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Book Cover:  Your Child Your Genius: Develop Your Child's Potential
By Theva Nithy

Give your child a head-start in life!

Give your child a head-start in life!

Published: 10/12/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789812618726
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
By Florence Williams

Feted and fetishised, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece.
But in the modern world, the breast is changing.
Breasts are getting bigger, developing earlier and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle against breast cancer—
even among men.
So what makes breasts so mercurial—and so vulnerable?






Feted and fetishised, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece.
But in the modern world, the breast is changing.
Breasts are getting bigger, developing earlier and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly...

Published: 23/05/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921922640
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover: The Whole-Brain Child: 12 revolutionary strategies to nurture your child's developing mind, survive everyday parenting struggles, and help your family thrive
By Daniel J Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store.  Your preschooler refuses to get dressed.  Your 11-year-old sulks on the bench instead of playing on the field.  Do children conspire to make their parents' lives endlessly challenging?  No — it's just their developing brain calling the shots!

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store.  Your preschooler refuses to get dressed.  Your 11-year-old sulks on the bench instead of playing on the field.  Do children conspire...

Published: 21/03/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844775
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Good Health in the 21st Century: A Family Doctor's Unconventional
By Carole Hungerford

' Good Health in the 21st Century shows how you and your family can stay healthy with good dietary practice, exercise, and sensible supplementation.'
WELLNESS

Western nations are worried about the problems of an ageing population. But if we take into account the health trends in younger generations we arrive at a frightening prediction: for the first time in history, we have produced a generation which...

' Good Health in the 21st Century shows how you and your family can stay healthy with good dietary practice, exercise, and sensible supplementation.'
WELLNESS

Western nations are worried about the problems...

Published: 03/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844584
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Passionate Marriage: Keeping love and intimacy alive in committed relationships
By David Schnarch

'The best book on marriage and sex yet published.'
Psychotherapy in Australia

The greatest sexual pleasure and emotional fulfilment in a person's lifetime is possible in the middle and later years when he or she has developed a mature sense of self and found genuine intimacy with another person.  That's the exciting message of this daring and pioneering work that challenges couples to work together...

'The best book on marriage and sex yet published.'
Psychotherapy in Australia

The greatest sexual pleasure and emotional fulfilment in a person's lifetime is possible in the middle and later years when...

Published: 03/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844423
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Longevity Project: Surprising discoveries for health and long life from the landmark eight-decade study
By Howard Friedman & Leslie Martin

We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, The Longevity Project exposes what really has an impact on our lifespan — including friends, family, personality, and work.

We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, The Longevity Project...

Published: 02/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844010
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr Good Enough
By Lori Gottlieb

Wonder why you're still single? Had you imagined you'd be settled down with the perfect man and family by now? Afraid time is running out?  You might want to listen to what Lori Gottlieb has to say.  
When Lori found herself forty and still single, she came to an uncomfortable realisation. If so many of her friends were very happily married to 'good enough' guys, the type of men who might...

Wonder why you're still single? Had you imagined you'd be settled down with the perfect man and family by now? Afraid time is running out?  You might want to listen to what Lori Gottlieb has to say...

Published: 31/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921758065
RRP: $25.95
Book Cover: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
By Elisabeth Tova Bailey

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a Neohelix albolabris —a common woodland snail.

While an illness keeps her bedridden, Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence on her nightstand. As a result, she discovers the solace and sense of wonder that...

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a Neohelix albolabris —a...

Published: 31/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921758126
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover:  Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex & Intimacy
By Krissy Kneen

When she was a child Krissy Kneen fell deeply, helplessly in love with her own sexuality. As a young woman she pursued her desires down whatever risk-strewn paths they led. Now, middle-aged and happily married, she remains driven by the need for orgasm, racked by obsessive lust, constantly in thrall to the temptation of pornography.
Could this be a problem?

When she was a child Krissy Kneen fell deeply, helplessly in love with her own sexuality. As a young woman she pursued her desires down whatever risk-strewn paths they led. Now, middle-aged and happily...

Published: 27/09/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921656729
RRP: $25.95
Book Cover:  Rekindling: Your Relationship after Childbirth
By Martien Snellen

We all know parenthood brings massive changes.  But not every couple is prepared for the impact pregnancy and childbirth can have on their intimate relationship.

Sure, we expect to put sex on hold for a while just before and after the birth, but most of us naively assume that things will eventually return more or less to normal.  Unfortunately for many couples it doesn't work out like that. ...

We all know parenthood brings massive changes.  But not every couple is prepared for the impact pregnancy and childbirth can have on their intimate relationship.

Sure, we expect to put sex on hold...

Published: 29/03/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921656248
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover:  Original Skin: Exploring the Marvels of the Human Hide
By Maryrose Cuskelly

Original Skin is the grand and sweeping story of our largest organ — the exquisitely sensitive, constantly reactive, and staunchly protective human skin. Our skin is where we end and the rest of the cosmos begins, and our first port of call in understanding the way in which we each connect with the world.

Original Skin is the grand and sweeping story of our largest organ — the exquisitely sensitive, constantly reactive, and staunchly protective human skin. Our skin is where we end and the rest of...

Published: 02/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640582
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Anticancer: A New Way of Life
By David Servan-Schreiber

All of us have cancer cells in our bodies. But not all of us will develop cancer. This international bestseller, now revised with the latest research, examines what we can do every day to lower our chances of ever developing the illness, and also explains what to do to increase the chances of recovery from it.

All of us have cancer cells in our bodies. But not all of us will develop cancer. This international bestseller, now revised with the latest research, examines what we can do every day to lower our chances...

Published: 27/09/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640704
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five
By John Medina

A groundbreaking new book from the author of the New York Times Bestseller Brain Rules

What's the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy?  What does watching TV do to a child's brain?  What's the best way to handle temper tantrums/  Scientists know.

A groundbreaking new book from the author of the New York Times Bestseller Brain Rules

What's the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy?  What does watching TV do to a child's brain? ...

Published: 31/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640841
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Mindsight: Change Your Brain and Your Life
By Daniel J Siegel

From a pioneer in the field of mental health comes a groundbreaking book on the healing power of 'mindsight', the capacity for insight and empathy that allows you to make positive changes in your brain — and in your life.
 

From a pioneer in the field of mental health comes a groundbreaking book on the healing power of 'mindsight', the capacity for insight and empathy that allows you to make positive changes in your brain...

Published: 19/11/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640308
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Intimacy and Desire: Awaken the Passion in Your Relationship
By David Schnarch

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Schnarch, one of the foremost experts on sexuality and relationships, explains why normal healthy couples in long-term relationships have sexual desire problems, regardless of how much they love each other or how well they communicate. In-depth examples of couples he has counselled reveal his unique understanding of common-but-difficult sexual desire problems...

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Schnarch, one of the foremost experts on sexuality and relationships, explains why normal healthy couples in long-term relationships have sexual desire problems...

Published: 01/02/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640322
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover: The Vitamin D Solution: A Three-Step Strategy to Cure Our Most Common Health Problem
By Michael F Holick

Vitamin D deficiency is the most common medical condition in the world.  Recent research indicates that 23 per cent of Australians have some degree of vitamin D deficiency, including up to 43 per cent of young women.  As a result, they may suffer from chronic health conditions, ranging from daily annoyances such as fatigue and pain to life-threatening illnesses.  But few people know...

Vitamin D deficiency is the most common medical condition in the world.  Recent research indicates that 23 per cent of Australians have some degree of vitamin D deficiency, including up to 43 per...

Published: 30/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640520
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Alzheimer's: A Love Story
By Vivienne Ulman

When Vivienne Ulman's youngest child left home, she and her husband were poised to enjoy their freedom. Then her mother's Alzheimer's intervened.

In Alzheimer's: a love story, Vivienne records with tender lyricism and searing honesty the progress of her mother's Alzheimer's, her own grief over the gradual loss of her beloved mother, and the way in which her parents' enduring love for each other sustains...

When Vivienne Ulman's youngest child left home, she and her husband were poised to enjoy their freedom. Then her mother's Alzheimer's intervened.

In Alzheimer's: a love story, Vivienne records with tender...

Published: 26/10/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640001
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  How Doctors Think
By Jerome Groopman

On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong – with catastrophic consequences. In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes...

On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made...

Published: 04/01/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640216
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Rules of the Game
By Neil Strauss

The author of the phenomenal bestseller The Game returns with a new Game project.

An indispensable volume, featuring Strauss's first ever how-to guide for pick-up artists, The Stylelife Challenge, and a new collection of Game true stories, The Style Diaries. 

Learn the Game, the worldwide phenomenon, in 30 days!

Game plan: get a date in 30 days!

The author of the phenomenal bestseller The Game returns with a new Game project.

An indispensable volume, featuring Strauss's first ever how-to guide for pick-up artists, The Stylelife Challenge, and...

Published: 28/11/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921520143
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Jimmy and Gret Don't Do Sex: An Unconventional Love Story (53% true)
When a clairvoyant tells Gretel Killeen that she has only days to live, she is forced to look back on all the most important things in her life.
When a clairvoyant tells Gretel Killeen that she has only days to live, she is forced to look back on all the most important things in her life.
Published: 27/09/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921518232
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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