HACHETTE AUSTRALIA & INDIA CATALOGUE
SPRING 2019
HACHETTE AUSTRALIA
The Horseman Charlotte Nash
Summary
It's been eleven years since Dr Peta Woodward, born into a horse-breeding dynasty, fled the family stud in the wake of a deadly tragedy that split her family apart. Carrying wounds that have never truly healed, Peta has focused on helping others. But when an injury during a solo trip through the Australian high country leaves her stranded, the man who comes to her rescue is Craig Munroe, a born and bred high-country horseman, and the kind of man legends are written about.
Stuck in the tiny town of Yarraman Falls while she recovers, Peta is surrounded by prying eyes and heartbreaking reminders of all she has lost. But while she resolves to leave as soon as she can, fate has other ideas . . .
Fans of Rachael Johns will devour THE HORSEMAN, the passionate new novel of romance, medicine and drama from much-loved author Charlotte Nash
Hachette Australia 9780733638633 Contributor Bio Pub Date: 4/2/19 Charlotte Nash is the bestselling author of six novels, including four set in country On Sale Date: 4/2/2019 Australia, and The Paris Wedding, which has been sold in eight countries and $15.99/$17.99 Can. translated into multiple languages. In her new novel, Saving You, she takes us on a Paperback road trip across the USA, with a story that showcases her signature style: lush sense 352 Pages of place, rich plot, emotive heart, and a body and soul odyssey for her characters. Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Romance She is an intrepid traveller with a lifelong love of new experiences, and has adventured around Australia and the world for both work and pleasure, including in her pre-writing life as an engineer and medico. When not writing, she is a connoisseur of beautiful baked goods, gourmet tea, and an eclectic mix of favourite movies.
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The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club Sophie Green
Summary
LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS 2018: General Fiction Book of the Year and Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year
In 1978 the Northern Territory has begun to self-govern. Cyclone Tracy is a recent memory and telephones not yet a fixture on the cattle stations dominating the rugged outback. Life is hard and people are isolated. But they find ways to connect.
Sybil is the matriarch of Fairvale Station, run by her husband, Joe. Their eldest son, Lachlan, was Joe's designated successor but he has left the Territory - for good. It is up to their second son, Ben, to take his brother's place. But that doesn't stop Sybil grieving the absence of her child.
With her oldest friend, Rita, now living in Alice Springs and working for the Royal Hachette Australia Flying Doctor Service, and Ben's English wife, Kate, finding it difficult to adjust to life 9780733640407 Pub Date: 4/9/19 at Fairvale, Sybil comes up with a way to give them all companionship and purpose: On Sale Date: 4/9/2019 they all love to read, and she forms a book club. $14.99/$17.99 Can. Paperback Mother-of-three Sallyanne is invited to join them. Sallyanne dreams of a life far 432 Pages removed from the dusty town of Katherine where she lives with her difficult husband, Carton Qty: 0 Mick. Fiction / Sagas
Completing the group is Della, who left Texas for Australia looking for adventure and work on the land.
If you loved THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, THE LITTLE COFFEE SHOP OF KABUL and THE THORN BIRDS you will devour this story of five different women united by one need: to overcome the vast distances of Australia's Top End with friendship, tears, laughter, books and love.
'The story of these resilient women is tender and intimate. Sophie Green has created a world that's as heartwarming, fulfilling and Australian as a lamb roast and full-bodied shiraz' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY
'An absolute gem of a novel, with the most evocative sense of place . . . A definite treat for any book club.' BETTER READING Contributor Bio Sophie Green is an author and publisher who lives in Sydney. She has written several fiction and non-fiction books, some under other names. In her spare time she writes about country music on her blog, Jolene. She grew up by the water in Sydney and will holiday by the ocean in preference to anywhere else. THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FAIRVALE LADIES BOOK CLUB, a Top Ten bestseller, was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards for General Fiction Book of the Year 2018, longlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year and longlisted for the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction 2018.
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HACHETTE AUSTRALIA
Nineteen Letters Winner of the Romantic Book of the Year Award Jodi Perry
Summary
The 19th of January, 1996 ... I'll never forget it. It was the day we met. I was seven and she was six. It was the day she moved in next door, and the same day I developed my first crush on a girl.
Then tragedy struck. Nineteen days after our wedding day, she was in an accident that would change our lives forever. When she woke from her coma, she had no memory of me, of us, of the love we shared.
That's when I started writing her letters.The stories of our life. Of when we met. About the happier times, and everything we'd experienced together.
What we had was far too beautiful to be forgotten.
Hachette Australia 9780733635892 If you love Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel THE NOTEBOOK you will devour Pub Date: 4/16/19 the compelling, emotional storytelling of Jodi Perry's NINETEEN LETTERS, On Sale Date: 4/16/2019 winner of the Romantic Book of the Year 2018 from the Romance Writers of $18.99/$24.99 Can. Paperback Australia. It will make you laugh, and it will make you cry. 400 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Romance Jodi Perry was born in Sydney, Australia, and has lived there her whole life. Under the name J. L. Perry, her last four novels were all number one bestsellers in ebook. Jodi travels annually to the UK and US to promote her books and to meet her many fans. Nineteen Letters is the first novel to be published under the name Jodi Perry.
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The Botanist's Daughter Kayte Nunn
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Discovery. Desire. Deception. A wondrously imagined tale of two female botanists, separated by more than a century, in a race to discover a life-saving flower . . .
In Victorian England, headstrong adventuress Elizabeth takes up her late father's quest for a rare, miraculous plant. She faces a perilous sea voyage, unforeseen dangers and treachery that threatens her entire family.
In present-day Australia, Anna finds a mysterious metal box containing a sketchbook of dazzling watercolours, a photograph inscribed 'Spring 1886' and a small bag of seeds. It sets her on a path far from her safe, carefully ordered life, and on a journey that will force her to face her own demons.
In this spellbinding botanical odyssey of discovery, desire and deception, Kayte Nunn Hachette Australia 9780733639388 has so exquisitely researched nineteenth-century Cornwall and Chile you can almost Pub Date: 4/23/19 smell the fragrance of the flowers, the touch of the flora on your fingertips . . . On Sale Date: 4/23/2019 $18.99/$24.99 Can. Paperback 'Two incredibly likeable, headstrong heroines . . . watching them flourish is captivating. With these dynamic women at the helm, Kayte weaves a clever tale of 400 Pages plant treachery involving exotic and perilous encounters in Chile, plus lashings of Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & Detective gentle romance. Compelling storytelling' The Australian Women's Weekly
'I loved The Botanist's Daughter. I was transported to the 1880s and Chile, to contemporary Sydney and Kew. A gripping, warm-hearted read' JOY RHOADES, author of The Woolgrower's Companion
'The riveting story of two women, divided by a century in time, but united by their quest to discover a rare and dangerous flower said to have the power to heal as well as kill. Fast-moving and full of surprises, The Botanist's Daughter brings the exotic world of 19th-century Chile thrillingly to life' KATE FORSYTH Contributor Bio Kayte Nunn is a former book and magazine editor, and the author of two contemporary novels, ROSE'S VINTAGE and ANGEL'S SHARE. THE BOTANIST'S DAUGHTER was Kayte's first novel of transporting historical fiction, followed by THE FORGOTTEN LETTERS OF ESTHER DURRANT, set largely in the atmospheric Isles of Scilly. If you would like to see the wonderful images inspired by the book, Kayte's Pinterest page is at: pinterest.com.au/kaytenunn/the-forgotten-letters-of-esther- durrant/ or you can find her at kaytenunn.com
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HACHETTE AUSTRALIA
Secrets Between Friends Fiona Palmer
Summary
Life was about living, experiencing and emotions. The good and the bad. You had to laugh to cry. You had to love to hurt. You had to jump to fall or fly.
Best friends Abbie, Jess and Ricki are setting sail on a cruise ship, rekindling the excitement of a school excursion they took ten years earlier to the historic port town of Albany, the oldest city on the stunning turquoise coastline of Western Australia. But are they truly prepared for what this voyage will reveal?
Ricki, a dedicated nurse, harbours a dream she hasn't chased. Is she actually happy or stuck in a rut?
Jess, a school teacher and single mother to little Ollie, had a tough upbringing but found her way through with the help of her closest male friend, Peter. But Peter has bought an engagement ring and is ready to propose to Ricki . . . Hachette Australia 9780733640414 Pub Date: 5/21/19 Abbie had it all: a career, a loving boyfriend and a future, but a visit to the doctor On Sale Date: 5/21/2019 bears scary news. Her world is tumbling down and she feels adrift at sea. $13.99/$15.99 Can. Paperback SECRETS BETWEEN FRIENDS is a poignant novel of romance, family dynamics and 368 Pages friendship. Through her highly relatable, sympathetic characters, beloved Australian Carton Qty: 0 storyteller Fiona Palmer writes about issues, experiences and emotions we have all 7 in H | 6.6 in W | 0.9 in T | 0.5 lb Wt faced while posing the ultimate question: What is really important in this life?
'As always, Fiona Palmer writes realistic characters and situations . . . makes for compelling reading, and issues and emotions the characters face have the power to make us think about our own friendships, families and romantic lives.' BETTER READING
'a heartfelt tale of how long-held secrets can catch up with even the closest of mates' YOURS Contributor Bio Before becoming an author, Fiona Palmer was a speedway driver for seven years and now spends her days writing both women's and young adult fiction, working as a farmhand and caring for her two children in the tiny rural community of Pingaring, 350km from Perth. The books Fiona's passionate readers know and love contain engaging storylines, emotions and hearty characters. She has written nine bestselling novels and her most recent book, SECRETS BETWEEN FRIENDS, was a Top Ten national bestseller.
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The Women's Brain Book The neuroscience of health, hormones and happiness Dr Sarah McKay
Summary
Understanding how the brain grows and changes through the stages of life is key to health and wellbeing. This is not a book about the differences between male and female brains, nor a book using neuroscience to explain gender-specific behaviours, the 'battle of the sexes' or 'Mars-Venus' stereotypes. This is a book about what happens inside the brains and bodies of women as they move through the phases of life, and the unique - and often misunderstood - effects of female biology and hormones.
Dr McKay give insights into brain development during infancy, childhood and the teenage years (including the onset of puberty) and also takes a look at mental health as well as the ageing brain. The book weaves together findings from the research lab, case studies and interviews with neuroscientists and other researchers working in the disciplines of neuroendocrinology, brain development, brain health and ageing. Hachette Australia 9780733638527 Pub Date: 3/5/19 This comprehensive guide explores the brain during significant life stages, including: On Sale Date: 3/5/2019 In utero $24.99/$32.99 Can. Childhood Paperback Puberty 320 Pages The Menstrual Cycle Carton Qty: 0 Health & Fitness / Women's The Teenage Brain Health Depression and Anxiety Pregnancy and Motherhood Menopause The Ageing Brain Contributor Bio Dr Sarah McKay is an Oxford-educated, respected neuroscientist and the founder of the Neuroscience Academy. She specialises in translating brain science research into simple, actionable strategies for peak performance, creativity, health and wellbeing. She writes for numerous publications and has been published extensively for the professional audience. yourbrainhealth.com.au
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LOTHIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Origami Heart Binny
Summary
Kabuki is a lovely neat rabbit boy who likes everything to be just so, from his bow tie to his snow pea tea.
But one thing is missing from Kabuki's perfect life: someone to share it with. He must find a way to make a friend in the big, bustling city.
Readers of all ages will fall in love with Kabuki and his lushly illustrated world.
Lothian Children's Books 9780734416971 Binny's work in ORIGAMI HEART has won the Illustrators Australia Silver Category Pub Date: 4/30/19 (Book - Single) Award 2015. On Sale Date: 4/30/2019 $12.99/$16.99 Can. Contributor Bio Paperback Picture Book Binny (Author, Illustrator) 24 Pages Binny is an award-winning illustrator and designer whose hand-drawn and playful Carton Qty: 0 illustrations can be found widely across the US, UK, Japan and Australia in major Ages 4 to 6, Grades P to 1 Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes children's clothing brands, children's toys, interior design, books, album covers and greeting cards. Binny's illustration career has flowed on from a design background as an agency Art Director and Creative Director and an honours degree in Visual Communications. She is the creator and illustrator of the app SNEAKY SAM. Her authorial debut, ORIGAMI HEART, was published by Hachette in 2016.
To see more of Binny's work, you can follow her on instagram @binnyillustration, on twitter @binnytalib or visit her website at www.binny.com.au
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LOTHIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Zoom Sha'an d'Anthes
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Scout is an inventor, a dreamer, a do-er. After breakfast, Scout builds a rocket and flies to outer space to explore our solar system and the animals that make up the universe. When the rocket starts running low on fuel, it's time to go home and get ready for bed. Because even the most intrepid explorers need their sleep.
Zoom is an adventure story full of fun sounds and action that is a delight to read aloud.
Lothian Children's Books 9780734417633 Contributor Bio Pub Date: 5/7/19 Sha'an d'Anthes is a Sydney-based creative whose career as an artist/illustrator has On Sale Date: 5/7/2019 seen her travel, show and sell work all over the world. Through her brand Furry Little $12.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback Picture Book Peach, Sha'an has established and rallied a large audience that grows steadily by the day. For more on Sha'an, check out her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com 32 Pages /furrylittlepeach/?hl=en Carton Qty: 0 Ages 4 to 6, Grades P to 1 Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure
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LOTHIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Quark's Academy Catherine Pelosi
Summary
SCIENCE IN PROGRESS - ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Junior science geniuses Augustine, Celeste and Oscar can't believe their luck when they're accepted into an elite and mysterious science academy summer camp run by the elusive Inventor Quark.
From the moment they step inside the gates of Quark's Academy at the end of Molecule Drive, they know they're in for a week they'll never forget. But things at the academy are not quite what they seem, and the three quickly realise that they'll need to put their squabbles aside and their heads together if they're ever to get out of there alive...
A page-turning adventure for readers aged eight to twelve, QUARK'S ACADEMY is bound to cause a hair-raising reaction! Lothian Children's Books 9780734417800 Pub Date: 5/14/19 'an engaging and entertaining debut for readers aged eight and up with an interest in On Sale Date: 5/14/2019 STEM - or those who just love a well-paced adventure story with fantastical $11.99/$14.99 Can. elements.' 4.5 stars - BOOKS + PUBLISHING Paperback
240 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 0 Catherine Pelosi is a Sydney-based children's book author. When she was younger, Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7 she loved two things in equal measure: animals and writing stories. For a long time Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology she wanted to be a zoologist. Catherine has had several jobs working with animals, including in wildlife rescue, as a dinosaur tour guide and marketing for an animal shelter in London, but her love of writing never went away. These days, she writes as often as she can. Catherine hasn't lost her love of animals, however, and you will often find one or two roaming through her stories. QUARK'S ACADEMY is Catherine's first novel; SOMETHING FOR FLEUR is her first picture book.
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LOTHIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
101 Collective Nouns Jennifer Cossins
Summary
A beautifully illustrated picture book featuring 101 full-colour animal illustrations, each with its very own collective noun - from the 2017 CBCA shortlisted author/illustrator of A-Z of Endangered Animals.
A tribe of kiwis? A smack of jellyfish? A wisdom of wombats?
Come along an illustrated journey through the animal kingdom with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins. Featuring 101 full-colour animal illustrations, each with its very own collective noun, as well as a brief history of collective nouns, this book will delight children and adults alike. Lothian Children's Books 9780734417961 Contributor Bio Pub Date: 3/12/19 Jennifer Cossins is a 2017 CBCA Honour Book-winning Tasmanian artist and writer On Sale Date: 3/12/2019 $16.99/$21.99 Can. with a passion for nature, the animal kingdom and all things bright and colourful. A Hardcover Picture Book born and bred Tasmanian, Jennifer also designs homewares, textiles and stationery,
112 Pages which she stocks in her store in Hobart, Red Parka. Jennifer's books include A-Z OF Carton Qty: 0 ENDANGERED ANIMALS, 101 COLLECTIVE NOUNS, THE BABY ANIMAL BOOK and THE Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & ULTIMATE ANIMAL COUNTING BOOK. Nature
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LOTHIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
101 Collective Nouns Jennifer Cossins
Summary
A beautifully illustrated picture book featuring 101 full-colour animal illustrations, each with its very own collective noun - from the 2017 CBCA shortlisted author/illustrator of A-Z of Endangered Animals.
A tribe of kiwis? A smack of jellyfish? A wisdom of wombats?
Come along an illustrated journey through the animal kingdom with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins. Featuring 101 full-colour animal illustrations, each with its very own collective noun, as well as a brief history of collective nouns, this book will delight children and adults alike. Lothian Children's Books 9780734417978 Contributor Bio Pub Date: 3/12/19 Jennifer Cossins is a 2017 CBCA Honour Book-winning Tasmanian artist and writer On Sale Date: 3/12/2019 $12.99/$16.99 Can. with a passion for nature, the animal kingdom and all things bright and colourful. A Paperback Picture Book born and bred Tasmanian, Jennifer also designs homewares, textiles and stationery,
112 Pages which she stocks in her store in Hobart, Red Parka. Jennifer's books include A-Z OF Carton Qty: 0 ENDANGERED ANIMALS, 101 COLLECTIVE NOUNS, THE BABY ANIMAL BOOK and THE Ages 3 And Up, Grades P to 17 ULTIMATE ANIMAL COUNTING BOOK. Juvenile Nonfiction / Language Arts
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A-Z of Endangered Animals Jennifer Cossins
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This beautifully illustrated full-colour picture book is packed with interesting facts and is perfect for young conservationists and students with a keen interest in the world around us.
On this journey through the alphabet, you will encounter some of the world's most beautiful, rare and endangered animals, from the majestic Amur tiger and the curious kakapo, to the misunderstood Tasmanian devil and the shy zebra duiker.
Come on an illustrated expedition through the animal kingdom with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins. Lothian Children's Books 9780734417954 A 2017 CBCA Honour Book. Pub Date: 3/19/19 On Sale Date: 3/19/2019 Contributor Bio $16.99/$21.99 Can. Hardcover Picture Book Jennifer Cossins is a 2017 CBCA Honour Book-winning Tasmanian artist and writer with a passion for nature, the animal kingdom and all things bright and colourful. A 64 Pages Carton Qty: 0 born and bred Tasmanian, Jennifer also designs homewares, textiles and stationery, Ages 6 to 10, Grades 1 to 5 which she stocks in her store in Hobart, Red Parka. Jennifer's books include A-Z OF Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts ENDANGERED ANIMALS, 101 COLLECTIVE NOUNS, THE BABY ANIMAL BOOK and THE ULTIMATE ANIMAL COUNTING BOOK.
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LOTHIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
A-Z of Endangered Animals Jennifer Cossins
Summary
This beautifully illustrated full-colour picture book is packed with interesting facts and is perfect for young conservationists and students with a keen interest in the world around us.
On this journey through the alphabet, you will encounter some of the world's most beautiful, rare and endangered animals, from the majestic Amur tiger and the curious kakapo, to the misunderstood Tasmanian devil and the shy zebra duiker.
Come on an illustrated expedition through the animal kingdom with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins. Lothian Children's Books 9780734418579 A 2017 CBCA Honour Book. Pub Date: 3/19/19 On Sale Date: 3/19/2019 Contributor Bio $12.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback Picture Book Jennifer Cossins is a 2017 CBCA Honour Book-winning Tasmanian artist and writer with a passion for nature, the animal kingdom and all things bright and colourful. A 64 Pages Carton Qty: 0 born and bred Tasmanian, Jennifer also designs homewares, textiles and stationery, Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & which she stocks in her store in Hobart, Red Parka. Jennifer's books include A-Z OF Nature ENDANGERED ANIMALS, 101 COLLECTIVE NOUNS, THE BABY ANIMAL BOOK and THE ULTIMATE ANIMAL COUNTING BOOK.
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The Baby Animal Book Jennifer Cossins
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An adorable and informative picture book from the 2017 CBCA shortlisted author/illustrator Jennifer Cossins, author of A-Z of Endangered Animals and 101 Collective Nouns.
What do you call a baby penguin? Or a baby owl? Or a baby platypus?
Come along on an illustrated journey through the animal kingdom with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins and find out! Lothian Children's Books 9780734418159 A CBCA Notable book. Pub Date: 3/26/19 On Sale Date: 3/26/2019 Contributor Bio $16.99/$21.99 Can. Hardcover Picture Book Jennifer Cossins is a 2017 CBCA Honour Book-winning Tasmanian artist and writer with a passion for nature, the animal kingdom and all things bright and colourful. A 64 Pages Carton Qty: 0 born and bred Tasmanian, Jennifer also designs homewares, textiles and stationery, Ages 3 to 6, Grades P to 1 which she stocks in her store in Hobart, Red Parka. Jennifer's books include A-Z OF Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & ENDANGERED ANIMALS, 101 COLLECTIVE NOUNS, THE BABY ANIMAL BOOK and THE Nature ULTIMATE ANIMAL COUNTING BOOK. Related Products Other Formats 9780734418166 - $12.99 Other_format
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LOTHIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
The Baby Animal Book Jennifer Cossins
Summary
An adorable and informative picture book from the 2017 CBCA shortlisted author/illustrator Jennifer Cossins, author of A-Z of Endangered Animals and 101 Collective Nouns.
What do you call a baby penguin? Or a baby owl? Or a baby platypus?
Come along on an illustrated journey through the animal kingdom with Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins and find out! Lothian Children's Books 9780734418166 A CBCA Notable book. Pub Date: 3/26/19 On Sale Date: 3/26/2019 Contributor Bio $12.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback Picture Book Jennifer Cossins is a 2017 CBCA Honour Book-winning Tasmanian artist and writer with a passion for nature, the animal kingdom and all things bright and colourful. A 64 Pages Carton Qty: 0 born and bred Tasmanian, Jennifer also designs homewares, textiles and stationery, Ages 3 And Up, Grades P to 17 which she stocks in her store in Hobart, Red Parka. Jennifer's books include A-Z OF Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & ENDANGERED ANIMALS, 101 COLLECTIVE NOUNS, THE BABY ANIMAL BOOK and THE Nature ULTIMATE ANIMAL COUNTING BOOK. Related Products Other Formats 9780734418159 - $16.99 Other_format
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Emperor Chandragupta Adity Kay
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Becoming an emperor is not easy, especially when there are enemies everywhere and no one you can trustIndia, third century BCE. A land ruled by powerful dynasties, each fighting for supremacy over the other, unaware that a conqueror from Greece has arrived at the country's doorstep in a bid to establish his dominion over the entire known world. In the east, the Magadhan empire is ruled by the Nandas, a clan driven by a limitless hunger for power and given to violence and abuse. From the embers of their lust and avarice a boy is born - a boy named Moriya, raised by a tribe of peacock-tamers and oblivious of the legacy that is rightfully his...until the day he is sought out by Chanakya, a wily political strategist looking for vengeance against the ruthless rulers of Magadha. Under the training and tutelage of his shrewd adviser, the tentative young man, now christened Chandragupta, makes his way across the vast plains of Bharatvarsha to meet the famed invader Alexander and build an army of his own. But being a warrior prince, he finds, comes at a heavy price - of trust and Hachette India loyalty and perhaps even his life... This is the story of a youth who must battle 9789350095683 supreme odds - both within and without - to fulfil his destiny as one of the greatest Pub Date: 3/26/19 emperors the world has ever known. This is the story of Chandragupta Maurya. On Sale Date: 3/26/2019 $15.99/$17.99 Can. Paperback Contributor Bio Adity Kay is the author of the bestselling Emperor Chandragupta. She has nurtured a 408 Pages secret love for history all through her years of working as editor in a magazine, a Carton Qty: 0 human resources professional and a management consultant. She has lived in various places in India and has been as much of a border-crosser in her career as a writer, writing editorials, essays, stories for children and books for older readers across genres. Her eclectic reading in history - across non-fiction and fiction - has led to her fascination with the varied possibilities of times past and has also served as an impetus to travel to long-ago worlds, if only through fiction.
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The Conqueror The Thrilling Tale of the King who Mastered The Seas Aditya Iyengar
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Kingdoms are built by men. Legacies are built by emperors. It is 1025 AD. The mighty Chola empire that controls much of southern Bharatvarsha is helmed by Emperor Rajendra Chola I - a man as enigmatic as his kingdom is renowned. Known for his might and vision, he has now set his sights upon the southern seas, governed by the powerful Srivijaya empire. But his victories also bring forth stories of those affected by his ambition. Of an unnamed princess forced to fend for herself among enemies after everything she has ever known is destroyed by the ravaging Chola forces. Of Maharaja Sangrama, captive in an alien land, who is torn between his enmity tempered by an unusual friendship with the elusive Rajendra Chola and his fierce determination to return to his kingdom. Told through the eyes of a prisoner of war and a princess without a kingdom, The Conqueror is a magnificent narrative - of war and conquest, of loss and death, of kingship and legacy. Hachette India Contributor Bio 9789351951483 Pub Date: 5/14/19 Aditya Iyengar writes novels, screenplays and poetry. His previous books include the On Sale Date: 5/14/2019 critically acclaimed The Thirteenth Day, Palace of Assassins and A Broken Sun. He $15.99/$17.99 Can. splits his time between Delhi and Mumbai. Paperback
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Harvest Revised and Expanded Edition Manjula Padmanabhan
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'A modern morality play. A bitter, savagely funny vision of the cannibalistic future that awaits the human race...' -OUTLOOK A searing portrayal of a society bereft of moral and spiritual anchors, Manjula Padmanabhan's fifth play, Harvest, won the Onassis Award for Original Theatrical Drama in 1997, the first year in which the prize was awarded. Following its international premiere in Greece in 1999, the play has been performed over the years by theatre groups, both amateur and professional, around the world.A dark satire, Harvest tells the story of an impoverished family and the Faustian contract they enter into with a shadowy international corporation: fabulous wealth in exchange for the organs of one of its members. As Ginni, the glamorous American woman who hopes to receive the organs, invades their one-room home via an interactive video device the play lays bare the transactional nature of human relationships - even the most intimate ones.This edition includes, for the first time, a gender-reversed version of the play - an experiment by the author that provides Hachette India startling insights into the stereotypes and societal constructs ingrained deep in the 9789350095140 human psyche and, indeed, into how we perceive gender. Pub Date: 3/19/19 On Sale Date: 3/19/2019 Contributor Bio $15.99/$17.99 Can. Paperback Manjula Padmanabhan is a writer, artist, cartoonist and playwright. Harvest, her fifth play, won the 1997 Onassis Prize for Theatre in Greece. She is the author of several 284 Pages critically acclaimed books, including Getting There, Hot Death, Cold Soup and Three Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Dystopian Virgins and Other Stories. Her most recent novel, The Island of Lost Girls, was published by Hachette India in 2016. Her cartoon strip SukiYaki currently appears weekly in The Hindu BusinessLine, Chennai. She has illustrated twenty-four books for children.
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HACHETTE INDIA
Escape Manjula Padmanabhan
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In the country she inhabits, Meiji is unique. The only surviving female in a land where women have been exterminated, she has been brought up in secret, cloistered and protected, by three men she knows as her uncles - Eldest, Middle and Youngest. Now, as she approaches adolescence, her guardians must ensure that the dictatorial clone Generals who rule their world never get to know of her existence, and it falls to Youngest to escort Meiji on a long and treacherous journey through ravaged landscapes to the very edge of the world known to them. An adventure story like no other, a tale of love and self-discovery in several unexpected layers, Escape is a novel that is as unsettling as it is unputdownable. In its captivating portrayal of tender relationships blooming and thriving in a vicious, forbidding landscape, it bears out Manjula Padmanabhan's genius as a creator of compelling alternative worlds. Contributor Bio Manjula Padmanabhan is a writer, artist, cartoonist and playwright. Harvest, her fifth Hachette India 9789351950141 play, won the 1997 Onassis Prize for Theatre in Greece. She is the author of several Pub Date: 4/23/19 critically acclaimed books, including Getting There, Hot Death, Cold Soup and Three On Sale Date: 4/23/2019 Virgins and Other Stories. Her most recent novel, The Island of Lost Girls, was $15.99/$17.99 Can. Paperback published by Hachette India in 2016. Her cartoon strip SukiYaki currently appears weekly in The Hindu BusinessLine, Chennai. She has illustrated twenty-four books for 400 Pages children Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Dystopian
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The Island of Lost Girls Manjula Padmanabhan
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This is the story of Meiji - the only girl who has remained untouched and unmutilated in a country that has savaged its entire female population. Having saved her from certain death in the new Dark Age that has come upon their homeland, her guardian, Youngest, has transported her to the only place where she can remain safe - an Island where wounded girls are, sometimes literally, stitched back together and given a new life. But the Island itself is a menacing place, and Meiji may be in more danger than ever before. Now Youngest must find a way to infiltrate its odd environs to see what has become of his beloved girl, and escape once more...The Island of Lost Girls showcases, yet again, Manjula Padmanabhan's genius at creating searing landscapes and alternate, sometimes brutal, worlds while reaffirming the beauty and the ugliness, the cruelty and the tremendous compassion, that essentially makes us human. Contributor Bio Hachette India Manjula Padmanabhan is a writer, artist, cartoonist and playwright. Harvest, her fifth 9789351951773 play, won the 1997 Onassis Prize for Theatre in Greece. She is the author of several Pub Date: 5/21/19 On Sale Date: 5/21/2019 critically acclaimed books, including Getting There, Hot Death, Cold Soup and Three $15.99/$17.99 Can. Virgins and Other Stories. Her most recent novel, The Island of Lost Girls, was Paperback published by Hachette India in 2016. Her cartoon strip SukiYaki currently appears 456 Pages weekly in The Hindu BusinessLine, Chennai. She has illustrated twenty-four books for Carton Qty: 0 children Fiction / Dystopian
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The Flavour of Spice Journeys, Recipes, Stories Marryam H. Reshii
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A book that celebrates spices, and the integral ways in which they shape what we eat.Throughout a career spanning thirty years, well-known food critic and writer (and little-known collector of spice-grinders of eclectic origin), Marryam H. Reshii has had a relentless love affair with spices. Such has been her passion that she has travelled across the country and to various corners of the world - crushing, grinding, frying and tasting - in a bid to understand every aspect of these magnificent ingredients.The result is The Flavour of Spice, a zesty narrative that brings together stories about the origins of spices and how they evolved in the cuisines we know and love; colourful anecdotes gleaned from encounters with plantation owners and spice merchants; and beloved family recipes from chefs and home cooks. From the market yards of Guntur, India's chilli capital, to the foothills of Sri Lanka in search of 'true' cinnamon, and from the hillsides of Sikkim where black cardamom thrives to the saffron markets in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran - this heady account pulsates with exciting tales of Hachette India travel and discovery, and an infectious love for the ingredients that add so much 9789350099087 Pub Date: 4/16/19 punch to our cuisines. On Sale Date: 4/16/2019 $24.99/$34.99 Can. Contributor Bio Hardcover Marryam H. Reshii has written about food for the past three decades for a number of 312 Pages publications, including the Times of India. She is the curator of the prestigious Times Carton Qty: 0 Food Guide for Delhi and the author of several works on Kashmir, restaurants, chefs Cooking / Essays & Narratives and recipes. She thinks of her life as divided into two phases - before she discovered spices and after (although it is impossible to say whether Marryam discovered spices or they discovered her).
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The Book Hunters of Katpadi Pradeep Sebastian
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Neelambari Adigal and her young associate, Kayal, together run Biblio, a one-of- a-kind store of rare books in Chennai, specializing in modern Indian first editions. The lives of these passionate book-women revolve around curious browsers, eccentric book collectors, private-press printers and the occasional thrill of unexpected discoveries of the antiquarian kind. On a book-collecting trip to Ooty, Kayal stumbles upon an incendiary manuscript, long thought to be a myth, purportedly authored by explorer and translator Sir Richard Francis Burton. Almost simultaneously, a cache of priceless editions that looks like it could be from the 300-year-old library of one of the greatest book collectors the world has ever known, turns up at the bookshop. When it falls upon the two women to authenticate their finds, Neela and Kayal discover, quite suddenly, that their lives are more full of bibliographic intrigue than they could ever have imagined.India's first-ever biblio-mystery, The Book Hunters of Katpadi, is the book every lover of the written word has been waiting for. In the tradition of the greatest in the genre, it holds within its pages adventure, action, suspense - and the Hachette India sheer thrill of close encounters with prized print-on-paper. 9789350092231 Pub Date: 3/12/19 Contributor Bio On Sale Date: 3/12/2019 Pradeep Sebastian has co-edited two volumes of essays, Mr Naipaul's Round Trip and $24.99/$32.99 Can. Hardcover Other Essays and 50 Writers, 50 Books: The Best of Indian Fiction. The Groaning Shelf and Other Instances of Book Love, a collection of his bibliophile essays, was 432 Pages published by Hachette India in 2010. He writes widely on the book arts and is a Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & Detective fervent collector of fine press books.
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Neta Abhineta Bollywood Star Power in Indian Politics Rasheed Kidwai
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In a nation singularly obsessed with politics on the one hand and cinema on the other, the point where the two intersect arouses avid curiosity and interest. What draws the larger-than-life personalities who entertain us on screen to the world of governance and politics off-screen? Neta Abhineta: Bollywood Star Power in Indian Politics traces this phenomenon through intimate and compelling portrayals of some of the most popular actors in Hindi cinema who have, from the years leading up to India's independence in 1947, entered Indian politics for reasons ranging from a sense of social commitment to a desperate quest for a second chance at fame when their star power dimmed. Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Sunil Dutt, Rajesh Khanna, Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Mithun Chakraborty, Jaya Prada, Vinod Khanna, Govinda, Raj Babbar and Paresh Rawal are some of the more prominent names that feature in this engaging account involving film veterans, superstars and also-rans. Blending history with hard facts and entertaining anecdotes about personal and professional rivalries, clandestine romantic liaisons and cruel betrayals, Rasheed Hachette India Kidwai's latest offering presents a potent cocktail. With its clear-eyed perspective on 9789350098028 Pub Date: 4/9/19 the peculiar nature of Indian politics and its newfound addiction to social media, as On Sale Date: 4/9/2019 well as fresh and fascinating insights into the power games that drive show business $18.99/$24.99 Can. and politics, this book reveals what ensues when the two worlds - as intensely Hardcover alluring as they are dangerously fickle - merge. 384 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Contributor Bio Biography & Autobiography / Rasheed Kidwai is Visiting Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, where he Political tracks governance and politics in India. Kidwai was formerly Associate Editor at the Telegraph, Kolkata, and has earlier worked with Asian Age, Asian News International (ANI) and National Herald. A political analyst with leading Indian television news channels, Kidwai is a columnist with The Print, The Wire and FirstPost, and the author of the bestselling books, Sonia: A Biography, 24 Akbar Road: A Short History of the People behind the Rise and Fall of the Congress and Ballot: Ten Elections that shaped Indian Democracy.
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Searching For Home Stories of Indians Living Abroad Simran Chawla
Summary A compelling chronicle of what it means to be Indian in a foreign land.In an age when India is one of the strongest emerging markets and a developing superpower, tens of thousands of Indians leave the country each year to seek new lives on distant shores. What are they looking for and what do they really find? In a first-of-its-kind narrative, journalist and American expat Simran Chawla documents the contemporary Indian immigrant experience in various corners of the world - from Alaska to the UK, Europe to Africa, the Americas to the Middle East. In this book, she tells the story of families like the Singhs who farm in the heartland of Italy just south of Verona; discovers the lucrative Indian wedding industry in the Gulf or United Arab Emirates; learns about the community of aunties' in Orlando who have found meaning in their lives once again by organizing sewing get-togethers; watches a cricket match between diamond traders in Antwerp; and explores the heartbreaking price of living illegally in London.In lucid, affecting prose, Searching for Home tells the stories of people who, though separated by thousands of kilometres, share experiences that continue to bind Hachette India them to their homeland. 9789351950745 Pub Date: 4/30/19 On Sale Date: 4/30/2019 Contributor Bio $17.99/$19.99 Can. Simran Chawla was born and raised in Virginia, and has a journalism degree from Paperback George Washington University and a postgraduate degree from City University 256 Pages London. After working with the National Geographic Society in her early career, she Carton Qty: 0 now works at King's College London. Her writing about the Indian immigrant Biography & Autobiography experience has appeared in magazines like Washingtonian and Elle.Simran lives near London with her husband. This is her second book.
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A Few Good Friends Swati Kaushal
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Those were the best days of our lives...For Aadi, Srini, Ambi, TD, Miru and Kajo, the twentieth anniversary reunion of their batch from IIM Calcutta provides the perfect opportunity to set aside their everyday anxieties and relive the heady days of their youth. But things begin to go awry when ex-lovers reunite, old grudges resurface and long-held secrets come tumbling out. As they navigate an eventful weekend in Goa packed with expected nostalgia and unexpected drama, what becomes increasingly clear is that while friends are fallible, friendships are forever...Sparkling with wit, warmth and the easy craft that has marked Swati Kaushal's bestselling novels, A Few Good Friends is a refreshing, nuanced take on friendship, love and this crazy thing called life Contributor Bio Swati Kaushal is the bestselling author of four highly acclaimed novels, Piece of Cake, Hachette India A Girl Like Me, Drop Dead and Lethal Spice. An alumna of Lady Shri Ram College, 9789350097199 New Delhi, and an MBA from IIM Calcutta, Swati has worked with Nestlé India Ltd Pub Date: 4/2/19 and Nokia Mobile Phones, India. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, kids and a On Sale Date: 4/2/2019 $15.99/$17.99 Can. few good friends. To connect with Swati visit her Facebook page Author Swati Paperback Kaushal, follow her on Twitter at @swatikaushal, or leave a review or comment on her Amazon and Goodreads author pages. 320 Pages Carton Qty: 0
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Meri Bindi (My Bindi) Anu Anand
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Bindis can be big and small, red and blue, long and sparkly! Join Noor and Neel as their tiger friend Moochhar Singh leads them to a land filled with colourful characters, Hachette India Children's Books all of them wearing their favourite bindis! The first of the Meri Duniya (My World) 9789351950905 series of bilingual Hindi-English books, Meri Bindi (My Bindi) is filled with imaginative Pub Date: 5/28/19 handmade illustrations explained with three lines of text - in Hindi, how to pronounce On Sale Date: 5/28/2019 $14.99/$16.99 Can. it and the English translation. Hardcover Picture Book Contributor Bio 20 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Anu Anand is a journalist with BBC World Service Radio. Born in India and raised in Ages 6 to 10, Grades 1 to 5 America's deep south, she grew up watching Hindi films and listening to Indian music. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts Hindi is her mother tongue, but she still found it difficult to teach the language to her two children, so she created the Meri Duniya (My World) series to help other parents facing similar challenges in a world dominated by English-language material. Meri Duniya hopes to give conscientious parents beautiful books with original, handmade illustrations to share with their children to help reinforce language as early on as possible. Anu is married, has two children and lives in New Delhi and London.
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The Panchatantra Teaching Tales of Old India Narindar Uberoi Kelly
Summary A stunning collection of fables that have been part of India's oral and scholarly traditions for at least two thousand years, perhaps longer. Collectively, the stories in this volume have been known as the Panchatantra, the Five Books. Although they originated in India, they have been told and retold all over the world in various versions and have impacted many literary genres, particularly those containing animal characters and 'nesting stories', that is, a story within a story within yet another story. These stories have influenced Arabic and European storytelling since the middle ages and are clear precursors of the Aesop's Fables and Arabian Nights.This edition, like the original Panchatantra, comprises eighty-five nesting stories placed within five frame stories. It is a collection of ancient folk wisdom, a guide on how to live a wise and good life in the multicultural, global world of today. Contributor Bio Narindar Uberoi Kelly was born in Lahore, then a part of British India. Educated at Hachette India Children's Books Punjab and Lucknow Universities, she went first to England, and then to the 9789351951292 University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Here she was awarded a Ph.D. in Pub Date: 5/7/19 On Sale Date: 5/7/2019 South Asia Regional Studies focusing on social demography, an experience that helped $16.99/$19.99 Can. better her understanding of the socio-cultural traditions of India. Her professional Paperback career has been that of a social demographer working in the fields of health, 360 Pages education and finance. She lives in Baltimore, USA, with her husband, Michael Kelly. Carton Qty: 0 Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7 Juvenile Fiction / People & Places
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The Gita For Children Roopa Pai
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It's one of the oldest books in the world and India's biggest blockbuster bestseller!- But isn't it meant only for religious old people?- But isn't it very long... and, erm, super difficult to read?- But isn't the stuff it talks about way too complex for regular folks to understand? Prepare to be surprised. Roopa Pai's spirited, one-of-a-kind retelling of the epic conversation between Pandava prince Arjuna and his mentor and friend Krishna busts these and other such myths about the Bhagavad Gita. Lucid, thought-provoking and brimming with fun trivia, this book will stay with you long after you have turned the last page. Why haven't you read it yet? Contributor Bio Roopa Pai is one of India's best-known children's authors. She has written more than 20 books, spanning subjects ranging from popular science to fantasy and philosophy to economics. Her books, which include the award-winning national bestseller The Hachette India Children's Books Gita for Children, and Taranauts, India's first complete fantasy-adventure series for 9789351950127 Pub Date: 3/5/19 children, are enjoyed by readers of all ages.This computer engineer brings together On Sale Date: 3/5/2019 three other loves - history, working with young people, and her home town Bengaluru $12.99/$14.99 Can. - in her day job as a guide with BangaloreWalks, a history and heritage walks and Paperback tours company. She is currently hard at work trying - and often failing - to master the 296 Pages 99 skills she believes every world conquering teen must possess. (No, she is no Carton Qty: 0 Juvenile Fiction / Classics longer one.)
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