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The Shipwreck: The true story of the Dunbar, the disaster that broke the colony's heart and forged a nation's spirit
'gripping, engaging popular history' - Sydney Morning Herald The Dunbar was one of the most advanced and celebrated sailing ships of the mid-19th century. Built to carry passengers in speed...
Traitors and Spies: Espionage and corruption in high places in Australia, 1901-50
'Deeply researched with keen judgements, Traitors and Spies is a devastating indictment of Australia's security services and their political masters in the decades before the formation of ASIO.' - Professor...
The Lost Battalions: A battle that could not be won. An island that could not be defended. An ally that could not be trusted.
They were thrown into a hopeless fight against an overwhelming enemy. Later, hundreds died as prisoners of war on the Thai-Burma Railway and in the freezing coal mines of Taiwan...
The Countess from Kirribilli: The mysterious and free-spirited literary sensation who beguiled the world
She was 'amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle'. She was a whirlwind. She created around her the atmosphere of a Court at which her friends...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
The Waterwise Australian Native Garden: A practical guide to garden design, plant selection and much more
Winner of the 2018 HMAA Laurel Award for best book First published as The Australian Native Garden There's never been a more crucial time to droughtproof your garden and to...
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...
An Awkward Truth: The bombing of Darwin, February 1942
'Grose's compassionate, honest and vivid account . deserves to be widely read.'- Sun-Herald The bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942 is the battle Australia tries to forget. Although there...
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 Squatters: The story of Australia's pastoral pioneers
'A very readable history of an important group of Australian pioneers' - Graham Seal, author of the bestselling Great Australian Stories For the early settlers who came from Britain's crowded...
Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War
Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History 2014 Winner of the NSW Premier's History Awards, Australian History Prize 2014 Winner of the Queensland Literary Awards, History Award...
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...
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;...
Eucalypts: A celebration
'The tallest and most stately trees I ever saw in any nobleman's ground in England cannot excel in beauty those which nature presented to our view.' First fleet surgeon Arthur...
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...
Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady: The true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg
He was the gentleman bushranger . she was the woman who rode with him. This is the true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady. 'Bail up!' demanded Captain Thunderbolt...
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...
Treading Lightly: The hidden wisdom of the world's oldest people
We are consuming more than our earth can provide. In Australia, cities and towns struggle to maintain a reliable water supply, climate change triggers droughts which devastate farmland, and fish...
A Bastard of a Place
'Brune's book is a timely reminder that despite the warmest alliances, nations sometimes have to stand up and save themselves.' - The Weekend Australian Financial Review ' A Bastard of...
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,...
The Boomers: A biography
From heartbreak to triumph: how our national basketball team went from misfits to superstars The Boomers' Olympic triumph in Tokyo was possibly the most celebrated bronze medal in Australian sporting...
Mr and Mrs Gould: The extraordinary true story about the life of
The grand story of the famous 'Birdman' John Gould and his talented wife Elizabeth, who revealed the astonishing world of Australian birds and wildlife in one of the most important...
I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective
THE #1 TRUE CRIME BESTSELLER. Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective. WINNER OF 2021 DANGER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONHere...