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Margaret Whitlam by Susan Mitchell

f4argaret Whitlam has been in the public eye for over forly years. As the controversra
wife of a Prime lYinister she is a household name and an Australran identity in her own
right, Many people already feel as if they know her and they do, n a sense, However
thls biography reveas, forthe flrsttime, the private lfe behind the public events to
which she was both a wtness and a parlicipanl. 8154728

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Home. Design and Ongoing Moment
Architecture from Geoeff Dyer
Prehistory to TodaY
J1s Qngorng Momenl 's an id osT^oatic
history of photographY, Seeking to
Chris Abel, et al
identify their signature styles, Dyer
Home is a sumptious, illustrated looks at the ways that canonical figures
guide to the history of the home such as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand,
and how architects design a living Walker Evans, Kertesz, Dorothea Lange,
space to suit the occupants and Diane Arbus and William Eggleston
the community, Featuring well- have photographed the SAI'4E things
known architects from around the (benches, hats, hands, roads). In doing
wodd, their work and their lives, so he constructs a narrative in which the
Bt 57562 same photographers - manY of whom
never met jn their lives - constanty
come into contact with each other'
100 Great lcons Great photographs change the way we
see the world; The Ongoing Moment
Chris Sheedy & Jenny Bond changes the way we lool< at both
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A collection of fascinating histories
ofthe products and brands that
have surpassed mere PoPularitY,
transcended cool, and forever
imprnted themselves on our cultural David Suzuki.
identity, Bl6l3l6 The AutobiographY
David Suzuki
Thinking Reed
This is the story of one man's Passion
Borry Jones
fu&*rgeTffiffifuW for the planet, A passion that for several
decades he has brought to the world
From quiz kid to Austral an lYinister through hrs research, his writings, his
for Science, from frustrated school broadcasting and above all through his
teacher to National President life and the way he lives it. 8138979
ofthe ALP, from the suburbs of
Melbourne to UNESCO in Paris,
Ba'ry Jores has r^ad a P'odigious
public life. AThtnktng Reed spans his
remarkable career, from a loneLy
Things I Didn't Know
chilchood 'n Me,bou'ne of rhe
| 93Os and I 940s to the flght he
Robert Hughes
led against the death PenaltY to Usrngthe experience of a terrible WA
his crusade to make science and car accident several years ago that neady
the future prominent issues on the took his life and left him physically and
political agenda. Bl 54982 mentally shatlered, Hughes makes you
ROBIiRT understand the trauma of devastating
UC}"IE S -
physical damage and most imporlantly,
he shows us the thought processes that
one goes through when confronting
death and a re-emergence towards life.
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The Gods of Freud

Margaret Whitlam
Jonine Burke
A stunning and surprising Suson Mitchell
re-evaluation of Freud's life
Margaret Whitlam has been in the
ard ,egac, lo,d Lhrough ris public eye for over forty years. As the
extraordinary ar1 colledion
controversial wife of a Prime Minister
and his Iife long obsession with she is a household name and an
acquiring ant quities. BI54824
Australran identity in her own right,
Many people already feel as if they know
jJ Thu her and they do, in a sense, However
f ^
\'ODS OF this biography reveals, for the flrst trme,
d the private life behind the public events
to which she was both a witness and a
particrpant, 8154728
Midsummer Knight
Gregory Rogers
A brave Bear and h s daring friend
srage a dra'natic royal rescue in
a magical faerie kingdom, On a
morning of midsummer magic the
Bear discovers an enchanted world
in the hearl ofthe forest, But there
is treachery at work and the Bear is
swept up n a sinrster plot that lands
him in the palace dungeons. After
masterminding a oafty escape he
leads his new friends into a royal
battle - but what hope do they have
once swords are drawn? 8150495
Pu$gri,rs
Uno's Garden
,.^,,,-ffi:".,."
Groeme Base
From the creator ofthe international
bestsellers Anrmalia, The Waterhole
and Jungle Drums, here rs an
illuminating blend of storybook, puzzle
book and nu'nbers book - a moving
and timely tale about how we all
unknowingly affed the environment
around us, just by being there, and
how we can always learn lrom our
mistakes and flnd ways of dolng things
better. Bl5/808
Let it Simmer
Seon Moron
lYany of the recipes in this book
reflect a hankering for honest,
home-style cooking, while other:
starled I fe in a backyard, shack
or fishrng boat, yet have snuggled
their way nto our 'salty jewel' of a
restaurant at Bondi Beach. 8144822
Matt Moran
Mott Moron
lYatt Moran is perhaps Australia's
most imporlant and visible chef
and its best ambassador. This
-book provides ample evidence why
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Slinky Malinki's Christmas
Crackers
Lynley Dodd
New for Christmas and the per ied
stocking-filler for every Lynley Dodd fan,
comes S/lnky Molinki's Chrtstmos Crockers.
[4ischievous ustrations and rhy4hmrcal
text by award winning Lynley Dodd and
with a holographic foil cover, this story
will have asting appeal lor all.8156345
Pudding and Chips
Penny Matthews & Janine Dawson
A delightful, fun-fllled, adventurous
picture book from an award-winning
author and a talented illustrator.
Pudding the goose is as flerce as a tiger,
as prickly as barbed wire and as noisy
as a street full of flre enginesl The only
anrmal on the farm who isn't afraid of
Pudd ng is the sheepdog, Chips. They
live in a constant state of humorous
conflict and harmony on the farm with
Old Annie and all the other animals, This
longer pidure book text (with a happy,
positive ending) has engaging charaders,
a strong storyline and wonderful use of
language. 8 50499
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Revolutionary Chinese
Cookbook
Fuchsio Dunlop
Fuchsia Dunlop is the author of the
much-loved and critical y acclaimed
Slchuan Cool<ery, which won the British
Guild of Food Writers'Jeremy Round
Award for best f rst book and prompted
John Lanchester of the Daily Telegraph
to call her'as exciting as Elizabeth
David'. Now, with Ihe Revolutionory
Chlnese Cookbook she introduces us to
the delicious tastes of Hunan, Chairman
,Mao's home province. 8148976
An lnconvenient Truth The Google Story
h.l& tb Hdat a$he$, Mlr rd
I*hndry SurH. dtu'rmo
Al Gore Dovid A Vise

Al Gore, former Vice President The Google Story is the de{lnitive

account of one of the most remarkable
ofthe Unrted States, has been a
passionate advocale of action to
halt climate change for many yeans.
ln An InconvenientTruth Gore writes
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organisations of our time, Through the
creative use of cutting-edge technology
and a series of groundbreal<ing business
about the urgent need to solve the ideas, Google's 32-year-old founders,
problems of climate change, presenting Sergey Brin and Larry Page, have in
comprehensive facts and information ten years taken Google from being lust
or^ all aspects of global warning in a another internet starl-up to a comPany
direct, thoughtful and compelling way, with a market value of over US$80
using explanatory diagrams and dramatic billion. Based on scrupulous research
photos to clarify and highlight key issues. and exlraordinary access to the inner
Bt 54567 wod<ings of Google, this book takes
you inside the creation and growth of a
company that has become so familiar its
The Meaning name is used as a verb around the world.
of the 2l't Century Bt 59477

James Mortin
lfthe 2fth Century was all about
TF",ry*m 'i'"o,-imff Us and Them
'progress', the 2lst Century must be Peter Manning
about transition, about reconsidering
whether all progress, at the same rate, A riveting and sobering investigation into
and in the same direction, isn't in fact Australia's race problem and how our
to charge towards our own extinction. media demonises Arabs and Muslims.
Informed by interviews with experts Bt 52439
worldwide, this book is set to have as
great an impact on society as Rachel
Carson's Silent Spring 40 years ago.
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Anatomy for Beginners Howl's Moving Castle

Gunther Von Hogens Hoyoo Miyazoki

lYovement, Circulation, Digestion, Howl's Moving Ccst/e is based in a slight

Reproduction, The Human fantasy setting, in that magic fantastical
Body Dissected - in January creatures and many fuiry-tale conventions
2005, Channel 4 broadcasted a exist, Extraordrnary characters, inventtve
unique p.ece or event television. imagery, and stunning artistry mal<e this
Now released on double DVD, larest n'asLerp'ece lrorr tne visionary
controversial anatomist Dr. Gunther lY iyazaki an unforgettabie film-going

von Hagens lays bare the intricacy experience. 8122479

and beauty ofthe human design and
lifts the lid on the mysteries of our
own bodres.816227 I

Patriots. Defending
Australia's Natural Heritage
Australia's Mammal 1946-2004
Extinctions
Williom J Lines
Chris Johnson
This is the story of the struggle by a small
This book introduces readers group of people who sought to defend
to the great mammal extinction the life that belongs to a continent.
debate. Chris Johnson takes us The name they gave that struggle was
on a detective-like tour ofthese conservation, Power{ul and provocattve,
extinctions, uncovering how, why Pctdots travels through the history
and when they occurred. 8148353 and politics of Austra ia's conservation
movement, and descnbes a new national
identity - an identity deeply enmeshed
in nature, an identiflcation with the land
that non-indigenous Australia has lacked,
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Underground
Andrew McGohan
Think ahead flve or so years from
now, to an Austraiia transformed
by the never-ending war on terror.
Canberra has been wiped out in a
nuclear attack, There is a permanent
state of emergency. Security
checkpoints, citizenship tests, rdentity
cards and detention without trial
have all become the norm. Susped
minorities have been locked away
into ghettos, And worse, no one
wants to play cricket with us
anymore,8148250
Moral Disorders
Morgaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood has long been
praised for the wit, sympathy and
rntelligence she brings to her depictions
of ordinary peop e struggling with life's
comp exities. ln Morol Dlsorder, she
aga n draws on coTrTron e,rper'ences
- the birth of a baby, divorce and
remarriage, old age and death - to
dramatic, often humorous, and telling
effed. Bl47ll3
On the Jellicoe Road
Melino Morchetto
Taylor Ylarkham is not a popular
choice. She is erratic, has no people
skills and never tu'ns uD to n-eet ngs,
Not to mention the incident when
she ran off in search of her mother
and only got halfway there, But she's
ived at Jell coe Schoo most of her life
and as leader ofthe boarders that's
her greatest asset. Especially now the
cadets, led by the nfamous Jonah
Griggs, have arrived, The territory
wa's beLween Lhe boarde's, rownies
and cadets are about to recommence,
but Taylor has other things on her
mind. Bl32l68
The Best Australian
Stories 2005
Robert Drewe (ed)
New editor is Robert Drewe,
author of Grace, The Shark Net,
Our Sunshine and Walking Elia.
Always receives great national
exposure with reviews in all mqor
literary pages and good regional
exposure given contributors "local"
appeal. 8157979
Rosie Little's Cautionary
Tales for Girls
ANNREW
MCGAHAN Donielle Wood
A charming and thoroughly modern-day
Scheherazade, Rosie shares with us her
piquant ar^d utterly engaging views or
life and love, marriage and mating, desire
and destiny as she tackles the sometimes
thorny business of making her way
through |fe. 8156079
The Unknown Terrorist
Richord Flanagon
Gina Davies, aka The Doll, is a
26-year-old pole dancer at the Chairman's
Lounge in Sydney's Kings Cross, She's
a flawed woman, racist, obsessed with
money, who flnds her life suddenly being
destroyed by the things she has up until
that moment most firmly believed in,
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Monica Bloom.
Nick Eorls
From the moment he hears her voice
over the fence, lYatt Sherman knows he
has to meet the twins' cousin, lYonica
Bloom, She's just flown in from Dublin
ready for the start of school, but not at
all ready, as it turns out, for what the
year holds, 8137809
One Good Turn
Kate Atkinson
It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival.
People queuing for a lunchtime show
witness a road-rage incident an -
incident which changes the lives of
everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-
army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is
also an innocent bystander -
until he
becomes a suspect. 8148949
A Spot of Bother
Mark Hoddon
A Spot of Bother begins with George
Hall, a retired man in his sixties, finding a
mark on his hip. He is at once convinced
DPrN that he has skin cancer and, with death
apparently lust round the corner, begins
acting oddly, His wife, Jean, is of course
concerned, but she has otherthings on
her mind: their daughter Katie announces
that she is getting married to a man
she and George do not wholly approve
of, and Jean \enelf is carrying on an
affairwith a former work colleague of
George's, The fourth member of the Hall
family is Jamie, an estate agent, who is
having problems committing himself to
his boyfriend, Tony. 8154729
Historica
Jonothon King(ed)
Histonco examines the world from
the year | 000 through to today lt is
history made real. Historica shows the
evolution of people's lives over the
last thousand years and shows how
dramatically the world has changed lt
tells the story olthe wars. invasions'
inventions, discoveries, exploration
and the amazing people who PlaYed a
key parl in all these events that have
brought the world, and Australia, to
where we are today, 8156488
ldeas. A HistorY from Fire
to Freud
Peter Wotson
A highly ambi|ous and lucid history
of ideas from the very eadiest times
to the present daY. In this hugelY
ambitious and exciting book Peter
Watson tells the history of ideas from
prehistory to the present day, leading
to a new way of telling the hidory of
the world. 8150450
Micronations
Dunford & Sellors
Bored of visiting the same UN-
recognised countries? Ready to explore
somewhere unique and perhaps a little
wacky? Want to add some reallY rare
stamps to your passPort? Then let
Lonely Planet's guide to home made
nations take you to a bunch of places
you've never heard of, Bl 48249
The 7:56 Report
John Clarke
lYore wondedul rntenviews with
Australia's leading citizens, drawn from
John Clarke and Bryan Dawe's weeklY
broadcasts on ABC W's 7,30 RePott.
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lnsatiable
Joson Fagone
An hilarious and incisive look into the
weird world of competitive eating, and
through it, an America that regards
excess as a right. B15250l
Terra Australia lncognita
Miriom Estensen
A new perspective on the intriguing
story of the discovery of Torres Strait
in | 606 and the search for the Great
South Land, Teno Austrolis lncognito is a
'erra Austra, thoroughly researched, lucidly written
and unique narrative on the litlle known
INCOGN.
qdbt AN history of the great Spanish explorations
Tb. tu !r.
of the Paciflc Ocean. 8155943
fHr c REAT Great War
rR Les Corlyon
The Great Wcr is Les CarlYon's
extraordinary account ofthe Anzacs
on the Western Front from l9l 6 to
l9 18. lt combines a brilliant overview of
this immense conflict with telling detail,
stories, letters and diaries that breathe
life into those tenible battles of 90 years
ago. 8159444
fE?En werso" Bark Endeavour
Roy Porkin
Here, in one accessible volume, is the
long-awaited reprint of Ray Parkin's
highly acclaimed and multi-award winning
study of Captain James Cook's Bark
Endeavour. This incomparable book is at
once a unique account of a great journey
of discovery - Endeavour's voYage
up the east coast of New Holland
(Australia) in the year 1770 - and a
remarkable re-creation of the experience
of being on board ship. 8159474
Phobias
Anon
An illustrated selection of common
and uncommon phobias the intense,
often irrational fears or dislikes we have
of all manner of things. Lists some 140
phobias, accompanied by more than
IHF 40 striking photos, many of which take
a humorous view of the condition.
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Survival of the Dumbest
Wil Anderson
ln Survivol of the Dumbest, Wil Anderson
turns his sharp gaze and wicked wit
to the stupid, strange and perplexing
quandaries of popular culture, Wil
spares no-one, not even himsell as he
delivers an almighty forehead slap to the
modern world. And let's face it: between
W, politics, oversexed sPorts stars,
adverlising and automatic phone-banking
systems - there are a lot of foreheads
that need one. Bl614l7
Darvin's Origin of Species:
a Biography
Jonet Browne
There is grandeur in this view of life
.., 'whilst th s pLanet has gone cycling
on according to the flxed law of
gravity. f1-e1 so simple a Degrnning.
end ess forms most beautiful and most
wonder-ful have been, and are being,
evolved.' Chades Darwin, wdting in
On the Origin of Species by Means of
Natural Selection, or the Preservation
of Favoured Races in the Struggle for
mwrrrAu;
Life( | 859). No book has changed our
understanding of ourselves more than
Darwin's Origin of Species. 8138982
The Goldilocks Enigma
Paul Dovies
The Goldllock Enigmo is Paul Davies
speclacular and eagerly awaited return
to cosmology, Here he tackles all the
'big quest ons' and tntroduces the
latest discoveries that have allowed
scientists to piece together the story of
the universe in unprecedented detail.
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Swimming in Stone.
The Amazing Gogo Fossils
of the Kimberley
John Long
Written by paaeontologist lohn
Long, who has spent over 20 years
searching and wod<ing the Gogo
sites a location n the wild Kimberly
district of Westem Australia made
famous by David Attenborough's
l97B ground-breaking series Life on
Earth. Swimming ln Stone tells the
amazing stones of the people who
discovered the fossils, 8156306
Figure of Speech
Graham Freudenberg
This eagerly awaited memoir of Australia's
renowned political speechwritertells of
Freudenberg's career at the top level of
Australian Labor politics. Bringing fresh
insights on a broad range of issues to
have alfected Australrans, his keen wit
ensures there is never a dull moment.
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Unintelligent Design.
Why God isn't as Smart as
She Thinks She is
Robyn Willioms
Using all sorls of examples from
the natural and scientiflc world
Robyn Williams takes on the stall<ng
monster of fundamentalist religion and
creationism in a short, wicl<ed and
witty debunk of the nonsense that is
intelligent design a book to rnfuriate
the religious right and amuse the rest of
us, B/35/ / /
God Created the lntegers.
The Mathematical
Breakthroughs that Changed
History
Stephen Howking
The book ncludes landmark discoveries
spanning 2500 years and representing
the work of mathematicians such as
Euclid, Georg Cantor, Kurt Godel,
Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann
and Alan Turing, Each chapter begins
wth a biography of the featured
mathematician, clearly explainrng the
significance of the result, followed by
the full proof ofthe work, reproduced
'rom tre or'g nal publication. maay in
new translations. BI 57539
The God Delusion
Richord Dowkins
Richard Dawkins is one of the country's
most famous scientists, He rs aiso one
of our most outspoken critics of religion
ln The God De/usion he presents his
arguments for atheism. While this book
is unashamedly polemica, Dawkins
adopts the rigorous approach of a
sc entist and applies it to the questions
of religion, religious faith and the
exrstence of God. Bl6l425
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Tintin and the Secret The Best Australian Essays
of Literature 2006

Tom McCorthy Drusillo Modjesko (ed)

A fascinating look at the influehces The Best Austrolion Essoys 2006 is a rich
and themes behind Herge's Tintin - and divers collection of essays, featuring
Herge's Tintin cartoon adventures have Helen Garner, lnga Clendinnen,.Robert
been translated into more than fifty Manne, Thomas Keneally, Richard
languages and read by tens of millions Flanagan, Tim Flannery, MJ. Hyland,
of children aged, as their publishers Barry Humphries, Peter Rose, Chloe
like to say, 'from 7 to 77.' Arguing that Hooper, Gideon Haigh, Kate Jennings
their characters are as slrong and their and many more. Compiled by one
plots as complex as any dreamt up by of Auslralia's flnest writers, Drusilla
the great novelists, Tom McCarthy asks Modjeska, author of The Orchard,
a simple question: is Tintin literatur:e? Strzvinsky's Lunch and Timepieces.
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