Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2019 Autumn-reading-guide-2019-WEB | Page 15

SCIENCE 23 Wayfinding Due May Hannah Critchlow RRP $32.99 What if our lives are largely predetermined, hardwired in our brains - and our choices over who we fall in love with and what we believe are not real choices at all? The Science of Fate revolutionises our understanding of who we are. Due May 20 The Planets Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen RRP $39.99 Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our solar system as we’ve never seen it before. O’Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity, trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision. S cience 1 Tom Doig RRP $34.99 In Hazelwood, Tom Doig gives an account of the blaze and the dark months that followed. This is a gripping report of one of the worst environmental and public health disasters in Australian history. Has the Luck Run Out? David Fagan RRP $32.99 Has the Luck Run Out? shines a spotlight on the mistakes we have made, our national disillusion and looks to what can be done to re-set the mood of the times. Tim Minchin Australia Day Stan Grant RRP $34.99 Due MAY 1 Dr Alice Gorman RRP $29.99 Due MAY Hazelwood PHILOSOPHY Dr Space Junk vs The Universe Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling field of space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) turns the common perception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. 7 is simply the word we use to describe a method we use for organising our curiosity. Stop Being Reasonable Eleanor Gordon-Smith RRP $27.99 In Australia Day Stan talks about reconciliation and the indigenous struggle for identity in Australia, and about what it means to be Australian. It asks: Who are we? How do we move forward from here? Due May In Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells gripping true stories that show the limits of human reason. Inspiring and perceptive, this book is an illuminating exploration of the place where philosophy and real life meet. The Last Elephants Colin Bell, Dr Don Pinnock RRP $50.00 OUR PRICE $45 00 Elephants are a species in crisis. In this comprehensive volume of essays and extraordinary photos, environmental activist Colin Bell and journalist Dr Don Pinnock call attention to the threat posed to elephants by poachers. Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au Commentary Due May M.R. O’Conner RRP $32.99 14 The Science of Fate SOCIAL Due APRIL Blackout Matthew Warren RRP $29.99 Blackout cuts through the waffle to chart the disintegration of Australia’s energy security, call out what is holding us back, and plot the way for a brighter future. 7 Upheaval Jared Diamond RRP $35.00 Exhibiting the grasp of history, geography, economics and anthropology that marks all Diamond’s work, Upheaval reveals how both nations and individuals can become more resilient. Get social with us