Wealth of impressions about life

Phaic Tan – Sunstroke on a Shoestring
Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch
Hardie Grant books
256pp, $27.95

YOU’VE read the other travel guides, now read one that will guarantee you’ll never want to visit a place called Phaic Tan (Fake Tan).

Following on from Molvania’s success, the team at Working Dog (The Panel guys) have released their next purler.

Phaic Tan is set out exactly like a real travel guide, with tips, history, entertainment, accommodation and so on, but is cleverly written to make sure you laugh after every sentence.

If you’re not too good on international geography, you’d be forgiven for thinking Phaic Tan is a real country.

Every aspect of this unusual tourist destination has been thought of and is presented in depth.

Visit a place that has a way of getting in your blood.

This book is a must read for travelling or Working Dog fans.

Check out their web site at www.jetlagtravel.com.au

Duntroon: an Artists Impression
By Vivien Dwyer
Longsdale Gallery Press
280pp, $80

TRAINING at Duntroon is an important part of many people’s military career and now it’s being shown off to a larger audience.

This beautifully illustrated book was made to help the public become aware of the role of Service men and women in our society.

It’s the result of five years’ work painting the scenes of Duntroon – the daily lives of cadets.

Copies of Duntroon an Artist’s Impression can be purchased from the publisher by writing to Lonsdale Gallery Press at 1 Cameron St Singleton, NSW, 2330, phoning (02) 65 72 10 20 or at www.lonsdalegallerpress.com.au where order forms and further information including images can be found.

Apart from the standard version of the book, there is also an art collector’s limited edition of 250 copies, which is hand numbered and signed by CDF General Peter Cosgrove and the artist.

This is presented in a rich green cloth-bound version with matching slip case and sells for $250.

The All-Time Australian 200 Rich List

The All-Time Australian 200 Rich List
By William D. Rubinstein,
Allen and Unwin
195pp, $29.95

IF YOU’RE interested in wealth of the monetary kind and could do with a few tips on becoming disgustingly rich, The All-Time Australian 200 Rich List is the book for you.

The book details the richest Aussies from 1788 to the present day and their achievements. It’s interesting to see how the accumulation of wealth hasn’t changed a great deal over the past 216 years.

- LT Simone Heyer