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THE UNIVERSITYOF QUEENSLANDBOOKSHOPCURRENTBESTSELLERSinPRINT1 The Bride StrippedBare, anonymous(Fourth Estate, $24.95)FICTIONBook a safeand healthyholidayA new book co-edited by a UQacademic looks at issues facingtourism professionals in theareas of tourist health and safety.Managing Tourist Health andSafety is co-edited by the School ofTourism and Leisure Management’sProfessor Jeff Wilks.“Since September 11 and the morerecent Bali bombings, people havetended to focus on terrorism as themajor physical threat to tourists,”Professor Wilks said.“The book shows that, in fact,tourists get into trouble mainly as aresult of being in unfamiliar environmentsand participating in unfamiliaractivities.“Knowing what the more commonproblems are for tourists, anywherein the world, allows the industry totake better care of them.”The book was co-edited by ProfessorStephen Page from the Universityof Stirling in the United Kingdom.The idea for the book was conceivedafter Professor Wilks acted asan independent reviewer for severalof Professor Page’s grant applications.“Many of the topics covered in thebooks were hard to find in main-2 The Mayne Inheritance,Rosamond Siemon (OneBook One Brisbaneedition, UQP, $19.95)TRUE CRIME/BRISBANEHISTORY3 Q, Luther Blissett(William Heinemann,$32.95) FICTION4 Self, Yann Martel(Faber, $22.95) FICTIONProfessor Wilksstream tourism literature so wedecided to present current findings ina way that would be useful andinteresting to the industry,” ProfessorWilks said.Eleven authors, many of whomare world leaders in tourism healthand safety, contributed to the book,divided into four thematic sections.Professor Wilks also contributedthree chapters, covering the currentstatus of tourism healthy and safety,advice for travel agents and safety andsecurity at tourism destinations.The first section, Medical Conditionsand Injuries, looks at some of themore traditional academic materialstemming from travel medicine andpublic health areas.The second section, AdventureTourism, is an emerging area ProfessorWilks believes will be importantin future years.The third section, Advice and BestPractice, covers law, the role of travelagents and best practices with tourismfrom World Tourism Organisationmember countries.The fourth section, Selected Issues,draws insights from a range ofperspectives on disaster management,transport and the environment.5 Stupid White Men,Michael Moore(Penguin, $22.95)POLITICS/HUMOUR6 Rights for Aborigines,Bain Attwood (Allenand Unwin, $39.95)ABORIGINAL ISSUES7 The Burden of Proof:Did Patrick Mayne KillRobert Cox? (UQ HistoryResearch Group, $18.50)JOURNAL/HISTORY8 You Back the Attack,Micah Ian Wright(Seven Stories Press,$29.95) POLITICS/HUMOUR9 Trading Up, CandaceBushnell (Abacus,$22.95) FICTION10 The Seven Ordeals ofCount Cagliostro, IainMcCalman (Flamingo,$29.95) BIOGRAPHY/HISTORYTHE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND PRESS NEW RELEASESJanette Turner Hospital,Borderline ($24)A meat truck carrying illegalimmigrants is intercepted at theCanadian-American border but anunconscious woman is inadvertentlyleft inside the truck.Two strangers, waiting in separatecars, impulsively smuggle her acrossthe border, and their lives are changedirrevocably.In this compelling novel, Felicityand Gus cross and re-cross bordersbetween countries, between past andpresent, and between reality andillusion as they struggle tocome to terms withborderlines of their own.Janette TurnerHospital, The Tiger inthe Tiger Pit ($24)In this powerfully dramaticsaga, a mother works to reuniteher children with their ailingtyrannical father and with eachother.Her son is a psychiatrist, onedaughter is schizophrenic, the othera free-spirited concert violinistUQPwhose young son mayyet redeem them all.UQP has re-releasedfive of Janette TurnerHospital’s novels as distinctivecollector items:Charades, The Last Magician,The Ivory Swing,Borderline and The Tiger in the TigerPit.Her short stories and novels havewon several international awards andhave been published in 10 languages.In May this year UQ awarded heran honorary Doctorate of Letters.Kathryn Lomer, Extraction ofArrows ($22)Kathryn Lomer has won severalprestigious prizes for her poetry.Her Josephine Ulrick prizewinning entry Everyday Ophelia isincluded in this debut collection.Divided into three parts, the poemsrepresent a journey beginning withtravelling days in Ireland and Spainwith glances back to childhood inTasmania.Through the fragile humanity ofthe collection comes a connectednesspointing the direction home.UQ NEWS, SEPTEMBER 2003 21