Recommendations for Father's Day
Gough Whitlam: His Time
$39.95 – Hardback / Melbourne University Press
Recreates the excitement of Whitlam's historic win in 1972, forces that never accepted his ascendency &the tragedy that followed. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, interviews with family, colleague sand with the man... Buy or find out more→
Mortality
$26.99 – Hardback / Allen & Unwin
Mortality is the most meditative piece of writing Hitchens has ever produced; at once an unsparingly honest account of the ravages of his disease, an examination of cancer WC etiquette, and the coda to a lifetime of fierce debate... Buy or find out more→
Jim Stynes: My Journey
$39.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
Jim Stynes never took the easy road, on or off the field. He loved a challenge. He pushed himself, and worked hard to help others realise their potential. In July 2009, Jim was diagnosed with cancer and given nine months to... Buy or find out more→
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion
$36.95 – Paperback / Hardie Grant Books
Buy a copy of James Halliday's 2013 Wine Companion in-store or online during August to go in the running to win a case of Brown Brothers wine - rated 5 our of 5 stars by Halliday himself in the 2013... Buy or find out more→
The Little Veggie Patch Co's Guide to Backyard Farming
$45.00 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
Fabian Capomolla and Mat Pember are back with 'The Little Veggie Patch Co's Guide to Backyard Farming'. Buy or find out more→
Boomerang: The Biggest Bust
$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd
The cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not... Buy or find out more→
The Marmalade Files
$29.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
An imaginative romp through the dark underbelly of politics by two veteran Canberra insiders.When seasoned newshound Harry Dunkley is slipped a compromising photograph one frosty Canberra dawn he knows he's onto something... Buy or find out more→
Among the Islands: Adventures in the Pacific
$24.99 – Paperback / Text Publishing Co
Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in... Buy or find out more→
Farther Away
$24.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers
The new book of essays from Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom. Buy or find out more→
The Casual Cyclist Guide to Melbourne
$19.95 – Paperback / Hardie Grant Books
“The city and the bike – they were made for each other” begins The Casual Cyclist’s Guide, bringing a fresh and entertaining perspective to this much-loved mode of transport. Beginning with the quest for personal... Buy or find out more→
Midnight Promise: A Detective's Story in Ten Cases
$29.99 – Paperback / Text Publishing Co
Read our Q&A with Zane Lovitt about The Midnight Promise here. John Dorn is a private... Buy or find out more→
Even the Dogs
$19.95 – Paperback / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
From the Booker-nominated author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and So Many Ways to Begin Buy or find out more→
A Game of Thrones: Book 1 of A Song of Ice and Fire
$16.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers
The first volume in the A Song of Ice and Fire trilogy which tells of the treachery, greed and war threatening the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall. In a world scarred by battle and catastrophe, it describes the deeds of a... Buy or find out more→
Howzat!: Kerry Packer's War
$24.99 – Paperback / UNSW Press
England, Summer 1975. The Australian cricket team, visiting for an Ashes series, fields players who will become legends of the game – Ian Chappell, Rodney Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson – against celebrated English... Buy or find out more→
Try Whistling This: Writings About Music
$32.99 – Paperback / Black Inc.
In Try Whistling This , join a perceptive critic on a pleasurable journey through music and musicians, ideas and history. Andrew Ford traces the concept of dirty dancing back to 1610, marvels at the weirdness of Percy Grainger and... Buy or find out more→
Thinking in Numbers: How Maths Illuminates Our Lives
$29.99 – Paperback / Hodder & Stoughton General Division
This is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes and... Buy or find out more→
Fifty Minerals That Changed the Course of History
$35.00 – Hardback / Allen & Unwin
Using the word 'minerals' in its broadest sense, Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History features the metals, alloys, rocks, organic minerals, and gemstones that humans have used as the building blocks of their material... Buy or find out more→
Abbey Road: The Best Studio in the World
$79.99 – Hardback / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The first photographic celebration of the most famous recording studio in the world with a foreword by Sir George Martin. Buy or find out more→
Batavia
$34.95 – Paperback / Random House Australia
The greatest story in Australia’s history. The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do... Buy or find out more→