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The Memory Pool

Therese Spruhan

Smell the chlorine, taste the hot chips and feel the burning concrete underfoot as you read these stories of Australian childhoods at the pool.

Fiona Crawford, Lee McGowan

The inspirational story of the past, present and future of Australian women's football – its players, fans, and the game they love.

Frank & Fearless

Nicholas Cowdery, with Rachael Jane Chin

In Frank & Fearless ' Frank & Fearless is not only the ultimate insider's account of some of the state's most sensational murder trials, it is also an account of one man's valiant battle against political and media forces to ensure that justice was done. Society owes Nick Cowdery a debt of gratitude.' — Kate McClymont

Cooking with the Oldest Foods on Earth

WINNER of the 2020 Gourmand Award for Innovation Native produce business is booming and it's about to enter a new phase — Australian native ingredients are beginning to turn up in growers' markets and even local supermarkets. From Warrigal greens and saltbush, to kangaroo and yabbies — John Newton will inspire you to grab some and take it home.

Caroline's Dilemma

Bettina Bradbury

Shortlisted for the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History

The Best Australian Science Writing 2019

Edited by Bianca Nogrady, foreword by Lisa Harvey-Smith

This ninth edition of The Best Australian Science Writing

Edited by Carolyn Holbrook, Keir Reeves

' The Great War: Aftermath and commemoration is a tour de force

Documents on Australian Foreign Policy

Edited by James Cotton

This volume, commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Documents on Australian Foreign Policy

Battle on 42nd Street

Dr Peter Monteath

At what point does the will to survive on the battlefield give way to bloodlust?

Cosmic Chronicles

LONGLISTED for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Adult Book of the Year

In this mind-bending book, award-winning neuroscientist Henning Beck explains why perfectionism is pointless – and argues that mistakes, missteps and flaws are the keys to success.

Feeding the Birds at Your Table

*Shortlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Adult Book of the Year*

Hilary Bell, Antonia Pesenti

LONGLISTED for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Children's Book of the Year

Edited by Lily Hibberd, with Bonney Djuric

Parragirls ' Parragirls Parragirls is able to deliver something that is at once rigorous in its detailed presentation of a clear model, and accessible through its compelling narrative.' — Eugenia Flynn, The Saturday Paper

Sex in the Brain

What controls our sex lives? Our brains. Yet there is surprisingly little research into the ways our brains influence our sex drive. Extraordinary insights into how the brain works can be gained when something goes wrong through brain injury or disease.

Addressing Modern Slavery

Dr Justine Nolan, Dr Martijn Boersma

An estimated 40 million people are modern-day slaves, more than ever before in human history.

'A masterpiece of analysis of the politics of transformative change.' — Otago Daily Times

The 13-Storey Treehouse

Adapted by Richard Tulloch, original author Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton

Adapted from Andy Griffiths' and Terry Denton's phenomenally successful Treehouse book series, Richard Tulloch's play — The 13-Storey Treehouse — is action-packed, full of laughs…with a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of man-eating sharks and a lemonade fountain!

The Joy of High Places

Longlisted for the 2020 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award

Banging Denmark

Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting

The Politics of the Common Good

Jane R. Goodall

'The Earth is a Common Treasury', proclaimed the English Revolutionaries in the 1640s. Does the principle of the commons offer us ways to respond now to the increasingly destructive effects of neoliberalism?

The Crow Eaters

'Ben Stubbs uncovers the sheer delight and surprise of discovering what's in your own backyard.' — Bob Byrne, author of Adelaide Remember When and Australia Remember When

Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs

Jane McAdam, Fiona Chong

Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law. However, successive governments in Australia have declared the need to 'stop the boats' whatever the cost, be it human, economic, moral or legal.

9781742236179

Bedlam at Botany Bay

*Winner of the Australian History Prize in the NSW Premier's History Awards 2020*

The web was supposed to transform our world. So why are things so messed up?

Wild, passionate and ultimately tragic: the love story of Australia's famous literary couple, Charmian Clift and George Johnston, plays out on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra in the 1950s in this reimagining from award-winning playwright Sue Smith.

Siobhán McHugh

The Snowy: A History tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels.

Stop Being Reasonable

Eleanor Gordon-Smith

SHORTLISTED for Australian Book Design Awards 2020 Best Designed Autobiography/Biography/Memoir Nonfiction Cover

Michael Duffy, Nick Hordern

World War Noir is an exposition of the old truth that war and crime — and sex, drugs and popular music — go hand in hand.

Australia's Vietnam

**2019 Nib Military History Prize Finalist ** 'This book should be read by anyone interested in the way myths become accepted as history.' — Peter Edwards, author of Australia and the Vietnam War

Dr Space Junk vs The Universe

Dr Alice Gorman

Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction

*WINNER of the 2020 Colin Roderick Award* *Longlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize*

WINNER of the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction

The Thinking Woman

Julienne van Loon

WINNER of the Australian Book Design Awards 2020 Best Designed Autobiography/Biography/Memoir Nonfiction Cover

Hugh Dolan, illustrated by Dave Dye

This graphic book brings to life the struggles of daily life on the goldfields and the powerful events of the Eureka stockade.

9780980834789

Paddington: A history

Edited by Greg Young

The first major history of Paddington — Sydney's celebrated heritage suburb — in forty years