2020 Summer Reading Guide

ISBN: 9781760786168
Title: 130 STOREY TREEHOUSE
Author: GRIFFITHS ANDY
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Andy and Terry have added 13 new levels to their treehouse and now it's even more out of this world than before! There's a soap bubble blaster, a GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a time-wasting level, a toilet paper factory (because you can never have too much toilet paper), a room full of mechanical grandparents, a super long legs level, an extraterrestrial observation centre and the best bookshop-in-a-treehouse-in-a-tree-in-a-forest-in-a-book in the whole world!

Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!

Imprint: MACMILLAN
RRP: $14.99

ISBN: 9781624147210
Title: 30 MINUTE VEGAN RECIPES
Author: SADD MEGAN
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Whether you’re committed to a vegan diet or simply looking to enjoy more plant-based meals in your dinner routine, this cookbook is a must-have weeknight resource. Megan Sadd, founder of the vegan food blog Carrots and Flowers, which has nearly 280k likes on Facebook, shares 75 new and amazing recipes that work on multiple levels for busy home cooks. Each recipe is kid-friendly and easy to prepare, featuring easy-to-find, real-food ingredients and no highly processed meat or dairy substitutes. Most recipes are gluten free, or include a gluten-free option. Many are also made in one pot, making for less cleanup and fuss. Readers won’t groan at the thought of preparing dinner after work when they have such quick, easy and delicious options as Cauliflower Romanesco Tacos, Dynamite Poke Bowls, Salisbury Portobello TV Dinner, Creamy Pesto Quinoa with Roasted Tomatoes and 20 Minute Vegan Mac ‘n’ Chz. Before you know it, you’ll be whipping up nourishing, nutrient-dense, feel-good dinners every night of the week like you were born for it! There will be 75 recipes and 75 photos.

Imprint: MACMILLAN
RRP: $34.99

ISBN: 9781471163609
Title: ABSTAINER
Author: MCGUIRE IAN
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester

‘The Abstainer is truly terrific – a can't-put-down book. It's no less than a tight 'n spare 'n suspense-filled noir novel, masterfully set in 1860s Britain and America. And like all superb historical novels, it seems as modern and as contemporary as this morning.’ Richard Ford

The rebels will be hanged at dawn, and their brotherhood is already plotting revenge.

Manchester, 1867: Stephen Doyle, an Irish-American veteran of the Civil War, arrives from New York with a thirst for blood. He has joined the Fenians, a secret society intent on ending British rule in Ireland by any means necessary. Head Constable James O'Connor has fled grief and drink in Dublin for a sober start in Manchester. His job is to discover and thwart the Fenians’ plans whatever they might be. When a long-lost nephew returns from America and arrives on O’Connor’s doorstep looking for work, he cannot foresee the way his fragile new life will be imperilled – and how his and Doyle's fates will be intertwined.

In this propulsive tale of the underground war for Irish independence, master storyteller Ian McGuire once again transports readers to a time when blood begot blood. Moving from the dirt and uproar of industrial Manchester to the quiet hills of Pennsylvania, The Abstainer is a searing novel in which two men, haunted by their pasts and driven forward by the need for justice and retribution, must fight for life and legacy.

Imprint: SCRIBNER
RRP: $32.99

ISBN: 9781743053171
Title: ADELAIDE NOIR
Author: FRAYNE ALEX
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Three years ago photographer Alex Frayne set about reshaping the way South Australians see their state. Adelaide Noir was born. Alex's images of factories, playgrounds and shopping centres give voice to his darkly comic vision, seeking beauty in the mundane, and art wherever it may be found.

Imprint: WAKEFIELD
RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9781760523862
Title: AFRICOLA : Slow food fast words cult chef
Author: WELGEMOED DUNCAN
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Duncan's approach to food is fearless, take-no-prisoners, bold and exciting, inspired by his South African heritage. If his multi-awarded, South Australian-based restaurant Africola was a type of music, it would be a full-on mash-up of Kwaito meets Euro pop meets black metal. His food is cooked on fire, in embers or ashes, in ovens, or cast iron pots - from whole smoked pig South African/Australian style, to homemade biltong, hot smoked mackerel and horseradish, whole roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce, and the world's greatest roast potato recipe for complete idiots. Duncan's words aren't pretty, and he's refreshingly honest about the highs and lows of his industry and the people within it, delivering home truths for cooks and chefs alike. These recipes include an amazing array of meats, as well as seafood and a slew of intensely flavourful, veg-forward dishes. There is also a culinary encyclopaedia of ferments, condiments and pickles - adding richness and complexity to any dish - along with a solid pastry section and a bunch of ridiculous cocktails. Come party with us #youbuygold #africolasoundsystem #afropunkoz

Imprint: Murdoch Books
RRP: $49.99

ISBN: 9781526618801
Title: AGAINST THE LOVELESS WORLD
Author: ABULHAWA SUSAN
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

'A thrilling, defiant novel' FATIMA BHUTTO
'A masterpiece' MARC LAMONT HILL
'Wonderful ... Shines a ray of hope into some very dark places' MICHAEL PALIN
'A fearless work of imagination' AHDAF SOUEIF

Shortlisted for Palestine Book Award


Nahr has been confined to the Cube- nine square metres of glossy grey cinderblock, devoid of time, its patterns of light and dark nothing to do with day and night. Journalists visit her, but get nowhere; because Nahr is not going to share her story with them.

The world outside calls Nahr a terrorist, and a whore; some might call her a revolutionary, or a hero. But the truth is, Nahr has always been many things, and had many names.

She was a girl who learned, early and painfully, that when you are a second class citizen love is a kind of desperation; she learned, above all else, to survive.

She was a girl who went to Palestine in the wrong shoes, and without looking for it found what she had always lacked in the basement of a battered beauty parlour- purpose, politics, friends. She found a dark-eyed man called Bilal, who taught her to resist; who tried to save her when it was already too late.

Nahr sits in the Cube, and tells her story to Bilal. Bilal, who isn't there; Bilal, who may not even be alive, but who is her only reason to get out.

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781460753903
Title: ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES
Author: DALTON TRENT
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton returns with All Our Shimmering Skies - a glorious novel destined to become another Australian classic.

Darwin, 1942, and as Japanese bombs rain down, motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger's daughter, is looking to the skies and running for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart, alongside a map to lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer who she believes put a curse on her family. By her side are the most unlikely travelling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress and Yukio, a fallen Japanese fighter pilot. The treasure lies before them, but close behind them trails the dark. And above them, always, are the shimmering skies.

A story about gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth and the secrets we bury inside ourselves, All Our Shimmering Skies is an odyssey of true love and grave danger, of darkness and light, of bones and blue skies. It is a love letter to Australia and an ode to the art of looking up - a buoyant, beautiful and magical novel, abrim with warmth, wit and wonder.

All Our Shimmering Skies is the follow-up to Boy Swallows Universe we could have never imagined, but the one Dalton was destined to gift us. It's a story of heroes and villains, foxes and water buffalo, fighter planes and birds of prey, real magic and real love, epitaphs and aphorisms, lost treasure and lost life. It's a love letter to the nation. It's your favourite childhood adventure story dictated by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and William Shakespeare, with a score by Franz Liszt. It's dead serious. It's completely ridiculous. It's all of these things and more.

Imprint: Fourth Estate
RRP: $32.99

ISBN: 9781743795439
Title: ALWAYS ADD LEMON : Recipes You Want to Cook | Food You Want to Eat
Author: ALVAREZ DANIELLE
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

'Danielle loves to cook and it shows in every page of this inspirational, beautiful book. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from her recipes and her wise, thoughtful approach.' - David Tanis

'I am delighted by this cookbook.' - Alice Waters

'Danielle is one of my very favourite cooks.' - Skye Gyngell

'Hospitality, kindness and consistency are the attributes that embody the work of Danielle Alvarez.' - Josh Niland

Always Add Lemon is the highly anticipated first book from one of the most exciting young chefs cooking in Australia today, Danielle Alvarez. Taking the lessons, skills and tastes acquired working alongside some of the best chefs in the world, Danielle translates formidable kitchen smarts into an inspiring collection of recipes and projects for nourishing, vegetable-forward, seasonal food.

Become acquainted with the basics from home made cheeses to vinegar pickles to brioche before delving into Summer vegetable panzanella, Duck pot pie and Roasted pineapple with salted caramel and rum. With more than 100 recipes paired with creative and foundational projects Always Add Lemon is guaranteed to delight anyone with a skerrick of kitchen ambition and a free afternoon.

Imprint: Hardie Grant Books
RRP: $50.00

ISBN: 9781788683050
Title: AMAZING WORLD ATLAS
Author: WARD ALEXA
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Bringing planet earth to life, this colourful and fun addition to Lonely Planet Kids takes you on a trip around the world that you'll never forget. Filled with continental and regional maps, lively text, an entry for every country on the planet, plus mind-blowing facts, and an emphasis on the species that live on our planet, this is an essential resource for young readers wanting to learn about the world.

With 240 pages of illustrated maps, engaging infographics, mind-blowing photography and a large dose of humour, this fun and informative world guide, written by children's author and wildlife enthusiast Alexa Ward, is the definitive guide to what our planet is really like.

From exploration of indigenous peoples all over the globe, to illustrations of festivals in Brazil and each country's individual history, young readers will be enticed to go on a journey to some of the furthest corners of the globe, learning intriguing facts as they go. Take a trip around the world that you'll never forget with the Amazing World Atlas!

About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

Imprint: LONELY PLANET
RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9780522874747
Title: ANTHOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN PROSE POETRY
Author: ATHERTON CASSANDRA / HETHERINGTON PAUL
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Prose poetry is a resurgent literary form in the English-speaking world and has been rapidly gaining popularity in Australia. Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington have gathered a broad and representative selection of the best Australian prose poems written over the last fifty years.



The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetryincludes numerous distinguished prose poets—Jordie Albiston, joanne burns, Gary Catalano, Anna Couani, Alex Skovron, Samuel Wagan Watson, Ania Walwicz and many moremdash;and documents prose poetry's growing appeal over recent decades, from the poetic margins to the mainstream.


This collection reframes our understanding not only of this dynamic poetic form, but of Australian poetry as a whole.

Imprint: Melbourne University Press
RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9781784722906
Title: ART AND SCIENCE OF FOODPAIRING
Author: COUCQUYT PETER / LAHOUSSE BERNA
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

"We build tools to create culinary happiness" - Foodpairing.com

"There is a world of exciting flavour combinations out there and when they work it's incredibly exciting" - Heston Blumenthal

Foodpairing is a method for identifying which foods go well together, based on groundbreaking scientific research that combines neurogastronomy (how the brain perceives flavour) with the analysis of aroma profiles derived from the chemical components of food.

This groundbreaking new book explains why the food combinations we know and love work so well together (strawberries + chocolate, for example) and opens up a whole new world of delicious pairings (strawberries + parmesan, say) that will transform the way we eat. With ten times more pairings than any other book on flavour, plus the science behind flavours explained, Foodpairing will become THE go-to reference for flavour and an instant classic for anyone interested in how to eat well.

Contributors:

Astrid Gutsche and Gaston Acurio - Astrid y Gaston - Peru

Andoni Luiz Aduriz - Mugaritz - Spain

Heston Blumenthal - The Fat Duck - UK

Tony Conigliaro - DrinksFactory - UK

Sang Hoon Degeimbre - L'Air du Temps - Belgium

Jason Howard - #50YearsBim - UK/Caribbean

Mingoo Kang - Mingles - Korea

Jane Lopes & Ben Shewry - Attica - Australia

Virgilio Martinez - Central - Peru

Dominique Persoone - The Chocolate Line - Belgium

Karlos Ponte - Taller - Venezuela/Denmark

Joan Roce - El Celler de Can Roca - Spain

Dan Barber - Blue Hill at Stone Barns - USA

Kobus van der Merwe - Wolfgat - South Africa

Darren Purchese - Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio - Melbourne

Alex Atala - D.O.M - Brazil

Maria Jose San Roman - Monastrell - Spain

Keiko Nagae - Arome conseil en patisserie - Paris

Imprint: MITCHELL BEAZLEY
RRP: $59.99

ISBN: 9781838661342
Title: ART BOOK
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Updated for only the third time in its 16-year history, this new edition of the award-winning landmark publication has been refreshed with more than 40 important new artists, including many previously overlooked and marginal practitioners.

The new edition spotlights more than 600 great artists from medieval to modern times. Breaking with traditional classifications, it throws together brilliant examples from all periods, schools, visions, and techniques, presenting an unparalleled visual sourcebook and a celebration of our rich, multifaceted culture

Imprint: PHAIDON
RRP: $59.95