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To create a set that is both artistic and convincing can be quite demanding. Whatever the period or style, many scenic effects require a good deal of research. The aim...

One of the "Cultural Studies" series, this book examines the art of amateur photography as a social practice, involving a large percentage of the population. The book looks at the...

Based on the screenplay of the movie, Star Wars: Episode III, the novel brings the epic full circle, revealing at last just how the young Jedi, Anakin Skywalker, became the...

The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams dead in the local diner. As well as being viciously...

Envy, hatred and violence intensify within a tangled web of relationships, and the ugliness and danger that lie under the surface of Hollywood glamour are revealed in a story about...

Intuitive life coach to the stars and spiritual consultant Gary Quinn shows how to bring angels into everyday life, to find real awareness and true happiness May the Angels Be...

As demand for a more natural way of life grows, 'green' ethics and organic products have become the way forward. Now, at last, there is a book for those who...

This is the story of Isabel Gold, whose suburban youth is interrupted by her mother's suicide. Torn by love, anger and sorrow, Isabel grows up trying to understand her mother....

This vivid, highly entertaining guide, illustrated throughout, packed with fascinating characters, illuminating examples and heated arguments, seeks to understand the growing importance of sculpture as art and is essential reading...

A humanist manifesto for the age of AI. Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI's power grows, so does the need to figure out...

How an event once considered the greatest of all political dangers came to be seen as a solution to all social problems Political thinkers from Plato to John Adams saw...

The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime's political agenda. As improbable as it may sound, an illuminating way...

A fun and fact-filled AZ treasury for anyone with a head on their shoulders. Neuropedia journeys into the mysteries and marvels of the three pounds of tissue between your ears...

A fun and fact-filled AZ treasury for the insect lover in all of us. Insectpedia introduces you to the wonders of the insect world while inviting you to make discoveries...

"This little book is big fun."-Michael Pollan An illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy rings Fungipedia presents a delightful A-Z...

Andrea Carandini's archaeological discoveries and controversial theories about ancient Rome have made international headlines over the past few decades. In this book, he presents his most important findings and ideas,...

The 'Lightning Girl' has lost her powers! Or at least that's what Jess would like the media and the government to think. All Jess wants is to be left alone...

There is always enough room on your child's bookshelf for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a children's favorite for over thirty years! A told B, and B told...

"Mom, I'm gay." With three little words, gay sons and daughters can change their parents' lives forever. Twenty years ago, during a walk on a Mississippi beach, Ellen DeGeneres spoke...

Hot off the publication of "Bones," the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, Jan Burke explodes onto the suspense scene with "Flight," featuring the hard-edged Detective Frank Harriman,...

Technology has been the blessing and the bane of the 20th Century. Human life-span has nearly doubled in the West, but no century ever killed more human beings with new...

It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous...

Carol Shields "has a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary" (New York Daily News). And nowhere more than in Dressing Up for the Carnival, which distills all her...

A fabulous lift-the-flap book from one of Australia's most loved picture book creators, Alison Lester, adapting her classic book Are We There Yet? CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL 2005 PICTURE BOOK OF...

Get the facts. Get the recipes. Eat your way to wellbeing. From increasing your vitality and boosting your brainpower to losing weight and preventing disease - these fifty familiar ingredients...

THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR - EARLY CHILDHOOD Mem Fox and Judy Horacek take you on a wildly wonderful adventure in their rollicking...

Written to the VCE Chemistry Study Design 2023-2027, the student book incorporates best practice literacy and learning design to ensure the content and concepts are fully accessible to all learners....

A girl called Gracie. A town called Coongahoola - on the dark foreboding Bagooli River. Every small town has its secrets: good, bad, funny, sad - and sometimes terrifying. They're...

The aim of the 'No E.N.D. Cookbook' is for children with food allergies to feel included, to be safe in everyday environments and enjoy celebrations like birthday parties which most...

Horn, a byproduct of the cattle trade, was the material that supplied both utilitarian needs and objects of great beauty until the advent of the modern plastics industry. This is...

A pulp fiction mashup. Strong female protagonist. Set in outback Australia. Mallory Cash is not your typical jewel thief. But she's not the only one in Australia's opal kingdom, Coober...

The year 2021 marks the centenary of the birth of Australian artist Jeffrey Smart, an artist with a distinctive vision whose work enables us to see the world around us...

In her debut novel, Edie Meidav tells the tale of Henry Fyre Gould, a self-described anti-missionary who travels to Ceylon from the spiritualist salons of 1930s New York City. Driven...

Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl is a wonderfully intelligent, sexually frank, rollicking novel that introduces us to Nancy Chan, a turn-of-the-millennium call girl who lives and works on the...

Thai Bodywork is a holistic form of message where the practitioner and receiver engage in a unique interactive experience. Step-by-step instructions are suitable for beginners as well as practitioners of...