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The popular stereotype of the scientist as mad boffin or weedy nerd has been peddled widely in film and fiction, with the implication that the world of science is far...

Saturday, 19 March 1932, the day of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of the most significant occasions in the history of the city of Sydney. The public...

For the Love of My Mother is the tragic and uplifting story of one Irish mother and her son. Born into a life of poverty and detained at the tender...

This Supplement 1580-1980 is an adjunct to the first sixteen volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and includes people who played a part in Australia's history from the beginning...

Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. For more than four decades, he reported for radio and television from most of the world's...

Judy McNeil is fourteen when her father dies and her mother takes her and her siblings to live in Brisbane. Her mother soon remarries but Judy runs away after attempting...

As a young lieutenant in 1941, David Stirling won a battle against military bureaucracy - he was able, against all odds, to introduce a new concept in fighting. Although it...

'Real and Reel' is a light-hearted, ironic account of a lifetime's addiction. It is one person's story, but it may strike familiar sparks among many others. Though there have been...

Since his death in 1930 at the age of 44, D.H. Lawrence has become a legend as both a writer and a man. In this book, Keith Sagar has written...

Who was Kitty Harris Born in London to an emigre Jewish family she was a key figure in Soviet espionage networks across the globe, running agents in London, Berlin, Shanghai,...

This book reconstructs the story of Roy Coupland Winn 1890-1963, Australia's first fulltime practising psychoanalyst, of whom it was said that he was 'dedicated to the continual inner search to...

The true story of Safari, an African boy deformed by burns who won the hearts of millions through the hit TV series, RPA. When retired couple Janet Seath and Frank...

In the fall of 1944, Fey von Hassell, the 24-year-old wife of Italian Detalmo Pirzio-Biroli, was seized by the SS at her villa at Brazza near Venice and shuttled by...

This volume is a memoir of a visit made by Andrew Riemer to his country of origin in 1991. He migrated to Australia from Hungary with his family when he...

Cokie Roberts, the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty , turns her attention to the Civil War in a riveting exploration of...

A harrowing memoir of life with manic depression. All In My Head reveals the terrible reality of the condition and it's devastating impact on the life of a young woman....

How can you forget your past when it keeps coming back to haunt you? Judy Westwater, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Street Kid, was determined to turn her back...

Winsome Earle-Sears sent shock waves across Virginia and the country at large when she pulled off her stunning upset victory in November 2021 and became the first woman lieutenant governor...

A new collection writings by Clare Boyd-Macrae. "Opening these pages, one is admitted into the world of a deeply intelligent, sensitive and sensual woman who loves her husband, her children...

Fr Werenfried van Straaten is almost a legend in the Catholic Church. A Dutch Norbertine priest, he has become known and loved throughout the world thanks to his powerful message...

In a good year aerobatics is one of the most beautiful sports imaginable. Pilots pull through impossibly elegant figures at hundreds of miles an hour. In a bad year no...

When Alfred Felton died in 1904 he left [pound]378,033 in trust to the people of Victoria, the income to be split between approved charities and the acquisition of art. 'Without...

This is an account of the life and career of John Milton. The book traces the development of Milton's poetry from the Latin intimations of his boyhood through the lyrical...

Clown Doctors work in hospitals around Australia, and overseas, to give children, especially, the opportunity to play, laugh and sing at a time when everything else in their lives is...

This beautifully illustrated book is a moving pictorial record of World War I as experienced by the Anzacs, the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Over 500...

From myths and fables to literature and movies, twin stories have always captivated the public. In this gripping narrative Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, twins separated at birth, narrate their...

John 'JC' Coutis is an exceptional person. Born with a severe disability that rendered him a double amputee, John defied medical opinion by refusing to die. Today he gets around...

The love and the guilt- the brightest and darkest moments that mark the bond between father and daughter are examined by some of Australia's best writers.  

Peter Brook is one of the world's legendary theater directors. His productions are a byword for imagination, energy, and innovation. From his ground-breaking production of "Marat/Sade, " to his "white...

This is a new edition of the first volume of the biography of the poet Robert Graves, giving an account of his early development. The author - the poet's nephew,...

"Chita Rivera blazed a trail where none existed so the rest of us could see a path forward."-Lin-Manuel Miranda "This deserves a standing ovation."- Publishers Weekly The wildly entertaining memoir...

Continuing from C.H. Rolph's first volume of memoirs: "London particulars", this volume covers the years from the end of World War I to the present day. It describes his 25...

Combining the heroic, the tragic, the bizarre and the humorous, Australia's Pioneers, Heroes & Fools takes you along the intriguing highways and byways of Australian exploration, focusing on the tricks...

The work of historians has recently uncovered the great variety of Newton's work from mathematics to theology, from mechanics to music and from optics to alchemy. A major theme of...

SLEEK. CHIC. NOTORIOUSLY GUARDED. WELCOME TO THE SECRET WORLD OF COCO CHANEL. Justine Picardie's definitive biography explores the dark mysteries hidden beneath the shimmering surface of a fabled fashion icon....

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...

This definitive handbook, written by one of the world's leading authorities on C.S. Lewis, is a meticulous, informative and enjoyable resource for study and general reference. It includes: A chronology...