50 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography

What makes Polaroid photography stand out? Since its invention by Edwin Land in 1947; how has it crept into our common culture in the ways we witness today? Writing in the context of the two bankruptcies of Polaroid Corporation and the decline and obsolescence of its film; Peter Buse argues that Polaroid photography is distinguished by its process. The fact that; as theNew York Times put it; the �...

Food & Wine Best of the Best, Volume 18 - The Most Exceptional Recipes from the 25 Best Cookbooks of the Year

The most exceptional recipes from the 25 best cookbooks of the year, as chosen by the experts at Food & Wine magazine.To find the years most outstanding cookbooks, Food & Wine considered hundreds of contenders. Featuring 110 dishes from superstar cooks such as Mario Batali, Alice Medrich, Carla Hall, Tyler Florence, Marcus Samuelsson, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Geoffrey Zakarian, Food & W...

The Year of Reading Dangerously - How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life

A funny, scrupulously honest account of one mans quest to reverse 20 years of lies and read the books hes always claimed to have read. I loved the writing and the characterisation, oh, and the plot yeah, all really pithy. Really great: sound familiar?Andy Miller has been living a lie. But then again, who hasnt? How many books have you claimed to have read but never actually finished,...

The Making of Home - The 500-year story of how our houses became homes

The idea that home is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause to think about it. But, as Judith Flanders shows in this revealing book, home is a relatively new concept. When in 1900 Dorothy assured the citizens of Oz that There is no place like home, she was expressing a view that was a culmination of 3...

UnAustralian of the Year - Words and Pictures by Bill Leak

Freedom of speech is the freedom to offend and that means the freedom to offend anyone. A new collection of the art and observations of cartoonist, painter and all-round contrarian the incomparable Bill Leak. The public has rarely held politicians and the practice of politics in such contempt. Luckily Bill Leak is here to guide us through the darkness. UnAustralian of the Year conta...

The Year I Met You

â Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Yearâ A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author Jasmine loves two things: her sister and her work. And when her work is taken away she has no idea who she is.Matt loves two things: his family and the booze. Without them, he hits rock bottom.One New Years Eve, two peoples paths collide. Both...

Leap Year - How small steps can make a giant difference

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE YEAR OF LIVING DANISHLY How to make big decisions, be more resilient, and change your life for good. Having spent the last few years in Denmark uncovering the secrets of the happiest country in the world, Helen Russell knows its time to move back to the UK. She thinks. Maybe. Or maybe thats a terrible idea? Like many of us, she suffers from chronic indeci...

Angel in the Rubble - How I Survived for 27 Hours Under the World Trade Center Debris

Sometimes terrible things happen. I interviewed Genelle Guzman just after the world changed on September 11, 2001. I wondered how what she went through would affect her life in the years to come. In this eloquent and poignant book, I ended up reassured and inspired. And not just about Genelle, but about humanity. Even though we know Genelle was the last survivor, the detail in this book is ...

The Skull in the Rock - How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins

In 2008, Professor Lee Bergerwith the help of his curious 9-year-old sondiscovered two remarkably well preserved, two-million-year-old fossils of an adult female and young male, known as Australopithecus sediba; a previously unknown species of ape-like creatures that may have been a direct ancestor of modern humans. This discovery of has been hailed as one of the most important archaeological ...

The Gambler - How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History

The rags-to-riches story of one of Americas wealthiest and least-known financial giants, self-made billionaire Kirk KerkorianKirk Kerkorian was a pioneering American aviator, movie mogul, risk taker, and business tycoon who transformed Las Vegas and Hollywood to become one of this countrys leading financiers. His life story demonstrates the cool daring of a World War II pilot, the grit of a sc...

Six Minutes in May - How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister

***Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Observer and The Economist*** London, early May 1940- Britain is under threat of invasion and Neville Chamberlains government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking over at the helm, but in SIX MINUTES IN MAY Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could ha...

The Flower Farmer's Year - How to grow cut flowers for pleasure and profit

The Flower Farmers Year is a light, entertaining look at how to plant, maintain, and keep evolving a productive cut-flower garden. Whether you want to devote a corner of your garden to a stand of sweet peas and some cosmos, take up flower production for gate sales, or make a livelihood from cut flowers, Georgie Newbery will take you through everything from planning your garden to budgeting and m...

The School of Art - Learn how to make great art with 40 simple lessons

Learn how to make great art with this fully-illustrated collection of fifty fun and informative lessons, which introduce you to the key principles that underpin all good design. Each lesson involves the schools five professors, each of which has their own area of expertise. Topics covered include composition, colour, line, shape and perspective, and each lesson clearly demonstrates key concepts,...

The Year That Changed Everything

Three women celebrate their birthdays . . . 30. 40. 50. But their milestone birthdays mark the start of a year that will change everything . . .Ginger isnt spending her 30th the way she would have planned. Tonight might be the first night of the rest of her life or a total disaster.Sam is finally pregnant after years of trying. When her waters break on the morning of her 40th birthday, she pa...

The Year of Less - How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You C...

In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realised that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy, she decided to set herself a challenge: she would not shop for an e...

Gardening Through the Year Australia

Good gardening depends on timing when to plant and when to prune, when to feed and when to water, when to build and when to maintain. With more than 1000 full-colour photographs of star plants for each month, step-by-step photographic sequences of garden projects and illustrated tasks, Gardening Through the Year in Australiais the garden reference book that not only tells you what to do when, b...

Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Game Of The Year (GOTY) Game

What if the world's greatest heroes became its biggest threat? See what happens when heroes collide in Injustice: Gods Among Us. When the Joker commits his most heinous crime and wipes out Metropolis – and everyone Superman loves, including his unborn child – the Man of Steel decides enough is enough and establishes a new world order. Batman and a few others stand opposed to this n...

Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Game Of The Year (GOTY) Game

What if the world's greatest heroes became its biggest threat? See what happens when heroes collide in Injustice: Gods Among Us for Xbox 360. When the Joker commits his most heinous crime and wipes out Metropolis – and everyone Superman loves, including his unborn child – the Man of Steel decides enough is enough and establishes a new world order. Batman and a few others stand oppo...

Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Game Of The Year (GOTY) Game

What if the world's greatest heroes became its biggest threat? See what happens when heroes collide in Injustice: Gods Among Us for PS4. When the Joker commits his most heinous crime and wipes out Metropolis – and everyone Superman loves, including his unborn child – the Man of Steel decides enough is enough and establishes a new world order. Batman and a few others stand opposed t...

Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Game Of The Year (GOTY) Game

What if the world's greatest heroes became its biggest threat? See what happens when heroes collide in Injustice: Gods Among Us. When the Joker commits his most heinous crime and wipes out Metropolis – and everyone Superman loves, including his unborn child – the Man of Steel decides enough is enough and establishes a new world order. Batman and a few others stand opposed to this n...

Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Game Of The Year (GOTY) Game

What if the world's greatest heroes became its biggest threat? See what happens when heroes collide in Injustice: Gods Among Us for PS4. When the Joker commits his most heinous crime and wipes out Metropolis – and everyone Superman loves, including his unborn child – the Man of Steel decides enough is enough and establishes a new world order. Batman and a few others stand opposed t...

50 Years Of Wildlife Photographer Of The Year - How Wildlife Phot