Infinite Jest
Okay, this is the big one. Bret Easton Ellis calls it 'the doorstop'. When my friend Dan was reading it on the tram, he called it 'the chick magnet'. Infinite Jest is your 1079-page destiny, so get started and you'll finish it before 2009 draws to its heady conclusion.
So, what's it about? Errr. Look, I'm not going to.
This Is Your Brain on Music
Music Lover? Check. A little bit nerdy? Check. Ever wondered how music and memory work together? Wondered why all teenagers since 1997 enjoy the song Scatman and anything by Venga Boys? Have you wondered why people either love or hate Weezer? This Is Your Brain on Music helps answer these questions.
Brisbane's Budget Bites 2009
Brisbane might still get dissed by some for being a small country town, but we've really come a long way to be quite the thriving, cosmopolitan city, with a myriad of places to drink, dine and soak up the atmosphere. But if you think it's just the Valley and West End where all the cultural goodness resides, think again - there's gems in places you'd least expect.
Hitman: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors
Tired of your sloppy contractors forgetting to chop the fingertips off their targets and leaving careless DNA evidence at the homes of your enemies? Sick of spending thousands every time you need a new silencer? Then it's time to stop outsourcing revenge.
Your dreams of living by your reflexes, doing whatever is necessary without regard to moral or legal restrictions are but a few steps away thanks to Hitman: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors (1983).
The Hungry Girls' Cookbooks
In these times of hungry soil and secular delirium we hail the kitchen as sanctuary. Conveniently, we found a petite publishing trio fascinated by the romance of cookery.
Well-versed in the art of eating and well into their second edition The Hungry Girls' Cookbooks reunite us with fresh flavours and kitchen craftsmanship.
Mister Lonely
Harmony Korine: he did the screenplay for Kids, he used to do Chole Sevigny (until he started doing too many drugs), he's done Letterman, and even Marc Jacobs wants his picture. But mostly because he directed these Cannes applauded films: Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy and Mister Lonely.
My Colombian Death
Lets get one thing straight. Matt Thompson has big cojones. Not because he travelled solo to Colombia and did everything the guidebook says you shouldn't and made it back. But because he left everything he knew and a few things he probably shouldn't have behind. Wife, newborn child, secure employment and the cosy comfort of Australian society areno match for Thompson's insatiable appetite to be thrown in with the sharks.
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