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Patti Smith is in town this weekend for the Melbourne International Arts Festival. As well as her new book Dream of Life we've got a list of books from Patti that she sights as being some of her greatest influences. Check out what Patti Smith Recommends.

Top 10 Books
  1. The Brain That Changes ItselfNorman Doidge
  2. A Most Wanted ManJohn Le Carré
  3. Quarterly Essay 31: Now Or Never: A Sustainable Future For Australia?Tim Flannery
  4. The LieutenantKate Grenville
  5. The Age Good Food Guide 2009
  6. Brisingr: Inheritance Book ThreeChristopher Paolini
  7. Doors OpenIan Rankin
  8. ArabesquesRobert Dessaix
  9. The RipRobert Drewe
  10. Oink, Oink, Oink: A Savage Modern FableEric Yoshiaki Dando

New Fiction

 
 

The Believers

Zoë Heller

Review

A Most Wanted Man

John Le Carré

Review

The Lieutenant

Kate Grenville

Review

The Rip

Robert Drewe

Review

Tender Morsels

Margo Lanagan

Review

Without Warning

John Birmingham

Review

New DVDs

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Chalk
Morgan Spurlock

$19.95 (Digital video disc / )

This hilarious mockumentary follows four teachers muddling through another year in a typical American high school. Inexperienced Mr. Lowery is new to teaching and finds that the kids quickly learn how to push his buttons... More »

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Ironman
Jon Favreau

$39.95 (Digital video disc / Paramount Pictures )

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios’ big screen adaptation of Marvel’s legendary Super Hero Iron Man will launch onto DVD October 9, 2008. Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the story of a ... More »


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Spaced: The Complete Series
Edgar Wright

$49.95 (Digital video disc / )

Written and created by Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, this British comedy was one of the best in the late 90s, known for its fast-paced editing, loads of pop culture references and slip-streams of surrealism. Daisy, a... More »

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Cannot Buy My Soul Kev Carmody
Various

$24.95 (Digital video disc / Sbs Dvd )

Over two nights at Sydney?s grand State Theatre, before a packed audience, many of Australia?s most acclaimed singer/songwriters and musicians came together to perform the songs of Kev Carmody.

Kev Carmody's work draws o... More »



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