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Title: Mr Archimedes’ Bath
Author: ALLEN PAMELA
Illustrator: ALLEN PAMELA (ILL)
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 20/09/1991
Imprint: ANGUS & ROBERTSON
Price: $17.00
Publishing status: Active
Harper Collins December 11
POOR MAN’S WEALTH Print
Part fable, part love story, part comi-tragedy, Poor Mans Wealth is narrated, somewhat unreliably, by El Gordo–the Fat One. He is the mayor of Higot, a dusty village in an unnamed Spanish-speaking country under military rule. He and the secret Marisol Committee–a group of local councillors–dream up a plan to save the village from economic death and the exodus of its young people, especially now that tobacco–their one source of income–is a suspect crop.
They start a hoax.
El Gordo, whose charming English comes via a library bequeathed to him, argues that the hoax which so changes the life of Higot is no more a deception than, say, the Loch Ness Monster, Irelands Blarney Stone, the Colossus of Rhodes…
Can they pull it off and attract tourists to unattractive Higot? Will the hunchback Bartolomeo, a sex scandal involving a bicycle, or the military junta blow the hoax apart, see its perpetrators ‘disappeared’?
El Gordo takes the reader on a joyous, witty and wise journey through the travails of his village…and his heart.
ISBN: 9780732294519
Publisher: Harper Collins
BOTM POOR MAN’S WEALTH 10 copy pack Print
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SORRY Print
Four childhood friends, leaving their 20s and out of luck. Kris just got fired; hell never be a journalist now. Tamara never had a steady job, and shes just given custody of her daughter to her former lover. Wolfs girlfriend has died of an overdose. Fraukes mother has been put in an asylum and shes freaked. Theyre a disaffected bunch of losers, going nowhere.
Then during one reckless drunken evening, they come up with a joke of an idea. Everyone in the world–large corporations, businessmen, lovers–behaves shittily to someone, and rarely do they apologise. The friends decide to set up an agency that, for a flat fee, does the apologising and makes things right. The agency, which they call Sorry, becomes a runaway success. Sorry visits injured party after injured party and offers the right apology, along with financial compensation. Soon the four former down-and-outs are living almost like millionaires in a beautiful old large villa looking out over Berlins Wannsee River. But all of this comes to a screeching halt on the day Wolf goes to an apartment on the instructions of a new client. Seeing the door ajar, Wolf walks in and finds a woman hanging from a wall, with one nail driven through her hands and one through her forehead.
What follows is a sequence of events–kidnapping, torture, more deaths–that gradually declare themselves as a bewildering and intensifying psychological game of cat-and-mouse. After reading the shattering climax of this book, nobody will ever say ‘Sorry’ in quite the same way again.
ISBN: 9780007439263
Publisher: Harper Collins
WHEN SHE WOKE Print
Hannah Paynes life has been devoted to church and family, but after her arrest, she awakens to a nightmare: she is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing new Chromes — criminals whose skin colour has been genetically altered to match the class of their crime — is a new and sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. The victim, according to the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom shes shared a fierce and forbidden love.
WHEN SHE WOKE is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future – where the line between Church and State has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.
ISBN: 9780007456710
Publisher: Harper Collins
MICRO Print
Three men are found dead in the locked second floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultra-fine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye.
In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined.
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier.
But once in the Oahu rainforest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the innate powers of nature itself.
An instant classic, MICRO pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion. Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.
ISBN: 9780732283629
Publisher: Harper Collins
CRICHTON $12.99 12X BLIST BUNDLE Print
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ISBN: 9780000414458
Publisher: Harper Collins
BLOOD GAMES Print
Lieutenant Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus return in another superbly plotted and suspense-filled page-turner.
Faye Kellerman has a worldwide fan base and has captured readers’ imaginations since the mid-eighties with her thrillers about Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, a pair THE NEW YORK TIMES called ‘the most refreshing mystery couple around’.
Her last book HANGMAN, once again, instantly became a NEW YORK TIMES bestseller.
ISBN: 9780007424481
Publisher: Harper Collins
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ISBN: 9780000414632
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OUT OF OZ Print
Whats the latest news out of Oz? Trust Gregory Maguire, author of WICKED and its sequels, to let us know. In the fourth and final installment in THE WICKED YEARS series, the marvelous land of Oz is knotted with social unrest. The Emerald City is busy mounting an invasion of Munchkinland. Glinda is under house arrest. The Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And who shows up for a return visit but Dorothy. Yes. That Dorothy.
Amidst all this chaos, Elphabas granddaughter, the tiny green baby whos born at the end of SON OF A WITCH, comes of age. OUT OF OZ follows the journey of the little girl, Rain, as she takes up her broom in an Oz wracked by war.
More than five million copies of WICKED and its sequels, SON OF A WITCH and A LION AMONG MEN, have prepared readers for the revelations and reversals, reprisals and surprises to be found in OUT OF OZ.
ISBN: 9780732289652
Publisher: Harper Collins
MAGUIRE $12.99 12X BLIST BUNDLE Print
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ISBN: 9780000414540
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MASTERCHEF SERIES 3 Print
MasterChef has ignited the tastebuds of the nation. The new book gets behind the scenes of the show with your favourite contestants, and back to basics with ingredients and cooking techniques. Organised in a week-by-week format, the new look cookbook allows you to take a trip back through the highs and lows of series 3 and flex your own culinary muscle with hundreds of fabulous MasterChef recipes from your favourite celebrity chefs and contestants.
Join Hayden, Michael, Dani, Sun, Billy and the rest of our jolly band of culinary heroes on their action-packed adventure from a farmers field in country Victoria to the farther-flung pastures of Central Park, New York City. Its one treat after another as you turn the pages of this tantalising cookbook – let ‘Dessert Queen’ Billy show you how to create the perfect Swiss Roll or follow the gospel according to Hayden in the production of the perfect moules and frites. Let Kumar guide you through the essentials of a Sri Lankan curry and hold Mum Kates hand as she shows you the way of her elimination-evading apple pie and custard. Yum! If thats not enough let the experts show you how: indulge in Nigellas Red Velvet Cupcakes and Georges Mums authentic koupes, hummus and tzatziki.
ISBN: 9780732291877
Publisher: Harper Collins
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ISBN: 9780000411310
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DEAD MENS SILVER Print
This is a romantic story of shipwreck hunting, with pieces-of-eight, Dutch ducatons, German talers, Burgundian crowns, and Spanish silver dollars lost and recovered from the sea floor.
Edwards has been recognised as the primary finder of the wreck of the Batavia, upon which his best-selling book Island of Angry Ghosts is based (and upon which Peter FitzSimonss new book is based). Edwardss Batavia book has been published by Angus and Robertson/Harper Collins since 1968 (16 reprints), and on its release won the Sir Thomas White Memorial Prize for best book by an Australian.
Along with a close look at the Batavia and other Dutch East India Company wrecks found off the WA coast, the chapters of this memoir include shipwreck adventures in the Mediterranean, Cambodia (where he was ambushed by Pol Pot) and expeditions to the Falklands and Ascension Islands in the Atlantic, where Edwards recovered the ships bell from William Dampiers 1701 Roebuck.
An expedition to the shell-battered wreck of the 1914 German cruiser Emden in the Indian Ocean makes an interesting contrast with the sunken Greco-Roman city of Apollonia in North Africa with a Cambridge University expedition.
Another exotic venue lay in the South China Sea where the great Chinese junk Tek Sing had 2000 people aboard when she struck a reef off Sumatra in 1822. Only 250 people were saved in the Tek Sing tragedy, and the death toll of 1750 unfortunates was higher than the losses from the more famous Titanic in the Atlantic in 1912. When they dived on the Tek Sing in 1998, Hughs team raised 350,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain, the worlds greatest porcelain salvage.
Edwards says: A man may be considered lucky to be associated with one treasure in a lifetime. I have been fortunate enough to have been involved with four treasure ships with perhaps another one to go. Somewhere behind an Abrolhos reef off the WA coast are three tons of silver coin in iron-bound chests. Fingers crossed there!
ISBN: 9780732294502
Publisher: Harper Collins
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ISBN: 9780000405159
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EXPRESSIONS Print
From Geoffrey Rush to Jennifer Hawkins; Kelly Slater to Julia Gillard; Nicole Kidman to Gough Whitlam; and Jack Thompson to Missy Higgins. Be they film stars, musicians, supermodels, sportspeople or politicians, this beautiful collection of portraits is testament to the unique connection that Steve Baccon, one of Australias leading photographers, finds with his subjects. Original, revealing, often playful, Baccons portraits are a stunning showcase of modern celebrity and the photographers art.
ISBN: 9780732294175
Publisher: Harper Collins
LIFE IN STITCHES Print
From creating her very first sweater, an electric blue disaster that led to an unlikely bonding between father and daughter to the yellow afghan that caused a breakup (and, ultimately, a breakthrough) and discovering that her love of knitting pales next to actual, true love, Rachael Herrons ability to spin wonderful yarns full of love, loss and laughter is addictive.
Whether shes huddled with her cat Digit after an close encounter in a treehouse or reminiscing about her mothers idyllic New Zealand childhood while keeping vigil at her bedside, Herron shows that when life unravels there’s always a way to knit it back together again, often into something even better.
ISBN: 9780732292867
Publisher: Harper Collins
THEN AGAIN Print
Best known for her role as Annie Hall in Woody Allen’s film of the same name, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, Keaton has had a fascinating and highly successful career, with roles in The Godfather, Reds, Father of the Bride, Somethings Gotta Give and many more. Personally Keaton has had relationships with Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, and Al Pacino – all of whom she remains in touch with today and whom she will speak about in the book.
Diane Keatons mother suffered from Alzheimers, and during the fifteen-year-long battle with this heartbreaking and debilitating disease, Diane began to reflect on both of their lives – their similarities and their differences, the dreams they each realised and the dreams they deferred. Soon after her mother passed away in September 2008, Diane started to write. The result is a memoir that is as touching, funny, and iconic as its author; an illumination of an ordinary girls journey to become an extraordinary woman – and the defining relationship that made it all possible. Diane Keatons Academy Award-winning career, both in front of and behind the camera, has made her a cinema legend and touchstone for a generation.
ISBN: 9780007435708
Publisher: Harper Collins
OPIUM NATION Print
When she was just nine years old, Fariba Nawa and her family fled Afghanistan, escaping the Soviet invasion, the last proxy of the Cold War. She settled in the United States and did not return to her homeland until 2000, after nearly two decades in exile. The country she found upon her return was dramatically different than the Afghanistan of her youth, and she saw firsthand that the reality for most Afghans was now grim. Nawa was particularly struck when she met a twelve-old-girl bartered as a bride to settle her fathers opium debt. With connections to both American officials and ex-pats as well as her Afghan relatives and friends, Nawa embarked on a journey across the country to investigate the drug trade that has come to define so much of Afghanistans economy and society.
In OPIUM NATION, Nawa delivers a searing account of the opium business, worth billions of dollars worldwide. She travels from Kandahar and Helmand to Herat and Kabul gathering remarkable stories of people, while also returning to her familys ancestral home and reflecting on the bitter changes which have come to pass after decades of war. Along the way she encounters poppy farmers, betrayed and abandoned women and children, drug lords, smugglers, addicts, and a sundry of characters that give us a daring and insightful picture of a volatile country whose future and security is of grave importance to America, and the people within its borders.
ISBN: 9780061934704
Publisher: Harper Collins
MANOLO BLAHNIK AND THE TALE OF THE ELVES Print
As the second book in the fanciful Fashion Fairy Tale Memoir series, this contemporary twist on the tale of the Elves and the Shoemaker reveals details about the life and circumstances that gave rise to the artistry of award-winning designer Manolo Blahnik, the man behind the distinctive designer footwear every woman wants to walk through life in. Manolo Blahnik and the Tale of the Elves and the Shoemaker is the inspiring story of one boys passionate pursuit of an exquisite, yet humble, craft. The result of imaginatively weaving this classic tale with Manolos transformative journey from the banana plantations of his childhood to the world of high fashion that he lives in now, is a stunning ‘Happily Ever After’ tale brimming with equal parts mystery, magic, mayhem and good cheer. This is a tale sure to stand as tall against any time-honored fairy tale as a stiletto heel would.
About the Fashion Fairytale Memoir Series
Each book in this inspired series from fashion writer Camilla Morton inventively re-imagines one of our favorite ‘Once Upon a Time’ stories, blending with it the real-life story of a famed fashion designer. Including lush illustrations drawn by the designers themselves, these tales illuminate each iconic individuals creative magic while celebrating their unique lives and careers. The result is an intriguing combination of whimsy and memoir.
ISBN: 9780061917301
Publisher: Harper Collins
HOUSEHOLD WISDOM Print
Household Wisdom, is a mash-up of Shannon Lush & Jennifer Flemings successful books, Save and How To Be Comfy combined into one beautifully bound hardback edition. Packed with clever ideas to help you get the most from everyday household items – in the process you’ll save money, save time and save the planet!
Shannon and Jen also offer tips on creating cosiness as well as advice on how to choose household goods, how to look after them and how to fix them. Just some of the things you’ll learn about, are how to fix a flyscreen, stitch a hem, replace a tile, select and store fruit and vegetables, and change a washer in your toilet cistern.
Household Wisdom is your perfect guide and companion to saving money while making your house the place you want to come home to.
ISBN: 9780733330667
Publisher: Harper Collins
THAT MOVIE BOOK Print
So many movies — but which ones are worth watching? With Marc Fennells That Movie Book in your hand, you will never again be at a loss for what to pick up in the DVD store.
Movie critic and mischief-maker Marc Fennell (triple j, Hungry Beast, The Circle) has cunningly programmed and reviewed more than 260 movies to fill every weekend of the year. Each weekend has a theme — a genre, filmmaker, actor or trend. Think:
Movies based on true stories (that arent really true)
A weekend with Walt Disneys most racist characters
The many disturbing faces of Santa
Chris Nolan: Mastermind
You start with an easy introductory movie on Friday night, go a little further on Saturday and then things become downright freaky on Sunday afternoon. Whether youre bored, infirm or under house arrest, your level of commitment is catered to.
Expect movies from the past as well as the present, from Hollywood to art house, from kids to adult. Its a veritable film festival from your couch.
Buy this book and prepare to assail the DVD store with an Anthony Robbins-like purpose and gather enough films to kill an entire weekend. Sunlight and social lives be damned!
ISBN: 9780733327896
Publisher: Harper Collins
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ISBN: 9780000414007
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ISBN: 9780000414090
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BOYER LECTURES 2011 Print
For the Boyer Lecture 2011, best-selling author and journalist Geraldine Brooks tackles the topic of At Home in the World. Drawing on her personal experience from being an adolescent pen pal to being a foreign correspondent in some of the worlds most dangerous countries to being a writer of several award winning books including the Pulitzer Prize winner, March, Brooks reflects on what it means to be both a global citizen and a novelist at home in an increasingly fractured world.
ISBN: 9780733330254
Publisher: Harper Collins
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ISBN: 9780000422927
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PLAY SCHOOL NURSERY RHYME TREASURY Print
Baa baa black sheep’
A delightful collection of treasured nursery rhymes,
featuring all your favourite Play School characters.
Perfect for reading aloud — little ones will love to join in!
Ages:0-4
ISBN: 9780733330810
Publisher: Harper Collins
SOPHIE AND THE SHADOW WOODS: THE BAT SPRITES Print
Very few people ever enter the Shadow Woods, for these woods are like no others. Hidden deep within them is the Gateway to the Shadow Realm – a dark and chaotic world where all kinds of gruesome creatures live
On her tenth birthday, tomboy Sophie learns she is the Guardian of the magical gateway, and that her destiny is to protect the human world from the goblins, trolls and evil sprites that inhabit the Shadow Woods.
Each book sees Sophie having to outwit weird and terrifying creatures from the Shadow Woods, and in the last in this fantastic series Sophie takes on the Bat Sprites!
Ages: 7+
ISBN: 9780007411733
Publisher: Harper Collins
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ISBN: 9780000411228
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EDWARD THE EMU Print
Edward the Emu was sick of the zoo, there was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do, and compared to the seals that lived right next door, well being an emu was frankly a bore!
Edward the Emu relates his exciting adventures in this Australian classic.
Ages 2+
ISBN: 9780207170515
Publisher: Harper Collins
MR ARCHIMEDES BATH Print
Every time Mr Archimedes has a bath with his friends, the water overflows. Somebody must be putting extra water in the bath. Is it Kangaroo? Or is it Goat or Wombat?
Whoever it is, Mr Archimedes is going to find out.
*Commended, Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1981
ISBN: 9780207172854