Love & Lament - An Essay on the Arts in Australia in th...
Spanning music, theatre, film, literature, as well as other ...
Tragedy, Trials and Triumphs - Obstetrics and Gynaecolo...
A thoughtful and perceptiveoverview of the development of ob...
The Week: An Essay on the Origin and Development of the...
The Week: An Essay on the Origin and Development of the Seve...
The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century
The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century - Universit...
Dollars for Dixie: Business and the Transformation of C...
Dollars for Dixie: Business and the Transformation of Conser...
The German Genius - Europe's Third Renaissance, the Sec...
From the end of the Baroque age and the death of Bach in 175...
The Vulnerable Country: Australia and the Global Econom...
The Vulnerable Country: Australia and the Global Economy - U...
Australia in the International Economy: In the Twentiet...
Australia in the International Economy: In the Twentieth Cen...
Teaching the Arts - Early Childhood and Primary Educati...
Teaching the Arts: Early Childhood and Primary Education off...
Shanghai Grand - Forbidden Love and International Intri...
A vivid account of the love triangle between an American jou...
Politics in Australia - Assessing the Evidence
Politics in Australia adopts both a historical and conceptua...
History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps
The twentieth century was a golden age of mapmaking; an era ...
Love & Lament - An Essay On The Arts In Australia In The Twentiet
Love and Hunger - Thoughts on the gift of food
‘A love of food oozes from Charlotte’s every pore in this wonderful book. Her recipes and ideas come with great practical advice but even better her warmth and emotional honesty reflect the generosity of food and continually made me smile (sometimes with nudging tears). ’So many tidbits shared, so many ‘aha’ moments and things I needed to know!’ – Maggie Beer ’What’s important is the fa...
Love Sucks - The truth about romance from the world's greatest cynics
Tired of hearing about how ‘love is all you needÂ’ and that ‘love will conquer allÂ’? Does the idea of balloons, love hearts, boxes of chocolates and birds suddenly appearing make your teeth ache with the sickly saccharine cliched insanity? How about some real talk? ItÂ’s all a farce. Love sucks. As Charles Bukowski said, ‘If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.Â...
Sophie's Patch - Inspiration And Practical Ideas From The Popular Gardening Australia Presenter
Inspiration and practical ideas from popular Gardening Australia presenter Sophie Thomson A gorgeous, inspirational and fun gardening book jam-packed with ideas, tips, projects and great advice all based on SophieÂ’s own garden in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia.Sophie has transformed what was once a dry, windswept cow paddock surrounding her historic stone cottage into a lush garden. But itÂ...
Searching for the Beaumont Children - Australia's Most Famous Unsolved Mystery
On Wednesday, 26 January 1966 “Australia Day” the three Beaumont children left their home in the Adelaide suburb of Somerton Park for a morning at the beach. By the end of the day, the worst fears of every Australian parent were realised when Jane, aged 9, her sister Arnna, 7, and their four-year-old brother, Grant, did not return home. The “Beaumont Children Case” remains Australia’s most fa...
Out of Australia - Aborigines, the Dreamtime, and the Dawn of the Human Race
In their startling new book, Steven and Evan Strong challenge the “out-of-Africa” theory. Based on fresh examination of both the DNA and archaeological evidence, they conclude that modern humans originated from Australia, not Africa. The original Australians (referred to by some as Aborigines), like so many indigenous peoples, are portrayed as “backward” and “primitive.” Yet, as the Strongs...
Xenophon's Cyrus the Great - The Arts of Leadership and War
In 1906, a stilted English translation of “Xenophon of Athens”, story about Cyrus the Great’s military campaigns was published. Now, a century later, a much more accessible edition of one of history’s most extraordinary and successful leaders is emerging. Among his many achievements, this great leader of wisdom and virtue founded and extended the Persian Empire; conquered Babylon; freed 40,000...
Children, Meaning-Making and the Arts
This Australian text is about children’s voices – their minds, feelings, souls. It’s about how children’s voices are liberated through the arts, and how children make and communicate meaning through still and moving images, sounds, textures, gestures and the use of many other signs. It is also about how teachers, parents, peers and the community influence children’s early development, and h...
44 Days - 75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia
‘Brilliantly researched and sympathetically told, 44 DAYS is more than just a fitting tribute to brave but overlooked heroes. It’s also a top read.’ DAILY TELEGRAPH The epic World War II story of the heroes of Australia’s 75 Squadron – and the 44 days when these brave and barely trained pilots fought alone against the Japanese. In March and April 1942, RAAF 75 Squadron bravely defended Port...
The Husband's Secret - From the bestselling author of Big Little Lies, now an award winning TV series
From the bestselling author behind the addictive Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning HBO series Big Little Lies. The Husband’s Secret will have you on the edge of your seat . . . Speak up and hurt the ones you love most – or stay silent and hide a crime? Mother of three and wife of John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband’s hand, it says: to be opened only...
THE COWBOY'S RUNAWAY BRIDE/THE MAKEOVER PRESCRIPTION
The Cowboy’s Runaway Bride – Nancy Robards ThompsonShamed by her ex fiance, Lady Chelsea Ashford Alden has her intimate life has become fodder for the British tabloids. Running rom the paparazzi, the errant aristocrat to waits out the scandal at her best friend’s cottage in Celebration, Texas… Instead of foiling a burglar, rancher Ethan Campbell startles a gorgeous blonde in the bathtub! Chels...
A Free Flame - Australian Women Writers and Vocation in the Twentieth Century
HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE 2016 DOROTHY HEWETT AWARD FOR AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT `I need to be a writer,Â’ Ruth Park told her future husband, DÂ’Arcy Niland, on the eve of their marriage. `ThatÂ’s what I need from life.Â’ She was not the only one. At a time when women were considered incapable of being `realÂ’ artists, a number of precocious girls in Australian cities were weighing their chances ...
It's Arts Play - Belonging, Being and Becoming through the Arts
Developing children through arts experiencesIt’s Arts Play is a professional and practical resource that shows how the expectations of developing the whole child – their belonging, being and becoming – can be pursued through arts experiences that exemplify the play-based approach to learning within the context of the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum.Australia’s eth...
Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
The first book in a new series that will explore Australia’s role in the Great War.From the earliest days of the Great War, Australians volunteered to fight in the air – warfare’s newest arena, and one that would transform the nature of military operations. In the squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps and with Britain’s flying services, Australian airmen fought in campaigns that spanned the...
Australia's Argonauts - The remarkable story of the first class to enter the Royal Australian Naval College
The story of the first cadet-midshipmen to join the Royal Australian Naval College is without parallel. In 1913 twenty-eight thirteen-year-old boys joined the new Navy at a time when Australia was both idealistic and ambitious. The boys were drawn from every State and became known as the ‘Pioneer Class’. Australia’s Argonauts is the result of many years’ research. It brings together previously...
The Green Road - Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016
Shortlisted for the Baileys WomenÂ’s Prize for Fiction 2016 Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel Award Longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize Winner of the Irish Novel of the Year 2015 Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Ros...
The Wise Man's Fear - The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 2
Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MANÂ’S FEAR is the second instalment of this superb fantasy trilogy from Patrick Rothfuss. This is the most exciting fantasy series since George R. R. MartinÂ’s A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, and a must-read for all fans of HBOÂ’s GAME OF THRONES. Picking up the tale of Kvothe Kingkiller once again, we follow him into exile, into political intri...
Shanghai Grand - Forbidden Love and International Intrigue on the Eve of the Second World War
A vivid account of the love triangle between an American journalist and adventurer, a wealthy expatriate businessman and a Chinese poet in Shanghai in the late 1930s. On the eve of the Second World War, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century’s most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the illustrious Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily ‘Mick...
Looking for the Stranger - Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic
The Stranger is a rite of passage for readers around the world. Since its publication in France in 1942, CamusÂ’s novel has been translated into sixty languages and sold more than six million copies. ItÂ’s the rare novel thatÂ’s as at likely to be found in a teenÂ’s backpack as in a graduate philosophy seminar. If the twentieth century produced a novel that could be called ubiquitous, The Stranger...
The Twentieth Man
He was the only one left alive; now it was his turn to die. In September 1972, journalist Anna Rosen takes an early morning phone call from her boss at the ABC, telling her about two bombings in SydneyÂ’s busy CBD. ItÂ’s the worst terrorist attack in the countryÂ’s history and Anna has no doubt which group is responsible for the carnage. She has been investigating the role of alleged war criminal...
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia - History, Principle and Interpretation
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia examines the body of constitutional jurisprudence in an original and rigorous yet accessible way. It begins by exploring the historical and intellectual context of ideas surrounding the ConstitutionÂ’s inception, and closely examines its text, structure, principles and purposes in that light. The book then unpacks and critically analyses the High C...
Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else - The stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names
The stories behind Australia’s many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names. From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names going – now described and explained in one humorous and fascinating book. Australia’s vast spaces and ir...