FICTION
	Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami The most unusual and mesmerising novel yet from Japanese cult author, Haruki Murakami. Without time or place this novel occupies a realm in the midst of fairy tale and myth, between dream and reality, sleep and waking, a tale of searching questions and of great wisdom. paperback    $32.95
	Forest Of The Pygmies Isabel Allende The final instalment of Isabel Allende’s celebrated trilogy of the journeys of Jaguar and Eagle soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings and the transformation of an extraordinary friendship. hardback     $29.95
	Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro In Never Let Me Go Ishiguro has fashioned another remarkable story - a story of love, loss and hidden truths that takes its place amongst his finest work. Never Let Me Go is a uniquely moving novel, charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of our lives. paperback    $29.95
	The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Edited by Leslie S. Klinger and introduction by John le Carré In this boxed set, Leslie Klinger, a leading world authority, reassembles Arthur Conan Doyle’s 56 classic short stories in the order in which they appeared in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century book editions. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes illuminates the timeless genius of Arthur Conan Doyle for an entirely new generation of readers. 700+ illustrations. two hardbacks with slipcase    $115.95
	The Full Catastrophe Edna Mazya Your wife is twenty years younger than you. She’s beautiful. And she’s having an affair. What would you do? Suspenseful and pitch-black funny The Full Catastrophe is an exhilarating new novel from Israel’s pre-eminent playwright and scriptwriter. paperback    $22.00
	The Geographer’s Library Jon Fasman A late-night call from a phone box in a quiet Connecticut town leads to the discovery of a dead Estonian history professor. Restless young reporter Paul Tomm is given the heads up, but he struggles to dig up any concrete facts for the man’s obituary. And soon he suspects that Professor Jaan Puhapaev’s death, and life, were far from usual. But he can’t begin to imagine how right he is . . . paperback     $29.95
	Snobs: A Novel Julian Fellowes Edith Lavery is a woman on the make. She leaves behind her dull job in a Chelsea estate agency and manages to bag one of the most eligible bachelors of the day, Charles Broughton, heir to the Marquess of Uckfield. But is life amongst the upper echelons of ‘good’ society all that it seems? Edith soon discovers there’s much more to the aristocracy than dancing in Annabel’s, shooting small birds and understanding which fork to use at dinner. With twists and turns aplenty, this is a comical tale worthy of a contemporary Jane Austen. paperback     $21.95
	Roses from San Gabriel Jose Sevilla Ho Roses from San Gabriel is a grand, twentieth-century family saga set in a remote corner of the Pacific. It is also an irresistible story about the power and bonds of love—to one another, to family and to homeland. paperback     $29.95
	Tyrant Valerio Massimo Manfredi The thundering new historical epic from the bestselling master of the genre. Sicily 405 AD the infinite duel between a man and a superpower begins. paperback     $30.00
	Q & A Vikas Swarup Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested for answering twelve questions correctly on Who Will Win A Billion? How could a poor orphan who has never gone to school not name the smallest planet in the solar system, or the plays of Shakespeare? Unless he has cheated. Set in modern India, Q & A presents a fascinating tale of life and perceptions. paperback    $32.95
	Ghost Tide Yo Yo and Ben Carrdus In the tradition of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress comes an earthy, wildly imaginative and tragi-comic love story set in a remote mountain village in northwestern China. paperback    $27.95
	Penguin Books • Great Ideas • Throughout history, some books have changed the world. Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. paperback $9.95 each Including the following authors: Seneca • Marcus Aurelius • St Augustine • Thomas Á Kempis • Niccolo Machiavelli • Michel de Montaigne • Jonathan Swift • Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Edward Gibbon • Thomas Paine • Mary Wollstonecraft • William Hazlitt • John Ruskin • Karl Marx & Friedrich Engles • Arthur Schopenhauer • Charles Darwin • Friedrich Nietzsche • Virginia Woolf • Sigmund Freud • George Orwell
CRIME FICTION
	Blood Eagle Craig Russell The Exciting Debut of the New King of Crime The first woman had her lungs ripped out. When the same gruesome ritualistic method was used again, it was clear that the same killer was responsible. But there is no precise evidence to link the two cases, except for the tantalising emails. Russell has created a richly textured scenario where the City of Hamburg plays a central role. paperback     $32.95
	The Rule of Four Ian Caldwell Tom Sullivan is about to graduate from Princeton. Haunted by the violent death several years earlier of his father, an academic who devoted his life to studying one of the rarest, most complex and most valuable books in the world. Since its publication in 1499, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili has baffled scholars who have tried to understand its many mysteries. Coded in seven languages, the text is at once a passionate love story, an intricate mathematical labyrinth, and a tale of arcane brutality. When a long-lost diary surfaces, it seems the key has been found to the labyrinth and a secret worth dying to protect. paperback     $21.95
NON-FICTION
	In the Line of Fire Rex Sadler and Tom Hayllar In the Line of Fire uses first-hand accounts, contemporary sources and over 60 classic photographs to create an extraordinarily vivid picture of Australians in combat. This book also provides an incisive overview of each campaign that lends depth and context to each of the individual stories. Compelling, fascinating and informative, it’s a must-have for anyone interested in Australian history. paperback     $30.00
	Absurdistan Eric Campbell An award-winning journalist’s gritty and compelling account of life reporting from the edge. Absurdistan, Eric’s first book, documents the highs and lows of being a reporter in some of the strangest, most dysfunctional places on Earth while juggling life, love, friendship and fatherhood. This is not a standard journalistic memoir: it’s an irreverent, rollicking read which takes you into nightclubs as well as war zones, behind the scenes of grassroots revolution, as well as into centres of power. paperback     $29.95
	The Perfectionist: Life & Death in Haute Cuisine Rudolph Chelminski   On the evening of February 24 2003, France’s most famous chef committed suicide. He was a man who had everything: a super luxurious hotel and restaurant holding three stars in the Michelin guide; a worldwide reputation;  an attractive loyal wife and three young children. He was on top of the world, and yet he chose to end it all. Why? hardback     $39.95
	Josiah The Great: The True Story Of The Man Who Would Be King Ben Macintyre In 1838 a young adventurer, surrounded by his native troops and mounted on an elephant, raised the American flag on the summit of the Hindu Kush and declared himself Prince of Ghor, the heir to Alexander the Great. Harlan was an extraordinary mixture of parts: eccentric, inquisitive and brave to the point of lunacy, he was also an acute observer who understood the Afghan people as no foreigner had done before. Using newly discovered documents, including Harlan’s long lost journals, Macintyre uncovers an astonishing chapter in the history of the Great Game. paperback     $24.95
	On Literature Umberto Eco Here are nine seminal essays on literature by Italy’s leading literary theorist and novelist, Umberto Eco. On Literature is a provocative and entertaining collection of sprightly essays on the key texts that have shaped Eco the novelist and critic. This volume will appeal to anyone interested in how new light is shed on old masters by a great contemporary mind. hardback     $54.95
	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Malcolm Gladwell Blink is all about those moments when we ‘know’ something without really knowing why, and how this ability is one of the most powerful we possess. A snap judgment made very quickly, Malcolm Gladwell reveals, can actually be far more effective than one made deliberately and cautiously. By blocking out what’s irrelevant and focusing on narrow slices of experience, we can read a seemingly complex situation in the blink of an eye and discover a radically new way of understanding the world. paperback     $32.95
FOOD & WINE
	Fabulous Food Finds Sally Hammond When visiting a new city, most people just want to know where to get a decent meal or a good cup of coffee. Fabulous Food Finds is an invaluable reference for travellers, with eclectic lists of recommended food destinations, as well as food and drink venues throughout Australia. Fabulous Food Finds can point you in the right direction for the best baker, the most delicious fish and chips or the finest cheeses as well as great suggestions for dining out or, if you prefer to eat in, where to buy the best produce. paperback     $24.95
	Savour: A Wine Dictionary Robert Francis Writing in an approachable, modern style, Savour covers general phrases, viticulture, winemaking, tasting, regions and international terms. Offering a huge amount of information at a glance, it’s one of the only guides that is encyclopaedic, accessible and extremely easy to use. Savour is about drinking wine, enjoying wine, and treating wine in the same way as every other pleasurable part of your life, with advice on how to get maximum enjoyment from drinking wine. paperback     $19.95

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