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Dymocks Subiaco

Locality: Subiaco, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9380 4877

Address: 165 Rokeby Road 6008 Subiaco, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 It's Day 5 of Classics Crash Course and we're coming in with a young adult classic...the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan! Percy Jackson finds out that the reason trouble follows him is because he is the son of the Greek God Poseidon, and is thrown into a whole new world. Up above in the new Mt Olympus, the gods are fighting over a missing lightning bolt, and down below, Percy and friends embark on a mission to save Percy's mother from the underworld and stop the gods fro...m going to war. Riordan is perfect for any kids who love fantasy! He creates the most wonderful characters and is perfect for introducing your kids to the classics. They've already managed to bring forward a whole new generation of up-and-coming classicists, and it looks like there are many more to come! He brings all the biggest figures of mythology into the modern world and have them interacting with the characters, and it's such a fun way to teach the myths and get kids keen to learn more!

24.01.2022 Don't forget to pre-order your copy of Barack Obama's 'Promised Land', and pick up a copy of Michelle Obama's 'Belonging' while you're at it!

21.01.2022 Stuck on what to get your loved ones? Why not grab Paul Hogan's 'The Tap-Dancing Knife Thrower'?

21.01.2022 If you're interested in the latest from this amazing Australian author, tune in on the 12th for this great virtual event!

16.01.2022 Today's cookbook recommendation is 'Australian Food' by Bill Granger! Perfect for those of us trying to find some great recipes this Christmas (and for the rest of the summer too)! Learn how to make the perfect brunch for your mates, with his techniques for making the perfect scrambled eggs, and the most delicious chocolate banana bread you'll ever have!

15.01.2022 Today's cookbook recommendation is Julia Busuttil Nishimura's 'A Year of Simple Family Food'! We've already recommended this one this year, but really is the perfect Christmas present. It gives easy and inexpensive recipes for all times of the year. Use this book to build up your own cooking skills (or perhaps hint at your family members that they need to step up their cooking game...)

12.01.2022 Want to learn more about the man behind the 2020 Booker Prize winning novel; Shuggie Bain? Read here what Douglas Stuart has to say about growing up in Glasgow; where he got the inspiration for his prizewinning debut novel; and what's next for him!! https://www.theguardian.com//booker-winner-douglas-stuart-

11.01.2022 Today's biography recommendation is for your more politically-minded friends and family; 'A Promised Land' by Barack Obama! Find out more about the life and times of this man; from his childhood to his Presidential victory in 2008. In this book we get to learn more about Obama as a person and as a political figure. It's only the first volume of his memoirs and already comes close to hitting 800 pages, so if you have a fast reader in your life that you want to keep busy, why not give this a go?

10.01.2022 It’s Day 3 of the Classics Crash Course and today’s recommendations are moving into the realm of historical fiction withCirce and The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller! Circe tells the tale of a nymph, exiled to live out her immortal days on an island; separated from her godly family and forced to confront the mortals that arrive to her home and demand hospitality. Her only solace over the long years has been the craft she has been perfecting magic. Tales of this goddess... have come down to us since Homer’s Odyssey, but here we finally are able to see her as more than an image or an infallible god. This is an incredibly humanising tale of isolation, regret, and learning one’s own power. It doesn’t matter if you like ancient history this is the kind of book that anyone can love and be moved by. The Song of Achilles is another beautiful telling of Greek mythology this time the tale of Achilles, whose rage became renowned in Homer’s Iliad. The book follows his life; raised with the knowledge of a great yet terrible prophecy placed upon him, the build up to the Trojan War, and the decade long conflict that he fought in. But it’s so much more than a war story. One of the main components of this novel is the beautiful and tragic love story of Achilles and his lifelong companion, Patroclus. Like with Circe, this book is accessible to anyone, regardless of their background with the myths. You’ll either love the story in its own right, or you’ll enjoy the references and details and love it anyway!

09.01.2022 Today's cookbook recommendation is Nigella Lawson's 'Cook Eat Repeat'! This is full of easy-to-make recipes that just about anyone can follow! Lawson makes a point with these recipes to use up as many left overs as possible and to keep food waste to an absolute minimum - all while bringing us incredibly delicious food! The book really highlights the idea of cooking for more than just sustenance - it's cooking for the love of it, or the love of the people you're cooking for.

08.01.2022 To wrap up the Classics Crash Course, it seems appropriate to recommend some of the original works themselves... It might seem intimidating reading something thousands of years old, but if you have the right translation, it'll be as entertaining as anything written today! Virgil and Ovid present the very best of the poems of Julio-Claudian Rome! They both have contributed enormously to our understanding of the myths of the day - from the founding of Rome, to the tale of Orph...eus facing off against Hades to return his wife to life. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and wonderful works that make up part of the now mostly lost 'Epic Cycle' - 10 massive poems that told the full myth of the Trojan War. In the Iliad we read about the 9th year of the war - the year in which Achilles throws a temper tantrum, and the gods get involved to a ridiculous degree. The Odyssey is one of the original adventure narratives; telling the tale of Odysseus and his 10 year voyage home to Ithaca. Along the way he manages to anger some gods, fight some sea monsters, and get himself trapped on a few islands (as you do). Aristophanes was a playwright that wrote in 5th century Athens, specializing in up-to-date political comedies and satires. His humour is very...blunt, but it is very entertaining to see proof that people have always been people. If you're a fan of political comedy talk shows, he's probably the best ancient writer for you! There are so many more ancient writers, but these are some great ones to begin with as we close off the Classics Crash Course!

08.01.2022 Grab a copy of The Beach by Brian Simmonds and enter to potentially win an original piece of art valued at $800! To be in the running to win the artwork grab The Beach from your local bookstore (that's us!) and email a photograph of your receipt along with your name and address to [email protected]. Open to all Australian residents. Winners will be chosen at random at on Friday 4 December 2020 and contacted by email or telephone.

06.01.2022 Buying for a non-fiction fan these holidays? Good thing that this week we'll be looking at some of our favourites from the biography section of our store!! Today's recommendation is for 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' by Caitlin Doughty. Caitlin Doughty is a mortician and member of the 'death acceptance' movement in America - advocating for reforms in the funeral industry. Beyond her three books, she also has a popular YouTube channel (Ask a Mortician) and is the founder of the Ord...er of the Good Death. This incredible memoir covers her first encounter with death at age 8; early phobia and fascination with it; her first job in a crematory; and her shifting philosophy toward death as she became further absorbed into the death industry. She shows a side of death that I have never thought of before, and her humour and sensitivity around the topic she covers makes this possibly the most poignant memoir I have read this year.

04.01.2022 This week we'll be recommending some of our favourite cookbooks! Today's recommendation is Now for Something Sweet by the Monday Morning Cooking Club! This is full of beautiful food and stunning photos! It's perfect for people in your life who love to bake (or people you want to convince to bake tasty stuff for you). Not only does it have recipes for some of the most beautiful sweet foods you'll ever see (a personal favourite is the poppy seed brioche on page 192), but it's a cookbook that focuses on the wonderful community around cooking.

03.01.2022 Today's biography recommendation is 'Over the Top' by Jonathan Van Ness! This is a beautiful memoir of the live and times of Queer Eye's hair and beauty expert. They tell their story so wonderfully - confronting the harder parts of their life so bravely in their work, while also recounting the happy times. Writing about growing up as someone with no option to be anything but 'over the top', Van Ness reveals how they were able to push through and become the uplifting public figure they are today.

02.01.2022 It’s Day 4 of the Classics Crash Course and we’re back to the realm of non-fiction with these two amazing books about classics reception and the ways these myths have been represented over history. Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes is a brilliant book about the women of Greek mythology! Each chapter focuses on a different woman from Pandora to Penelope, Medusa to Medea, and so many more. It’s an incredible exploration of the origins of these myths and their evolution over the... course of history; giving us a detailed look into the ways they have been represented in art, literature, and drama. It’s fascinating to see how much these myths have changed over time, and to question what might be the reason behind these variations in the mythos. Antigone Rising by Helen Morales brings the ancient myths into the modern day. It shows why these myths have stuck around as long as they have, and the use we can still get out of them. Through the myths, she explores everything from the #MeToo Movement, to body image, to the interest in the myths among the LGBTQ+ community. It’s a wildly entertaining read that teaches that the power of myths did not end when the Romans fell.