The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Jeff Goldblum

Steve Zissou is a washed-up oceanographer and documentary maker. His-hey day was in the 80s and it looks like he's still trapped in that decade.

His team are decked out in blue Zissou uniforms with red beanies and Steve's (Murray) company runs off an island bought by his second wife Eleanor (Huston).

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How to be French
By Margaret Ambrose, New Holland 238 pages, $24.95

If you've ever dreamed of packing up your desk and working in a fabulously exotic destination, you'll be buying your ticket in no time.

Bellydance
Keti Sharif Allen and Unwin 132 pages, $19.95

Honeymoon
James Patterson and Howard Roughan Headline 311 pages, $19.95

Cooking around the world
Middle Eastern. By Soheila Kimberly, Pan Macmillan, pp92 $14.95

101 Cakes and Bakes
BBC Books, $12.95 pp212 $14.95

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Ministry Of Sound
Clubbers Guide to 2005 EMI

NOW 08
Various Artists EMI
Petrol

Houston
It's Already Written Captial Records

Janet
Damita Jo
Virgin

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