Harper Highlights November 2018
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HARPER HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2018 DONNA HAY Australia’s bestselling, favourite and most trusted cook, brings you one of her most beautiful books yet: Modern Baking Rachael Johns Australia’s bestselling blockbuster women’s fiction author is back with a compelling new novel full of heart The Price of Fortune The untold story of being James Packer David Walliams The 25-million-copy bestselling author returns with his eleventh, highly-anticipated novel for kids ISSUE NOVEMBER 2018 COVER: MODERN BAKING by Donna Hay NON FICTION FICTION CONTACT US 3 Modern Baking 10 Secret City: The Capital Files Donna Hay Steve Lewis & Chris Uhlmann Publicity [email protected] 4 The Bullet Journal Method Texas Hold’em Sales 1300 551 721 Ryder Carroll George R.R. Martin For sales and stock enquiries, please call the Sales and Customer The Grand Tour Presents 11 Roar Service line above to be put in touch with your local sales manager. the A to Z of the Car Cecelia Ahern 5 The Price of Fortune The New Girl With a strong presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube Damon Kitney Ingrid Alexandra and more, we have a combined audience of over 110,000 users. Our monthly average reach exceeds 1.6 million users and we continue 6 Homebody 12 The Crimes of Grindelwald to find interesting and unique ways to engage with our audience. Joanna Gaines Film Tie-Ins Seduction Media 13 The Invitation Karina Longworth Releases bit.ly/HCPPressRoom Belinda Alexandra 7 Debbie Harry: View The Autobiography 14 Runebreaker Online Debbie Harry Alex R. Kahler Catalogues bit.ly/HCPCatalogues 8 Able The Iron Flower Online harpercollins.com.au Dylan Alcott Laurie Forest The Land Before Avocado I’ll Be There For You HarperCollinsAustralia Richard Glover Kelsey Miller ReadABCBooks 9 Banjo 15 Lost Without You Grantlee Kieza Rachael Johns HarperCollinsChildrensBooksAustralia Napoleon HarperCollinsAU Adam Zamoyski HarperCollinsAustralia 18 The Callback CHILDREN’S Maddie Ziegler About HarperCollins 16 My Sunbeam Baby The Girl, the Dog and HarperCollinsPublishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the Emma Quay the Writer in Provence world, with operations in 18 countries. With 200 years of history and more than 120 Katrina Nannestad branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 Burpzilla new books every year, in over 30 languages, and has a print and digital catalogue Tim Miller & Matt Stanton Wakestone Hall of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors Judith Rossell Untitled Novel 11 include winners of the Miles Franklin Award, the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the 17 David Walliams & Tony Ross The Grinch National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Publishing Australian stories since 19 Dr Seuss 1888, HarperCollins, incorporating the Angus & Robertson imprint, is Australia’s foundation publisher. It is a subsidiary of News Corp. Modern Baking: Cakes, cookies and everything in between DONNA HAY Donna Hay, Australia’s bestselling cookbook author, is sharing all the sweet things she’s baking in her own kitchen right now. Complete with her signature on-trend twists, and perfected for busy modern lifestyles, the recipes in this luxurious book inspire a fresh take on the enchanting ritual of baking. Inside are more than 250 ideas for cakes, cookies, slices, pies, desserts and icy sweets. There are Donna’s favourites for indulging and impressing guests, as well as shortcuts for when life gets crazy busy. She’s also included plenty of her better-for-you treats, for a little balance. Modern Baking has five extensive chapters, exploring the five deluxe ingredient groups that underpin all of Donna’s baking and sweets – chocolate; caramel, toffee and coffee; sugar and spice; fruit and berries; and milk and cream. Each chapter is then divided into three parts: the essential recipes are the heart of the book – Donna’s baking and dessert must-haves; modern, decadent and perfect for entertaining. The quick-fix recipes are short but elegant, revealing Donna’s clever baking shortcuts and tricks for when time is of the essence. The fresh and light recipes are smart ideas for raw treats, lighter cakes and cleaner desserts. In Donna’s home, whether you bake for the people you love, to treat yourself or for the calm cosiness it brings to the house, there’s no denying it’s good for the soul. Let Modern Baking inspire you to bring some of that special magic into your kitchen. Non Fiction | November 2018 Non Fiction | November 2018 Donna Hay is Australia’s favourite and most trusted home cook, and an international food-publishing phenomenon. Donna’s 27 books IT’S TIME TO FALL IN LOVE WITH have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, been translated YOUR NEW MODERN BAKING BIBLE into 10 different languages, and her television cooking shows have brought her signature style to life for viewers in more than 14 countries. 9781460756713 | e 9781460710579 | Released: 15/10/18 She is also a working mum with two NSH | 400pp | AU $55.00 NZ $59.99 beautiful boys. donnahay.com.au Publicity contact: [email protected] 3 The Bullet Journal Method The Grand Tour Presents the RYDER CARROLL A to Z of the Car A rallying cry for those seeking a life of simplicity, productivity and purpose from the creator of the Bullet Journal® method. Like many of us, Ryder Carroll tried everything to get organised – countless apps, systems, planners, you name it. Nothing really worked. Have you ever wondered what the Non Fiction | November 2018 Then he invented his own simple history is behind the Cadillac? Why system that required only pen and on earth do some people think paper, which he found both effective driving gloves are acceptable? And and calming. He shared his method is it really unspeakable to own a with a few friends, and before long Citroen Pluriel? Welcome, everyone, he had a worldwide viral movement. to the A to Z of the car. *cover to be revealed The system combines elements of a wishlist, to-do list, and diary. It makes In this fast-paced, quick fact guide you will find a rich selection of car- it easy to get thoughts out of your head (an unreliable witness) and onto based facts which may be of some vague interest. Featuring an abundance paper, to see them clearly and decide what to do about them. It helps you of profiles on both classic and novelty vehicles, information on engine identify what matters, and set goals accordingly. By breaking long-term components as well as jargon on mechanical hardware, this book has goals into small actionable steps, users map out an approachable path everything you need to become a car expert in no time at all (watch out, towards continual improvement, allowing them to stay focused despite the Elon Musk). Impress all your sad colleagues with technical terms and new- crush of incoming demands. found savvy knowledge of the road (don’t be an ambler gambler, pals). Be careful not to show off too much, though – we don’t want another Jeremy But this is much more than a time management book. It’s also a manifesto Clarkson on our hands. for what Ryder calls ‘intentional living’: making sure that your beliefs and actions align. Even if you already use a Bullet Journal®, this book gives Along with these reasonably interesting facts, expect compulsory you new exercises to become more calm and focused, new insights on how interjections from the notorious trio behind the Grand Tour series, or to prioritise well, and a new awareness of the power of analogue tools in a more accurately, three middle aged men who ought to know better. digital world. bulletjournal.com 9780008261375 | e 9780008261382 | Released: 23/10/18 9780008257880 | e 9780008257873 | Released: 01/11/18 B+H | 304pp | AU $34.99 NZ $39.99 NSH | 272pp | AU $39.99 NZ $45.00 Publicity contact: [email protected] Publicity contact: [email protected] 4 The Price of Fortune: The untold story of being James Packer DAMON KITNEY ‘I was like Icarus,’ the billionaire tells his biographer, journalist Damon Kitney, of the heady days of 2016 when he broke up with pop star Mariah Carey, abandoned living in Hollywood and Israel, left the global casino stage, and divided the family fortune in a bitter separation from his sister. ‘I flew too close to the sun.’ With these words, Packer delves for the first time into the story behind his stunning public revelation in mid-March 2018 of his battle with mental health issues, which forced him to resign from the board of the Crown casino company he owns and loves. Never before has a member of the Packer family co-operated with a writer to tell their story. In his first biography,The Price of Fortune, one of the nation’s richest and most psychoanalysed men opens up in an attempt to make sense of his rollercoaster life and to tell the human story of being James Douglas Packer. Of how his wealth, charm and intellect took him to such exciting places. Yet how his trusting the wrong people and his rash actions cost him his friends, his health and, most importantly, his reputation on the global stage – and how he is now working on getting it all back. Non Fiction | November 2018 Damon Kitney has spent more than two THE FIRST decades in financial journalism. He worked 16 years at the Australian Financial Review AUTHORISED in a variety of writing and editing roles, in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Perth, BIOGRAPHY OF including five years as a deputy editor of the newspaper. Since 2010 he has JAMES PACKER been the Victorian business editor at The Australian, specialising in writing the untold personal stories of the nation’s richest and most private people.