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A History of Japan in Manga: Samurai, Shoguns and World War II
Author: Kanaya Shunichiro Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The entire fascinating story of Japan told in one exciting manga-style volume! A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed...
Silk & Venom: The incredible lives of spiders
Author: James O'Hanlon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 There are more than 50 000 species of spiders. They surround us in our daily lives and, contrary to popular belief,...
The Good-Enough Life
Author: Avram Alpert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious society. We live in...
Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free online Audio Recording)
Author: Eriko Sato, Ph.D. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills! Japanese Folktales for Language Learners introduces 22 traditional tales in parallel...
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Author: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 *One of Times Higher Education's Best Books of 2015* *Winner of the 2016 Gregory Bateson Prize, The Society for Cultural...
Darwin Spitfires: The real battle for Australia
Author: Anthony Cooper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 The Japanese air raids on Darwin on 19 February 1942 are well known to most Australians, but what happened afterwards? For...
Dirrarn: Daisy Utemorrah Award Winner
Author: Carl Merrison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 Age range 10+ Mia could hear the squarks of her Jarriny before she saw them. Her eye's had flicked to the...
Becoming Kirrali Lewis
Author: Jane Harrison Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 Age range 12 to 18 Through a pair of ornate wrought-iron gates was one of the oldest universities in the country....
How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism
Author: Diogenes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 248 An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformity. The Cynics were...
Saving Lieutenant Kennedy: The heroic story of the Australian who helped rescue JFK
Author: Brett Mason Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The incredible story of an Australian hero who helped save the life of a future president. On a moonless night in...
The Bible in Australia: A cultural history
Author: Meredith Lake Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 544 *Winner of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature* *Winner of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History...
The Australian Schoolkids' Guide to Debating and Public Speaking
Author: Claire Duffy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Age range 10+ Welcome to the world of school debating and public speaking, the best training ground for speaking, reasoning, arguing...
Rogue Corporations: Inside Australia's biggest business scandals
Author: Quentin Beresford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Crown Resorts, the Bond Group, James Hardie, HIH Insurance, Geoffrey Edelsten's Allied Medical Group, 7-Eleven and Rio Tinto, the list goes...
Hazzard and Harrower: The letters
Author: Brigitta Olubas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower met in person for the first time in London in 1972, six years after they began...
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition
Author: Jacob Grimm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 568 The original vision of Grimms' tales in English for the first time When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and...
The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe
Author: James Belich Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 640 A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age....
How to Knit a Human: A memoir
Author: Anna Jacobson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 I want to know what it was like to have crossed into the realm of madness. After all, I did it....
The Best Australian Science Writing 2023
Author: Donna Lu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Should we alter animals' DNA to save them from extinction? What secrets will old ice reveal to us about the Earth's...
Maneki Neko: The Japanese Secret to Good Luck and Happiness
Author: Nobuo Suzuki Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 What does 'good luck' look like and how do you achieve it? The Japanese have been doing it for centuries! Lucky...
Humpback Highway: Diving into the mysterious world of whales
Author: Vanessa Pirotta Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 I entered the water quietly and saw two humpback whales sleeping diagonally in the distance. Two school buses just hanging in...
Kin: Family in the 21st century
Author: Marina Kamenev Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Here's an exercise: take a piece of paper. Grab a pen, pencil, crayon - any drawing utensil within reach. Now, draw...
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
Author: Jonathan Clements Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 This fascinating book tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a...
Gum: The story of eucalypts & their champions
Author: Ashley Hay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 No matter where you look in Australia, you're more than likely to see a eucalyptus tree. Scrawny or majestic, smooth as...
A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia
Author: Tony Young Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 Australia is world-renowned for its often extraordinary and unique natural environment including many of its plants and animals. This beautiful little...
Curlews on Vulture Street: Cities, Birds, People and Me
Author: Darryl Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Darryl Jones, author of Feeding the Birds at Your Table, reveals the not-so-secret lives of the most common birds that share...
The Little Red Writing Book
Author: Mark Tredinnick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 264 The Little Red Writing Book is a lively and readable guide to lively and readable writing. A book on technique, style,...
Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
Author: Yoel Hoffmann Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Although the consciousness of death is, in most cultures, very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true...
I Can Count
Author: Sally Morgan Format: Board book Number of Pages: 20 Age range 0 to 5 'I can count to ten! Can you count to ten with me?' Another testament to...
The Relationship is the Project: A guide to working with communities
Author: Jade Lillie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Community-engaged practice is not an art form. It's not an add-on. It's a way of working; a deep collaboration. The Relationship...
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness
Author: David M. Pena-Guzman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 280 A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming. Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What...
Underground Lovers: Encounters with fungi
Author: Alison Pouliot Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'In the gloom of the forest floor, fallen branches are sheathed with fungal stripes of yellow and purple. But beneath the...
Truth-Telling: History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement
Author: Henry Reynolds Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 **Winner, Educational Publishing Australia Awards 2021, Non-Fiction Book of the Year** **Winner, Tasmanian Literary Awards 2022, Premier's Prize for Non-fiction at...
2024 Australasian Sky Guide
Author: Nick Lomb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 All you need to know about the night sky This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers...
The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
Author: Adrienne Mayor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 The fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures...
Japanese Yokai and Other Supernatural Beings: Authentic Paintings and Prints of 100 Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and Magicians
Author: Andreas Marks Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Superb Yokai images from the world's leading museums and private collections! Japan's vast pantheon of supernatural creatures includes demons (yokai), monsters,...
1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed
Author: Eric H. Cline Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Eric Cline's 1177 B.C. tells the story of one of history's greatest mysteries: what caused the ancient civilisations of the...
ABC Origami: Learn Your Alphabet and Numbers Through Origami! (80 Cute & Easy Paper Models!)
Author: Naoko Ishibashi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 Age range 5 to 8 Learn your letters and numbers by folding cute paper origami models! Naoko Ishibashi is Japan's #1...
Sydney Brutalism
Author: Heidi Dokulil Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 ** Shortlisted for the Australian Book Design Awards 2024, Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book under $75 ** Big and bold or soft...
Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters Volume 1: The Quick and Easy Way to Learn Chinese Characters! (HSK Level 1 & AP Exam Prep Workbook): Volume 1
Author: Yi Ren Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters. Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students...
Little Bird's Day
Author: Sally Morgan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 *A CBCA 2020 Notable Book of the Year: Early Childhood* *A CBCA 2020 Notable Book of the Year: Picture Book* *Shortlisted...
The Korean K-Drama Cookbook: Make the Dishes Seen in Your Favorite TV Shows!
Author: Choi Heejae Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Eat like your favourite K-Drama TV Stars! If you're a fan of Korean dramas, or simply a fan of Korean food,...
Brother Moon
Author: Maree McCarthy Yoelu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 *Shortlisted for the 2021 Environment Award for Children's Literature: Picture Fiction* Great-Grandpa Liman lives in a small house by the...
Learn Japanese with Manga Volume One: A Self-Study Language Book for Beginners - Learn to read, write and speak Japanese with manga comic strips! (free online audio): Volume 1
Author: Marc Bernabe Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Learn to read, write, and speak everyday Japanese with manga stories! If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this...
The Little Corroboree Frog
Author: Tracey Holton-Ramirez Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 The Little Corroborree Frog is a wonderful children's story that gently introduces the serious plight of one of Australia's most endangered...
True Tracks: Respecting Indigenous knowledge and culture
Author: Terri Janke Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 *Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2022: Indigenous Writers' Prize, presented biennially* Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius - nobody's...
The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
Author: Hal Brands Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1200 The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern world The New Makers of Modern Strategy...
How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small
Author: M. D. Usher Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 248 An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals - and our vital relationships with them....
Ruby Moonlight
Author: Ali Cobby Eckermann Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Ruby Moonlight, a novel of the impact of colonisation in mid north South Australia around 1880. The main character, Ruby,...