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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...
Sneaky Little Revolutions: Selected essays of Charmian Clift
Author: Nadia Wheatley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'I know it's a daring suggestion, but I'll make it anyway.' Charmian Clift was a writer ahead of her time. Lyrical...
Buddhism Plain and Simple: The Practice of Being Aware Right Now, Every Day
Author: Steve Hagen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 "This is the clearest and most precise exposition of Buddhism I have ever read. If you're looking for enlightenment rather than...
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...
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...
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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
False Claims of Colonial Thieves
Author: Charmaine Papertalk Green Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 168 Shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal 2019 'A gentle whisper from the past Visits me in my dreams Or is...
Dr Rip's Essential Beach Book: Everything you need to know about surf, sand and rips
Author: Rob Brander Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 How do waves break and what makes good surf? What are dangerous rip currents and how do you spot one? What...
The End of the Morning
Author: Charmian Clift Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The never-before-published novel by Charmian Clift. 'In those days the end of the morning was always marked by the quarry whistle...
Translating Myself and Others
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 216 Translating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects...
Revealing Secrets: An unofficial history of Australian Signals intelligence & the advent of cyber
Author: John Blaxland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 For a long time, the Australian Signals intelligence (or Sigint) story has been kept secret. Until now... Why does Australia have...
Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History
Author: Thomas J. Barfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times. The world's first great empires...
Sharing
Author: Aunty Fay Muir Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 *CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Early childhood* Age range 3 to 6 When we share, there is plenty for all. A...
Open Your Heart to Country
Author: Jasmine Seymour Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 **Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2023, Indigenous Writers' Prize** **Shortlisted for the 2023 Karajia Award for Children's Literature** Age range 4+...
Thank You Rain!
Author: Sally Morgan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Age range 4+ Another simple, universal story from Sally Morgan and Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr, this time, a beautifully illustrated celebration of...
Our Flag, Our Story: The Torres Strait Islander Flag
Author: Bernard Namok, Jnr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Age range 5 to 12 'We are many different people in Australia, and we all live in one big country....
Gurril: Storm Bird
Author: Trevor Fourmile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Age range 4+ Based on a traditional story from the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji First Nations people of Cairns, it has been...
Super Snake
Author: Gregg Dreise Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Age range 5 to 10 'You can't have a rainbow without water. Dhurraluwi guuma-li - Come together! Wantima - Rise up!...
Feeding the Birds at Your Table: A guide for Australia
Author: Darryl Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 *Shortlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Adult Book of the Year* The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year...
Sea Country
Author: Aunty Patsy Cameron Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 *CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Early childhood* Age range 0 to 9 Summer is the season for ripening wild cherries, tatas,...
Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf
Author: Kevin Handreck Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 For 25 years, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf has been a core text for horticulture students and an essential...
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack; Samsa in Love; Thailand
Author: Haruki Murakami Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Haruki Murakami's best-loved stories finally in graphic novel form! Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies...
The Little Green Grammar Book
Author: Mark Tredinnick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 What really goes on inside a sentence? What is your subject, and where is your verb, and what is its tense,...
Origami Paper 500 sheets Kimono Flowers 6" (15 cm)
Author: Tuttle Studio Format: Notebook / blank book Number of Pages: 0 This origami paper pack contains 500 high-quality origami papers printed with colourful floral patterns from a variety of...