July 2008 Non-Fiction
The Big Penis Book
$113.95 (Hardcover book / Taschen )
This hefty volume is profusely illustrated with more than 400 historic photos of spectacular male endowments, including rare photos of the legendary John Holmes. The majority of the photographs are from the 1970s when th... More »
When You Are Engulfed In Flames
$33.00 (Trade paperback / Little Brown )
Sedaris, king of the poignantly absurd, triumphs in this sixth essay collection (after 2004's Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim). There is less focus here on the Sedaris clan as a whole, though the various members ... More »
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Beaten By A Blow: A Shearer's Story
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Viking )
One man's story of life as a shearer, a tearaway and a young father trying to make ends meet.
Dennis McIntosh was always determined not to get stuck in a factory like his father, but it's only once he takes a job as a ro... More »
Alfred and Emily
$27.99 (Trade paperback / Fourth Estate )
'I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents' emotions? Yes, we do, and it is a legacy I could have done without. What is the use of... More »
Dali And I: The Surreal Story
$27.95 (Trade paperback / Black Inc )
An extraordinary memoir of fortune, fraud and the master of modern art.
Art dealer Stan Lauryssens made millions in modern art, but he only sold one name: Salvador Dali. The surrealist painter’s work was a hot commodity ... More »
Good Sex Illustrated
$23.95 (Paperback book / Semiotexte )
First published in France in 1973, Good Sex Illustrated gleefully deciphers the subtext of a popular sex education manual for children produced during that period. In so doing, Duvert mounts a scabrous and scathing criti... More »
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton )
This is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell.
This is the story of that policeman, the tall, enig... More »
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The Rough Guide To Classic Novels: From Don Quixote To American Pastoral
$16.95 (Paperback book / Rough Guides )
Wondering what to read next? Wonder no more ... this is the good guide to over 230 of the world’s greatest novels, from Quixote to Orhan Pamuk’s Snow. You’ll read about the best editions and translations of every genre, ... More »
I Lost My Love In Baghdad
$27.95 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press )
The much-anticipated book by first time author Michael Hastings which was sold by the Wylie agency in a very high-profile deal to Scribner in the USA. MUP is proud to have acquired the ANZ rights to I Lost My Love in Bag... More »
Tarab: Travels With My Guitar
$32.95 (Paperback book / Transit Lounge )
From the Sudan to Northern New South Wales, Tarab is an epic, mesmerizing tale of high adventure and the search for meaning. Carl Cleves escapes national service in Belgium to live in South Africa at the height of the Ap... More »
The Unlikely Voyage Of Jack de Crow: A Mirror Odyssey From North Wales To The Black Sea
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Black Inc )
Truly hilarious books are rare. Even rarer are those based on real events. Join AJ Mackinnon, your charming and eccentric guide, on an amazing voyage in a boat called Jack de Crow. Equipped with his cheerful optimism and... More »
A Remarkable Friendship
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Melb Univ Press )
A huddle of wooden sheds in a courtyard off the Boulevard Montmartre known as Cormon's atelier was where the handsome art student from Sydney, John Peter Russell, first met the haunted, intense newcomer from Holland, Vin... More »
Archimedes To Hawking: Great Laws Of Science And The Minds Behind Them
$55.00 (Hardcover book / Oxford University Pr )
This intriguing book examines 40 laws of science that have changed the way we think about our universe. Pickover explains the science behind them, the process of their invention, and the sometimes eccentric, always brill... More »