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Boy Swallows Universe
*Make sure you read Trent Dalton's irresistible new novel, LOLA IN THE MIRROR, out now* 'Electric' The Times 'Thrilling' New York Times 'Extraordinary' Joanna Cannon THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A MAJOR...
The Poison Principle
Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award When Dr William Macbeth poisoned two of his sons in 1927, his wife and sister hid the murders in the intensely private realm...
Sideshow: dumbing down democracy
'After spending much of my life dedicated to the serious craft of politics, I have to admit that I am distressed by what it is becoming. Under siege from commercial...
Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia
In 2005, in the wake of the Cornelia Rau scandal, a citizen's inquiry was established to bear witness to events in Australian immigration-detention facilities. Until then, the federal government had...
Dig 3ft NW: The Legendary Journey of Burke & Wills
In 1860, an eccentric Irish police officer named Robert O'Hara Burke led a cavalcade of camels, wagons and men out of Melbourne. Accompanied by William Wills, a shy English scientist,...
Hey Mum, What's a Half-Caste?
Lorraine McGee-Sippel was just a small girl when she asked her parents what a half-caste was. It was the 1950s and the first step on a journey that would span...
The Great Australian Loneliness
Share the story of a journalist's journey round and across Australia. Ernestine Hill's The Great Australian Loneliness is the account of a remarkable journey - 100,000 miles across the Australian...
Phar Lap
$60.00 AUD
Phar Lap is the thrilling, mysterious and tragic story of how a horse became a hero of his time and an icon of a nation. In 1929, he was a...
Terminal Decline
Healthcare in Australia is in crisis - what are the solutions? Healthcare in Australia is in crisis - what are the solutions? This book is my attempt to find the...
The Machine: Labor Confronts the Future
The ALP is more than one hundred years old and showing signs of age. It's time for a check-up. Where is the Labor Party now and where is it going?...
On the Road
On The Road: The NRMA'S First 75 Years tells the story of how an idea became a great Australian institution. A little over three quarters of a century ago, a...
The Way Ahead: Prominent Australians Talk About the Future of Our
$12.00 AUD
This work collects more than 20 interviews with prominent Australians. The contributors discuss their beliefs and perceptions about where Australia is heading, and their hopes and fears for the nation....
A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth:
The nation has unfinished business. After more than two centuries, can a rightful place be found for Australia's original peoples? The nation has unfinished business. After more than two centuries,...
Bipolar Nation: How to Win the 2007 Election: Quarterly Essay 25
In Bipolar Nation, Peter Hartcher discusses the fantasies and realities at the heart of our politics. When our political leaders look at us, what do they see? What are the...
Communicating with Asia: Understanding people and customs
Anyone who deals with people from different cultures needs intercultural communication skills whether they are in the workplace, on a business trip overseas, dealing with foreign guests or simply socializing...
In the Age of Mabo: History, Aborigines and Australia
The 1992 High Court's Mabo decision has provoked much controversy in contemporary Australia. As the ruling has increasingly become the subject of intense debate throughout the community, the implications of...
Emma: a Recipe for Life
My name is Emma, my story is true and I am telling it because I want my children and my children's children to know what sort of life I have...
McLaren Vale: Sea and Vines
Showcases the famous McLaren Vale wine region bordered by the Onkaparinga River to the north, the Willunga hills to the south and St Vincent's Gulf to the west. This beautiful...
Sanctuary: The Times Crime Book of the Month
*** THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH *** 'A master storyteller ' - GUARDIAN 'A writer at the top of his game... Sanctuary is a superlative chase thriller' -...
The Summer Party
'SIGN ME UP PLEASE!!! Boy, talk about a book that keeps you on the edge of your seat... 5 "this book was soo dang good" Stars!!! @triciabartley86 , ***** Perfect...
In the shadow of Gallipoli: The hidden story of Australia in WWI
Fighting Anzacs have metamorphosed from flesh and blood into mythic icons. The war they fought in is distant and the resistance to it within Australia has been forgotten. In the...
Perils of the Studio: Inside the Artistic Affairs of Bohemian
$70.00 AUD
In the early twentieth century, there was much speculation about what was going on behind the curtains of bohemia. Perils of the Studio reveals how the romance and mythology of...
Right To The Edge: Sydney To Tokyo By Any Means: The Road to the End
Charley Boorman is back in the saddle for a brand-new, adrenaline-fuelled adventure! He begins his journey racing north from Sydney up the Gold Coast, where he hitches a ride in...
Solid Bluestone Foundations: And Other Memories of a Melbourne
New edition of a classic memoir with new Introduction, bibliography, biographical index and four new previously unpublished photographs. 'Hughenden', the seaside mansion of Kathleen's grandparents, provided the 'solid bluestone foundations'...
The Forgotten War: Australia and the Boer War
The first concise and comprehensive history of Australia's part in the Boer War. Sixteen thousand men went from Australia to the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902-...
Australia's Boer War
$150.00 AUD
The author has drawn on primary sources from Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom to produce a book that encompasses not only Australia's experience of the war, but also...
Steve Smith's Men: Behind Australian Cricket's Fall
He was top of the world, with numbers bettered only by Don Bradman - then captain Steve Smith led his Australian team into a cheating scandal that stunned cricket. Media...
The Great Australian Beer Guide
Do you know your porters from your pales and your stouts from your saisons? Are you a home-brewing legend or a draught devotee? Or do you think dubbels and tripels...
Postcards from Australia H/C: A Pictorial Journey
From the drama of its geological wonders to its unique flora and fauna, the abundance of its birdlife and the stark beauty of its arid interior, Australia's remarkable diversity is...
Street Art: Melbourne
$70.00 AUD
Street art can be described as a visual conversation between many voices. It's an open-air exhibition space that is constantly changing through the work of many people acting alone and...
150 Years of Spring Street: Victorian Government 1850s to 21st Century
In this book the author concisely describes the birth in the 1850s, of democratic, independent government and it's progress over fifteen decades.
Snapshot: A Portrait of Success
$15.00 AUD
Snapshot: A Portrait of Success is a beautifully photographed book that focuses on 18 prominent Australian entertainment, business and sports personalities. It tell a key story for each person that...
Concise Companion to Theatre in Australia
The huge research into the history of Australian theatre assembled in Currency's authoritative Companion to Theatre in Australia has here been concentrated into a handy reference guide for the theatre...