Larrikins in Khaki: Tales of Irreverence and Courage from World War II Diggers by Tim Bowden
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Irreverence & Courage from WWII Digger Memoirs
From recruitment and training and the battlegrounds of Palestine, North Africa, Thailand, Burma and beyond, here are the highly individual stories of Australia's World War II Diggers told in their own voices - warts and all.
Under Fire: How Australia's Violent History led to Gun Control by Nick Brodie
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
This is a history of Australia, measured by the gun. From bushrangers and soldiers to the many farmers and recreational shooters shooting animals and each other, the firearm is an inescapable part of Australia's story and its characters. But just as guns have been a part of Australia's modern identity, ...Show more
Tinkering: The Complete Book of John Clarke by John Clarke
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Introduction by Lorin Clarke This book tells the story of John Clarke's writing life, including the fan letter he sent to All Black Terry Lineen when he was ten, a golf instruction manual unlike any other, Anna Kareninain forty-three words, and the moving essays he wrote after the deaths of his parents. ...Show more
Great Expectations Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia by Patricia Clarke
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
A River with a City Problem by Margaret Cook
$32.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
When floods devastated South East Queensland in 2011, who was to blame? Despite the inherent risk of living on a floodplain, most residents had pinned their hopes on Wivenhoe Dam to protect them, and when it failed to do so, dam operators were blamed for the scale of the catastrophic events that followe ...Show more
Burke and Wills - The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers by Peter FitzSimons
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first E ...Show more
Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories by Bill Marsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
'Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our outback truckies that criss-cross our nation - across deser ...Show more
The Mighty Krait by Ian McPhedran
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: WWII
Over many years, thousands of people have walked past a modest black timber fishing boat bobbing in the waters of Sydney's Darling Harbour, paying it little attention. But appearances can be deceptive.The humble little Japanese-built trawler called the Krait played a crucial role in one of World War II' ...Show more
Old Days, Old Ways: Stories from My Radio Days in the Bush by Alex Nicol
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Former ABC radio presenter Alex Nicol brings back to life the voices and stories of regional Australia from bygone days.
Missing William Tyrrell by Caroline Overington
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
One minute a little boy is playing outside his foster nana's house, the next minute, he's gone. How can a three year old child simply disappear? On Friday 12 September 2014, William Tyrrell - a playful three-year-old boy dressed in a fire-engine red Spider-Man suit - disappears from a quiet street in ...Show more
Seven Big Australians - Adventures with Comic Actors by Anne Pender
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction | Series: Biography Ser.
Comic actors have made a particularly strong contribution to cultural life in Australia over the past sixty years. They have brought a range of memorable characters to the stage, television and film; they have transformed our image of ourselves, helped to overturn the crippling cultural cringe, and brou ...Show more
My Place for Younger Readers by Sally Morgan
$17.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous
Since its publication in 1987, Sally Morgan's My Place has sold more than half a million copies in Australia, been translated and read all over the world, and been reprinted dozens of times. Sally's rich, zesty and moving work is perhaps the best loved biography of Aboriginal Australia ever written. My ...Show more