Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2015 December 2015 | Page 3

collins booksellers 3 Biography & True Stories music politics Big Blue Sky Born to Rule Peter Garrett RRP $49.99 Paddy Manning RRP $45.00 Peter Garrett has an extraordinary story to tell: from fronting iconic Australian band Midnight Oil, to his time as an activist for the environment, then finally becoming the only unaligned Cabinet minister in two Labor governments. Provocative, entertaining, Our Price impassioned and inspiring, this $ memoir goes to the heart and soul 99 of a remarkable Australian. Malcolm Turnbull has been the subject of many profiles, but the full story of his life has never been told. In an unauthorised biography, Sydney journalist Paddy Manning reveals the true character of one of Australia’s most celebrated overachievers: journalist, lawyer, businessman, politician and now Prime Minister of Australia. 305654_1015_BEY1442_OPTA.indd 116/10/15 3:04 PM 44 Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly Mick Wall RRP $32.99 With exclusive testimony from true insiders this book is an exploration of the real story behind Grohl and the Foo Fighters. It is the only serious literary biography of the group and its leader, one of the most famous and critically bulletproof rock figures of the 21st century. M Train Patti Smith RRP $32.99 Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with Patti Smith’s signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today. Over the Top and Back Tom Jones RRP $34.99 In a career that has spanned six decades, Sir Tom Jones has performed with almost every major