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  • - The race to save Australia's threatened wildlife
    av John Pickrell
    262,-

    Award-winning science writer John Pickrell investigates the effects of the 2019-2020 bushfires on Australian wildlife and ecosystems. Journeying across the firegrounds, Pickrell explores the stories of creatures that escaped the flames, the wildlife workers who rescued them, and those on the front line of the climate catastrophe.

  • - The art and life of A.H. Fullwood
    av Gary Werskey
    522,-

    Regarded in his day as an important Australian impressionist painter, A.H. Fullwood (1863-1930) was also the most widely viewed British-Australian artist of the Heidelberg era. In this pioneering, richly illustrated biography, Gary Werskey brings Fullwood and his extraordinary career as an illustrator, painter, and war artist back to life.

  • - The secret to breaking news
    av Saffron Howden & Dhana Quinn
    247,-

    You don't need to be an adult to break news and change the world. You can start your career as a young reporter right now. In Kid Reporter you'll learn how to research, investigate and interview; write, produce, photograph and record; fact-check and edit; become a publisher by starting a school newspaper, and much more.

  • av Randa Abdel-Fattah
    359,-

    Drawing on local interviews but global in scope, this book is the first to examine the lives of a generation for whom the rise of the far-right, the discourse of Trump and Brexit and the growing polarisation of politics seems normal in the long aftermath of 9/11. It's about time we hear what they have to say.

  • - History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement
    av Henry Reynolds
    359,-

    Influential historian Henry Reynolds pulls the rug from legal and historical assumptions in a book that's about the present as much as the past. His work shows exactly why Australia's national war memorial must acknowledge the frontier wars, why we must change the date of our national day, and why treaties are important.

  • - The Howard Government, Vol IV
     
    397,-

    The Liberal-National Party Coalition was elected to office on 2 March 1996 and continued in power until 3 December 2007 making John Howard the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister. This book is the final in a four-volume series examining the four Howard Governments.

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    281,-

    Can fish feel pain? Does it matter if a dingo is different from a dog? Is there life in a glob of subterranean snot? Science tackles some unexpected questions. Now in its tenth year, this much-loved anthology selects the most riveting, entertaining, poignant and fascinating science stories and essays from Australian writers, poets and scientists.

  • av Peter Timms
    344,-

  • - An Australian history of bad language
    av Dr Amanda Laugesen
    337,-

    Letting rip with a choice swear word or two has long been a very Aussie thing to do. From the defiant curses of the convicts and bullock drivers to the humour of Kath and Kim, Amanda Laugesen takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of Australia's bad language to reveal Australians preoccupations and concerns.

  • av Kerryn Goldsworthy
    292,-

    Consisting of a painting, a frog cake, a landmark, a statue, a haunting newspaper photograph, a bucket of peaches, pink shorts in parliament, concert tickets, and tourist maps, this book is a personal guide to the city of Adelaide through a collection of iconic objects.

  • av Melissa Harper
    359,-

  • av Mr Tim Dunlop
    266,-

    In this timely and provocative book, Tim Dunlop argues that by embracing the changes ahead we might even find ourselves better off. Workless goes beyond the gadgetry and hype to examine the social and political ramifications of work throughout history and into the future. It argues we need to think big now.

  • - The incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck
    av Dr Peter Monteath
    226,99

    Tells the never-before-told story of World War II escape artist extraordinaire, Johnny Peck. In August 1941, an eighteen-year-old Australian soldier made his first prison break an audacious night-time escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp in Crete. Astoundingly, this was only the first of many escapes.

  • - The Maralinga Story
    av Elizabeth Tynan
    374,-

    In 1950 Australian prime minister Robert Menzies blithely agreed to atomic tests that offered no benefit to Australia and relinquished control over them - and left the public completely in the dark. This book reveals the devastating consequences of that decision. It is a meticulously researched and shocking work.

  • av Chris Wallace
    251,-

  • - Landscape, violence and memory
    av Luke Stegemann
    359,-

    Offers a powerful literary consideration of historic violence in two different parts of the world, the seldom-visited mulga plains of south-west Queensland and the backroads of rural Andalusia. The book is also an unashamed celebration of the landscapes where this violence has been carried out.

  • - Australian Food from Bland to Brilliant, with Recipes Old and New
    av John Newton
    281,-

    The white colonisers of Australia suffered from Alliumphobia, a fear of garlic. Local cooks didn't touch the stuff and it took centuries for that fear to lift. This food history of Australia shows we held onto British assumptions about produce and cooking for a long time and these fed our views on racial hierarchies and our place in the world. Before Garlic we had meat and potatoes; After Garlic what we ate got much more interesting. But has a national cuisine emerged? What is Australian food culture?Renowned food writer John Newton visits haute cuisine or fine dining restaurants, the cafes and mid-range restaurants, and heads home to the dinner tables as he samples what everyday people have cooked and eaten over centuries. His observations and recipes old and new, show what has changed and what hasn't changed as much as we might think even though our chefs are hailed as some of the best in the world.

  • - Love, Loss and Hope in the Face of Environmental Crisis
     
    359,-

    Climate change is happening. The world is changing. In this extraordinarily powerful and moving book, leading Australian writers come together to reflect on what it is like to be alive during an ecological crisis as the physical world changes all around us.

  • - A history of common cause
    av Gwilym Croucher & James Waghorne
    397,-

    The first comprehensive history of Australia's university sector, this book explores how universities work and for whom, and how their relationship with each other, their academics and students and the public has evolved over a century.

  • - Freedom and restriction in Australia during the Great War
    av Dr Catherine Bond
    359,-

    A nation often amends its laws during war, not least to regulate life at home. Yet few historians have considered the impact of law on everyday lives in Australia during the Great War. In this original book, Catherine Bond breathes life into the laws that were central to the way that people's daily lives were managed from Australia 1914 to 1918.

  • - Overseas Indians, intercolonial relations and the Empire
    av Dr Kama Maclean
    359,-

    Explores connections between Australia and India through the lens of the British Empire, by tracing the lives of people of Indian descent in Australia, from Australian Federation to Indian independence.

  • - Write a Revolution
    av Miles Merrill
    241,-

    No props. No music. No costumes. Just you, your words and a mic - you've got two minutes to make the crowd scream your name. Miles Merrill, performance poet and founder of Australian Poetry Slam, and award-winning teacher Narcisa Nozica will take you from novice to spoken word superstar in no time.

  • - The Hundred-Year Overnight Success of Australian Women's Football
    av Lee McGowan & Fiona Crawford
    281,-

    Australian women's football rides high on the sporting landscape now, but this book shows that success has been one-hundred years in the making. It shares stories of triumph in the face of overwhelming odds, and tales of heartbreak and obstacles that seem insurmountable. But it is also about community, endurance and collective success.

  • - Aftermath and Commemoration
     
    359,-

    Reflects on the aftermath of World War I and the commemoration of its centenary. Provocative essays from a diverse group of historians discuss the profound ways in which World War I not only affected Australia's political system and informed decades of national security policy but shaped our sense of who we are, for better or worse.

  • - A guide for Australia
    av Darryl Jones
    226,99

    Millions of Australian feed wild birds in their gardens. Yet there is currently very little information or advice on offer to tell them how to do this properly. This book provides the first readily available source of reliable information relevant to Australia.

  • - A journey through South Australia
    av Dr Ben Stubbs
    281,-

    Outsiders think of South Australia as being different, without really knowing much about it. Combining his own travel across the million-square kilometres of the state with an investigation of its history, Ben Stubbs seeks to find out what South Australia is really like.

  • - Dispossession in Australia
    av Jane R. Goodall
    273,-

    With insight, passion and an eye on history, Jane Goodall argues that as the ravages of neo-liberalism tear ever more deeply into the social fabric, the principle of the commons should be restored to the heart of our politics.

  • - A History
    av Siobhn McHugh
    359,-

    Tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels. This classic, prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project.

  • - Myth vs history
    av Mark Dapin
    382,-

    When Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every misconception. He wasn't alone. In Australia's Vietnam, Dapin reveals that every stage of Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and shrouded in myth.

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