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Book Cover:  What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
By Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at them, and the world around us.
 

Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to...

Published: 25/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141044804
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover:  Outliers: The Story of Success

'A fizzingly entertaining and enlighting book' Daily Mail

'Gladwell is not only a brilliant storyteller; he can see what those stories tell us, the lessons they contain' Guardian

Why do some people achieve so much more than others?
Can they lie so far out of the ordinary?






'A fizzingly entertaining and enlighting book' Daily Mail

'Gladwell is not only a brilliant storyteller; he can see what those stories tell us, the lessons they contain' Guardian

Why do some people achieve...



Published: 29/06/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141036250
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: The Language of Things
By Deyan Sudjic

'Articulate and wonderfully knowledgeable …the backlash against mindless consumerism has begun . . . for anyone who takes an interest in the world around us'
TIME OUT 

Design is everywhere. It seduces, pleases and inspires us. It makes us part with our money. It defines who we think we are. And understanding it offers us a whole new way of seeing the world.

An iPhone, an anglepoise...

'Articulate and wonderfully knowledgeable …the backlash against mindless consumerism has begun . . . for anyone who takes an interest in the world around us'
TIME OUT 

Design is everywhere...

Published: 09/11/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141031170
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  From Australia With Love: Australian Romance Novels, 1925-2000
Published: 05/07/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781920731809
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Sages: Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker, and the Maelstrom of Markets
By Charles R Morris

During the violent financial disruptions of recent years, three men have stood out as beacons of judgement & wisdom: Warren Buffett, George Soros & Paul Volcker.

During the violent financial disruptions of recent years, three men have stood out as beacons of judgement & wisdom: Warren Buffett, George Soros & Paul Volcker.

Published: 29/06/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863954358
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  It's Not My Fault They Print Them
By Catherine Deveny
From 4WD owners to Sam Newman to lovers of reality television, Catherine Devney has an opinion and isn't afraid to share it. It's Not My Fault They Print Them is a biting collection of Deveny's articles as opinion writer and TV critic for The Age . This book will make you laugh out loud, and also contains some special new features, including a legendary attack on Nick Giannopoulos and Deveny's thoughts...
From 4WD owners to Sam Newman to lovers of reality television, Catherine Devney has an opinion and isn't afraid to share it. It's Not My Fault They Print Them is a biting collection of Deveny's articles...
Published: 16/11/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863951197
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
By Nick Hornby
In his monthly accounts of what he's read – along with what he may one day read – Nick Hornby brilliantly explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, sports books and other kinds of non-fiction. If he occasionally implores a biographer for brevity, or abandons a literary work in favour of an Arsenal match, then all is not lost. His writing, full of...
In his monthly accounts of what he's read – along with what he may one day read – Nick Hornby brilliantly explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays...
Published: 01/10/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141028491
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room
By Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer, described by the Daily Telegraph as 'possibly the best living writer in Britain', takes on his biggest challenge yet: unlocking the film that has obsessed him all his adult life.
Magnificently unpredictable and hilarious (and surely one of the most unusual books ever written about cinema), Zona takes the reader on an enthralling, thought-provoking journey.

Geoff Dyer, described by the Daily Telegraph as 'possibly the best living writer in Britain', takes on his biggest challenge yet: unlocking the film that has obsessed him all his adult life.
Magnificently...

Published: 25/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921922060
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover:  How to Cause a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behaviour
By Laura Kipnis

We all relish a good scandal — the larger the figure (governor, judge) and more shocking the particulars (nappies, cigars) — the better. But why do people feel compelled to act out their tangled psychodramas on the national stage, and why do we so enjoy watching them, hurling our condemnations while savouring every lurid detail?

We all relish a good scandal — the larger the figure (governor, judge) and more shocking the particulars (nappies, cigars) — the better. But why do people feel compelled to act out their tangled...

Published: 27/09/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640827
RRP: $29.95
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:  Private Dicks & Feisty Chicks: An Interrogation Of Crime Fiction
Published: 19/11/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781920731281
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania¹s Forests
Published: 23/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863955584
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Reframe: How to solve the world's trickiest problems
By Eric Knight

'An original and vital contribution to understanding politics.' – Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist

How to solve the world's trickiest political problems?

In Reframe, Eric Knight explains how a change of focus can reveal a solution that was lying just outside your frame of vision.

From terrorism to global warming, from border security to high finance, he brings a new perspective that...

'An original and vital contribution to understanding politics.' – Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist

How to solve the world's trickiest political problems?

In Reframe, Eric Knight explains...

Published: 25/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863955591
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws and the Power of Words
By Robert Lane Greene

Why does language move some of us to anxiety or even rage?

For centuries, sticklers have donned the cloak of authority to control how people use words. In this sensational new book, Robert Lane Greene strikes back to defend the fascinating, real-life diversity of this most basic human faculty. Along the way, he corrects Bill Bryson's 'facts' about words, challenges the rhetoric of Lynne Truss's bestselling...

Why does language move some of us to anxiety or even rage?

For centuries, sticklers have donned the cloak of authority to control how people use words. In this sensational new book, Robert Lane Greene...

Published: 03/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863955416
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Family Law
By Benjamin Law

Meet the Law family – eccentric, endearing and hard to resist. Your guide: Benjamin, the third of five children and a born humorist. Join him as he tries to answer some puzzling questions: Why won't his Chinese dad wear made-in-China underpants? Why was most of his extended family deported in the 1980s? Will his childhood dreams of Home and Away stardom come to nothing? What are his chances of...

Meet the Law family – eccentric, endearing and hard to resist. Your guide: Benjamin, the third of five children and a born humorist. Join him as he tries to answer some puzzling questions: Why won't...

Published: 01/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863955317
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover:  Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010
By Mungo MacCallum

As the 2010 federal election approaches, who better than Mungo MacCallum to guide us through the sweat and semantics of the campaign trail?

This typically fast-paced, witty and perceptive account follows Canberra's finest in action, peddling furiously between news cycles and racing from the pulpit to the mines in an effort to win over an increasingly sceptical electorate.

As the 2010 federal election approaches, who better than Mungo MacCallum to guide us through the sweat and semantics of the campaign trail?

This typically fast-paced, witty and perceptive account follows...

Published: 13/09/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863955119
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover:  Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
By Bill McKibben

'What I have to say about this book is very simple: read it, please.  Straight through to the end.  Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important.'  - Barbara Kingsolver, author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

'What I have to say about this book is very simple: read it, please.  Straight through to the end.  Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important.'  - Barbara...

Published: 03/05/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863954723
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd: Quarterly Essay 38
By David Marr

Power Trip shows the making of Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister. In Eumundi, where Rudd was born, David Marr investigates the formative tradegy of his life: the death of his father and what came after. He tracks the transformation of a dreamy kid into an inplacably determined youth, already set on the prime ministership. He examines Rudd's years as Wayne Goss's right-hand man in Queensland, his relentless...

Power Trip shows the making of Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister. In Eumundi, where Rudd was born, David Marr investigates the formative tradegy of his life: the death of his father and what came after. He tracks...

Published: 01/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863954778
RRP: $19.95
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:  Looking for Australia: Historical Essays
By John Hirst

In these enthralling essays, John Hirst considers whether Curtin was indeed Australia's greatest prime minister, examines the origins of Aussie Rules, tells the story of how Australia introduced the secret ballot, selects the best Australian history books, and much more.

This new book is a companion and successor to the best-selling Sense & Nonsense in Australian History

 


In these enthralling essays, John Hirst considers whether Curtin was indeed Australia's greatest prime minister, examines the origins of Aussie Rules, tells the story of how Australia introduced the secret...

Published: 02/08/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863954860
RRP: $32.95

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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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