B2450 Spring RG 2016 12pp_FLR

True Stories
No Man Is An
Island
Adele Dumont
Paperback RRP $32.99
No Man Is An Island is
a unique personal story
that takes a humanitarian
stance on immigration
detention. It makes the issue
of immigration detention
accessible to far more
interested Australians than newspaper articles. It is
a vividly told story full of characters and humanity.
It is the story about immigration detention all
Australians need to read.
The May Beetles:
My First Twenty
Years
Baba Schwartz
Hardback RRP $34.99
As a spirited girl in a
loving Jewish family, Baba
Schwartz lived a normal
life in Hungary. But then,
unspeakable horror. She
lost her father to the gas
chambers, yet she survived. Full of love amid
hatred, hope amid despair, The May Beetles is sure
to touch your heart.
Albanese
Karen Middleton
Paperback RRP $34.99
The moving personal story
behind the very public
political face of Labor’s
Anthony Albanese, written
with his cooperation. This is
a moving story of a politician
who really believes. It is the
story not only of the tough
game of politics from an insider who lives it, but
also of family secrets and a mother’s sacrifices for
her son.
Two Sisters:
A True Story
Ngarta Jinny Bent, Jukuna
Mona Chuguna, Pat
Lowe, Eirlys Richards
Paperback RRP $24.99
The gripping true story of
young Walmajarri sisters,
Ngarta and Jukuna,
pursued by two brothers
on a murderous rampage during their exodus
from the Great Sandy Desert. Set in a period of
extraordinary change, this riveting tale includes an
autobiography written in one of the world’s oldest
living languages.
The Story Of
Beatrix Potter
Sarah Gristwood
Hardback RRP $35.00
September release,
advance orders welcome
Beatrix Potter was a
woman of contradictions.
A sheltered Victorian
daughter who grew into an astute modern
businesswoman, a pioneering conservationist, a
talented artist and famous author. Special features
throughout the book trace the creation of her
most famous characters - including naughty Peter
Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin.
Saltwater
Cathy McLennan
Paperback RRP $32.95
A gripping memoir meets
crime, Saltwater tells the
compelling story of one
lawyer’s fight for justice
amongst the beauty and
violence of the tropical
paradise of Townsville. When
a major murder case lands
on the desk of young graduate Cathy McLennan,
she realises the truth is far more complex than she
first thought.
Hack In A Flak
Jacket
Peter Stefanovic
Paperback RRP $29.99
A startlingly honest account
of war and terrorism from
the frontline by Peter
Stefanovic, one of Australia's
leading journalists and
foreign correspondents.
From flak jackets to tuxedos.
From funerals of world leaders and icons, to war
zones and natural disasters. A life lived on camera,
delivering the news wherever it happens, whatever
the risk.
All This In 60
Minutes
Nicholas Lee
Paperback RRP $32.99
For more than thirty
years Nicholas Lee was a
cameraman on 60 Minutes,
Australia's most respected
and watched current affairs
program. Often hilarious
and revealing is this inside
story of life on the road in IRA, Idi Amin's torture
cells, refugee camps, war zones and into palaces
and mud huts. A compelling, funny and utterly
eye-opening read.
The Hate Race
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Paperback
RRP $32.99
Suburban Australia.
Sweltering heat. Three
bedroom blonde-brick.
Family of five. Beat-up
Ford Falcon. Vegemite
on toast. Maxine Beneba
Clarke's life is just like all
the other Aussie kids on
her street. Except for this one, glaring, inescapably
obvious thing.
From one of Australia's most exciting writers, and
the author of the multi-award-winning Foreign Soil,
comes The Hate Race: a powerful,
funny, and at times devastating
memoir about growing up black in
white middle-class Australia.
Also available Carrying the World
a collection of the best of Maxine
Beneba Clarke’s poetry.
Brett Whiteley:
Art, Life And The
Other Thing
Ashleigh Wilson
Hardback
RRP $49.99
The first authorised and
definitive biography of one
of Australia's most famous
and infamous artists,
this is a gloriously bright,
readable, and revelatory
work. When he died in 1992 Brett Whiteley left
behind decades of ceaseless activity—some
works bound to a particular place or time, others
that are masterpieces of light and line. Written
with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access,
and handsomely illustrated with classic Whiteley
artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family
photos, this dazzling biography reveals for the first
time the full portrait of a mercurial artist.
Freeing Peter
Andrew Greste, Juris
Greste, Lois Greste,
Michael Greste & Peter
Greste
Paperback
RRP $35.00
September release,
advance orders welcome
Immediately following
the arrest of journalist
Peter Greste, his family
went to work on the campaign to free him, with an
intensity that meant his plight was seldom out of
the headlines. The process was by no means plain
sailing, nor was there always agreement. In Freeing
Peter, the Grestes’ speak frankly about the daily
struggles they encountered.
Freeing Peter is an inspirational story about
fortitude, resilience, and a highly functional family
whose unity proved to be the saving of them.
This catalogue is printed on paper which is fully PEFC Certified (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification scheme), a program which promotes the sustainable management of forests.
In addition, the paper is Australian Made with 92% of the energy used coming from renewable sources providing an environmentally friendly paper with a low carbon footprint. The pulp was bleached
using totally Chlorine Free (TCF) process. This Catalogue is produced in accordance with the environment ISO 14001 Standard