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RAAF Black Cats: The secret history of the covert Catalina mine-laying operations to cripple Japan's war machine
In March 1945 Reg Cleworth, a navigator on PBY Catalina seaplanes flying out of Darwin, went missing in action. No details were ever given about the incident that took his...
Australians: A short history
Australians , Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam, gave us a robust, vibrant and page-turning narrative that brought to life the...
Australia's First Spies: The remarkable story of Australian intelligence operations, 1901-45
Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia's interests from the...
Bill and Horrie: Australia's greatest war horse and war dog
Bill the Bastard Bill the Bastard is a remarkable tale of the bond between a determined trooper and his stoic but cantankerous mount during the Light Horse campaigns against the...
Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse
Winner of the National Biography Award 2021 Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Non-fiction 2021 'A compelling story, beautifully told' - JULIA BAIRD, author and broadcaster 'At last, a...
Courage in the Skies: The untold story of Qantas, its brave men and women and their extraordinary role in World War II
Between 1942 and 1943, Qantas lost eight aircraft during its involvement in Australia's war against the Japanese. Over sixty passengers and crew died as a result. Yet Qantas' exemplary contribution...
Convict Colony: The remarkable story of the fledgling settlement that survived against the odds
The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations...
The Convict Valley: The bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier
Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021 In 1790, five convicts escaped Sydney by boat and were swept ashore near present-day Newcastle. They were taken in by...
The Original Australians: The story of the Aboriginal People
The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Indigenous history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisdom and paintings of the Dreamtime to the...
We Didn't Think It Through
WINNER: 2024 MARION ACT Book of the Year, Books for Older Readers WINNER: 2024 Readings Young Adult Prize S HORTLISTED: 2024 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young...
Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country
WINNER: 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards Picture Book of the Year (Ages 0-6) WINNER: 2022 Educational Publishing Awards Australia Primary Educational Picture Book WINNER: 2022 Karajia Award for Children's Literature...
Monash and Chauvel: How Australia's two greatest generals changed the course of world history
Monash and Chauvel follows the extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield commanders of the First World War across all the Allied armies: John Monash and Harry Chauvel. John...
Australian Food
The long-awaited new cookbook from the king of relaxed Australian cafe style food 'Every city has one cafe that becomes the poster child for its inner spirit, and for Sydney,...
Iconic: Modern Australian houses 1950-2000
'Karen McCartney's Iconic Australian Houses books are re-imagined so cleverly in this freshly redesigned, encyclopaedic book, which brings together in one volume the best of 50 years of Australian residential...
Habitat: A practical guide to creating a wildlife-friendly Australian garden
In a world where suburban nature is declining and diversity is shrinking, Habitat is a practical guide for those of us who want to encourage insects, reptiles, frogs, birds and...
The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO, 1976 - 1989
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions...
The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO, 1963-1975
By 1963, Robert Menzies had been prime minister for thirteen years, Australia had its first troops in Vietnam, and change was in the air. There would soon be street protests...
Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Wildflowers
This is both a field guide for travellers and a reference book for the home library. It covers more than 590 wildflowers from all parts of the continent. Each species...
People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia
Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021 Winner of the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize 2021 Co-winner of the Ernest Scott Prize for History 2021 Winner, Henry...
The Spy Catchers: The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963
Winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner...
Lancaster Men: The Aussie heroes of Bomber Command
'[Rees'] account of the danger and difficulty is gripping.a remarkable book.' - Canberra Times 'Rees has an eye for technical detail and a passion for the people involved. Lancaster Men...
Warrior: A legendary leader's dramatic life and violent death on the colonial frontier
Winner of the 2015 Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance Winner of the 2016 Magarey Medal for Biography 'Connors lays down the hard truth. Not all our...
Australian Fish and Seafood Cookbook: The ultimate kitchen companion
'The bible for seafood. The only book you'll ever need on the topic.' Neil Perry Written by the most respected authorities on seafood in the country, this landmark publication contains...
A Sappers' War: How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong
They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere...
Hell's Battlefield: To Kokoda and beyond
Hell's Battlefield is the first book that tells the whole story of the Australians against the Japanese in New Guinea during World War II, from invasion in 1942 to the...
Tunnel Rats: The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong's secret weapon
'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is...
First Footprints: The Epic Story of the First Australians
Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Australia's northern coast. They were the first oceanic mariners and this great southern land was their new home. Gigantic...
Conspiracy of Silence: Queensland's frontier killing times
'This is an important, well researched book: challenging, compelling and controversial. It is a must read for anyone interested in Australian history.' - Henry Reynolds The Queensland frontier was more...
Australians Volume 2: Eureka to the Diggers
In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life....
500 Plants: Great Australian favourites for your garden
Out of the thousands of Australian plants worthy of garden space, here are the top 500, as edited and selected by Angus Stewart. These are the tried and tested, the...
Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines made Australia
Winner of the Prize for Australian History in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2012; The History Book Award in the Queensland Literary Awards 2012; the Victorian Prize for Literature 2012;...
Creating an Australian Garden
Angus Stewart has worked for decades on selecting and breeding Australian plants to make them more gardener-friendly. Creating an Australian Garden not only passes on the knowledge gained from Angus's...
Stone Cold: The Extraordinary Story of Len Opie, Australia's Deadliest Soldier
'If I'd have been a Vietcong you'd be dead.' - Len Opie 'Len was a soldier above soldiers.' - Keith Payne VC Through three wars across 30 years, Len Opie...
The Colony: A history of early Sydney
Winner of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction 'Grace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it...
King Brown Country: The betrayal of Papunya
'Why don't you check out Papunya? It's the sniffing capital of Australia, it's a Bermuda triangle for taxpayer funds. Nobody in the NT government gives a rats. The council just...
Native Plants of the Sydney Region: From Newcastle to Nowra and west to the Dividing Range
In a handy portable format, Native Plants of the Sydney Region is the ideal companion for anyone who wants to put names to the plants they see in the bush....
Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Mammals
A wonderful introduction to Australian mammals, this guide is packed with information about the behaviour, development, food and habitat of Australia's remarkable mammals. Each entry fully describes the species and...
The Butterflies of Australia
The world over people love butterflies but few understand much more about them than their physical beauty. Butterflies of Australia offers a unique guide to help identify the nearly 400...
Paula's Way: A heart-warming story from the multi-million copy bestselling author
An unexpected inheritance is most people's dream, but not so for Paula. She'shappy and secure in Western Australia with her own business, a completecontrast to her rootless childhood, and has...
Chestnut Lane: From the multi-million copy bestselling author
She's loved his music for years and knows he's had a tough time lately, with an intruder slashing his face, then a car accident putting his ability to play music...
Red Dirt Road: 'A rising star of Australian crime fiction ' SUNDAY
'A rising star of Australian crime fiction ' SUNDAY TIMES'S. R. White is the real deal.' CHRIS HAMMER, author of SCRUBLANDS'Dark and inventive' GUARDIAN, THRILLERS OF THE MONTH'Fast-paced and atmospheric...
The Bay: the waves won't wash away what they did
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The tide's coming in. Every wave seems to lap a little higher. Erasing, bit by bit, the traces of what I did.Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend....
The Bay: the waves won't wash away what they did
The tide's coming in. Every wave seems to lap a little higher. Erasing, bit by bit, the traces of what I did.Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend....
Scrublands: The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year, soon to be a
* * *NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES * * *THE #1 BESTSELLING AUSTRALIAN CRIME NOVEL WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGERSUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'Shimmers...
The Pit: By the author of THE STONING, "The crime debut of the year"
"Outback noir has a new star" Mark Sanderson, The Times"A rising star of crime fiction" Joan Smith, Sunday Times"Delivers another larger-than-life, take-no-prisoners slice of outback noir. A truly original writer"...
Classic Aussie Christmas: A high-contrast board book (Black and White
Your baby loves black and white at Christmas! The NEW book in the bestselling Aussie animal babies series. New bubs see the world differently, and this high-contrast board book is...
Tested: The remarkable power of resolve - reflections and
Australia's Test Cricket Captain in conversation with remarkable leaders and achievers - from Julia Gillard to Dennis Lillee. When Pat Cummins unexpectedly became Australia's 47th Test captain at age 28,...
A Thousand Miles From Care: A hunt for a brother's killer - a new
A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles From Care tells the 30 year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother's brutal murder in Manly....