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Pier 9 publications
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100 DISCOVERIES
January 2009
The greatest 100 breakthroughs in science and technology, medicine and the major areas of human endeavour over the past 10,000 years. details »
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CROSSING HITLER
January 2009
The first full-length biography of the Jewish-German trial lawyer Hans Litten, who grilled Adolf Hitler in a merciless three-hour cross examination in a pre-WWII trial. details »
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CAST AWAY
December 2008
Epic tales of the survivors of shipwreck, mutiny and marooning through the ages and around the globe, focusing on the age of sail and steam. details »
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HEATH:A FAMILY'S TALE
November 2008
This is the definitive look at the real life of Heath Ledger from childhood to fully-fledged stardom, with exclusive personal insights from his family and friends. details »
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TIME OF MY LIFE
November 2008
From the outside, Jillian Westfield has a perfect life, complete with a cherubic 19-month-old daughter, a successful husband and a four-bedroom lemon-scented home. details »
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FIGHTING TALK
November 2008
This is much more than simply an evocative anthology of fighting words. James Inglis provides a thoroughly researched and engaging discussion of the social, political and military context that the words were spoken in. details »
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THE SPEED OF NEARLY EVERYTHING
November 2008
A fascinating almanac of facts, statistics and stories about the speed of virtually everything, gathered together in an easy-to-follow, original design, and explained by leading science writer Peter Macinnis. details »
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ANOTHER TIME PAST CREATED
November 2008
A sumptuous distillation of the visual and written notebooks kept during a lifetime of travel by Australian photographer Brett Hilder. details »
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DOROTHEA MACKELLAR'S MY COUNTRY
October 2008
To celebrate the poem's centenary, Peter Luck presents this superb photographic homage to Dorothea and her country. details »
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LOST EXPLORERS
October 2008
Tragic, mysterious, thrilling and rip-roaring, Lost Explorers features approximately 80 adventurers who gave their lives in the cause of discovery. details »
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MR DARWIN'S INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WORLD
October 2008
At the beginning of 1859 Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species. By year’s end, other people, discoveries and inventions had changed the world forever. details »
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THE WHALES COMPANION
October 2008
An anthology of writings and images from ancient times to the modern day, which captures the idea of the whale in the human imagination. details »
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SEASICK
September 2008
Scientists are just beginning to piece together the growing crisis beneath the waves and its implications for future life on this planet. Seasick will change the way people understand the global ocean and its importance to all life on earth. details »
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SCANDALS & WORST DECISIONS BOXED SET
August 2008
These two international bestsellers are presented together in a stunning limited edition boxed set. details »
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GREAT RIVALS IN HISTORY
August 2008
Brings to life the drama of history’s most vicious political feuds, ranging through centuries and across the globe. details »
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LAMARCK'S EVOLUTION
August 2008
For 200 years Lamarck polarised the scientific establishment, until science finally caught up and proved him right. details »
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THE ISLAND OF THE ANCIENTS
August 2008
Ben Hills explores why the inhabitants of Sardinia are so much more likely to reach the age of 100 than any other people on the earth. details »
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ONCE A RUNNER
August 2008
John L. Parker Jr captures, in this work of fiction, the very essence of what it means to be a competitive runner. details »
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THE SIXTY MILER
August 2008
In a poetic blend of memoir and maritime history, Norma Sim twins the story of her husband William with one of the coal-carrying ships that sailed the 60 miles between Newcastle and Sydney. details »
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THE WAR WITHIN
July 2008
At the age of nineteen, Don Tate volunteered for duty in the Vietnam War. This is his story. details »
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DEAR EDDIE
July 2008
How do you prepare a pre-schooler for his mother’s death? How do you preserve her memory so he’ll never forget? details »
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THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK OF TRUE CRIME
July 2008
Twenty-one of Australia’s most startling real-life crimes, from the late 1800’s to the present day. details »
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WARRIOR POETS
June 2008
On a journey through the remote North West Frontier of Pakistan, Australian Benjamin Gilmour discovered an astonishing culture. details »
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DO TRAVEL WRITERS GO TO HELL?
May 2008
Thomas Kohnstamm fled his Wall Street job to pursue his dream of being a travel writer. details »
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HISTORY'S WORST DECISIONS ILLUSTRATED EDITION
May 2008
This is a new illustrated, paperback edition of one of the very successful popular history titles on the Pier 9 list. details »
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THE HONEY SPINNER
May 2008
Grace Pundyk journeyed from the wild Yemeni deserts to the jungles of Borneo, and from Russia’s mafia-run honey markets to Tasmania’s leatherwood forests, to uncover the truth about honey. details »
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THE SEA OF CHANCE
May 2008
Photographer Brett Hilder's account of his struggle to bring his Ethiopian wife back to Australia to live. details »
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MY GARDENING YEAR
April 2008
Written by Shirley Stackhouse, one of Australia’s leading horticultural authorities, My Gardening Year will appeal to novices and old gardening hands alike. details »
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LA VIE PARISIENNE
April 2008
A young London-based Australian journalist, Janelle McCulloch, runs away to Paris to restore her pride. details »
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AFTER ELEANOR
April 2008
An intimate but never sentimental account of the days, weeks and ultimately years following Alison Haynes' mother's lonely death in England. details »
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URSULA
April 2008
In seeking the truth about her mother’s life, Eileen Naseby rediscovered the woman she thought was lost to her. details »
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HOLDING UP THE SKY
March 2008
This astonishing autobiographical work is the story of Australian woman Sandy Blackburn-Wright’s complex love affair with Africa and its people. details »
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HEAD OVER HEEL
March 2008
On a holiday trip to Dublin, Australian Chris Harrison was surprised to find himself falling head over heels in love with Daniela, an Italian girl. details »
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THE SOLEMN LANTERN MAKER
March 2008
Ten-year-old Noland, a mute lantern maker, imagines that he sees an angel falling from the sky to the slums where he lives. But it's only an American tourist. details »
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STILL NO FIXED ADDRESS
February 2008
Jackie Hartnell continues her worldwide travel adventures, staying in hostels of varying standards and meeting a wide range of fellow explorers. details »
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THEY CALLED ME THE WILDMAN
February 2008
Historian and artist Robert Hollingworth's captivating reconstruction of Swedish-born naturalist Henricke Nelsen's solitary life. details »
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COUNT ME THE STARS
February 2008
Visual poet Kylie Johnson’s simple words have the power to calm a chaotic world, at least momentarily. details »
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HISTORY'S GREATEST HITS
November 2007
Joseph Cummins brings together, in one elegantly designed volume, the forty most famous events from our past. details »
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AUSTRALIA'S PIONEERS, HEROES & FOOLS
November 2007
The intriguing highways and byways of Australian exploration, focussing on the tricks and tools of the explorer's trade and the trials and tribulations experienced on the journeys. details »
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THE WORLD'S WEIRDEST SPORTS
November 2007
Bog snorkelling, dwile flonking and wife carrying might sound like the newest entries in a dictionary of euphemisms, but they are in fact sports. details »
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TURN AROUND & RUN LIKE HELL
October 2007
Stories of amazing deceptions, unprecedented tactics and cunning generals succeeding against all odds. details »
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AN INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF: WORLD WAR II
October 2007
A journey through extraordinary, heroic and seminal WWII episodes, from the storming of Beijing by the Japanese in 1937 to the story of the man who almost killed Hitler in 1944. details »
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A LEFT-HANDED HISTORY OF THE WORLD
September 2007
Through fascinating case studies of notables from ancient to modern times, Ed Wright explains why left-handed people have been so successful. details »
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Pier 9 publications
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LEGS UP & LAUGHING
September 2007
In this memoir, by turns laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully moving, Vanessa Bates reflects on family relationships and takes us on the rollercoaster ride of trying to become a mother. details »
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JUM'S WAR: FINDING MY FATHER
August 2007
When George Bevan discovered his father Jum’s wartime diaries and medals, he decided to find out what he could about the father he never really knew. details »
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THE LONELY SEA
August 2007
The extraordinary true adventure story of how Sue Dockar survived for two days and two nights lost alone at sea aoff the Queensland coast. details »
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THE CONSPIRACY FILES
August 2007
Reviews current and historical mysteries, setting out the main players involved and providing detailed background information. details »
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TO THE MANOR DRAWN
July 2007
American-born London resident Leslie Ann Bosher takes us on a humour-filled journey to English country living. details »
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A GLIMPSE OF ETERNAL SNOWS
May 2007
The moving true story of Jane Wilson-Howarth's determination to give her seriously ill child the best possible chance of enjoying life. details »
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TUNING OUT
May 2007
On the brink of 30, Katrina Blowers decided to check out of her status quo and try to regain some perspective on her life, relationships and ambitions. details »
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BEPPI: A LIFE IN THREE COURSES
April 2007
This illustrated memoir follows the life story of iconic Sydney restaurateur Beppi Polese, hugely influential in introducing the Australian palate to the flavours of his native Italy. details »
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THIS WAY TO THE SEA
April 2007
Having long thought of making a new life away from the city, Gillian Nicholson and her husband, Christo, impulsively buy a 20-acre banana farm. details »
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AN INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I
April 2007
Edwin Kiester Jr takes readers on an eccentric and exciting journey through extraordinary, heroic and seminal episodes of World War I. details »
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NINE SUMMERS
March 2007
When surgeon Felix Huber was diagnosed with cancer, he and his wife, Rina, lived out their long-held fantasy of sailing the Mediterranean. They had nine glorious summers of adventuring together. details »
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STOP BITCHING, START PITCHING
February 2007
Marty Kellard and Ian Elliot outline their 9 step program to success - an essential guide for anyone who wants to get ahead in business. details »
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TIME MONEY HAPPINESS
February 2007
Alison Haynes' easy-to-read, thought-provoking and pragmatic book about the three most coveted commodities in the human world. details »
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BAD GROUND
November 2006
The exclusive, authorised story of the 14-day entombment and rescue of Beaconsfield miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell and the fascinating aftermath. details »
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HISTORY'S GREATEST SCANDALS
November 2006
The stories of adultery, perversion, shameless greed, theft and deception that have brought down presidents, prime ministers, clergy and famous people of practically every stripe. details »
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CELEBRITY FAMILY TREES
November 2006
Introduces the world’s most important, celebrated and infamous families on an intimate level, exploring legendary stories about the first ancestors and saints to the latest generation and its black sheep. details »
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PARIS ON A PLATE: A GASTRONOMIC DIARY
November 2006
Stephen Downes, food critic and author travels to the city of lights and Michelin stars to test France’s legendary reputation for fine dining. details »
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KOCHIE'S GUIDE TO KEEPING IT REAL
October 2006
From David Koch, one of Australia’s most respected financial journalists and media personalities, comes a manual for life. details »
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A CASTLE IN TUSCANY
October 2006
In this fascinating biography, author Sarah Benjamin details Janet Ross’s passion for nature and food and uncovers a life full of talent, generosity, ideas, family secrets and intrigue. details »
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URSULA
October 2006
This exquisitely written book by Eileen Naseby is the true story of a beautiful and resilient woman who lived through extraordinary times. details »
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HISTORY'S GREAT UNTOLD STORIES
October 2006
Significant places, events and peoples that have been largely excluded from the standard histories we learn yet have directly affected our history. details »
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BLOWING MY OWN TRUMPET
August 2006
Jazz virtuoso James Morrison is one of Australia’s best-known and best-loved musicians. This rollicking memoir shows he is also a great storyteller, with adventures that delight, surprise and amuse. details »
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HEART OF A CHAMPION: THE GREG WELCH STORY
August 2006
Triathlete and iron man Greg Welch was officially the fittest man in the world. Unbackable favourite for Olympic gold, he would rather die than give in. He almost did. details »
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SHEEP'S MISCELLANY
August 2006
The sheep is an Australian icon woven into our everyday life. This book covers every aspect of our economic saviour, from tasty roast to loveable pet. details »
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MONSOON RAINS & ICICLE DROPS
April 2006
From a Mongolian nomad's tent to a hedonistic party complete with igloo in a Nepalese jungle, Libby Southwell has been to some amazing places and seen incredible things. But these are experiences she would never have had if tragedy hadn’t struck her life. details »
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TO DIE FOR
April 2006
In this glorious celebration of food and eating, Stephen Downes, one of Australia’s foremost food critics and food writers, leads readers through the 100 food experiences they must have before they expire. details »
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WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
March 2006
A celebration of the achievements of womankind, honouring 50 amazing women and the incredible impact they have had on our world. From empire builders and healers to daring explorers and iconoclastic thinkers, these are moving stories of dedication, conflict, tragedy and triumph, as dramatic as any fiction. details »
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NO FIXED ADDRESS
March 2006
When Jackie Hartnell’s husband dies unexpectedly, soon after retiring, Jackie decides to become a solo traveller and explore the world. This is an inspiring collection of tales about her travels to such far-flung destinations as Morocco, Finland, Ireland and Thailand, from an expert on travelling on a shoestring. details »
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CHANGE
February 2006
How to kick-start the future and refresh the spirit. An easy-to-read, multifaceted book crammed with practical information, personal anecdotes and inspiring ideas. details »
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ALL FOR LOVE
December 2005
After the success of An Affair to Remember, Megan Gressor and Kerry Cook continue their affair with romance, exploring the relationships of historical lovers. details »
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OLD WIVES' TALES
November 2005
This is a quirky yet thoroughly researched and informative look at the facts and fallacies behind myths, rumours and remedies. Is there any basis in science for believing that chicken soup will cure flu? details »
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SUCKING THE MARROW OUT OF LIFE
October 2005
After a near-fatal accident in 1988 left him paraplegic, John Maclean established a set of goals. This is the story of how he achieved them - and what he discovered about himself along the way. details »
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HISTORY'S WORST DECISIONS
October 2005
A case-by-case study of some of the world’s most momentous yet detrimental decisions, the people who made them and the damage they caused. details »
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THE SAVVY GIRL'S MONEY BOOK
September 2005
Emily Chantiri's latest work aims at women aged 20-35 who can picture the life they want, but not how to make it happen. Useful tips, peer group stories and practical advice that really works. details »
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SPEECHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
August 2005
Over 50 momentous and thought provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations, including Mohammed, Washington, Napoleon, Lincoln, Gandhi, Hitler, Pankhurst, Churchill, Stalin, King, Kennedy and Mandela. details »
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BANANA HEART SUMMER
May 2005
A novel by Merlinda Bobis, under the new Pier 9 imprint. Touching, funny, elegaic, this is a truly original book that will long remain in the reader's mind and senses. details »
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