Penang is an explorer's dream and a food-lover's paradise. It's the nasi lemak or kaya toast eaten for breakfast, served with a hot cup of kopi 'O' (black coffee), at one of the city's bustling food courts. It's the rejuvenative laksa after a morning's sight-seeing, followed by a cooling cendol in the afternoon heat. It's the char kuey teow prepared in a flash at one of the many late-night hawker stalls, washed down with local beer. Like the island itself, Penang Local celebrates the traditional cuisine that is cherished by locals and fervently adored by visitors, while embracing the multicultural influences that continue to shape this vibrant and historic food scene. Penang Local is packed with delicious yet approachable recipes, so you can recreate the magic of Penang at home.

Penang Local: Cult Recipes From the Streets That Make the City

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Aris, Aim

Salim, Ahmad

Regional & International

Smith Street Books

This book empowers women to take control of their new build or home renovation - from the first planning steps, through to affordable finishes and styling. Renovating or building your own home is one of the biggest investments (financially and emotionally) you can ever make. For years, the BuildHer Collective have helped women around the world make this a fun, rewarding and empowering experience. Led by dynamic Australian duo Kribashini Hannon and Rebeka Morgan, BuildHer have created a movement. In this book, they're here to share their building expertise, for women of all experience levels. Whether you're contemplating a renovation, or flipping your third property, this book caters to varying levels of experience in building and construction. (Even those of us with zero experience!) Using case studies and stories from the BuildHer community, Kribashini and Rebeka show how anyone can achieve their goal and become an accomplished BuildHer.

BuildHer: Empowering women to build & renovate their dream home

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Hannon, Kribashini

Morgan, Rebeka

Home Improvement & Design

Since 1954, Sir David Attenborough has been gracing our TV screens to educate and celebrate the animal and natural worlds. In those nearly 70 years of broadcasting and documentary making, Attenborough became a national treasure in the United Kingdom and attained near-mythical status the world over. We only need to hear a word or two uttered, before we recognize David Attenborough's iconic voice. But, in this brightly illustrated book, we'll have to find him by sight and by sheer willpower. On each page in this book, drawn by artist Maxim Usik, Attenborough is lying in wait. You'll have to find him as he dives into the ocean, wades through wetlands and hides in the long grasses of the savannah - all the time keeping a watchful eye out for some of our world's most incredible - and endangered - wildlife. There's no better way to celebrate an international icon (and perhaps stop and think about conservation along the way).

Where’s Attenborough?: Search for David Attenborough in the Jungle, Desert, Ocean, and More

Humor & Entertainment

Boyle, Patrick

Coughlan, Aisling

Humor

This book is a guide to living your life online, offering practical and sanity-saving tips to help you block out&nbsp;distractions and detractors. Nobody owns the internet, but it can own us. Between updates from our exes and half-hearted flirtations, abuse from trolls and doomscrolling, it's easy to get sucked&nbsp;in and much harder to log off. The internet is addictive, but&nbsp;Gabrielle Alexa Noel has advice to save our mental health&nbsp;and offline relationships from social media and tech monopolies. Whether it's sending nudes safely, protecting our data, or helping LGBTQI+ youth thrive,&nbsp;How to Live With the Internet&nbsp;and Not Let It Run Your Life&nbsp;is here to keep us safer, happier, and&nbsp;free to keep sliding into DMs. &nbsp;

How to Live With the Internet and Not Let It Run Your Life

Computers & Technology

Noel, Gabrielle Alexa

Networking & Cloud Computing

If the utter chaos of recent world events has taught us anything, it's that people are bad at making decisions. So, in uncertain times, we need someone to tell us like it is - and that someone is animals. As its title suggests, this book is literally just pictures of animals silently judging you and your life choices. Some of these include: a monkey who knows what you did last night, giraffes who can't believe you're wearing that, cats who just can't and a corgi who isn't angry - just disappointed. Toward these sage angels we must turn, in these weird times for humankind, to help us make better decisions - for ourselves and our furry friends who are, honestly, kind of embarrassed.

This Book is Literally Just Pictures of Animals Silently Judging You

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

This hilarious unofficial scrapbook is a love letter to Lizzo, the queen of self-affirmation, soulful pop bangers, and, of course, the red carpet.\nTo many, it seemed as though Lizzo shot to fame overnight. But longtime fans, like author Billie Oliver, know this is hardly the case. Lizzo’s story is one of tireless persistence, in an industry and media landscape where she was often made to feel like she didn’t belong. Well, you better believe that never stopped Lizzo.\nLizzobangers, her debut album, dropped in 2014 and piqued interest. But it was from 2016 onwards, as Lizzo’s hilarious online presence grew in step with her status as a self-love advocate, that her ascent to global stardom began.\nAll the while, Lizzo maintained her brand of I-don’t-give-a-f **k sincerity that many of us now aspire to. Or at least enjoy watching. How many other artists can claim to have twerked on stages around the world while playing classical flute?\nThis book offers 50 pieces of Lizzo’s story, as a tribute to an icon who truly shines.

Let it Lizzo!: 50 Reasons Why Lizzo is Perfection

Literature & Fiction

Oliver, Billie

Dramas & Plays

Plants make great pets - they're quiet, decorative, housetrained and (mostly) low-maintenance - and with this helpful&nbsp;guide, you'll soon be the perfect plant parent!&nbsp; Grow Your Own Pet Plants&nbsp;has all the information you'll need for green-thumbed success, from learning which plant to&nbsp;take home to how to help your leafy friend thrive in all conditions.&nbsp;Andrew Mikolajski provides helpful tips, from how to&nbsp;nurse and propagate cuttings to choosing a plant which suits your home and lifestyle. With a simple guide to more than&nbsp;40 plant&nbsp;personalities and easy care advice, from feeding and grooming to showing off your new pet to guests, you'll&nbsp;soon be the proud owner of a new collections of plant pets.

Grow Your Own Pet Plants: A Cute Guide to Choosing and Caring for Your Leafy Friends

Mikolajski, Andrew

Gardening & Landscape Design

Global warming, plastic pollution, deforestation, species loss and rising inequality got you down? Then take your very valid concerns and channel them into action with this proactive guide to saving the planet, one day at a time. Small changes in the way we eat, shop, recycle and commute really can change the world.&nbsp;

How to Unf*ck the Planet a Little Bit Each Day

Science & Math

Stewart, Jo

Biological Sciences

'Istria is testament to the idea that recipes are so much more than instructions, that they are accumulated layers of stories and histories, both personal and collective, brought to life every time a dish is made. An exquisite book.' -- Rachel Roddy Istria is the heart-shaped promontory at the northern crux of the Adriatic Sea, where rows of vines and olives grow in fields of red earth. Here, the cuisine records a history of changing borders -- a blend of the countries (Italy, the Republic of Venice, Austria, Hungary and now Slovenia and Croatia) that have shared Istria's hills and coasts and valleys. This book is a record of traditions, of these cultures and of Paola's family: recipes from her childhood, the region's past, and family and friends who still live beside the Adriatic coast. Among recipes for semolina dumplings, beef and pork goulash and apricot strudel are memories of the region and stories of the recipes' authors: the Italian-Istrians who remained in the region after the 1940s, and those who left for new countries.

Istria: Recipes and stories from the hidden heart of Italy, Slovenia and Croatia

Bacchia, Paola

Cooking Education & Reference

A Field Guide to ... delves into music's most influential genres to uncover the innovators and agitators who changed music history forever. In A Field Guide to Grunge, Steve Wide explores the dynamic scene that sprung from the ashes of punk and underground metal in America's Pacific Northwest. From the sludge metal of Melvins and the noise punk of Mudhoney, to the point where Nirvana blew the charts apart, this book examines the artists, albums, music labels, who's who and hangouts that shaped an alternative scene into a worldwide phenomenon.

A Field Guide to Grunge

Wide, Steve

Music

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