Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2016 Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2016 | Page 2

2 Visit us today! collinsbooks.com.au BIOGRAPHY & TRUE STORIES ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE SONGS OF A WAR BOY Cosentino RRP $35.00 Deng Thiak Adut Ben McKelvey RRP $32.99 A book on magic not only taught Cosentino how to read, it propelled him on an extraordinary journey - from a shy boy with low self-esteem to the international star that he is today - and that journey is the core of this inspirational memoir. This is a story for anyone who ever dreamed of achieving the impossible. This is an inspiring story of a man who has overcome adversity to become a lawyer and committed worker for the disenfranchised. It is an important reminder of the power of compassion and the benefit to us all when we open our doors and our hearts to those fleeing war, persecution and trauma. 305654_1015_BEY1442_OPTA.indd 116/10/15 3:04 PM NUJEEN BEYOND THE VAPOUR TRAIL Nujeen Mustafa Christina Lamb RRP $29.99 Brett Pierce RRP $29.99 An extraordinary voice, Syrian teenager, Nujeen tells the story of what it’s really like to be a refugee, to have grown up through war and left a beloved homeland to become dependent on others. This is the story of our times told through a remarkable girl. An Australian aid worker finds himself off the tourist map confronted by the struggles of people in the developing world. He discovers the inspirational and the beautiful; people and cultures responding to their changing landscape; the stories and courage of individuals who bring fresh perspectives to life. NOT ALL SUPERHEROES WEAR CAPES A TEAR IN THE SOUL Quentin Kenihan RRP $32.99 Amanda Webster RRP $29.99 Quentin Kenihan’s story is one of abandonment, drug addiction and dark days. But battling through it all, his resilience is inspiring. Now he is a filmmaker, stand-up comedian, radio host, actor, film critic and living proof that superheroes don’t need capes, just the right attitude! Amanda Webster embarks on a search for two former school friends, Aboriginal kids from the Kurrawang Mission near where she grew up in Kalgoorlie. She returns to her hometown with her friend, Gregory Ugle to piece together the Kurrawangs story through oral histories and local newspaper archives. FASHION IS FREEDOM ALL FOR MY CHILDREN Tala Raassi RRP $29.99 Sally Faulkner RRP $35.00 Fashion is Freedom takes us on Tala's extraordinary journey that crosses the globe, from Tehran to Columbia, centre stage at the Miss Universe contest and a new life heading a fashion empire and supporting charities that focus on empowering women. Tala’s story inspires women everywhere to be fearless and follow their dreams. In May 2015, Sally Faulkner hugged her children as they left for a three-week holiday to Beirut with their father, Ali Elamine. All for My Children is the unforgettable true story of how one Australian mother’s fairytale Our Price life fractured in the instant she $ 00 kissed her kids goodbye. 305654_1015_BEY1442_OPTA.indd 116/10/15 3:04 PM 30 POUM AND ALEXANDRE Catherine de Saint Phalle RRP $29.99 This is the story of two flawed eccentrics. They meet just after the war in liberated Paris but they cannot quite free themselves from the many strings attached to them. Poum and Alexandre is an honest, humorous and moving elegy to family and place, and a meditation on the ways they ultimately define us.