Books make the best Christmas gifts – everyone knows that. We’ve published some wonderful titles this year that are just perfect for the book worm, political junkie or history buff in your family.
And remember – support your local bookshop this Christmas! Don’t have a bookshop nearby? Then buy online from a great Australian bookseller such as Readings (free shipping and gift wrapping!)
Here are our gift ideas (for more Black Inc. books, visit our website):
Alice Pung
Her Father's Daughter tells the story of Alice and her father, a survivor of Cambodia’s killing fields. Set in Melbourne, China and Cambodia, it is an unforgettable memoir of memories lost and found, of leaving home, of love and worry, of history and how it echoes down the years.
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Peter Hartcher
Australians now officially have the best living conditions in the world. So how did it happen and why don’t we care? Award-winning journalist Peter Hartcher shows how Australia made its own luck – and why we are now in danger of throwing our success away.
David Marr
Australians see themselves as a relaxed and tolerant bunch. But scratch the surface and you’ll uncover an extraordinary level of fear. Cronulla. Henson. Hanson. Wik. Haneef. The boats. …
David Marr's best writing on Australia’s greatest fears.
Steve Hely
The funniest novel of 2011.
From the writer for 30 Rock, The Office and American Dad comes this razor-sharp evisceration of celebrity culture and literary fame.
David Malouf
What makes for a happy life?
Amid the constant chatter of today’s world, with its 24-hour news cycles, Twitter and mobile communications, David Malouf returns to the ancient question of what makes us happy.
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Edited by Ramona Koval
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Edited by Cate Kennedy
Includes stories by Chris Womersley, Karen Hitchcock, Nicholas Jose, Debra Adelaide, Mark Dapin, Marele Day, Louis Nowra, Rodney Hall, Favel Parrett, Mark O’Flynn, Jennifer Mills, Tim Richards, Gretchen Shirm, Michael Sala, Joanne Riccioni, Julie Chevalier, Russell King and many more.
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Edited by John Tranter
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James Boyce
In 1835 James Boyce brings to life the founding of Melbourne. He traces the power plays in Hobart, Sydney and London, the key personalities of Melbourne’s early days and conjures up the Australian frontier – its complexity, its rawness and the way its legacy is still with us today. A stunning work of Australian history.
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I was just about to put this on our facebook and website until I saw the suggestion to buy it at Readings. How about Horton Books www.hortonbooks.com.au?
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