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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: 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: 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:  Fresh Fruits
By Shoichi Aoki

Fresh Fruits is the second collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine, comprising the sequel to the hugely successful compilation Fruits , published in 2001. Fruits magazine swept Japan off its feet in 1997.

Fresh Fruits is the second collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine, comprising the sequel to the hugely successful compilation Fruits , published in 2001. Fruits...

Published: 25/04/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714845104
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Edward Sheriff Curtis
By Joanna Cohan Scherer

A beautiful monograph featuring Curtis's nineteenth-century portraits of Native Americans.

A beautiful monograph featuring Curtis's nineteenth-century portraits of Native Americans.

Published: 15/07/2002
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714841762
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Dorchester Days
By Eugene Richards
A photographic portrait of small town America in the 1970s.
A photographic portrait of small town America in the 1970s.
Published: 31/03/2004
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714840017
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Fruits
By Shoichi Aoki

Fruits is a collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine of the same name. Fruits magazine was established in 1994, by photographer Shoichi Aoki, initially as a project to document the growing explosion in street fashion within the suburbs of Tokyo. Over the last five years, the magazine has grown to cult status and is now avidly followed by thousands of Japanese...

Fruits is a collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine of the same name. Fruits magazine was established in 1994, by photographer Shoichi Aoki, initially as a project...

Published: 30/06/2001
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714840833
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Portraits
By Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry never set out to take portraits. In 1985, he photographed an Afghan girl for the National Geographic . The intensity of the subject's eyes and her compelling gaze made this one of the most widely and consistently celebrated portraits in the history of contemporary photography.

Steve McCurry never set out to take portraits. In 1985, he photographed an Afghan girl for the National Geographic . The intensity of the subject's eyes and her compelling gaze made this one of the most...

Published: 27/05/1999
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714838397
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Stories from the Wayside
By Reverend Graham Long

'We're not much like a church, which might suit you if you're not much like a Christian.'

With these words the Reverend Graham Long of The Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross describes the place that many street people call home.  This beautifully illustrated book, the concept of Sydney art director Andrew Henderson, celebrates the place, the people who work within its walls and the visitors from whom...

'We're not much like a church, which might suit you if you're not much like a Christian.'

With these words the Reverend Graham Long of The Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross describes the place that many street...

Published: 24/02/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780702239052
RRP: $80.00
Book Cover:  Fish Face
By David Doubilet

The magical world of the oceans is one of the last great largely unexplored places on earth. Teeming with diverse forms of life - some of the ocean's wonders more familiar to us than others and all peculiar in their own way - Fish Face takes us closer than one would imagine possible. Featuring full-page, close-up portraits of the faces of fish, this book takes us from the beautiful to the...

The magical world of the oceans is one of the last great largely unexplored places on earth. Teeming with diverse forms of life - some of the ocean's wonders more familiar to us than others and...

Published: 01/02/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714847573
RRP: $17.95
Book Cover:  Platon's Republic
An extensive and dynamic collection of portraits by fashion photographer Platon.
An extensive and dynamic collection of portraits by fashion photographer Platon.
Published: 30/04/2004
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714844084
RRP: $69.95
Book Cover: The Theatre of the Face: Portrait Photography since 1900
By Max Kozloff

An engaging history of portrait photography by one of the world's leading critics.

An engaging history of portrait photography by one of the world's leading critics.

Published: 01/10/2007
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714843728
RRP: $79.95
Book Cover: The Path to Buddha: a Tibetan Pilgrimage
By Steve McCurry

An intimate portrait of Tibetans and Buddhism by a leading Magnum photograher.

An intimate portrait of Tibetans and Buddhism by a leading Magnum photograher.

Published: 31/10/2003
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714843469
RRP: $55.00
Book Cover:  Portraits
By Steve McCurry
A specially designed card box of images from Steve McCurry's Portraits.
A specially designed card box of images from Steve McCurry's Portraits.
Published: 19/10/1999
Format: Stationery - Jigsaws, Notebooks, Stickers Etc.
ISBN: 9780714838854
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Zoo
By Britta Jaschinski
A collection of atmospheric and enigmatic portraits of animals.
A collection of atmospheric and enigmatic portraits of animals.
Published: 13/06/1996
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714834726
RRP: $29.95

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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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