In Rock of the Marne, he achieves a new level of drama and significance. In their
stand on the Marne, the raw Americans of the Third Infantry Division changed the history
of the war, the history of Europe, even the history of the world. Harris brings this epochal
event alive with breathtaking vividness and skill.' Thomas Fleming, author of The
Illusion of Victory: America in World War I
'A hundred years ago, the German Army was on the way to Paris. But on the Marne River,
some 27,000 brave American doughboys of the Third Division thought otherwise. The
resultant clash of arms decided the Great War. Author Stephen L. Harris puts you right in
the middle of the action. He tells it like it was: good, bad, and ugly, from baby-faced
machine-gunners and hard-bitten sergeants fighting for their lives to exhausted colonels and
generals trying to sort it all out under fire. This is military history as its meant to be.'
Daniel P. Bolger, Lt. Gen. U.S. Army. Ret., author of Why We Lost: A General's Inside
Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
'Stephen Harris has written a thrilling account of a critical, but mostly forgotten, battle of
the Great War, which includes an unforgettable portrait of a magnificent American warrior,
Col. Ulysses McAlexander.' Michael Hanlon, First World War Editor and Publisher
Hunter Killer: Inside America's Unmanned Air War
McCurley, T Mark; Maurer, Kevin
$37.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Dutton 352pp
18 November 2015 9780525954439 Carton Qty:
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Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), commonly referred to by the media as drones, are a
mysterious and headline-making tool in the military's counterterrorism arsenal. Their story
has been pieced together by technology reporters, major newspapers, and on-the-ground
accounts from the Middle East, but it has never been fully told by an insider.
In Hunter Killer, Air Force Lt. Col. T. Mark McCurley provides an unprecedented look at
the aviators and aircraft that forever changed modern warfare. This is the first account by
an RPA pilot, told from his unique-in-history vantage point supporting and executing Tier
One counterterrorism missions. Only a handful of people know what it's like to hunt
terrorists from the sky, watching through the electronic eye of aircraft that can stay aloft for
a day at a time, waiting to deploy their cutting-edge technology to neutralize threats to
America's national security.
Hunter Killer is the counterpoint to the stories from the battlefront told in books like No
Easy Day and American Sniper: While special operators such as SEALs and Delta Force
have received a lot of attention in recent years, no book has ever told the story of the
unmanned air war. Until now.
Praise for Hunter Killer
'An Air Force veteran tells an exciting tale of tracking terrorist leaders by remote piloted
aircraft, the future of military aviation . . . An illuminating tale of a pilot on the cutting
edge.' Kirkus
The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
Dimbleby Jonathan
$40.00 (Royal Pb 230x152 Mm) Viking 400pp
18 November 2015 9780241186619 Carton Qty:
The longest campaign of the Second World War.
The most destructive naval campaign in all history.
An epic story that has never been fully told.
1
The Battle of the Atlantic was - though often overlooked - crucial to the defeat of the
Germans in the Second World War. If the U-boats had prevailed, the maritime artery across
the Atlantic would have been severed. Mass hunger would have consumed Britain, and the
Allied armies would have been prevented from joining in the invasion of Europe. There
would have been no D-Day.
When we think of the great struggles of 1939-1945, we usually turn to the Blitz, El
Alamein, Stalingrad, Berlin . . . but those battles, and many more, could not have been
fought, let alone won, without the Allied victory in the Atlantic. In the words of Winston
Churchill: 'The Battle of the Atlantic was the dominating factor all through the war . . .
everything happening elsewhere, on land, at sea, or in the air, depended ultimately on its
outcome.'
Through fascinating contemporary diaries and letters, from the leaders and from the sailors
on all sides, Jonathan Dimbleby creates a thrilling narrative that uniquely places the
campaign in its global context. Challenging conventional wisdom on the use of intelligence
and on Churchill's bombing campaign, The Battle of the Atlantic tells the story of the
decisions that led to victory, and the horror and humanity of life on those perilous seas.
It is a gripping tale that transforms our understanding of the Second World War.
The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
Copenhaver, Brian
$70.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Penguin Classics 384pp
18 November 2015 9780241198568 Carton Qty: 1
'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in
the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew
is raised towards the Sun . . .'
An odd feature of the Bible is that it is full of stories featuring forms of magic and
possession - from Joseph battling with Pharaoh's wizards to the supernatural actions of
Jesus and his disciples. As, over the following centuries, the Christian church attempted to
stamp out 'deviant' practices, there was a persistent interest in magic that drew strength
from this Biblical validation. A strange blend of mumbo-jumbo, fraud and deeply serious
study, magic was central to the European Renaissance, fascinating many of its greatest
figures.
Brian Copenhaver's wonderful anthology will be welcomed by everyone from those with
the most casual interest in the magical tradition to anyone drawn to the Renaissance and the
tangled, arcane roots of the scientific tradition.
The Climb: Conversations with Australian Women in Power
Doogue, Geraldine (ed)
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Text 320pp
18 November 2015 9781925240672 Carton Qty: 1
Iconic journalist and television presenter Geraldine Doogue turns her attention to an issue
central to our times. How are we, as women, represented at the top levels of power in
Australia?
In candid and personal conversations with fourteen women leading the way in fields as
wide-ranging as business, politics, religion, education and the armed forces, Doogue gets to
the heart of what it means to be a woman in power in Australia.
Inspiring and insightful, The Climb reveals a varied and at times quite unexpected picture
of contemporary Australia.
On Liberty
Chakrabarti, Shami
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Press 256pp
18 November 2015 9780141976310 Carton Qty: 1
Since 9/11, governments have told us to sacrifice some freedoms for greater security. In
this highly personal, impassioned defence of fundamental human rights, Shami
Chakrabarti, the Director of Liberty, draws on her own campaigning experience to argue
that our civil liberties aren't disposable - they matter more than ever.
'This vital book should be read by all our citizens.' Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Observer
'Moving, deeply heartfelt . . . She writes with eloquence and wit.' Ben Wilson, Daily
Telegraph
'A consistent defender of civil liberties at a time when the wars on terror have made our
governments too careless of them.' Jenni Russell, Sunday Times
'That rarest of things, a history not overtaken by fast-moving events but enriched by them . .
. This is an important book.' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian
A Larger Australia: The ABC 2015 Boyer Lectures
Fullilove, Michael
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Viking 0pp
1 December 2015 9780670079278 Carton Qty: 1
The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World that Values
Sameness
Rose, Todd; Ogas, Ogi
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Allen Lane 320pp
1 March 2016 9780241184233 Carton Qty: 1
Why don't Meyers-Briggs personality tests really work? Why are HR tests for new
employees often meaningless? Why doesn't BMI - body mass index - correlate to actual
health or physical fitness?
Individuals behave, learn, and develop in different ways, but these unique patterns of
human behavior get lost in massive systems that play to average performance and average
abilities, instead of individual performance and abilities. These systems made sense almost
two centuries ago at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, but in today's globalized digital
world they are outdated and inadequate. Yet, every single one of us is affected by these
archaic systems. They are far more prevalent that you can imagine, and far more insidious:
standardized tests, academic grading systems, job applicant profiling, job performance
reviews, job training, even medical treatments. These systems ignore our differences and
ultimately fail at measuring and maximizing our potential.
As the first popular book on the science of the individual, The End of Average draws upon
the very latest findings in the fields of psychology and sociology to show how, when we
focus on individual findings rather than group averages, we are empowered to rethink the
world and our place in it.
Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for
Your People Like Family
Chapman, Bob; Sisodia, Rajendra
$40.00 (Royal Pb 230x152 Mm) Penguin (General Uk) 272pp
18 November 2015 9780241975404 Carton Qty: 1
Bob Chapman has transformed Barry-Wehmiller from a broken manufacturing business
into a thriving global firm.
Instead of using cost cuts, cosmetic changes, financial hijinks and major layoffs, Chapman
did it by inspiring his employees around a shared vision of the future to create meaningful
work and personal fulfillment for everyone in the business.
Through true stories and proven techniques, Everybody Matters provides straightforward,
practical tools for creating work environments that bring out the best in your team.
Big Bang Disruption: Business Survival in the Age of Constant
Innovation
Downes, Larry; Nunes, Paul
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Portfolio 256pp
18 November 2015 9780241003534 Carton Qty: 1
It used to take years for new products and services to dethrone industry leaders. Now any
business, in any industry, can be instantly devastated by a start-up offering something better
and cheaper. How can you protect yourself, and harness the power of Big Bang Disruption?
The good news is that any business can master the strategy of the start-ups. In this essential
book, Larry Downes and Paul Nunes draw on extensive research by the Accenture Institute
for High Performance and interviews across 30 industries to give you the tools to take
control of your future.
Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Rapid Customer
Growth
Weinberg, Gabriel; Mares, Justin
$40.00 (Royal Pb 230x152 Mm) Portfolio 256pp
18 November 2015 9780241242537 Carton Qty:
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Why do so many startups fail? According to entrepreneurs Gabriel Weinberg and Justin
Mares, most failed startups make the fatal mistake of putting all their effort into perfecting
their product at the cost of reaching out to potential users.
Instead, they should be putting half their resources into getting traction. Traction is the
essential guide for any startup looking to stay ahead of the curve and start building a user
base early in the game. The book offers no one-size-fits-all solution: every startup is
unique, so no single method is guaranteed to generate traction. Instead, the authors identify
nineteen different traction channels, from viral marketing to trade shows. They offer
insights on how to exploit each one to its fullest potential, and provide a framework to test
various channels and identify the best one for any startup.
The Theatre of War: what ancient Greek tragedies can teach us
today
Doerries, Bryan
$37.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Scribe Publications 304pp
18 November 2015 9781925106961 Carton Qty: 1
Classical tragedy is timelessly powerful – not only does it still move us, but it heals,
too.
Bryan Doerries produces performances of Greek tragedies for soldiers returned from
conflict, addicts, prison communities, victims of natural disasters, and other vulnerable
people. His dramatisations have explored how the story of Sophocles' Ajax can help today's
soldiers and their loved ones grapple with trauma; why people in the penal system are
liberated by Prometheus Bound; and how Heracles has changed the way that some doctors
manage end-of-life care. In drawing on such extraordinarily intimate experiences, and in
telling his own story of loss and learning, Doerries illustrates the redemptive potential of
one of the oldest human art-forms, and the power of re-enacting.
The Theatre of War is a passionate, humane, and purposeful book that shows how suffering
and healing are part of an eternally replicable process, and argues that the great tragedies of
the Greeks can still light a clear path forward through contemporary society's most tangled
issues.
The Success and Failure of Picasso
Berger, John
$24.00 (A Fmt 181x111 Mm) Penguin Classics 256pp
18 November 2015 9780241201244 Carton Qty: 1
How do we see the world around us? This is one of a number of pivotal works by creative
thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision for ever.
Contending that 'for Picasso, what he is is far more important than what he does', this
prescient 1965 work of criticism from the author of Ways of Seeing explores art, celebrity,
commerce and the mass media. Investigating every aspect of Picasso's life and work - from
the Blue Period through Cubism and the compositions that culminated in Guernica and
beyond - John Berger's study of the 'undisputed emperor of modern art' is also a penetrating
look at our age.
'One of the most influential intellectuals of our time.' Observer
The Great British Dream Factory: The Strange History of Our
National Imagination
Sandbrook, Dominic
$70.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Allen Lane 656pp
18 November 2015 9780241004654 Carton Qty:
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Britain's empire has gone. We no longer matter as we once did. And yet there is still one
area in which we can legitimately claim superpower status: our popular culture.
It is extraordinary to think that one British writer, J. K. Rowling, has sold more than 400
million books; that Doctor Who is watched in almost every developed country in the world;
that James Bond has been the central character in the longest-running film series in history;
that The Lord of the Rings is the second best-selling novel ever written (behind only A Tale
of Two Cities); that the Beatles are still the best-selling musical group of all time; and that
only Shakespeare and the Bible have sold more books than Agatha Christie. To put it
simply, no country on earth, relative to its size, has contributed more to the modern
imagination.
This is a book about the success and the meaning of Britain's modern popular culture, from
Bond and the Beatles to Catherine Cookson and Coronation Street, from Harry Potter,
heavy metal and Kate Bush to Damien Hirst, Downton Abbey and Grand Theft Auto.
Dominic Sandbrook's superbly rich, entertaining and thought-provoking book makes it
clear that The Great British Dream Factory is a very strange and wonderful place indeed.
Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll
Bebergal, Peter
$32.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Tarcher 288pp
18 November 2015 9780399174964 Carton Qty:
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From the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George
Harrison, from the dark dalliances of Led Zeppelin to the Masonic imagery of today's hiphop scene, the occult has long breathed life into rock and hip-hop—and, indeed, esoteric
and supernatural traditions are a key ingredient behind the emergence and development of
rock and roll.
With vivid storytelling and laser-sharp analysis, writer and critic Peter Bebergal
illuminates this web of influences to produce the definitive work on how the occult
shaped—and saved—popular music.
As Bebergal explains, occult and mystical ideals gave rock and roll its heart and purpose,
making rock into more than just backbeat music, but into a cultural revolution of political,
spiritual, sexual, and social liberation.
'A fascinating thesis reflecting the time when everyone seemed to give rock and roll the
status of, if not a religion, then certainly that of a spiritual belief system. Peter
Bebergal's Season of the Witch brought it all back. It's an absorbing read deserving an
important place in rock literature.' Michael Moorcock
'Rather than turning in either a fanboyish rhapsody or a scholarly dissertation, he treads the
line between those approaches. The result is passionate, informed, gripping and at times
wonderfully lyrical.' NPR
'This sharply written narrative illuminates the centrality of the occult imagination at the
heart of rock and roll.' Library Journal (starred review)
'A thoroughly researched, absorbing, entertaining ride for anyone who's ever played the
Beatles' 'White Album' backwards.' Andrea Shea, WBUR/ NPR
'Kudos to Bebergal for taming the wily spirits of rock long enough to capture their essence
in this fascinating book. Perhaps more impressive is the book's comprehensiveness—from
Delta blues to beatnik bluster to acid evangelists to metal overlords, Season of the
Witch puts the hellfire in highbrow.' The Contrarian
You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which
You've Already Ruined Your Life
Gondelman, Josh; Berkowitz, Joe
$30.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Plume 224pp
18 November 2015 9780147515803 Carton Qty:
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Humankind is doomed. Especially you.
It's already too late. From overstaying your welcome at a party, to leaving passiveaggressive post-its on your roommate's belongings, to letting your date know the extent of
the internet reconnaissance you did on them—you're destined to embarrass yourself again
and again.
In You Blew It!, Josh Gondelman, comedian and co-creator of the 'Modern Seinfeld' twitter
account, teams up with Joe Berkowitz, an equally wry and ruthless social-observer, to
dissect a range of painfully hilarious faux pas. Breaking down the code violations of
modern culture—particularly our fervent, ridiculous addiction to technology—Gondelman
and Berkowitz will keep you laughing as they explore how social blunders are simply part
of the mystery that is you.
A Visual Guide to Drink
Gibson, Ben; Mulligan, Patrick
$60.00 (Miscell H/B) Avery 216pp
18 November 2015 9781592409303
Carton Qty: 1
Pop Chart Lab was founded in 2010 by a book editor and a designer, with the modest goal
of rendering all of human experience in chart form. Since then they've charted a wide array
of cultural touchstones—everything from the syntax of rapper names to the history of
basketball uniforms to a taxonomy of whiskeys from around the world.
A Visual Guide to Drink is Pop Chart Lab's comprehensive volume of its most important
topics in graphical form: beer, wine, and spirits. Infographically representing everything
from the very many varieties of beer and the vessels to drink them out of, to the cocktails of
choice of film and literature's copious consumers, A Visual Guide to Drink maps, graphs,
and charts the history, geography, and culture of the world's very favorite pastime.
The domestic beer-drinking novice and whiskey aficionado alike will relish in the breadth
and depth of information presented—from an incredibly detailed map of the wine regions
of France to the perfectly practical charted cocktail recipes—as well as the company's
trademark clean and elegant design. The definitive guide to informative imbibing, A Visual
Guide to Drink is a fun, functional, and beautiful concoction of data and design that is sure
to inspire delight in readers (and drinkers) everywhere.
To Have and Have Another Revised Edition: A Hemingway
Cocktail Companion
Greene, Philip
$50.00 (Miscell H/B) Perigee 352pp
18 November 2015 9780399174902 Carton
Qty: 1
Few writers have achieved such legend as Ernest Hemingway, and fewer still have won
such a reputation for drinking as constantly and heavily—quite an accomplishment in a
profession chock-full of heavy imbibers. For Hemingway, the artist's craft was twofold: to
write well and to drink well, too.
In To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, Philip Greene, cocktail
historian, spirits consultant, and cofounder of the Museum of the American Cocktail, offers
us a view of Papa through the lens Papa himself preferred—the bottom of a glass.
A bartender's manual for Hemingway enthusiasts, this revised and expanded volume offers
a unique take on Hemingway's oeuvre that privileges the tastes, smells, and colors of the
cocktails he enjoyed and the drinks he placed so prominently in his stories they were nearly
characters themselves. To Have and Have Another delivers fascinating and lively
background on the various drinks, their ingredients, their histories, and the characters—real
and fictional—associated with them.
'A fascinating literary-booze study . . .' The Washington Post
'An interesting read and a must-have for Hemingway lovers and craft bartenders.' Kirkus
Reviews
'At a time when cocktail books have become rote, To Have and Have Another by Philip
Greene subverts the formula and provides recipe-by-recipe substance to Ernest
Hemingway's drinking ways . . . [Greene] lets the drinks lead the way but fleshes each one
with meticulous detail to round out the pieces of Papa's lusty life.' San Francisco
Chronicle
'Even a casual student of the novelist Ernest Hemingway knows the man liked to drink. But
a quick skimming of Philip Greene's new book, To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway
Cocktail Companion, reveals exactly how much the man enjoyed his cups.' The New York
Times
'Might be the next best thing to drinking with Hemingway.' Imbibe
'Greene, the cofounder of the Museum of the American Cocktail, makes it easy to recreate
some of Hemingway's most memorable literary libations, including the Dripped Absinthe
from For Whom the Bell Tollsand the Jack Rose from The Sun Also Rises.' Wine
Enthusiast
'[A]n off-beat and worthy addition to the Papa bookshelf, especially for the imbibers among
us.' The Florida Book Review
'To Have and Have Another is light and engaging, a fast read that works as both a
dictionary of cocktails and a reference text on Hemingway's works and personal
life.' Serious Eats
Images of Singapore Botanic Gardens
Loh, Alvin (photo)
$37.00 (Misc P/B) Marshall Cavendish 144pp
18 November 2015 9789814677196 Carton Qty:
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With more than 150 years of history, the 74-hectare Singapore Botanic Gardens holds a
unique and significant place in the history of Singapore and the region. It was responsible
in its early days for the introduction, experimentation and promotion of crop plants,
including the rubber tree; it also spearheaded orchid breeding and started a world-renowned
orchid hybridisation programme. Today, it not only continues to play a vital role in the
horticultural and botanical fields, the Singapore Botanic Gardens has become a fixture of
the cultural landscape and the national identity
Images of Singapore Botanic Gardens takes the reader on an enchanting photographic tour
of the gardens' varied landscapes. Highlights include the National Orchid Garden, home of
the world's foremost collection of orchids; Jacob Ballas Children's Garden, the first
children's garden in Asia; a lush Rainforest trail boasting rare tropical species; pictureperfect water features such as Swan Lake, Eco Lake and Symphony Lake; and some of the
best-preserved specimens of colonial architecture in Singapore.
On 4 July 2015, the Singapore Botanic Gardens has been inscribed as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site at the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany. The
Gardens is the first and only tropical botanic garden on the UNESCO's World Heritage
List.
This compact volume, packed with over 250 photographs, vividly captures the spirit of
Singapore Botanic Gardens in all its glory.
The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female
Ascendance Is Hurting Women, Men - and Our Economy
Rivers, Caryl; Barnett, Rosalind C
$40.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Tarcher 304pp
18 November 2015 9780399176395 Carton Qty:
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For the first time in history, women make up half the educated labor force and are earning
the majority of advanced degrees. It should be the best time ever for women, and yet… it's
not. Storm clouds are gathering, and the worst thing is that most women don't have a clue
what could be coming. In large part this is because the message they're being fed is that
they now have it made. But do they?
In The New Soft War on Women, respected experts on gender issues and the psychology of
women Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett argue that an insidious war of subtle biases
and barriers is being waged that continues to marginalize women. Although women have
made huge strides in recent years, these gains have not translated into money and influence.
Consider the following:
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Women with MBAs earn, on average, $4,600 less than their male counterparts in
their first job out of business school.
Female physicians earn, on average, 39 percent less than male physicians.
Female financial analysts take in 35 percent less, and female chief executives one
quarter less than men in similar positions.
In this eye-opening book, Rivers and Barnett offer women the real facts as well as tools for
combating the 'soft war' tactics that prevent them from advancing in their careers. With
women now central to the economy, determining to a large degree whether it thrives or
stagnates, this is one war no one can afford for them to lose.
'[A] vital study of the state of women in the labor force . . . It's hard to ignore
overwhelming evidence that shows the undesirable and unsustainable conditions women
face in the 21st century. This book will move readers.' Publishers Weekly
'In page after page, these authors catalog the barriers that women still confront . . . [and]
support their argument with solid data and illuminating anecdotes.' Library Journal
'This is the book you have been waiting for. In meticulous and maddening detail, the
authors lay out the studies and statistics that show how women are getting overlooked and
underpaid in the workplace. And by showing that the gender wage gap typically begins
right out of school, they blow a million sorry excuses for the pay differential right out of
the water. It's not business. It's bias.' Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Representative for New
York's 12th Congressional District
'The New Soft War on Women is myth-shattering, disturbing, persuasive, and hopeful all at
once. The authors argue that discrimination isn't gone, it's gone underground, and they
show what to do about it to ensure that women's talent isn't lost. Anyone who cares about a
thriving economy—and her own career—should grab this powerful book.' Rosabeth Moss
Kanter, Harvard Business School professor and bestselling author
of Confidence andSuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits,
Growth, and Social Good
'While the rest of the punditocracy either proclaims or bemoans the 'end of men,' veteran
observers Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett say 'not so fast.' This bracing, clear-sighted,
and well-researched book cautions against such premature self-congratulation and reminds
us of the startling inequalities yet to be righted.' Michael Kimmel, author of Guyland and
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies
'Finally, finally, finally—a book that pulls together and makes sense of the most credible
research on women in the workforce. If you have been confused by the media hype, if you
are a woman, if you manage women, or if you are a business decision maker, this is a musthave book for you!' Ellen Galinsky, President, Families and Work Institute
The Simple Road: A Handbook for the Contemporary Seeker
Harris, Obadiah
$37.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Tarcher 192pp
18 November 2015 9780399176302 Carton Qty:
1
For more than a half-century, Obadiah Harris has studied the spiritual path, holding
ministerial pulpits in traditions ranging from Pentecostalism to New Thought, and directing
programs in continuing education, community-outreach, and distance-learning at major
universities.
He has worked with the ideas and legacies of spiritual icons ranging from Manly P. Hall,
author of the landmark The Secret Teachings of All Ages, to Ernest Holmes, founder of the
Science of Mind movement, America's most successful and intellectually rigorous New
Thought congregation. When he was growing up in rural Oklahoma, Harris's family
provided the first pulpit to internationally known televangelist Oral Roberts.
As a scholar and seeker, Harris has traversed and helped shape broad swaths of our modern
spiritual landscape. Now, he distills the insights he has found — all of them potent,
powerful, and, above all, useful — in The Simple Road.
The Simple Road is more than a book. This concise statement is a spiritual GPS that guides
the earnest seeker past dead-ends and switchbacks to locate the path that most intimately
and directly connect us with the Source of all life. The methods and ideas in this book can
help rescue you from a crisis and provide a daily source of practice.
This brave work addresses head-on topics that are often shunned or ignored in works of
'proper' theology, including the question of physical healing by spiritual means — a topic
treated with deepest seriousness — and with the existence of hostile forces that test us on
the spiritual path.
The Simple Road is balm for parched souls. Whatever tradition you belong to, or if you
belong to no one tradition, The Simple Road helps you locate the thread of universality that
runs through all faiths, and leads you to practices, prayers, methods, and parables that lift
your daily journey to a higher, better place.
This brief, powerful book can bring you literally life-saving solace when facing life's
entanglements.
'When you grow exhausted with all of today's spiritual programs, axioms, seminars, and
techniques; when you feel fatigued from searching and cannot find a way forward; when it
seems that years of seeking have netted so little – throw yourself upon the essential truths
in this book . . . It can be lifesaving.' Mitch Horowitz, from the introduction
Simple Giving: Easy Ways to Give Every Day
Iacovelli, Jennifer
$35.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Tarcher 208pp
18 November 2015 9780399172458 Carton Qty: 1
Most people think they have to donate a lot of time and money in order to make a
difference. But there are simple ways to integrate giving into our personal and professional
lives that don't involve either. In Simple Giving, Jennifer Iacovelli shows us how to make
giving a part of our daily routines. It can involve something as simple as holding the door
open for a stranger or paying someone else's toll, which will brighten that person's day. We
can also think about ways to make sustainability and social good a part of our business
models.
After working in the nonprofit sector and soliciting and coordinating donations for ten
years, Iacovelli became frustrated with the disconnect between givers and receivers. Givers
(or potential givers) didn't realize how much of an impact they could make, while recipients
couldn't thank the organization enough. In Simple Giving, Iacovelli inspires us with the
stories of how people ranging from moms to social entrepreneurs are giving back in
creative ways. By being more mindful of how our actions impact others and taking steps
toward positive change, we also live happier and more fulfilled lives.
'The beauty of Simple Giving is its practical content. Jennifer has found the balance
between inspiring stories and accessible giving measures, that help to turn the chaos of
today's philanthropy landscape into a roadmap for fulfilling end effective change-making.
If you want to give effectively, read Simple Giving.' Karl Hofmann, CEO,
Population Services International
You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad
Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of
Your Life
Gladding, Rebecca; Schwartz, Jeffrey
$37.00 (B+ 210x138mm Demy 8vo) Avery 384pp
18 November 2015 9781583334836 Carton Qty:
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A leading neuroplasticity researcher and the coauthor of the groundbreaking books Brain
Lock and The Mind and the Brain, Jeffrey M. Schwartz has spent his career studying the
human brain. He pioneered the first mindfulness-based treatment program for people
suffering from OCD, teaching patients how to achieve long-term relief from their
compulsions.
Schwartz works with psychiatrist Rebecca Gladding to refine a program that successfully
explains how the brain works and why we often feel besieged by overactive brain circuits
(i.e. bad habits, social anxieties, etc.) the key to making life changes that you want—to
make your brain work for you—is to consciously choose to 'starve' these circuits of focused
attention, thereby decreasing their influence and strength.
You Are Not Your Brain carefully outlines their program, showing readers how to identify
negative impulses, channel them through the power of focused attention, and ultimately
lead more fulfilling and empowered lives.
'A testament to mind over brain . . . It's the truth of the matter that sheer willpower can truly
make you break free.' Leonardo DiCaprio
'Operating on the highly rational perspective that we are not our brains, but rather,
substantial free agents who exercise control over our brains, Schwartz and Gladding
develop a simple, yet profoundly insightful approach for developing a flourishing life. The
result is truly life-giving, and it will bring healing and hope to all who read it and practice
its wisdom.' J.P. Moreland, author of The God Question
'How can the brain, which is just a complex network of interconnected nerve cells, give rise
to consciousness and to thought? Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz and Dr. Rebecca Gladding argue,
persuasively, that the mind actually has massive causal effects on the functioning of the
brain. In other words, you can not only change the way you think, feel and behave through
conscious effort when you're upset, but you can also change the programming and
chemistry of your brain. A compelling and important message.' David Burns, M.D.,
author of Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
'The idea that we can deliberately and systematically change our brains with our minds was
once thought ridiculous. But now, largely due to Jeffrey Schwartz and his UCLA research
on neuro-plasticity and OCD, this once revolutionary idea is well accepted. Rebecca
Gladding and Jeffrey Schwartz adapt Schwartz's extraordinarily successful program for a
mainstream audience giving simple, self-directed tools to help achieve greater happiness,
emotional balance, and overall well-being.' Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The
Mindful Child
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the
Transformation of Trauma
van der Kolk, Bessel
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Press 464pp
18 November 2015 9780141978611 Carton Qty: 1
The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations.
Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for
treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an
alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body.
'Van der Kolk draws on thirty years of experience to argue powerfully that trauma is one of
the West's most urgent public health issues . . . Packed with science and human
stories.' New Scientist
'Breathtaking in its scope and breadth, a seminal work by one of the preeminent pioneers in
trauma research and treatment.' Peter A. Levine, author of In An Unspoken Voice
'Dr. van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the
erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller.' Judith Herman, author
of Trauma and Recovery
The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate
Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
Domingos, Pedro
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Allen Lane 304pp
18 November 2015 9780241004548 Carton Qty:
1
Society is changing, one learning algorithm at a time, from search engines to online dating,
personalized medicine to predicting the stock market. But learning algorithms are not just
about Big Data - these algorithms take raw data and make it useful by creating more
algorithms. This is something new under the sun: a technology that builds itself.
In The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos reveals how machine learning is remaking
business, politics, science and war. And he takes us on an awe-inspiring quest to find 'The
Master Algorithm' - a universal learner capable of deriving all knowledge from data.
Pocket Garden Birdwatch
Andrew, David
$21.00 (Misc P/B) Dorling Kindersley 128pp
18 November 2015 9781740333092 Carton
Qty: 1
Birdwatching can be done from your doorstep with Pocket Garden Birdwatch, which has
been carefully adapted from the UK edition to ensure it is relevant to the Australian
environment.
You'll find all the information you need to create a welcoming garden environment for
birds, including expert advice on providing food, water and nesting sites in your garden,
guidance on the kind of plants to grow to create a bird-friendly environment, tips on
observing birds, what to look out for in different seasons and the kind of equipment
required, and profiles on the top 60 Australian garden birds.
Pocket Garden Birdwatch is the ideal quick reference guide to help you identify birds in
your backyard!
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible
Vernon Ursula
$21.00 (B Fmt H/B 206x133mm) Dial 208pp
18 November 2015 9780803739833 Carton
Qty: 36
Harriet Hamsterbone is not your average princess.
For one thing, she's a hamster.
For another, she prefers sword-fighting and fractions to sighing and fainting.
So when Harriet finds out that she was cursed at birth to fall into a deep sleep at the age of
twelve, she doesn't exactly react the way her parents were expecting.
After all, no good curse goes to waste, and so until the age of twelve, Harriet realizes she's .
. . invincible!
Of courses, there is still that whole curse thing, but she'll worry about that later.
'A joy to read, and we can only hope that Harriet – long may she reign – will return in later
installments.' Booklist, starred review
'Move over, Babymouse, there's a new rodent in town! . . . Vernon has created a spunky
heroine readers will cheer for and who will leave them eagerly searching for the happily
ever after in the next installment.' School Library Journal, starred review
'Harriet is her own hamster, but she takes her place proudly alongside both Danny
Dragonbreath and Babymouse. Creatively fresh and feminist, with laughs on every single
page.' Kirkus Reviews, starred review
'A book with all the makings of a hit. Readers will be laughing themselves
silly.' Publishers Weekly, starred review
Lulu's Party
Chase Kit
$30.00 (Miscell H/B) Putnam 32pp
18 November 2015 9780399257018
Carton Qty: 28
Luli, Charlie, and Oliver love to play outside together. When the weather is stormy, they
are disappointed that they can't be outdoors. So one gloomy day, Lulu decides to have a
party - and plans a special rainy day treat for her firends. But when it's time to taste her
surprise they quickly realize something went very wrong.
Lulu is devastated that her party is ruined, but with some quick thinking, Charlie and Oliver
figure out a delicious solution to save the day!
Kit Chase offers a sweet ode to friendship in this tale of three best friends who are always
ready to use their imagination and help each other out.
I'm Trying to Love Spiders
Barton, Bethany
$30.00 (Miscell H/B) Viking 34pp
18 November 2015 9780670016938
Carton Qty: 26
The official spider test.
What do you do when you see one of these?
a. Lay on a BIG spidey smoocheroo.
b. Smile, but back away slowly.
c. Grab the closest object and aim it at the spider.
d. Run away screaming.
If you chose b, c, or d, then this book is for you! (If you chose a, you might be crazy.)
I'm Trying to Love Spiders will help you see these amazing arachnids in a whole new light,
from their awesomely excessive eight eyes to the seventy-five pounds of bugs a spider can
eat in a single year! And you're sure to feel safer knowing you have a better chance of
being struck by lightning than being fatally bitten by a spider. Comforting, right?? No?
Either way, there's heaps more information in here to help you forget your fears . . . or at
least laugh a lot!
Our Australian Girl: Marly walks on the Moon (Book 4)
Pung Alice & Masciullo Lucia
$17.99 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Puffin 132pp
27 January 2016 9780143308522 Carton Qty: 1
It's 1983... and baby mania has struck Marly's house with the arrival of her baby brother.
But Marly never realised that a new baby would take up so much of everyone's time! No
one's helping her with her costume for the school concert. Marly's secret plan is to perform
the Moonwalk, the dance she's been practising all year. But will she be ready?
Follow Marly on her adventure in the final book of four stories about a daring girl torn
between two worlds.
Our Australian Girl Keepsake Set
Various
$37.00 (Box) Puffin 0pp
1 October 2014 9780734311528
Carton Qty: 12
According to Yes
French, Dawn
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Michael Joseph 384pp
18 November 2015 9780718159177 Carton Qty: 1
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.
This is Glenn Wilder-Bingham's kingdom. A beautifully-displayed impeccably-edited
fortress of restraint.
So when Rosie Kitto, an eccentric thirty-eight-year-old primary school teacher from
England, bounces into their lives with a secret sorrow and a heart as big as the city, nobody
realises that she hasn't read the rule book.
For the Wilder-Bingham family, whose lives begin to unravel thread by thread, the
consequences are explosive. Because after a lifetime of saying no, what happens when
everyone decides to start saying yes?
The One Plus One: CD
Moyes, Jojo
$55.00 (Cd Compact Disk) Penguin (General Uk) 0pp
18 November 2015 9781405923668 Carton Qty: 1
Penguin presents the unabridged, CD edition of The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes read by
Elizabeth Bower, Ben Elliot, Nicola Stanton and Steven France.
One single mum
With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best. But it's hard on your own. And
sometimes you take risks you shouldn't . . .
One chaotic family
Jess's gifted daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she'll
never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess's teenage stepson, can't fight the bullies
alone . . .
One handsome stranger
Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos. But he has time on his
hands. He knows what it's like to be lonely. And he wants to help . . .
One unexpected love story . . .
Wars of the Roses: Bloodline
Iggulden, Conn
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Michael Joseph 420pp
18 November 2015 9780718159870 Carton Qty: 1
Winter 1461.
Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the
city.
King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of
victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With
the death of York, Margaret and her army seem unstoppable.
Yet in killing the father, Margaret has unleashed the sons.
Edward of March, now Duke of York, proclaims himself England's rightful king. Factions
form and tear apart as snow falls. Through blood and treason, through broken men and
vengeful women, brother shall confront brother, king shall face king.
Two men can always claim a crown. Only one can keep it.
Public Library and Other Stories
Smith, Ali
$55.00 (Demy H/B 216x135mm) Hamish Hamilton 288pp
18 November 2015 9780241237465 Carton Qty: 1
Why are books, in all their forms, so very powerful?
What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us?
What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in
jeopardy, say about us?
The stories in Ali Smith's new collection are about what we do with books and what they
do with us: how they travel with us, friends for life; how they shock us, change us,
challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they
coax us endlessly to unexpected blossom; how they remind us to pay attention to the world
we make.
Number 11
Coe, Jonathan
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Viking 368pp
18 November 2015 9780670923793 Carton Qty:
1
This is a novel about the hundreds of tiny connections between the public and private
worlds and how they affect us all.
It's about the legacy of war and the end of innocence.
It's about how comedy and politics are battling it out and comedy might have won.
It's about how 140 characters can make fools of us all.
It's about living in a city where bankers need cinemas in their basements and others need
food banks down the street.
It is Jonathan Coe doing what he does best - showing us how we live now.
'Probably the best English novelist of his generation.' Nick Hornby
'Thank goodness for Jonathan Coe.' Scotland on Sunday
'Coe is among the handful of novelists who can tell us something about the temper of our
times.' Observer
Twelve Deaths of Christmas
Sharp, Jackson
$30.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin (General Uk) 320pp
18 November 2015 9781405920285 Carton Qty: 1
It's Christmas, but Detective Inspector Kerry Cox is not celebrating. She's preparing to face
down the ramifications of her most recent investigation: a fumbled child trafficking case.
Distraction comes when the body of a retired ex-policeman is found, and DI Cox refuses to
buy that it's a suicide.
Teaming up with the journalist, and ex-lover, who almost ruined her career, their
investigations uncover a sinister network of paedophiles operating many years before.
And as the bodies and historical evidence mount up, DI Cox's focus is torn between
tracking down the serial killer, and bringing the upper echelons of British society to justice.
The Flicker Men
Kosmatka, Ted
$40.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Michael Joseph 464pp
18 November 2015 9780718183066 Carton Qty: 1
The Man.
Eric Argus, a washed out quantum physicist given one last shot at redemption.
The Experiment.
An investigation into the mysterious composition of light and matter.
The Discovery.
Unexpected and unprecedented evidence for the existence of the human soul.
The Consequences.
A staggering revelation about the hidden structure of the universe. And an unimaginable
reality that should have been uncovered . . .
Acclaim for Ted Kosmatka
'A well-written, utterly convincing thriller that left my mind reeling for days. It latched on
after the first chapter and didn't let go until the last word . . . as thoughtful as it is
thrilling. It kept me up way, way past my bedtime.' Daniel H. Wilson, author
of Robopocalypse
'Prophet of Bones contains some incredibly tantalizing glimpses of hard science in a world
constrained by theological received truth, and the detailed discussions of scientific
methodology just add to the fascination.' i09.com
'A masterwork of intrigue and menace . . . I was enthralled . . . An eye-opening and pageturning read without parallel.' Clive Cussler
Boyfriend for Christmas
Stallard, Jenny
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin (General Uk) 400pp
18 November 2015 9781405922487 Carton Qty: 1
It's bad enough to be perpetually single, without also being the dating journalist for a major
lifestyle website. And Genie Havisham has just been set her toughest deadline yet: find a
boyfriend by Christmas or find a new job.
Determined not to end the year alone and jobless, Genie sets out to find where all the
eligible bachelors in London have been hiding, using whatever means possible.
But among the terrible dates, one night stands and the unexpected return of her 'supposedly
reformed' ex-boyfriend, could Genie have overlooked what's been right under her nose all
along?
A Family for Christmas
Finlay, Linda
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin (General Uk) 400pp
18 November 2015 9781405922043 Carton Qty: 1
Eliza is just thirteen years old when she is forced out of her home one freezing winter's
night. Lost and alone, she struggles across the snowy moors before collapsing on the
doorstep of the reclusive Fay, who slowly nurses her back to health.
Eliza soon falls in love with the wilderness of her surroundings, discovering an unexpected
talent for making medicines and perfumes from the abundant local flowers. Yet more than
anything she longs for a real home - and so when Fay urges her to take an apprenticeship as
a perfumer in a distant town, Eliza is devastated. Especially when the position brings
misery and puts her life in danger.
Alone once more, has Fay forsaken Eliza for good? Or is there a chance for Eliza to find a
happy ending - and a family for Christmas?
Kissinger: Volume One: The Idealist
Ferguson, Niall
$80.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Allen Lane 656pp
18 November 2015 9780713998702 Carton Qty:
12
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Hailed by
some as the 'indispensable man', whose advice has been sought by every president from
John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, Kissinger has also attracted immense hostility from
critics who have cast him as an amoral Machiavellian - the ultimate cold-blooded 'realist'.
In this remarkable new book, the first of two volumes, Niall Ferguson has created an
extraordinary panorama of Kissinger's world, and a paradigm-shifting reappraisal of the
man. Only through knowledge of Kissinger's early life (as a Jew in Hitler's Germany, a
poor immigrant in New York, a GI at the Battle of the Bulge, an interrogator of Nazis, and
a student of history at Harvard) can we understand his debt to the philosophy of idealism.
And only by tracing his rise, fall and revival as an adviser to John F. Kennedy, Nelson
Rockefeller and, finally, Richard Nixon can we appreciate the magnitude of his
contribution to the theory of diplomacy, grand strategy and nuclear deterrence.
Drawing not only on Kissinger's hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from
more than a hundred archives around the world, this biography is Niall Ferguson's
masterpiece. Like his classic two-volume history of the House of
Rothschild, Kissinger sheds dazzling new light on an entire era.
Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography
Jones, Tom
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Michael Joseph 528pp
18 November 2015 9780718180683 Carton Qty: 1
In a career that has spanned six decades, Sir Tom Jones has performed with almost every
major recording artist, from Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis and Sinatra, to Robbie Williams, Van
Morrison and Jessie J, across every imaginable genre, from rock and pop to country, blues
and soul. The one constant throughout has been his unique musical gift and unmistakable
voice.
In this, his first ever autobiography, Tom will revisit his past, both personal and
professional, exploring the twists of fate that took a boy from a poor Welsh coal-mining
family to global celebrity status. He will chart the stories behind the hits as well as the ups
and downs of his professional life - from the heyday in Las Vegas and subsequent fallow
years in the 1980s to his renaissance and comeback, thanks to the direction and
management of his son, Mark - as well as shedding a light on the life he has led behind the
cameras and the stage.
As I Was Saying...
Clarkson, Jeremy
$55.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Michael Joseph 400pp
18 November 2015 9780718183158 Carton Qty: 12
Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny old place of late . . .
For a while, Jeremy could be found in his normal position as the tallest man on British
television but, more recently, he appears to have been usurped by a pretend elephant.
But on paper the real Jeremy remains at the helm. That's as it should be. For nearly thirty
years he has been fearlessly leading the charge as one the best comic writers in the
country. And in 2015, he shows no sign of slowing down.
So, whether it's pondering
if Jesus might have been better off being born in New Zealand
why reflexive pronoun abuse is the worst thing in the world
how Pam Ayres's head trumps Gordon Gecko's underpants
or what a television presenter with time on his hands gets up to
Jeremy is still trying to make sense of all the big stuff.
Circumstances change. Nothing's forever. But As I Was Saying provides glorious proof
that Jeremy remains as funny, puzzled, excitable, outspoken, insightful and thoughtprovoking as ever. As if you ever doubted it . . .
Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink: Notes for a Memoir
Costello Elvis
$65.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Viking 688pp
18 November 2015 9780241003466 Carton Qty:
1
From the streets of Liverpool to the pubs of London, from the punk explosion of the midseventies to globe-trotting success with his backing group the Attractions and a solo career
spanning four decades, Elvis Costello is of one of the most popular and influential
singer/songwriters in the history of rock.
Famed for his unique voice, his artful lyrics, his genre-hopping musical style and his iconic
black-rimmed glasses, this is his full, astonishing story - the drink, the drugs, the sex and
the brilliant music and songwriting, from 'Oliver's Army' and 'Pump it up' to 'Watching the
Detectives' and 'Shipbuilding'.
Village Christmas: And Other Notes on the English Year
Lee, Laurie
$48.00 (B Fmt H/B 206x133mm) Peng. Mod. Classics 208pp
18 November 2015 9780241243657 Carton Qty: 1
From the author of Cider With Rosie, Village Christmas is a moving, lyrical portrait of
England through the changing years and seasons.
Laurie Lee left his childhood home in the Cotswolds when he was nineteen, but it remained
with him throughout his life until, many years later, he returned for good. This collection
brings to life the sights, sounds, landscapes and traditions of his home - from centuries-old
May Day rituals to his own patch of garden, from carol singing in crunching snow to pub
conversations and songs. Here too he writes about the mysteries of love, living in wartime
Chelsea, Winston Churchill's wintry funeral and his battle, in old age, to save his beloved
Slad Valley from developers.
Told with a warm sense of humour and a powerful sense of history, Village
Christmas brings us a picture of a vanished world.
Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography
Harman, Claire
$26.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin (General Uk) 368pp
18 November 2015 9780241964439 Carton Qty: 1
Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
The poet Sylvia Townsend Warner rose to sudden fame with the publication of her classic
feminist novel Lolly Willowes in 1926, but never became a conventional member of
London literary life, pursuing instead a long writing career in her own individualistic
manner. Cheerfully defying social norms of the day, Warner lived in an openly homosexual
relationship with the poet Valentine Ackland for almost forty years. Together, they were
committed members of the Communist party and travelled twice to Spain during the Civil
War, but Warner paid for her outspokenness with years of neglect, and channelled much of
her emotional and intellectual energy into letters, poems and heart-breaking diaries that
remained unpublished during her lifetime. In this enthralling and enlightening biography,
Claire Harman tells the story of Warner's remarkable life and restores her to her rightful
place as one of Britain's most unique and brilliant writers.
'One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years.' Sarah
Waters
'As passionate and truthful, elegant and enchanting as its subject.' George D Painter
'Harman skilfully weaves Sylvia's stories and letters into the biography, and the brilliance
of the samples on display constantly takes you aback . . .Outstanding.' Sunday Times
Dear Cathy... Love, Mary
Conlon, Catherine; Phelan, Mary
$48.00 (B Fmt H/B 206x133mm) Penguin (General Uk) 256pp
18 November 2015 9781844883684 Carton Qty: 1
'Isn't it great, Cathy, being where we are (age-wise I mean)? I really enjoy being 18 cos you
have a degree of independence and yet you can act the gom if you want cos we're not 'all
growed up' yet.'
'I don't know if I agree about it being great being 18. I'm kinda apprehensive, waiting for 'it
all' to come. I think 22-23'd be better. Then you'd be sophisticated and knowledgeable . . . '
It's the era of Dynasty, Murphy's Micro Quiz-M and MT-USA on the telly, Kajagoogoo,
Culture Club and Chris de Burgh in the charts. And also a time of mass emigration and
creeping social change.
In 1983 in Carrick-on-Suir two 18-year-olds take tentative steps into the future: Cathy to
become an au pair, Mary to study accountancy. For a year they exchange long gossipy
letters.
The letters are touching, funny, tender and gutsy. They show the girls' growing pains as
they make sense of their new lives, dream about finding love, and start to realise that the
world is a more complex and challenging place than they had ever imagined.
Most of all, Cathy and Mary's letters are filled with the eternal optimism and sense of
wonderment of youth.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare, William
$24.00 (B Fmt 198x129 Mm / /lge Crown 8vo) Penguin Classics 256pp
18 November 2015 9780141396576 Carton Qty: 1
'We'll leave a proof, by that which we will do, Wives may be merry, and yet honest too'
In need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married
women and steal their husbands' wealth. But the wives soon discover his plan and join
forces to plot their own revenge. Relentlessly inventive and yet set in a familiar domestic
world of everyday English life, this comic humiliation of a ridiculous would-be Romeo is
an exuberant and ultimately joyful celebration of the restorative power of laughter.
'It never yet had reader or spectator, who did not think it too soon at end.' Samuel Johnson
General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by G. R. Hibbard
Introduction by Catherine Richardson
The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: I: From Daniel
Defoe to P.GWodehouse
Hensher, Philip
$95.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Penguin Classics 752pp
18 November 2015 9780141395999 Carton Qty: 1
Hilarious, exuberant, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular, and above all unexpected: these
two extraordinary volumes contain the limitless possibilities of the British short story.
This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and energy of its
writers, subjects and tones. The most famous authors are here, and many others, including
some magnificent stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and
periodicals. The Penguin Book of the British Short Story has a permanent authority, and
will be reached for year in and year out.
This volume takes the story from its origins with Defoe, Swift and Fielding to the 'golden
age' of the fin de siècle and Edwardian period.
Edited and with an introduction by Philip Hensher, the award-winning novelist, critic
and journalist.
'This relation is matter of fact, and attended with such circumstances, as may induce any
reasonable man to believe it.' Daniel Defoe, A relation of the apparition of Mrs Veal
The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: II: From John
Buchan to Zadie Smith
Hensher, Philip
$95.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Penguin Classics 752pp
18 November 2015 9780141396019 Carton Qty: 1
Hilarious, exuberant, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular, and above all unexpected: these
two extraordinary volumes contain the limitless possibilities of the British short story.
This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and energy of its
writers, subjects and tones. The most famous authors are here, and many others, including
some magnificent stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and
periodicals. The Penguin Book of the British Short Story has a permanent authority, and
will be reached for year in and year out.
This volume takes the story from the 1920s to the present day.
'Surely there is something to be said for drawing a circle around our attention and
remaining within that circle. But how large should this circle be?' Zadie Smith, The
Embassy of Cambodia
How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life
Goodman, Ruth
$70.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Viking 400pp
18 November 2015 9780241215494 Carton Qty:
1
We know about the historical dramas of Tudor times - the court of Henry VIII and the
break from Rome. But what was life really like for a commoner like you or me?
Ruth Goodman has spent months at a time sleeping, eating and (sometimes not) washing
like a Tudor. Learn how to say your prayers, plough the fields, starch a neck ruff and write
courtly letters in true Tudor fashion. Without banks, discover that credit is dependent on
your appearance and fashion is the realm of men. Because sheep are physically smaller and
wool is more expensive, learn to mend your clothes - your most-prized possessions. Ruth
has lived like a Tudor so you don't have to!
The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
Dimbleby, Jonathan
$65.00 (Royal H/B 230x152mm) Viking 400pp
18 November 2015 9780241186602 Carton Qty:
1
The Battle of the Atlantic was -- though often overlooked -- crucial to the Allied victory. If
the German U-boats had prevailed, the maritime artery across the Atlantic would have been
severed. Mass hunger would have consumed Britain, and the Allied armies would have
been prevented from joining in the invasion of Europe. There would have been no D-Day.
Through fascinating contemporary diaries and letters, from the leaders and from the sailors
on all sides, Jonathan Dimbleby creates a thrilling narrative that uniquely places the
campaign in the context of the entire Second World War. Challenging conventional
wisdom on the use of intelligence and on Churchill's bombing campaign, The Battle of the
Atlantic tells the epic story of the decisions that led to victory, and the horror and humanity
of life on those perilous seas.
Business for Punks: Start Your Business Revolution - the
BrewDog Way
Watt, James
$48.00 (Miscell H/B) Portfolio 240pp
18 November 2015 9780241202890 Carton
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Go fast or go home. Forget sales. Be a selfish bastard and ignore advice.
These are the mantras that have fuelled BrewDog, the fastest-growing UK food and drinks
company for four years running. Created by a pair of young Scots with a passion for beer,
Brewdog has catalysed a craft ale revolution, gone global, and inadvertently created a
whole new approach to business.
In Business for Punks, BrewDog co-founder (and Great British Entrepreneur 2014) James
Watt bottles the essence of their success. From finances ('cash is motherfucking king') to
marketing ('lead with the crusade, not the product') this is an anarchic, indispensable guide
to thriving on your own terms.