Collins Booksellers Spring Reading Guide 2016 Spring 2016 | Page 2

2 Visit us today! collinsbooks.com.au BIOGRAPHY & TRUE STORIES FREEING PETER THE HATE RACE Andrew, Juris, Lois and Michael Greste RRP $35.00 Maxine Beneba Clarke RRP $32.99 Freeing Peter tells the extraordinary story of how an ordinary Australian family took on the Egyptian government to get Peter Greste out of prison. This is an inspirational story about fortitude, resilience, and a family whose unity proved to be the saving of them. ‘Against anything I had ever been told was possible, I was turning white. On the surface of my skin, a miracle was quietly brewing...’ Suburban Australia. Maxine Beneba Clarke’s life is just like all the other Aussie kids on her street. Except for this one, inescapably obvious thing... DUE 29TH AUGUST LETTER TO MY TEENAGE SELF NO MAN IS AN ISLAND Grace Halphen RRP $19.99 Adele Dumont RRP $32.99 No Man is an Island is a unique personal story that takes a humanitarian stance on immigration detention. It is full of characters and humanity and is the story about immigration detention all Australians need to read. DUE 1ST SEPTEMBER In Letter to My Teenage Self, prominent Australians write heartfelt letters to their younger selves. From learning to laugh at yourself (Adam Gilchrist), to realising that the qualities that make you stand out are the ones that make you so rad (Missy Higgins), this book provides inspiration and reassurance for parents and teenagers alike. SHACKLED REBELLIOUS DAUGHTERS Chris Turney RRP $35.00 Maria Katsonis Lee Kofman RRP $32.99 In 2013, Australian earth scientist Chris Turney led an ambitious expedition to Antarctica. In Shackled we discover firsthand the latest scientific findings from the frozen continent and learn the fates of the many intrepid explorers in whose footsteps Turney and his team walked. Some of Australia’s most talented female writers share intimate and touching stories of rebellion and independence. Powerful, funny and poignant, every story celebrates the rebellious daughter within us all. MY BRILLIANT CAREER: MALCOLM TURNBULL: A POLITICAL LIFE IN CARTOONS SULLY Chesley B Sullenberger Jeffrey Zaslow RRP $24.99 Russ Radcliffe RRP $24.99 This book follows Turnbull’s career through the eyes of our political cartoonists. It provides examples of the genius of our sharpest observers – political cartoonists. Sullenberger is the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 15 49 in New York’s Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. Sully is his story and it has now been made into a motion picture from Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks. ALBANESE THE PIGEON TUNNEL Karen Middleton RRP $34.99 John le Carre RRP $32.99 The Pigeon Tunnel is John le Carre’s memoir and his first work of non-fiction and is a thrilling journey into the worlds of his ‘secret sharers’ - the men and women who inspired some of his most enthralling novels. DUE 29TH AUGUST This is a moving personal story behind the very public political face of Labor’s Anthony Albanese, written with the cooperation of Albo. It is as much a window on the recent turbulent years of politics as a heartbreakingly personal story of family and belonging. It is a moving story of a politician who really believes. LABOUR OF LOVE NOT JUST FOR THIS LIFE Shannon Garner RRP $29.99 Wendy Guest Gary Gray RRP $29.99 Finding strength in unexpected places, Shannon pushed past the negativity of others to discover the courage she needed to carry and birth a baby that will not be her own – and to bring the gift of a precious life and soul into the world, to be loved and cared for by her new adoring parents. Not Just For This Life is a tribute to Gough Whitlam, commemorating what would have been his 100th birthday. It includes condolences from politicians, eulogies from the State Memorial Service and a selection of messages from the men and women of Australia.