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The Anzac legend has shaped Australia’s national identity for more than a century. Yet many experiences of war do not fit comfortably within this.

Crip Stories is a gathering of vibrant and diverse experiences from disabled people; A collection of narrative non-fiction, essays and poetry.

A stellar lineup of historians, social scientists, politicians and journalists sheds valuable new light on the policies, politics and personalities of the Hawke Government.

A new history of protest told through the quiet activism of everyday Australians.

Whatever your role, this easy-to-use guide will inspire you to step up to the microphone, tell your story and make an impact.

In Raven Mother, Jane Messer weaves together her Jewish family’s compelling and tragic story – stretching back and forth between Berlin, Israel, Palestine, Melbourne and Sydney.

Acclaimed historian Alan Atkinson pieces together the life of Penelope Lucas, the first professionally qualified woman to emigrate from Europe to Australia.

A love letter to libraries everywhere.

Leading legal academics Rosalind Dixon and Will Partlett bring the Australian Constitution and its importance vividly to life.

Australia’s leading voices on politics and policy examine the first Albanese Government from 2022 to 2025.

In The Little Green Grammar Book, Mark Tredinnick asks and answers the tough grammar questions – big and small – with verve and authority. It will have you writing like a writer in no time.

In The Little Red Writing Book, Mark Tredinnick explains technique, style and craft for everyone who writes. It is a lively and readable guide to lively and readable writing.

A new fully updated edition of the major reference work for Australian pest control operators.

In When Words Fail Us, Stan Grant reflects on how we struggle to speak to each other and the importance of listening, silence and philosophy.

A collection of raw and illuminating stories from cancer patients and the medical professionals who treat them.

Award-winning science writer Justine E. Hausheer travels across the continent to meet Australia’s incredible native animals – and the innovative scientists working to give them a better future.

Meet Shere Hite – the feminist hero whose notorious work revolutionised how we think about sex, marriage, and the female orgasm…

Democracy and despotism live closer together than you’d expect. Leading political thinker John Keane reveals why that should alarm us all.

In this groundbreaking philosophical and literary exploration of the Hawkesbury Frontier Wars, First Nations historian Barry Corr reinvents the way Australian history is written.

How to be a (fantastic sensational) good enough kid is the ultimate guide for kids and parents to discover that feeling ‘good enough’ is already within our reach.

Acclaimed historian Henry Reynolds turns Australian history on its axis in a ground-breaking exploration of how colonisation north of the Tropic of Capricorn was very different to the southern states.

Leading military historian Mark Johnston tells stories of the courage of individual soldiers across every battle in which Australians fought in World War II.

This much-loved anthology – now in its fifteenth year – selects the most riveting, entertaining, poignant and fascinating stories from Australian writers, poets and scientists.

Interested in birds but don’t know where to start? Overwhelmed by the bird guides? Want to know more about the birds you see around you? Then this is the book for you!

Remember When … Snapshots of Australia from the ’50s to ’90s is a photographic trip down memory lane, celebrating the people, places, events and experiences that shaped our nation in the second half of the 20th century.

A lyrical work of creative nonfiction, Human/Nature is an exploration of how and why we think about the natural world the way we do.

Fixing its gaze on moments, places and objects – from the streets of Bethlehem to the Palestinian neighbourhoods of the New Jerusalem – Find me at the Jaffa Gate assembles a story of Palestinian diaspora, returning to the origins of violence in the Nakba.

In a love letter to the swimming spots of Sydney, Chris Baker takes 52 swims in and around Sydney over the course of a calendar year.

Acclaimed biographer Jacqueline Kent traces the social and political issues that inspired – and often hampered – Australian radical women writers and their desire to change the world.

Fixing its gaze on moments, places and objects – from the streets of Bethlehem to the Palestinian neighbourhoods of the New Jerusalem – Find me at the Jaffa Gate assembles a story of Palestinian diaspora, returning to the origins of violence in the Nakba.

In The Power of Choice, award-winning photographer Julian Kingma turns his camera on those who choose assisted dying, and those who help them on their final journey. These intimate portraits, along with essays from Andrew Denton and Richard Flanagan, invite us to ask, perhaps for the first time, what makes a good death.

Award-winning author Catherine Fox maps out seven ways to recognise and beat boss bias.

A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions — sparking both controversy and discovery.

Gadigal country, Woolloomooloo Farm, Riley Estate, Burdekin’s paddock, Burlington Picture Palace, First Church of Christ Scientist, party mansion, Yirranma Place – the many transformations of 262 Liverpool Street Darlinghurst reflect the long and layered history of Sydney.

Critical Care paints a vivid and nuanced picture of HIV and AIDS nursing and sheds light on an unexamined aspect of Australia’s AIDS crisis.

Peripathetic is an essay collection exploring globalised identities in flux.

The incredible painting collection of the State Library of New South Wales is documented for the first time.

Tiwi Story showcases stories of resilience, creativity and survival as told by the Tiwi people.

A landmark and revealing joint biography of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, from one of Australia’s most respected historians.

The gruesome and compelling tale of Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ Howard, the longest-serving executioner for the colony of NSW.

Exquisitely written, Eda Gunaydin’s essays unsettle neat descriptions of inheritance, belonging and place.

Winner, NSW Premier’s History Awards 2022, Australian History Prize

The first book published on acclaimed Australian architect Andrew Andersons, written by well-known arts administrators Leon Paroissien and Bernice Murphy.

*WINNER of the 2020 Colin Roderick Award* *Longlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize*

WINNER of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature

Two extraordinary writers, one difficult mother and a vanished literary world.

The revealing biography of a leading – and enigmatic – Australian novelist.

Acclaimed biographer Jacqueline Kent traces the social and political issues that inspired – and often hampered – Australian radical women writers and their desire to change the world.

Unfinished Revolution is a clarion call to reignite revolutionary feminist action.

Award-winning author Catherine Fox maps out seven ways to recognise and beat boss bias.

Whatever your role, this easy-to-use guide will inspire you to step up to the microphone, tell your story and make an impact.

A lyrical work of creative nonfiction, Human/Nature is an exploration of how and why we think about the natural world the way we do.

Antonia Pont’s Plain Life presents a series of essays that think through central ideas of happiness, rest and relaxation, talking and allowing for silence, community and leadership.

Honour’s Mimic combines the authentic Greek setting of Charmian Clift’s travel memoirs with the fine writing that has caused her to be described as Australia’s greatest essayist.

Acclaimed historian Alan Atkinson pieces together the life of Penelope Lucas, the first professionally qualified woman to emigrate from Europe to Australia.

Three generations of women explore the trailblazing Whitlam era.

From her wild bohemian years on Hydra to her radical feminist writings, Charmian Clift is a larger-than-life personality of Australian literature.

Acclaimed historian Henry Reynolds turns Australian history on its axis in a ground-breaking exploration of how colonisation north of the Tropic of Capricorn was very different to the southern states.

Influential historian Henry Reynolds returns with this new edition of Forgotten War, which questions the conspicuous absence of the frontier wars from our official military history and public memory.

An epic story of resistance, suffering and survival. Tongerlongeter resurrects a once-in-a-generation leader all Australians can admire.

'Australian governments find it easy to go to war. Their leaders seem to be able to withdraw with a calm conscience, answerable neither to God nor humanity.'

'How is it our minds are not satisfied? What means this whispering in the bottom of our hearts?'

A gripping journey through the past, present and future of vaccines.

A lyrical work of creative nonfiction, Human/Nature is an exploration of how and why we think about the natural world the way we do.

A visual love letter, in Funga Obscura ecologist Alison Pouliot brings guides us through the forrest to share stunning photographs and writing on fungi across Australia and the globe.

The Bee Squad is jam-packed with fun adventures and hands-on projects to help kids boost biodiversity in their neighbourhood.

An exhilarating scientific journey, Why Are We Like This? takes us behind the scenes of the evolutionary paradoxes that make up life on this planet.

Dive beneath the surface with acclaimed wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta as she reveals the mysterious world of humpback whales — and gets mugged by whales, touched by a baby whale, covered in whale snot and much more.

James O’Hanlon takes us to all corners of the globe (and even outer space) to explore spiders and show us why they’re not so scary after all.

Interested in birds but don’t know where to start? Overwhelmed by the bird guides? Want to know more about the birds you see around you? Then this is the book for you!

Back Up unearths the causes of back pain, the ways we try (and fail) to treat it, and the new science that might hold a cure.

Strap in for an exhilarating, and starkly honest, take on the promise and peril of life in the 21st century.

How do we find courage when climate change overwhelms us emotionally?

Can our interactions with wildlife help answer life’s big questions? Acclaimed urban ecologist Darryl explores how people around the world interact with the natural world.

Popular science writer James O’Hanlon introduces readers to a smorgasbord of creatures who use disguise, camouflage, mimicry and misdirection to beat their predators.

Acclaimed writer Joy McCann takes the reader on a compelling journey, navigating entangled stories of ice and rock, humans, animals and other species, through the prism of Antarctica’s ice.

This much-loved anthology – now in its fifteenth year – selects the most riveting, entertaining, poignant and fascinating stories from Australian writers, poets and scientists.

The ultimate guide to the night sky.

Leading military historian Mark Johnston tells stories of the courage of individual soldiers across every battle in which Australians fought in World War II.

The award-winning author of The Sydney Wars reveals the breadth of frontier resistance warfare

Great at Heart is the first life story of war correspondent, editor and principal author of the official history of the Second World War, Gavin Long.

Acclaimed historian Joan Beaumont tells the story of Gull Force, the soldiers who were held as prisoners of war by the Japanese on Ambon and Hainan during the Second World War.

Leading historian Peter Stanley traces the history of Australia’s military history in 1000 books that reveal the many facets of our continuing fascination with our military past.

The incredible story of an Australian hero who helped save the life of a future president.

This is the remarkable war story of six ordinary Australian soldiers: the Chipilly Six.

This unofficial account of Australian Signals intelligence reveals the organisation’s efforts to reveal the secrets of others.

It has been 80 years since the bombing of Darwin. This anniversary edition of Darwin Spitfires offers a detailed and fascinating history of this unparalleled attack.

Influential historian Henry Reynolds returns with this new edition of Forgotten War, which questions the conspicuous absence of the frontier wars from our official military history and public memory.

Edited and annotated by Mark Johnston, one of Australia's leading authorities on World War II, this book provides unprecedented insights into the mind and the remarkable career of one of Australia's most decorated and renowned servicemen.

*Winner of the  Les Carolyn Literary Prize* *Longlisted for the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize*