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NON - FI CT I ON OCTOBER 2018

Life on Earth: 40th Anniversary Edition

S I R DAV I D AT T E N BO ROUG H

The Greatest Story Ever Told

David Attenborough Life on Earth

This is thegreatest storyever told, the storyof thedevelopmentof lifeonearth. DavidAttenborough’sunforgettablemeeting with gorillasbecame an iconicmoment for millionsof television viewers. Life onEarth , the series and accompanyingbook, fundamentally changed thewaywe view and interactwith thenaturalworld, setting anewbenchmarkofquality and influencing a generationofnature lovers. Told through an examinationof animal andplant life, this is an astonishing celebration of the evolutionof lifeon earth,with a cast of charactersdrawn from thewhole rangof organisms thathave ever livedon thisplanet. Attenborough’sperceptive,dynamic approach to the evolutionofmillionsof speciesof living organisms takes the readeron anunforgettable journeyofdiscovery from the first sparkof life to theblue and greenwonderweknow today. Now, to celebrate the40th anniversary of thebook’s firstpublication,David Attenboroughhas revisited Life onEarth , completelyupdating and adding to theoriginal text, taking accountofmodern scientific discoveries from around the globe.Hehas chosenbeautiful, completelynewphotography, helping to illustrate thebook in amuch greater way thanwaspossible forty years ago. This special anniversary editionprovides a fitting tribute to an enduringwildlife classic, destined to enthral the generationwho saw itwhen firstpublished andbring it alive for a wholenew generation.

David Attenborough Life on Earth

A new, beautifully illustrated edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth

David Attenborough’s meeting with gorillas was one of the most unforgettable moments for millions of television viewers. With Life on Earth , Attenborough created a book and television series that became a benchmark of quality, influencing a generation of nature lovers. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the book’s first publication, Attenborough has revised Life on Earth , updating and adding to the original text and choosing beautiful, completely new photography. This special anniversary edition provides a fitting tribute to an enduring wildlife classic. It will enthral those who enjoyed it when it was first published and will bring Life on Earth alive for an entirely new generation. Told through an examination of animal and plant life, with occasional juxtapositions of extinct fossil forms to reveal the origin of living creatures, Life on Earth is an astonishing celebration of the evolution of life on Earth, with a cast of characters drawn from the whole range of organisms that have ever lived on this planet.

9781460757130 e 9781460710876 AU $49.99 NZ $55.00 Hardback | 352pp Released: 24/09/18

Publicity Contact: lara.wallace@harpercollins.com.au

The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamourous Lives of Jackie and Lee

S AM K A S HN E R & NAN C Y S C HO E N B E RG E R

A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else — Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill When sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died, her younger sister Lee wept inconsolably. Then Jackie’s thirty-eight-page will was read. Lee discovered that substantial cash bequests were left to family members, friends, and employees — but nothing to her. ‘I have made no provision in this my will for my sister, Lee B. Radziwill, for whom I have great affection, because I have already done so during my lifetime,’ read Jackie’s final testament. In life, Jackie and Lee were alike in so many ways. Both women had a keen eye for beauty — in fashion, design, painting, music, dance, sculpture, poetry — and both were talented artists. One would grow to become the most iconic woman of her time, while the other lived in her shadow. As they grew up, the two sisters developed an extremely close relationship threaded with rivalry, jealousy and competition. For the first time, Vanity Fair contributing editor Sam Kashner and acclaimed biographer Nancy Schoenberger tell the complete story of these larger-than-life sisters. Drawing on new information and extensive interviews with Lee, this dual biography sheds light on the public and private lives of two extraordinary women who lived through immense tragedy in enormous glamour.

9780062881809 e 9780062365002 AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Trade Paperback | 336pp Released: 24/09/18

Publicity Contact: nicola.woods@harpercollins.com.au

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