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Book Cover:  Cannes Cinema: A Visual History of the World's Greatest Film Festival Traverso
By Phaidon

Cannes Cinema is an extraordinary family photo album of the greatest international film gala: the Festival de Cannes.

From the very first Cannes Film Festival in 1939 right up to the present day, three generations of photographers from the Traverso family have immortalized the world's most beautiful film stars – from Grace Kelly to Penélope Cruz – and greatest film directors –...

Cannes Cinema is an extraordinary family photo album of the greatest international film gala: the Festival de Cannes.

From the very first Cannes Film Festival in 1939 right up to the present day, three...

Published: 12/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9782866427054
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Smalltown

Smalltown is a view of the Australia we politely ignore.

In this rich and austere collaboration, photographer Martin Mischkulnig has joined writer Tim Winton to produce a meditation on the peculiar collision of beauty and ugliness that characterises our far-flung towns.



Smalltown is a view of the Australia we politely ignore.

In this rich and austere collaboration, photographer Martin Mischkulnig has joined writer Tim Winton to produce a meditation on the peculiar collision...

Published: 28/09/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781926428123
RRP: $75.00
Book Cover:  Riverfolk: Life Along the Murray

Take a journey up the Murray with Allan Nixon, bestselling author of the Bushies and Beaut Utes series and long-time friend to the mighty river.

The Murray holds a special place in the hearts of Australians, beloved for its natural beauty, its integral role in agriculture, its colourful history and as a favourite holiday destination.   But a look beyond the spectacular vistas and picturesque...

Take a journey up the Murray with Allan Nixon, bestselling author of the Bushies and Beaut Utes series and long-time friend to the mighty river.

The Murray holds a special place in the hearts of Australians...

Published: 29/06/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921518164
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Australia: 150 photographs
Through this superb collection, Dupain reintroduces us to the bush, coast and suburbs of a diverse country.
Through this superb collection, Dupain reintroduces us to the bush, coast and suburbs of a diverse country.
Published: 25/10/2010
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921382550
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover:  Australia's West
By Richard Woldendorp
Richard Woldendorp is one of the best-known landscape photographers in Australia's. This updated edition of Richard's most impressive – and sort-after – hardcover photographic book showcases the beauty and drama of the vast Western Australian landscape.
Richard Woldendorp is one of the best-known landscape photographers in Australia's. This updated edition of Richard's most impressive – and sort-after – hardcover photographic book showcases...
Published: 31/01/2008
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921361210
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Grandiflora Arrangements
According to Sydney florist Saskia Havekes, flowers are an essential part of our daily life. In this stunning compilation of over 100 arrangements, Saskia shows you how to bring the beauty of flowers into your own home, providing a wealth of ideas on choosing blooms, selecting vases, composing backdrops and designing your own superb floral creations.

According to Sydney florist Saskia Havekes, flowers are an essential part of our daily life. In this stunning compilation of over 100 arrangements, Saskia shows you how to bring the beauty of flowers into...
Published: 02/04/2007
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781920989262
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover:  Pippin Drysdale: Lines of Site
By Ted Snell
A major monograph on internationally renowned ceramic artist, Pippin Drysdale, written by Ted Snell. Pippin Drysdale: Lines of Site , situates Pippin within Australian and international visual culture of the last half century. The book is beautifully illustrated with over 60 colour and 40 black and white photographs of Pippin's works and working practices. It will be launched in tandem with a major...
A major monograph on internationally renowned ceramic artist, Pippin Drysdale, written by Ted Snell. Pippin Drysdale: Lines of Site , situates Pippin within Australian and international visual culture...
Published: 18/06/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781920731199
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Pugnation: The Bark is Back!
By Jim Dratfield

A decade after their debut, the pugs return for another adorable round of canine camera antics

Celebrity pet photographer Jim Dratfield captures quirky, bug-eyed pooches in all their silly splendor. Setting up his adorable subjects in the most unlikely of situations, Dratfield's portraits are full of whimsy and waggish charm. Artfully cute and delightfully comical, this series of shots that will have...

A decade after their debut, the pugs return for another adorable round of canine camera antics

Celebrity pet photographer Jim Dratfield captures quirky, bug-eyed pooches in all their silly splendor. Setting...

Published: 08/02/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592405046
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover:  Rainforest
By Marent Thomas

Now in paperback!

Follow the story. Live the experience. One man's photographic journey through the rainforests of the world. This popular reference is 16+ years in the making, packed with spectacular photographs from Thomas Marent, a self-taught photographer who has dedicated half his life to capturing images of rainforest life. Travel across 5 continents for an up-close view of the astonishing variety...

Now in paperback!

Follow the story. Live the experience. One man's photographic journey through the rainforests of the world. This popular reference is 16+ years in the making, packed with spectacular...

Published: 30/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780756665999
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Aftermath
By Joel Meyerowitz
Published: 08/11/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714862125
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover: The Sites of Ancient Greece
By Georg Gerster & Paul Cartledge
A perfect introduction to the ancient sites of Greece Includes detailed descriptions of world-famous sites such as Delphi, the Acropolis and Olympia, which are visited by millions every year Features timelines and maps that place the sites within their cultural, historical and geographical context Sites photographed by the world's greatest pioneer of aerial photography
A perfect introduction to the ancient sites of Greece Includes detailed descriptions of world-famous sites such as Delphi, the Acropolis and Olympia, which are visited by millions every year Features...
Published: 27/03/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714860848
RRP: $69.95
Book Cover:  Nan Goldin
By Guido Costa

Recognized internationally for her intimate and compelling images, the American photographer Nan Goldin (b.1953) has lived and worked in Boston, New York, Berlin and in Paris, her current home. Since the early 1970s Goldin has taken numerous photographs of her friends and 'family', which form a significant and important body of work. She is most famous for her Ballad of Sexual Dependency photographs...

Recognized internationally for her intimate and compelling images, the American photographer Nan Goldin (b.1953) has lived and worked in Boston, New York, Berlin and in Paris, her current home. Since the...

Published: 15/09/2010
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714859453
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: The Iconic Photographs Limited edition
By Steve McCurry

American photographer Steve McCurry (b.1950) is universally recognized as one of today's finest image-makers and has won many of photography's top awards. This special limited-edition monograph brings together the most memorable and beautiful of his images, taken around the world over the last 30 years.  McCurry's ability to cross boundaries of language and culture to capture fleeting moments...

American photographer Steve McCurry (b.1950) is universally recognized as one of today's finest image-makers and has won many of photography's top awards. This special limited-edition monograph brings...

Published: 21/06/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714856339
RRP: $500.00
Book Cover:  Vitamin Ph
By T J Demos

Photography continues to be a central part of international artistic practice. Over the past ten years it has experienced radical changes, in part due to the rise of digital technologies. Photography is now often engaged in by artists who are not just printing in a darkroom, but using the medium as a single aspect of a larger ouvre, as one of several media under exploration. Vitamin Ph focuses on diverse...

Photography continues to be a central part of international artistic practice. Over the past ten years it has experienced radical changes, in part due to the rise of digital technologies. Photography is...

Published: 23/11/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714856421
RRP: $55.00
Book Cover:  Boarding House
By Roger Ballen

Collection of new work by signicant photographer based in South Africa.

Collection of new work by signicant photographer based in South Africa.

Published: 05/06/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714849522
RRP: $69.95
Book Cover:  American Surfaces
By Stephen Shore

A photo-diary of Stephen Shore's experience crossing America in the 1970s.

A photo-diary of Stephen Shore's experience crossing America in the 1970s.

Published: 01/03/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714848631
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Gothic & Lolita
By Masayuki Yoshinaga

Gothic & Lolita charts the trend of Gothic street fashion that has swept Japan over the last decade. Influenced by Western fashion trends from the mid 1980s, young teenagers, predominately adolescent girls, congregate in the urban centres of Harajuku, Akihabara and a number of underground clubs in and around Tokyo, dressed head-to-toe in gothic costumes and late-Victorian dress. The psychological...

Gothic & Lolita charts the trend of Gothic street fashion that has swept Japan over the last decade. Influenced by Western fashion trends from the mid 1980s, young teenagers, predominately adolescent...

Published: 01/04/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714847856
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Dogs
By Catherine Johnson

This volume presents amateur, anonymous snapshots of dogs from the turn of the century to the early 1950s in all kinds of ordinary and extraordinary settings. In it, we see dogs under the Christmas table, on front porches, at play by the beach, and posed beside babies, birthday girls, and in the casual family portrait. Each photograph in this remarkable collection reflects a unique moment in time and...

This volume presents amateur, anonymous snapshots of dogs from the turn of the century to the early 1950s in all kinds of ordinary and extraordinary settings. In it, we see dogs under the Christmas table...

Published: 01/10/2007
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714848037
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Looking East
By Steve McCurry

A selection of striking portraits by award-winning photographer Steve McCurry.

A selection of striking portraits by award-winning photographer Steve McCurry.

Published: 30/04/2006
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714846378
RRP: $55.00
Book Cover:  Aftermath: World Trade Centre Archive
By Joel Meyerowitz
A unique visual archive by master photographer Joel Meyerowitz.
A unique visual archive by master photographer Joel Meyerowitz.
Published: 30/09/2006
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714846552
RRP: $89.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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