Bestsellers

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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.

9781742237671

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.

9781742237565

Elizabeth and John

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

9781742235929

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.

9781742237640

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.

9781742237497

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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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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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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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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Underground Lovers: The Secrets of 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.