AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Piranesi Susanna Clarke
The long-awaited return from the author of the multi-million copy bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Description Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has?
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell transported over four million readers into its mysterious world. It became an instant classic and has been hailed as one of the finest works of fiction of the twenty-first century. Fifteen years later, it is finally time to enter the House and meet Piranesi. May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty.
'A book to look out for in 2020' Co Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times, Express, SFX
'Piranesi astonished me. It is a miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling, at once a gripping mystery, an adventure through a brilliant new fantasy world, and a deep meditation on the human condition: feeling lost, and being found. I already want to be back in its haunting and beautiful halls!' Madeline Miller
'Piranesi is a gorgeous, spellbinding mystery that gently unravels page by page. Precisely the sort of book that I love wordlessly handing to someone so they can have the pleasure of uncovering its secrets for themselves. This book is a treasure, washed up upon a forgotten shore, waiting to be discovered' Erin Morgenstern
About the Author Susanna Clarke's debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005. The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. She lives in Derby shire.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Piranesi 12 Copy Pack
Contains 12 copies of Piranesi, plus a free reading copy and A3 poster
Description Contains 12 copies of Piranesi, plus a free reading copy and A3 poster
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Piranesi 24 Copy Pack
Contains 24 copies of Piranesi, plus a free reading copy, plus 2 A3 posters and a window cling.
Description Contains 24 copies of Piranesi, plus a free reading copy, plus 2 A3 posters and a window cling.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke
OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Description OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
'Unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventy years ... Funny, moving, scary, otherworldly, practical and magical' NEIL GAIMAN The year is 1806. centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country. Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.
About the Author Susanna Clarke's debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. It won British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award in 2005. The Ladies of Grace Adieu, a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, was published by Bloomsbury in 2006. Her second novel, Piranesi, will publish in September 2020. She lives in Derby shire. Price: AU $24.95 NZ $29.99 ISBN: 9780747579885 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 199h x 132w mm Extent: 1024 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Pb AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Monogamy Sue Miller
A beautiful and bittersweet novel about marriage, loss and betrayal, by the international bestselling author of The Senator's Wife
Description Here is Graham, and here is Annie; here they are in marriage, in late middle age, in comfort. Mismatched, and yet so well matched: the bookseller with his appetite, his conviviality, his bigness; the photographer with her delicacy, her astuteness, her reserve. The children are offstage, grown up and scattered on either coast; Graham's first wife, Frieda, is peaceably in their lives, but not between them.
Annie is not the first love of Graham's life but she is, he thinks, his last and greatest. Very recently, he has faltered; but he means to put it right.
Then the unthinkable happens. Now Annie stumbles in the dark: did she know all there was to know about the man who loved her? If no marriage is without its small indiscretions, how great does a betrayal have to be to be to break it?
A novel about marriage, family, secrets and love, Monogamy confirms Sue Miller's place among the greatest writers at work in America today.
About the Author Sue Miller was born in Chicago in 1943. She is the bestselling author of ten previous novels including The Good Mother, The Distinguished Guest, the Oprah Book Club selection While I Was Gone, Lost in the Forest, the Richard & Judy choice The Senator's Wife, The Lake Shore Limited, The Arsonist and the acclaimed memoir The Story of My Father. Her books have been published in 22 countries and she has been awarded a Guggenheim and a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship. Sue Miller lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. suemillerofficial.com
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Monogamy 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of Monogamy, plus a free reading copy
Description Contains 8 copies of Monogamy, plus a free reading copy
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Here is the Beehive Sarah Crossan
What happens when you lose something the world never knew was yours? A shattering and compulsive novel about transgression and desire, secrecy and loss
Description 'One of our most original writers. Sarah has almost created an entirely new form of writing in her novels that is hers and hers alone' John Boyne
it happened, again and again and again and again and again.
Together apart. In love in aching.
Tangled unravelling. Ana and Connor have been having an affair for three years. In hotel rooms and coffee shops, swiftly deleted texts and briefly snatched weekends, they have built a world with none but the two of them in it.
But then the unimaginable happens, and Ana finds herself alone, trapped inside her secret.
How can we lose someone the world never knew was ours? How do we grieve for something no one else can ever find out? In her desperate bid for answers, Ana seeks out the shadowy figure who has always stood just beyond her reach Co
Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Connor's wife Rebecca. ISBN: 9781526619518 Format: Demy Peeling away the layers of two overlapping marriages, Here is the Beehive is a devastating excavation of risk, obsession Package Type: PAPERBACK and loss. Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: About the Author Bic2:
sarahcrossan.com @SarahCrossan BLM Circus AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Here is the Beehive 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of Here Is The Beehive, plus a free reading copy
Description Contains 8 copies of Here Is The Beehive, plus a free reading copy
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 A Saint from Texas Edmund White
From legendary writer Edmund White, a bold and sweeping new novel that traces the extraordinary fates of twin sisters, one destined for Parisian nobility and the other for Catholic sainthood
Description From legendary writer Edmund White, a bold and sweeping new novel that traces the extraordinary fates of twin sisters, one destined for Parisian nobility and the other for Catholic sainthood
Yvette and Yvonne Crawford are twin sisters, born on a humble patch of East Texas prairie but bound for far grander fates. Just as an untold fortune of oil lies beneath their daddy's land, both girls harbour their own secrets and dreams Coones that will carry them far from Texas and from each other. As the decades unfold, Yvonne will ascend the highest ranks of Parisian society as Yvette gives herself to a lifetime of worship and service in the streets of Jeric , Colombia. And yet, even as they remake themselves in their radically different lives, the twins find that the bonds of family and the past are unbreakable. Spanning the 1950s to the recent past, Edmund White's marvellous novel serves up an immensely pleasurable epic of two Texas women as their lives traverse varied worlds: the swaggering opulence of the Dallas nouveau riche, the airless pretention of the Paris gratin and the strict piety of a Colombian convent.
About the Author Edmund White is an award-winning and prolific writer. His work, which includes the novel Our Young Man and the memoir The Fl oneur, has revitalised American literature, breaking down boundaries of class, sexuality and power. His accolades include the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for achievement in American fiction, and a Guggenheim Fellowship under the recommendation of Susan Sontag. White lives in New York.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Finnegans Wake: New Annotated Edition James Joyce
This edition fully incorporates Joyce's manuscript amendments and includes a critical introduction by Dr Sam Slote of Trinity College Dublin
Description In Finnegans Wake, which ostensibly describes a single night through the consciousness of a Dublin publican, James Joyce took his approach to literary modernism into new territories of experimentation and stream-of-consciousness, eschewing conventional syntax and punctuation and writing in a language of neologisms, puns and portmanteaux. While the result is puzzling and avant-garde, it is also brimming with humour and humanity and has been proclaimed by many critics as Joyce's masterpiece. This edition, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of the first publication in 1939, fully incorporates Joyce's manuscript amendments and includes a critical introduction by Dr Sam Slote of Trinity College Dublin.
About the Author Born in Dublin, James Joyce (1882 Co1941) spent most of his life abroad, living in Trieste, Paris and Zurich. His writings, however, mainly centre on Dublin Co most famously Ulysses, Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. He pioneered and perfected avant-garde prose techniques that saw him rise to the rank of one of Europe's foremost Modernists.
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Alma Classics AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time James Suzman
A major book chronicling the history of work, from the primordial age through the Stone Age and into the digital era, and how our relationship with it has shaped our civilisation.
Description A major book chronicling the history of work, and how our relationship with it has shaped our civilisation. The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, dictates who we spend our time with and determines our future prospects. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance.
How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before?
Charting three major milestones Co the discovery of fire, which liberated our ancestors to develop skills unrelated to the food quest; our transition from foraging to farming; and our migration from fields to the factories of sprawling cities Co James Suzman explores the ways work has changed us. Arguing that we stand at the cusp of a similarly transformative point in the history of our relationship with work, he compels us to see how automation and artificial intelligence could be the key to unlocking a more sustainable future.
Work is a stunning appraisal of how humans have kept busy, from stone tools to the stock exchange and into the digital era.
About the Author James Suzman is an anthropologist specialising in the Khoisan peoples of southern Africa. A recipient of the Smuts Commonwealth Fellowship in African Studies at Cambridge University, he is now the director of Anthropos Ltd, a think tank that applies anthropological methods to solving contemporary social and economic problems. He has written for publications including the New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Independent, and
Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 has advised organisations including the Foreign Office, the World Bank and the European Commission. He lives in ISBN: 9781526605016 Cambridge. Format: C-Format PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Work 8 Copy Pack
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Description Contains 8 copies of Work, plus a free reading copy
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The New Long Life: A Framework for Flourishing in a Changing World Lynda Gratton, Andrew Scott
A practical guide to how we can flourish as longevity and technology change our world, from the internationally bestselling authors of The 100-Year Life
Description A practical guide to how we can positively adapt to a changing world, from the internationally bestselling authors of The 100-Year Life
'Wonderful . . . This thought-provoking book is a must-read' Daron Acemoglu, author of Why Nations Fail
Smart new technologies. Longer, healthier lives. Human progress has risen to great heights, but at the same time it has prompted anxiety about where we're heading. Are our jobs under threat? If we live to 100, will we ever really stop working? And how will this change the way we love, manage and learn from others? One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. In our era of unprecedented change, we haven't yet discovered new ways of living.
Drawing from the fields of economics and psychology, Andrew J Scott and Lynda Gratton offer a simple framework based on three fundamental principles (Narrate, Explore and Relate) to give you the tools to navigate the challenges ahead. Both a personal road-map and a primer for governments, corporations and colleges, The New Long Life is the essential guide to a longer, smarter, happier life.
'This thoughtful book explores how we can reimagine our days and our societies to make our lives better Co not just longer' Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
'Stimulating, insightful and inspirational' Linda Yueh, author of The Great Economists
'This important book will help reframe the global debate about how to help every citizen to flourish' Matt Hancock, UK
Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ISBN: 9781526615176 Format: C-Format PB About the Author Package Type: PAPERBACK Andrew J. Scott is Professor of Economics at the London Business School and consulting scholar at Stanford University's Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 280 pages Center on Longevity, having previously held positions at Harvard and Oxford. Through his multi-award-winning research, Bic1: writing and teaching, his ideas inform a global understanding of the profound shifts reshaping our world and the actions Bic2:
Contains 8 copies of The New Long Life, plus a free reading copy
Description Contains 8 copies of The New Long Life, plus a free reading copy
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity Lynda Gratton, Andrew Scott
What will your 100-year life look like?
Description *A new edition of the international bestseller (a #1 bestseller in Japan), featuring a new preface*
Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time? Many of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then retirement. But this well-established pathway is already beginning to collapse Co life expectancy is rising, final-salary pensions are vanishing, and increasing numbers of people are juggling multiple careers. Whether you are 18, 45 or 60, you will need to do things very differently from previous generations and learn to structure your life in completely new ways. The 100-Year Life is here to help. Drawing on the unique pairing of their experience in psychology and economics, Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott offer a broad-ranging analysis as well as a raft of solutions, showing how to rethink your finances, your education, your career and your relationships and create a fulfilling 100-year life. ‰ How can you fashion a career and life path that defines you and your values and creates a shifting balance between work and leisure? ‰ What are the most effective ways of boosting your physical and mental health over a longer and more dynamic lifespan? ‰ How can you make the most of your intangible assets Co such as family and friends Co as you build a productive, longer life? ‰ In a multiple-stage life how can you learn to make the transitions that will be so crucial and experiment with new ways of living, working and learning? Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and featuring a new preface, The 100-Year Life is a wake-up call that describes what to expect and considers the choices and options that you will face. It is also fundamentally a call to action for individuals, politicians, firms and governments and offers the clearest demonstration that Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 ISBN: 9781526622839 a 100-year life can be a wonderful and inspiring one. Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK About the Author Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 432 pages Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School where she teaches an elective on the Bic1: Future of Work and directs an executive program on Human Resource Strategy. Lynda is a fellow of the World Economic Bic2:
Written by a leading neuroscientist, Splitting tells the fascinating true story about headaches, and the secrets they reveal about your brain and overall health.
Description Written by a leading neuroscientist, Splitting tells the fascinating true story about headaches, and the secrets they reveal about your brain and overall health. Did you know... - chocolate doesn't give you a headache - and may in fact prevent one happening? - 30% of us sneeze at sunlight? - you can see off a headache with an orgasm? - that you shouldn't wear a striped top if your spouse gets migraines?
From migraines to sinus pain to tension headaches Co and everything in between Co Splitting separates fact from fiction, putting you in control and helping you practise habits that will protect you from headache.
About the Author Professor Amanda Ellison is a physiologist and neuroscientist at Durham University. Her wide-ranging research has thrown new light on addiction, pain, and headache in particular, and her work on how different parts of the brain talk to each other has led to new ways to regain functions lost following brain damage. She is the director of an outreach programme targeting schools, patient groups, and the wider public, and is passionate about improving lives through the sharing of scientific and wider academic knowledge. Professor Ellison has commented on various issues in the media most notably the phenomenon of man flu, and whether beer goggles really exist. @ellison_brain
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BLM Green Tree AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Splitting 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of Splitting, plus a free reading copy
Description Contains 8 copies of Splitting, plus a free reading copy
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company William Dalrymple
In his most ambitious book to date, bestselling historian William Dalrymple tells the timely and cautionary tale of the rise of the East India Company and one of the most supreme acts of corporate violence in world history
Description THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER,DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India C A book of beauty' Co Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.
William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
About the Author William Dalrymple is one of Britain's great historians and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, one of which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA. He has also won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the Sunday Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the FPA Media Awards, and ISBN: 9781408864395 been awarded five honorary doctorates. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Format: B Royal Society of Edinburgh, and has held visiting fellowships at Princeton and Brown. He writes regularly for the New Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm York Review of Books, the New Yorker and the Guardian. In 2018 he was presented with the prestigious President's Extent: 544 pages Medal by the British Academy for his outstanding literary achievement and for co-founding the Jaipur Literature Festival. Bic1: William lives with his wife and three children on a farm outside Delhi. Bic2:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Ray Padgett
Traces the history of the oft-maligned 'tribute album' with I'm Your Fan as an illustrative example.
Description When I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen hit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen's career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Cohen's record label had refused to release his 1984 album Various Positions--including the song 'Hallelujah'--in the United States. Luckily, Velvet Underground founder John Cale was one of the few who did hear 'Hallelujah,' and he covered it for I'm Your Fan, a collection of Cohen's songs produced by a French fanzine. Jeff Buckley adored the tribute album and covered Cale's cover in 1994, never having heard Cohen's still-obscure original version. In 2016, Stereogum labeled the tribute album 'possibly the most universally derided format in pop music.' However, without a tribute album, you wouldn't know the song 'Hallelujah.' Through Buckley through Cale, 'Hallelujah' is now one of the most often-performed songs in the world--and it wouldn't be without this tribute album. I'm Your Fan thus offers a particularly notable example of a much broader truth: Despite all the eye-rolling they inspire, tribute albums matter. They can resuscitate legends' fading careers, or expose obscure artists who never had much of a career to begin with.
About the Author Ray Padgett is the founder of Cover Me, the largest blog devoted to cover songs on the web, and author of Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time (2017). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, SPIN, The AV Club, Vice, and MOJO, and he's been interviewed as an expert on cover songs by NPR, The Wall Street Journal, SiriusXM, and dozens more. He lives in Burlington, Vermont and also works as a publicist for Shore Fire Media.
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope Ayanna Dozier
Discusses a pivitol album in Janet Jackson's career through the lense of black feminist poetics.
Description The question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards, the trajectory of Janet Jackson's career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control for Janet was never simply just about her desire for economic and creative control over her career but was, rather, an existential question about the desire to control and be in control over her bodily integrity as a Black woman. This book examines Janet's continuation of her quest for control as heard in her sixth album, The Velvet Rope. Engaging with the album, the promotion, the tour, and its accompanying music videos, this study unpacks how Janet uses Black cultural production as an emancipatory act of self-creation that allows her to reconcile with and, potentially, heal from trauma, pain, and feelings of alienation. The Velvet Rope's arc moves audiences to imagine the possibility of what emancipation from oppression--from sexual, to internal, to societal--could look like for the singer and for others. The sexually charged content and themes of abuse, including self-harm and domestic violence, were dismissed as 'selling points' for Janet at the time of its release. The album stands out as a revelatory expression of emotional vulnerability by the singer, one that many other artists have followed in the 20-plus years since its release.
About the Author Ayanna Dozier is a scholar, filmmaker, and performance artist. Her dissertation, Mnemonic Aberrations,traces the history of Black feminist experimental short film in the United States and the United Kingdom from 1968-Present. She was also a 2018-2019 Helena Rubinstein Fellow in Critical Studies at the Whitney Independent Studies Program. She resides in Brooklyn, NY.
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Suicide's Suicide Andi Coulter
Tells the story behind one of the most influential bands of 1970s New York scene - but one that few would be able to name.
Description New York City in the 1970s was an urban nightmare: destitute, dirty, and dangerous. As the country collectively turned its back on the Big Apple, two musical vigilantes rose out of the miasma. Armed only with amplified AC current, Suicide's Alan Vega and Marty Rev set out to save America's soul. Their weaponized noise terrorized unsuspecting audiences. Suicide could start a riot on a lack of guitar alone. Those who braved their live shows often fled in fear--or formed bands (sometimes both). This book attempts to give the reader a front-row seat to a Suicide show. Suicide is one of the most original, most misunderstood, and most influential bands of the last century. While Suicide has always had a dedicated cult following, the band is still relatively unknown outside their musical coterie. Arguing against the idea of the band's niche musical history, this book looks at parallels between Marvel Comics' antiheroes in the 1970s and Suicide's groundbreaking first album. Andi Coulter tells the origin story of two musical Ghost Riders learning to harness their sonic superpower, using noise like a clarion call for a better future.
About the Author Andi Coulter spent 15 years in the music industry working as the Marketing Director for the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. and later with Live Nation in San Francisco. She has written for Buzzed, Subculture Magazine, The Washington City Paper, Buffalo Public and the LA Weekly. She currently is a Visiting Professor in the Writing Department at Grand Valley State University, USA.
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Political Sign Tobias Carroll
An exploration of political signs such as bumper stickers, yard signs, billboards, and how these frequently disposable objects help to create a greater understanding of how politics and geography shape individual identities.
Description Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. In an election year, political signs can be impossible to avoid. They're in front yards, on bumper stickers, and in some places you might never have expected. Tobias Carroll chronicles the permutations and secret histories of political signs, venturing into the story of how they came to be and illuminating how the signs around us shape us in ways we often fail to appreciate. In an era of political polarization and heated debate, what can be learned from studying how our personal space becomes the setting for both? Understanding political signs can help us understand our current political moment, and how we might transcend it. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
About the Author Tobias Carroll is Managing Editor of the literary website Vol.1 Brooklyn. He is the author of two books, Real (2016) and Transitory (2016). His writing has been published in Vulture, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Hazlitt, Literary Hub, and The Paris Review, among other places.
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Exit Laura Waddell
An unique exploration of exits as everyday commands we follow, personal choices we make in relationships and work, and as political outcomes we experience.
Description Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Exits are all around but rarely remarked upon. Every day, exit signs mark the difference between travelling and arriving at a destination and ever-present emergency routes out. Exits are at the core of contemporary cultural and political discussions (Brexit, independence referenda, polls), as well as personal liberations. But instead of a way out, do exits ever serve to constrict our choices? To exit is to cross a boundary, swapping one reality for another, taking the option of being either in or out, here or there. Part investigation into what it really means to 'exit' and part city travelogue, Laura Waddell's Exit goes beyond the door to see what's on the other side. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic.
About the Author Laura Waddell is a writer and publisher based in Scotland. In 2019 she won a Write to End Violence Against Women Award for her column in the Scotsman newspaper. Her cultural criticism and fiction has appeared in the TLS, Guardian, BBC Radio 4, BBC Scotland, Kinfolk, McSweeneys, and several anthologies. Exit is her first book.
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Snake Erica Wright
From Eve to Snakes on a Plane, snakes have seduced and terrorized humans in equal measure, their mythological status creating real-world problems for this misunderstood animal.
Description Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Feared and worshiped in equal measure, snakes have captured the imagination of poets, painters, and philosophers for centuries. From Ice Age cave drawings to Snakes on a Plane, this creature continues to enthrall the public. But what harm has been caused by our mythologizing? While considering the dangers of stigma, Erica Wright moves from art and pop culture to religion, fetish, and ecologic disaster. This book considers how the snake has become more symbol than animal, a metaphor for how we treat whatever scares us the most, whether or not our panic is justified. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic.
About the Author Erica Wright is the poetry editor at Guernica Magazine. She is the author of six books, most recently Famous in Cedarville (2019).
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Thelma & Louise Marita Sturken
A study of the classic female buddy road movie Thelma & Louise in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, sparked a remarkable public discussion about feminism, violence, and the representation of women in cinema on its release in 1991. Subject to media vilification for its apparent justification of armed robbery and manslaughter, it was a huge hit with audiences composed largely but not exclusively of women who cheered the fugitive central characters played by Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. Marita Sturken examines Thelma & Louise as one of those rare films that encapsulates the politics of its time. She discusses the film's reworking of the outlaw genre, its reversal of gender roles, and its engagement with the complex relationship of women, guns adn the law. The insights of director Scott, screenwriter Khouri as well as Davis and Sarandon are deployed in an analysis of Thelma & Louise and the controversies it sparked. This is a compelling study of a landmark in 1990s American cinema. In her foreword to this new edition, Sturken looks back on the film's reception at the time of its release, and considers its continuing resonances and topicality in the age of #MeToo.
About the Author Marita Sturken is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU Steinhardt, USA, and author of Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering (1997)and, with Lisa Cartwright, Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture (Second Edition, 2009). Her most recent book is Tourists of History: Memory, Consumerism, and Kitsch in American Culture (2007).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Spirited Away Andrew Osmond
A study of Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 anime Spirited Away in the BFI Film Classics series
Description Spirited Away, directed by the veteran anime film-maker Hayao Miyazaki, is Japan's most successful film, and one of the top-grossing 'foreign language' films ever released. Set in modern Japan, the film is a wildly imaginative fantasy, at once personal and universal. It tells the story of a listless little girl, Chihiro, who stumbles into a magical world where gods relax in a palatial bathhouse, where there are giant babies and hard-working soot sprites, and where a train runs across the sea. Andrew Osmond's insightful study describes how Miyazaki directed Spirited Away with a degree of creative control undreamt of in most popular cinema, using the film's delightful, freewheeling visual ideas to explore issues ranging from personal agency and responsibility to what Miyazaki sees as the lamentable state of modern Japan. Osmond unpacks the film's visual language, which many Western (and some Japanese) audiences find both beautiful and bewildering. He traces connections between Spirited Away and Miyazaki's prior body of work, arguing that Spirited Away uses the cartoon medium to create a compellingly immersive drawn world. This edition includes a new foreword by the author in which he considers the world of animated cinema post-Spirited Away, considering its influence on films ranging from del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth to Pixar's Inside Out.
About the Author Andrew Osmond is a journalist and critic based in Berkshire, UK. He is the author of Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist (2009); 100Animated Feature Films (BFI Publishing, 2010) and Ghost in the Shell (2017).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Big Lebowski J.M.Tyree; Ben Walters
A study of Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Ethan and Joel Coen's The Big Lebowski was released in 1998 to general bafflement. A decade on, it had become a cult classic and remains so over 20 years later, inspiring a thriving circuit of 'Lebowski Fests' during which costumed devotees gather at bowling alleys and guzzle White Russians. Beyond its superabundance of deliciously quotable lines, how has the movie inspired such remarkable affection? And why does its critical stock continue to rise? The film's unlikely anchor is Jeff Bridges' career-best performance as Jeffrey Lebowski, a fully-baked 1960s radical turned Venice Beach drop-out known to his friends as 'the Dude'. Mistaken for an identically-named grandee whose young trophy wife is in trouble, the Dude finds himself embroiled in an impossibly convoluted kidnap plot involving pornographers, nihilists and threats to his 'johnson'. Worst of all, it conflicts with his bowling commitments. In part an irreverent pastiche of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep (as filmed by Howard Hawks), The Big Lebowski is also a jukebox of film history, littered with playful references to everything from Hitchcock and Altman to Busby Berkeley. This riot of addled quotations reflects the film's Los Angeles setting, a discombobulated world inhabited by flakes, phonies and poseurs with put-on identities. Like many Coen films, the movie plays havoc with the conventions of the crime genre and the absurdities of classical American 'heroism'. But it's also that rare thing: a comedy that gets richer, funnier and more affecting with each viewing. Beneath its breakneck pacing and foul-mouthed ribaldry, the Dude's story offers disarmingly humane lessons in the value of simple things: friendship, laughter and bowling. In their foreword to this new edition, the authors reflect on Lebowski's cult status and its contemporary resonances as a film about gentle non-conformity and friendship in an increasingly polarized world. The new edition also includes an interview with the Coens, revealing the origins of the name 'Jeffrey Lebowski'.
About the Author J.M. Tyree is non-fiction editor of New England Review and author of Vanishing Streets: Journeys in London (2016) and of the BFI Film Classic on Salesman (2012). Ben Walters is a writer, producer, programmer and critic based in London, UK. Price: AU $24.99 NZ $27.99 ISBN: 9781838719609 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Bic2:
British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Rosemary's Baby Michael Newton
A compelling new study of Roman Polanski's classic Gothic horror film Rosemary's Baby in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Rosemary's Baby is one of the greatest movies of the late 1960s and one of the best of all horror movies, an outstanding modern Gothic tale. An art-house fable and an elegant popular entertainment, it finds its home on the cusp between a cinema of sentiment and one of sensation. Michael Newton's study of the film traces its development at a time when Hollywood stood poised between the old world and the new, its dominance threatened by the rise of TV and cultural change, and the roles played variously by super producer Robert Evans, the film's producer William Castle, director Polanski and its stars including Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes.
Newton's close textual analysis explores the film's meanings and resonances, and, looking beyond the film itself, he examines its reception and cultural impact, and its afterlife, in which Rosemary's Baby has become linked with the terrible murder of Polanski's wife and unborn child by members of the Manson cult, and with controversies surrounding the director.
About the Author Michael Newton is Lecturer in English at Leiden University, Netherlands. He is the author of Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children (2002), Age of Assassins: A History of Conspiracy and Political Violence, 1865-1981 (2012), and Kind Hearts and Coronets (BFI Film Classics, 2003).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Birds Camille Paglia
A study of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 iconic horror movie The Birds in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of gender and family relations. A film about anxiety, sexual power and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock. Camille Paglia's foreword to this new edition reflects upon the relationship between Hitchcock and his leading lady Hedren in the light of recent debates about male power, female agency and the #MeToo movement.
About the Author Camille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities & Media Studies at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA. She is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 2001: A Space Odyssey Peter Kramer
A study of Stanley Kubrick's science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is widely regarded as one of the best films ever made. It has been celebrated for its beauty and mystery, its realistic depiction of space travel and dazzling display of visual effects, the breathtaking scope of its story, which reaches across millions of years, and the thought-provoking depth of its meditation on evolution, technology and humanity's encounters with the unknown. 2001 has been described as the most expensive avant-garde movie ever made and as a psychedelic trip, a unique expression of the spirit of the 1960s and as a timeless masterpiece. Peter Kr mer's insightful study explores 2001's complex origins, the unique shape it took and the extraordinary impact it made on contemporary audiences, drawing on new research in the Stanley Kubrick Archive to challenges many of the widely-held assumptions about the film. This edition includes a new afterword by the author.
About the Author Peter Kr mer is a Senior Research Fellow in Cinema & TV in the Leicester Media School at De Montfort University, UK. His published books include Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (2014) and The General (2016) in the BFI Film Classics series and The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era (co-edited with Yannis Tzioumakis, Bloomsbury, 2018).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Touch of Evil Richard Deming
A study of Orson Welles' classic 1958 noir movie Touch of Evil in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Orson Welles' classic 1958 noir movie Touch of Evil, the story of a corrupt police chief in a small town on the Mexican- American border, starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Marlene Dietrich, is widely recognised as one of the greatest noir films of Classical Hollywood cinema. Richard Deming's study of the film considers it as an outstanding example of the noir genre and explores its complex relationship to its source novel, Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson. He traces the film's production history, and provides an insightful close analysis of its key scenes, including its famous opening sequence, a single take in which the camera follows a booby-trapped car on its journey through city streets and across the border.
About the Author Richard Deming is a poet, art critic, and theorist whose work explores the intersections of poetry, philosophy, and visual culture. His collection of poems, Let's Not Call It Consequence (2008), received the 2009 Norma Farber Award from the Poetry Society of America. His most recent book of poems, Day for Night,appeared in 2016. He is also the author of Listening on All Sides: Toward an Emersonian Ethics of Reading(2008), and Art of the Ordinary: the Everyday Domain of Art, Film, Literature, and Philosophy (2018). He contributes to such magazines as Artforum, Sight & Sound, and The Boston Review. His poems have appeared in such places as Iowa Review, Field, American Letters & Commentary, and The Nation. He teaches at Yale University, USA where he is the Director of Creative Writing. Winner of the Berlin Prize, he was the Spring 2012 John P. Birkelund Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin.
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 La dolce vita Richard Dyer
A study of Fellini's 1960 masterpiece La dolce vita, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020.
Description Fellini's La dolce vita has been a phenomenon since before it was made, a scandal in the making and on release in 1960 and a reference point ever since. Much of what made it notorious was its incorporation of real people, events and lifestyles, making it a documentation of its time. It uses performance, camera movement, editing and music to produce a striking aesthetic mix of energy and listlessness, of exuberance and despair. Richard Dyer's study considers each of these aspects of the film Co phenomenon, document, aesthetic Co and argues that they are connected. Beginning with the inspirations and ideas that were subsequently turned into La dolce vita, Dyer then explores the making of the film, the film itself and finally its critical reception, providing engaging new insights into this mesmerising piece of cinema.
About the Author Richard Dyer is Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at King's College, London, UK. His books include Seven and Brief Encounter in the BFI Film Classics series, Lethal Repetition: The Serial Killer in European Cinema (BFI Publishing, 2015); In the Space of a Song (2011) and Nino Rota: Music, Film and Feeling (BFI Publishing, 2010).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Do the Right Thing Ed Guerrero
Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) is one of the most celebrated examples of the 'new black film wave'. In its depiction of the simmering racial tension in a Brooklyn neighbourhood, the movie takes in hip-hop fashions, rap music, police brutality, gentrification, immigration, deindustrialisation and joblessness. In his foreword to this new edition, Ed Guerrero looks back on the movie in the context of Spike Lee's film-making career and contemporary tensions between the police and the African-American community.
Description Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing (1989) is one of the most popular and celebrated examples of the African-American new black film wave. Set during the hottest day of a hot summer in New York City, the film's ensemble cast, including Lee himself, brilliantly play out the edgy negotiations and dramas of a racially and culturally diverse working-class Brooklyn neighborhood. Contrary to Hollywood's markedly cautious treatment of 'race' and its confinement to the South and the past, Do The Right Thing offers a nuanced portrayal of black urban life.From hip-hop fashions, Afrocentric colors and rap music, to police brutality, gentrification, non-white immigration, de-industrialization and joblessness, Do The Right Thing depicts it all, from a contemporary, African-American point of view. In his insightful study of the film, Ed Guerrero discusses how it epitomizes Spike Lee's powerful impact on the representation of race and difference in America, the progress of black film-making and the rise of multicultural voices in the media. This new edition includes a foreword by the author reflecting on Lee's subsequent film-making career and on an America in which African-Americans still contend with racial discrimination and police brutality. Guerrero emphasizes Lee's especially timely understanding of black film-making as a complex act, mixing the skills of art, politics, and business in order to fashion a creative practice that confronts institutional discrimination and power relations head on.
About the Author Ed Guerrero is an Associate Professor of Cinema Studies, and Africana Studies, at New York University, USA, and author of Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Film (1993).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Babette's Feast Julian Baggini
A study of Babette's Feast by renowned philosopher Julian Baggini.
Description On the face of it, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1989) is a film in which the eyes Co and mouths Co of religious zealots are opened to the glories of the sensual world. It is a critique of what Nietzsche called life-denying religion in favour of life- affirming sensuality. But to view the film in that way is to get it profoundly wrong. In his study of the film, Julian Baggini argues that Babette's Feast is not about the battle between religiosity and secularity but a deep examination of how the two can come together. Baggini's analysis focuses on themes of love, pleasure, artisty and grace, to provide a rich philosophical reading of this most sensual of films.
About the Author Julian Baggini is a British philosopher, and the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience, including How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy (2018); A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post- Truth World (2018); The Edge of Reason: A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World (2017), and The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments (2010). He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosopher's Magazine. He is a contributor to the Guardian, BBC News Online, Prospect, Times Education Supplement, the Observer and New Humanist, and makes regular appearances on radio and television.
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp A.L.Kennedy
Novelist A. L. Kennedy's study of Powell & Pressburger's 1943 masterpiece The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Winston Churchill hated The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and tried to have it banned when it was released in 1943. But Martin Scorsese, a champion of directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, considers it a masterpiece. It's a film about desires repressed in favour of worthless and unsatisfying ideals. And it's a film about how England dreamt of itself as a nation and how this dream disguised inadequacy and brutality in the clothes of honour. A. L. Kennedy, writing as a Scot, is fascinated by the nationalism which The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp explores. She finds human worth in the film and the pathos of stifled emotions and unfulfilled lives. 'If he is unaware of his passions, ' she writes of Clive Candy, the film's central figure, 'this is because his pains have become habitual, a part of personality, and because he was never taught a language that could speak of emotions like pain.'. This edition includes a foreword by the author exploring the film's continuing relevance in an age of Brexit, when English and British national identity are deeply contested concepts.
About the Author A.L.Kennedy was born in Dundee. She lived for almost 30 years in Glasgow and now stays in North Essex. She has won a variety of UK and international book awards, including a Lannan Award, the Costa Prize, The Heinrich Heine Preis, the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rees Prize. She has twice been included on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list. Her recent books includeThe Blue Book (2011); Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse (2015); Serious Sweet (2016) and The Little Snake (2018). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the Akademie der Kunst. She also writes for the stage, screen, TV and has created an extensive body of radio work including documentaries, monologues, dramas and essays. She also performs occasionally in one person shows and as a stand up comic.
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Manchurian Candidate Greil Marcus
A study of John Frankenheimer's 1962 political conspiracy thriller The Manchurian Candidate in the BFI Film Classics series
Description 'It may be the most sophisticated political thriller ever made in Hollywood,' film critic Pauline Kael wrote of John Frankenheimer's terrifying 1962 political thriller about an American serviceman brainwashed in Korea and made into an assassin. Sophisticated to be sure, it's also a headlong fall through the looking-glass of American politics and the most deeply prophetic film of the second half of the American century. As Greil Marcus reconstructs the drama, The Manchurian Candidate is a movie in which the director and actors, including Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury in an Academy Award-nominated performance, were suddenly capable of anything, beyond any expectations. This edition includes a new foreword highlighting the movie's terrifying contemporary relevance in the age of Trump and Russian interference in the US Presidential election.
About the Author Greil Marcus is the author of Double Trouble (2000), Dead Elvis (1999), Lipstick Traces (1989), The Old, Weird America (1997/2001) and Mystery Train (1975). His pieces have appeared in a wide range of publications, including Artforum, Interview, The New Yorker, the New York Times and Esquire. He has taught at Princeton University and the University of California at Berkeley, USA.
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Cache (Hidden) Catherine Wheatley
A study of Michael Haneke's enigmatic thriller Cach in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Ever since its world premiere at the Cannes film festival in May 2005, audiences have been talking about Michael Haneke's Cach . The film's enigmatic and multi-layered narrative leaves its viewers with many more questions than answers. The plot revolves around the mystery of who is sending a series of sinister videos and drawings to Georges Laurent (Daniel Auteuil), the presenter of a literary talkshow. As Georges becomes increasingly secretive, much to the distress of his wife Anne (Juliette Binoche), a culprit fails to surface. And even at the film's end, audiences are left struggling to make sense of what has gone before. This hasn't stopped people trying. In an in-depth and illuminating account, Wheatley examines the key themes at the heart of the 'meaning' of Cach : the film as thriller; post-colonial bourgeois guilt; political accountability and lastly, reality, the media and its audiences, tracing these strands through the film by means of close readings of individual scenes and moments. Inspired by the director's claim that we might understand the film as a set of Russian dolls, each of which is complete in itself but together forms a whole in which layers of unseen depth are concealed, Wheatley avoids a single, unifying approach to understanding Cach . Instead, her detailed analysis of the film's shifting perspectives opens up the multiplicity of meanings that Cach contains, in order to understand its secrets. This edition includes a new foreword in which the author reflects upon Cach in the context of Haneke's subsequent work, and considers the film's contemporary resonances in an era of omnipresent surveillance technology and doctored 'fake news' videos.
About the Author Catherine Wheatley is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at King's College London, UK. She is the author of Stanley Cavell and Film: The Ethics of the Image (Bloomsbury, 2019); Michael Haneke's Cinema: The Ethic of the Image (2008) and the co-editor of Je t'aime C moi non plus: Franco-British Cinematic Relations (2010).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Cleo de 5 a 7 Steven Ungar
Steven Ungar provides a close reading of Agn s Varda's classic 1962 work that depicts, in near real-time, 90 minutes in the life of Cl o, a young woman in Paris awaiting the results of medical tests that she fears will confirm a fatal condition. Ungar also looks back on Varda's film-making career and her contribution to the French New Wave.
Description Cl o de 5 7 (Cl o from 5 to 7), Agnes Varda's classic 1962 work depicts, in near real-time, 90 minutes in the life of Cl o, a young woman in Paris awaiting the results of medical tests that she fears will confirm a fatal condition. The film, whose visual beauty matches its evocation of early-Fifth Republic Paris, was a major point of reference for the French New Wave despite the fact that Varda never considered herself a member of the core Cahiers du cin ma group of critics- turned- film-makers. Ungar provides a close reading of the film and situates it in its social, political and cinematic contexts, tracing Varda's early career as a student of art history and as a photographer, the history of post-war French film, and the lengthy Algerian war to which Cl o's health concerns and ambitions to become a pop singer make her more or less oblivious. His study is the first to set a reading of Cl o's formal and technical complexity alongside an analysis of its status as a visual document of its historical moment. Steven Ungar's foreword to this new edition looks back upon Varda's film- making career and considers her contributions as a female auteur and in the context of the French New Wave.
About the Author Steven Ungar is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa, USA and the author of a number of books, including Popular Front Paris and the Poetics of Culture (co-author with Dudley Andrew), (2005).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Meshes of the Afternoon John David Rhodes
A study of Maya Deren's mesmerising avant-garde film Meshes of the Afternoon in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), filmed by Maya Deren and her then husband Alexader Hammid in their bungalow above Sunset Boulevard for a mere $274.90, is the most important film in the history of American avant-garde cinema. The artistic collaboration between Deren and Hammid finds its distorted reflection in the vision of the film's tormented female protagonist. Its focus - through a series of intricate and interlocking dream sequences - on female experience and the domestic sphere links Meshes to the Hollywood melodramas of the period, while its unsettling atmosphere of dread, death and doubles makes it a counter-cinematic cousin to film noir. The film has influenced not only the subsequent history of experimental film, but also on the work of Hollywood auteurs. It is a touchstone of women's film-making, of modern cinema and of modern art.
John David Rhodes traces the film's history back into the lives of Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, but in particular that of Deren. He reads the film as a culmination of Deren's abiding interest in modernism and her intense engagement in socialist politics. Rhodes argues that while the film remains a powerful point of reference for feminist film-makers and experimentalists, it is also an example of political art in the broadest terms. In his foreword to this new edition, Rhodes reflects upon the film's continuing importance for and influence upon feminist and avant-garde filmmaking.
About the Author John David Rhodes is Reader in Film Studies and Visual Culture at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of Spectacle of Property: The House in American Film (2017) and Stupendous, Miserable City: Pasolini's Rome (2007) and the co-editor, with Brian Price, of On Michael Haneke (2010), with Laura Rascaroli, of Antonioni: Centenary Essays (BFI Publishing, 2011) and, with Elena Gorfinkel, of Taking Place:Location and the Moving Image (2011). He is also the founding co-editor of the journal World Picture.
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Mother India Gayatri Chatterjee
A study of Mehboob Khan's epic family melodrama Mother India (1957) in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Mehboob Khan's 1957 epic family drama Mother India, starring movie legends Nargis, Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar, is a cornerstone of Indian cinema.
In her insightful study of this classic, Gayatri Chatterjee draws on new research in the Mehboob studio archive to outline the film's eventful production history, the ambitious vision of its director, and the performances of its stars. Rooted both in Hindu mythology and in the collective experience of a newly-independent nation-state on the brink of industrialisation and social change, this family melodrama inexorably towards tragedy and renewal. Chatterjee's careful analysis reflects the film's vibrancy and passion and illuminates its many aspects - performance styles, reception and reputation, mythological underpinnings, its relationship to India's post-Independence culture and politics, and its many references to the history of a country in transition. In her foreword to this new edition, the author reflects upon the film's impact at the time of its release, and its continuing resonance for audiences in many different countries around the world.
About the Author Gayatri Chatterjee is an independent scholar working in Film and Cultural Studies and based in Pune, India. She is the author of Awaara (1992), which was awarded the Swarna-Kamal, the President's Gold Medal for the Best Book on Cinema.
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Pandora's Box (Die Buchse der Pandora) Pamela Hutchinson
A study of G.W. Pabst's 1929 silent classic Pandora's Box in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description G.W. Pabst's 1929 silent classic Pandora's Box (Die B chse der Pandora), stars Hollywood icon Louise Brooks as the enigmatic heroine whose erotic charms lead to disaster for the men drawn into her web. Despite failing commercially upon release, it has evolved into a cult film long after it should have been forgotten. Pandora's Box captivates audiences with its libidinous, violent story, and its mysterious heroine whose motivations, as well as whose guilt or innocence, are difficult to determine. It is a sophisticated adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Lulu plays, and indisputably Louise Brooks' finest performance on film.
In her compelling study, Pamela Hutchinson traces Pandora's production history and the many contexts of its creation and afterlife, revisiting and challenging many assumptions made about the film, its lead character and its star. Analysing the film act by act, she explores the conflicted relationship between Brooks and the director G.W. Pabst, the film's historical contexts in Weimar Berlin, and its changing fortunes since its release.
About the Author Pamela Hutchinson is a freelance writer, critic and film historian, based in London, UK. She is the editor of 30-Second Cinema (2019) and writes about silent cinema at SilentLondon.co.uk.
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Performance Colin MacCabe
A new edition of Colin MacCabe's study of Performance (1970), celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2020.
Description Directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, and starring James Fox, Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg, Performance was filmed in 1968, but not released until 1970. When its studio backers saw the director's cut, they were so shocked by the film's sexual explicitness and formal radicalism that attempts were made to destroy the negative. In his study of the film, Colin MacCabe draws on extensive interviews with surviving participants to present the definitive history of the making of Performance, as well as a new interpretation of its consummate artistry. This edition includes an afterword reflecting on the film 50 years on, and the reasons for its continuing classic status. Performance's extraordinary power, suggests MacCabe, comes partly from its entrancing portrayal of London in the late 1960s, but primarily from its full scale assault on any notion of normality, not simply at the level of content but also of form. The remarkable ending, when the thriller and the psychodrama merge into one, means that there is no comfortable resolution to the film's meanings. Performance is one of those rare narrative film which takes us into the complexity of sound and image without the comforting guarantee of a safe exit.
About the Author Colin MacCabe is Distinguished Professor of English and Film at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, Director of the Pitt in London Programme, and Honorary Professor of English at the University of Exeter, UK. He was formerly Head of Research and Education at the British Film Institute; co-founder of the production company Minerva Pictures, and Chair of the London Consortium which he helped to found in 1995 with Birkbeck, University of London, Tate and the Architectural Association. His publications include, as co-editor with Lee Grieveson, Empire and Film and Film and the End of Empire (BFI Publishing, 2011).
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Ratcatcher Annette Kuhn
A study of Lynne Ramsay's 1999 film Ratcatcher in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Lynne Ramsay's bleak yet beautifully photographed debut unflinchingly portrays life on a Glasgow housing estate during the 1973 refuse collectors' strike, as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie). After James's friend falls into a canal and drowns, James becomes increasingly withdrawn. As bags of rubbish pile up and rats move in, James finds solace in his friendships with Kenny, an odd boy who loves animals, and Margaret Anne, a teenage misfit. Annette Kuhn's study of the film, the first to offer an overarching account of Ramsay's work, considers the director's background and Ratcatcher alongside her earlier films. Kuhn traces the film's production history in the context of Scottish media and literary cultures, and its cinematic influences, while acknowledging the distinctiveness of Ramsay's poetic, visionary style. Kuhn draws on interviews with Ramsay and others involved in the film's production, and combines this with a close reading of selected passages to provide an in-depth and illuminating analysis of the film's poetic style and its aesthetics, including an examination of its construction of a child's world through a highly distinctive organisation of cinematic space.
About the Author Annette Kuhn is Emeritus Professor in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, UK, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Publications include Family Secrets: Acts of Memory and Imagination; An Everyday Magic: Cinema and Cultural Memory (2002); Little Madnesses: Winnicott, Transitional Phenomena and Cultural Experience (2013); and, with Guy Westwell, Oxford Dictionary of Film Studies (2012).
Price: AU $24.99 NZ $27.99 ISBN: 9781838719487 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Bic2:
British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Sansho Dayu (Sansho the Bailiff) Dudley Andrew, Carole Cavanaugh
A study of Mizoguchi's 1954 masterpiece Sansh Day in the BFI Film Classics series.
Description Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece Sansh Day (1954) retells a classic Japanese folktale about an eleventh-century feudal official forced into exile by his political enemies. In his absence, his children fall under the corrupting influence of the malevolent bailiff Sansho. In their study of the film, film scholar Dudley Andrew and Japanese literature professor Carole Cavanaugh highlight the cultural, aesthetic and social contexts of this film which is at once rooted in folk legend and a modern artwork released in the aftermath of World War II. This edition includes a new foreword by the authors in which they consider the film's contemporary parallels in modern slavery and children torn from their families by malevolent authorities.
About the Author Dudley Andrew is the R. Selden Rose Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of Film Studies at Yale University, USA, and Carole Cavanaugh is Professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury College, USA.
Price: AU $24.99 NZ $27.99 ISBN: 9781838719326 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 BFI Classics 20-copy pack plus POS TBC
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 BFI Classics 10-copy pack plus POS TBC
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British Film Institute AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Darkness is Golden 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of Darkness is Golden, plus a free reading copy
Description Contains 8 copies of Darkness is Golden, plus a free reading copy
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Price: AU $263.92 NZ $279.92 ISBN: 9781472999665 Format: Pack Package Type: MIXTURES PACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Pantera AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Verso Book of Dissent Verso
Fully updated compendium of revolt and resistance
Description Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest-rallying others around them or, sometimes, inspiring uprisings many years later. This anthology, global in scope, presents voices of dissent from every era of human history: speeches and pamphlets, poems and songs, plays and manifestos. Every age has its iconoclasts, and yet the greatest among them build on the words and actions of their forerunners. The Verso Book of Dissent should be in the arsenal of every rebel who understands that words and ideas are the ultimate weapons.
About the Author Verso Books have been publishing for 50 years.
Price: AU $24.99 NZ $26.99 ISBN: 9781788739115 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 129 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About #MeToo: Sex and the Mess ofLife JoAnn Wypijewski
A searing indictment of modern sexual politics.
Description What if we took sex out of the box marked 'special', either the worst or best thing that a human person can experience, and considered it within the complexity of reality? In this extraordinary book, despite longstanding tabloid-style sexual preoccupations with villains and victims, shame and virtue, JoAnn Wypijewski does exactly that. From the HIV crisis to the paedophile priest panic, Woody Allen to Brett Kavanaugh, child pornography to Abu Ghraib, Wypijewski takes the most famous sex panics of the last decades and turns them inside out, weaving what together becomes a searing indictment of modern sexual politics, exposing the myriad ways sex panics and the expansion of the punitive state are intertwined. What emerges is an examination of the multiple ways in which the ever-expanding default language of monsters and victims has contributed to the repressive power of the state. Politics exists in the mess of life. Sex does too, Wypijewski insists and so must sexual politics, to make any sense at all.
About the Author JoAnn Wypijewski is a writer and editor based in New York. From 1982 to 2000, she was an editor at the Nation magazine. She has written for the magazine, as well as for Harper's, CounterPunch, the New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, and other publications. She is on the editorial committee of the New Left Review. She was the co-editor with Kevin Alexander Gray and Jeffrey St. Clair, of Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence.
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Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Future of Difference Sabine Hark, Paula-Irene Villa
A feminist critique of racist feminisms.
Description In recent years, opponents of 'political correctness' have surged to prominence from both left and right, shaping a discourse in which perpetrators are 'defiantly' imagined as Muslim refugees, i.e. outsiders/others, while victims are identified as 'our women'. This poisonous and regressive situation grounds Hark and Villa's theorisation of contemporary regimes of power as engaged primarily in the violent production of difference. In this moment, they argue, the logic of 'differentiate and rule' thoroughly permeates the social. Our entire 'way of life' is premised on endless subtle hierarchical distinctions, which determine whole populations' attitudes, feelings and actions. How can we learn to value difference when it is too often enlisted in the service of domination? Hark and Villa make a compelling case for the urgent necessity for a detoxification of feminism as a matter of urgency, and for an ethical mode of living-with the world, that is, living with alterity.
About the Author Sabine Hark is a German feminist and sociologist. She is Professor of Interdisciplinary Women and Gender Research at the Technical University of Berlin.Paula-Irene Villa is Professor and Chair for Sociology and Gender Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.Sophie Lewis is a theorist, critic and translator. She is the translator of Communism for Kids by Bini Adamczak (with Jacob Blumenfeld) and A Brief History of Feminism by Antje Schrupp and the author of Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family.
Price: AU $140.00 NZ $150.00 ISBN: 9781788738019 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Bland Fanatics Pankaj Mishra
One of the most acclaimed essayists writing today on the political hysteria plaguing the West
Description Decades of violence and chaos have generated a political and intellectual hysteria Coranging from imperial atavism to paranoia about invading or hectically breeding Muslim hordes Cothat has affected even the most intelligent in Anglo- America. In Bland Fanatics, Pankaj Mishra examines this hysteria and its fantasists, taking on its arguments and the atmosphere in which it has festered and become influential. In essays that grapple with colonialism, human rights, and the doubling down of liberalism against a background of faltering economies and weakening Anglo-American hegemony, Mishra confronts writers from Jordan Peterson and Niall Ferguson to Salman Rushdie and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. With a newly written introduction, these essays provide a vantage point from which to look seriously at the current crisis.
About the Author Pankaj Mishra is the author of numerous books, most recently The Age of Anger: A History of the Present (2017). He writes literary and political essays for the New York Times, New York Review of Books, Guardian, New Yorker, London Review of Books, and Bloomberg View, among other American, British, and Indian publications. His work has also appeared in Times Literary Supplement, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Time, The Independent, Granta, The Nation, n+1, Poetry, Common Knowledge, Outlook, and Harper's.
Price: AU $34.99 NZ $36.99 ISBN: 9781788737333 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Alpha City Rowland Atkinson
How London was bought and sold by the super-rich and what it means for the rest of us.
Description Who owns London? In recent decades London has been bought by the super-rich. It is today the essential 'World City' for High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI). Compared to New York or Tokyo, the two other key 'world' cities, it has the largest number of wealthy people per head of population. Taken as a whole, London is the epicentre of the world's financial markets, an elite cultural hub, a place to hide one's wealth. Alpha City presents the story of the property boom economy of recent decades. It tells the story of eager developers, sovereign wealth and grasping politicians who paved the way for the wealthy colonisation of the cityscape. The consequences of this transformation of the capital for capital is the brutal expulsion of the urban poor, austerity, demolitions, and a catalogue of social injustices. This Faustian pact has resulted in the sale and destruction of public assets, in exchange for boom time for the .01%. Alpha City moves from gated communities and the mega-houses of the super rich to the disturbing rise of evictions and displacements from the city. It shows how the consequences of widening inequality impresses itself upon the urban geography. This is the most harrowing portrait of the city.
About the Author Rowland Atkinson is Research Chair in Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield. His research has focused on the spatial impacts of social inequalities, taking in work on gentrification and displacement, gated communities, public housing, social exclusion, fortress homes and, of course, the super-rich. Seeing the role of social science as bringing attention to social problems he has highlighted the need for social housing and more attention to be paid to the invisible casualties of complex urban processes. He is the author of Domestic Fortress (with Sarah Blandy) and Urban Criminology (with Gareth Millington).
Price: AU $34.99 NZ $36.99 ISBN: 9781788737975 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Who Killed Berta Caceres? Nina Lakhani
Deeply affecting and polemical portrait of the life and death of a courageous environmental activist
Description The very first time Honduran environmental activist Berta C ceres met the writer Nina Lakhani, C ceres said, 'The army has an assassination list with my name at the top. I want to live, but in this country there is total impunity. When they want to kill me, they will do it.' In 2015, C ceres won the Goldman Prize, the world's most prestigous environmental award, for her leadership of indigenous organisations against illegal logging and the construction of four giant dams. The next year she was murdered. Lakhani tracked C ceres's remarkable career in the face of years of threats Cotwo fellow environmental campaigners were killed before her Coand the journalist also endured threats and harassment herself. She was the only foreign journalist to attend the 2018 trial of C ceres's killers, where security officials of the dam builders were found guilty of orchestrating her murder. Many questions about who ordered the killing remain. Drawing on years of familiarity with C ceres, her family, and her movement, as well as interviews with company and government officials, Lakhani paints an intimate portrait of a remarkable woman as well as a state beholden to both corporate control and US power.
About the Author Nina Lakhani reports on Central America for the Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, Global Post, the Daily Beast, and elsewhere. She previously worked for the Independent. She is based Mexico City.
Price: AU $39.99 NZ $42.99 ISBN: 9781788733069 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 First They Took Rome David Broder
Italy's political disaster analysed
Description It is difficult for Italians to have much faith in the future. The last Labour Minister said it was a good thing if young people emigrated, to stop them 'getting under our feet'; one recent Prime Minister said that young Italians should not invest their hopes in securing a stable job, for that would be 'boring', anyway. Examining Italy's history since the end of the Cold War, Italy is the Future argues that its dismal situation should not be understood in terms of a stereotyped narrative of Italian chaos or backwardness. In a country that could once boast Europe's strongest Left, Italy today epitomises the crisis of democracy in the West. The scandals of Silvio Berlusconi's rule, the pervasive corruption of public life and sky-high youth unemployment are indicators of a particularly sick society. Yet what is also apparent is the difficulty of any new force emerging to renew Italy's institutions, as its atomised citizens lose hope in political change. What has broken apart in Italy is not just its once-mighty Left but the very bases of social solidarity. The parties of the 1990s and 2000s directly express the social demolition wrought by neoliberalism, as isolated and endangered individuals face the consequences of the crisis alone. Not this or that political party, but public life itself, is in full-scale collapse
About the Author David Broder is a Rome-based writer and translator. He is a contributing editor for Jacobin magazine and regularly writes on Italian politics for publications including Internazionale.
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Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Management of Savagery: The Rise of Al Qaeda Max Blumenthal
How America's failed wars abroad - Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria - has resulted in increased threat at home, and the rise of Trump.
Description Retells the history of the U.S.'s incendiary military involvement across the world from Reagan to Trump.
About the Author Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in New York Times, Daily Beast, Guardian, Huffington Post, Salon, Al Jazeera English and many other publications. He is the author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, which won the 2014 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Notable Book Award, the New York Times best selling Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered the Party and The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. His documentaries and on the ground reports have been seen by millions.
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 ISBN: 9781788732307 Format: C-Format PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Fully Automated Luxury Communism Aaron Bastani
A revolutionary new kind of politics Co beyond work, scarcity and capitalism.
Description Fully Automated Luxury Communism promises a radically new left future for everyone. New technologies will liberate us from work, providing the opportunity to build a society beyond both capitalism and scarcity. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury and happiness. Solar power will deliver the energy that we need, while asteroid mining will deliver the necessary resources, allowing us to end the devastation of our environment. Innovations in AI, gene editing, food technology will leads us to new ways of living better lives. In his first book, radical political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope, highlighting how we move to energy abundance, feed a world of nine billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology and build meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society heralds the beginning of history.
About the Author Aaron Bastani is co-founder and senior editor at Novara Media. He holds a PhD from the New Political Communication Unit, University of London, examining social movements in the digital environment which fail to correspond to the traditional logic of collective action. His research interests include new media, social movements, asymmetric strategies and post-scarcity political economy. He has written for Vice, London Review of Books, Guardian and Open Democracy.
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 ISBN: 9781786632630 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Future of Difference Sabine Hark, Paula-Irene Villa
A feminist critique of racist feminisms.
Description In recent years, opponents of 'political correctness' have surged to prominence from both left and right, shaping a discourse in which perpetrators are 'defiantly' imagined as Muslim refugees, i.e. outsiders/others, while victims are identified as 'our women'. This poisonous and regressive situation grounds Hark and Villa's theorisation of contemporary regimes of power as engaged primarily in the violent production of difference. In this moment, they argue, the logic of 'differentiate and rule' thoroughly permeates the social. Our entire 'way of life' is premised on endless subtle hierarchical distinctions, which determine whole populations' attitudes, feelings and actions. How can we learn to value difference when it is too often enlisted in the service of domination? Hark and Villa make a compelling case for the urgent necessity for a detoxification of feminism as a matter of urgency, and for an ethical mode of living-with the world, that is, living with alterity.
About the Author Sabine Hark is a German feminist and sociologist. She is Professor of Interdisciplinary Women and Gender Research at the Technical University of Berlin.Paula-Irene Villa is Professor and Chair for Sociology and Gender Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.Sophie Lewis is a theorist, critic and translator. She is the translator of Communism for Kids by Bini Adamczak (with Jacob Blumenfeld) and A Brief History of Feminism by Antje Schrupp and the author of Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family.
Price: AU $34.99 NZ $36.99 ISBN: 9781788738026 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Verso Trade AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 V&A Desk Diary 2021 V&A
The 2021 Desk Diary from the V&A Museum celebrates the kimono in a series of stunning images.
Description Available in two formats, this beautifully illustrated week-to-view diary has been published to accompany the V&A's 2020 exhibition Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk. Kimono are revered in Japan as the embodiment of national culture. Featured here are stunning examples from the V&A's prestigious Japanese collection, illustrations of traditional kimono designs, and depictions of kimono in colourful woodblock prints.
About the Author From the V&A Museum in London.
Price: AU $24.99 NZ $26.99 ISBN: 9781851779871 Format: Misc PB Package Type: Dimensions: 229h x 181w mm Extent: 120 pages Bic1: Bic2:
V&A Publications AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 V&A Pocket Diary 2021 V&A
The 2021 Pocket Diary from the V&A Museum celebrates the kimono in a series of stunning images.
Description Available in two formats, this beautifully illustrated week-to-view diary has been published to accompany the V&A's 2020 exhibition Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk. Kimono are revered in Japan as the embodiment of national culture. Featured here are stunning examples from the V&A's prestigious Japanese collection, illustrations of traditional kimono designs, and depictions of kimono in colourful woodblock prints.
About the Author From the V&A Museum in London.
Price: AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 ISBN: 9781851779826 Format: Misc PB Package Type: Dimensions: 139h x 112w mm Extent: 120 pages Bic1: Bic2:
V&A Publications AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 My Life with Boris Naina Yeltsina
Rich with intimate details, full of anecdotes and enriched by 100 photos, My Life with Boris is the chronicle of a life lived at the very heart of twentieth-century history.
Description In this poignant memoir, Naina Yeltsina, the wife of the first president of Russia, recounts the compelling story of her life, from her earliest childhood memories and the time when she met and became engaged to Boris Yeltsin, her companion of over fifty years, to the birth of her daughters and her experiences as First Lady of Russia. Always shy of the limelight, and rarely giving interviews when her husband was in office, Naina Yeltsina provides the reader with a glimpse into her personal life, whilst offering at the same time a behind-the-scenes look at the epochal events that unfolded around her, including the first Russian presidential elections, the August 1991 coup and the fall of the USSR. Rich with intimate details and full of anecdotes, My Life with Boris is the chronicle of a life lived at the very heart of twentieth-century history.
About the Author Born in Titovka in 1932, Naina Iosifovna Girina married Boris Yeltsin in 1956. They had two daughters, Yelena and Tatyana, and lived together until Boris's death in 2007. My Life with Boris is Naina's first book.
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Alma Books AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Silver Arrow Les Grossman
From the author of the New York Times No. 1 bestseller The Magicians comes a timeless new children's adventure aboard a magical steam train. Perfect for fans of The Train to ImpossiblePlaces, The Chronicles of Narnia and Roald Dahl.
Description Kate wasn't expecting much when she wrote to her wealthy estranged uncle to ask for a birthday present. Certainly she wasn't expecting a colossal steam train called the Silver Arrow to arrive on her doorstep. Despite parental misgivings, curiosity overwhelms Kate and her brother Tom and they climb aboard, only for the train's engine to roar into life. Soon they reach a train station where an assortment of strange and beautiful creatures are waiting with tickets in their mouths, and Kate and Tom begin to understand that their job will be to see them safely home Co if they can. Lev Grossman's first children's book is a journey you'll never forget: a rip-roaring adventure from desert plains to snow- covered mountains and everything in between. Packed with exciting creatures from the indignant porcupine to the lost polar bear and the adorable baby pangolin, The Silver Arrow is a classic story about saving our endangered animals and the places they live.
About the Author Lev Grossman is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Magicians trilogy, which has also become a successful TV series. Previously an award-winning journalist who interviewed the likes of Neil Gaiman and J.K. Rowling, this is his first foray into the world of children's literature. He lives in New York City with his wife and three children.
Price: AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 ISBN: 9781526629418 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 248 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 THE SILVER ARROW 8 Copy Pack
Contains 8 copies of the Silver Arrow plus a free reading copy
Description Contains 8 copies of the Silver Arrow plus a free reading copy
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Price: AU $119.92 NZ $135.92 ISBN: 9781472999719 Format: Pack Package Type: MIXTURES PACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 THE SILVER ARROW 16 Copy Pack
Pack contains 16 copies of The Silver Arrow, plus 2 free reading copies.
Description Pack contains 16 copies of The Silver Arrow, plus 2 free reading copies.
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Price: AU $239.84 NZ $271.84 ISBN: 9781472999726 Format: Pack Package Type: MIXTURES PACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Ways to Make Sunshine Renee Watson
From New York Times-bestselling and multi-award-winning author Ren e Watson comes the start of a character-driven, young middle grade series starring a black girl and her relatable and lovable family. Perfect for fans of Clarice Bean and the Pea books by Susie Day
Description Ryan Hart and her family live in Portland, Oregon, and her dad lost his job a while ago. He finally got a new one, but it pays less, and he'll have to work nights. And so they're selling the second car and moving to an (old) new house.
The Harts are an everyfamily Co a family with siblings who bicker, parents who don't always get it right, but a family that loves. A family working hard to make it in tough economic times, a family with traditions and culture, a family that tries new things. This is a black family growing up in middle class America. And Ryan is a girl who has much on her mind Co school, family, friends, self-image Co but who knows how to make sunshine out of setbacks.
Packed with humour and heart alongside meaningful and thoughtful moments, Ryan Hart is the character everyone will want to be best friends with.
About the Author REN E WATSON is the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author of the novels Some Places More Than Others, Watch Us Rise, co-written with Ellen Hagan, Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, Betty Before X, co-written with Ilyasah Shabazz, and two picture books: Harlem's Little Blackbird and A Place Where Hurricanes Happen. Ren e is the founder of I, Too, Arts Collective, a nonprofit committed to nurturing underrepresented voices in the creative arts. She lives in New York City. www.reneewatson.net; @harlemportland (Instagram); @reneewauthor (Twitter)
Price: AU $15.99 NZ $17.99 ISBN: 9781526613721 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 I Stole My Genius Sister's Brain Jo Simmons
Perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Solomons, this is a new hilarious adventure from the creative team behind the bestselling I Swapped My Brother On The Internet
Description Perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Solomons, this is a new hilarious adventure from the creative team behind the bestselling I Swapped My Brother On The Internet.
Keith has entered the Junior Mega Brain quiz and he's determined to win. The problem is Co he's not really a genius. Even worse, his sister Minerva actually is, and Keith will have to go head to head against her. Keith needs to get super smart and fast! Could he just steal Min's brain? Or will some awesome inventions, sneezing rabbits and fearsome flapjacks be the genius way to victory?
About the Author Jo Simmons began her working life as a journalist. Her first fiction series for children, Pip Street, was inspired by her own kids' love of funny fiction, and two Super Loud Sam books followed. My Parents Cancelled My Birthday is Jo's third book for Bloomsbury. In addition to children's fiction, she has also co-written a humorous parenting book, Can I Give Them Back Now?: The Aargh To Zzzz of Parenting, published by Square Peg. Jo lives in Brighton with her husband, two boys and a scruffy formerly Romanian street dog.
Nathan Reed has been a professional illustrator since graduating from Falmouth College of Arts in 2000. He was shortlisted for the Serco Prize for Illustration in 2014. When he's not illustrating he can be found with his two boys and a football on Peckham Rye Common.
Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 ISBN: 9781526618566 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 I Stole My Genius Sister's Brain 6 copy pack
Contains 6 copies of I Stole my Genius Sister's Brain free reading copy.
Description Contains 6 copies of I Stole my Genius Sister's Brain free reading copy.
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Price: AU $77.94 NZ $89.94 ISBN: 9781472999696 Format: Pack Package Type: MIXTURES PACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 My Parents Cancelled My Birthday Jo Simmons
Perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Baddiel's Birthday Boy Co a hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to
Description Perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Baddiel's Birthday Boy Co a hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to Tom can't wait for his LUCKY BIRTHDAY. It's an EPIC family tradition and he's dreamed up an UNFORGETTABLE party!
Only, after several disasters involving a flattened Chihuahua and a curse from the tooth fairy, it's been CANCELLED.
But Tom won't give up. With the help of his friends (and a pig painted like a zebra), Tom decides to throw himself the party he deserves.
What could possibly go wrong?
About the Author Jo Simmons began her working life as a journalist. Her first fiction series for children, Pip Street, was inspired by her own kids' love of funny fiction, and two Super Loud Sam books followed. My Parents Cancelled My Birthday is Jo's third book for Bloomsbury. In addition to children's fiction, she has also co-written a humorous parenting book, Can I Give Them Back Now?: The Aargh To Zzzz of Parenting, published by Square Peg. Jo lives in Brighton with her husband, two boys and a scruffy formerly Romanian street dog.
Nathan Reed has been a professional illustrator since graduating from Falmouth College of Arts in 2000. He was shortlisted for the Serco Prize for Illustration in 2014. When he's not illustrating he can be found with his two boys and a football on Peckham Rye Common.
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Dodo Made Me Do It Jo Simmons
A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to Co perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother Is a Superhero and David Baddiel's The Parent Agency
Description SUMMER HOLIDAYS = BORING!
And Danny's dreading another one at his gran's. He's desperate for action, fun and adventure! And this year Co amazingly and unbelievably Co he gets it all, when he finds a dodo on a tiny island. A what? Yes! This is going to be the wildest summer holiday ever! (It might even be more than he can handle.) Are you in? A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to Co perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother Is a Superhero and David Baddiel's The Parent Agency.
About the Author Jo Simmons began her working life as a journalist. Her first fiction series for children, Pip Street, was inspired by her own kids' love of funny fiction, and two Super Loud Sam books followed. In addition to children's fiction, she co-wrote a humorous parenting book, Can I Give Them Back Now?: The Aargh To Zzzz of Parenting, published by Square Peg. Jo lives in Brighton with her husband, two boys and a scruffy formerly Romanian street dog. I Swapped My Brother on the Internet is her first book for Bloomsbury. Sheena Dempsey is a children's illustrator and author from Ireland. She has illustrated for various writers and publishers including the multi-award-winning Dave Pigeon books written by Swapna Haddow (published by Faber) and CBI nominated Billy Button, Telegram Boy written by Sally Nicholls and published by Barrington Stoke. She also illustrated Yoga Babies, by Fearne Cotton, which was published in September 2017 by Andersen Press. Sheena lives in London with her very spotty greyhound, Sandy, and her not-very-spotty partner, Mick. sheenadempsey.com
Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 ISBN: 9781408877777 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 196h x 128w mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Conservation, restoration & care of artworks Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 I Swapped My Brother On The Internet Jo Simmons
A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to Co perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother is a Superhero and David Baddiel's The Parent Agency
Description 'I can get a new brother? On the internet?' Jonny muttered. 'Oh sweet mangoes of heaven!' Everyone has dreamed of being able to get rid of their brother or sister at one time or another Co but for Jonny, the dream is about to become a reality with SiblingSwap.com! What could be better than someone awesome to replace Ted, Jonny's obnoxious older brother. But finding the perfect brother isn't easy, as Jonny discovers when Sibling Swap sends him a line of increasingly bizarre replacements: first a merboy, then a brother raised by meerkats, and then the ghost of Henry the Eighth! What's coming next?! Suddenly old Ted isn't looking so bad. But can Jonny ever get him back? A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to Co perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother is a Superhero and David Baddiel's The Parent Agency.
About the Author Jo Simmons began her working life as a journalist. Her first fiction series for children, Pip Street, was inspired by her own kids' love of funny fiction, and two Super Loud Sambooks followed. In addition to children's fiction, she co-wrote a humorous parenting book, Can I Give Them Back Now?: The Aargh To Zzzzzz Of Parenting, published by Square Peg. Jo lives in Brighton with her husband, two boys and a scruffy formerly Romanian street dog. I Swapped My Brother on the Internet is her first book for Bloomsbury. Nathan Reed has been a professional illustrator since graduating from Falmouth College of Arts in 2000. He has illustrated Christopher Edge's How to Write Your Best Story Ever and the Elen Caldecott's Marsh Road Mysteries Series. His most recent picture book is Samson the Mighty Flea by Angela McAllister. He was shortlisted for the Serco Prize for Illustration in 2014. When he's not illustrating he can be found with his two boys and a football on Peckham Rye Common.
Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 ISBN: 9781408877753 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 196h x 129w mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Wild Way Home Sophie Kirtleu
An unforgettable middle-grade adventure about courage and family that will plunge you back into the Stone Age C and then lead you home. Perfect for fans of Piers Torday and Stig of the Dump
Description When Charlie's longed-for brother is born with a serious heart condition, Charlie's world is turned upside down. Upset and afraid, Charlie flees the hospital and makes for the ancient forest on the edge of town. There Charlie finds a boy floating face-down in the stream, injured, but alive. But when Charlie sets off back to the hospital to fetch help, it seems the forest has changed. It's become a place as strange and wild as the boy dressed in deerskins. For Charlie has unwittingly fled into the Stone Age, with no way to help the boy or return to the present day. Or is there C ? What follows is a wild, big-hearted adventure as Charlie and the Stone Age boy set out together to find what they have lost Co their courage, their hope, their family and their way home. Fans of Piers Torday, Geraldine McCaughrean and Stig of the Dump will love this wild, wise and heartfelt debut adventure.
About the Author Sophie Kirtley grew up in Northern Ireland, where she spent her childhood climbing on hay bales, rolling down sand- dunes and leaping the raw Atlantic waves. Nowadays she lives in Wiltshire with her husband, three children and their mini-menagerie of pets and wild things. Sophie has always loved stories: she has taught English, and has worked in a theatre, a bookshop and a tiny pub where folk tell fairytales by candlelight. Sophie is also a prize-winning published poet. This is Sophie's debut novel.
Price: AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 ISBN: 9781526616289 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Worst Class in the World Joanna Nadin
A brand new, laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin. Perfect for fans of Horrid Henryand the Trouble with Daisy series
Description A brand new, laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin. Perfect for fans of Horrid Henry and the Trouble with Daisyseries. According to head teacher Mrs Bottomley-Blunt, 4B is the WORST CLASS IN THE WORLD. She says school is not about footling or fiddle-faddling or FUN. It is about LEARNING and it is high time 4B tried harder to EXCEL at it.
But Stanley and Manjit didn't LITERALLY mean to make their whole class sick with homemade biscuits. And they definitely didn't LITERALLY mean for Manjit's dog Killer to eat their teacher's shoes or for Bruce Bingley's rat to escape. These things just happened even though they had a FOOLPROOF plan.
You see, 4B may be the WORST CLASS IN THE WORLD. But you wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Highly illustrated and featuring two hilarious madcap adventures in one book, these books are just right for children ready for their first chapter books.
About the Author Joanna Nadin A former broadcast journalist and special adviser to the Prime Minister, since leaving politics Joanna Nadin has written more than 70 books for children, teenagers and adults, including the award-winning Penny Dreadful series, the Flying Fergus series with Sir Chris Hoy, and the Carnegie-nominated Joe All Alone, which is now a BAFTA-winning BBC drama series. She has won the Fantastic Book Award and the Surrey Book Award, has been shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Awards, the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, a BookTrust Best Book Award and Queen of Teen, and twice- nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. As well as writing, Joanna has a doctorate in young adult literature and lectures in creative writing at Bath Spa University and for Bloomsbury, as well as freelancing as a speechwriter. Rikin Parekh studied art at the Camberwell College of Arts and the University of Westminster. He has since worked
Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 designing monsters for the film industry and selling books for a national chain. He currently works with year fives in a ISBN: 9781526611833 London primary school inspiring children to draw their own monsters. A major film buff and Marvel afficionado boasting a Format: B collection of over 300 Spider-Man comics, when he's not drawing you'll probably find him at the cinema or at Comic Con. Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Conservation, restoration & care of artworks Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Funny Life of Sharks James Campbell
Whether you're seriously afraid of sharks or love them so much you want to invite a shark to your next birthday party, this HILARIOUS book is for you. Prepare to roll around the floor laughing with the snot-inducingly brilliant The Funny Life of Sharks.
Description Ever wondered why sharks have such a bad reputation? Are they dangerous, human-munching monsters? Or have we got it all wrong? In fact, only SIX people get attacked by sharks every year across the WHOLE WORLD. And how many sharks are eaten by humans every year? ONE HUNDRED MILLION! So maybe sharks are more afraid of us C Take a deep dive into the ridiculously funny life of sharks (and some things that have nothing to do with sharks but are still splendidly funny) according to James Campbell, comedian extraordinaire.
This face-achingly funny book will also teach you about great white sharks, tiger sharks and hammerhead sharks, just how incredibly old sharks are, and why sharks are SO important for the environment and how to look after them.
So, whether you're seriously afraid of sharks or love them so much you want to invite a shark to your next birthday party, this HILARIOUS book is for you. Prepare to roll around the floor laughing with the snot-inducingly brilliant The Funny Life of Sharks, with face-achingly funny illustrations from Rob Jones.
About the Author James Campbell decided to be a writer when he was seven, once he had decided that he could not be a duck. James travels around primary schools, telling stories and encouraging children to write their own stuff. He spends lots of weekends around the country at literary festivals or in theatres, doing his one-man show (as a stand-up comedian). He has sold out many events, including his show at the Royal Festival Hall. James is the author behind the hilarious The Funny Life of Pets and The Funny Life of Teachers.
Rob Jones is an extremely funny young illustrator. In May 2015, his first book Bernard won The People's Book Prize. Price: AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 When he's not drawing, he makes toys and puppets (mostly characters from his books). Rob is the brilliantly fun illustrator ISBN: 9781526615497 behind The Funny Life of Pets and The Funny Life of Teachers. Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Conservation, restoration & care of artworks Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Rooftoppers Katherine Rundell
A tale of wild hope and thrilling adventure on the rooftops of Paris, this is a multi-award-winning modern classic from the bestselling, Costa Award winning author of The Explorer, Katherine Rundell
Description Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Prize
'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' Co Philip Pullman
Everyone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a shipwreck Co found floating in a cello case on the English Channel on her first birthday. But Sophie is convinced her mother also survived. When the Welfare Agency threatens to separate her from her guardian and send her to an orphanage, Sophie takes matters into her own hands, starting with the only clue she has Co the address of a cello-maker in Paris. On the run from the authorities, Sophie finds Matteo and his network of rooftoppers Co urchins who walk tightropes and live in the sky. In a race across the rooftops of Paris, will they be able to find her mother before it's too late? Hopeful, inspiring and thrilling in equal measure, this is a classic adventure story about pursuing your dreams and never ignoring a possible.
About the Author Katherine Rundell is the bestselling author of five children's novels and has won the Costa Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize amongst many others. Katherine spent her childhood in Africa and Europe before taking her degree at the University of Oxford and becoming a Fellow of All Souls College. As well as writing, she studies Renaissance literature and occasionally goes climbing on the rooftops late at night.
Price: AU $16.99 NZ $18.99 ISBN: 9781526624802 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
What would it really mean to live forever? A beautiful foiled paperback edition of the unforgettable classic of children's writing by Natalie Babbitt
Description Winnie Foster is in the woods, thinking of running away from home, when she sees a boy drinking from a spring. Winnie wants a drink too, but before she can take a sip, she is kidnapped by the boy, Jesse Tuck, and his family. She learns that the Tuck family are blessed with Co or doomed to Co eternal life since drinking from the spring, and they wander from place to place trying to live as inconspicuously as they can. Now Winnie knows their secret. But what does immortality really mean? And can the Tucks help her understand before it's too late? A beautiful paperback edition of the unforgettable classic of children's writing about what it truly means to live forever. Featuring illustrations by Melissa Castrillon.
About the Author Natalie Babbitt started out as an illustrator, and wrote and illustrated many novels and picture books for children. Her first book, Tuck Everlasting, was published in 1975. It has won many awards and been turned into two films and a Broadway musical. It is now considered a classic of children's writing. Natalie has also won numerous awards for her other books and in 2012 was awarded the inaugural E.B. White Award for achievement in children's literature. She died in 2016 at the age of 84.
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Cinderella is Dead Kalynn Bayron
A thrilling and original twist on the Cinderella story Co breaking stereotypes of race, gender and sexuality to create a brand-new YA fairytale and a heroine for our times
Description It's 200 years since Cinderella found her prince, but the fairytale is over. Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she's tiny until the night she's sent to the royal ball for choosing. And every girl knows that she has only one chance. For the lives of those not chosen by a man at the ball C are forfeit. But Sophia doesn't want to be chosen Co she's in love with her best friend, Erin, and hates the idea of being traded like cattle. And when Sophia's night at the ball goes horribly wrong, she must run for her life. Alone and terrified, she finds herself hiding in Cinderella's tomb. And there she meets someone who will show her that she has the power to remake her world C An electrifying twist on the classic fairytale that will inspire girls to break out of limiting stereotypes and follow their dreams!
About the Author Kalynn Bayron is a debut author and a classically trained vocalist. She grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. When she's not writing, you can find her listening to Ella Fitzgerald on loop, going to the theatre, watching scary movies and spending time with her kids. She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her family. @KalynnBayron (Twitter)
Price: AU $15.99 NZ $17.99 ISBN: 9781526621979 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Cinderella Is Dead 6 copy pack
Contains 6 copies of Cinderella is Dead, plusafree reading copy
Description Contains 6 copies of Cinderella is Dead, plusafree reading copy
About the Author
Price: AU $95.94 NZ $107.94 ISBN: 9781472999689 Format: Pack Package Type: MIXTURES PACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 She Rex Michelle Robinson
Look out, here comes She Rex! She's a big and burly, multicoloured dino girly, and she's about to show the world that she's as fierce and as loud as any boy dinosaur. A refreshing challenge to the gender- stereotyping of children's toys, this chomping, clomping dinosaur stomp by the ever-popular Michelle Robinson proves that dino toys are for girls and boys
Description Maisy's brother's Ed won't let her play with his toys. He says, 'Dinos are for boys!'But Ed hasn't met T. Rex's BIGGER sister She Rex is a big and burly, multi-coloured dino girly.And Maisy is about to show her brother that stomping, chomping She Rex is as fierce and as loud as any boy dinosaur. Watch out, Ed, you may just discover that dino toys are for girls and boys!
About the Author Michelle Robinson is the author of several successful picture books including the Sainsbury s Award-winning Ther s a Lion in my Cornflakes, illustrated by Jim Field, and Grandmas From Mars, illustrated by Fred Blunt. She lives in Frome, Somerset, with her husband and their two children.michellerobinson.co.ukDeborah Allwright has become a star of the picture book world following the publication of the bestselling The Night Pirates. She has been shortlisted for the VA Illustration Award, the Booktrust Awards, and has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal three times. Deborah works in a studio in Islington, and has illustrated the bestselling There Is No Dragon In This Story and Princess Swashbuckle for Bloomsbury.
Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 ISBN: 9781408876084 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Theory of art Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 She Rex Michelle Robinson
Look out, here comes She Rex! She's a big and burly, multicoloured dino girly, and she's about to show the world that she's as fierce and as loud as any boy dinosaur. A refreshing challenge to the gender- stereotyping of children's toys, this chomping, clomping dinosaur stomp by the ever-popular Michelle Robinson proves that dino toys are for girls and boys
Description Maisy's brother's Ed won't let her play with his toys. He says, 'Dinos are for boys!'But Ed hasn't met T. Rex's BIGGER sister She Rex is a big and burly, multi-coloured dino girly.And Maisy is about to show her brother that stomping, chomping She Rex is as fierce and as loud as any boy dinosaur. Watch out, Ed, you may just discover that dino toys are for girls and boys!
About the Author Michelle Robinson is the author of several successful picture books including the Sainsbury s Award-winning Ther s a Lion in my Cornflakes, illustrated by Jim Field, and Grandmas From Mars, illustrated by Fred Blunt. She lives in Frome, Somerset, with her husband and their two children.michellerobinson.co.ukDeborah Allwright has become a star of the picture book world following the publication of the bestselling The Night Pirates. She has been shortlisted for the VA Illustration Award, the Booktrust Awards, and has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal three times. Deborah works in a studio in Islington, and has illustrated the bestselling There Is No Dragon In This Story and Princess Swashbuckle for Bloomsbury.
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 ISBN: 9781408876107 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Theory of art Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Bears Love Squares Caryl Hart
Triangles are tremendous, circles are sensational, but Bear likes squares. Can Raccoon convince his friend that other shapes can be fun too? He's got his work cut out, that's for sure, because Bear likes SQUARES!
Description Triangles are tremendous, circles are sensational, but Bear loves squares C Squares are nice and even. Their corners are just so. Squares are always just the same, Any way they go.
Can Raccoon convince his friend Bear that other shapes can be fun too? He's got his work cut out because 'triangles are too pointy' and'circles are too circley'. And Bear loves SQUARES!
A gloriously colourful celebration of shapes, friendship and the power of seeing things from a different perspective.
About the Author Caryl Hart writes picture books and young fiction and loves walking her dog and sitting in cafes and libraries. She runs creative literacy workshops for schools and libraries. She has written Whiffy Wilson, How to Catch a Dragon, Welcome to Alien School, How to Grow a Dinosaur, Supermarket Zoo, The Princess and the Peas, The Princess and the Presents, Catch That Rat and Big Box Little Box, which was shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2018. She lives in Derbyshire with her husband and two daughters. Edward Underwood is one half of the Lisa Jones Studio design team. He and his wife, Lisa, began designing and hand- printing their own range of cards in their London studio way back in 2000. Drawing on their backgrounds in art and fashion, they've since stocked the world's finest galleries, museums, boutiques and department stores with design-led goodies. These days they illustrate and adorn greetings and homeware from an old post mill on the edge of the South Downs. Bears Love Squares is Edward's third picture book, following the publication of Big Box Little Box and One Shoe
Price: AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 Two Shoes with Bloomsbury. ISBN: 9781408891216 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Theory of art Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Bears Love Squares Caryl Hart
Triangles are tremendous, circles are sensational, but Bear likes squares. Can Raccoon convince his friend that other shapes can be fun too? He's got his work cut out, that's for sure, because Bear likes SQUARES!
Description Triangles are tremendous, circles are sensational, but Bear loves squares C Squares are nice and even. Their corners are just so. Squares are always just the same, Any way they go.
Can Raccoon convince his friend Bear that other shapes can be fun too? He's got his work cut out because 'triangles are too pointy' and'circles are too circley'. And Bear loves SQUARES!
A gloriously colourful celebration of shapes, friendship and the power of seeing things from a different perspective.
About the Author Caryl Hart writes picture books and young fiction and loves walking her dog and sitting in cafes and libraries. She runs creative literacy workshops for schools and libraries. She has written Whiffy Wilson, How to Catch a Dragon, Welcome to Alien School, How to Grow a Dinosaur, Supermarket Zoo, The Princess and the Peas, The Princess and the Presents, Catch That Rat and Big Box Little Box, which was shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2018. She lives in Derbyshire with her husband and two daughters. Edward Underwood is one half of the Lisa Jones Studio design team. He and his wife, Lisa, began designing and hand- printing their own range of cards in their London studio way back in 2000. Drawing on their backgrounds in art and fashion, they've since stocked the world's finest galleries, museums, boutiques and department stores with design-led goodies. These days they illustrate and adorn greetings and homeware from an old post mill on the edge of the South Downs. Bears Love Squares is Edward's third picture book, following the publication of Big Box Little Box and One Shoe
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 Two Shoes with Bloomsbury. ISBN: 9781408891223 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Theory of art Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Bookworm Deb Gliori
Will Max find that a worm is the ideal pet after all? A humorous and gently cautionary tale from the much-loved and bestselling author/illustrator Debi Gliori, creator of No Matter What
Description Max really wants a pet. His parents aren't so sure. Puppies chew, parrots screech and sharks have too many teeth. How about a dragon? Max's parents say that dragons don't exist, so Max settles for a pet worm instead. Except this particular worm turns out to be very unusual when its back begins to turn spiky and it starts to breathe smoke C Dragons don't exist. Do they? A funny and light-hearted story from much-loved children's author Debi Gliori, perfect for any child who has ever wanted a pet. With an added cautionary tale about being careful what you wish for.
About the Author Debi Gliori is a much-loved and bestselling author of over 80 books for children, including the bestselling No Matter What (Bloomsbury) and the Mr Bear series (Orchard). Debi lives near Edinburgh and has twice been writer in residence in the Shetland Islands. Her favourite colour is blue or, more precisely, four different shades of blue: cerulean blue, cobalt blue, Mediterranean turquoise blue and warm ultramarine blue. She has sold over 522,500 books in the UK alone. fiddleandpins.blogspot.com debiglioribooks.com @debigliori
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The FurFins: CherryTail and the Mermaid Wedding Alison Ritchie
Deep beneath the silvery waves in the enchanting kingdom of Coralia, the mermaid princess Coralia is getting married Co and CherryTail is baking the Royal Wedding Cake! But when disaster strikes, can the FurFins save the day?
Description Deep beneath the silvery waves, in a kaleidoscope of colourful coral, lies the magical kingdom of Coralia. This is where the FurFins live, and today is a VERY special day . the mermaid princess Coralia is getting married! CherryTail is the best baker in the whole of Coralia, and she is making the Royal Wedding Cake. Everything is ready, but then disaster strikes - the cake has DISAPPEARED! Luckily, her best friends StarTail and TinyTail are ready to help. Can they save the day in time for the mermaid wedding? With a sparkly cover and gorgeous colour illustrations, this charming underwater adventure is the second in an exciting picture book series, after TinyTail and the Lost Treasure, featuring the endearing FurFins with their glittery tails and adorably furry faces.
About the Author Alison Ritchie works as a freelance editor and writer, and has published several children's books. She lives in an Oxfordshire village. Aless Baylis is an illustrator and print & pattern designer based in Brighton. She has collaborated with companies worldwide to create books, clothing and home decor for children. The FurFins: TinyTail and the Lost Treasure was her first picture book.
Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 ISBN: 9781526606570 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 254h x 255w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Meesha Makes Friends Tom Percival
Meesha loves making things but she finds it hard to make friends Co the perfect picture book for helping children to navigate social situations and understand how to be accepting and inclusive of others. From the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series by Tom Percival
Description Meesha loves making things C but there's one thing she finds difficult to make Co friends. She doesn't know quite what to do, what to say or when to say it, and she struggles reading and responding to social cues. But one day she discovers that she has a special talent that will help her to navigate challenging social situations and help her to make friends. A warm and affectionate look at the joys and difficulties of making and keeping friends, relating to others, and finding your place in the world. Wonderfully empowering and emotionally resonant, Tom Percival's Big Bright Feelings series is the perfect springboard for conversations about mental and emotional health, positive self-image, building self-confidence and managing feelings. Every child's bookshelf should contain his books.
About the Author Tom Percival is a writer, artist, video producer and musician. Meesha Makes Friends is Tom's ninth picture book for Bloomsbury, following Herman's Letter, Herman's Holiday, Bubble Trouble,By the Light of the Moon,Perfectly Norman, Goat's Coat (illustrated by Christine Pym), Ruby's Worry and Ravi's Roar. Tom lives in Stroud with his partner and their two young children. tom-percival.com @TomPercivalsays
Price: AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 ISBN: 9781526612953 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 299h x 238w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Theory of art Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Meesha Makes Friends 6 copy pack
Contains 6 copies of Meesha MakesFriends, plus afree reading copy
Description Contains 6 copies of Meesha MakesFriends, plus afree reading copy
About the Author
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Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Meesha Makes Friends Tom Percival
Meesha loves making things but she finds it hard to make friends Co the perfect picture book for helping children to navigate social situations and understand how to be accepting and inclusive of others. From the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series by Tom Percival
Description Meesha loves making things C but there's one thing she finds difficult to make Co friends. She doesn't know quite what to do, what to say or when to say it, and she struggles reading and responding to social cues. But one day she discovers that she has a special talent that will help her to navigate challenging social situations and help her to make friends. A warm and affectionate look at the joys and difficulties of making and keeping friends, relating to others, and finding your place in the world. Wonderfully empowering and emotionally resonant, Tom Percival's Big Bright Feelings series is the perfect springboard for conversations about mental and emotional health, positive self-image, building self-confidence and managing feelings. Every child's bookshelf should contain his books.
About the Author Tom Percival is a writer, artist, video producer and musician. Meesha Makes Friends is Tom's ninth picture book for Bloomsbury, following Herman's Letter, Herman's Holiday, Bubble Trouble,By the Light of the Moon,Perfectly Norman, Goat's Coat (illustrated by Christine Pym), Ruby's Worry and Ravi's Roar. Tom lives in Stroud with his partner and their two young children. tom-percival.com @TomPercivalsays
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 ISBN: 9781526612960 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 305h x 244w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Theory of art Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Ravi's Roar Tom Percival
Most of the time Ravi can control his temper but, one day, he lets out the tiger within and learns something very important about expressing his feelings and making amends. From the Big Bright Feelings series by Tom Percival
Description Longlisted for the BookTrust StoryTime Prize 2020 Most of the time Ravi can control his temper but, one day, he lets out the tiger within C Being a tiger is great fun at first Co tigers can do ANYTHING they want! But who wants to play with a growling, roaring, noisy, wild tiger who won't share or play nicely? Ravi is about to discover something very important about expressing his feelings and making amends. A clever and engaging book about temper tantrums, dealing with emotions and learning to express and understand your feelings. From Tom Percival's bestselling Big Bright Feelings series, this is the perfect book for helping with bad days and noisy outbursts.
About the Author Tom Percival is a writer, artist, video producer and musician. Ravi's Roar is Tom's eighth picture book for Bloomsbury, following Herman's Letter, Herman's Holiday, Bubble Trouble,By the Light of the Moon,Perfectly Norman,Goat's Coat (illustrated by Christine Pym) and Ruby's Worry. Tom lives in Stroud with his partner and their two young children. tom-percival.com @TomPercivalsays
Price: AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 ISBN: 9781408892183 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 299h x 238w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Ruby's Worry Tom Percival
A reassuring and sensitive book Co the perfect springboard for talking to children about sharing their hidden worries. From the Big Bright Feelings series by Tom Percival
Description Ruby loves being Ruby. Until, one day, she finds a worry. At first it's not such a big worry, and that's all right, but then it starts to grow. It gets bigger and bigger every day and it makes Ruby sad. How can Ruby get rid of it and feel like herself again? A perceptive and poignant story that is a must-have for all children's bookshelves. From Tom Percival's bestselling Big Bright Feelings series, this is the perfect book for discussing childhood worries and anxieties, no matter how big or small they may be.
About the Author Tom Percival is a writer, artist, video producer and musician. Tom writes and illustrates his own picture books, including Tobias and the Super Spooky Ghost Book and A Home for Mr Tipps (HarperCollins), and Jack's Amazing Shadow (Pavilion). Ruby's Worry is Tom's seventh picture book for Bloomsbury, following Herman's Letter, Herman's Holiday, Bubble Trouble,By the Light of the Moon,Goat's Coat (illustrated by Christine Pym), and Perfectly Norman. Tom lives in Stroud with his partner and their two small children. tom-percival.com @TomPercivalsays
Price: AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 ISBN: 9781408892152 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 298h x 238w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Perfectly Norman Tom Percival
An uplifting story about celebrating diversity and embracing what makes you you - from Tom Percival's bestselling Big Bright Feelings series
Description Norman had always been perfectly normal. That was until the day he grew a pair of wings! Norman is very surprised to have wings suddenly Co and he has the most fun ever trying them out high in the sky. But then he has to go in for dinner. What will his parents think? What will everyone else think? Norman feels the safest plan is to cover his wings with a big coat. But hiding the thing that makes you different proves tricky and upsetting. Can Norman ever truly be himself? This poignant and uplifting story about individuality is filled with stunning artwork in a striking minimal palette. From Tom Percival's bestselling Big Bright Feelings series, it is the perfect book about self-acceptance and being yourself.
About the Author Tom Percival is a writer, artist, video producer and musician. Tom writes and illustrates his own picture books, including Tobias and the Super Spooky Ghost Book,A Home for Mr Tipps (HarperCollins) and Jack's Amazing Shadow (Pavilion). Perfectly Norman is Tom's fourth picture book for Bloomsbury, following Herman's Letter, Herman's Holiday, Bubble Trouble and By the Light of the Moon. Tom lives in Stroud with his partner and their two small children. www.tom-percival.com @TomPercivalsays
Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 ISBN: 9781408880975 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 299h x 235w mm Extent: 32 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Unfit for Purpose Adam Hart
Forged by natural selection and honed by evolution, humans are perfectly adapted machines C for a world that no longer exists.
Description Stress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news; a stark checklist of modern world problems and every one of them is an echo of our evolutionary past. In Unfit for Purpose, biologist and broadcaster Adam Hart explores the mismatch between our fundamental biology and the modern world we have created. In each chapter Adam reveals the many ways in which biological adaptations that evolved to help us survive and thrive now work against us. For example, in the modern world stress is a killer but how did 'fight or flight' instincts turn from life-savers to life-takers? Obesity might be a disease now but is it really just a troublesome side-effect of our complex evolutionary past? Whether it's the derailing of microbes in our gut, the rise of gluten and lactose intolerance, the problems of social media or the horrors of drug addiction we always seem to have one foot in the modern world and the other firmly in our evolutionary past. By probing deep into our evolutionary legacy, exploring the science, archaeology, medicine, genetics, sociology and more, to show how, in a modern world of our own making, we find ourselves 'unfit for purpose'. But all is not lost! By unpicking the evolutionary causes of many of our current woes, it reveals some secrets of evolutionarily-informed treatments that will change the way we think about ourselves and our future.
About the Author Adam Hart is an entomologist and Professor of Science Communication at the University of Gloucestershire. He is a regular broadcaster for both Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, including documentaries such as Inside the Killing Jar, Big Game Theory, Raising Allosaurus, and On the Trail of the American Honeybee. He has also presented Science in Action for the BBC World Service. On television, Adam has co-presented several documentary series, most notably BBC4's Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony, BBC2's Life on Planet Ant and BBC2's Hive Alive. Adam is the author of more than eighty scientific research papers. His previous popular science book was The Life of Poo (2015, Octopus Books).
Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 ISBN: 9781472971036 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Sigma AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Nodding Off Alice Gregory
Explores every aspect of sleep, from the different stages of sleep and how our sleeping patterns changes throughout our lives, to what happens when things go wrong.
Description Getting a good night's sleep on a regular basis is essential to living a happy and healthy life, but why is it harder for some of us than others? How do our sleeping patterns change throughout our lives, and what are the long-term effects for bad sleepers? These are the types of questions that jump into every person's head while they toss and turn, unable to 'drop off'. Sleep is important to the way we learn, remember and forget, to how we feel about family and partners, as well as to our wellbeing and our mental and physical health. In fact, it is essential for life itself. Nodding Off: Sleep from the Cradle to the Grave explores every aspect of sleep, from the different stages of sleep and how our sleeping patterns change throughout our lives, to what happens when things go wrong and getting some shut-eye becomes more of a trial than a pleasure. In Nodding Off, renowned sleep researcher Alice Gregory takes the reader on a scientific journey though slumber. Using cutting-edge findings in the field, she tackles the big questions, such as How do things that happen before we are even born affect our sleep? How do genes influence the way we sleep? What sleep problems should raise a red flag in children? What are the consequences of sleep problems in the elderly? Most of us spend a large proportion of our lives asleep without ever thinking about why we do this. Nodding Off lifts the lid on this mysterious past time. It examines all of the biggest sleep secrets, and Professor Gregory provides solutions to some of the common sleep problems that people suffer throughout their lives.
About the Author Alice Gregory is a highly respected expert on sleep throughout development. She has been researching sleep for more than a decade and has published more than 100 articles on this and associated topics. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford, her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, and is currently a Reader at
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 Goldsmiths, University of London. ISBN: 9781472946164 Gregory collaborates widely with other sleep experts throughout the world, and has the latest research on sleep at her Format: B fingertips. As a parent of two young children herself, she is well qualified to provide an informed, friendly and amusing Package Type: PAPERBACK narrative on the important issue of sleep. Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Sigma AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Age of Ageing Better? Anna Dixon
The Age of Ageing Better? takes a radically different view of what our ageing society means. Dr Anna Dixon turns the misleading and depressing narrative of burden and massive extra cost of people living longer on its head and provides a refreshingly optimistic view of how everyone could enjoy a better later life.
Description 'Dr Anna Dixon has written a must-read for anyone interested in the future of ageing. Learn from one of the best informed about an issue, and opportunity, that is facing us all.' Andy Briggs, Head of FTSE 100 life insurer Phoenix Group 'A very important book' Sir Muir Gray
The Age of Ageing Better? takes a radically different view of what our ageing society means. Dr Anna Dixon turns the misleading and depressing narrative of burden and massive extra cost of people living longer on its head and shows how our society could thrive if we started thinking differently.
This book shines a spotlight on how as a society we're currently failing to respond to the shifting age profile Co and what needs to change. Examining key areas of society including health, financial security, where and how people live, and social connections, Anna Dixon presents a refreshingly optimistic vision for the future that could change the way we value later life in every sense.
About the Author Dr Anna Dixon is the Chief Executive of the Centre for Ageing Better, an independent charitable foundation that brings about change for people in later life today and for future generations. Anna joined Ageing Better from the Department of Health and Social Care where she was Director of Strategy and Chief Analyst.
She began her career with the European Observatory on Health Care Systems. In 2003-2004 she worked as a policy Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 analyst in the Department of Health Strategy Unit. Anna was previously Lecturer in European Health Policy at the London ISBN: 9781472960733 School of Economics and Political Science. In 2005-6 she was awarded a Harkness Fellowship in Health Policy by the Format: C-Format PB Commonwealth Fund of New York. She has a PhD in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Science. Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Green Tree AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 PMSL: Or How I Literally Pissed Myself Laughing and Survived the Last Taboo to Tell the Tale Luce Brett
When Luce Brett became incontinent at the age of 30, after the birth of her first son, she felt her life had ended. She also felt scared, upset, embarrassed and shocked. How the hell had she ended up there, the youngest woman in the waiting room at the incontinence clinic?
Description 'Warm, generous and genuinely useful' Lynn Enright, author of Vagina: A re-education
When Luce Brett became incontinent at the age of 30, after the birth of her first son, she felt her life had ended. She also felt scared, upset, embarrassed, dirty and shocked. How the hell had she ended up there, the youngest woman in the waiting room at the incontinence clinic?
PMSL is her story. A heartfelt, moving and deeply personal account of the decade that followed, told with incredible honesty and wit. Luce has been at the sharp end of a medical issue that affects 1 in 3 women but that remains shrouded in taboo and social stigma. It's sincere, raw and funny - but crucially it is the first memoir to look at incontinence, smashing the stigma and looking at what anyone affected can do to navigate their way through the wet-knickered wilderness.
About the Author Luce Brett was born in 1977 and learned about her nether regions from More! magazine, other peoples' big sisters, Tampax leaflets and her mother's copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
She became incontinent after the birth of her first child. She has spoken about her condition in print, online and on national radio, most recently on BBC Radio's 'The Naked Podcast', where she stripped with the hosts to talk about how leaking affected everything from her ability to enjoy a party to her sex life. She hopes this book will help other people speak up and start the conversation about continence. Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 ISBN: 9781472977489 Format: Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Green Tree AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Twentieth Century Paris Marie-Jose Gransard
Paris is the crowning jewel of France, and this literary guide for travellers explores its 20th century history, from 1900-1950
Description 'Even the pigeons are dancing, kissing, going in circles, mounting each other. Paris is the city of love, even for the birds' Samantha Schutz
Paris: the city of exiles, artists, writers, princes and thieves. The myth of the romantic city survives, as the early-twentieth century idea was that the French capital was a place for indulgence 'la capitale de l'amour'. By the beginning of the twentieth century the many artists, writers and thinkers visiting Paris had a different idea of fun; they went there to enjoy the beauty of the city which had become Europe's cultural centre, as well as to experience the general sense of excitement and freedom it offered. Twentieth Century Paris: A Literary Guide for Travellers takes the literary-minded traveller (either in person or in an armchair) on a vivid and illuminating journey, retracing the footsteps of writers who have lived and worked in, or been inspired by, the history and cityscape of Paris from James Joyce, George Orwell, Ezra Pound, Katherine Mansfield and Jean Rhys to Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway and many others. It also includes writers and thinkers such as Amedeo Modigliani and Leon Trotsky. Looking at 1900-1950, Marie-Jos Gransard illuminates one of the most influential centuries in the city's flamboyant literary and cultural history.
About the Author Born in Northern France, Marie-Jos Gransard studied English at the Sorbonne. Her career has been in language and culture. She has worked with Hilary Spurling on her biography of Matisse and with Anthony Holden for his life of Lorenzo da Ponte. She divides her time between London and Venice, where she is still researching on the literary legacy of visitors to the city and has written Venice, A Literary Guide For Travellers.
Price: AU $39.99 NZ $42.99 ISBN: 9780755601752 Format: Hardcover Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Bic2:
An essential guide for any business leader looking to hone, develop and master the art of judgment.
Description The success of any organization or individual depends upon making good decisions, arrived at through the use of a sound judgment. Too often, this elusive characteristic has been misperceived as an unchangeable, entrenched element of our character, over which we have little control. In fact, judgment is an art Co one that can be honed, developed and mastered. In The Art of Judgment, John Adair draws upon his decades of experience and expertise to provide a practical and fascinating insight into how you can harness the full potential of your judgment. These in-depth methods are summarised in 10 key principles, which include: - Thinking to Some Purpose - Experience Co the Seedbed - Truth Co the Leading Star - How to Share Decisions - The Role of Values With the divisiveness of public discourse and the complexities of modern business, it is more difficult than ever to be sure that you're making the right decision. Adair provides a clear pathway to improving your judgment, beginning with an exploration of the machinations behind decision-making, before demonstrating how you can develop a stronger understanding and control of your judgment.
This is an essential companion for any business leaders interested in making the best decisions for them and their organization. Good judgment is the secret behind any success, and also has the potential to accelerate one's own career. This book provides insight, expertise and inspiration for anyone looking to cultivate and develop their art of judgment.
About the Author John Adair is one of the world's leading authorities on leadership and leadership development. He is a teacher of leadership and an author of 50 books, which have been translated into over 18 languages. Since 2006, he has been Price: AU $34.99 NZ $36.99 ISBN: 9781472980700 Honorary Professor of Leadership at the China Executive Leadership Academy in Shanghai. In 2009, he was appointed Format: B Chair of Leadership Studies at the United Nations Staff College in Turin. Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury Business AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Justice on Trial Chris Daw QC
Through gripping case histories and first-hand reporting, Chris Daw takes us inside the criminal justice system, asking why it's broken and what can be done about it
Description Almost everything we think about crime and punishment is wrong. I am going to show you why. And what we can do about it. Chris Daw QC has been practising criminal law for over 25 years, navigating Britain's fractured justice system from within. He has looked into the eyes of murderers, acted for notorious criminals, and listened to the tangled tales woven by fraudsters, money launderers and drug barons. Yet his work takes place at the heart of a system at breaking point Co one which is failing perpetrators, victims and society Co and now he is convinced that something must change. For most of us the criminal law only matters when we are victims of crime or are called for jury service. But what if everything we have been told about crime and punishment is wrong? What if the whole criminal justice system is a catastrophic waste of money, churning out lifelong criminals, dragging children into court from as young as ten, and fighting a war on drugs that can never be won? Drawing on his own fascinating case histories and global reporting, including the 2019 London Bridge attacks, Alabama's prison system and one of Britain's most dramatic mass shootings, Daw presents a radical new set of solutions for crime and punishment. By turns shocking, moving and pragmatic, Justice on Trial offers rare inside access to a system in crisis and a roadmap to a future beyond the binary of 'good' and 'evil'.
About the Author One of Britain's top defence barristers, Chris Daw QC writes on criminal justice issues for The Spectator and several national newspapers. He appears as an expert source on radio and television, is a prominent legal commentator on social media and the co-presenter of the BBC One documentary series 'Crime: Are We Tough Enough?' Chris tweets at: @crimlawuk
Price: AU $36.99 NZ $39.99 ISBN: 9781472977885 Format: C-Format HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Continuum AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Lost Art of Running Time Benzie, Shane Major
The Lost Art of Running is an opportunity to join running technique analyst coach and movement guru Shane Benzie on his journey across five continents as he trains with and analyses the running style of some of the most gifted athletes on the planet. The book is introduced by Adharanand Finn, the bestselling author of Running With the Kenyans, The Rise of the Ultra Runners and The Way of the Runner.
Description 'a fascinating book' Co Adharanand Finn, the bestselling author of Running With the Kenyans, The Rise of the Ultra Runners and The Way of the Runner.
The Lost Art of Running is an opportunity to join running technique analyst coach and movement guru Shane Benzie on his journey across five continents as he trains with and analyses the running style of some of the most gifted athletes on the planet.
'Running technique has to be one of the most subjective issues out there: 10 minutes' investigation on the internet will generally confuse rather than confirm what you should or should not be doing. Mother Nature gave us some amazing gifts as runners Co if we rediscover them and use them, we can transform our dynamic and everyday movement.' Shane Benzie Part narrative, part practical, this adventure takes you to the foothills of Ethiopia and the 'town of runners'; to the training grounds of world record holding marathon runners in Kenya; racing across the Arctic Circle and the mountains of Europe, through the sweltering sands of the Sahara and the hostility of a winter traverse of the Pennine Way, to witness the incredible natural movement of runners in these environments.
Along the way, you will learn how to incorporate natural movement techniques into your own running and hear from some of the top athletes that Shane has coached over the years. Whether experienced or just tackling your first few miles, this ground-breaking bookwill help you discover the lost art of running.
Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 About the Author ISBN: 9781472968081 Shane Benzie is a running technique coach and movement specialist. He has travelled extensively to work with, live with Format: C-Format PB and study a wide range of athletes in different Co sometimes extreme Co environments. He has collaborated with an Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm impressive list of successful athletes including Tom Daley, Wilson Kipsang, Mohammad Ahansal, Nicky Spinks, Mimi Extent: 288 pages Anderson, Robbie Britton, Elisabet Barnes, Damian Hall and Tom Evans Bic1: Tim Major is a writer, photographer and music industry executive. He has written and provided photographs for Bic2:
BLM Sport AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Total Dumbbell Workout Steve Barrett
Designed for the fitness enthusiast and fitness professional alike, The Total Dumbbell Workout is exactly what the title suggests: a 'one stop shop' brimming with exercises to get the most out of training with dumbbells.
Description The ultimate 'one stop' guide to training with dumbbells. Practical and easily accessible, The Total Dumbbell Workout is perfect for the fitness enthusiast or fitness professional who wants to lightly improve their knowledge and heavily improve the range of exercises they can use in their training. Tried and tested exercises are accompanied by clear photos and illustrations presented in a modern and logical way. The Total Dumbbell Workout is brimming with ideas for using this bestselling piece of fitness equipment not just in the gym but at home too. Packed with clear and easy to use exercises, this how-to reference book also provides adaptations of basic and advanced exercises making it ideal for anyone who wants to get the most out of their fitness gear. - Each exercise idea is organised by fitness level and includes follow-up and extension ideas. - Written in a jargon-free and concise style, this book is light on the science and background, heavy on practicality.
About the Author Steve Barrett is a well respected personal trainer, industry presenter and leading fitness brand consultant. He has worked in the fitness industry for over 20 years.
Price: AU $34.99 NZ $42.99 ISBN: 9781472984166 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Sport AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Yachtmaster for Sail and Power Roger Seymour
Now in its fifth edition, Yachtmaster for Sail and Power is an essential companion for anyone enrolling on the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore course
Description Yachtmaster for Sail and Power is a major reference book that has proved invaluable for the many sailors following the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore course. This highly respected and refreshingly practical study guide covers the whole syllabus in detail, all illustrated with colour photographs, charts and worked examples throughout. It covers: ‰ Chartwork - with useful worked examples ‰ Electronic navigation - how to use the latest technology for safe navigation: radar, electronic chart plotting and GPS ‰ Pilotage - buoyage fully explained and illustrated ‰ Communications - the latest information on maritime communications including GMDSS ‰ Weather - the elements of meteorology, weather sources and forecasts ‰ Safety and survival - new SOLAS regulations ‰ Stability and buoyancy - principles simply explained Including the latest updates, new artwork and a modern, user-friendly design, this fifth edition compliments the syllabus and assists with exam preparation. It's an essential companion for anyone enrolling on the RYA Yachtmaster course, whether for sail or power.
About the Author Alison Noice was a Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner, and ran Coastal/Yachtmaster and Day Skipper shorebased courses at her local yacht club. Roger Seymour worked closely with Alison for many years, and is Hamble School of Yachting's senior instructor. He also advises World Cruising Club members embarking on Atlantic crossings and other international rallies.
Price: AU $49.99 NZ $54.99 ISBN: 9781472973511 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Official Illustrated History of RAF Search and Rescue Paul E Eden
An inspiring and fascinating illustrated celebration of the rich and glorious history of the RAF's Search and Rescue Force, with a foreword from HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Description In February 2016 the RAF's Search and Rescue Force (SARF) celebrated its 75th anniversary. In June that year the world-renowned and universally admired service was officially disbanded, despite attempts from many, including HRH Prince William, to save it as part of the RAF. This book is an official, fully illustrated, in-depth account of the SARF's rich and glorious history, from its origins in World War II through to its recent withdrawal. The book contains a foreword by HRH Prince William himself, plus action-packed and awe-inspiring photographs from the RAF's archive of photographs and exclusive interviews with former crewmembers, telling their own dramatic stories of derring-do.
Officially endorsed by the RAF, The Official Illustrated History of the RAF Search and Rescue is the first, and probably the only, major book of its kind written on this subject. It is an essential purchase for anyone with an interest in military history, British history, the Royal Family and those who love stories of extreme and daring rescue missions.
About the Author Paul Eden is Editor of two annual official RAF publications and a well-respected and experienced journalist within the RAF and aviation industry.
Price: AU $49.99 NZ $52.99 ISBN: 9781472960900 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2021 Bloomsbury Yearbooks
'Get a copy of the Yearbook. It's the key that will help you unlock the wold of publishing.' Samantha Shannon (from the Foreword to the 2020 edition)
Description The latest edition of the bestselling guide to all you need to know about how to get published, is packed full of advice, inspiration and practical information. The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook has been guiding writers and illustrators on the best way to present their work, how to navigate the world of publishing and ways to improve their chances of success, for over 110 years. It is equally relevant for writers of novels and non-fiction, poems and scripts and for those writing for children, YA and adults and covers works in print, digital and audio formats. If you want to find a literary or illustration agent or publisher, would like to self-publish or crowdfund your creative idea then this Yearbook will help you. As well as sections on publishers and agents, newspapers and magazines, illustration and photography, theatre and screen, there is a wealth of detail on the legal and financial aspects of being a writer or illustrator. New for 2021: Raymond Arbutus Performing and publishing poetry Sam Delaney Creating and making money from your podcasts Ana Garanito Adapting books for stage and screen Clare Grist Taylor Advice from an 'Accidental' agent Adam Hamdy Festival fever: your guide to why, how and what Russell Lewis Writing series for TV Jonathan Lorie How to become a travel writer Julia Mitchell Writing an award-winning blog Frances Moffatt Illustrating non-fiction books Hari Patience In praise of fan fiction Sarah Such Cross format representation: what an agent can really offer Temi Wilkey Getting a play published and performed
Price: AU $49.99 NZ $54.99 Rachel Winters Would like to meet: writing romcoms ISBN: 9781472968166 Format: Misc PB About the Author Package Type: PAPERBACK 114th edition Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 832 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Yearbooks AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2021 Bloomsbury Yearbooks
The essential guide for children's writers and artists on how to get published and who to contact
Description Packed full of inspirational articles from successful writers, illustrators and publishing experts, the Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook once again serves up the best independent advice to writers for children of all ages. Covering all aspects of the publishing process, across the full range of formats and genres, it will appeal to self-published writers as well as those seeking an agent-publisher or crowdfunded deal. Inside are up-to-date contact details for literary agents, publishers, prizes and grant-giving bodies, societies and creative organisations that support writers and illustrators. Universally recognised as the first port of call for all writers wanting to improve their work and their chances of getting published, this Yearbook contains an 'impressive raft of advice and notes on every aspect of the business' (Quentin Blake).
About the Author Children's Writers' Artists' Yearbookis published by Bloomsbury.
Price: AU $49.99 NZ $54.99 ISBN: 9781472968180 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 480 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Yearbooks AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The History of the Panzerjager Thomas Anderson
From the War in the Desert through the vast expanses of the Eastern Front to the bitter defence of the Reich itself, this second volume continues the history of Germany's innovative anti-tank force: the Panzerj ger.
Description The German Panzerj ger, or Panzerj gertruppe, was one of the most innovative fighting arms of World War II and its story has never properly been told, until now. Many books have focused on an element of the story Co the Hetzer, Jagdpanzer, and Jagdpanther Co but this two-volume series represents the first time that the whole history of the development and organization of Nazi Germany's anti-tank force has been revealed. This second volume takes up the story in the mid-war years and follows the development of the Panzerj ger, describing the innovative new vehicles such as the Ferdinand, Elefant and Nashorn. German Armoured Fighting Vehicle specialist Thomas Anderson also analyses the key role it performed in the War in the Desert and across the Eastern Front, and ultimately in the defence of the Reich itself. Packed with previously unpublished wartime photographs, combat reports, and detailed charts and statistics, this book offers an unparalleled account of this unique arm of the Wehrmacht.
About the Author A German national, Thomas Anderson is a specialist in the German Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World War II. He has spent decades trawling through archives throughout Germany and the rest of Europe to discover little-known facts and never previously published photographs of the might of the Blitzkrieg. A modeler himself, he regularly contributes to popular modelling and historical magazines across the globe including Military Modelcraft International (UK), Steel Art (Italy), Historia Militar (Spain) and Batailles & Blindes (France) as well as many others. He lives in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Price: AU $59.99 NZ $64.99 ISBN: 9781472836847 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 304 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Osprey AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 To Defeat the Few: Command, August-September 1940 Douglas C. Dildy, Paul F. Crickmore
The Battle of Britain has acquired near-legendary status as one of the most iconic events of the 20th century. This new history, based on an exhaustive study of German records, explores the battle through the eyes of the Luftwaffe.
Description Over the past 80 years, histories of the Battle of Britain have consistently portrayed the feats of 'The Few' (as they were immortalized in Churchill's famous speech) as being responsible for the RAF's victory in the epic battle. However, this is only part of the story. The results of an air campaign cannot be measured in terms of territory captured, cities occupied or armies defeated, routed or annihilated. Successful air campaigns are those that achieve their intended aims or stated objectives. Victory in the Battle of Britain was determined by whether the Luftwaffe achieved its objectives. The Luftwaffe, of course, did not, and this detailed and rigorous study explains why. Analysing the battle in its entirety in the context of what it was Co history's first independent offensive counter-air campaign against the world's first integrated air defence system Co Douglas C. Dildy and Paul F. Crickmore set out to re-examine this remarkable conflict. Presenting the events of the Battle of Britain in the context of the Luftwaffe's campaign and RAF Fighter Command's battles against it, this title is a new and innovative history of the battle that kept alive the Allies' chances of defeating Nazi Germany.
About the Author Douglas C. Dildy is a retired US Air Force colonel who spent nine years of his 26-year career in Western Europe. He is also a USAF Academy graduate with a degree in history. He attended the US Armed Forces Staff College and USAF Air War College and holds a Master's Degree in Political Science. Doug has authored several campaign studies and is a regular contributor to the amateur modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer. Paul F. Crickmore is the author of the much-acclaimed Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions. He was commissioned to write his first book for Osprey 35 years ago and that since then he has written 20 books, including 12 for Osprey. He is also an honorary member of several A-12 and SR-71 veterans' associations.
Price: AU $59.99 NZ $64.99 ISBN: 9781472839183 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Osprey AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Roman Soldier vs Parthian Warrior Si Sheppard
This fascinating book explores the epic clash between two ancient empires in a 250-year conflict which would define the boundaries of the ancient world for more than seven centuries.
Description In 53 BC, Roman and Parthian forces collided in a confrontation that would reshape the geopolitical map and establish a frontier between East and West that would endure for the next 700 years. From the initial clash at Carrhae through to the battle of Nisibis more than 250 years later, Roman and Parthian forces fought a series of bloody campaigns for mastery of the Fertile Crescent. As Roman forces thrust ever deeper into the East, they encountered a civilization unlike any they had crossed swords with before. Originating in the steppes of Central Asia, the Parthians ruled a federated state stretching from the Euphrates to the Indus. Although Rome's legions were masters of the battlefield in the Mediterranean, the Parthians refused to fight by the rules as Rome understood them. Harnessing the power of the composite bow and their superior manoeuvrability, the Parthians' mode of warfare focused exclusively on the horse. They inflicted a bloody defeat on the legions at Carrhae and launched their own invasion of Roman territory, countered only with great difficulty by Rome's surviving forces. The Parthians were eventually thrown out, but neither side could sustain a permanent ascendancy over the other and the conflict continued. Packed with stunning artwork, including battlescenes, maps and photographs, this title examines the conflict through the lens of three key battles, revealing a clash between two armies alien to each other not only in culture but also in their radical approaches to warfare.
About the Author London-born Si Sheppard completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in New Zealand before receiving his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He is currently an associate professor of political science and international relations at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York, and has written several titles for Osprey focusing on the interrelationship between geography, technology and strategy.
Price: AU $32.99 NZ $34.99 Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after ISBN: 9781472838261 graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. Format: Misc PB His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani and douard Detaille. Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
Osprey AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Velikiye Luki 1942-43 Robert Forczyk
A highly illustrated study of one of the most dramatic yet overlooked episodes on the Eastern Front in World War II, the siege of Velikye Luki by Soviet forces in 1942 Co43.
Description Velikiye Luki had been an important Russian fortress city since the 13th century and had become an important rail-hub by the 19th century. In August 1941, the Germans occupied the city of 30,000 during Operation Barbarossa and made it a bulwark on the boundary between Heeresgruppe Nord and Heeresgruppe Mitte. In the winter of 1942 Co43, while Soviet forces were encircling Stalingrad, the Stavka (High Command) conducted a simultaneous offensive to isolate and destroy the 7,500-man German garrison in Velikiye Luki. After surrounding the city on 27 November 1942, the Soviet 3rd Shock Army gradually reduced the city to rubble, while the German garrison, sustained by Luftwaffe air lifts, hunkered down in the medieval city and awaited rescue.
This illustrated title reveals the full story of the tense seven-week siege of Velikiye Luki, which saw Soviet forces striving to liberate the city in the face of a determined garrison and fierce relief efforts. Detailed analysis by renowned World War II historian Robert Forczyk is complimented by stunning and historically accurate battlescenes, maps, and bird's-eye- views to offer a comprehensive look at this gripping campaign.
About the Author Robert Forczyk has a PhD in International Relations and National Security from the University of Maryland and a strong background in European and Asian military history. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the US Army Reserves having served 18 years as an armour officer in the US 2nd and 4th infantry divisions and as an intelligence officer in the 29th Infantry Division (Light). Dr Forczyk is currently a consultant in the Washington, DC area. Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
Price: AU $34.99 NZ $36.99 ISBN: 9781472830692 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Osprey AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Vickers Wellington Units of Bomber Command Michael Napier
This illustrated study charts the development and combat history of the Vickers Wellington units, the mainstay of the RAF heavy bomber force during the first half of World War II.
Description The Vickers Wellington was one of very few aircraft types to have been in production and frontline service throughout World War II, and more than 10,000 Wellingtons were built in the period. They took part in the first RAF bombing mission of the conflict when, on 4 September 1939, 14 examples from Nos 9 and 149 Sqns undertook a daring daylight attack on the Kiel Canal. However, after suffering high losses on follow-up raids, Wellingtons were withdrawn from daytime missions and began to operate at night from May 1940. They subsequently took part in raids against the Italian port city of Genoa in July 1940, and against Berlin the following month, followed by key missions in the 'Battle of the Barges' in September and October, as the RAF targeted the Germany's invasion fleet being assembled in French Channel ports. When RAF's strike force expanded the next year following the introduction of the improved Wellington II, the 21 squadrons equipped with the Vickers aircraft, which included Polish-, Canadian- and Australian-manned units, formed the backbone of the Bomber Command night bombing force. Over the next two years Wellingtons participated in all the major operations by Bomber Command, including the daylight raid against German battleships in Brest harbour in July 1942 and the first three 'Thousand Bomber' raids in the summer of 1942. This illustrated study explores the design, development, and deployment of the Vickers-Wellington type, charting its role in World War II from its earliest missions to its use in training after its withdrawal from frontline bomber missions in 1943. The text is supported by stunning full-colour artwork.
About the Author Michael Napier is the author of six books on aspects of aviation and military history, including the highly successful Royal Air Force Co A Centenary of Operations, published by Osprey. He is an authority on the history of No 14 Sqn RAF, a unit which operated the Wellington in the anti-submarine role. Michael is an ex-RAF Tornado GR 1 pilot and has been an airline pilot for the last 21 years. He lives near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Price: AU $32.99 NZ $34.99 Janusz Swiatlon lives in Krakow, Poland. A veteran of service with the Polish Army's 6th Pomorska Dywizja Powietrzno- ISBN: 9781472840752 Desantowa (an airborne unit) in the 1980s, he is both an enthusiast of aviation historian and a military modeler. As an Format: Misc PB illustrator, he has created numerous colour aircraft profiles published in magazines and books by AF Editores, Kagero, Package Type: PAPERBACK Chevron, Stratus and other publishing houses, including Osprey. Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 96 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Osprey AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 P-47D Thunderbolt vs Ki-43-II Oscar Michael John, Claringbould
An extensively researched and accurate examination of the eight-month confrontation between two key World War II fighter planes in New Guinea.
Description Although New Guinea's Thunderbolt pilots faced several different types of enemy aircraft in capricious tropical conditions, by far their most common adversary was the Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa, codenamed 'Oscar' by the Allies. These two opposing fighters were the products of two radically different design philosophies. The Thunderbolt was heavy, fast and packed a massive punch thanks to its battery of eight 0.50-cal machine guns, while the 'Oscar' was the complete opposite in respect to fighter design philosophy Co lightweight, nimble, manoeuvrable and lightly armed. It was, nonetheless, deadly in the hands of an experienced pilot. The Thunderbolt commenced operations in New Guinea with a series of bomber escort missions in mid-1943, and its firepower and superior speed soon saw Fifth Air Force fighter command deploying elite groups of P-47s to Wewak, on the northern coast. Flying from there, they would pick off unwary enemy aircraft during dedicated fighter patrols. The Thunderbolt pilots in New Guinea slowly wore down their Japanese counterparts by continual combat and deadly strafing attacks, but nevertheless, the Ki-43-II remained a worthy opponent deterrent up until Hollandia was abandoned by the IJAAF in April 1944. Fully illustrated throughout with artwork and rare photographs, this fascinating book examines these two vastly different fighters in the New Guinea theatre, and assesses the unique geographic conditions that shaped their deployment and effectiveness.
About the Author Michael John Claringbould was raised in Papua New Guinea, where he became fascinated by the Pacific air war. During an extensive career in the Australian Foreign Service he undertook six postings within Asia and the Pacific. He is the author of four books on the USAAF Fifth Air Force, including Osprey Duel 87 Co P-39/P-400 Airacobra vs A6M2/3 Zero- sen New Guinea 1942, and co-author of several others. Michael has also been a long-standing associate editor of the Australian historical aviation magazine Flightpath. He lives with his wife in Australia's capital city, Canberra.
Price: AU $32.99 NZ $34.99 Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, ISBN: 9781472840912 Connecticut, from 1974 Co78, and since graduating with Honours, he has been working professionally in the field of Fine Format: Misc PB Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent Package Type: PAPERBACK display at the Pentagon. Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 80 pages Gareth Hector is a digital artist of international standing, as well as an aviation history enthusiast. Gareth completed the Bic1: battlescene and cover artwork in this title. He lives in Perthshire, UK. Bic2:
Osprey AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Normans in Italy 1016-1194 Raffaele D'Amato, Andrea Salimbeti
This title covers the history and armies of the powerful military kingdom founded by the Normans in southern Italy and Sicily, which were contemporary to William the Conqueror's invasion of England.
Description Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent to leave Normandy. At first taking mercenary employment with Lombard rulers then fighting the Byzantine Empire in southern Italy, many of these noblemen achieved great victories, acquired rich lands of their own, and perfected a feudal military system that lasted for 200 years. As news of the rich pickings to be had in the south spread in Normandy, they were joined by many other opportunists Co typically, younger sons who could not inherit lands at home. Steadily, these Norman noblemen fought their way to local power, at first in Apulia, then across the Adriatic in Albania, and finally in Muslim Sicily, defeating in the process the armies of Byzantium, the German 'Holy Roman Empire', and Islamic regional rulers. Finally, in 1130, Roger II founded a unified kingdom incorporating southern Italy and Sicily, which lasted until the death of Tancred of Lecce in 1194 Co though its legacy long outlasted Norman political rule. This beautifully illustrated title explores not only the Norman armies, but the armies of their opponents, with full-colour plates and expert analysis revealing fascinating details about the fighting men of Normandy, Byzantium, the Arab armies and more.
About the Author Raffaele D'Amato PhD is the author of over forty books and numerous articles on the military of Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, Byzantium and the Middle Ages. For two years he taught at Fatih University, Istanbul as a visiting professor. He currently works as a lawyer and as an external researcher for the Laboratory of the Danubian Provinces at the University of Ferrara, Italy which is part of the Scientific Committee.
Andrea Salimbeti is an independent researcher of ancient military history, particularly of the Bronze Age in Greece and
Price: AU $24.99 NZ $26.99 the Middle East. He is professionally engaged in international space programs, and has published articles in the field of ISBN: 9781472839466 aerospace technology and equipment. Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Florent Vincent was born in 1973, and studied Applied Arts, History of Art and Archaeology. An illustrator specializing in Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 48 pages historical and military subjects, he works with many French and Foreign publishers and museums (Museum of National Bic1: Antiquities of St-Germain-en-Laye, Museum of the Army of Paris, Archaeological Museum of Frankfurt, etc.). He is also Bic2:
Osprey AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Dunkirk and the Little Ships Philip Wei
An illustrated guide to the history of the famous 'Little Ships' and their role in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, which saved hundreds of thousands of British soldiers from capture by German forces.
Description In May 1940, German troops advanced through Holland, Belgium and France with astonishing speed, forcing the British Expeditionary Force and the French army to retreat to the north-east coast of France. The evacuation plan Co Operation Dynamo Co was put into effect with the expectation that only about 45,000 men might be rescued. However, by the hasty assembly of a vast armada of disparate vessels (thought to be in the region of 900, of which about 700 were privately owned), 338,226 Allied troops were brought safely back to England. Without the contribution of those Dunkirk Little Ships, as they have come to be known, thousands of British troops would have died on the shores of France, and the ongoing fight against the Axis powers rendered all the more challenging. In this title, Philip Weir reveals the story of the Little Ships which undertook such a great mission, exploring their general role and individual histories, including their preservation and participation in return runs every five years.
About the Author Phil Weir is a historian specialising in the Royal Navy in the first half of the twentieth century. In his PhD from the University of Exeter in 2007, he examined the development of British naval aviation between the wars, and has written for the Navy Records Society, History Today and Time. He has also contributed to both television and radio programmes, most recently appearing on the BBC's 'Who Do You Think You Are?' He lives in Exeter, UK.
Price: AU $19.99 NZ $24.99 ISBN: 9781784423759 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
Osprey AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Jackals John-Mattew DeFoggi
A Sword & Sorcery roleplaying game set in a Fantasy Bronze Age inspired by the legends and cultures of the Ancient Near East.
Description The Zaharets, the land between the Vori Wastes and the Plains of Aeco, is well-known as the Land of Risings. Dominated by the rising city-states of Ameena Noani and Sentem, facing each other along the great War Road, the Zaharets has always been home to powerful civilizations. Beastmen ruins dot the landscape, a constant reminder of the Kingdom of Sin and the fragility of the Law of Men. Even older are the great ruins of the Hulathi, the legendary sea peoples, and the Hannic mansions sealed beneath the mountains, awaiting those who would seek out the Lost Folk. Scars abound from the wars between ruined Keta in the north and Gerwa in the south. And, far to the east, the legends of Muadah still beckon occultists and Jackals who seek to plunder its corrupted ruins.
Inspired by the myths, cultures, and history of the Ancient Near East, and by such ancient texts as the Iliad, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Old Testament, Jackals is a Sword & Sorcery roleplaying game set in a Fantasy Bronze Age. With mechanics based on the popular OpenQuest system, the game places players in the role of Jackals Co adventurers, explorers, sellswords, and scavengers Co and sends them out into the peril-filled land of the Zaharets to make their fortune C or perhaps fulfill a greater destiny C
About the Author John-Matthew DeFoggi has been fascinated by the cultures, languages, and myths of the Ancient Near East for most of his life. This passion, and a love of theology and writing, led him to pursue a master's degree in Theology, with an emphasis on Biblical languages, at Fuller University. An avid gamer, he lives in Colorado Springs with his wife and son.
Price: AU $49.99 NZ $54.99 ISBN: 9781472837424 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 192 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Osprey Games AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Rise and Fall of James Busby: His Majesty's British Resident in NewZealand Paul Moon
The first full-length biography of James Busby, British Resident of New Zealand 1833-1840, and his role in the early history of colonial New Zealand.
Description One of the British Empire's most troubling colonial exports in the 19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian wine industry, the author of New Zealand's Declaration of Independence and a central figure in the early history of independent New Zealand as its British Resident from 1833 to 1840. Officially the man on the ground for the British government in the volatile society of New Zealand in the 1830s, Busby endeavoured to create his own parliament and act independently of his superiors in London. This put him on a collision course with the British Government, and ultimately destroyed his career. With a reputation as an inept, conceited and increasingly embittered person, this caricature of Busby's character has slipped into the historical bloodstream where it remains to the present day. This book draws on an extensive range of previously-unused archival records to reconstruct Busby's life in much more intimate form, and exposes the back-room plotting that ultimately destroyed his plans for New Zealand. It will alter the way that Britain's colonisation of New Zealand is understood, and will leave readers with an appreciation of how individuals, more than policies, shaped the Empire and its rule.
About the Author Paul Moon is Professor of History and Head of the School of History at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Among his twenty-five published books are This Horrid Practice: The Myth and Reality of Traditional Maori Cannibalism, A History of New Zealand in the Twentieth Century, a trilogy of volumes on the Tuhoe tohunga (expert) Hohepa Kereopa, as well as biographies of Governors Hobson, FitzRoy, and the Ngapuhi chief Hone Heke, and Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand, which was shortlisted for the 2014 Ernest Scott Australasian Prize in History.
Price: AU $39.99 NZ $43.99 ISBN: 9781350116658 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England Eleanor Parker
The rich and nuanced history of the Vikings in medieval England that moves far beyond the stereotype of pillage and plunder.
Description Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced, stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular repute. In this book, Eleanor Parker unlocks secrets that point to more complex motivations within the marauding army that in the late-9th century voyaged to the shores of eastern England in its sleek, dragon-prowed longships. Exploring legends from forgotten medieval texts, and across the varied Anglo-Saxon regions, she depicts Vikings who came not just to raid but also to settle personal feuds, intervene in English politics and find a place to call home. Native tales reveal the links to famous Vikings like Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons, Cnut, and Havelok the Dane. Each myth shows how the legacy of the newcomers can still be traced in landscape, place-names and local history. Meticulously researched and elegantly argued, Dragon Lords uncovers the remarkable degree to which England is Viking to its core.
About the Author Eleanor Parker is Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at the University of Oxford, UK. Her DPhil, obtained in 2013 from the University of Oxford, addressed the subject of Anglo-Scandinavian literature in post-Conquest England. Dr Parker writes an acclaimed blog in her guise as 'A Clerk of Oxford', described as 'an orchard of golden apples' by Christopher Howse in the Daily Telegraph. In 2015 her blog won the Longman-History Today Award for Digital History, and she now writes a regular column for History Today.
Price: AU $26.99 NZ $29.99 ISBN: 9781350165359 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Edmund: In Search of England's Lost King Francis Young
A revealing portrait of the medieval ruler who created England and the search to identify the resting place of his royal remains.
Description What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines, the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St Edmunds? The search for the final resting place of King Edmund has led to this site, beneath which Francis Young argues the lost king's remains are waiting to be found. Edmund: In Search of England's Lost King explores the history of the martyred monarch of East Anglia and England's first patron saint, showing how he became a pivotal figure around whom Saxons, Danes and Normans all rallied. Young also examines Edmund's legacy in the centuries since his death at the hands of marauding Vikings in the 9th century. In doing so, this fascinating book points to the imminent rediscovery of the ruler who created England.
About the Author Francis Young is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and achieved his PhD in History from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of The Gages of Hengrave and Suffolk Catholicism, 1640-1767 (2015) and The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds: History, Legacy and Discovery (2016), amongst others.
Price: AU $26.99 NZ $29.99 ISBN: 9781350165250 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Roman Occupation of Britain and its Legacy Rupert Jackson
A complete, up-to-date and readable history of Roman Britain, rooted in detailed scholarship yet accessible for students and non-specialists
Description This book tells the fascinating story of Roman Britain, beginning with the late pre-Roman Iron Age and ending with the province's independence from Roman rule in AD 409. Incorporating for the first time the most recent archaeological discoveries from Hadrian's Wall, London and other sites across the country, and richly illustrated throughout with photographs and maps, this reliable and up-to-date new account is essential reading for students, non-specialists and general readers alike. Writing in a clear, readable and lively style, Rupert Jackson draws on current research and new findings to deepen our understanding of the role played by Britain in the Roman Empire, deftly integrating the ancient texts with new archaeological material. A key theme of the book is that Rome's annexation of Britain was an imprudent venture, motivated more by political prestige than economic gain, such that Britain became a 'trophy province' unable to pay its own way. However, the impact that Rome and its provinces had on this distant island was nevertheless profound: huge infrastructure projects transformed the countryside and means of travel, capital and principal cities emerged, and the Roman way of life was inseparably absorbed into local traditions. Many of those transformations continue to resonate to this day, as we encounter their traces in both physical remains and in civic life.
About the Author Sir Rupert Jackson (a former lord justice of appeal) is an Independent Scholar based in London, UK. Having read classics at Cambridge before turning to the law, he has retained a lifelong interest in the subject. He is a keen and experienced academic reviewer of titles relating to Classics and Ancient History.
Price: AU $56.99 NZ $62.99 ISBN: 9781350149373 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 360 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reading Fashion in Art Ingrid E. Mida
The ideal introduction for students and anyone interested in fashion and art, this beautifully illustrated book is an accessible, practical guide to analysing dress in painting and sculpture.
Description Dress and fashion are central to our understanding of art. From the stylization of the body to subtle textile embellishments and richly symbolic colors, dress tells a story and provides clues as to the cultural beliefs of the time in which artworks were produced. This concise and accessible book provides a step-by-step guide to analysing dress in art, including paintings, photographs, drawings and art installations.
The first section of the book includes an introduction to visual analysis and explains how to 'read' fashion and dress in an artwork using the checklists. The second section offers case studies which demonstrate how artworks can be analysed from the point of view of key themes including status and identity, modernity, ideals of beauty, gender, race, globalization and politics. The book includes iconic as well as lesser known works of art, including work by Elisabeth Vig e le Brun, Thomas Gainsborough, James Jacques Tissot, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, Yinka Shonibare, Mickalene Thomas, Kent Monkman and many others. Reading Fashion in Art is the perfect text for students of fashion coming to art history for the first time as well as art history students studying dress in art and will be an essential handbook for any gallery visitor. The step-by-step methodology helps the reader learn to look at any work of art that includes the dressed or undressed body and confidently develop a critical analysis of what they see.
About the Author Ingrid E. Mida (PhD, Art History & Visual Culture) is an art and dress historian. Responsible for the revival of the Ryerson Fashion Research Collection in Canada, Dr. Mida is the author of books, chapters, and articles on fashion and art, research methods in fashion and art history, curatorial practice, and museum studies.
Price: AU $49.99 NZ $54.99 ISBN: 9781350032705 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Libertine Fashion: Sexual Freedom, Rebellion, and Style Adam Geczy; Vicki Karaminas
This cross-disciplinary study aims to looks at libertine practices and fashions, focusing on transgressive behavior from early modernity to the present.
Description Libertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance. This innovative book is the first to focus fully on the relationship between libertinism as a social phenomenon and as a form of fashion. Taking the reader from early modernity to the present day, Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas reveal how the connection between clothing and the taboo, the erotic, and the forbidden is at the heart of 'libertine fashion'.
Moving from the decadent courts of Charles II and Louis XV to the catwalks of the 21st century, Libertine Fashion examines literary and sartorial figures ranging from the Marquis de Sade and Lord Byron to Oscar Wilde, Josephine Baker, Colette, and Madonna. Focusing on libertinism as a sartorial practice and identity, this book traces the genealogy of the concept through the proto feminists of the English Reformation, the hedonistic decadents of the fin de si cle, and the Flappers of the Roaring 20s. The historical arc traverses the 1970s era of punk and glam, the shapeshifting personae of David Bowie, and the 'disciplinary regimes' of Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Looking at libertine practices and appearances with fresh eyes, this bracing and original book affords many new insights into transgressive style, and of the relationship between sexuality and clothing. Accessible and thoroughly researched, Libertine Fashion uses a multidisciplinary approach that draws on historical literature, film, fashion, philosophy, and popular culture. Offering a historical and philosophical grounding in contemporary forms of identity and dress, it is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, gender, sexuality, and cultural studies.
About the Author Adam Geczy is an artist and writer, and teaches at Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney, Australia.
Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Design, College of Creative
Price: AU $49.99 NZ $54.99 Arts, Massey University, New Zealand. ISBN: 9781350054073 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Making Posters Scott Laserow; Natalia Delgado
A practical guide to understanding and creating strong poster designs, including guidance on developing and analyzing posters, with hundreds of color international examples
Description Posters have the power to influence and inform - so how does a designer hone their creations to have the impact they need? With a special focus on conceptualization, internationally-acclaimed and award-winning designers Natalia Delgado and Scott Laserow takes you though planning, analyzing and creating posters that stop viewers in their tracks. Classic and contemporary examples from around the world show you what can be achieved at the cutting-edge of the medium - from protest and propaganda posters, through pop culture and Swiss style, to animated and interactive designs. Whether you need to promote the next president, advertise a brand or create awareness of a health crisis, Making Posters gives you the critical and practical skills to excel in one of the most widely seen forms of graphic design and make sure your work stands out from the crowd.
About the Author Natalia Delgado is a designer, strategist and educator with more than 15 years of experience in her field. She is an internationally acclaimed speaker and workshop instructor and currently teaches at CETYS University, Mexico. Her work has been showcased in over 100 locations across the world.
Scott Laserow is a Professor of Graphic Design at Temple University, Tyler School of Art, USA. He has been designing posters since 2004 and has won over 80 prestigious national and international awards, featured in 70 publications, and included in over 50 exhibitions in 16 countries. He is the principal at Zc Creative, a full-service design studio since 1992.
Price: AU $59.99 NZ $65.99 ISBN: 9781350090156 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Fundamentals of Illustration Lawrence Zeegen Lawrence Zeegan
A fresh introduction to the important elements of the discipline that takes the reader step-by-step through the key processes, themes and applications in illustration.
Description The Fundamentals of Illustration2nd Edition by Lawrence Zeegen introduces students to the subject of illustration, taking them through the key skills and practical processes required for the study of this exciting degree course. This edition has been updated with a wealth of fresh visuals and contemporary case studies. It includes new and revised content and examples that reflect the changes and developments in the discipline over the past few years. Current visual approaches are examined and evaluated, along with new chapters on visual thinking, idea generation and the illustrator as an artist. A chapter on the professional practice of a freelance designer helps students to understand the realities of this creative career path. Each chapter concludes with a case study, which outlines a brief and then describes each stage of the process, from the illustrator's initial response to the completion of the project. The case studies feature the work of: John Clementson, Tim Vyner, Olivier Kugler, Damian Gascoigne, Ben Kelly and Howard Read. The book also contains a series of interviews with practising illustrators such as Autumn Whitehurst, Stina Persson and Anthony Burrill.
About the Author Lawrence Zeegen is an illustrator, educator and writer. He is currently Head of School for the School of Communication Design at Kingston University where he leads undergraduate and postgraduate courses in animation, film-making, graphic design, illustration and screen design for film and TV.
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BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Life Is a Game: What Game Design Says about the Human Condition Edward Castronova
Life is a Game describes how insights from game design can improve life outcomes.
Description What if life is a game? Are you winning? Have you even decided what 'winning' is? Game design could be defined in many ways, but here the term is used to denote the practice of creating choices. Designing a game, in this sense, involves crafting limits, rewards, incentives, and risks in such a way that the person who interacts with the game Co the player Co makes choices that have consequences. Edward Castronova urges readers to think about the fundamentals of the human condition and compare them to different games that we all know. In some ways, life is like an idle game: providing unchallenging distractions that fit easily into a person's daily routine. In other ways, life is like the game Minesweeper: You poke in different places to learn about what you don't know, taking care to avoid big explosions. Or, life is like a role-playing game: You adopt a persona and speak your part, always seeking adventure. Bringing together questions relating to diverse fields Co such as politics, economics, sociology and philosophy - Castronova persuades readers to broaden the scope of game design to answer questions about life's everyday obstacles. The object of this book is to take seriously the idea that life is a game. The goal is not to make readers wealthier or healthier. Its goal is to go on a journey into the human condition, with game design as a guide.
About the Author Edward Castronova is Professor of Media at Indiana University, USA. He is the author of Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games (2006), Exodus to the Virtual World (2008) and Wildcat Currency: The Virtual Transformation of the Economy (2014). He specializes in Games, Technology, and Society, and has served in the past as Director of the BS degree program in Game Design, and Chair of the Department of Media Arts and Production.
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 What the West is Getting Wrong about the Middle East: Why Islam is Not the Problem Omer Taspinar
Shows that the West overstates the role of Islam in explaining the challenges and problems of the Middle East
Description The West's actions in the Middle East are based on a fundamental misunderstanding: political Islam is repeatedly assumed to be the main cause of conflict and unrest in the region. The idea that we can decipher Jihadist radicalization or problems in the Middle East simply by reading the Qur'an has now become symptomatic of our age. This dangerous over- simplification and the West's obsession with Islam dominates media and policy analysis, ultimately skewing intervention and preventing long-term solutions and stability in the region. umer Taspinar, who has 20 years' research and policymaking experience, explains here what is really going on in the Middle East. The book is based on three of the most pressing cases currently under the spotlight: the role of Erdogan and the unrest in Turkey; the sectarian clashes in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon; and the existence of the so-called Islamic State. Islam is often seen as the root cause of the challenge associated with these cases. But by unpacking the real issues, such as entrenched authoritarianism, vast energy resources, excessive defense spending, and the youth bulge, the book demystifies what is happening and cites governance and nationalism as the main drivers of conflict. The book shows the importance of treating the causes Co which are economic, social and institutional Co rather than the symptom Co the continued and growing success of Islamist parties and jihadist movements in assessing the Middle East. In revealing exactly how Islamism is activated and by unpacking the structural challenges of the region, this unique insider's account provides a map to understanding Middle Eastern wars and conflicts and the prospects for the future.
About the Author umer Taspinar is Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, both in Washington, DC. He is a regular commentator on Turkish, UK and US media and has written for a wide range of outlets, including Foreign Affairs, Washington Quarterly, Survival and Huffington Post (an article published last year for the latter was voted 'one of 15 articles that made us think differently about the world in 2015'). He often appears on BBC World News, Al-Jazeera and CNN, and Co until its enforced closure Co had a weekly column in Today's Zaman. Price: AU $40.00 NZ $44.00 He is also the author of Political Islam and Turkish Nationalism in Turkey and Winning Turkey, co-authored with Philip ISBN: 9781788310109 Gordon, Barack Obama's senior advisor for the Middle East. Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
I.B. Tauris AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads David Rundell
One of America's foremost experts on Saudi Arabia explains why the country has been stable for so long and what its future might be
Description Something extraordinary is happening in Saudi Arabia. A traditional, tribal society once known for its lack of tolerance is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down hard on corruption, and his dynamic though inexperienced son, the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, is promoting a more tolerant Islam. But is all this a new vision for Saudi Arabia or merely a mirage likely to dissolve into Iranian-style revolution? David Rundell - one of America's foremost experts on Saudi Arabia - explains how the country has been stable for so long, why it is less so today, and what is most likely to happen in the future. The book is based on the author's close contacts and intimate knowledge of the country where he spent 15 years living and working as a diplomat. Vision or Mirage demystifies one of the most powerful, but least understood, states in the Middle East and is essential reading for anyone interested in the power dynamics and politics of the Arab World.
About the Author David Rundell served as an American diplomat for thirty years in Washington, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. Widely regarded as one America's leading experts on Saudi Arabia, he spent fifteen years in the country where he worked at the Embassy in Riyadh as well as the Consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran. His assignments in Saudi Arabia included the Chief of Mission, Charge d'Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Political Counselor, Economic Counselor, Commercial Counselor, and Commercial Attach . He has numerous awards for his analytical reporting.
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I.B. Tauris AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Detente: The Chance to End the Cold War Richard Crowder
Accessible but authoritative history of the years of D tente
Description Between 1968 and 1975, there was a subtle thawing of relations between East and West, for which Brezhnev coined the name D tente, and Co perhaps Co a chance to end the Cold War. The leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev, hoped to forge a new relationship between East and West. Yet, the greatest changes of the era took place outside the sphere of international diplomacy. The 1960s brought social collision across the world, from the anti-war protests in America to the student demonstrations on the streets of Paris, and Mao Tsetung's Red Guards in China. A new generation, whom advertising executives dubbed the baby-boomers, brought new attitudes to towards sex, gender, race, the environment and religion. In this book, Richard Crowder explores the years of D tente, and introduces us to the key players of the era, whose stories form the narrative of this book.
About the Author Richard Crowder studied at the University of Oxford, and at the Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University. He works as a UK diplomat, but writes in his personal capacity as an independent historian.
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I.B. Tauris AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Words' Worth: What the Poet Does Claudia Brodsky
Gives students and scholars a new way to approach the theory and interpretation of poetry and indeed modern literature.
Description Claudia Brodsky marshals her equal expertise in literature and philosophy to redefine the terms and trajectory of the theory and interpretation of modern poetry. Taking her cue from Wordsworth's revolutionary understanding of 'real language,' Brodsky unfolds a provocative new theory of poetry, a way of looking at poetry that challenges traditional assumptions. Analyzing both theory and practice, and taking in a broad swathe of writers and thinkers from Wordsworth to Rousseau to Hegel to Proust, Brodsky is at pains to draw out the transformative, active, and effective power of literature. Poetry, she says, is only worthy of the name when it is not the property of the poet but of society, when it is valued for what it does. Words' Worth is a bold new work, by a leading scholar of literature, which demands a response from all students and scholars of modern poetry.
About the Author Claudia Brodsky is Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, USA, as well as Directeur de Programme at the Coll ge International de Philosophie in Paris, France. She is the author or editor of six books, including Lines of Thought (Duke University Press, 1996), which has been translated into French and German, and Birth of a Nation'hood (Pantheon Books, 1997), which she co-edited with Toni Morrison.
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BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Morality and Ethics at War: Bridging the Gaps Between the Soldier and the State Deane-Peter Baker
A ground-breaking exploration of the gap between individual morals and the professional military ethic, providing a framework that enables military leaders to address today's ethical challenges.
Description In Morality and Ethics of War, which includes a foreword by Major General Susan Coyle, ethicist Deane-Peter Baker goes beyond existing treatments of military ethics to address a fundamental problem: the yawning gap between the diverse moral frameworks defining personal identity on the one hand, and the professional military ethic on the other. Baker argues that overcoming this chasm is essential to minimising the ethical risks that can lead to operational and strategic failure for military forces engaged in today's complex conflict environment. He contends that spanning the gap is vital in preventing moral injury from befalling the nation's uniformed servants. Drawing on a revised account of what he calls 'the Just War Continuum', Baker develops a bridging framework that combines conceptual clarity and rigour with insights from cutting edge psychological research and creates a practical means for military leaders to negotiate the moral chasm in military affairs.
About the Author Deane-Peter Baker is an Associate Professor of Ethics at the University of New South Wales, Australia; a Visiting Research Fellow in the Kings College London Centre for Military Ethics, UK; and a Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Ethics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Previous books include Citizen Killings (Bloomsbury 2016) and Just Warriors Inc. (Continuum 2010).
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BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Religions of Beijing: Religions of the World in China's Capital City Edited by Bin You and Timothy Knepper
A bi-lingual, photo-narrative featuring 18 religious communities in greater Beijing, illustrating and exploring lived religion across five different religious traditions.
Description Religions of Beijing offers an intimate portrayal of lived religion in 17 different religious communities in greater Beijing. Students at Minzu University of China spent one year immersed in the routine and practices daily, 'writing with' the experiences and perspectives of their practitioners. Each chapter has been translated into English, with students at Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa) facilitating this process. The result is a bi-lingual book (Mandarin, English) that reveals to Chinese- and English-speaking readers the vibrant diversity of lived religion in contemporary Beijing. Each chapter focuses on the histories, practices, spaces, and members of its community, telling the overall story of the renewed flourishing of religion in Beijing. The book is also enriched with over 100 photos that portray this flourishing renewal, capturing the lived experience of ordinary practitioners. Together, the words and photographs of Religions of Beijing draw the reader into the stories and lives of these communities and their members, providing a first-hand look at the contemporary practice of religion in greater Beijing. The religions covered are Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Islam and folk religion. Religions of Beijing is a collaboration of Minzu University of China and Drake University, USA.
About the Author Bin You is Professor of Religions at Minzu University of China, China. He is the founding editor of Journal of Comparative Scripture. Timothy D. Knepper is Professor of Philosophy at Drake University, USA.
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BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Transforming University Education: A Manifesto Paul Ashwin
Examines contemporary debates around the purposes of undergraduate higher education, arguing that we need to develop an educational case for a higher education.
Description What is a university degree for? What can it offer to students? Is it only about getting a job? How can we measure the quality of an undergraduate degree?
Paul Ashwin shows how, around the world, economic arguments have come to dominate our thinking about the purpose and nature of university education. He argues that we have lost a sense of the educational purposes of an undergraduate degree and the ways in which going to university can transform students' lives.
Ashwin challenges a series of myths related to the purposes, educational processes, and quality of an undergraduate education. He argues that these myths have fuelled the current misunderstanding of the educational aspects of higher education and explores what is needed to reinvigorate our understanding of a university education. Throughout, Ashwin draws on his deep engagement with international research to offer an accessible and thought-provoking analysis of the nature of university education.
About the Author Paul Ashwin is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University, UK.
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BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Monogamy Sue Miller
A beautiful and bittersweet novel about marriage, loss and betrayal, by the international bestselling author of The Senator's Wife
Description 'One of the most emotionally truthful novels I have ever read' DAISY BUCHANAN 'An invaluably moving book' JULIET NICOLSON 'One to read first for the story and then to re-read at leisure and marvel at how real these people feel' ERIN KELLY
Annie is not the first love of Graham's life but she is, he thinks, his last and greatest. Very recently, he has faltered; but he means to put it right. Here they are in marriage, in late middle age, in comfort. Mismatched, and yet so well matched: the bookseller with his appetite, his conviviality, his bigness; the photographer with her delicacy, her astuteness, her reserve. The children are offstage, grown up and scattered on either coast; Graham's first wife, Frieda, is peaceably in their lives, but not between them. Then the unthinkable happens. Now Annie stumbles in the dark: did she know all there was to know about the man who loved her? If no marriage is without its small indiscretions, how great does a betrayal have to be to be to break it?
A novel about marriage, family, secrets and love, Monogamy confirms Sue Miller's place among the greatest writers at work in America today.
About the Author Sue Miller was born in Chicago in 1943. She is the bestselling author of ten previous novels including The Good Mother, The Distinguished Guest, the Oprah Book Club selection While I Was Gone, Lost in the Forest, the Richard & Judy choice The Senator's Wife, The Lake Shore Limited, The Arsonist and the acclaimed memoir The Story of My Father. Her books have been published in 22 countries and she has been awarded a Guggenheim and a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship. Sue Miller lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Here is the Beehive Sarah Crossan
What happens when you lose something the world never knew was yours? A shattering and compulsive novel about transgression and desire, secrecy and loss
Description 'One of our most original writers. Sarah has almost created an entirely new form of writing in her novels that is hers and hers alone' John Boyne
it happened, again and again and again and again and again.
Together apart. In love in aching.
Tangled unravelling. Ana and Connor have been having an affair for three years. In hotel rooms and coffee shops, swiftly deleted texts and briefly snatched weekends, they have built a world with none but the two of them in it.
But then the unimaginable happens, and Ana finds herself alone, trapped inside her secret.
How can we lose someone the world never knew was ours? How do we grieve for something no one else can ever find out? In her desperate bid for answers, Ana seeks out the shadowy figure who has always stood just beyond her reach Co
Price: AU $36.99 NZ $38.99 Connor's wife Rebecca. ISBN: 9781526619495 Format: Peeling away the layers of two overlapping marriages, Here is the Beehive is a devastating excavation of risk, obsession Package Type: HARD BACK and loss. Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: About the Author Bic2:
sarahcrossan.com @SarahCrossan BLM Circus AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 A Saint from Texas Edmund White
From legendary writer Edmund White, a bold and sweeping new novel that traces the extraordinary fates of twin sisters, one destined for Parisian nobility and the other for Catholic sainthood
Description From legendary writer Edmund White, a bold and sweeping new novel that traces the extraordinary fates of twin sisters, one destined for Parisian nobility and the other for Catholic sainthood
Yvette and Yvonne Crawford are twin sisters, born on a humble patch of East Texas prairie but bound for far grander fates. Just as an untold fortune of oil lies beneath their daddy's land, both girls harbour their own secrets and dreams Coones that will carry them far from Texas and from each other. As the decades unfold, Yvonne will ascend the highest ranks of Parisian society as Yvette gives herself to a lifetime of worship and service in the streets of Jeric , Colombia. And yet, even as they remake themselves in their radically different lives, the twins find that the bonds of family and the past are unbreakable. Spanning the 1950s to the recent past, Edmund White's marvellous novel serves up an immensely pleasurable epic of two Texas women as their lives traverse varied worlds: the swaggering opulence of the Dallas nouveau riche, the airless pretention of the Paris gratin and the strict piety of a Colombian convent.
About the Author Edmund White is an award-winning and prolific writer. His work, which includes the novel Our Young Man and the memoir The Fl oneur, has revitalised American literature, breaking down boundaries of class, sexuality and power. His accolades include the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for achievement in American fiction, and a Guggenheim Fellowship under the recommendation of Susan Sontag. White lives in New York.
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Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The New Long Life: A Framework for Flourishing in a Changing World Lynda Gratton, Andrew Scott
A practical guide to how we can flourish as longevity and technology change our world, from the internationally bestselling authors of The 100-Year Life
Description A practical guide to how we can positively adapt to a changing world, from the internationally bestselling authors of The 100-Year Life
'Wonderful . . . This thought-provoking book is a must-read' Daron Acemoglu, author of Why Nations Fail
Smart new technologies. Longer, healthier lives. Human progress has risen to great heights, but at the same time it has prompted anxiety about where we're heading. Are our jobs under threat? If we live to 100, will we ever really stop working? And how will this change the way we love, manage and learn from others? One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. In our era of unprecedented change, we haven't yet discovered new ways of living.
Drawing from the fields of economics and psychology, Andrew J Scott and Lynda Gratton offer a simple framework based on three fundamental principles (Narrate, Explore and Relate) to give you the tools to navigate the challenges ahead. Both a personal road-map and a primer for governments, corporations and colleges, The New Long Life is the essential guide to a longer, smarter, happier life.
'This thoughtful book explores how we can reimagine our days and our societies to make our lives better Co not just longer' Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
'Stimulating, insightful and inspirational' Linda Yueh, author of The Great Economists
'This important book will help reframe the global debate about how to help every citizen to flourish' Matt Hancock, UK
Price: AU $49.99 NZ $52.99 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ISBN: 9781526615183 Format: Misc HB About the Author Package Type: HARD BACK Andrew J. Scott is Professor of Economics at the London Business School and consulting scholar at Stanford University's Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 280 pages Center on Longevity, having previously held positions at Harvard and Oxford. Through his multi-award-winning research, Bic1: writing and teaching, his ideas inform a global understanding of the profound shifts reshaping our world and the actions Bic2:
A major book chronicling the history of work, from the primordial age through the Stone Age and into the digital era, and how our relationship with it has shaped our civilisation.
Description A major book chronicling the history of work, and how our relationship with it has shaped our civilisation. The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, dictates who we spend our time with and determines our future prospects. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance.
How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before?
Charting three major milestones Co the discovery of fire, which liberated our ancestors to develop skills unrelated to the food quest; our transition from foraging to farming; and our migration from fields to the factories of sprawling cities Co James Suzman explores the ways work has changed us. Arguing that we stand at the cusp of a similarly transformative point in the history of our relationship with work, he compels us to see how automation and artificial intelligence could be the key to unlocking a more sustainable future.
Work is a stunning appraisal of how humans have kept busy, from stone tools to the stock exchange and into the digital era.
About the Author James Suzman is an anthropologist specialising in the Khoisan peoples of southern Africa. A recipient of the Smuts Commonwealth Fellowship in African Studies at Cambridge University, he is now the director of Anthropos Ltd, a think tank that applies anthropological methods to solving contemporary social and economic problems. He has written for publications including the New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Independent, and
Price: AU $39.99 NZ $42.99 has advised organisations including the Foreign Office, the World Bank and the European Commission. He lives in ISBN: 9781526604996 Cambridge. Format: C-Format HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Unfit for Purpose Adam Hart
Forged by natural selection and honed by evolution, humans are perfectly adapted machines C for a world that no longer exists.
Description Stress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news; a stark checklist of modern world problems and every one of them is an echo of our evolutionary past. In Unfit for Purpose, biologist and broadcaster Adam Hart explores the mismatch between our fundamental biology and the modern world we have created. In each chapter Adam reveals the many ways in which biological adaptations that evolved to help us survive and thrive now work against us. For example, in the modern world stress is a killer but how did 'fight or flight' instincts turn from life-savers to life-takers? Obesity might be a disease now but is it really just a troublesome side-effect of our complex evolutionary past? Whether it's the derailing of microbes in our gut, the rise of gluten and lactose intolerance, the problems of social media or the horrors of drug addiction we always seem to have one foot in the modern world and the other firmly in our evolutionary past. By probing deep into our evolutionary legacy, exploring the science, archaeology, medicine, genetics, sociology and more, to show how, in a modern world of our own making, we find ourselves 'unfit for purpose'. But all is not lost! By unpicking the evolutionary causes of many of our current woes, it reveals some secrets of evolutionarily-informed treatments that will change the way we think about ourselves and our future.
About the Author Adam Hart is an entomologist and Professor of Science Communication at the University of Gloucestershire. He is a regular broadcaster for both Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, including documentaries such as Inside the Killing Jar, Big Game Theory, Raising Allosaurus, and On the Trail of the American Honeybee. He has also presented Science in Action for the BBC World Service. On television, Adam has co-presented several documentary series, most notably BBC4's Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony, BBC2's Life on Planet Ant and BBC2's Hive Alive. Adam is the author of more than eighty scientific research papers. His previous popular science book was The Life of Poo (2015, Octopus Books).
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Sigma AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Splitting: The Inside Story on Headaches Amanda Ellison
Written by a leading neuroscientist, Splitting tells the fascinating true story about headaches, and the secrets they reveal about your brain and overall health.
Description Written by a leading neuroscientist, Splitting tells the fascinating true story about headaches, and the secrets they reveal about your brain and overall health. Did you know... - chocolate doesn't give you a headache - and may in fact prevent one happening? - 30% of us sneeze at sunlight? - you can see off a headache with an orgasm? - that you shouldn't wear a striped top if your spouse gets migraines?
From migraines to sinus pain to tension headaches Co and everything in between Co Splitting separates fact from fiction, putting you in control and helping you practise habits that will protect you from headache.
About the Author Professor Amanda Ellison is a physiologist and neuroscientist at Durham University. Her wide-ranging research has thrown new light on addiction, pain, and headache in particular, and her work on how different parts of the brain talk to each other has led to new ways to regain functions lost following brain damage. She is the director of an outreach programme targeting schools, patient groups, and the wider public, and is passionate about improving lives through the sharing of scientific and wider academic knowledge. Professor Ellison has commented on various issues in the media most notably the phenomenon of man flu, and whether beer goggles really exist. @ellison_brain
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BLM Green Tree AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Mind Games Annie Vernon
An authoritative exploration of the psychology of elite sport, written by an Olympic silver medallist and respectedsports journalist.
Description 'Loved it C I would recommend it to all of you.' BBC 5 Live, Jazmin Sawyers
'Mind Games is accessible to anyone who wants to delve into the mind of some of the world's sporting greats, and gain an insight into how they have dealt with issues such as pressure, success, failure and injury ...' Chrissie Wellington OBE It's well known that to reach the top in elite sport, you need to have spent years honing and perfecting your physical ability. However this is only part of the template required to win Co the other half is about mind games.
Throughout her career as one of the world's top athletes, Annie Vernon struggled with existential questions about the purpose of sport in our comfortable, first-world society: Why do we do it? What is it in our psyche that makes us push ourselves to the limit? What allows us to mentally overcome the physical pain?
Now retired from competition, Olympic silver medallist and world champion rower Annie Vernon has decided to look for answers to these questions. Drawing on her personal experiences and interviews with some of the best coaches, athletes and psychologists from across the world of sport Co including Lucy Gossage, Dave Scott, Katherine Grainger, Matthew Pinsent, Brian Moore, Brian Ching and Dr Steve Peters Co Annie discovers the secrets of how athletes train their brains in order to become world beaters.
Annie debunks the myth that elite performers are universally cool, calm and brimming with self-assurance. Through exploring the bits on the inside that nobody can see, Annie instead creates a new understanding of what it takes to be successful in sport and uncovers that, in fact, an elite athlete is not that different from you and me. It's simply a question of mind games.
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 About the Author ISBN: 9781472949141 Annie Vernon is a former Olympic rower. She was a full-time athlete for eight years and in that time competed in six World Format: B Championships and two Olympic Games. She won gold at the 2007 and 2010 World Championships and silver at the Package Type: PAPERBACK Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Annie retired from elite sport in 2012 and is now a sports journalist and corporate speaker, Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 288 pages regularly contributing to BBC Sport, The Times, Guardian, Sunday Times and Rowing & Regatta. She lives in Cornwall. Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Sport AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Missing Lynx Ross Barnett
The story of the magnificent megafauna we've lost in Britain, why it has disappeared, what happened as a result and how we might realistically turn the ecological tide
Description Britain was a very different place 15,000 years ago Co home to lions, lynx, bears, wolves, bison and many more megafauna. But as its climate changed and human populations expanded, most of early Britain's largest mammals disappeared. Will advances in science and technology mean that we can one day bring these mammals back? And should we? In The Missing Lynx, palaeontologist Ross Barnett uses case studies, new fossil discoveries and biomolecular evidence to paint a picture of these lost species and to explore the ecological significance of their disappearance. He discusses how the Britons these animals shared their lives with might have viewed them and investigates why some species survived while others vanished. Barnett also looks in detail at the realistic potential of reintroductions, rewilding and even of resurrection in Britain and overseas, from the successful return of beavers in Argyll to the revolutionary Pleistocene Park in Siberia, which has already seen progress in the revival of 'mammoth steppe' grassland. As widespread habitat destruction, climate change and an ever-growing human population lead us inexorably towards the sixth extinction, this timely book explores the spaces that extinction has left unfilled. And by helping us to understand why some of our most charismatic animals are gone, Ross Barnett encourages us to look to a brighter future, one that might see these missing beasts returned to the land on which they once lived and died.
About the Author Ross Barnett is a palaeontologist with a PhD in Zoology from the University of Oxford. He specialises in seeking, analysing and interpreting ancient DNA, but his area of expertise is the genetics and phylogeny of cats, especially extinct sabretooths. Barnett's research has led to many remarkable findings in recent years and involved investigating escaped lynx in Edwardian Devon, rubbishing claims that the yeti is an ice-age polar bear and seeking the ancestral home of the enigmatic Orkney vole. In 2018, he received the Palaeontological Association's Gertrude Elles Award for Public
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 Engagement. Ross lives in the Highlands of Scotland with his wife and two daughters. ISBN: 9781472957351 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Land Beyond Leon McCarron
There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part is, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it.
Description There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it.From Jerusalem, McCarron followed a series of wild hiking trails that trace ancient trading and pilgrimage routes and traverse some of the most contested landscapes in the world. In the West Bank, he met families struggling to lead normal lives amidst political turmoil and had a surreal encounter with the world's oldest and smallest religious sect. In Jordan, he visited the ruins of Hellenic citadels and trekked through the legendary Wadi Rum. His journey culminated in the vast deserts of the Sinai, home to Bedouin tribes and haunted by the ghosts of Biblical history. The Land Beyond is a journey through time, from the quagmire of current geopolitics to the original ideals of the faithful, through the layers of history, culture and religion that have shaped the Holy Land. But at its heart, it is the story of people, not politics and of the connections that can bridge seemingly insurmountable barriers.
About the Author Leon McCarron is a Northern Irish writer, film-maker and speaker. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and specializes in storytelling via long distance, human-powered expeditions. He has cycled from New York to Hong Kong, walked 3000 miles across China, trekked 1000 miles through the Empty Quarter desert in Arabia and travelled along Iran's longest river. At the end of 2014 he rode a horse across Argentina, following the Santa Cruz river in the footsteps of Charles Darwin. Most recently, McCarron walked from Jerusalem to Mount Sinai to explore another side of the Middle East. His first book, The Road Headed West described a cycling adventure across North America. McCarron has also produced a TV series, Walking Home from Mongolia, for National Geographic and made three independent films. In 2017 he was awarded the Neville Shulman Challenge Award.
Price: AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 ISBN: 9780755600960 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 288 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
A portrait of the customs and cultures of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula.
Description Freya Stark is most famous for her travels in Arabia at a time when very few men, let alone women, had fully explored its vast hinterlands. In 1934, she made her first journey to the Hadhramaut in what is now Yemen - the first woman to do so alone. Even though that journey ended in disappointment, sickness and a forced rescue, Stark, undeterred, returned to Yemen two years later. Starting in Mukalla and skirting the fringes of the legendary and unexplored Empty Quarter, she spent the winter searching for Shabwa - ancient capital of the Hadhramaut and a holy grail for generations of explorers. From within Stark's beautifully-crafted and deeply knowledgeable narrative emerges a rare and exquisitely-rendered portrait of the customs and cultures of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. 'A Winter in Arabia' is one of the most important pieces of literature on the region and a book that placed Freya Stark in the pantheon of great writers and explorers of the Arab World. To listen to her voice is to hear the rich echoes of a land whose 'nakedness is clothed in shreds of departed splendour'.
About the Author Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of Middle East travel writers and one of the most courageous and adventurous women travellers in history. She travelled extensively through Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Southern Arabia, where she became the first western woman to travel through the Hadhramaut. Usually solo, she ventured to places few Europeans had ever been. Her travels earned her the Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and she was created a Dame in 1975. She received huge public acclaim and her many, now classic, books include Traveller's Prelude, The Valleys of the Assassins, Ionia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw and East is West. 'She has written the best travel books of her generation and her name will survive as an artist in prose.' - The Observer
Price: AU $24.99 NZ $26.99 ISBN: 9780755633821 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 328 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Ground-breaking and intensely revealing examination of the life of the 20th century's most iconic writer
Description Ernest Hemingway was an involuntary chameleon, who would shift seamlessly from a self-cultivated image of hero, aesthetic radical, and existential non-conformist to a figure made up at various points of selfishness, hypocrisy, self- delusion, narcissism and arbitrary vindictiveness. Richard Bradford shows that Hemingway's work is by parts erratic and unique because it was tied into these unpredictable, bizarre features of his personality. Impressionism and subjectivity always play some part in the making of literary works. Some authors try to subdue them while others treat them as the essentials of creativity but they endure as a ubiquitous element of all literature. They are the writer's private signature, their authorial fingerprint. In this ground-breaking and intensely revealing biography, which includes a complete reassessment of Hemingway's oeuvre Hemingway's unfixed personality is shown to be the index to why and how he wrote as he did.
About the Author Richard Bradford is Research Professor in English at Ulster University and Visiting Professor at the University of Avignon. He has published over 25 acclaimed books, including a biography of Philip Larkin, which was an Independent Book of the Year, the authorised biography of Alan Sillitoe, a life of Kingsley Amis and a biography of Kingsley's son, Martin. He has been on the longlist for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, has written for The Spectator and The Sunday Times and has been interviewed on his work for various BBC Radio Arts Programmes, as well as appearing on the Channel 4 Series `Writers in their Own Words', talking mainly on Martin Amis and the post-1960s generation of British novelists. The BBC TV programme `Through the Lens of Larkin', in which he appeared, was inspired by his The Importance of Elsewhere. Philip Larkin's Photographs.
Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 ISBN: 9780755600977 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Description This ground-breaking identification guide to all the dragonflies and damselflies of Britain and Europe brings some of the top field experts in Odonata from across the continent together with Richard Lewington, widely accepted to be Europe's foremost illustrator of insects. The guide covers all of Europe, from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean basin, including western Turkey, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and the Azores, Canaries and Madeira.
All 160 species are described, with detailed field descriptions, notes on similar species, information on behaviour, range and status, habitat and flight season. Where necessary, simple keys and tables of similar species are provided. Distribution maps indicate species' ranges. Each species is lavishly illustrated with artworks of males and females, immatures, colour varieties, detailed side views, and close-ups of important characters. Photographs and line drawings of key features are additional identification aids.
About the Author Klaas-Douwe 'KD' B Dijkstra developed an interest in natural history as a child living in Egypt. Here he made his first observations of dragonflies as a 12-year-old, having to invent his own scientific names for them because he had no literature. The discovery of the first Anax ephippiger in The Netherlands in 1995 incited an active involvement in Dutch dragonfly work. KD was a founding member of the Dutch society for odonatology in 1997, as editor of its journal Brachytron, and co-edited and co-authored the handbook of Dutch Odonata published in 2002. He obtained an MSc in biology at Leiden University in 1998, developing a passion for Africa during fieldwork in Uganda in 1995. As a research associate of the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in The Netherlands, KD has worked on the systematics and biogeography of tropical African Odonata since 2001. In 2005, he shared the Worldwide Dragonfly Association outstanding achievement award for this work. Over almost forty years, Richard Lewington has built up a reputation as one of Europe's finest wildlife illustrators. He first became interested in butterflies as a child when he inherited a cabinet of insects from his father. He studied graphic design at the Berkshire College of Price: AU $49.99 NZ $54.99 ISBN: 9781472943958 Art, and since leaving in 1971 has specialised in natural-history illustration. His meticulous paintings Format: B of insects and other wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, including Insects of Britain Package Type: PAPERBACK and Western Europe, Collins Butterfly Guide, Field Guide to Dragonflies of Britain and Europe, Field Guide to the Moths Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 336 pages of Great Britain and Ireland, Pocket Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Ireland and Guide to Garden Wildlife. He was, for Bic1: many years, the principal artist on the multi-volume series, The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. He has Bic2:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe: 2nd edition Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra, Asmus Schroter
Description This ground-breaking identification guide to all the dragonflies and damselflies of Britain and Europe brings some of the top field experts in Odonata from across the continent together with Richard Lewington, widely accepted to be Europe's foremost illustrator of insects. The guide covers all of Europe, from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean basin, including western Turkey, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and the Azores, Canaries and Madeira.
All 160 species are described, with detailed field descriptions, notes on similar species, information on behaviour, range and status, habitat and flight season. Where necessary, simple keys and tables of similar species are provided. Distribution maps indicate species' ranges. Each species is lavishly illustrated with artworks of males and females, immatures, colour varieties, detailed side views, and close-ups of important characters. Photographs and line drawings of key features are additional identification aids.
About the Author Klaas-Douwe 'KD' B Dijkstra developed an interest in natural history as a child living in Egypt. Here he made his first observations of dragonflies as a 12-year-old, having to invent his own scientific names for them because he had no literature. The discovery of the first Anax ephippiger in The Netherlands in 1995 incited an active involvement in Dutch dragonfly work. KD was a founding member of the Dutch society for odonatology in 1997, as editor of its journal Brachytron, and co-edited and co-authored the handbook of Dutch Odonata published in 2002. He obtained an MSc in biology at Leiden University in 1998, developing a passion for Africa during fieldwork in Uganda in 1995. As a research associate of the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in The Netherlands, KD has worked on the systematics and biogeography of tropical African Odonata since 2001. In 2005, he shared the Worldwide Dragonfly Association outstanding achievement award for this work. Over almost forty years, Richard Lewington has built up a reputation as one of Europe's finest wildlife illustrators. He first became interested in butterflies as a child when he inherited a cabinet of insects from his father. He studied graphic design at the Berkshire College of Price: AU $76.99 NZ $79.99 ISBN: 9781472943996 Art, and since leaving in 1971 has specialised in natural-history illustration. His meticulous paintings Format: of insects and other wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, including Insects of Britain Package Type: HARD BACK and Western Europe, Collins Butterfly Guide, Field Guide to Dragonflies of Britain and Europe, Field Guide to the Moths Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 336 pages of Great Britain and Ireland, Pocket Guide to Butterflies of Britain and Ireland and Guide to Garden Wildlife. He was, for Bic1: many years, the principal artist on the multi-volume series, The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. He has Bic2:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Photographic Guide to the Birds of Cuba Patricia Re Kirkconncel, Bradley Arturo
Description All the birds that occur in Cuba, both resident and migrants, are included in this superb photographic guide, featuring the superb photography of Yves-Jacques Rey-Milley.
About the Author Arturo Kirkconnell is curator of birds in Havana, and the co-author of a previous guide to the birds of Cuba (Helm, 2000). Patricia Bradley is the author of several books on the Cayman Islands. Guy Kirwan is the author of several books including Cotingas & Manakins (Helm) and a bird-finding guide to Cuba.
Price: AU $59.99 NZ $64.99 ISBN: 9781472918390 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Helm Ornithonoly AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Birds of the UK Overseas Territories Richard Porter
This monograph covers birds and other wildlife from the UK overseas territories
Description The UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are scattered across the globe. Most are small islands or island complexes, occurring from the Caribbean to the furthest reaches of the South Atlantic, via the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In terms of global biodiversity, these territories are remarkably significant. Among landscapes that range from coral atolls, through mangroves and dry forests to the ice sheets of Antarctica, the UKOTs support no fewer than 45 species of birds currently considered to be globally threatened. They are also home to a third of all the world's breeding albatrosses, and nine of the world's 17 species of penguin.
In a rapidly changing world, the UKOTs symbolise global crises in climate and biodiversity. Threats faced by their wildlife range from mortality of seabirds at sea through industrial fisheries, and on land as a result of introduced ground predators, to the utter devastation of hurricanes in the Caribbean, which provide a stark reminder of our changing climate. The human impact on the wildlife of our planet has been increasing for centuries, but the next few decades promise to be critical. This book explores the birds and other wildlife of each of the 14 UKOTs, with a particular focus on environmental threats and conservation priorities. Written by authors with a deep connection to the sites, this book represents an important stocktake of the biological richness of these special places in the early 21st century.
About the Author British Birds is a monthly magazine for everyone interested in the birds of the Western Palearctic (and beyond). Founded in 1907 and published continuously since then, it incorporates a range of peer-reviewed material on subjects such as bird behaviour, conservation, distribution, ecology, identification, movements, status and taxonomy, as well as the latest ornithological news and book reviews. It aspires to be the bird journal of record in Britain and a key characteristic is its aim to interpret scientific research on birds in an easily accessible way. British Birds also has its own charitable trust Co the British Birds Charitable Trust Co that makes annual grants to a range of ornithological and conservation projects; it will be donating all profits from the sale of this book to conservation work in the UK Overseas Territories. Roger Price: AU $120.00 NZ $130.00 ISBN: 9781472977250 Riddington has been the Editor of British Birds since 2001. Format: C-Format HB The RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in the UK; with the support of over a million members and partner Package Type: HARD BACK organisations, the RSPB strives to protect and restore our precious natural world. Originally established in 1889, the Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 336 pages RSPB has worked with the UK Overseas Territories for more than 20 years to help local non-governmental organisations Bic1: and communities protect their internationally significant wildlife. Some of the projects they have collaborated on include Bic2:
This monograph covers birds and other wildlife from the UK overseas territories
Description The UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are scattered across the globe. Most are small islands or island complexes, occurring from the Caribbean to the furthest reaches of the South Atlantic, via the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In terms of global biodiversity, these territories are remarkably significant. Among landscapes that range from coral atolls, through mangroves and dry forests to the ice sheets of Antarctica, the UKOTs support no fewer than 45 species of birds currently considered to be globally threatened. They are also home to a third of all the world's breeding albatrosses, and nine of the world's 17 species of penguin.
In a rapidly changing world, the UKOTs symbolise global crises in climate and biodiversity. Threats faced by their wildlife range from mortality of seabirds at sea through industrial fisheries, and on land as a result of introduced ground predators, to the utter devastation of hurricanes in the Caribbean, which provide a stark reminder of our changing climate. The human impact on the wildlife of our planet has been increasing for centuries, but the next few decades promise to be critical. This book explores the birds and other wildlife of each of the 14 UKOTs, with a particular focus on environmental threats and conservation priorities. Written by authors with a deep connection to the sites, this book represents an important stocktake of the biological richness of these special places in the early 21st century.
About the Author British Birds is a monthly magazine for everyone interested in the birds of the Western Palearctic (and beyond). Founded in 1907 and published continuously since then, it incorporates a range of peer-reviewed material on subjects such as bird behaviour, conservation, distribution, ecology, identification, movements, status and taxonomy, as well as the latest ornithological news and book reviews. It aspires to be the bird journal of record in Britain and a key characteristic is its aim to interpret scientific research on birds in an easily accessible way. British Birds also has its own charitable trust Co the British Birds Charitable Trust Co that makes annual grants to a range of ornithological and conservation projects; it will be donating all profits from the sale of this book to conservation work in the UK Overseas Territories. Roger Price: AU $69.99 NZ $74.99 ISBN: 9781472977267 Riddington has been the Editor of British Birds since 2001. Format: Misc PB The RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in the UK; with the support of over a million members and partner Package Type: PAPERBACK organisations, the RSPB strives to protect and restore our precious natural world. Originally established in 1889, the Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 336 pages RSPB has worked with the UK Overseas Territories for more than 20 years to help local non-governmental organisations Bic1: and communities protect their internationally significant wildlife. Some of the projects they have collaborated on include Bic2:
A reliable, attractive fold-out identification chart illustrating 50 of Britain's most common butterfly species.
Description Whether you are admiring a butterfly flying high up in the tree canopy or basking on a plant in your garden, butterflies are some of our most captivating and beautiful insects. But could you recognise a Scotch Argus from a Mountain Ringlet? Or distinguish between a Small Tortoiseshell and a Comma? These are just a few of the 57 resident butterfly species that are attracted to the UK's gardens to feed and, in the case of females, lay their eggs. RSPB ID Spotlight Butterflies is a reliable fold-out chart that presents illustrations of all 57 of the UK's resident butterflies by renowned artist Richard Lewington. - Species are grouped by family and helpfully labelled to assist with identification - Artworks are shown side by side for quick comparison and easy reference at home or in the field - The reverse of the chart provides information on the habitats, behaviour, life cycles and diets of our butterflies, as well as the conservation issues they are facing and how the RSPB and other conservation charities are working to support them - Practical tips on how to create a butterfly-friendly garden are also included
The ID Spotlight charts help wildlife enthusiasts identify and learn more about our most common species using accurate colour illustrations and informative, accessible text.
About the Author Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, including Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Guide to Garden Wildlife, Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland and Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Richard has also designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999, he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles Award for contributions to zoology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. Price: AU $9.99 NZ $12.99 ISBN: 9781472974266 Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor. Marianne worked in publishing for seven years Format: Misc PB before taking the plunge as a freelancer in 2007. Since then, she has written more than 25 books for adults and children Package Type: FLEXIBACK on a range of natural history subjects, including The Pocket Book of Insect Anatomy, RSPB British Naturefinder and The Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 12 pages Way of the Hare. A passion for all wildlife, but especially birds, has always been a driving force in Marianne's life. Bic1: Art: financial aspects Bloomsbury Wildlife is the proud home of many of the best and most passionate nature writers around. With books on Bic2:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 RSPB ID Spotlight - Bees Marianne Taylor
A reliable, attractive fold-out identification chart illustrating more than 40 of Britain's most common bee species.
Description Watching a garden busy with bees is one of the joys of summer. But can you tell a White-tailed Bumblebee from a Garden Bumblebee? Or confidently distinguish between a Patchwork Leafcutter Bee and a Long-horned Bee? Britain and Ireland are home to more than 270 species of bees, some of which play an important ecological role through their industrious pollination of our crops and wildflowers. RSPB ID Spotlight Bees is a reliable fold-out chart that presents illustrations of 40 of our most widespread and familiar bees by renowned artist Richard Lewington. - Species are grouped by family and helpfully labelled to assist with identification - Artworks are shown side by side for quick comparison and easy reference at home or in the field - The reverse of the chart provides information on the habitats, behaviour, life cycles and diets of our bees, as well as the conservation issues they are facing and how the RSPB and other conservation charities are working to support them - Practical tips on bug houses, planting for pollinators and gardening for bees are also included
The ID Spotlight charts help wildlife enthusiasts identify and learn more about our most common species using accurate colour illustrations and informative, accessible text.
About the Author Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, including Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Guide to Garden Wildlife, Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland and Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Richard has also designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999, he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles
Price: AU $9.99 NZ $12.99 Award for contributions to zoology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. ISBN: 9781472974273 Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor. Marianne worked in publishing for seven years Format: Misc PB before taking the plunge as a freelancer in 2007. Since then, she has written more than 25 books for adults and children Package Type: FLEXIBACK on a range of natural history subjects, including The Pocket Book of Insect Anatomy, RSPB British Naturefinder and The Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 12 pages Way of the Hare. A passion for all wildlife, but especially birds, has always been a driving force in Marianne's life. Bic1: Art: financial aspects Bloomsbury Wildlife is the proud home of many of the best and most passionate nature writers around. With books on Bic2:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 RSPB ID Spotlight - Dragonflies and Damselflies Marianne Taylor
A reliable, attractive fold-out identification chart illustrating 45 of Britain's most common dragonfly and damselfly species.
Description Watching dragonflies dart among the plants on a riverbank or at the edge of your pond is one of the joys of summer. But do you know a Southern Damselfly from a Variable Damselfly? Or can you tell the difference between a Scarce Chaser and a Keeled Skimmer? Dragonflies and damselflies Co known collectively as Odonata Co are some of our most fascinating insects. Although they only live for a short time, they have many behaviours that are easy to observe, including captivating aerial skills that they utilise to hunt in mid-air. RSPB ID Spotlight Dragonflies and Damselflies is a reliable fold-out chart that presents illustrations of 42 of our most widespread and familiar Odonata by renowned artist Richard Lewington. - Species are grouped by family and helpfully labelled to assist with identification - Artworks are shown side by side for quick comparison and easy reference at home or in the field - The reverse of the chart provides information on the habitats, behaviour, life cycles and diets of our dragonflies and damselflies, as well as the conservation issues they are facing and how the RSPB and other conservation charities are working to support them - Practical tips on how to install a wildlife pond and make your garden more dragonfly- and damselfly-friendly are also included
The ID Spotlight charts help wildlife enthusiasts identify and learn more about our most common species using accurate colour illustrations and informative, accessible text.
About the Author Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, including Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Guide to Garden Wildlife, Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Dragonflies and
Price: AU $9.99 NZ $12.99 Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland and Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Richard has also ISBN: 9781472974280 designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999, he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Format: Misc PB Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles Package Type: FLEXIBACK Award for contributions to zoology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 12 pages Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor. Marianne worked in publishing for seven years Bic1: Art: financial aspects before taking the plunge as a freelancer in 2007. Since then, she has written more than 25 books for adults and children Bic2:
A reliable, attractive fold-out identification chart illustrating 80 of Britain's most common macro-moths.
Description Whether you are following the progress of a moth as it flutters around a street lamp or become captivated by the sight of a hawk-moth feeding from lavender, moths are everywhere. But can you tell a Peach Blossom from a Buff Arches? Or distinguish between a Cinnabar and a Six-spot Burnet? Mostly active by night, moths are often overlooked compared to colourful day-flying butterflies. But the UK is home to more than 2,500 moth species, many of which are beautiful and varied, with different wing shapes, sizes and patterns. RSPB ID Spotlight Moths is a reliable fold-out chart that presents illustrations of 90 of our most widespread and familiar moths by renowned artist Richard Lewington. - Species are grouped by family and helpfully labelled to assist with identification - Artworks are shown side by side for quick comparison and easy reference at home or in the field - The reverse of the chart provides information on the habitats, behaviour, life cycles and diets of our moths, as well as the conservation issues they are facing and how the RSPB and other conservation charities are working to support them - Practical tips on how to monitor moth populations and turn your garden into a moth haven are also included
The ID Spotlight charts help wildlife enthusiasts identify and learn more about our most common species using accurate colour illustrations and informative, accessible text.
About the Author Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, including Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Guide to Garden Wildlife, Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland and Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Richard has also designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999, he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles Award for contributions to zoology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. Price: AU $9.99 NZ $12.99 ISBN: 9781472974297 Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor. Marianne worked in publishing for seven years Format: Misc PB before taking the plunge as a freelancer in 2007. Since then, she has written more than 25 books for adults and children Package Type: FLEXIBACK on a range of natural history subjects, including The Pocket Book of Insect Anatomy, RSPB British Naturefinder and The Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 12 pages Way of the Hare. A passion for all wildlife, but especially birds, has always been a driving force in Marianne's life. Bic1: Art: financial aspects Bloomsbury Wildlife is the proud home of many of the best and most passionate nature writers around. With books on Bic2:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 RSPB Spotlight Owls Marianne Taylor
Description Owls are charismatic and exceptionally well-loved characters in British wildlife, and have always held a special place in our folklore and legends. Their nocturnal habits mean few of us have been lucky enough to see them up close. In RSPB Spotlight: Owls Marianne Taylor introduces readers to every aspect of their lives including their physiology, biology and behaviour, as well as their history, and future in conservation in Britain and abroad. Five species of owl currently live in Britain - the Tawny, Barn, Little, Long-eared and Short-eared Owls - and each of them, as well as their relatives abroad, are introduced here in detail alongside top quality colour photographs and fascinating behavioural images, which will delight and inform the whole family. The book begins with a look at owls in general then examines the five British species in more detail. It discusses their evolutionary history and distribution around the world. Their anatomy and adaptations are examined, as well as their natural behaviours including hunting, nesting and mating practices. Next, we are introduced to their life cycles, beginning as eggs, moving onto fledging and independence, migration, and finally death. Marianne also includes a discussion of conservation as it affects owls, and owls' unique relationships with humans and our culture.
About the Author Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer and editor, and author of many natural history books, including British Birds of Prey, Owls, RSPB Spotlight Robins and RSPB British Birdfinder. A passion for all wildlife, especially birds, has been a driving force in her life.
Price: AU $26.99 NZ $29.99 ISBN: 9781472980281 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 128 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Woodland Flowers Keith Kirby
A scientifically robust but highly readable account of the wood beneath the trees.
Description More often than not, we don't see the wood for the trees. Observing the plants of the forest floor Co the flowers, ferns, sedges and grasses Co can be a vital way of understanding the nature of British woodland. For centuries, woodland plants have been part of our lives in practical ways, as food and medicines, and as the inspirations for poetry, perfume and pub signs. They tell us stories about the history of woodland, its past management, and how that has changed Co not always for the better. They can also be a visible sign of progress when we get conservation right. In this insightful and original account, Keith Kirby explores how woodland plants in Britain have come to be where they are, how they cope with living in the shade of their bigger relatives and tolerate the attentions of grazing herbivores, the challenges they face with changing conditions throughout the seasons, and how they respond to threats in the form of storms, fires, droughts and floods. Along the way, the reader is introduced to the work of important botanists who have walked the woods in the past, collecting information on where plants occur and why, while profiles of some of our most important and popular ground flora species provide extra detail and insight.
About the Author Keith Kirby is currently a visiting researcher at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, where his main areas of work include analysis of long-term woodland changes and rewilding. Before that, he worked as a woodland ecologist with the government conservation agencies for many years, first with the Nature Conservancy Council and then its successor bodies, English Nature and Natural England. Keith was awarded the Royal Forestry Society Gold Medal for Distinguished Services to Forestry in 2011, and the CIEEM Medal for his outstanding, lifelong contribution to the advancement of ecology, forestry and woodland management in 2014. He has written widely for both refereed and more popular journals and the press, as well as co-editing the book Europe's Changing Woods and Forests and co-authoring the Woodland Survey Handbook.
Price: AU $69.99 NZ $74.99 ISBN: 9781472949073 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 400 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Natural History AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reeds Nautical Almanac 2021 Perrin Towler, Mark Fishwick
Reeds Nautical Almanac 2021 is the indispensable annual compendium of navigational data for yachtsmen. With over 45,000 annual changes to the print edition and the option of accessing the whole Almanac in digital form, it is regarded as the bible of almanacs for anyone going to sea around the whole of the UK and the North Atlantic from Denmark to Gibraltar.
Description Reeds Nautical Almanac is the indispensable trusted annual compendium of navigational data for yachtsmen and motorboaters, and provides all the information required to navigate Atlantic coastal waters around the whole of the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and the entire European coastline from the tip of Denmark right down to Gibraltar, Northern Morocco, the Azores and Madeira. The 2021 edition continues the Almanac's tradition of year on year improvement and meticulous presentation of all the data required for safe navigation. Now with an improved layout for easier reference and with over 45,000 annual changes, it is regarded as the bible of almanacs for anyone going to sea. The 2021 edition is updated throughout, containing over 45,000 changes, and includes: 700 harbour chartlets; tide tables and tidal streams; buoyage and lights; 7,500 waypoints; invaluable passage notes; distance tables; radio, weather and safety information; first aid section. Also: a free Marina Guide. Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac. co.uk
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Price: AU $100.00 NZ $110.00 ISBN: 9781472980212 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 1104 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reeds Channel Almanac 2021 Reed's Almanac
The Reeds Channel Almanac offers cruising and racing yachtsmen ready access to essential navigation and pilotage information covering the south coast of England from the Scillies to Dover, the Channel Islands and northern France from Calais to L'Aberildut.
Description The Reeds Channel Almanac covers the south coast of England from the Scilly Isles to Dover, the Channel Islands and northern France from Calais to L'Aberildut, offering cruising and racing yachtsmen ready access to essential navigation information by virtue of its clear layout and user friendly format. Completely updated for 2021, topics include seamanship, pilotage, tide tables, safety procedures, navigation tips, radio, lights, waypoints, weather forecast information, communications, Mayday and distress procedures - in fact everything the cruising yachtsman needs to know. The large type size and clear layout makes information easy to read even in adverse conditions. This handy volume is ideal for anyone cruising the length of the English Channel. Includes a free Reeds Marina Guide. Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac. co.uk 'There are some things I would not go to sea without - Reeds is one of them.' Sir Chay Blyth
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Price: AU $79.99 NZ $84.99 ISBN: 9781472980151 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 320 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reeds Eastern Almanac 2021 Reed's Almanac
The Reeds Eastern Almanac is designed specifically for anyone visiting the UK east coast and the Dutch and Belgian coastlines. It offers ready access to essential information by virtue of its clear layout and user friendly format.
Description The Reeds Eastern Almanac covers the UK east coast from Ramsgate to Cape Wrath including the Shetland and Orkney Islands, and from Niewport to Delfzjil and Helgoland. It is the complete guide for North Sea mariners, offering ready access to essential navigation information by virtue of its clear layout and user friendly format. Completely updated for 2021, topics include seamanship, pilotage, tide tables, safety procedures, navigation tips, radio, lights, waypoints, weather forecast information around UK and European waters, communications, Mayday and distress procedures. The large type and clear layout makes information easy to read even in adverse conditions. This handy volume is ideal for anyone cruising the North Sea. Includes a free Reeds Marina Guide. Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac. co.uk 'There are some things I would not go to sea without - Reeds is one of them.' Sir Chay Blyth
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Price: AU $79.99 NZ $84.99 ISBN: 9781472980175 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reeds Western Almanac 2021 Reed's Almanac
The Reeds Western Almanac is ideal for any boater lucky enough to cruise and race in the superb waters off the coast of Western Scotland or Ireland. It offers ready access to essential navigation information by virtue of its clear layout and user friendly format.
Description The Reeds Western Almanac covers the coastline from Cape Wrath to Padstow as well as the whole of Ireland, and is ideal for any boater lucky enough to cruise and race in the superb waters off the coast of Western Scotland, Ireland or Western England. It offers ready access to essential navigation information by virtue of its clear layout and user friendly format. Completely updated for 2021, topics include seamanship, pilotage, tide tables, safety procedures, navigation tips, radio, lights, waypoints, weather forecast information, communications, Mayday and distress procedures. The spiral binding allows the Almanac to be opened flat on the chart table and the large type size and clear layout makes information easy to read even in adverse conditions. It is the complete guide for both Irish and Scottish mariners as well as those cruising the UK west coast. Includes a free Reeds Marina Guide. Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac. co.uk 'There are some things I would not go to sea without - Reeds is one of them.' Sir Chay Blyth
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Price: AU $79.99 NZ $84.99 ISBN: 9781472980236 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 272 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reeds Looseleaf Almanac 2021 (inc binder) Reed's Almanac
The Reeds Looseleaf Almanac is a versatile system that combines almanac and pilotage information. The unique looseleaf format, bound inside a durable binder which stays open on the chart table, lets the user tailor the Reeds Almanac to their needs. The contents are identical to the bound version.
Description The Reeds Looseleaf Almanac provides all the information required to navigate Atlantic coastal waters around the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, and the entire European coastline from the tip of Denmark right down to Gibraltar, including the Azores and Madeira. This is a versatile system that combines almanac and pilotage information in a convenient looseleaf form. The unique looseleaf format, bound inside a durable binder which stays open on the chart table, lets the user tailor the Almanac to their needs by complementing the contents supplied with whatever information they may want to add or take out. The looseleaf format makes information access quick and easy whilst allowing the navigator to refresh it with the annual update pack. Includes 700 harbour chartlets, Harbour facilities, Tide tables and streams, 7,500 waypoints, International codes and flags, Weather, Distance tables, Passage advice, Area planning charts, Rules of the road, Radio information, Communications, Safety, Mayday and distress procedures, and Documentation and Customs. The 2021 edition is updated throughout, containing over 45,000 changes, and includes a free Reeds Marina Guide. Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac. co.uk 'There are some things I would not go to sea without - Reeds is one of them' Sir Chay Blyth 'The big, bold, extravagantly comprehensive king of Almanacs' Yachting World 'On every cruising boat you'll find one of these. Don't start your engines without it' Motor Boat and Yachting 'The bible of almanacs' Classic Boat
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Price: AU $110.00 NZ $120.00 ISBN: 9781472980182 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 1104 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reeds Looseleaf Update Pack 2021 Reed's Almanac
The Reeds Looseleaf Update Pack 2021 is a versatile system that combines almanac and pilotage information. The unique looseleaf format lets the user tailor the Reeds Almanac to their needs. The contents are identical to the bound version. (No binder supplied.)
Description The Reeds Looseleaf Update Pack provides all the information required to navigate Atlantic coastal waters around the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, and the entire European coastline from the tip of Denmark right down to Gibraltar, the Azores and Madeira. A versatile system that combines almanac and pilotage information in a convenient looseleaf form, the Looseleaf Almanac is inserted into a durable binder which stays open on the chart table and lets the user tailor the Almanac to their needs by complementing the contents supplied with whatever information they may want to add or take out. The Update Pack 2020 is for those who have bought the Reeds Looseleaf Almanac in previous years and just want to update their information rather than buy the binder again. Includes 700 harbour chartlets, Harbour facilities, Tide tables and streams, 7,500 waypoints, International codes and flags, Weather, Distance tables, Passage advice, Area planning charts, Rules of the road, Radio information, Communications, Safety, Documentation and customs. The 2021 edition is updated throughout, containing over 45,000 changes. Also includes a free Reeds Marina Guide. Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac. co.uk 'There are some things I would not go to sea without - Reeds is one of them' Sir Chay Blyth 'The big, bold, extravagantly comprehensive king of Almanacs' Yachting World 'On every cruising boat you'll find one of these. Don't start your engines without it' Motor Boat and Yachting 'The bible of almanacs' Classic Boat
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Price: AU $79.99 NZ $84.99 ISBN: 9781472980199 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 1104 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2021 Kendall Carter
With tables devised by practical ocean navigators, the Reeds Astro Navigation Tables is the established annual resource of astro-navigation data for yachtsmen, giving all the information necessary to navigate by the sun, moon, stars and planets. Together with a sextant, this book will enable sailors to navigate confidently and safely when out of sight of land.
Description Reeds Astro Navigation Tables is the established book of annual astro-navigation tables compiled specifically for the needs of yachtsmen. It contains all the information the ocean-going sailor needs (without the bulk) in order to navigate by the sun, moon, stars and planets, using tables devised by practical ocean navigators. This book, together with a sextant, will enable sailors to navigate confidently and safely when out of the sight of land. The book continues to feature the well-received additions of the past few years, including forms to help determine True Altitude (for the sun, stars and planets), Calculated Altitude (using the versine formula) and Azimuth (using the ABC Tables), as well as a pro forma for calculating Intercept. With 8 extra pages and an improved layout, there is plenty of space for making notes and calculations.
About the Author Kendall Carter was the pilot for HMS Ark Royal between 1991 and 1994, and also ran the Royal Navy's Navigation School. He was later harbour master for Portsmouth Harbour, and is now based in Australia, where he acts as a consultant for the Port Authority of New South Wales (Sydney). He is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute.
Price: AU $54.99 NZ $58.99 ISBN: 9781472978677 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 80 pages Bic1: Bic2:
Adlard Coles Nautica AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Funny Life of Pets James Campbell
Ever wondered what your pet is thinking? Or what they are doing when you're not around? Whether you love pets, want a pet, own a pet, or you don't like pets at all but you enjoy laughing so much that you actually fall on the floor - THIS is the book for you!
Description Uncover the funny life of cats, dogs, horses, hamsters and everything else inbetween (and some things that have nothing to do with pets but are still funny) - according to James Campbell, comedian extraordinaire. You should know that this is NOT a normal book. 1) You read a normal book by starting on page one and reading to the end. This book isn't like that. You can read it forwards, backwards, sideways, and in approximately 861,000 different ways inbetween. 2) This is not a fact book. Well, it is a bit. But it's also a story. This is a book with outrageous facts, hilarious jokes, and brilliant stories about pets, the author, and all sorts of other things - like how cats are afraid of cucumbers. 3) WARNING: Anything you think you might have learned from this book might not be very accurate so should not be used in a school project or as part of homework. Unless of course, you are made of stardust and are as brave as sunshine. This book answers all the big questions, like: do sausage dogs eat sausages? Why has my cat done a poo-poo behind my wardrobe? And, how can I persuade my parents to get me a pet? For real-life pet facts, ridiculously funny illustrations, imaginary stories, and a hilarious read, read on!
About the Author James Campbell decided to be a writer when he was seven, once he had decided that he could not be a duck. James travels around primary schools, telling stories and encouraging children to write their own stuff. He spends lots of weekends at literary festivals, or in theatres, doing his one man show (as a stand up comedian). It's for children over six and their families. He talks about funny things in a funny way that children seem to like! Rob Jones is an extremely funny young illustrator. In May 2015, his first book 'Bernard' won The People's Book Prize. When he's not drawing, he makes toys and puppets (mostly characters from his books). He doesn't have a pet but he Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 could have an imaginary one. ISBN: 9781408889947 Format: Misc PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 188h x 153w mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Conservation, restoration & care of artworks Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Funny Life of Teachers James Campbell
Whether you love or loathe your teachers, want to become one when you grow up or don't give two figs about your teacher but simply love a HILARIOUS read, this book is for you. Prepare to roll around the floor laughing with the snot-inducingly brilliant The Funny Life of Teachers.
Description Uncover the ridiculously funny life of teachers (and some things that have nothing to do with teachers but are still splendidly funny) according to James Campbell, comedian extraordinaire. Ever wondered what teachers do when they're not in the classroom? Are they undercover detectives, champion roller-blade dancers or do they spend their evenings playing with their 576 cats? This face-achingly funny book will also teach you why you should carry an emergency banana with you at all times, how to fart in class silently without anyone knowing it was you and how to catapult yourself to school by building a medieval style catapult in your back garden!
Whether you love or loathe your teachers, want to become one when you grow up or don't give two figs about your teacher but simply love a HILARIOUS read, this book is for you. Prepare to roll around the floor laughing with the snot- inducingly brilliant The Funny Life of Teachers. But be warned Co this is NOT a normal book. You can read it forwards, backwards, sideways and in approximately 861,000 different ways in between. Whichever way you read it, look no further for fantastic real-life teacher facts, incredibly funny illustrations, imaginary stories and an impossibly silly read!
About the Author James Campbell decided to be a writer when he was seven, once he had decided that he could not be a duck. James travels around primary schools, telling stories and encouraging children to write their own stuff. He spends lots of weekends around the country at literary festivals or in theatres, doing his one-man show (as a stand-up comedian). He even visit schools with his hilarious comedy and has sold out many events, including his show at the Royal Festival Hall. He talks about funny things in a funny way that children seem to like! James is the author behind the hilarious The Funny Price: AU $12.99 NZ $14.99 Life of Pets. ISBN: 9781408898246 Rob Jones is an extremely funny young illustrator. In May 2015, his first book Bernard won The People's Book Prize. Format: Misc PB When he's not drawing, he makes toys and puppets (mostly characters from his books). Rob is the brilliantly fun illustrator Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 189h x 153w mm behind The Funny Life of Pets. Extent: 208 pages Bic1: Conservation, restoration & care of artworks Bic2:
Bloomsbury Child AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Reading Fashion in Art Ingrid E. Mida
The ideal introduction for students and anyone interested in fashion and art, this beautifully illustrated book is an accessible, practical guide to analysing dress in painting and sculpture.
Description Dress and fashion are central to our understanding of art. From the stylization of the body to subtle textile embellishments and richly symbolic colors, dress tells a story and provides clues as to the cultural beliefs of the time in which artworks were produced. This concise and accessible book provides a step-by-step guide to analysing dress in art, including paintings, photographs, drawings and art installations.
The first section of the book includes an introduction to visual analysis and explains how to 'read' fashion and dress in an artwork using the checklists. The second section offers case studies which demonstrate how artworks can be analysed from the point of view of key themes including status and identity, modernity, ideals of beauty, gender, race, globalization and politics. The book includes iconic as well as lesser known works of art, including work by Elisabeth Vig e le Brun, Thomas Gainsborough, James Jacques Tissot, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, Yinka Shonibare, Mickalene Thomas, Kent Monkman and many others. Reading Fashion in Art is the perfect text for students of fashion coming to art history for the first time as well as art history students studying dress in art and will be an essential handbook for any gallery visitor. The step-by-step methodology helps the reader learn to look at any work of art that includes the dressed or undressed body and confidently develop a critical analysis of what they see.
About the Author Ingrid E. Mida (PhD, Art History & Visual Culture) is an art and dress historian. Responsible for the revival of the Ryerson Fashion Research Collection in Canada, Dr. Mida is the author of books, chapters, and articles on fashion and art, research methods in fashion and art history, curatorial practice, and museum studies.
Price: AU $150.00 NZ $165.00 ISBN: 9781350032699 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Libertine Fashion: Sexual Freedom, Rebellion, and Style Adam Geczy; Vicki Karaminas
This cross-disciplinary study aims to looks at libertine practices and fashions, focusing on transgressive behavior from early modernity to the present.
Description Libertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance. This innovative book is the first to focus fully on the relationship between libertinism as a social phenomenon and as a form of fashion. Taking the reader from early modernity to the present day, Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas reveal how the connection between clothing and the taboo, the erotic, and the forbidden is at the heart of 'libertine fashion'.
Moving from the decadent courts of Charles II and Louis XV to the catwalks of the 21st century, Libertine Fashion examines literary and sartorial figures ranging from the Marquis de Sade and Lord Byron to Oscar Wilde, Josephine Baker, Colette, and Madonna. Focusing on libertinism as a sartorial practice and identity, this book traces the genealogy of the concept through the proto feminists of the English Reformation, the hedonistic decadents of the fin de si cle, and the Flappers of the Roaring 20s. The historical arc traverses the 1970s era of punk and glam, the shapeshifting personae of David Bowie, and the 'disciplinary regimes' of Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Looking at libertine practices and appearances with fresh eyes, this bracing and original book affords many new insights into transgressive style, and of the relationship between sexuality and clothing. Accessible and thoroughly researched, Libertine Fashion uses a multidisciplinary approach that draws on historical literature, film, fashion, philosophy, and popular culture. Offering a historical and philosophical grounding in contemporary forms of identity and dress, it is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, gender, sexuality, and cultural studies.
About the Author Adam Geczy is an artist and writer, and teaches at Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney, Australia.
Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Design, College of Creative
Price: AU $150.00 NZ $165.00 Arts, Massey University, New Zealand. ISBN: 9781350054080 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 256 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Visual Arts AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Life Is a Game: What Game Design Says about the Human Condition Edward Castronova
Life is a Game describes how insights from game design can improve life outcomes.
Description What if life is a game? Are you winning? Have you even decided what 'winning' is? Game design could be defined in many ways, but here the term is used to denote the practice of creating choices. Designing a game, in this sense, involves crafting limits, rewards, incentives, and risks in such a way that the person who interacts with the game Co the player Co makes choices that have consequences. Edward Castronova urges readers to think about the fundamentals of the human condition and compare them to different games that we all know. In some ways, life is like an idle game: providing unchallenging distractions that fit easily into a person's daily routine. In other ways, life is like the game Minesweeper: You poke in different places to learn about what you don't know, taking care to avoid big explosions. Or, life is like a role-playing game: You adopt a persona and speak your part, always seeking adventure. Bringing together questions relating to diverse fields Co such as politics, economics, sociology and philosophy - Castronova persuades readers to broaden the scope of game design to answer questions about life's everyday obstacles. The object of this book is to take seriously the idea that life is a game. The goal is not to make readers wealthier or healthier. Its goal is to go on a journey into the human condition, with game design as a guide.
About the Author Edward Castronova is Professor of Media at Indiana University, USA. He is the author of Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games (2006), Exodus to the Virtual World (2008) and Wildcat Currency: The Virtual Transformation of the Economy (2014). He specializes in Games, Technology, and Society, and has served in the past as Director of the BS degree program in Game Design, and Chair of the Department of Media Arts and Production.
Price: AU $180.00 NZ $198.00 ISBN: 9781501359187 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 240 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Rise and Fall of James Busby: His Majesty's British Resident in NewZealand Paul Moon
The first full-length biography of James Busby, British Resident of New Zealand 1833-1840, and his role in the early history of colonial New Zealand.
Description One of the British Empire's most troubling colonial exports in the 19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian wine industry, the author of New Zealand's Declaration of Independence and a central figure in the early history of independent New Zealand as its British Resident from 1833 to 1840. Officially the man on the ground for the British government in the volatile society of New Zealand in the 1830s, Busby endeavoured to create his own parliament and act independently of his superiors in London. This put him on a collision course with the British Government, and ultimately destroyed his career. With a reputation as an inept, conceited and increasingly embittered person, this caricature of Busby's character has slipped into the historical bloodstream where it remains to the present day. This book draws on an extensive range of previously-unused archival records to reconstruct Busby's life in much more intimate form, and exposes the back-room plotting that ultimately destroyed his plans for New Zealand. It will alter the way that Britain's colonisation of New Zealand is understood, and will leave readers with an appreciation of how individuals, more than policies, shaped the Empire and its rule.
About the Author Paul Moon is Professor of History and Head of the School of History at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Among his twenty-five published books are This Horrid Practice: The Myth and Reality of Traditional Maori Cannibalism, A History of New Zealand in the Twentieth Century, a trilogy of volumes on the Tuhoe tohunga (expert) Hohepa Kereopa, as well as biographies of Governors Hobson, FitzRoy, and the Ngapuhi chief Hone Heke, and Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand, which was shortlisted for the 2014 Ernest Scott Australasian Prize in History.
Price: AU $130.00 NZ $143.00 ISBN: 9781350116641 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 368 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 The Roman Occupation of Britain and its Legacy Rupert Jackson
A complete, up-to-date and readable history of Roman Britain, rooted in detailed scholarship yet accessible for students and non-specialists
Description This book tells the fascinating story of Roman Britain, beginning with the late pre-Roman Iron Age and ending with the province's independence from Roman rule in AD 409. Incorporating for the first time the most recent archaeological discoveries from Hadrian's Wall, London and other sites across the country, and richly illustrated throughout with photographs and maps, this reliable and up-to-date new account is essential reading for students, non-specialists and general readers alike. Writing in a clear, readable and lively style, Rupert Jackson draws on current research and new findings to deepen our understanding of the role played by Britain in the Roman Empire, deftly integrating the ancient texts with new archaeological material. A key theme of the book is that Rome's annexation of Britain was an imprudent venture, motivated more by political prestige than economic gain, such that Britain became a 'trophy province' unable to pay its own way. However, the impact that Rome and its provinces had on this distant island was nevertheless profound: huge infrastructure projects transformed the countryside and means of travel, capital and principal cities emerged, and the Roman way of life was inseparably absorbed into local traditions. Many of those transformations continue to resonate to this day, as we encounter their traces in both physical remains and in civic life.
About the Author Sir Rupert Jackson (a former lord justice of appeal) is an Independent Scholar based in London, UK. Having read classics at Cambridge before turning to the law, he has retained a lifelong interest in the subject. He is a keen and experienced academic reviewer of titles relating to Classics and Ancient History.
Price: AU $170.00 NZ $187.00 ISBN: 9781350149380 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 360 pages Bic1: Heading Bic2:
BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Morality and Ethics at War: Bridging the Gaps Between the Soldier and the State Deane-Peter Baker
A ground-breaking exploration of the gap between individual morals and the professional military ethic, providing a framework that enables military leaders to address today's ethical challenges.
Description In Morality and Ethics of War, which includes a foreword by Major General Susan Coyle, ethicist Deane-Peter Baker goes beyond existing treatments of military ethics to address a fundamental problem: the yawning gap between the diverse moral frameworks defining personal identity on the one hand, and the professional military ethic on the other. Baker argues that overcoming this chasm is essential to minimising the ethical risks that can lead to operational and strategic failure for military forces engaged in today's complex conflict environment. He contends that spanning the gap is vital in preventing moral injury from befalling the nation's uniformed servants. Drawing on a revised account of what he calls 'the Just War Continuum', Baker develops a bridging framework that combines conceptual clarity and rigour with insights from cutting edge psychological research and creates a practical means for military leaders to negotiate the moral chasm in military affairs.
About the Author Deane-Peter Baker is an Associate Professor of Ethics at the University of New South Wales, Australia; a Visiting Research Fellow in the Kings College London Centre for Military Ethics, UK; and a Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Ethics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Previous books include Citizen Killings (Bloomsbury 2016) and Just Warriors Inc. (Continuum 2010).
Price: AU $130.00 NZ $143.00 ISBN: 9781350104556 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Academic UK AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Words' Worth: What the Poet Does Claudia Brodsky
Gives students and scholars a new way to approach the theory and interpretation of poetry and indeed modern literature.
Description Claudia Brodsky marshals her equal expertise in literature and philosophy to redefine the terms and trajectory of the theory and interpretation of modern poetry. Taking her cue from Wordsworth's revolutionary understanding of 'real language,' Brodsky unfolds a provocative new theory of poetry, a way of looking at poetry that challenges traditional assumptions. Analyzing both theory and practice, and taking in a broad swathe of writers and thinkers from Wordsworth to Rousseau to Hegel to Proust, Brodsky is at pains to draw out the transformative, active, and effective power of literature. Poetry, she says, is only worthy of the name when it is not the property of the poet but of society, when it is valued for what it does. Words' Worth is a bold new work, by a leading scholar of literature, which demands a response from all students and scholars of modern poetry.
About the Author Claudia Brodsky is Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, USA, as well as Directeur de Programme at the Coll ge International de Philosophie in Paris, France. She is the author or editor of six books, including Lines of Thought (Duke University Press, 1996), which has been translated into French and German, and Birth of a Nation'hood (Pantheon Books, 1997), which she co-edited with Toni Morrison.
Price: AU $120.00 NZ $132.00 ISBN: 9781501364532 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 160 pages Bic1: Bic2:
BLM Acad US AUSTRALIA SEPTEMBER 2020 Transforming University Education: A Manifesto Paul Ashwin
Examines contemporary debates around the purposes of undergraduate higher education, arguing that we need to develop an educational case for a higher education.
Description What is a university degree for? What can it offer to students? Is it only about getting a job? How can we measure the quality of an undergraduate degree?
Paul Ashwin shows how, around the world, economic arguments have come to dominate our thinking about the purpose and nature of university education. He argues that we have lost a sense of the educational purposes of an undergraduate degree and the ways in which going to university can transform students' lives.
Ashwin challenges a series of myths related to the purposes, educational processes, and quality of an undergraduate education. He argues that these myths have fuelled the current misunderstanding of the educational aspects of higher education and explores what is needed to reinvigorate our understanding of a university education. Throughout, Ashwin draws on his deep engagement with international research to offer an accessible and thought-provoking analysis of the nature of university education.
About the Author Paul Ashwin is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University, UK.
Price: AU $150.00 NZ $165.00 ISBN: 9781350157248 Format: Misc HB Package Type: HARD BACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 176 pages Bic1: Bic2:
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