Brainstorm

The image of the book cover for Brainstorm by Richard Scolyer with Garry Maddox includes the tagline ' A dedicated doctor. A devastating diagnosis. A chance for a medical revolution '. The image is a photo of Richard Scolyer, smiling, against a blue background, he's wearing a plain dark t-shirt.

Revealing his fight against a diagnosis of 'incurable' brain cancer, this is the remarkable story of 2024 co–Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer.

A dedicated doctor. A devastating diagnosis. A chance for a medical revolution.

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The Men Who Killed the News

The image of the book cover for The Men Who Killed the News by Eric Beecher includes the tagline ' The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy'.  The image is white, with the author's name at the top, and the book title in large letters down the page (black - The Men Who / switching to red for Killed for News). There are images of various men around the edges, Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch being two of the most instantly recognisable. The others are possibly Robert Maxwell, William Randolph Hurst and I think it could be Elon Musk.

Crikey owner and ex-News Corp and Fairfax editor lifts the lid on the abuse of power by media moguls – from William Randolph Hearst to Elon Musk – and on his own unique experience of working for (and being sued by) the Murdochs.  

What’s...Read more

Australian Gospel

The image of the book cover for Australian Gospel by Lech Blaine includes the tagline ' A Family Saga' and the quote 'One of the best writers of his generation' Benjamin Law. The image is a blurred, shiny background with two children, one in a blue t-shirt and shorts at the top, the other just in shorts. The one at the top has longish brown hair, the bottom, his mouth wide open. Both images are on a sideways angle, it looks like they are happy.

From one of Australia's most brilliant writers, a dark comedy about the tangled fates of two couples and the children trapped between them

Michael and Mary Shelley are Christian fanatics who loathe their fellow Australians – especially their 'foul language, reckless indulgence...Read more

The Forever War

The image of the book cover for The Forever War by Nick Bryant includes the tagline 'America's Unending Conflict with Itself'.

The image is of a roughly drawn version of the stripes on the American flag at the top, and a shot of the Capital Building with rioters in front of it.

The Forever War tells the story of how America's political polarization is 250 years in the making, and argues that the roots of its modern-day malaise are to be found in its troubled past.

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the American...Read more

The Campers

The image of the book cover for The Campers by Maryrose Cuskelly includes the tagline 'You can't choose your neighbours' and the note 'Bestselling author of The Cane'.

The image is looking upwards along the end of a house with a couple of lit windows and the hint of a face standing at one. There's a large gum tree behind it, and a bright blue sky with a few clouds and flying birds across it.

An engrossing and provocative exploration of privilege, hypocrisy and justice by the bestselling author of The Cane.

Leah has a good life. She lives on The Drove, an inner-city cul-de-sac, with her husband Moses and their two children. She and her neighbours - the...Read more

Opus

The image of the book cover for Opus by Gareth Gore includes the tagline 'Dark Money, A Secretive Cult, and its missing to remake our world'.

The image is of a hand drawn black cassock with white buttons, and the dog collar portion normally at the top in the middle of the neck band is a banknote.

A thrilling exposé recounting how members of Opus Dei—a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect—pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of dollars siphoned from one of the world’s largest banks.

For over half a...Read more

Shakespeare is Hard, But So Is Life

The book cover for Shakespeare is Hard, but so is Life has the tagline 'A radical guide to Shakespearean Tragedy' and the quote 'I've never read a book like this before, it's challenging, irreverent and funny' Roddy Doyle.

The image on the  cover is of (not surprisingly) William Shakespeare.

Is Hamlet really mad or is the world mad? Is Othello merely gullible or is there something about his place in society that makes him vulnerable? Why can there be no happy ending to King Lear? In this radical approach to Shakespearean tragedy, Fintan O'Toole, Ireland's foremost...Read more

A Stroke of the Pen

The cover for A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett, with the tagline 'The Lost Stories'. The background of the book is black with the author's name at the top in silver, the boot title in gold in the middle, and the tagline in silver at the bottom. Surrounding the text are two vines with candles in elaborate holders, pens, swords, and dragons interwoven through them. There's a lute and a small gnome at the bottom. The gnome is holding a light candle, wearing a blue outfit with bright red boots. There is a foreword by Neil Gaiman

Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork...

A truly unmissable, beautifully illustrated...Read more

Demon Copperhead

The book cover of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is a slightly off white coloured image with birds, snakes, birdhouses, spiders and various other images forming a border above a bottom row of hills with a sun rising.

Demon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It's the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot...Read more