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Woolgathering
Patti Smith Bloomsbury Publishing,
HB
In this small, luminous memoir, Patti Smith revisits the most sacred experiences of her early years,
a much augmented edition, with new photographs and illustrations.
$19.95
Non-Fiction
Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain
Tom Watson, Martin Hickman Allen Lane PB
Seeing the story whole, as it is presented here for the first time, allows the character of the organisation which it portrays to emerge unmistakeably. You will hardly believe it.
$29.95
This Wheel's on Fire:Levon Helm and the Story of the Band
by Levon Helm and
Stephen Davis
Chicago Review Press
This edition is expanded with a new afterword by the authors. Levon pulls no punches in this story of the Band and the relationship between the members of the band. Levon died earlier this year., but he sure had fun before he went.
$29.95
Am I Black Enough for You? by Anita Heiss
Bantam.
The story of an urban-based high achieving Aboriginal woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia.
Recently the Australian media have discovered a new crime to charge aborigines with: being too 'fair-skinned' to be an Australian Aboriginal. This is Heiss' answer.
$34.95
Skagboys by Irvine Welsh
Jonathon Cape
Both a prequel to the world-renowned Trainspotting, and an alternative version of it,This is the 1980s: a time of drugs, poverty, AIDS, violence, political strife and hatred – and maybe just a little love; a decade which changed Britain for ever.
$34.95
Floundering
Ro my Ash
Text PB
A first novel, and a great success. Written in the voice of a young boy, it is beautifully written in the voice of a confused young boy on the road with his mother an unknown addition to his family.
The plot is gripping and the book deserves its rave reviews.
$27.95
The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska,
Vintage
In 1968 Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence. This sweeping novel takes us deep into this fascinating, complex country, whose culture and people cannot escape the march of modernity that threatens to overwhelm them.
$32.95
The Hanging Garden
by Patrick White,
Random House
With the tenderness and rigour of an old, wise novelist, Patrick White explores the world of two children, Sydney, the city of his childhood and the experience of war. A fragment of an unfinished novel but to be treasured.
$29.95 HB
Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh
Vintage $14 on special
Pilgrimage by Annie Leibovitz
Jonathon Cape
Pilgrimage took Annie Leibovitz to places that she could explore with no agenda. She wasn’t on assignment. She chose the subjects simply because they meant something to her.
was $69.95 now $35
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The May Monthly.
The Australian Book review
May edition No 341
Italian Art Ceramics 1900-1950
By Valerio Terraroli, Paola Franceschini
SKIRA publishing
Beautifully illustrated and well documented with detailed technical entries, this volume surveys the production of Italian ceramic art through 500 objects
Was $90 Now $45
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Books made into TV series or Movies
Picasso Architecture and Vertigo by Christopher Green,
Yale University Press
The framework for Green’s exploration is simple, yet enormously rich in its implications, the strength of Picasso's influence.
Was $84.50 Now $39.95
The Woman in the Fifth
by Douglas Kennedy
Arrow $17.95
Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson
The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico.
$22
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Quarterly Essay 45
Us & Them: On the Importance of Animals
Anna Krien
This is a clear-eyed meditation on humanity and animality, us and them, that brings out the importance of animals in an unforgettable way.
$19.95
Miles Franklin Short list 2012
Tony Birch Blood
Anna Funder All That I Am
Gillian Mears Foal’s Bread
Frank Moorhouse Cold Light
Favel Parrett Past the Shallows
Typography for the People
hand painted signs from around the world.
How Books
Street + Art = Inspiration Designers Daniel and Klaus Bellon have been photographing street signage around the world for more than 17 years
This book celebrates their love of typography, and highlights the beauty of type in its truest form.
Was $25 Now $9.95
The New Modern House by
Will Jones, Princeton Architectural Press.
The New Modern Housefeatures forty new buildings where the synergy between the right designer and the right client resulted in works that surpass everyone's expectations
Was $75 Now $45
