From Ann Mossop
For Fun
Moranthology by Caitlin Moran as a follow-on to the brilliant How to be a Woman
French Children Don’t Throw Food by Pamela Druckerman (well it is quite useful also!)
To help you stay ahead at dinner parties
The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
Quiet: the power of introverts in a world full of noise by Susan Cain
The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times by Arlie Hochschild
To delight your eyes
Life in Colour edited by Annie Griffiths
A Camera, two Kids and a camel by Annie Griffiths
To catch up with the Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Why is the penis shaped like that? By Jesse Bering
Adapt or why success always starts with failure by Tim Harford
Greenwash: Big Brands and Carbon Scams by Guy Pearse
Australian Favourites
Quarterly Essay 46: Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation by Laura Tingle
Quarterly Essay 47: Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott by David Marr
For your surly teenager
Friday Brown by Vicky Wakefield
For boisterous 9 – 12 year olds
Bad Grammar by Nathan Luff
To delight the little one
Sam the Cat by Sam Bowring
