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PURITY Jonathan Franzen Paperback RRP $32.99 1st September release, advance orders welcome

Pip Tyler doesn’t know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity and that her relationship with her

mother is hazardous. But she doesn’t know who her father is or why her mother chose to live with an invented name. A glancing encounter with a German peace activist leads Pip to an internship in South America with the Sunlight Project, an organization that traffi cs in secrets – including, Pip hopes, the secret of her origins. The highly anticipated new novel by the Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Corrections and Freedom.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jonathan Franzen is the author of The Twenty-Seventh City, Strong Motion, The Corrections and How to be Alone. His fi ction and nonfi ction appear frequently in the New Yorker and Harper’s, and he was named one of the best writers under 40 by the New Yorker.

1 Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee2 The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-Stress Art

Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons3 Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom by Millie Marotta4 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr5 Gut: the Inside Story of Our Body’s Most

Under-Rated Organ by Giulia Enders6 Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and

Colouring Book by Johanna Basford7 The Little Book of Calm Colouring: Portable Relaxation

by David Sinden & Victoria Kay8 The Eye of the Sheep by Sofi e Laguna9 The Girl with the Dogs: Penguin Specials by Anna Funder10 A Guide to Berlin by Gail Jones11 Women I’ve Undressed: A Memoir by Orry-Kelly12 Blindsided by Michael Lynagh & Mark Eglinton13 A Letter to My Children by Christopher Pyne14 Halliday Wine Companion 2016 by James Halliday15 Playing on by Michael Sexton & Neil Sachse16 Wind/Pinball: Two Novels by Haruki Murakami17 The Healthy Life by Jessica Sepel18 When We Were Young and Foolish: A Memoir

by Greg Sheridan19 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins20 The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop

GO SET A WATCHMAN Harper Lee Hardback RRP $45.00The recently discovered sequel To Kill a Mockingbird. Set

during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Scout is dealing with issues both personal and political as she tries to understand her father’s attitude toward society, and her own feelings about the place where she spent her childhood.

BROKEN PROMISE Linwood Barclay Paperback RRP $29.99From the New York Times bestselling author

of No Safe House comes an explosive novel about the disturbing secrets of a quiet small town. When David Harwood moves back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, he comes across a family secret of epic proportions, but this is just the tip of the iceberg.

TENNISON Lynda La Plante Paperback RRP $32.99In 1973 Jane Tennison, aged 22, leaves the Metropolitan Police

Training Academy to be placed on probationary exercise in Hackney where criminality thrives. We witness her struggle to cope in a male-dominated environment, learning fast to deal with shocking situations with no help from her superiors. Then comes her involvement in her fi rst murder case.

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB David Lagercrantz Paperback RRP $32.99She’s back! The call comes in late at night: a

superhacker has gained access to top secret U.S. intelligence. There must be something deeper at the heart of this, maybe even the scoop that Millennium magazine so desperately needs. A tangled web of truth that someone is prepared to kill to protect.

TRIGGER MORTIS Anthony Horowitz Paperback RRP $29.99James Bond is back where he belongs. Anthony Horowitz’s new

novel is a thrilling tour de force, sure to delight fans of the original 007 novels and new readers alike. It also features previously unseen material written by Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming.

SURVEILLANCE Bernard Keane Paperback RRP $29.99A ruthless online activist group called Kittehsaurus Rox

has hacked into top-secret Cabinet information and gone public with it.Journalist and cyber-expert Kat Sharpe is chosen by KSR to break news of their operations, and overnight she becomes the media sensation. But she can’t shake the feeling that something doesn’t add up.

CLOSE YOUR EYES Michael Robotham Paperback RRP $29.99The chilling new psychological thriller from one of the most brilliant

Australian crime authors of today.A mother and her teenage daughter are found brutally murdered in a remote farmhouse, one defi led by multiple stab wounds and the other left lying like Sleeping Beauty waiting for her Prince.

MAKE ME (JACK REACHER 20) Lee Child Paperback RRP $32.99Mother’s Rest seems perfect for an aimless one-day stopover.

Reacher expects to fi nd a lonely tombstone in a sea of nearly-ripe wheat ... but instead there is a woman waiting for a missing private investigator, a cryptic note about two hundred deaths, and a small town full of silent, watchful people.

DEVASTATION ROAD Jason Hewitt Paperback RRP $29.99A deeply compelling story for fans of Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong. Spring,

1945: A man wakes in a fi eld in a country he does not know. Injured and confused, he sets out on an extraordinary journey in search of his home, his past and himself. Purchase a copy of Devastation Road and receive a free copy of The Dynamite Room. *While stocks last.

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ATMOSPHERE OF HOPE: SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS Tim Flannery Paperback RRP $29.99Acclaimed author and scientist Tim Flannery argues

that Earth’s climate system is approaching a crisis. In the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Summit, Atmosphere of Hope provides both a snapshot of the trouble we are in and an up-to-the-minute analysis of some of the new possibilities for mitigating climate change that are emerging now.

COBAIN: MONTAGEOF HECK Brett Morgen & Richard Bienstock Hardback RRP $39.99The riveting

companion book to the highly anticipated documentary about the life of Nirvana frontman and grunge legend Kurt Cobain, featuring expanded exclusive interviews with the family and friends who knew him best and never-seen-before photographs and artwork. It is the ultimate book forfans of Nirvana and of Kurt, who remainsa fascinating icon of popular culture.

HEROES OFTHE SKIES Michael Veitch Paperback RRP $34.99Michael Veitch once again has captured the memories of the brave, lucky men who survived the unsurvivable. The risks of not

returning from fl ying missions in WWII were extremely high so the stories are uniquely heroic, almost unbelievable. But these were ordinary men in extraordinary situations and they record their stories for future generations.

BIOGRAPHIES & NON-FICTION

CERTAIN ADMISSIONS:A BEACH,A BODY AND A LIFETIME OF SECRETS Gideon Haigh Paperback RRP $32.99

Certain Admissions is Australian true crime at its best, and stranger than any crime fi ction. It is real-life police procedural, courtroom drama, family saga, investigative journalism, social history, archival treasure hunt - a meditation, too, on how the past shapes the present, and the present the past.

WATERFRONT Duncan McNab Paperback RRP $32.99Ever since the First Fleet dropped anchor, Australia’s ports

have been our opening to the world. They are also the breeding ground for many of Australia’s most notorious criminals, and a magnet for local and overseas criminal syndicates. Waterfront is the story of the crimes, the politics, the characters and the corruption in our nation’s ports.

POLITICAL VISION Andrew Chapman Hardback RRP $49.95

Political Vision provides a behind-the-scenes view of Australian politics from the 1970s to the present; from Whitlam to Abbott. Its unforgettable images frame the past and provide an unfl inching look at the election process while refl ecting upon the changing face of the political landscape in Australia over four decades.

WAR CLASSICS John Monash Slipcase RRP $79.99

Presented in a collectors’ slipcase, the War Classics, offer unparalleled insight in the role of Australians in World War I, and into the experience of one of Australia’s greatest leaders, General Sir John Monash. Includes War Letters of General Monash and The Australian Victories in France in 1918. Also available as two separate volumes each priced at $45.00 RRP.

QUARTERLY ESSAY 59:FACTION MAN,BILL SHORTEN’S PATH TO POWER David Marr Paperback RRP $22.99

21st September release, advance orders welcome

Marr’s Quarterly Essay profi les of Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott ignited fi restorms of media coverage and were national bestsellers. In Quarterly Essay 59, he turns his enquiring mind toward Bill Shorten. This controversial and brilliant new essay looks at the making of Shorten.

GUDINSKI Stuart Coupe Paperback RRP $32.99Known to many as GODinski, Michael Gudinski is unquestionably

the most powerful and infl uential fi gure in the Australian rock’n’roll music business and has been for the last four decades. This is the real story of the man behind the bands - and a backstage pass to forty years of Australian rock music.

WHAT MY DAUGHTERS TAUGHT ME Joseph Wakim Paperback RRP $32.99When Joseph Wakim’s wife died of breast

cancer, his three daughters were only eleven, nine and four. Despite friends, family and strangers telling him he would need help to bring up his daughters, Joseph did the job his way, trusting that he - and the girls - would know what to do.

FLESH WOUNDS Richard Glover Paperback RRP $29.99A mother who invented her past, a father

who was often absent, a son who wondered if this could really be his family. Part poignant family memoir, part rollicking venture into a 1970s Australia, this is a book for anyone who’s wondered if their family isthe oddest one on the planet.The answer: ‘No’. There is always something stranger out there.

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BLINDSIDED Michael Lynagh Paperback RRP $29.99It’s the unthinkable for anyone - to be blindsided by a life-threatening

illness in the prime of life, with no prior warning and no time to prepare loved-ones for a life after you. On April 16th, 2012 Michael Lynagh - retired Rugby great - suffered a serious stroke. He was just forty-eight years old and everything about life and how he viewed it changed in an instant.

COOKING, GIFTS & MOREMASTERCHEF:THE MASTERSAT HOME Various, photographs by David Loftus Hardback RRP $45.00Ever wondered what chefs love

to cook when they’re in their own kitchen? Away from the intensity and heat of restaurant service, what food makes them happiest on a weekend off? 30 globally renowned chefs have each shared three recipes for their favourite weekend treatsin this special MasterChef collection.

THE LITTLE VEGGIE PATCH CO. DIY GARDEN PROJECTS Mat Pember Paperback RRP $45.00Practical projects for small-space

edible gardening and backyard fun from the much-loved Little Veggie Patch co. The book has 6 chapters — Kids, Recycled/Upcyled, X-Factor, Vertical Gardening, Gardening Basics and Kitchen. There are 40 practical projects for gardens big and small, with each chapter including a break-out patch favourite feature project.

DUDE FOOD Dan Churchill Paperback RRP $24.99Dan Churchill began cooking

for his family when he was twelve years old. Over the years, his friends realised how much their mums and girlfriends loved the fact that he could cook, and they asked Dan for his help. He wrote the recipes in this book for his friends, and revised them until they were foolproof. Packed with helpful tips and shortcuts, as well as beautiful photographs, this book will turn any dude into a cook.

HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION 2016 James Halliday Paperback RRP $39.95The Halliday Wine Companion

is the most authoritative and entertaining guide to Australian wine. Keenly anticipated by winemakers, faithful collectors and wine lovers alike, the 2016 edition has been completely revised and updated to bring you up-to-the minute information including tasting notes, details on wineries and information about the winemakers themselves.

THE HUXTABURGER BOOK Daniel Wilson Hardback RRP $29.95A Huxtaburger is no ordinary

burger. In The Huxtaburger Book Daniel Wilson, co-owner and chef behind the hugely popular Huxtaburger outlets, presents the elements that make up the ultimate burger. The Huxtaburger Book will change everything you thought you knew about burgers, and will arm you with all you’ll need to know to make cultworthy burgers at home.

ANIMORPHIA Kerby Rosanes Paperback RRP $19.95Welcome to this weird and wacky colouring challenge. There are pictures to

colour in, drawings to complete, spaces to scribble in and hidden treasures to fi nd in these super-detailed doodles by artist Kerby Rosanes. Featuring unique and intricate ink drawings of incredible animals, shape-shifting aliens and breathtaking scenes.

AUSTRALIAN BUSH PUBS Craig Lewis & Cathy Savage

Hardback RRP $49.99From the authors of Australia’s favourite bush camping and 4WD guides comes a striking review of Australia’s iconic bush pubs. No-one is in a better position to know which are the country’s most extraordinary bush pubs. Lavishly illustrated with striking full-colour photographs, Australian Bush Pubs features an eclectic collection of the outback’s historic watering holes.

A YEAR OF PRACTICULTURERohan Anderson Hardback RRP $49.95Rohan Anderson left his job in the

city for a simpler life on the land. Over the years he has developed his own principle of practical living. Practiculture is a lifestyle choice. It’s about direct involvement in the day to day elements of living, and the rewarding choice to grow, hunt and forage beautiful, healthy, sustainable food.

SUPERHERO DAD Timothy Knapman, Joe Berger (Illus)

Hardback RRP $22.99A vibrant, humorous and warmhearted celebration of all the incredible things dad can do. He might not have a superhero mask or wear his pants outside his trousers, but his super snores can be heard miles away, he tells super jokes and can even make monsters go away at bedtime!

MUNGO’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS: FROM THE SATURDAY PAPER Mungo MacCallum Paperback RRP $9.99

Be delighted, be infuriated, be inspired – but above all be entertained! This is the ultimate puzzle book: a year’s worth of Mungo MacCallum’s cryptic crosswords from The Saturday Paper, plus a preface from the maestro himself.

NICE NOSING YOU Elke Vogelsang

Hardback RRP $29.95From acclaimed animal photographer Elke Vogelsang comes a charming, personal collection of portraits of her three dogs-Noodles, Scout, and Loli. Nice Nosing You presents Elke’s expressive portraits of her much-loved dogs; a collection compiled over two years in what became a personal and touching project for Elke and her husband, Carsten.

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THE SHEARERS Evan McHugh Paperback RRP $32.99Expert outback chronicler Evan McHugh – author of

bestselling titles such as The Drovers and Outback Heroes – brings to life the toil, tumult and toughness of the shearing life. From legendary fi gures such as blade shearing record-holder Jack Howe, to today’s young guns, these characters have infl uenced the social landscape and folklore of the country.

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COASTAL AUSTRALIANick Rains Hardback RRP $39.95From the cauldron of seas around subantarctic Macquarie Island to the

Kimberley’s tidal fl ats, Nick Rains’s photographs evoke the varied, yet always majestic, beauty of Australia’s coastline. With a selection of photographs spanning his photography career, Nick takes us on a journey across the different aspects of our coastline.

DOWN UNDERTrevor Conomy Paperback RRP $29.99‘Down Under’ made Men at Work the biggest band on the planet in the early 1980s. The band split soon after, but ‘Down Under’ never

stopped working. Decades later, ABC’s Spicks and Specks innocently revealed a similarity between the song’s fl ute riff and an old nursery rhyme about a laughing Kookaburra. It sparked an epic legal stoush that shook the music world.

THE SUPPOSITORY OF ALL WISDOMAndrew Thompson& Andrew Weldon Hardback RRP $24.99Inspired by Tony Abbott’s immortal verbal overreach, The Suppository of All Wisdom is a hilarious, fully

illustrated guide to the words and expressions we most often mangle, muck up and just don’t quite understand. You’ll be amazed at how many supposably well-educated speakers make mistakes – from schoolteachers, to newsreaders, to Rhodes Scholar prime ministers.

COUNTRY AUSTRALIANick Rains Hardback RRP $39.95While the majority of Australians live close to the coast, the heart of

our nation is still in the country. Country Australia encourage us to ‘go bush’ and see the varied and spectacular scenery of Australia, from the characters drinking in the local pub in a remote opal-mining town to the desolate windmill of a long-abandoned farm.

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