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The Plant Thieves: Secrets of the herbarium

Prudence Gibson

The Plant Thieves reveals remarkable stories from the National Herbarium of New South Wales – its people, its archives and its most guarded specimens.

Bhutan to Blacktown

Om Dhungel, with James Button

Om Dhungel was forced to flee Bhutan as a refugee, eventually arriving in Australia — this traumatic upheaval brought a surprising blessing: what Om learned about life when he lost everything except life itself.

Revealing Secrets: An unofficial history of Australian Signals intelligence & the advent of cyber

John Blaxland, Clare Birgin

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

Women and Whitlam: Revisiting the revolution

Edited by Michelle Arrow

Three generations of women explore the trailblazing Whitlam era.

The Morrison Government: Governing through crisis, 2019-2022

Edited by Michelle Grattan, Brendan McCaffrie, Chris Wallace

Leading thinkers on the policies and leadership of the Morrison Government from 2019 to 2022

Dispatch from Berlin, 1943: The story of five journalists who risked everything

Anthony Cooper, with Thorsten Perl

The incredible story of five correspondents who put everything on the line to report on the Battle of Berlin.

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Underground Lovers: Encounters with fungi

Underground Lovers brings us down to earth, magnifier in hand, to dwell with fungal allies and aliens, discover how fungi hold forests together, and why humans are deeply entwined with these unruly renegades of the subterrain.

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Edited by Ann McGrath, Laura Rademaker, Jakelin Troy

Everywhen is a ground-breaking collection about diverse ways of conceiving, knowing, and narrating time and deep history.

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The Briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide Ever!

The Briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide Ever! is the bestselling book that will teach you all the basics of using the English language.

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Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers

Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics.

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Documents on Australian Foreign Policy

Edited by Bruce Hunt, Stephen Henningham

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Born of Fire and Ash: Australian operations in response to the East Timor crisis 1999–2000

Craig Stockings

The first volume in the landmark Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor, Born of Fire and Ash is an honest, challenging and compelling account of the 1999–2000 East Timor crisis and Australia’s response to it.

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Alphabetical Sydney: 10th anniversary edition

Antonia Pesenti, Hilary Bell

Alphabetical Sydney turns ten!

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Voices of us: The independents’ movement transforming Australian democracy

Australian politics is changing. Voices of us looks towards the future with hope and ideas.

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Sydney: A Biography

Acclaimed playwright and author, Louis Nowra – author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo – expands his gaze to explore the energy, beauty, vulgarity, dynamism and pulsating sense of self-importance of his adopted city, Sydney.

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Sydney Harbour: A History, new edition

Award-winning historian Ian Hoskins revisits Sydney’s glittering harbour and the people who inhabited and shaped it in this updated edition.

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The Best Australian Science Writing 2022

Edited by Ivy Shih

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

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Elizabeth and John

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

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Dark Winter: An insider’s guide to pandemics and biosecurity

Raina MacIntyre

World-renowned epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre reveals her insights into biological warfare, pandemics and the threats that lie ahead.

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Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia’s first female filmmaking team

Introducing the McDonagh sisters … a trio of extraordinary and ground-breaking filmmakers.

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Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero, new edition

Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements

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

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Boundary Crossers: The hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers

Not all Australian bushrangers were white men, and not all were seen in a glowing light in their own time — historian Meg Foster reveals the stories of bushrangers who didn’t fit the mould.

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How to Rule Your Own Country: The weird and wonderful world of micronations

Harry Hobbs, George Williams

How to Rule Your Own Country is a lively account of the people who decide that ‘enough is enough’ and create their own nation.

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Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shape the modern world

The remarkable story of Howard Florey and Mark Oliphant, two Australian scientists who played a vital role in the Allied victory in the Second World War and changed the course of history.

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Suburban Noir: Crime and mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney

Peter Doyle – author of City of Shadows and Crooks Like Us – draws from forensic records and the private papers of detective Brian Doyle (the most famous cop of the day and Peter’s uncle), to explore the criminal underbelly of mid-20th century Sydney.

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The Naturalist: The remarkable life of Allan Riverstone McCulloch

For lovers of natural history, this is the first book to explore Allan Riverstone McCulloch’s scientific genius, artistic talents and his crucial role in the development of the Australian Museum.

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2023 Australasian Sky Guide

The definitive guide to observing the Australian and New Zealand night sky.

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Curlews on Vulture Street: Cities, Birds, People and Me

Acclaimed urban ecologist Darryl Jones reveals the not-so-secret lives of the most common birds that share our towns and cities.

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Darwin Spitfires

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.

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Living Democracy

Whether you’re a concerned community member, or someone who is already active in social or environmental campaigning, this book will inspire and inform you, and get you fired up to co-create a common, more equitable future.

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Australia’s China Odyssey

The story of the complex and crucial relationship between Australia and China, charting the highs and lows through the prism of the prime ministers who have handled relations with Beijing since Whitlam in 1972.

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Jeff Sparrow is one of Australia’s leading public intellectuals. From great controversies to the heroes and villains of our time, Provocations raises arguments that matter.

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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.

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Lessons from History

Edited by Carolyn Holbrook, Lyndon Megarrity, David Lowe

Leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present.

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The Art of Coalition

Edited by David Lovell, Andrew Blyth

The Art of Coalition focuses on the relationship between the Liberal and National parties during the Howard years, and the lessons and challenges of this partnership today.

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Tom Frame reveals the background to the war crimes allegedly committed by Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2013.