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Book Cover: A Short History of Christianity
For 200 years, Christianity has had a varying but immense influence on world history.  Who better, then, than Geoffrey Blainey, one of Australia's most accomplished historians, to bring us a history of this world-changing religion.
For 200 years, Christianity has had a varying but immense influence on world history.  Who better, then, than Geoffrey Blainey, one of Australia's most accomplished historians, to bring us a history of this world-changing religion.
Published: 26/10/2011
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742534169
Book Cover: The Aleppo Codex: the true story of obsession, faith, and the international pursuit of an ancient bible
By Matti Friedman

In an age when physical books matter less and less, here is a thrilling story about a book that meant everything.

In an age when physical books matter less and less, here is a thrilling story about a book that meant everything.

Published: 23/05/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844805
RRP: $27.95
Book Cover:  Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World
By James Carroll

James Carroll's urgent, masterly Jerusalem , Jerusalem uncovers the ways in which the city became a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fervour unlike anywhere else on earth.  He shows how the conflicts within this holiest of cities underscore an important point of history: that religion and violence fuel each other.

James Carroll's urgent, masterly Jerusalem , Jerusalem uncovers the ways in which the city became a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fervour unlike anywhere else on earth.  He shows how...

Published: 03/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844324
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover: The Existential Jesus
By John Carroll

Jesus is the man who made the West. What kind of man was he? Is he relevant to a modern world shaken by crises of meaning?

The churches have mainly projected him as Jesus the carer and comforter, Jesus meek and mild, friend of the weak. This is Jesus the Good Shepherd, who preaches on sin and forgiveness. He is Lord and Saviour.

Jesus is the man who made the West. What kind of man was he? Is he relevant to a modern world shaken by crises of meaning?

The churches have mainly projected him as Jesus the carer and comforter, Jesus...

Published: 28/11/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844386
RRP: $27.95
Book Cover: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
By Philip Pullman

In this ingenious and spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman reimagines the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and great power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ says something new about who Jesus was and asks questions that will resonate long after the book has been read.

In this ingenious and spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman reimagines the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and great power, The Good Man Jesus and...

Published: 03/05/2010
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921656194
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover: The Wreck of Western Culture: Humanism Revisited
By John Carroll

Humanism built western civilization as we know it today.  Its achievements include the liberation of the individual, democracy, universal rights, and widespread prosperity and comfort.  Its ambassadors are the heroes of modern culture: Erasmus, Holbein, Shakespeare, Velzquez, Descartes, Kant, and Freud.

Humanism built western civilization as we know it today.  Its achievements include the liberation of the individual, democracy, universal rights, and widespread prosperity and comfort.  Its ambassadors...

Published: 04/01/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640223
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Behind the Exclusive Brethren
By Michael Bachelard

Out of nowhere in 2004, this obscure religious sect burst onto the political stage in Australia. Almost unheard of until then, the Exclusive Brethren was suddenly spending up big in election advertising in support of conservative political parties. But its members were shy to the point of paranoia about who they were — preferring, as they said, to 'fly under the radar'. Brethren members assiduously...

Out of nowhere in 2004, this obscure religious sect burst onto the political stage in Australia. Almost unheard of until then, the Exclusive Brethren was suddenly spending up big in election advertising...

Published: 04/01/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640230
RRP: $27.95
Book Cover:  My Friend the Fanatic: Travels With an Indonesian Islamist
By Sadanand Dhume
In October 2002, Sadanand Dhume found himself in a place most foreigners were trying to flee -Bali. Powerful explosions the previous night had ripped through two tourist nightclubs, killing more than 200 people. That evening he visited all that remained of the Sari Club: piles of ash, twisted girders, blackened beer bottles and the stench of charred wood and petrol. Amidst the desultory crackle of...
In October 2002, Sadanand Dhume found himself in a place most foreigners were trying to flee -Bali. Powerful explosions the previous night had ripped through two tourist nightclubs, killing more than 200...
Published: 05/05/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921351402
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover: The Existential Jesus
By John Carroll

Jesus is the man who made the West. What kind of man was he? Is he relevant to a modern world shaken by crises of meaning?

The churches have mainly projected him as Jesus the carer and comforter, Jesus meek and mild, friend of the weak. This is Jesus the Good Shepherd, who preaches on sin and forgiveness. He is Lord and Saviour.

Jesus is the man who made the West. What kind of man was he? Is he relevant to a modern world shaken by crises of meaning?

The churches have mainly projected him as Jesus the carer and comforter, Jesus...

Published: 01/03/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921215179
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World and Why Their Differences Matter
By Stephen Prothero

Is religion toxic or tonic? Is it a force for good or for evil? The answer is 'all of the above' – which is to say that religion is a force far too powerful to be ignored.

God Is Not One is the essential guide to learning about and understanding religion and its place in our global culture today, written for religious and non-religious people alike, and for people in between.

Is religion toxic or tonic? Is it a force for good or for evil? The answer is 'all of the above' – which is to say that religion is a force far too powerful to be ignored.

God Is Not One is the essential...

Published: 31/05/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863954808
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover: The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam

Across much of inland Africa and Asia, from Nigeria, Sudan and Somalia to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, live more than half of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims, and sixty percent of the world's 2 billion Christians.

Across much of inland Africa and Asia, from Nigeria, Sudan and Somalia to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, live more than half of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims, and sixty percent of the world's...

Published: 11/03/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846144219
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  This May Help You Understand the World
By Lawrence Potter

'A current affairs primer that ensures you'll never again struggle at dinner parties when someone asks you for your views on Palestine' 
Time Out

What is an oligarch?
Who is really in charge of China?
What is Zionism?
How do the US elections work?
What's really going on in Iran?

Do you ever find yourself floundering in a sea of ten-second soundbites, wishing you had a better grasp of current affairs?...





'A current affairs primer that ensures you'll never again struggle at dinner parties when someone asks you for your views on Palestine' 
Time Out

What is an oligarch?
Who is really in charge of China?...

Published: 29/07/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846144417
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325
By Geza Vermes

The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the world's history, but also one of the most enigmatic and little understood, shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding.  

The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the world's history, but also one of the most enigmatic and little understood, shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding...

Published: 26/09/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846141508
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover: The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Religions, Fouth Edition
By Brandon Toropov & Father Luke Buckles

The updated guide to differences-and similarities-of faiths around the world.

In this revised and updated edition of the popular guide to the many faiths followed around the world, modern and ancient religions are extensively covered as well as New Thought religions.

This edition also now features-


The updated guide to differences-and similarities-of faiths around the world.

In this revised and updated edition of the popular guide to the many faiths followed around the world, modern and ancient religions...

Published: 09/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781615640690
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  World Religions at Your Fingertips
By Michael McDowell & Nathan Robert Brown

Quick reference to the major religions of the world.

With World Religions at Your Fingertips , readers can quickly learn anything they need to know about Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and more. From reincarnation to resurrection, the Four Noble Truths to the Ten Commandments, this book covers the gamut of religious concepts and beliefs throughout...

Quick reference to the major religions of the world.

With World Religions at Your Fingertips , readers can quickly learn anything they need to know about Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism...

Published: 30/04/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592578467
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Catholic Catechism
By Mary De Turris Poust
The Catechism is an amazing collection of Church teachings and rules that cover everything from the basics, like honouring God, to more unusual subjects, such as paying just wages and respecting animals. Perfect for students, lay teachers, Catholics, and readers of other faiths, this guide is the key to understanding the daily life of Catholics and gives readers an appreciation for what Catholics believe...
The Catechism is an amazing collection of Church teachings and rules that cover everything from the basics, like honouring God, to more unusual subjects, such as paying just wages and respecting animals...
Published: 15/04/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592577071
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Catholicism, 3E
By Bob O'Gorman & Mary Faulkner
An updated and revised guide that, in its past editions, has told the story of being Catholic as Catholics themselves live their faith, every day of their lives. More so than ever before, this edition speaks to nonclergy, practicing Catholics, and interested others, as well as religious professionals and members of the clergy.
An updated and revised guide that, in its past editions, has told the story of being Catholic as Catholics themselves live their faith, every day of their lives. More so than ever before, this edition...
Published: 22/09/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592575350
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Complete Idiot's Guide to the Gnostic Gospels
By Michael Matkin
The founding of the early Christian Church had as much to do with politics and intrigue as it did with theology and religion. This history and the documents uncovered at the Nag Hammadi site in Egypt have formed the basis of some of the most interesting and mysterious questions today. Was Mary Magdalene a disciple of Jesus? What role did Jesus mother Mary play? What does the Gospel of Thomas tells...
The founding of the early Christian Church had as much to do with politics and intrigue as it did with theology and religion. This history and the documents uncovered at the Nag Hammadi site in Egypt have...
Published: 13/10/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781592573882
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover:  What is God?
By Jacob Needleman

A leading American philosopher's personal journey from Godlessness to the experience of God.

IN HIS MOST INTIMATE AND REVEALING WORK, Jacob Needleman-whose voice and ideas have done so much to open the West to esoteric and Eastern religious ideas in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries-considers humanity's most vital question: What is God?



A leading American philosopher's personal journey from Godlessness to the experience of God.

IN HIS MOST INTIMATE AND REVEALING WORK, Jacob Needleman-whose voice and ideas have done so much to open the...

Published: 15/02/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781585428472
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Religions: Eyewitness Companion Guide
By Philip Wilkinson
Everything you want to know about the world's religions: from beliefs and ceremonies to gods and sacred texts.

From Hinduism to Zoroastrianism take an in-depth look at all the major global religions, past and present. Discover how each religion started, exploring their origins and history, from the moment of its founding to its spread across the world today. Find out all about the Gods and prophets...

Everything you want to know about the world's religions: from beliefs and ceremonies to gods and sacred texts.

From Hinduism to Zoroastrianism take an in-depth look at all the major global religions, past...

Published: 01/09/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781405328159
RRP: $39.95

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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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