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Flood Horror and Tragedy

Flood Horror and Tragedy

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This book is a memento to all who suffered pain and loss during the worst and most widespread flooding that has ever occurred throughout Queensland. The 'big wet' of Summer...
Changing Employment Relations in Australia

Changing Employment Relations in Australia

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Changing Employment Relations in Australia examines recent developments in industrial relations and human resource management. The core of the book consists of studies of six industries: airlines, automobile manufacturing, banking,...
The Clinking: A powerful ecological love story about grief and hope in

The Clinking: A powerful ecological love story about grief and hope in

$32.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
From Richell Prize-winning debut author Susie Greenhill comes a tender and profoundly moving exploration of life and loss. In the early morning, Elena woke as Orla pulled back the doona...
Love & Pain: The epic times and crooked lines of life inside and

Love & Pain: The epic times and crooked lines of life inside and

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 The powerful, untold story of two of the three members of iconic Australian band Silverchair. It all began in...
The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II

The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II

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**Shortlisted for the 2021 Ned Kelly Award for True Crime** Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members....
Australia at the Olympics

Australia at the Olympics

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From the dual success of Edwin Flack at Athens in 1896 to the aspirations of the current young Australian hopefuls, this is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to Australia s...
Royal Visits to Australia

Royal Visits to Australia

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Out of Australia's total population of around nine million, an estimated seven million people turned out to catch a glimpse of the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. Sixty...
Flavours of Melbourne: Over 90 Restaurants, Bars, & Hotels with Their

Flavours of Melbourne: Over 90 Restaurants, Bars, & Hotels with Their

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Melbourne's metropolis has had a long affinity with all things culinary. The cuisines that started the city's famous food scene - Italian, Greek, and Vietnamese - now exist alongside diverse...
The Snakebite Survivors' Club

The Snakebite Survivors' Club

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Jeremy Seal travels to the USA, Africa, Australia and India to meet people living amongst the world's deadliest snakes - and attempts to overcome his personal fear in the process....
In Search of Hobart

In Search of Hobart

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Peter Timms leads us on a journey through his adopted city of Hobart, Australia's smallest, most southerly, least prosperous, but arguably most beautiful state capital. He reveals a city in...
The Philosopher's Daughters

The Philosopher's Daughters

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AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR A tale of two very different sisters whose 1890s voyage from London into remote outback Australia becomes a journey of self-discovery, set against a landscape of wild beauty...
The Time of their Lives

The Time of their Lives

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In the 1950s and 1960s, Keith Smith interviewed a number of "old timers", people whose living memories then stretched as far back as the 1880s, the gold-rush days and the...
Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000

Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000

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A comprehensive and accessible overview and analysis of government policy and practice in relation to the removal of indigenous children in Australia. This major work - the first of its...
Boom Town Snap

Boom Town Snap

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Award-winning author Jay Martin's new novel deals with the internal conflict of a woman struggling to balance her professional and personal lives. When Georgie's boss-turned-lover, Nico, offers her a high-stakes...
Into the Mouth of the Wolf

Into the Mouth of the Wolf

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Part thriller, part queer romance, Into the Mouth of the Wolf is a stunning, CBCA Notable YA novel from the award-winning author of Amelia Westlake . SHORTLISTED for Children's Book...
Brightest Wild

Brightest Wild

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A gently lyrical story about discovering Country and the importance of family, friendship and the magic of the bush, from an emerging Indigenous talent and winner of a black&write! Fellowship....
The Killing of Caroline Byrne: A journey to justice

The Killing of Caroline Byrne: A journey to justice

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The story of Caroline Byrne, the 24-year-old model who was allegedly pushed to her death at The Gap by her boyfriend, Gordon Wood, who faces trial next year. The Wood's...
The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty

The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty

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This is a fascinating and moving portrait of the people who are suffering in a more divided and less egalitarian Australian society. Based on the author's conversations with hundreds of...

Broadcast Wars: The money, the ego, the power behind your remote

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BROADCAST WARS is an explosive look at a tumultuous period (2003-2011) in Australian television as the Nine and Seven networks traded blows, new technologies emerged and old personalities and management...
Diesel: the Greg Williams Story

Diesel: the Greg Williams Story

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Diesel: The Greg Williams Story is a biography detailing the career of Australian rules footballer Greg "Diesel" Williams, covering his journey from being rejected by Carlton to becoming a dual...
Penelope Goes West: On the road from Sydney to Margaret River and back

Penelope Goes West: On the road from Sydney to Margaret River and back

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Tim Bowden loves travelling and camping and has a great interest in Australian history. So, when he decided to take off to Western Australia with his wife Ros and their...
Inside 60 Minutes

Inside 60 Minutes

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"60 Minutes" is Australia's most successful current affairs programme, watched each week by millions. This insider's story by a producer with more than nine years direct working experience on the...
The Silent Snowman: Sir George Tallis, the Man Behind the World's

The Silent Snowman: Sir George Tallis, the Man Behind the World's

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George Tallis arrived in Melbourne in 1886 as a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, and by the mid-1920s was one of the first 'media giants'. The Silent Showman is a biography of...
An Introduction to the Hospitality Industry of Australia

An Introduction to the Hospitality Industry of Australia

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This volume is based on the 1995 version of the "Black Book", and is designed to serve as a text for TAFE students who are pursuing courses based on the...
Scrublands: Stream the Stan Original Series

Scrublands: Stream the Stan Original Series

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WINNER, CWA Dagger New Blood Award for Best First Crime Novel SHORTLISTED, Best Debut Fiction, Indie Book Awards SHORTLISTED, Best First Mystery or Crime Novel - Barry Awards FOUR PART...
Wanarn Painters of Place and Time: Old Age Travels in the Tjukurrpa

Wanarn Painters of Place and Time: Old Age Travels in the Tjukurrpa

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This exquisite art book contains the precious story and transformative work of celebrated artists now living in an aged care facility in Ngaanyatjarra country, a remote and isolated community that...