P.O.W. : Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler's Reich by Peter Monteath
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Australians from every field of conflict in WW2 found themselves as prisoners in Hitler's notorious Stalags, or prisoner of war camps. Whether captured merchant seamen, bomber crews or soldiers taken in North Africa or the disastrous Greek and Cretan campaigns, they were to see out the war in the heart ...Show more
Circus The Australian Story by Mark St Leon
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian
A comprehensive, entertaining and visually stunning history of the circus in Australia.
Library of Dreams : Treasures from the National Library of Australia by The National Library of Australia
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Library of Dreams interprets and celebrates a diverse selection of treasures from the rich and varied collections of the National Library of Australia. The book examines over 50 of the most popular items, page by page, in the Library's collections, including: James Cook's 'Endeavour' journal; William Bl ...Show more
You're Looking Very Well: The Surprising Nature of Getting Old by Lewis Wolpert
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
The essential book on ageing from acclaimed scientist and broadcaster Lewis Wolpert. We now live longer today than at any time in history. In the UK, more people are aged over sixty-five than under sixteen and by 2050, over a third of the developed world will be over sixty. How should we deal with this ...Show more
Spanish Gold: Captain Woodes Rogers and the Pirates of the Caribbean by David Cordingly
$49.99 AUD
Category: European
Stories of individual pirates in the Caribbean, from Blackbeard to Calico Jack, have been the stuff of legend since the eighteenth century, but in Spanish Gold pirate expert David Cordingly at last gives us the big picture in all its bold and ruthless truth. Cordingly shows how the attacks of the buccan ...Show more
How to Avoid Being Killed in a Warzone: The Essential Survival Guide for Dangerous Places by Rosie Garthwaite
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Everyone needs this book if they want to know how to get out of difficult situations whether at home or abroad. Written by Rosie Garthwaite, whose career as a journalist started in war-torn Basra, this book combines practical advice with contributions from many journalists and commentators including Rag ...Show more
Beyond White Guilt: The Real Challenge for Black-white Relations in Australia by Sarah Maddison
$27.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Deep in our hearts, Australians know that our nation was built on land that does not belong to us. Some of us now assert that Aboriginal people should simply take advantage of opportunities offered by white society. But many others feel guilt, often turning this guilt inwards, feeling helpless in the fa ...Show more
The Protectors: A Journey Through Whitefella Past by Stephen Gray
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
On 13 February 2008 Kevin Rudd and Brendan Nelson gave two very different apology speeches to the Stolen Generations. Rudd alluded to racism, eugenics and the immorality of past policies. Nelson spoke of benign intentions, goodness and the hurt felt by those accused of wrongdoings. Both cannot be true - ...Show more
Notorious Australian Women by Kay Saunders
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Hayley Lewsi had countless buisness ideas buzzing around in her head before she took the plunge and opened her own small business. Drawing on her experience as a business woman and athlete, Hayley gives a personal account of life in the small business world.
The Dreaming and Other Essays by W. E. H. Stanner
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian
W.E.H. Stanner's words changed Australia. Without condescension and without sentimentality, in essays such as 'The Dreaming' Stanner conveyed the richness and uniqueness of Aboriginal culture. In his Boyer Lectures he exposed a 'cult of forgetfulness practised on a national scale,' regarding the fate of ...Show more
Botany Bay: The Real Story by Alan Frost
$32.95 AUD
Category: Australian
For the first time in two hundred years, the full and authentic account of the birth of Australia. We all know the conventional version of Australia's early days. Established as a prison colony, the story goes, this country owes its existence simply to overcrowded English jails.
Savage or Civilised?: Manners in Colonial Australia by Penny Russell
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian
In colonial Australia manners marked the difference between savagery and civilisation, between vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in shock and confusion at the customs of Indigenous Australians, but they also sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to individuals and to ...Show more