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It’s International Friendship Day!

Today is International Friendship Day! 

Embrace the warm fuzzies this weekend and celebrate friendship!

Here's a few of our favourite non -fiction reads about friendship to put you in the mood:

darth vaderDarth Vader And Friends by Jeffrey Brown: 

In this funny and sweet new book in the bestselling Darth Vader series, Eisner Award-winning author Jeffrey Brown offers an intimate look at the friendships between best pals in the Star Wars universe, from Darth Vader and the Emperor to Leia and her Ewok pals, Han and Chewie, C-3PO and R2-D2, the bounty hunters, and other favourite characters.


Unlikely Friendships by Jennifer Holland: 

rsz_unlikely_friendshipUnlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster.  Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc of each story, and also offers insights into why.  These are the most amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of full-colour candid photographs.


How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie:

This book will help you solve one of the biggest problems you face: how to get along with and influence people in your daily business and social contacts. Since it was first published in 1936, Dale Carnegie's all-time classic has been translated into almost every known language - and continues to help millions of readers around the world.

how to winIt will help you:
- Get out of a mental rut, think new thoughts, acquire new visions, discover new ambitions
- Make friends easily and quickly
- Increase your popularity
and much more!

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Battle of the Seven Potters 20th Anniversary

Did you know today is the 20th anniversary of The Battle of the Seven Potters?

An aerial battle in the Second Wizarding War, The Battle of the Seven Potters took place over the muggle area of Little Whinging. Several members of the Order of the Phoenix were ambushed by Death Eaters while removing Harry Potter from his home to a safer location after Lord Voldemort's resurrection.

The Order managed to get Harry to safety, but suffered the loss of Alastor Moody, and Harry's owl, Hedwig. In the process. George Weasley also lost an ear.

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The 7 Potters. 7 Volunteers took Polyjuice Potion to become Harry and confuse the Death Eaters hunting him.

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child gets rave reviews!

rsz_sre_3d_marketingHarry Potter and the Cursed Child has opened to rave reviews! 
(which bodes well for all us muggles waiting to read the playscript!)

The Guardian described it as "a dazzling duel of light and dark", while The Independent hailed it as "a magical experience tailor made for the stage, filled to the brim with fan service".

The Telegraph, The Independent, and The Evening Standard revealed glowing, five star reviews, with four and three quarters from The Times, and four stars from The Guardian.

According to reviews, magic tricks take centre stage for the first half of the play, with "thrill a minute stage craft" (The Guardian) and highlights including a moment where the stage is submerged underwater!

New characters from the next generation of our favourite wizarding trio - the Potters and the Granger-Weasleys, lend "a breath of fresh air", according to The Independent. The reviewer Jack Shepherd also singled out Scorpio Malfoy as the play's "standout character".

"For the legions of Pottermaniacs eager to be reunited with the characters they adore, this will be a magical experience." (The Evening Standard)

The playscript is available from 9:01am AEST , 31st July 2016

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Spotlight on Australia Fair 2016

 

This week our QBD Spotlight visits the team at sunny Australia Fair.
Check out those displays!

 

Bourne EnigmaThe Bourne Enigma by Eric Van Lustbader:

Action packed with complex plot lines and plenty of surprises this book is sure to entertain. Bourne's trademark survival skills and legendary deductive reasoning see him stop at nothing to avenge an old friend killed on the night of his wedding. But much more is a play here, and Bourne is racing to unravel the dire plots in time. A mad soup of spies, assassins, world powers struggling for dominance and arms dealers and major underworld players manipulating each other to instigate the next world event. Not Lustbader's best book in this epic series but still a good read. - Gillian (Store Manager)

Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris:

Quid pro quo. I tell you things, you tell me things. Yes or no, Clarice?

Silence of the Lambs follows Clarice Starling, an FBI student in training who is assigned to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to fill in a questionnaire. Through their conversations she discovers he is the only person who may possess vital information to solve the grotesque murders by the serial killer dubbed Buffalo Bill. She risks her future career with the FBI to catch the killer before he skins another woman alive. But Dr.Lecter has an interest in Starling...

This book has incredible tension and shows how intelligent and manipulating Dr. Lecter can be through his conversations with Starling, which are intriguing and thought provoking. The plot is well written with a strong female protagonist who needs to capture one killer by talking to another. Now, If you don't mind stepping out of your comfort zone, please join the infamous Hannibal Lecter and help yourself to some liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. - Ayano

FellsideFellside by M.R. Carey:

Just like his first book, The Girl With All The Gifts, this is not for the faint hearted. If you are into a story with a ghost element this one is for you.

She is a drug addict, she has set a fire that destroys and kills, she is in prison with the walls that hold secrets and where the staff are as dangerous as the inmates. But she sees the boy whom she killed and he needs her to find the answers. Is she worthy to continue to live and can she make a difference? You decide. - Karen

Rangers Apprentice 1: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan:

An amazing pick up for any lads (or ladies) aged between 9-15 with a taste for adventure. Surrounded by enemies, the Rangers are the peacekeepers of the kingdom that our hero, Will, joins. This entire series is a must-read filled with monsters, sorcerers, assassins and armies that Will must overcome to earn his Silver Oakleaf, and to save his friends and the kingdom. A perfect gift idea, as readers are bound to keep asking for the next book. One of my childhood favourites. - Callum

I'll Give You the SunI'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson:

The story of twins named Jude and Noah. I'll Give You The Sun follows their lives, from first love to family loss and betrayal. Switching between Jude's point of view to Noah's, it follows from when they are thirteen up until they're sixteen, each giving them a year of their lives to tell. This is one of my favourite novels of all time and I can't wait to read it again! I really liked the writing and my favourite quote from the book has to be: “I watch him throw his head back in supreme happiness, like he's hearing that he gets to choose the colours for all the sunsets from now on” - Belle

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder:

“Choose: a quick death or slow poison”
Yelena is a self-confessed murderer, due to be executed when she is offered a deal by Valek the commander of security: be executed today or become Commander Ambrose's new poison taster. After accepting Valek's offer she is subject to trial by fire training, where knowing the taste and smell of each poison could be the only thing to save her life. Maria V. Snyder has created a truly magnificent world with characters that can make you feel as if you yourself were walking the halls of Ixia. - Jess

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Happy Birthday George Bernard Shaw!

Happy Birthday to George Bernard Shaw, born 160 years ago today.

One of our favourite playwrights, he was famous for his acerbic observations and wit.

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About our quoted book:

9780141195070A barbed attack on the British class system, Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess at ease in polite society. The one thing he overlooks is that his 'creation' has a mind of her own.

It was later adapted as the film My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison and Stanley Holloway.

Our friends at Penguin have an extract on their website. You can read it here.

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