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Book Cover:  Outsmart Your Genes: How Understanding Your DNA Will Empower You to Protect Yourself Against Cancer, Alzheimer's Heart Disease, Obesity, and Many Other Conditions
By MD Brandon Colby

Learn what you and your doctor can do today to alter your genetic destiny.

Genetic testing is the most exciting-and groundbreaking-medical development in decades. Outsmart Your Genes is the definitive guide for anyone considering genetic testing or curious about its benefits.

Separating myth from fact, answering the tough questions, and arming you with the information you need to harness the amazing...

Learn what you and your doctor can do today to alter your genetic destiny.

Genetic testing is the most exciting-and groundbreaking-medical development in decades. Outsmart Your Genes is the definitive...

Published: 06/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780399536380
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Mobile DNA: Finding Treasure in Junk
By Haig Kazazian

What we now know about mobile DNA--and the substantial roles it plays in humans, animals, and plants.

What we now know about mobile DNA--and the substantial roles it plays in humans, animals, and plants.

Published: 14/06/2011
Format: Cloth Books
ISBN: 9780137070626
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover:  Brains: How They Seem to Work
By Dale Purves

A powerful, personal guide to the history and future of neuroscience, from one of the field's leading researchers

A powerful, personal guide to the history and future of neuroscience, from one of the field's leading researchers

Published: 11/06/2010
Format: Cloth Books
ISBN: 9780137055098
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  AIDS: Taking a Long-Term View
By Aids2031 Consortium The

The definitive report on the AIDS pandemic: where it stands, where it's headed, what we know, and the choices we face

The definitive report on the AIDS pandemic: where it stands, where it's headed, what we know, and the choices we face

Published: 09/12/2010
Format: Cloth Books
ISBN: 9780132172592
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Brain Rules: 12 principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School
By John Medina

A New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller.

Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—like that physical activity boosts your brain power.

How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget—and...



A New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller.

Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should...

Published: 30/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921844041
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Super Cooperators: Evolution, altruism and human behaviour (or why we need each other to succeed)
By Martin Nowak & Roger Highfield

Darwin's theory of evolution is infamous but it has one major chink. If life is all about survival of the fittest, then why do people risk their lives to save strangers? And what about charity and fairness? Why do we cooperate?

Darwin's theory of evolution is infamous but it has one major chink. If life is all about survival of the fittest, then why do people risk their lives to save strangers? And what about charity and fairness?...

Published: 30/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921758294
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover:  Proust was a Neuroscientist
By Jonah Lehrer

Is science the only path to knowledge?

In this sparkling and provocative book Jonah Lehrer, author of The Decisive Moment , explains that when it comes to understanding the brain, art got there first.  Taking a group of celebrated writers, painters and composers, Lehrer shows us how artists have discovered truths about the human mind - real, tangible truths - that science is only now rediscovering...

Is science the only path to knowledge?

In this sparkling and provocative book Jonah Lehrer, author of The Decisive Moment , explains that when it comes to understanding the brain, art got there first. ...

Published: 28/02/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921758140
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
By Stuart Brown & Christopher Vaughan

We've all seen the happiness in the face of a child while playing in the schoolyard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing with glee across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless and all-consuming. And, most important, it's fun.

We've all seen the happiness in the face of a child while playing in the schoolyard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing with glee across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition...

Published: 28/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640537
RRP: $27.95
Book Cover: The Brain that Changes Itself
By Norman Doidge

An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age.

Psychiatrist and rersearcher Norman Doidge, M.D., travelled around the United States to meet the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity, and the people whose...

An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure...

Published: 01/03/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921372742
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Eternal Frontier: an Ecological History of North America & Its Peoplles
By Tim Flannery
In the tradition of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel , and Flannery's own best-seller, The Future Eaters , this is ecological history on a monumental scale.

Tim Flannery has achieved something never before attempted: a history of the formation of North America as we know it today.

The Eternal Frontier contains an enormous wealth of fascinating details, and Tim Flannery's accessible and writing...

In the tradition of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel , and Flannery's own best-seller, The Future Eaters , this is ecological history on a monumental scale.

Tim Flannery has achieved something never...

Published: 31/03/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781877008566
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology challenging the rational model of judgement and decision-making, is one of the world's most important thinkers. 
Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology challenging the rational model of judgement and decision-making, is one of the world's most important thinkers. 
Published: 31/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846146060
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
By Sebastian Seung

In this bold and groundbreaking book, renowned neuroscientist Sebastian Seung reveals the secrets of the human brain. 

In this bold and groundbreaking book, renowned neuroscientist Sebastian Seung reveals the secrets of the human brain. 

Published: 27/04/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846146589
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance
By Richard Restak

From a renowned neuroscientist and bestselling author comes a book that shows readers how to improve and tone the brain.

From a renowned neuroscientist and bestselling author comes a book that shows readers how to improve and tone the brain.

Published: 11/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781594484438
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Evolution: The Human Story
By Dorling Kindersley

Come face to face with our ancestors

Travel back 8 million years with Evolution The Human Story and go on a fascinating journey to discover how our species has developed from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans.



Come face to face with our ancestors

Travel back 8 million years with Evolution The Human Story and go on a fascinating journey to discover how our species has developed from tree-dwelling primates to...

Published: 29/08/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781405361651
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover: The Natural History Book
By Dorling Kindersley

A monumental and extraordinarily beautiful guide to the Earth's natural wonders

Five years in the making, covering over 5,000 species, The Natural History Book is one-of-a-kind; the only book to offer a complete survey of the Earth's natural history.

Each geological and biological grouping is introduced and explained in an engaging and highly informative way, making it the perfect addition to...



A monumental and extraordinarily beautiful guide to the Earth's natural wonders

Five years in the making, covering over 5,000 species, The Natural History Book is one-of-a-kind; the only book to offer...

Published: 25/10/2010
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781405336994
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover:  Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience
By Stephen S Hall

  A compelling investigation into one of our most coveted ideals, examining philosophical and religious wisdom through the lens of modern brain science.

  A compelling investigation into one of our most coveted ideals, examining philosophical and religious wisdom through the lens of modern brain science.

Published: 22/11/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780702238673
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover:  Quiet: The power of Introverts in a world that can't stop talking

' Quiet is a startling, important and readable page-turner that will make quiet people see themselves in a whole new light.'
Naomi Wolf , author of The Beauty Myth

'Once in a blue moon, a book comes along that gives us startling new insights. Quiet is that book: part page-turner, part cutting-edge science, it will change the way you see yourself, other people, and the world.'
Adam Grant, the Wharton...

' Quiet is a startling, important and readable page-turner that will make quiet people see themselves in a whole new light.'
Naomi Wolf , author of The Beauty Myth

'Once in a blue moon, a book comes along...

Published: 23/02/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780670916764
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking
Published: 11/05/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780670916757
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Ecological Intelligence: The Coming Age of Radical Transparency
By Daniel Goleman

Although we all want to help the environment, our knowledge of what are 'green' choices is often so limited that we can do more harm than good. But now a new phenomenon, 'radical transparency', the availability of complete information about all aspects of a product's history, is about to transform the power of consumers and the fate of business.

Ecological Intelligence shows you:

Although we all want to help the environment, our knowledge of what are 'green' choices is often so limited that we can do more harm than good. But now a new phenomenon, 'radical transparency', the availability...

Published: 28/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141039091
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: The Origin of Our Species
By Chris Stringer

'When it comes to human evolution Chris Stringer is as close to the horse's mouth as it gets . . . The Origin of Our Species should be the one-stop source on the subject. Read it now'   BBC Focus  

Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes? When did humans become 'modern' - are...

'When it comes to human evolution Chris Stringer is as close to the horse's mouth as it gets . . . The Origin of Our Species should be the one-stop source on the subject. Read it now'   BBC Focus...

Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141037202
RRP: $22.99

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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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