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9781761170751

When Words Fail Us: Truth beyond time

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.

9781761170881

Demagogues and Despots: Democracies on the brink

John Keane

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

9781761170393

The Vanishing Wild: Australian wildlife and the fight against extinction

Justine E. Hausheer

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.

9781742237916

Being Patient: Close Encounters in Cancer World

Na'ama Carlin, Louise Chappell, Siobhan O'Sullivan

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

9781526195067

The Book that Taught the World to Orgasm and then Disappeared: Shere Hite and The Hite Report

Rosa Campbell

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

9781761170522

Gold Standard?: Remembering the Hawke government

Edited by Frank Bongiorno, Carolyn Holbrook, Joshua Black

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

9781761170478

Crip Stories: An anthology of disabled writers

Edited by BS Windon, Laura Pettenuzzo, Misbah Wolf, Katie Hansord

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

9781761170706

Challenging Anzac: Stories that don’t fit the legend

Edited by Mia Martin Hobbs, Carolyn Holbrook, Joan Beaumont

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.

9781761170263

Quiet Protest: A new history of activism during the Vietnam War

Effie Karageorgos

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

9781761170447

Speak Up: How to be a successful presenter and media spokesperson

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

9781761170515

The People's Guide to the Australian Constitution

Rosalind Dixon, William Partlett

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

9781761170379

The House of Blue Glass

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

9781761170713

The Library That Made Me: 200 years of the State Library of NSW

Edited by Richard Neville, Phillipa McGuinness

A love letter to libraries everywhere.

9781761170638

Raven Mother: War, family and inheritance: a memoir

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.

9781761170737

The First Albanese Government: Governing in an age of disruption and division, 2022–2025

Edited by Michelle Grattan, John Halligan, John Hawkins

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

9781761170560

Urban Pest Management in Australia New Edition

Ion Staunton, Phillip Hadlington, John Gerozisis

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

9781761170256

Hooked: Inside the murky world of Australia's gambling industry

Quentin Beresford

With a cast of questionable characters, iconic corporate brands, eye-watering greed, political subterfuge and the many state and federal politicians who have sold out to the gambling industry, Hooked exposes the underbelly of gambling in Australia.

9781761170492

Vision and Hope: A history of St Mark’s College, 1925–2025

Carolyn Collins Paul Sendziuk

An illustrated history of the first 100 years of St Mark’s College.

9781742237800

Heart of Ice: A journey into Antarctica’s frozen realm

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.

9781761170508

The Best Australian Science Writing 2025

Edited by Zoe Kean, Tegan Taylor, foreword by Veena Sahajwalla

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

9781761170553

PIX: The Magazine that told Australia's Story

The magazine that shocked, entertained and informed Australians like never before is celebrated in a new book.

9781761170119

Looking from the North: Australian history from the top down

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.

9781761170171

Liars, cheats and copycats: Trickery and deception in nature

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

9781761170386

(Be)wilder: Journeys in Nature

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.

9781761170546

2026 Australasian Sky Guide

The ultimate guide to the night sky.

9781742238043

Newcastle: The Lives and Times of a City

Newcastle finds itself on shifting ground. But it's not an earthquake, or subsidence due to an old mine. It's perception that's shifting.

9781761170195

Elizabeth Harrower: The woman in the watch tower

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

9781761170362

Australian Heroes of World War II: Remarkable stories of battlefield courage

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

9781761170461

A photographic celebration of some of nature’s most majestic creatures –humpback whales.

9781761170355

Documents on Australian Foreign Policy: Australia and Nauru: The Problem of Resettlement 1962–1965

Edited by Stephen Henningham, Matthew Jordan, foreword by Penny Wong

9781761170102

Unfinished Revolution: The feminist fightback

Virginia Haussegger

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

9781761170409

Living Greatly in the Law: Hal Wootten’s selected writing and speeches

Edited by David Dixon, Andrew Lynch

In this edited collection of essays, speeches and unpublished work, David Dixon and Andrew Lynch present Wootten’s contribution to shaping a more just society.

9781742237930

Walking Sydney: Fifteen walks with a city’s writers

Belinda Castles

Walking Sydney invites you to walk with a city’s writers as they share their places of home and imagination.

9781761170621

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.

9781761170164

Plain Life: On thinking, feeling and deciding

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.

9781761170300

Deep History: Country and Sovereignty

Edited by Ann McGrath, Jackie Huggins

In Deep History: Country and Sovereignty, edited by Jackie Huggins and Ann McGrath, leading historians and thinkers explore the First Nations histories of caring for places and people over millennia.