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ANZAC Day reads for 2008Anzac Day is fast approaching. Anzac: An Illustrated History 1914-1918 by Richard Pelvin will be released in paperback this year to coincide with the day (Hardie Grant).Published 13 March, 2008 
Anzac Day is fast approaching. Anzac: An Illustrated History 1914-1918 by Richard Pelvin will be released in paperback this year to coincide with the day (Hardie Grant). Five Mile Press will release Australians at War in March by A K MacDougall. Bravest: how some of Australia’s greatest war heroes won their medals will appeal to the history buffs (Robert Macklin, A&U, April) and the revised and updated Sacred Places deals with the many war memorials in Australia (KS Inglis, MUP, April). A look at war written for a child’s understanding is Simpson and his Donkey by Mark Greenwood (Walker, March). It focuses on the Gallipoli landing and is colourfully illustrated by Frane Lessac. A Japanese soldier that went above and beyond the ‘call of duty’ was Kokichi Nishimura, otherwise known as The Bone Man of Kokoda. As the only survivor of his 55-strong ‘company’ he has collaborated with Australian Charles Happell to tell his amazing story (Macmillan, April). Richard Travers has compiled Diggers in France: Australian Soldiers on the Western Front, the release will correspond with the 90th anniversary of the Western Front (ABC Books, April). The Men of the Line: Stories of the Thai-Burma Railway Survivors (Pattie Wright, Miegunyah Press, April) documents the hardships of the slave labourers who built the 415km-long line. This article from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker More from New Releases
First Taste challenges misconceptions on Indigenous alcohol consumption within Australia’s social history.1 December, 2008 
Dr John Tickell’s Great Australian Diet 2 and the second edition of the accompanying Great Australian Diet Recipe Book are out in January (Wilkinson Publishing).1 December, 2008 
Stephen Fry has always been fascinated by America (Thorsons, December).1 December, 2008 
Eight stylish hardbacks celebrate women of art and literature for the 30th anniversary of Virago’s Modern Classics (November).1 December, 2008 
So much can be learnt about lands and environments by listening to the stories and parables of ancient peoples.1 December, 2008 
Voyages around the Australian coast, discovering treasure and dealing with disappointment, emotions and spirits running high and low are due in Caribbee (Greg Dickson, Deep End Press, December), along with great research into Australian and Dutch maritime history.1 December, 2008 
Andrew Blechman was inspired to write Leisureville (UQP, December) after his next-door neighbours moved into a massive gated retirement community called ‘The Villages’, the largest in the world with a growing population bordering on 100,000.1 December, 2008 
Parted tragically from First Sergeant Charles Monroe King by an explosion in Baghdad, Dana Canedy tells the story of their love, and the journal King left behind for their infant son in the poignant memoir A Journal for Jordan (Hachette, February).1 December, 2008 
Like to see gore spilling across the page? Jack Kilborn will make you Afraid (Headline) next March.28 November, 2008 
Take a look here for the December New Titles from Melbourne University Press21 November, 2008 |
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