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Nabbing Ned Kelly: The extraordinary true story of the men who brought Australia's notorious outlaw to justice
Shortlisted for the 2023 Danger Awards He lurched through the gun smoke, his head encased in an iron helmet, and started shooting. To the weary police in the cordon around...
The Bridge: The epic story of an Australian icon - the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Ninety years on from its opening in 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge remains the most recognisable symbol of Australia. The iconic arch took almost nine years to complete - at...
1942: the year the war came to Australia: The bombing of Darwin and the attack on Sydney by the Japanese
'Grose's compassionate, honest and vivid account deserves to be widely read.' Sun Herald on An Awkward Truth 'About as good as any yarn can get . . . a great...
The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from origins to illegality
Winner of The Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 1998 Shortlisted for Best Australian History Book in the NSW Premier's History Awards 1998 In 1920, 26 men and women...
Kate Kelly: The true story of Ned Kelly's little sister
Kate Kelly, the daring sister of legendary bushranger Ned Kelly, was mysteriously found dead in a lagoon outside the NSW town of Forbes in 1898. At the inquest, Kate's husband...
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...
Australian Architecture: A history
From First Nations gunyahs and First Fleet huts to 21st century eco-pavilions and skyscrapers, Davina Jackson surveys the evolution of architecture in Australia. Dr Jackson explores how early colonial building...
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...
D-Day New Guinea: The extraordinary story of the battle for Lae and the greatest combined airborne and amphibious operation of the Pacific War
'Java is heaven, Burma is hell, but you never come back alive from New Guinea' - Japanese military saying The capture of Lae was the most complex operation for 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...
The Battles for Kokoda Plateau: Three weeks of hell defending the gateway to the Owen Stanleys
'The Japanese attacked us, they mortared us, they shelled us...they did everything.' On 21 July 1942, a large Japanese reconnaissance mission landed along the north-eastern coastline of Papua, it would...
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...
Aboriginal Australians: A history since 1788
'The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in Richard Broome's typical lucid and imaginative style. This is an important work of great scholarship, passion and imagination.'...
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...
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,...
In Praise of Veg: A modern kitchen companion
Shortlisted for the James Beard Awards 2023. For fans of Samin Nosrat, Anna Jones and Stephanie Alexander, the ultimate veg guide for food lovers 'Alice Zaslavsky is a force of...
The Waterwise Australian Native Garden: A practical guide to garden design, plant selection and much more
$49.99 AUD
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...
Oats in the North, Wheat from the South: The History of British Baking: Savoury and Sweet
Oats in the North, Wheat from the South is a guided tour of Great Britain's baking heritage. Each of the timeless recipes is accompanied by stories of the landscape, legends...
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...
The Ethical Omnivore: A practical guide and 60 nose-to-tail recipes for sustainable meat eating
Can you have your meat and eat it too? An ethical cookbook for readers of Michael Pollan, Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals, Fergus Henderson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Matthew Evans. 'Heartfelt...
Parwana: Recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen
'Parwana stole my heart' - Diana Henry 'Parwana tells many stories ... it is a celebration: the recipes in it bulge with colour and flavour and life ...' - Nigella...
Africola: Slow food fast words cult chef
Duncan Welgemoed's food is exciting some of the most exacting palates. He cooks African-inspired vegetables, grilled and smoked meats, flatbreads, pickles, ferments, vegan-inspired desserts and serves cocktails and natural wine....
Weber's Greatest Hits: 125 recipes for every barbecue and everyone
Welcome to the greatest collection of barbecue recipes ever. For more than 60 years Weber has been the go-to for all things barbecue. Now the very best of the best...
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...
Hardcore Carnivore: Cook meat like you mean it
Hardcore Carnivore is a protein-packed cookbook for meat lovers everywhere. From slow smoked barbecue ribs to perfect cowboy steaks Jess Pryles's recipes are meaty winners. Including an intro section on...
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...
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...
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...
The Bee Friendly Garden: Easy ways to help the bees and make your garden grow
Bees are our most important pollinators and they are in decline the world over. They love to live in urban environments, where it's a short flight path from one type...
Spice Journey: Adventures in Middle Eastern cooking
From Morocco, Malta and Andalucia in the west, to Turkey, Lebanon and Iran in the East, the food and flavours of the Middle East permeate almost every aspect of daily...
Easy Weekends
As Australia's best known chef, Neil Perry is often associated with the food served at his successful restaurants around Australia, from the flagship contemporary Australian fine diner Rockpool, to his...
Lands of the Curry Leaf: A vegetarian food journey from Sri Lanka to Nepal
' A culture of food and friendship flows through my veins. This is the culture of the subcontinent, where a curry leaf tree grows in the garden of just about...
Milkwood: Real skills for down-to-earth living
'This beautifully presented book gives readers the nitty-gritty guide for five diverse ways to nourish ourselves from stewarding nature's abundance.' David Holmgren, co-originator of Permaculture 'This book may change your...
Meat: The ultimate companion
Anthony Bourdain, internationally acclaimed celebrity chef, meat lover and committed carnivore (Newsweek) contributed the foreword for this essential meat-lovers book. In Meat: The Ultimate Companion you will learn virtually all...
Cornersmith: Recipes from the cafe and picklery
Winner of the ABIA People's Choice award in 2016! When Alex Elliott-Howery and James Grant opened the doors to Cornersmith, their neighbourhood cafe on an unassuming street corner in Sydney's...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Good Food
In this must-have classic, Neil Perry shares some of his favourite recipes. Good Food is all about beautiful, simple food to cook at home, to be enjoyed by friends and...
Australians: Origins to Eureka
In this widely acclaimed volume, bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and soldiers, patriots...
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...
Tasmanian Aborigines: A history since 1803
'Lyndall Ryan's new account of the extraordinary and dramatic story of the Tasmanian Aborigines is told with passion and eloquence. It is a book that will inform and move anyone...
Balance and Harmony: The Secrets of Asian Cooking
Balance and Harmony , Neil Perry revels in his love for Asian cooking: the great flavours, the contrasts in tastes and textures, and the way that just about anything can...
Whispering Death: Australian airmen in the Pacific War
In Whispering Death , Mark Johnston, one of Australia's leading experts on World War II, explains vividly how more than 130,000 Australian airmen fought Japan from the Pacific War's first...