New and Forthcoming Titles

August 2010

Badlands: Australia's 13 Most Intriguing True Murders  [PB]  Available
Liam Houlihan
978-0-522-85784-9
$32.99 Add to Shopping Cart

Unpacks the compelling psychological riddles, inspired investigations and sensational plot twists of thirteen intriguing contemporary homicides.
 


The Finger: A Handbook  [HB]  Available
Angus Trumble
978-0-522-85769-6
$44.99 Add to Shopping Cart

From the author of A Brief History of the Smile, a complete index of the digit.
 


Hawke: The Prime Minister, HB  [HB]  Forthcoming
Blanche d'Alpuget
978-0-522-85670-5
$54.99

A meticulous portrait of a wily, brilliant politician, uncompromisingly ambitious and at the height of his political powers.
 


My Father's Daughter: Memories of an Australian Childhood  [PB]  Available
Sheila Fitzpatrick
978-0-522-85747-4
$27.99 Add to Shopping Cart

Teasing apart the many layers of memory, Fitzpatrick reveals a complex portrait of an Australian family.
 


The Spirit of Golf and How It Applies to Life: Inspirational tales from the world's greatest game  [HB]  Available
Richard Allen
978-0-522-85768-9
$24.99 Add to Shopping Cart

Delves into the rich folklore of the world's greatest game and recounts inspirational life stories from courses around the world.
 


The West and the Map of the World  [HB]  Available
Matthew Richardson
978-0-522-85607-1
$69.99 Add to Shopping Cart

Presents the past as a single narrative in which European history is an offshoot of Asian history.
Miegunyah  


September 2010

Everfresh: Blackbook: The Studio & Streets 2004-2010  [PB]  Forthcoming
Everfresh Studio
978-0-522-85745-0
$39.99

Everfresh: Blackbook provides a rare and exclusive insight into the life and work of the Everfresh studio.
Miegunyah  


First Australians PB: An Illustrated History  [PB]  Forthcoming
Edited by Rachel Perkins and Marcia Langton with Wayne Atkinson, James Boyce, RG Kimber, Steve Kinnane, Noel Loos and Bruce Pascoe
978-0-522-85753-5
$49.99

The companion book to the epic SBS TV series, First Australians tells the story that gave birth to the nation.
 


Learning to Be a Minister: Heroic expectations, practical realities  [PB]  Forthcoming
Patrick Weller and Anne Tiernan
978-0-522-85798-6
$39.99

In 1981, academic Patrick Weller teamed up with renowned political commentator and journalist Michelle Grattan to publish Can Ministers Cope?, a study of the challenges facing Australia's federal government ministers.
 


Walsh Street: The Cold-blooded Killings that Shocked Australia  [PB]  Forthcoming
Tom Noble
978-0-522-85815-0
$27.99

In Walsh Street, Australia's most famous criminal family comes to life: Kath Pettingill, the fierce matriarch; her eldest son, Dennis, drug dealer and killer; her daughter, Vicki, a protected police witness; her youngest, Trevor, and her other son, Victor Peirce, two of the four men charged with the murders; and her grandson Jason-harassed by Kath's dogs and the family's enemies alike.
 


What Men Want: in Bed  [PB]  Forthcoming
Bettina Arndt
978-0-522-85712-2
$34.99

Lifts the lid on men's longings, frustrations, their fears and their intense joy in making love.
 


October 2010

art+soul: A journey into the world of Aboriginal art  [HB]  Forthcoming
Hetti Perkins
978-0-522-85763-4
$89.99

FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF THE BESTSELLER FIRST AUSTRALIANS COMES the lavishly illustrated ART+SOUL, the companion book to the prime-time ABC TV series by the same name.
Miegunyah  


Eight Steps to Happiness  [PB]  Forthcoming
Tony Grant and Alison Leigh
978-0-522-85803-7
$34.99

We all know that being more affluent doesn't necessarily make us happier.
 


The Garden of Ideas: Four Centuries of Australian Style  [HB]  Forthcoming
Richard Aitken
978-0-522-85750-4
$64.99

The Garden of Ideas tells an inspiring and engaging story of Australian garden design.
Miegunyah  


Hawke: The Early Years, PB  [PB]  Forthcoming
Blanche d'Alpuget
978-0-522-85800-6
$39.99

Blanche d'Alpuget's classic 1982 biography of Robert J.