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The Shop: The University of Melbourne 1850-1939

The Shop: The University of Melbourne 1850-1939

$80.00 AUD$50.00 AUD
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The Dreaming and Other Essays

The Dreaming and Other Essays

$14.00 AUD
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Australia: The Complete Story

Australia: The Complete Story

$99.95 AUD$70.00 AUD
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Hawaii's Russian Adventure: A New Look at Old History

Hawaii's Russian Adventure: A New Look at Old History

$143.00 AUD$15.00 AUD
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Dear Mother Dear Father: Letters Home from John Corcoran Wallis 1927-1949

Dear Mother Dear Father: Letters Home from John Corcoran Wallis 1927-1949

$49.45 AUD$25.00 AUD
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No Country for Girls: The most original, high-octane thriller of the year

No Country for Girls: The most original, high-octane thriller of the year

$49.99 AUD$17.50 AUD
GOLD. THEFT. MURDER. A ROAD TRIP TO DIE FOR. 'An unrelenting page-turner' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END 'A triumph' THE i 'The real star is the...
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...
Reflections

Reflections

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Beatrix Bakes

Beatrix Bakes

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For Natalie Paull, baking is a gift. It's also a powerful elixir of pleasure, connection, generosity and joy. In Beatrix Bakes , Natalie indulges in baking's sweetest moments with more...
Men at War: Australia, Syria, Java 1940-1942

Men at War: Australia, Syria, Java 1940-1942

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Men at War takes an intimate look at the Australian 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, which was formed in Victoria in 1940 as Australia entered the Second World War. In 1941 and...
The Visitors: The remarkable debut novel from an award-winning author and playwright, for readers of Melissa Lucashenko, Shankari Chandran and Tara June Winch

The Visitors: The remarkable debut novel from an award-winning author and playwright, for readers of Melissa Lucashenko, Shankari Chandran and Tara June Winch

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
From award-winning author, Jane Harrison, comes an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction. WINNER OF THE...
The Talented Mrs Greenway

The Talented Mrs Greenway

$22.99 AUD$19.54 AUD
From a bestselling Australian author, this compellingly realised novel brings to life the story of an enigmatic figure, wife to feted colonial architect Francis Greenway, and asks, whose hand really...
The Cattle King

The Cattle King

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This engrossing story by famous Australian author Ion Idriess is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King. At the age of 13...
The Commodore (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 17)

The Commodore (Aubrey-Maturin, Book 17)

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Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. This is the seventeenth Aubrey-Maturin novel. Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded:...
Tall Poplars: Tales from Tasmania's fabled River Derwent Valley

Tall Poplars: Tales from Tasmania's fabled River Derwent Valley

$45.00 AUD$22.50 AUD
Tim Hurburgh's Tall Poplars:Tales of Tasmania's fabled River Derwent Valley provides a fascinating fresh take from the murkier days of Van Diemen's Land through to today's picturesque Apple Isle. Stories...
The Anti-Racism Kit: A Guide for High School Students

The Anti-Racism Kit: A Guide for High School Students

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Anti-Racism Kit is the essential, comprehensive first guide to dismantling racism, created especially for Australian high school students. Written by two bright young Australian thinkers, the Anti-Racism Kit is a...
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens: WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens: WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD

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WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 'Deftly traversing time, culture and continent to weave a tale of both home and unbelonging, this...
Jimmy Little: A Yorta Yorta Man

Jimmy Little: A Yorta Yorta Man

$45.00 AUD$38.25 AUD
In this first biography of the man and his music, Jimmy Little: A Yorta Yorta Man tells the incredible story of one of Australia's most acclaimed Aboriginal pop and country...
Mabu Mabu: An Australian Kitchen Cookbook

Mabu Mabu: An Australian Kitchen Cookbook

$45.00 AUD$38.25 AUD
In Mabu Mabu , charismatic First Nations chef Nornie Bero champions the tastes of native flavours in everyday cooking by unlocking the secrets of Australian herbs, spices, vegetables and fruits....
Australian Dreamscapes: The art of planting in gardens inspired by nature

Australian Dreamscapes: The art of planting in gardens inspired by nature

$80.00 AUD$68.00 AUD
In Australian Dreamscapes , Claire Takacs showcases the varied gardens found in the Australian landscape, from lush green oases to semi-arid settings. Claire profiles Australian gardens, gardeners and garden designers...
Places We Swim California: A Guide to the Best Rivers, Lakes, Waterfalls, Beaches, Gorges, and Hot Springs

Places We Swim California: A Guide to the Best Rivers, Lakes, Waterfalls, Beaches, Gorges, and Hot Springs

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Places We Swim California is a travel guide that explores California's wilderness through swimming, documenting the state's best beaches, hot springs, rivers, lakes, waterfalls and canyons. This beautiful book is...
Ultimate Cycling Trips: Australia

Ultimate Cycling Trips: Australia

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Ultimate Cycling Trips: Australia is your practical and inspirational guide to 40 of the best cycling trails across Australia. Journey across Australia on two wheels with these hand-picked bike rides...
Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia

Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia

$32.99 AUD$28.04 AUD
Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of...
A Secret Country

A Secret Country

$27.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
In print for over twenty years, this remains one of the best and most revealing portraits of John Pilger's homeland, Australia. Expatriate journalist and film-maker John Pilger writes about his...
Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled

Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled

$55.00 AUD$46.75 AUD
The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history - the colonised and coloniser - and a bold and innovative new portrait of...
This House of Grief

This House of Grief

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ONE OF THE GUARDIAN 'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ' This House of Grief , in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold Blood '...
The Passion of Private White

The Passion of Private White

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
From the bestselling author of The Bush , the highly acclaimed story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and an isolated clan in north-east Arnhem Land - a...
Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin - a biography of one of the most influential and recognisable Australians from the award-winning historian and author of CURTIN and CHIFLEY

Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin - a biography of one of the most influential and recognisable Australians from the award-winning historian and author of CURTIN and CHIFLEY

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, the iconic PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds fresh light on the formative...
Australian Bushrangers: The Romance of Robbery

Australian Bushrangers: The Romance of Robbery

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The Big Book of Australia's War Stories: A collection of stories of Australia's iconic battles and campaigns from the Boer War to Vietnam

The Big Book of Australia's War Stories: A collection of stories of Australia's iconic battles and campaigns from the Boer War to Vietnam

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
'The bravest thing God ever made,' said a British officer of the insubordinate Aussies at Gallipoli. And before the Normandy invasion, Field Marshal Montgomery's chief of staff remarked, 'I only...
Wild Australian Life

Wild Australian Life

$29.99 AUD$25.49 AUD
WINNER: 2023 WA Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year HONOUR BOOK: 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, Eve Pownall Award From a leading expert and talented visual artist...
Steve Irwin: Volume 104

Steve Irwin: Volume 104

$19.99 AUD$16.99 AUD
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Steve Irwin, animal lover and wildlife conservationist. Little Steve loved animals,...
Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo

Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo

$45.00 AUD$38.25 AUD
Award-winning and best-sellling, Mau Moko is the closest there has ever been to a 'complete' book on moko. 'Very likely to become the definitive work on the subject . ....
Making Australian History

Making Australian History

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
A bold and expansive history that traces the changing and contested project of Australia's national story. You will think about this country differently after reading this book. 'Clark brings a...
Dangerous Women: The Compelling and Beautifully Written Mystery About Friendship, Secrets and Redemption

Dangerous Women: The Compelling and Beautifully Written Mystery About

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
"The locked room mystery to end all locked room mysteries!" - Sophia Bennett. Provocative, gripping historical fiction, inspired by an incredible true story of female convicts London, 1841. The Rajah...
Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World

Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World

$26.99 AUD$22.94 AUD
The award-winning bestseller that put Australian birds on the world map - nature and science writing at their best. Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds...
Birdscaping Australian Gardens

Birdscaping Australian Gardens

$59.99 AUD$50.99 AUD
Featuring plant and bird directories illustrated with superb colour photographs and line drawings, as well as comprehensive planting tables and expert advice, this book has all you need to create...
Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River

Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River

$49.99 AUD$42.49 AUD
Yarra Birrarung- Artists, Writers and the River is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Yarra Birrarung- Artists, Writers and the River is an illustrated history of life on...
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia - 8th Edition

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia - 8th Edition

$39.99 AUD$33.99 AUD
OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD The most comprehensive one-volume book of identification that shows all Australian bird species, perfect for birders of all levels of expertise. Since its first...
Let's Tax Carbon: And Other Ideas for a Better Australia

Let's Tax Carbon: And Other Ideas for a Better Australia

$36.99 AUD$31.44 AUD
A new path for Australia, as laid out by eminent economist and author of the bestselling Superpower Could Australia become a full-employment, renewable-energy superpower? Ross Garnaut says yes, and it...
Melanesia: Travels in Black Oceania

Melanesia: Travels in Black Oceania

$36.99 AUD$31.44 AUD
An immersive journey through the tumultuous past and fascinating present of Australia's nearest neighbours "We are the original people of the region ... This is a black region, it's not...
Outrageous Fortunes: The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-writer, and Her Criminal Son George

Outrageous Fortunes: The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-writer, and

$36.99 AUD$31.44 AUD
The gripping story of Australia's first female crime writer and her career-criminal son When Mary Fortune arrived in Melbourne with her infant son in 1855, she was determined to reinvent...
Madame Brussels: The Life and Times of Melbourne's Most Notorious Woman

Madame Brussels: The Life and Times of Melbourne's Most Notorious

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A must-read biography of an enigmatic personality who helped shape early Melbourne Madame Brussels, the most legendary brothel keeper in nineteenth-century Melbourne, is still remembered and celebrated today. But until...
Essays that Changed Australia: Meanjin 1940 to today

Essays that Changed Australia: Meanjin 1940 to today

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
A curated collection of essays that shaped Australia's culture and society Since the 1940s, Meanjin essays have set the national cultural agenda. Arthur Phillips' idea of 'cultural cringe' has become...
The Story of Australia's People Vol. I: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia

The Story of Australia's People Vol. I: The Rise and Fall of Ancient

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
Compelling, groundbreaking and brilliantly readable, The Story of Australia's People- The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia is the first instalment of an ambitious two-part work, and the culmination of...
The Story of Australia's People Vol. II: The Rise and Rise of a New Australia

The Story of Australia's People Vol. II: The Rise and Rise of a New

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
The much-anticipated second instalment of Geoffrey Blainey's history of Australia's people - his most ambitious work to date - that completes Australia's story from the Gold Rush to the present...
Slick: Australia's toxic relationship with Big Oil

Slick: Australia's toxic relationship with Big Oil

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A riveting expose of the global oil industry's multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to...
Biting the Clouds: A Badtjala perspective on The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897

Biting the Clouds: A Badtjala perspective on The Aboriginals

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A striking and compelling book reclaiming history by a renowned Indigenous visual artist. In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences,...