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IT HAPPENED OFF THE LEASH
Paddy O’Reilly
RRP $29.99
SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED:
WOMEN OF LETTERS
It Happened off the Leash is a collection of
embarrassing and funny stories of dog owners who
are bound by their love of dogs. From dangerous
stunts to hilarious escapades, the stories in this
book will make you laugh and appreciate your dog
even more.
Michaela McGuire
Marieke Hardy
RRP $32.99
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In this all-new anthology, Marieke Hardy and Michaela
McGuire have engaged our finest minds to pen missives of
courage, humour and wisdom, giving an entertaining and
heartfelt insight into some of our brightest Australian stars.
PEGGY AND ME
Miranda Hart
RRP $35.00
THE WORD DETECTIVE
For years Miranda viewed dog owners with some
suspicion. She was alarmed by their light coating of
dog hair and troubled by their apparent comfort around
excrement. But that all changed when
Miranda met Peggy. This is a hilarious
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account of Miranda’s life with her best
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companion - her dog Peggy.
John Simpson
RRP $29.99
John Simpson challenges both the idea that dictionaries
are definitive, and the notion that language is falling
apart. With a sense of humour and an inclination to
question the status quo, he gives life to the colourful
characters at the OED and to the English language itself.
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A STREET CAT NAMED BOB
James Bowen
RRP $19.99
READING PLEASURES
National Library of Australia
Jennifer Byrne
RRP $19.99
A Street Cat Named Bob is a moving, uplifting true story
of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets
and the ginger cat which adopts him and helps him heal
his life. This story is now a major motion picture.
Reading Pleasures is filled with fabulous
photographs and artworks, each paired with an
inspiring quotation. They amount to an impossible-toexplain love affair between readers and their books.
POUNCE!
Seth Casteel
RRP $29.99
LISTS OF NOTE
Shaun Usher
RRP $59.99
A beautiful, funny gift book Pounce reveals
adorable cats and kittens as they pounce and
jump through the air, arms outstretched - all in
Casteel’s signature up-close, mid-action style.
From a to-do list of Leonardo da Vinci’s to Charles
Darwin on the pros and cons of marriage or Julia
Child’s list of possible titles for what would later
become an American cooking
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bible, Lists of Note is a constantly
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surprising A-Z of what makes us
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human.
INCREDIBLE DOG JOURNEYS
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Laura Greaves
RRP $35.00
From heartwarming tales of canine loyalty to mysterious
cases of dogs turning up thousands of miles away, these
are the incredible true stories of how
sixteen remarkable dogs found their
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Charles Dickens
Colm Toibin
RRP $30.95
A Christmas Carol presents a facsimile of that
invaluable manuscript, along with a typeset version
of the story and a new foreword by Colm Tóibín
celebrating its timeless appeal.
DUE 28TH NOVEMBER
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WET DOG
A GUINEA PIG OLIVER TWIST
Sophie Gamand
RRP $24.99
Alex Goodwin
RRP $16.99
Wet Dog is more than a pet photography project. It is
a book of portraits of dogs soaked in character, each
with a story to tell.
Fur and fiction combine in this retelling of
Charles Dickens’s most famous novel, adorably
adapted with an all-star cast of g uinea pigs.
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