Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2019 Autumn-reading-guide-2019-WEB | Page 4

BIOGRAPHY & Seven Big Australians True s t ories Anne Pender RRP $29.95 Barefoot in the Bindis Angela Wales RRP $29.99 Filled with drama and hilarity, joy and back- breaking toil, Barefoot in the Bindis portrays a childhood spent in the outback, and is a sensational picture of Australia past. Preet Bharara RRP $29.99 Ean Higgins RRP $32.99 Mary Hoban RRP $39.99 you have taught her to read, there is only one thing you can teach her to believe in – and that is herself. OUR PRICE $27 99 A rousing, funny, straight-talking and inspirational book from social entrepreneur Lucy Bloom, part memoir, part life-lessons, which urges us all to find our courage, take joy in life and celebrate our extraordinary ordinariness...  Virginia Woolfe Due april Due MAY 16 1 Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics The Full Catastrophe Rebecca Huntley, Sarah Macdonald RRP $32.99 Troy Bramston RRP $49.99 Robert Menzies is the first biography in twenty years of the Liberal icon - and it contains important contemporary lessons for those who want to understand, and master, the art and science of politics. We’ve all had days when if we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. In this hilarious and moving collection, well-known Australians from all walks of life share their stories as a kind of mass therapy; a feel-good tonic for when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan. Give a gift card Sick of the daily grind Todd and Geoff buy 100 acres in the Hunter Valley wine region, intent on building a fabulous B&B. Todd will cook, Jeff will renovate. They have a vineyard, they can make wine. How hard can it be? Collins Once Lucy Bloom Todd Alexander RRP $32.99 99 An Unconventional Wife is a riveting biography that shines a shaft of light on a hidden but captivating life. This is the story of an Australian woman who refused to bend to the expectations of her husband and her time. Get the Girls Out OUR PRICE $44 99 Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga An Unconventional Wife OUR PRICE $34 As United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara was the ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’. Bharara takes us into the gritty, tactically complex, often sensational world of America’s criminal justice system. The Hunt for MH370 is the extraordinary inside story of the mystery, cover-up and truth behind the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people on board. Seven Big Australians draws on extensive interviews to present full, rounded portraits of significant comic actors. Taken together, their careers have contributed immensely to the cultural life of millions of Australians. Doing Justice RRP $32.99 The Hunt for MH370 t es favouri FROM 2018 Any Ordinary Day Leigh Sales RRP $34.99 In this layered book, Leigh talks with people who’ve faced the unimaginable. Warm, candid and empathetic, Any Ordinary Day is about what happens when ordinary people are forced to suddenly find the resilience most of us don’t know we have. Becoming Michelle Obama RRP $49.99 With honesty and lively wit, Michelle Obama describes her triumphs and disappointments. Becoming is the personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has defied expectations- and whose story inspires us to do the same. Available in-store and online collinsbooks.com.au