 That’d Be Right
William McInnes
$35.00
William brings the world, or at least Australia, into our backyards as he writes about families, sport, politics and life in his familiar style that makes you feel as if he is sitting down talking to you. Both funny and insightful That'd Be Right is part memoir, part personal history of Australia over the last thirty years. It's a trip through sport, families and William's own experiences. He writes: 'As with A Man's Got to Have a Hobby I weave in and around the events that have held such fascination for this country over the last thirty years or so, connecting them all with the progression of a life.' Some of these events would be considered momentous, some small and personal, and all are seen through William's eyes. Ranging from a day at the Melbourne Cup with his mother where too many champagnes and too few winners were picked; to a swimming carnival early in the morning after a gloomy and long federal election the night before; and watching truly surreal Grand Final moments in a pub with a group of bar companions. William also writes about a night at the cricket with his son, which shows how things can change and oddly come full circle.
 Marrying Anita
Anita Jain
$32.95
You are a single woman in your thirties, fed up with the singles scene. You fear you will never marry. What do you do? Anita Jain, a New York-based Indian-American journalist, is just such a woman. For years she has trusted the Western way of finding a husband, but maybe there's something in arranged marriages after all. So she's travelling to India in search of a perfect husband. Marrying Anita is a refreshingly honest look at the modern search for a mate set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernising New India.
 Fifty Years of Silence
Jan Ruff-O’Herne
$34.95
Jan Ruff O'Herne's idyllic childhood in Dutch colonial Indonesia ended when the Japanese invaded Java in 1942. She was interned in Ambarawa Prison Camp along with her mother and two younger sisters. In February 1944, when Jan was just twenty-one years old, she was taken from the camp and forced into sexual slavery in a military brothel. For fifty years, Jan told no-one what had happened to her, but in 1992, she decided to speak out. This amazing story of survival is a tribute to Jan’s inner strength and deep faith.
 And be Home Before Dark
Roland Rocchiccioli
$34.95
And Be Home Before Dark is Roland Rocchiccioli’s confronting, revealing and frequently hilarious memoir. Roland recounts his formative years in a tough goldfields town, bringing to life his cantankerous mother, Beria, her husband, Ginger, and Slavic lover, Steve, along with an unforgettable cast of rogues and renegades. This memoir is an evocative portrait of a unique childhood in an Australia that no longer exists. Written in the same vein as Raimond Gaita's Romulus, My Father and Robert Drewe's The Shark Net.
 Ooh La La! A French Romp
Ann Rickard
$29.95
Noosa-based travel author Ann Rickard’s new book is her funniest and best yet. Ooh La La! A French Romp details Ann's quirky adventures as she changes career from travel writer to tour guide in Provence. This book takes you on a delightful romp through the South of France with lashings of good French food and wine and just for added measure, some quirky sexual adventures. Set amongst the glorious French countryside, it will have you laughing out loud. Ooh La La! A French Romp is a true celebration of life and all its joys.
 90-Day Geisha
Chelsea Haywood
$34.95
Millionaires, surgeons, serial killers, CEOs. I light their cigarettes, mix their drinks. We engage in conversation. I am the facilitator of good times. I am a hostess. Step into the surreal world of a Tokyo hostess club and gain an exclusive underground pass through the eyes of author Chelsea Haywood as she explores a way of life unique to the Japanese. This is the true story of one girl's immersion in the world of hostessing, a late-night entertainment for wealthy Japanese men drawn from the traditional institution of the geisha.
 The House at Salvation Creek
Susan Duncan
$34.95
Continuing the story of Susan’s bestselling and much-loved memoir, Salvation Creek, The House picks up after Bob and Susan marry and move two years later from her Tin Shed to his house high on the hill. Ageing is on Susan's mind, but she is not ready to settle for a
comfortable life just yet. The House is about relationships, stepping out of your comfort zone and living life to the full. It is about the adventure that lurks in every moment - if you want to search for it. But mostly it is simply about being prepared to have a go. In store October |
