CATALOGUE 12:0 – 13.11 V5
PLEASE SELECT ONE BLUE BOOK
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
$59.99 (Hardback)
Go on an amazing visual journey through the animal kingdom with Animal and find out all about over 2,000
species from tiny elephant shrews to great baleen whales. Written by a team of over 70 zoologists and naturalists
from around the globe the book has sold over one million copies worldwide and the new edition has been fully
revised and updated to reflect changes in the animal world.
As well as important updates on the distribution, population and conservation status of many animal groups this
new edition includes more breathtaking photography and 50 new species that have been discovered since Animal
was first published 10 years ago. Such exciting creatures as the tube-nosed bat, ghost slug and the remarkable yeti
lobster are now featured to name just a few.
Perfect for all the family, essential for nature students and conservationists everywhere – Animal is a classic for a
new generation. The book's beautiful flocked cover, made to look just like a real zebra, also makes it the perfect
gift.
Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide
$59.99 (Hardback)
From the fiery mass of the Earth's core to the tip of the highest ice-capped mountain, discover every aspect of our
planet in awe-inspiring photographic detail with Earth.
Visit 400 of the tallest, longest, widest, most significant and most unusual physical features on Earth, from
volcanoes, deserts and rivers to weather systems, rocks and minerals. Then take a look at the health of our planet
and explore the interaction between people and the environment, from living in volcanic areas to deforestation,
to understand the human impact on nature and how we can preserve it.
Fashion: The Ultimate Book of Costume and Style
$59.99 (Hardback)
Fashion is the definitive guide to the evolution of costume and style. Tracing 3,000 years from the early draped
fabrics of ancient times to today's catwalk sensations, this is your own personal fashion show through history.
Breathtaking in its scope, Fashion is packed with over 1,500 costumes from around the globe and lavishly
illustrated with a mix of original fashion plates, archive images and commissioned photography. Plus features on
famous trend-setters, fashion icons and designers from Jackie Onassis to Alexander McQueen bring the world of
fashion to life.
Fashion is guaranteed to add style to your bookshelf; with its luxurious textured fabric jacket and spine, it's the
season's must-have for anyone with a passion for fashion.
Illustrated Story of Art
$49.99 (Hardback)
The Illustrated Story of Art is an innovative approach to understanding the history of art, from cave painting to the
modern day, with pivotal works of art examined in the context of history, culture and the lives of their creators.
This invaluable art reference book reveals the creative impulse behind every major art movement, from the
Renaissance to Surrealism and abstract to pop art, with a visual timeline to show famous paintings and key events.
Turning-point paintings that triggered movements are identified and explained as well as the influences behind
the famous artworks such as technical advances, admired techniques of earlier artists, and changes in society. So
you'll learn why Boudin's Beach Scene inspired the impressionist movement and why Monet's Grainstacks defined
it. Vivid images of artistic masterpieces from each style and a glossary of terms make this an indispensable work of
reference.
CATALOGUE 12:0 – 13.11 V5
Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide
$59.99 (Hardback)
Explore the last wilderness left on Earth, with an enhanced and updated edition of this exhaustive guide to the
underwater world. From mangrove swamp to ocean floor, mollusc to manatee, the Japanese tsunami to Hurricane
Sandy, unravel the mysteries of the sea. Marvel at the oceans' power and importance to our planet - as the
birthplace of life on Earth, a crucial element of our climate, and as a vital but increasingly fragile resource for
mankind.
You will discover every aspect, from the geology of the sea floor and the interaction between the ocean and
atmosphere, to the extraordinary diversity of marine life. Updated illustrations and satellite-derived maps and the
latest scientific research explain and illuminate each natural process and phenomena. Includes an inspiring
introduction by editor-in-chief Fabien Cousteau.
History: The Definitive Visual Guide
$49.99 (Hardback)
The definitive 4 million year-old story of human history
History is a visual feast covering everything from our remote ancestors up to the 21st century. With over 3,000
images, you'll discover the complete story of the people, events, themes, ideas and forces that have shaped
human existence from the origins of mankind to Sputnik, Machu Pichu and recent events.
Find out about history's turning points through eyewitness accounts and biographies that give a personal angle to
major events. Explore humankind's legacy from architecture and artefacts to the big ideas that have changed our
world. Examine the effect we've had on nature and vice versa. And discover how the past has been unlocked,
from interpreting ancient documents to analysing ice cores.
History is a compelling look at human existence and a must-have reference book for the family bookshelf.
Student Atlas + Train Your Brain to be a Genius ($49.98 Bundle)
$29.99 (Hardback)
Fully revised and updated, the Student World Atlas (previous ISBN 9781405357524) brings the Earth's geography
to life with state-of-the-art mapping from up-to-date satellite and cartographic sources.
Detailed maps reveal the Earth's physical structure, oceans, climate, population and economy. Borders and
boundaries of the world's countries are clearly explained and a world fact-file highlights key statistical data for
each country, allowing direct comparisons between nations. A section devoted to learning map skills develops
your understanding and practical use of maps.
$19.99 (Paperback)
The big book of brain-training. Discover hints and tips and find out about geniuses who have come before you
with Train Your Brain to be a Genius
Do you want to help your child train their brain so they can calculate like Einstein, paint like Picasso, or compose
like Mozart? Then put their grey matter to the brain-training test and see how they measure up to some of the
greatest thinkers in history with Train Your Brain to be a Genius, now in paperback.
Train Your Brain to be a Genius will help them get into practice with a series of brain-boggling puzzles, games and
optical illusions that'll sharpen wits and fine-tune their brains. They'll discover what makes their brain work: from
why they smile to what is going on inside their heads.
Help your child use their eyes, ears and imagination to explore the incredible potential of the mind: it's brain
training worth thinking about.
The Planets
$39.99 (Hardback)
The Planets is an awe-inspiring and informative journey through the Solar System, with all-new 3D globes and
models built using the latest data gathered by NASA and the European Space Agency that can be viewed from any
angle and layer by layer. You can even move in for a closer look with 3D terrain models that take you on a trip to
the surfaces of the rocky planets.
As well as covering the Sun, the planets, hundreds of moons and thousands of asteroids and comets, The
Planets includes all the major Solar System missions, right up to the latest Mars rovers. Timelines explore our
relationship with each planet and infographics present fascinating Solar System facts and planet facts.
CATALOGUE 12:0 – 13.11 V5
PLEASE SELECT TWO RED BOOKS or BAGS
Blueback: Australian Children's Classics
Winton Tim
$19.99 (Hardback)
The final volume in the iconic Penguin Australian Children's Classics series, Blueback is a deceptively simple
allegory about a boy who matures through fortitude, and finds wisdom by living in harmony with all forms of life. A
beautiful distillation of Winton's art and concerns.
A Fortunate Life: Australian Children's Classics
Facey A B
$19.99 (Hardback)
And that's the way it was. I would often go into the bush and watch the birds and think in some ways they were
like me – they had to fend for themselves as soon as the mother bird thought that they were old enough.
I Can Jump Puddles: Australian Children's Classics
Marshall Alan
$19.99 (Hardback)
It amazed me that they would imagine I would never walk again. I knew what I was going to do. I was going to
break in wild horses and yell 'Ho! Ho!' and wave my hat in the air, and I was going to write a book like The Coral
Island.
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Australian Children's Classics
Lindsay Joan
$19.99 (Hardback)
'Don't worry about us, Mam'selle dear,' smiled Miranda. 'We shall only be gone a very little while.'
Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover
the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Children's Classics series of
stories too precious to leave behind. When the pixies and fairies of the lilac hedge mistake Matilda for royalty, she
is drawn into a wondrous world. But evil forces threaten the hedge and its folk, and Matilda must fight to save her
new friends. She can't do it alone, but could it mean losing her sister forever?
Playing Beatie Bow: Australian Children's Classics
Park Ruth
$19.99 (Hardback)
'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. I don't know why,
and that doesn't matter. I've got to get back.'
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The Power of One: Australian Children's Classics
Courtenay Bryce
$19.99 (Hardback)
He had given me The Power of One, one idea, one heart, one mind, one plan, one determination.
Taronga: Australian Children's Classics
Kelleher Victor
$19.99 (Hardback)
The great dome of the sky, black, star-sprinkled, arched above him, appearing at that moment so limitless, so vast
and free, that the fences and cages of Taronga were dwarfed, reduced to the point where they barely seemed to
exist . . .
Sam Fox Extreme Adventures (Bind-up)
D'Ath Justin
$19.99 (Paperback)
Sam Fox is a danger magnet! Join TV's newest hero as he braves furious floods, raging bushfires, and survives close
encounters with crocs, killer sharks and a mad old rodeo bull. From the best-selling, action-packed Extreme
Adventures series comes this exciting edition with three nail-biting stories in one.
Chinese Cinderella
Mah Adeline Yen
$19.95 (Paperback)
When Adeline Yen Mah's mother died giving birth to her, the family considered Adeline bad luck and she was
made to feel unwanted all her life. Chinese Cinderella is the true story of her struggle for acceptance and her
triumph against almost overwhelming odds.
Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo
Winton Tim
$17.99 (Paperback)
Lockie Leonard, hot surf-rat, is in love. The human torpedo is barely settled into his new school, and already he's
got a girl on his mind. And not just any girl: it has to be Vicki Streeton, the smartest, prettiest, richest girl in the
class.
What chance have you got when your dad's a cop, your mum's a frighteningly understanding parent, your brother
wets the bed and the teachers take an instant dislike to you and then you fall in love at twelve-and-three-quarter
years old? It can only mean trouble, worry, mega-embarrassment and some wild, wild times.
CATALOGUE 12:0 – 13.11 V5
The Dons
Fusillo Archimede
$17.95 (Paperback)
Paul is trying to escape. He's trying to escape from an Italian heritage that just doesn't seem to have relevance for
him anymore, and he's trying to escape from his nonno. They come from two different worlds, he and his
grandfather, and Paul is more interested in his own world – his friends, the girls, the fast cars, the go-carts – than
Nonno's strange and embarrassing behaviour.
Nonno is more than just a silly old man getting in the way of Paul's lifestyle, though. Nonno has more stories to tell
than Paul can even begin to imagine. But there is one big problem – Nonno is losing his mind.
The Andy Flegg Survival Guide to Losing your dog, your Dad and your dignity in 138
Days
Pardoe Mark
$16.99 (Paperback)
Hilarious book about a boy coping with puberty, family break-ups, friends, enemies and girls - all recorded in a
journal that he has to keep if he wants the Xbox that is rightly his!
According to his tyrannical teacher (and much to his parents' horror), 11-year-old Andy Flegg is a reluctant
writer. So that's how he finds himself forced to write in a journal every day until his next birthday if he wants to
get the Xbox that his parents had already promised him. That's a ridiculous number of Xboxless days! But
somehow this writing thing seems to grow on Andy and he soon finds himself revealing all too much!
Specky Magee
Arena, Felice & Lyons, Gary
$16.99 (Paperback)
The football adventure that started it all!
Simon Magee is twelve and mad about Aussie Rules. He's even got a nickname – 'Specky' – because he takes such
spectacular marks. But his family hates footy… So why is there a baby photo of him dressed in footy gear?
Determined to find out the truth, Specky uncovers more than he ever bargained for.
Thai-riffic!
Phommavanh Oliver
$16.95 (Paperback)
Albert (Lengy) Lengviriyakul, is fed up with being Thai. His parents own a Thai restaurant with the cheesy name of
Thai-riffic! and Lengy is sick of being his father's curry guinea pig, longing to just eat pizza! At school he is a bit of a
troublemaker, going to any lengths to hide his background. But when his best friend decides to become Thai for a
day for a school project, Lengy stubbornly comes to the realisation that there may just be some pretty cool things
about his culture.
Punchlines
Phommavanh Oliver
$16.95 (Paperback)
As long as you can make a girl laugh, she'll go for you, right?
Well, unless you're a seriously weird teenager like Johnny Khamka. Surviving high school is hard enough, but how
on earth can he get his childhood bestie, Josie, now a seriously hot teenager, to take him seriously? The answer is
to keep her laughing. But when Johnny decides to take comedy seriously, he's suddenly at risk for not being funny
at all.
CATALOGUE 12:0 – 13.11 V5
Wildwood
Meloy Colin & Ellis Carson (illus)
$17.99 (Paperback)
Prue McKeel's life is ordinary. That is, until her brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the
Impassable Wilderness, a dense, tangled forest on the edge of Portland. So begins an adventure that will take Prue
and her friend Curtis deep into the Impassable Wilderness. And what begins as a rescue mission becomes
something much greater as the two friends find themselves entwined in a struggle for the very freedom of this
wilderness. A wilderness the locals call Wildwood.
Crystal Bay: Quincy Jordan
Storer Jen
$16.99 (Paperback)
Quincy Jordan doesn't want to meet her hippie cousins and go to school in Crystal Bay. Her life in Sydney is
perfect. She's going to save her parents' marriage, score perfect marks at school and become a surgeon. Her only
regret is that she'll never be a fashion designer. But sacrifices must be made!
There's no way that Quincy is going to be 'Crystallised' – that is until her cousin Esme, the school musical and a
cute boy called Harris change everything . . .
Think family, friends and fashion, romance, tears and laughter. That's Crystal Bay!
Penguin Tote: The Lost Girl
$19.99
The Penguin canvas bag is THE bag to be seen with. What could be more fashionable than a stylish, classic, canvas
Penguin bag? The bag's dimensions are: 300mm wide x 410mm cm high – printed on heavy weight, high-quality
canvas. The Bookbags are handstitched in England.
Penguin Tote: Man and Superman
$19.99
The Penguin canvas bag is THE bag to be seen with. What could be more fashionable than a stylish, classic, canvas
Penguin bag. What you fill it with is up to you, but we'd suggest a lovely selection of Penguin titles!
This bag from the new Penguin Collection features the original Penguin cover of George Bernard Shaw's, Man and
Superman. The bag's dimensions are: 300mm wide x 410mm cm high – printed on heavy weight, high-quality
canvas. The Bookbags are handstitched in England.