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Book Cover:  Among the Islands: Adventures in the Pacific
By Tim Flannery

Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia—Woodlark, in the Trobriands Group—that young scientist found himself ghost-whispering, snake wrestling, Quadoi hunting and plunged waist-deep into a sludge...

Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible...

Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921922923
RRP: $24.99
Book Cover: The Chamberlain Case: the legal saga that transfixed the nation
Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781922070036
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica
By Chris Turney

The rivalry between Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen is a familiar story; what fewer people know is that, in 1912, five separate teams were exploring beyond the limits of the known world: Scott for Britain, Amundsen for Norway, Mawson for Australasia, Filchner for Germany and Shirase for Japan. The Antarctic discoveries made by these brave explorers enthralled the world and forever changed the way we...

The rivalry between Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen is a familiar story; what fewer people know is that, in 1912, five separate teams were exploring beyond the limits of the known world: Scott for Britain...

Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921922725
RRP: $34.99
Book Cover:  Brothers
By Antonio Buti

WHEN SOMEBODY SWINDLED THE PERTH MINT OUT OF GOLD WORTH OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN 1982, LOCAL POLICE THOUGHT THEY HAD CAUGHT THE OFFENDERS.

The Mickelberg brothers, Ray, Peter and Brian, were their prime suspects.  They were charge and convicted despite the fact the gold was never found, and before the trial had even commenced were also charged with defrauding millionaire Alan Bond with a...

WHEN SOMEBODY SWINDLED THE PERTH MINT OUT OF GOLD WORTH OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN 1982, LOCAL POLICE THOUGHT THEY HAD CAUGHT THE OFFENDERS.

The Mickelberg brothers, Ray, Peter and Brian, were their...

Published: 24/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921888472
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Wakool Crossing: a modern-day investigation into the mysterious de
Published: 22/08/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844911
RRP: $27.95
Book Cover: The Honoured Dead:A story of friendship, murder, and the search for truth in the Arab world
By Joseph Braude

Here is a remarkable story of how the Arab Islamic world is being transformed, one life at a time.

Here is a remarkable story of how the Arab Islamic world is being transformed, one life at a time.

Published: 27/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844133
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover: The Pacific
By Hugh Ambrose

The official companion book to the HBO® miniseries available on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Hugh Ambrose's bestseller follows the struggles and triumphs of four US Marines and a US Navy carrier pilot fighting in the Pacific region during World War II. 

The official companion book to the HBO® miniseries available on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Hugh Ambrose's bestseller follows the struggles and triumphs of four US Marines and a US Navy carrier pilot fighting...

Published: 01/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921758676
RRP: $25.95
Book Cover:  Crime
By Schirach Ferdinand von

Crime is a collection of true crime stories told by one of Germany's most prominent defense lawyers. Some of the cases are strange, some bewildering and others heartbreaking, but all are told with genuine concern for those who have slipped through the protective nets of society.
- What would make a polite, well-liked doctor cut up his wife's with an axe?
- Why would a boy slaughter the sheep in his...

Crime is a collection of true crime stories told by one of Germany's most prominent defense lawyers. Some of the cases are strange, some bewildering and others heartbreaking, but all are told with genuine...

Published: 31/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921656903
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover:  War at the Wall Street Journal: How Rupert Murdoch Bought an American   Icon
By Sarah Ellison

War at the Wall Street Journal is a comprehensive and readable account of how Rupert Murdoch came to own the crown jewel of American business journalism, written by former Journal media writer Sarah Ellison.

War at the Wall Street Journal is a comprehensive and readable account of how Rupert Murdoch came to own the crown jewel of American business journalism, written by former Journal media writer Sarah Ellison...

Published: 03/05/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921656583
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover:  Tokyo Vice: A Western Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
By Jake Adelstein

At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime … crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun . For twelve years of eighty-hour work weeks, he covered the seedy side of Japan, where extortion, murder, human trafficking, and corruption are as familiar as ramen noodles and sake. But when his final scoop brought him face...

At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime … crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun . For twelve years of...

Published: 27/01/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640285
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  No Angel: My Undercover Journey to the Dark Heart of the Hells
By Jay Dobyns & Nils Johnson-Shelton

Would you go to the gates of Hell for your job?

Would you go to the gates of Hell for your job?

Published: 02/03/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921520266
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover:  Up a Hollow Log: Animal stories from the bush and beyond
In this third collection of true tales, animals rather than people take centre stage.
In this third collection of true tales, animals rather than people take centre stage.
Published: 02/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921518492
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Outback Spirit: Inspiring True Stories of Australia's Unsung Heroes
No task is too great and no sacrifice too much for these everyday heroes.
No task is too great and no sacrifice too much for these everyday heroes.
Published: 30/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921518508
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Bury Me Vertical
In his latest collection, Ryle brings together the best cock and bull stories from the local pub, the sale yard, the track and his own remarkable life.
In his latest collection, Ryle brings together the best cock and bull stories from the local pub, the sale yard, the track and his own remarkable life.
Published: 30/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921518553
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Balibo
By Jill Jolliffe

In October 1975, during the decolonisation of Portuguese Timor, five young television reporters travelled from Australia to report on the brewing unrest in the region.   It was a journey that would be their last:   Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham, and Tony Stewart of Channel Seven, and Brian Peters and Malcolm Rennie of Channel Nine, were killed by the Indonesian military as they filmed...

In October 1975, during the decolonisation of Portuguese Timor, five young television reporters travelled from Australia to report on the brewing unrest in the region.   It was a journey that would...

Published: 26/06/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921372773
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Last Anzacs: Lest We Forget
By Tony Stephens & Steven Siewert

More than 75,000 Australians and New Zealanders went to war on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. They shared a horror, but their courage on a battlefield of tragic errors and unimaginable suffering helped build a legend, the legend of the Anzacs. The Anzacs lost more men on the Western Front than they did against the Turks at Gallipoli. Yet, rightly or wrongly, Gallipoli is etched deepest into the Australian...

More than 75,000 Australians and New Zealanders went to war on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. They shared a horror, but their courage on a battlefield of tragic errors and unimaginable suffering helped...

Published: 30/03/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921361463
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Men of Mont St Quentin
By Peter Stanley

At exactly 1.30 p.m. on 1 September 1918, the dozen men of Nine Platoon, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion, rose from Elsa Trench and walked across a weedy beet-field toward the German defenders of Mont St Quentin. Within hours, three were dead and five more were wounded, one of whom died six weeks later. The survivors returned from war, more-or-less intact, to live through the next sixty-odd years...

At exactly 1.30 p.m. on 1 September 1918, the dozen men of Nine Platoon, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion, rose from Elsa Trench and walked across a weedy beet-field toward the German defenders of Mont...

Published: 31/08/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921215339
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Travels in Atomic Sunshine: Australia and the Occupation of Japan
By Robin Gerster
In February 1946, the Australians of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) moved into western Japan to 'demilitarise and democratise' the atom-bombed backwater of Hiroshima Prefecture. For over six years, up to 20,000 Australian servicemen, including their wives and children, participated in an historic experiment in nation-rebuilding dominated by the United States and the occupation's supreme...
In February 1946, the Australians of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) moved into western Japan to 'demilitarise and democratise' the atom-bombed backwater of Hiroshima Prefecture. For over...
Published: 27/10/2008
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921215346
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Well Done Those Men: Memoirs of a Vietnam veteran
By Barry Heard

In this intensely personal account, Barry Heard draws on his own experiences as a young conscript, along with those of his comrades to look back at life before, during, and after the Vietnam War. The result is a sympathetic vision of a group of young men who were sent off to war completely unprepared for the emotional and psychological impact it would have on them.

In this intensely personal account, Barry Heard draws on his own experiences as a young conscript, along with those of his comrades to look back at life before, during, and after the Vietnam War. The result...

Published: 02/07/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921215360
RRP: $27.95
Book Cover:  Survivors: Great Open Boat Voyages
By Douglas Sellick
Thrilling tales of survival at sea brought to life in extracts from original diaries and captain's journals. From the Antarctic to the Bounty , from the well-known to the little-known or long-forgotten, these real-life stories of open boat voyages on the high seas make enthralling reading.
Thrilling tales of survival at sea brought to life in extracts from original diaries and captain's journals. From the Antarctic to the Bounty , from the well-known to the little-known or long-forgotten...
Published: 14/12/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921064180
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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