Spring 2014 Giveaway Bundle #6

This draw is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, Michelle Vamvas from Victoria! Robin de Crespigny The People Smuggler: The True Story of Ali Al Jenabi Known as ‘the Oskar Schindler of Asia’, this is one man’s epic story of trying to find a safe place in the world. ‘An engrossing account of a figure seen by some as saviour and others as criminal. A significant book.’ – Thomas Keneally. Courtesy of Penguin Books Tom Doig Mörön to Mörön A travel book like none other. Tom Doig and his best mate cycled 1487 kilometres across northern Mongolia from a small town called Mörön to an even smaller town, also called Mörön. Why? Because it was there.  ‘Bowel-splittingly hilarious and irresistibly absurd.’ – Benjamin Law Courtesy of Allen & Unwin Teju Cole Every Day is for the Thief  In this prequel to the international bestseller Open City, a young man returns to Nigeria after fifteen years in New York. A candid tale of political and spiritual corruption, and a moving account of what it means to go home. Courtesy of Faber & Faber Rayya Elias Harley Loco: Hard living, hair and post-punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side A memoir of music, addiction and hairdressing. ‘She’s experienced wealth, cultural alienation, homelessness, prison, record deals and one bloody-knuckled ultimate spiritual redemption. She even died once in the process, and may very well have had sex with your wife back in the eighties …’ – Elizabeth Gilbert Courtesy of Bloomsbury  

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