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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.

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

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

9781742237138

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

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

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?

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.

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.

9781742238135

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.

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.

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.

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.

9781742237220

Documents on Australian Foreign Policy: Australia and Nauru: Phosphate, Trusteeship and the Resettlement Issue, 1945–1962

Edited by Colin Milner, Stephen Henningham, Matthew Jordan

The 374 documents selected for this volume — many of them not previously publicly available — illuminate the context, implementation, and development of Australian policies towards the South Pacific island of Nauru from 1945 to 1962.

9781761170096

John Busst: Bohemian artist and saviour of reef and rainforest

A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Büsst.

9781742238180

Hazzard and Harrower: The letters

Edited by Brigitta Olubas, Susan Wyndham

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

9781742237992

Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging

Peripathetic is an essay collection exploring globalised identities in flux.

9781742238210

A Little History of the Australian Labor Party new edition

Frank Bongiorno, Nick Dyrenfurth

A little book about the big history of one of Australia’s most important institutions

9781742238166

The End of the Morning

Charmian Clift, edited by Nadia Wheatley

The never-before-published novel by Charmian Clift.

9781761170041

How to Knit a Human: A memoir

How do you write a memoir when your memories have been taken? She awakens in hospital, greeted by nurses and patients she doesn’t recognise, but who address her with familiarity. She decides to untangle the clues.

9781742237978

Humpback Highway: Diving into the mysterious world of whales

Vanessa Pirotta

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.

9781742237428

Kin: Family in the 21st century

Written by journalist Marina Kamenev, Kin: Family in the 21st century is an incisive and powerful look at how families are created today, and how they might be created in the future.

9781742238234

The Relationship is the Project

Edited by Jade Lillie, Kate Larsen, with Cara Kirkwood and Jax Brown

The Relationship is the Project features provocations, tools and practical tips for working with communities from over 40 thought-leaders.

9781742236698

Sydney Brutalism

Sydney has some of the world’s best examples of brutalist architecture. Design writer Heidi Dokulil explores these brutal beauties.

9781742238012

Reading the Rooms: Behind the paintings of the State Library of NSW

Edited by Rachel Franks, Richard Neville

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

9781742237657

My Darlinghurst

Edited by Anna Clark, Tamson Pietsch, Gabrielle Kemmis

Leading historians, writers and residents explore the unique and the everyday of Darlinghurst, contemplating its place in Gadigal, Sydney and Australian history.

9781742237589

Rogue Corporations

Quentin Beresford

Award-winning author Quentin Beresford investigates Australia’s corporate Australia’s highest-profile scandals.

9781742238005

The Best Australian Science Writing 2023

Edited by Donna Lu

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

9781742237879

Saving Lieutenant Kennedy

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

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Australia's Few and the Battle of Britain

Mrs Kristen Alexander

Jack Kennedy (Sydney), Stuart Walch (Hobart), Dick Glyde (Perth), Ken Holland (Sydney), Pat Hughes (Cooma and Sydney), Bill Millington (Adelaide), John Crossman (Newcastle) and Des Sheen (Canberra): eight Australian Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of the Battle of Britain. Only one survived.

9781742238050

Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood

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!

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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.

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Dr Rip’s Essential Beach Book

Australia’s leading beach scientist shares everything you need to know about how beaches work and how to swim safely, with examples from Australia and across the globe.

9781742238142

2024 Australasian Sky Guide

All you need to know about the night sky.

9781742238128

Tiwi Story: Turning history downside up

Mavis Kerinaiua, Laura Rademaker

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

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.

The Chipilly Six: Unsung heroes of the Great War

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