The Lives of Literature - Reading, Teaching, Knowing by Arnold Weinstein
$34.99 AUD
Category: Reading & writing
A passionate, wry, and personal book about how the greatest works of literature illuminate our lives Why do we read literature? For Arnold Weinstein, the answer is clear: literature allows us to become someone else. Literature changes us by giving us intimate access to an astonishing variety of other li ...Show more
The Gifts of Reading by Jennie Orchard (Selected by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reading & writing | Series: Curated by Jennie Orchard
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Sai ...Show more
Silk Roads: A New History of the World: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
$24.99 AUD
Category: History & military | Reading Level: very good
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed- where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the west - in the New World of the Amer ...Show more
The Menopause Brain: The New Science for Women To Navigate Midlife and Optimise Brain Health for Later Years by Lisa Mosconi
$34.99 AUD
Category: Health & wellbeing
The New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain outlines the latest science showing how to navigate perimenopause and menopause successfully, and come out the other side with an even better brain. Menopause and perimenopause are still a black box to most doctors, leaving patients exasperated as t ...Show more
How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler by Peter Pomerantsev
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. FROM THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE 'Elegant, effortlessly readable . . . essential readi ...Show more
Reed Concise Guide Animals of Australia: Reed Concise Guide by Stepnell Ken
$16.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Covers over 200 species of mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Contains 250 photographs illustrating key features. Written accounts on habitat, behaviour and range. Plastic cover ideal for use in field.
Reed Concise Guide - Trees of Australia by Jones David L
$16.99 AUD
Category: Home & garden
This is the latest exciting addition to our growing series of concise field guides. The ultimate keep-in-your -pocket guide to Australian trees, it may be diminutive in size but it punches well above its weight in terms of usefulness, being packed with more than 350 images. The introduction includes cha ...Show more
Green Guide: Trees of Australia by Peter Krisch
$19.99 AUD
Category: Home & garden | Series: Green Guide
This new title in New Holland's award-winning Green Guides series investigates the ever-popular subject of Australia's trees and shrubs, celebrating the beauty, great diversity and unique evolution of the country's forests. The structure of this book is similar to that of other titles in the series. Fac ...Show more
Green Guide: Dangerous Creatures by Robinson Marty
$19.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: Michelin Green Guides
The Australian Green Guides have been created for wildlife enthusiasts of all ages. The most commonly asked questions are answered with particular emphasis on fascinating behavioural insights into both common and unusual creatures. The pages are alive with entertaining and informative text accompanied b ...Show more
Green Guide: Parrots of Australia by Terence Lindsey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: Australian Green Guides
Information is organized simply, with individual species entries describing key characteristics such as where they are found, food requirements and behavioural habits. Each entry is accompanied by colour photographs and, where appropriate, distribution maps. A key feature of the text is the "gee whiz" s ...Show more
How to Knit a Human by Anna Jacobson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
How do you write a memoir when you have lost your memories? She awakens in hospital, greeted by nurses and patients she doesn’t recognise, but who address her with familiarity. She decides to untangle the clues. I want to know what it was like to have crossed into the realm of madness. After all, I did ...Show more
A Little History of the Australian Labor Party by Nick Dyrenfurth, Frank Bongiorno
$27.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
A little book about the big history of one of Australia’s most important institutions The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties in the world and the first to form a government. This short, sharp history tells the story of the party’s formation, its successes and failures at winning ...Show more