Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2017 Collins Christmas 2017 Catalogue WEB | Page 4

Visit us today! collinsbooks.com.au BIOGRAPHY & TRUE STORIES TRACKER MINEFIELDS Alexis Wright RRP $39.95 Hugh Riminton RRP $32.99 Alexis Wright returns to non-fiction in her new book, Tracker, a collective memoir of the charismatic Aboriginal leader, political thinker, and entrepreneur Tracker Tilmouth. This book is as much a tribute to the role played by storytelling in contemporary Aboriginal life as it is to the legacy of a remarkable man. Hugh Riminton has been witness to pivotal moments in Australian history - from the Port Arthur massacre to the political dramas of Canberra, receiving almost every journalism award Australia has to offer. Minefields is Hugh’s story of over forty years on the frontline of the news game. THE TRAUMA CLEANER DANGER MUSIC Sarah Krasnostein RRP $32.99 Eddie Ayres RRP $32.99 Sarah Krasnostein has watched the extraordinary Sandra Pankhurst bring order and care to the living and the dead - and the book she has written is equally extraordinary. Not just the compelling story of a fascinating life among lives of desperation, but an affirmation that, as isolated as we may feel, we are all in this together. In Danger Music, Eddie takes us through the chaos of Kabul, into the lives of the Afghan children who are transported by Bach and their own Afghan music. Alongside these experiences, Emma determines to take steps to secure her own peace; she becomes the man always there inside - Eddie. CAN YOU HEAR THE SEA? MY GRANDMOTHER’S STORY SHINE LIKE IT DOES Brenda Niall RRP $29.99 Brenda Niall tells the story of an independent and intelligent woman who braved a new country as a single woman, teaching in a country school, before marrying a Riverina grazier. Aggie dealt with hardships and loneliness after the early death of her husband, and brought up her seven children to be happy and determined. THE SEVENTH CIRCLE Rob Langdon RRP $32.99 DUE 14TH NOVEMBER Toby Creswell RRP $32.99 Shine Like It Does is the real story of a complex man whose star is still shining two decades after his death. Michael Hutchence was a superstar, an internationally respected musician and a great bloke. There will never be another one to replace him. BON: THE LAST HIGHWAY Jesse Fink RRP $34.99 In the tradition of Midnight Express, The Damage Done, Marching Powder and Hotel Kerobokan comes an extraordinary story of Australian resilience and survival in Afghanistan's notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison, a place that’s been described as ‘the world’s worst place to be a Westerner’. Jesse Fink leaves no stone unturned for Bon: The Last Highway, a book years in the making that finally solves the riddle of the death of Bon Scott. This is the original, forensic, Our Price unflinching and masterful biography Bon $ Scott has so richly deserved and music fans 99 around the world have been waiting for. THE LAST GIRL WORK SHY Nadia Murad RRP $32.99 Dave Graney RRP $29.99 Nadia Murad is a courageous young woman who has endured tragedy and degradation through sexual enslavement to ISIS. But she has fought back. This inspiring memoir takes us from her peaceful childhood in a remote village in Iraq through loss and brutality to safety in Germany. In his inimitable style, Graney veers from a feckless childhood in blue-collar South Australia, to the punk rock scene of 1980s London, and beer-soaked nights touring Australia where he worked very hard at not working at all. 29 FREDDIE MERCURY DETOURS Mark Blake RRP $49.99 Tim Rogers RRP $35.00 Best known as the lead singer with Queen, his amazing four-octave voice was a distinctive element in the band’s unique sound. This book is the ultimate celebration of one of rock Our Price music’s greatest stage performers and $ 99 an inimitable recording artist. 19 In this memoir, Tim Rogers talks about what it is to be a man, about accepting who you are, about masculinity, love, his father, being a dad, anxiety, and above all, his ever-present muse - music. It is by Our Price turns revealing, warm, self-deprecating, $ intimate, shocking, funny and engaging. 00 30