Non-Fiction 2013

Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World

Joel Salatin

Now in paperback, the man the New York Times calls the high priest of the pasture restores the precious natural balance between human beings and the food we eat.

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The Great Divide: History and Human Nature in the Old World and the New

Peter Watson

How the division of the Americas from the rest of the world affected human history.

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Good Morning, Mr Sarra

Chris Sarra

Good Morning, Mr Sarra is the story of the ordinary, yet extraordinary, life behind this vision. From his childhood as one of ten children in a country town, to the…

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Girl Stuff 13+

Kaz Cooke

The must-have girls' guide for the teen years from the number one go-to advisor for Australian girl's and women's health, fully revised and updated edition 2019/2020.

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Future Proofing Australia: The Right Answers for Our Future

Brett Mason,Daniel Wood

Future-proofing Australia is a selection of essays by Australia’s great thinkers and doers boldly confronting the future and mapping out a path for our country.

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A Lasting Record

Stephen Downes

The strange tale of America’s best pianist and the Australian lipstick salesman who immortalised his genius.
A compelling and surprising tale of musical passion, tragedy and revival. In his prime…

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To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing and Influencing Others

Daniel H. Pink

In this provocative book, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Daniel H. Pink offers a fresh look at the art and science of persuasion. Physicians sell patients…

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Educating Gen Wi-Fi: How We Can Make Schools Relevant for 21st Century Learners

Greg Whitby

How our school system is failing 21st-century kids and what needs to be done about it

I am amazed at how much the world has changed today from when I…

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High Sobriety: my year without booze

Jill Stark

In re-examining her habits, Jill also explores Australia’s love affair with alcohol, meeting alcopop-swigging teens who drink to fit in, beer-swilling blokes in a sporting culture backed by booze, and…

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On the Abolition of All Political Parties

Simon Leys,Simone Weil

Here Simon Leys translates for the first time into English an essay by the remarkable Simone Weil – philosopher, activist, mystic – which makes a case for the corrupting effect…

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Mastery

Robert Greene

Around the globe, people are facing the same problem - that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society if we want to…

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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

Dr Eben Alexander

This is the story of a prominent US neurosurgeon who has a profound afterlife experience while in a coma When an unknown bacteria attacks Dr Alexander’s brain, sending him into…

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Holy Hell

Patricia Feenan

When Senior NSW Police Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox told the ABC’s Lateline programme on November 8, 2012, that the Catholic Church had covered up crimes by paedophile priests, silenced…

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Selected Letters of William Styron

William Styron

Covering a career that spanned almost 60 years and many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this collection pulls back the curtain and provides readers with…

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The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays

Simon Leys

A new paperback edition of this essential collection of essays from an eminent critic. Simon Leys’ cultural and political commentary has spanned four decades, with no corner of the arts…

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After Words: The post-Prime Ministerial speeches

Paul Keating (Author)

A unique volume of speeches and occasional pieces written entirely by former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating.

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Meanjin Anthology

Sally Heath

Meanjin is Australia’s second oldest literary journal. Founded by Clem Christesen in 1940, it has documented both the changing concerns of Australians and the achievements of many of the nation’s…

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J.M. Coetzee: a life in writing

J.C. Kannemeyer

Deals with Coetzee’s origins, early years, and first writings. This book corrects many of the misconceptions about Coetzee, and that illuminates the genesis and implications of his novels. It is…

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After the Future: Australia’s New Extinction Crisis: Quarterly Essay 48

Tim Flannery

This essay is both a wake-up call to the consequences of unrestrained development, and an examination of the underlying thinking – the view of the natural world that sees it…

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After Words: The post-Prime Ministerial speeches

Paul Keating (Author)

A unique volume of speeches and occasional pieces written entirely by former Prime Minister Paul Keating.

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Lion Hearts: A Family Saga of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Henry R. Lew

A biography of Lonek Lew, the author’s father, told through the lives of over twenty people he was friendly or associated with, a number of whom were historical figures. Using…

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The Flash of Recognition: Photography and the emergence of Indigenous rights

Jane Lydon

In this original and highly illustrated book Jane Lydon uses photography to tell the story of the struggle for Aboriginal rights in Australia. While many of the images are shocking…

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Canberra

Paul Daley

Chronicles the unsavoury early life of Canberra, meanders through the graveyard at St John’s where the pioneers rest, contemplates the unique social dynamics of the suburbs, visits the extraordinary cultural…

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Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution

Peter FitzSimons

In 1854, gold miners in Victoria, Australia fought a brief but deadly battle against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom. Peter FitzSimons gets into the hearts and minds of…

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The Burning Library: Our Great Novelists Lost and Found

Geordie Williamson

Alarmed by the increasingly marginal status of Australian literature in the academy, Williamson has set out to reintroduce us to those key writers whose works we may have forgotten or…

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How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance

Marilyn Yalom

Acclaimed scholar Marilyn Yalom distills the central tenets of the Gallic gospel of love from her reading of the great French literary works, as well as from the people she…

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Through the Window: Seventeen Essays (and one short story)

Julian Barnes

From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling’s view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the National Treasure Status of George Orwell…

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Sincerely: Women of Letters

Michaela McGuire,Marieke Hardy

A collection of new letters from these fantastic literary events, featuring a wide range of Australian talent, including writers, musicians, politicians, comedians and actors.

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Both Flesh And Not

David Foster Wallace,David Foster Wallace

Brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected non-fiction, by the legendary David Foster Wallace

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Don’t go back to where you came from: Australia’s Multicultural Genius

Tim Soutphommasane

Is a multicultural approach to integration and diversity really as destructive as critics say? Have we been too quick to declare its demise? Offering an unflinching and informed defence of…

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Deranged Marriage

Sushi Das

An affectionate, often hilarious, memoir of growing up in London in the 1970s in an Indian household, and avoiding an arranged marriage.
‘From the age of fourteen, I was aware…

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Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story

the Paris Review

Twenty contemporary authors introduce 20 sterling examples of the short storyfrom the pages of The Paris Review.

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Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

Norman Davies

Europe’s history is littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on the map of their age. What happened to the once-great…

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Fallout from Fukushima

Richard Broinowski

On 11 March 2011, a force-9 earthquake jolted the seabed 66 kilometres due east of Japan. Within 20 minutes, a black tsunami wave 14 metres high rolled in from above…

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The Best Science Writing Online 2012

Showcasing more than fifty online essays from 2011, this book can change the way we think about science - from fluids to fungi, poisons to pirates. It provides a comprehensive…

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Letters from Berlin: A Story of War, Survival and the Redeeming Power of Love and Friendship

Margarete Dos,Kerstin Lieff

A vivid recreation of a largely untold side of the war story. Drawing on hundreds of hours of taped interviews with her mother, Kerstin Lieff has recreated Margarete’s story from…

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Politics with Purpose: occasional observations on public and private life

Lindsay Tanner

‘We cannot blame particular individuals for modern Labor’s malaise, because it is part of a systemic global phenomenon. We are all under the sway of politics without purpose. And politics…

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The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began

Stephen Greenblatt

Nearly six hundred years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late 30s took a very old manuscript off a library shelf, saw with excitement what he had…

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My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante

From one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime.

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Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy

Ted Widmer,Ted Widmer

Now available for the first time to the general public, this book includes transcripts and recordings from President Kennedy’s time in office offering unprecedented insight into his thoughts on the…

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Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space

Lisa Randall

On July 4th, 2012, one of physics’ most exhilarating results was announced: a new particle - and very likely a new kind of particle - had been discovered at the…

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Sex, Culpability and the Defence of Provocation

Danielle Tyson

Dealing with the complex case law concerning the use of the provocation defence in cases of intimate killings, Sex, Culpability and the Defence of Provocation considers the construction and representation…

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Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott: Quarterly Essay 47

David Marr

Quarterly Essay is a trailblazing Australian journal of politics and culture. Each issue contains a single essay written at a length of about 25,000 words, followed by correspondence on previous…

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The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (9th Edition)

G Pizzey,F Knight,S Pizzey

The definitive guide to identifying Australian birds.

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Alice Springs

Eleanor Hogan

Alice Springs, Alice, The Alice, Mparntwe is the most talked about but least familiar place in Australia. It is a town of extremes and contradictions: searingly hot and bitterly cold…

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How to Read a Novelist

John Freeman

John Freeman, author and editor of Granta magazine, has interviewed nearly every name in fiction and the literary world. In this collection Freeman has compiled the most insightful and fascinating…

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The Chamberlain Case: the legal saga that transfixed the nation

Ken Crispin

The Crown offered no eyewitnesses, no body, no confession and no motive. So why did it take seven years, two inquests, one trial, two appeals and one inquiry to decide…

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Money Shot: a journey into porn and censorship

Jeff Sparrow

Money Shot: a journey into porn and censorship focuses on the ‘hot button’ issues in the censorship debate today, from the implications of the internet revolution to arguments about ‘raunch…

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Non-Fiction 2013

Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World

The Great Divide: History and Human Nature in the Old World and the New

Good Morning, Mr Sarra

Girl Stuff 13+

Future Proofing Australia: The Right Answers for Our Future

A Lasting Record

To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing and Influencing Others

Educating Gen Wi-Fi: How We Can Make Schools Relevant for 21st Century Learners

High Sobriety: my year without booze

On the Abolition of All Political Parties

Mastery

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

Holy Hell

Selected Letters of William Styron

The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays

After Words: The post-Prime Ministerial speeches

Meanjin Anthology

J.M. Coetzee: a life in writing

After the Future: Australia’s New Extinction Crisis: Quarterly Essay 48

After Words: The post-Prime Ministerial speeches

Lion Hearts: A Family Saga of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

The Flash of Recognition: Photography and the emergence of Indigenous rights

Canberra

Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution

The Burning Library: Our Great Novelists Lost and Found

How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance

Through the Window: Seventeen Essays (and one short story)

Sincerely: Women of Letters

Both Flesh And Not

Don’t go back to where you came from: Australia’s Multicultural Genius

Deranged Marriage

Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story

Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

Fallout from Fukushima

The Best Science Writing Online 2012

Letters from Berlin: A Story of War, Survival and the Redeeming Power of Love and Friendship

Politics with Purpose: occasional observations on public and private life

The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began

My Brilliant Friend

Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy

Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space

Sex, Culpability and the Defence of Provocation

Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott: Quarterly Essay 47

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (9th Edition)

Alice Springs

How to Read a Novelist

The Chamberlain Case: the legal saga that transfixed the nation

Money Shot: a journey into porn and censorship