A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics Author : Neil Faulkner ISBN : 9780300159073 Publisher : Yale University Press Price : $36.95 Pub Date : March 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published What was it like to attend the Olympics in 388 B.C.? Would the experience resemble Olympic festivals as we celebrate them today? This book transports us back to the heyday of the city-state and classical Greek civilisation. It invites us to enter still familiar culture and discover what the Greeks did and didn't do in August 2,400 years ago.

Braiding the Voices: Essays in Poetry Author : Peter Steele ISBN : 9780980852349 Publisher : John Leonard Press Price : $32.95 Pub Date : February 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published Braiding the Voices continues to investigate some of the ways in which individual poets have sought, firstly, to find out what they most wanted to say, and, secondly, how their art is to take its place in the general conversation of humanity itself.

Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life Author : Manel Baucells & Rakesh Sarin ISBN : 9780520268210 Publisher : University of California Press Price : $39.95 Pub Date : March 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences—including management science, psychology, and economics—Baucells and Sarin offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. It shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive.

INSPIRE: Australian National Architecture Awards 2011 Author : David Parken & Katarina Stuebe ISBN : 9780980612349 Publisher : Reveal Books / Architext Price : $99.00 Pub Date : November 2011 Availability : Call Us INSPIRE 2011 is a unique, full-colour publication that celebrates the best of contemporary Australian architecture. Featuring forward-thinking designs in the fields of sustainability, urban design, heritage architecture and international architecture, INSPIRE includes more than 240 pages of exciting, innovative architectural projects by leading Australian designers. INSPIRE is a must have for any architect or design enthusiast.

Opium: Reality's Dark Dream Author : Thomas Dormandy ISBN : 9780300175325 Publisher : Yale University Press Price : $49.95 Pub Date : March 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published Opium and its derivatives morphine and heroin have destroyed, corrupted, and killed individuals, families, communities, and even whole nations. And yet, for most of its long history, opium has also been humanity's most effective means of alleviating physical and mental pain. This book covers the full history of the world's most fascinating drug.

Patti Smith: Camera Solo Author : Susan Talbott ISBN : 9780300182293 Publisher : Yale University Press Price : $32.95 Pub Date : February 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published This captivating selection of 70 intimate black and white photographs conveys Patti Smith's singular experience as a photographer as it relates to many facets of her fascinating life and career. Exquisitely designed and produced, Patti Smith: Camera Solo accompanies the first museum exhibition of the artist's photography in the United States.

Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life Author : Peter McPhee ISBN : 9780300118117 Publisher : Yale University Press Price : $49.95 Pub Date : Available Now Availability : In Stock For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For many others, he was the first modern dictator, a fanatic who instigated the murderous Reign of Terror in 1793-94. This masterful biography combines new research into Robespierre's dramatic life with a deep understanding of society and the politics of the French Revolution to arrive at a fresh understanding of the man, his passions, and his tragic shortcomings.

Sensitive Matter: Foams, Gels, Liquid Crystals, and Other Miracles Author : Michel Mitov ISBN : 9780674064560 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $32.95 Pub Date : March 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published Life would not exist without soft matter. Red blood globules, lung fluid, and membranes depend on it, as do industrial emulsions, gels, plastics, liquid crystals and granular materials. This exploration of soft matter offers answers to everyday questions, such as how does paint dry on canvas, and why does shampoo foam better when you “repeat"?

The Acitivists' Handbook: A Guide to Participatory Democracy Author : Aidan Ricketts ISBN : 9781848135925 Publisher : Zed Books Price : $29.95 Pub Date : March 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published The Activist's Handbook is a powerful guide to activism on virtually any scale. Environmental activist Aidan Ricketts provides a step-to-step guide for citizens eager to start or get involved in grass-roots activist movements. Including case studies from the US, UK, Canada and Australia, this is the ultimate guidebook to participatory democracy.

To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure Author : Henry Petroski ISBN : 9780674065840 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $39.95 Pub Date : March 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published When planes crash, bridges collapse, and automobile gas tanks explode, we are quick to blame poor design. But Petroski says we must look beyond design to the interdependency of people and machines. He shows that even the simplest technology is embedded in cultural and socioeconomic constraints, complications, and contradictions.

Travel Writers: Travel Writers and Explorers in Their Own Words Author : British Library Sound Archive ISBN : 9780712351096 Publisher : British Library Publishing Price : $39.95 Pub Date : March 2012 Availability : Not Yet Published This 2 CD set features some of best-known literary adventurers and explorers of the 20th century in their own words. The recordings are a mixture of radio broadcasts and live talks and readings. None have been commercially published before.

Young Poets: An Australian Anthology Author : John Leonard (ed) ISBN : 9780980852332 Publisher : John Leonard Press Price : $27.95 Pub Date : Available Now Availability : In Stock Large samples of poems by seven of the best from a remarkable, new generation: Elizabeth Campbell, Bonny Cassidy, Sarah Holland-Batt, LK Holt, Graeme Miles, Simon West and Petra White. These are stimulating and moving poems, with a wide range of curiosity and interest.