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9781742238159

Making Picture Books

An essential guide to making picture books for writers and illustrators from award-winning writer Libby Gleeson.

Charmian Clift, afterword by Nadia Wheatley

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.

9781761170294

The Power of Choice

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 invite us to ask, perhaps for the first time, what constitutes a good death?

Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family

Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family

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.

9781761170058

Vaccine Nation: Science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress

Raina MacIntyre

A compelling journey through the past, present and future of vaccines and the forces dragging us back to the dark ages.

9781742237503

Inconvenient Women: Australian radical writers 1900–1970

Jacqueline Kent

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.

9781742238029

Uprising: War in the colony of New South Wales, 1838–1844

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

9781761170010

Human/Nature: On life in a wild world

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.

9781761170027

Gull Force: Australian POWs on Ambon and Hainan, 1941–45

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.

9781761170188

How to be a (fantastic sensational) good enough kid

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.

9781761170201

Great at Heart: Gavin Merrick Long, Australia’s official Second World War historian

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.

9781761170126

Funga Obscura: Photo journeys among fungi

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.

9781742238227

The Bee Squad: Boosting biodiversity in your neighbourhood

Judy Friedlander

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

9781761170072

Land Back: Aboriginal land rights in New South Wales, today and always

Edited by Heidi Norman

Land Back tells the story of the work that has been done, and is yet to be done, to get land back.

9781761170331

Remember When … Snapshots of Australia from the ’50s to the ’90s

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.

9781761170249

James Fairfax: Portrait of a collector in eleven objects

Alexander Edward Gilly

This evocative new biography of James Fairfax – businessman, philanthropist, collector and champion of Australian art – from his nephew, Alexander Gilly, pieces together Fairfax’s life through the prism of his collection.

9781742236926

Imagining a Real Australia

A captivating account of Australian documentary photography at its height including the photographs of Max Dupain, Carol Jerrems, William Yang, Rennie Ellis, David Moore, Mervyn Bishop, Sue Ford and others.

9781742238036

Yirranma Place: Stories of a Darlinghurst corner

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.

9781761170157

The Best Australian Science Writing 2024

Edited by Jackson Ryan, Carl Smith, foreword by Corey Tutt

The annual collection – now in its fourteenth year – celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.

9781761170140

Beyond The Broken Years: Australian military history in 1000 books

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.

9781761170270

Swimming Sydney: A tale of 52 swims

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.

9781742238104

Why Are We Like This?: An evolutionary search for answers to life's big questions

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.

9781742237039

marramarra: Indigenous artists making history visible

Brook Garru Andrew, Jessica Neath

marramarra highlights contemporary Indigenous art from across the planet and how artists and their communities are providing truth-telling about the past and inspiration to imagine better futures.

9781761170317

Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm New edition

An award-winning and landmark joint biography of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, from one of Australia’s most respected historians.

9781742237909

Australia in 100 Words

Dr Amanda Laugesen

Captivating and quirky, Australia in 100 Words takes readers chronologically through Australian history to tell a unique story through language

9781761170324

Sydney: A biography Updated edition

Acclaimed playwright and author, Louis Nowra explores the energy, beauty, vulgarity, dynamism and pulsating sense of self-importance of his adopted city, Sydney.

9781761170225

2025 Australasian Sky Guide

The ultimate guide to the night sky in 2025

9781742237824

The Family History Book: How to trace your ancestors in Australia

Cassie Gilmartin, Shaun Gilmartin

The definitive guide to researching family history in Australia.

9781761170133

Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism: How we crushed the curve but lost the race

Steven Hamilton, Richard Holden

In many ways, Australia handled the COVID-19 pandemic as well as any country in the world – but what did we get wrong?

9781742237138

The Badge We Wear: A history of sport at UNSW Sydney

The Badge We Wear tells the important history of sport at UNSW.

9781742237619

Take Flight: Incredible stories of Australian women who reach for the sky

From balancing on a wing tip to paragliding with an eagle, Take Flight tells the stories of Australian women who have leapt, tumbled and dived, and reached for the stars.

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Travelling to Tomorrow: The modern women who sparked Australia’s romance with America

Yves Rees rewrites the story of Australian–US relations by spotlighting ten trailblazing women whose extraordinary lives have largely been forgotten.

9781742237985

People Power: How Australian referendums are lost and won new edition

David Hume, George Williams

In the only full history of constitutional change in Australia, George Williams and David Hume examine Australia’s referendum record, why success has been so rare and how we can change this.

9781742238197

Breaking the Boss Bias: How to get more women into leadership

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

9781761170034

Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis

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.

9781761170089

Vector: A surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation

Robyn Arianrhod

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