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The Best Australian Science Writing 2021

Edited by Dyani Lewis, foreword by Cathy Foley

Australia & the Pacific

Dear Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister is a fascinating insight into the concerns, assumptions and political beliefs of 1950s and 1960s Australians.

9781742237398

Edith Blake’s War

Krista Vane-Tempest

Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian Harris

The Bondi to Manly Walk

9781742236780

Wounded Country

Quentin Beresford

Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements

During Tasmania’s gruesome Black War of 1823-31, Tongerlongeter led the most effective Aboriginal resistance campaign in Australian history. His Oyster Bay Nation of southeast Tasmania and his ally Montpelliatta’s Big River Nation of central Tasmania embarked on 710 attacks, killing 182 colonists and wounding a further 176.

The Education of Young Donald Trilogy

Donald Horne, introduction by Julia Horne, Nick Horne, foreword by Tracy Sorensen

A classic of Australian literature, The Education of Young Donald Trilogy combines Donald Horne’s three autobiographies — The Education of Young Donald (1967), Confessions of a New Boy (1985) and Portrait of an Optimist (1988) — in one volume.

Beyond the Hero’s Journey

Anthony Mullins

9781742237091

French Connection

Alexis Bergantz

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

9781742236810

Edited by Andrew Dodd, Matthew Ricketson

Captivating yet devastating, Upheaval is an under-the-hood look at Australian journalism as it faces seismic changes.

9781742237404

Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Megan Davis, George Williams

9781742236919

The New Academic

Simon Clews

What does it mean to be an academic in today's rapidly changing world?

Reading like an Australian writer

Edited by Belinda Castles

A delightful, inspirational and heartfelt collection that will enrich your reading of Australian stories and guide you in your own writing.

Gender Politics

Edited by Zareh Ghazarian, Katrina Lee-Koo

Ruth Balint, Julie Kalman

Artificial Intimacy

Top evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks offers an innovative perspective on human behaviour, AI technologies and the future of sex.

Documents on Australian Foreign Policy: Australia and Papua New Guinea, 1970-1972: The transition to self-governance

Edited by Bruce Hunt, Stephen Henningham

This volume, commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Documents on Australian Foreign Policy series, is the first comprehensive survey of Australia's approach to the world in the 1920s.

Derrick VC in his own words

Edited by Mark Johnston

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.

Meredith Burgmann, Nadia Wheatley

The Sixties — an era of protest,free love, civil disobedience, duffel coats, flower power, giant afros and desert boots, all recorded on grainy black and white footage — marked a turning point for change. A time when radicals found their voices and used them.

Failures of Command

The Missing Among Us

In Australia 38 000 people are reported missing each year and in the US it's over 600 000. In the UK someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Many of these cases are never resolved.

'At both ends of the world, I have found confusion and profound disagreement about how to read the story of the past, about who should write or speak it, and what parts of it should be written or spoken about at all.'

Beyond Climate Grief

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

In the Eye of the Storm

Robert Reynolds, Shirleene Robinson, Paul Sendziuk

Picturing a Nation

The untold story of a major Australian artist. Regarded in his day as an important Australian impressionist painter, A.H. Fullwood (1863–1930) was also the most widely viewed British–Australian artist of the Heidelberg era.

Level Up Your Essays

Dr Inger Mewburn, Katherine Firth, Shaun Lehmann

Level Up Your Essays is the essential guide to essay writing for university students. Written by the people who mark your essays, it will show you step-by-step how to write high-quality essays that will get you top marks.

Into the Loneliness

Flames of Extinction

Over Australia's 2019–20 Black Summer bushfire season, scientists estimate that more than three billion native animals were killed or displaced. Many species — koalas, the regent honeyeater, glossy black cockatoo, the platypus — are inching towards extinction at the hands of mega-blazes and the changing climate behind them.

Coming of Age in the War on Terror

Randa Abdel-Fattah

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Saffron Howden, Dhana Quinn

Age range 10+ You don't need to be an adult to break news and change the world. You can start your career as a young reporter right now.

Eating with My Mouth Open

'To eat is to build upon our collective story. We use food to say, again and again, who we are.'