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Milton Heifetz
This new edition of A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. By following the simplified and easy-to-use…
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Simon Baron-Cohen
Is it possible that - rather than thinking in terms of ‘good’ and ‘evil’ - all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum, and our position on that…
Joumana Haddad
In this explosive sequel to I Killed Scheherazade, Joumana Haddad examines the patriarchal system that continues to dominate in the Arab world and beyond.
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Bill Gammage
Explodes the myth that pre-settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness, revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people.
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Jim Hearn
Kitchen Confidential meets Underbelly: The Golden Mile in this enthralling memoir by Jim Hearn, a working-class chef made good - and bad.
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Sally Neighbour
A landmark book written by household names in journalism, among them Kerry O'Brien, Chris Masters and Caroline Jones, this is the first book from FOUR CORNERS in 26 years and…
James Halliday
A delightful collection of James Halliday’s reminiscences of his remarkable wine career, from the master himself.
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Steve Bracks
In May 1994, while I was going through pre - selection for the seat of Williamstown, I sat down at my desk at home and I wrote a note. I…
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Amanda Webster
Brave, honest and ultimately uplifting, The Boy Who Loved Apples is a compelling and beautifully written account of life with an eating disorder, and a gritty, moving testament to a…
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Tony Moore
Dancing with Empty Pockets is an exploration, and a celebration, of Australia’s most creative figures.
Daniel Kahneman
Looks at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we…
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Antony Funnell
So, verily I say unto you, brothers and sisters - cast aside your digital rosary beads and look more closely at the world around you. Or better still, roll up…
Joshua Bolchover
An up-to-the-minute survey of the best sustainable design and architecture.
Bill Leak
‘Freedom of speech is the freedom to offend and that means the freedom to offend anyone.’ - Bill Leak A new collection of the art and observations of cartoonist, painter…
Laura Tingle
Respected journalist Laura Tingle writes on politics, affluence and an angry nation.
Judith Schalansky
An atlas that takes us across the oceans of the world to fifty remote islands. It features rare animals and lost explorers, marooned slaves and lonely scientists, mutinous sailors and…
Craig Schuftan
In 1990 alternative music was where it belonged - underground. It left the business of rock stardom to rock stars. But by 1992 alternative rock had spawned a revolution in…
CSIRO
The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet has already inspired thousands of Australians to lose weight and improve their overall health. This new collection of recipes based on the scientifically proven program…
Richard Hil
A scathing insider expose, this account lifts the lid on a higher education system that’s corporatized beyond recognition, steeped in bureaucracy, and dominated by marketing and PR imperatives rather than…
Robin Gaby Fisher,Angelo J Guglielmo Jr.
The true but incredibly strange story of Tania Head and how she fooled America.
John Hirst
Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation.
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Florence Williams
Feted and fetishised, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, developing earlier and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the…
Paul Strangio
Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Neither Power Nor Glory fills an important gap in Australian political history and our understanding of the Labor Party. It is also a timely antidote…
W Foster,H Bryant
Do you know Why ‘The dog followed Harry and I’ Is Wrong? How to avoid the construction ‘The reason why … was because’? When to use ‘fewer’ and when to…
Francois Bizot
In 1971, 30 - year - old ethnographer Fran ois Bizot was captured by the Khmer Rouge and kept prisoner for three months in the Cambodian jungle, accused of being…
Bev Aisbett
Bestselling author Bev Aisbett’s no - nonsense text, combined with her insightful cartoon images, have reassured countless people seeking help for anxiety. Now, she reveals the deep spirit that lies…
Auma Obama
A moving account about life in two cultures, and Auma Obama’s relationship with her brother, Barack.
Kerri Sackville
The Little Book Of Anxiety is for anyone who has experienced anxiety - which is pretty much everyone.
Paul Krugman
A call-to-arms from Nobel Prize-winning economist and best-selling author Paul Krugman.
John Bell
With humour, wit and a lifetime of experience this is a fascinating backstage pass to the life and plays of the Bard from Australia’s best-known Shakespearean actor and director, John…
Alain Badiou,Nicolas Truong
French philosopher Alain Badiou turns his attention to love.
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Gideon Haigh
This book traces the office from origins among merchants and monks to the gleaming glass towers of New York and the space age sweatshops of Silicon Valley, finding a legacy…
Jenny Lawson
Traditional Chinese edition of Lets Pretend This Never Happened?A Mostly True Memoir?
John Quiggin
In the graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas still stalk the land. The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalism - the theory that markets…
Alom Shaha
This is a book for anyone who thinks about what they should believe and how they should live. It’s for those who, like Shaha, may need the facts and the…
Ian Lowe
A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the controversial debate about Australia’s population numbers.When Kevin Rudd responded to a government forecast that the Australian population could reach 36 million by…
Katherine Boo
With intelligence, humour, and deep insight into what connects human beings in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers carries the reader headlong into one of the 21st…
Robert Dessaix
This is a teasing grab-bag of thoughts, memories, anecdotes and effronteries that achieves luxurious coherence.‘ – Weekend Australian
This is a teasing grab-bag of thoughts, memories, anecdotes and effronteries that…
Claire Bidwell Smith
Claire Bidwell Smith, a fourteen - year - old only child, learns that both her parents have cancer. The fear of becoming a family of one compels her to make…
Richard Holloway
A powerful memoir about faith and doubt, with a strong meditative and philosophical heart
Jane Maas
A wickedly frank, funny and fascinating account of life in the New York advertising world in the 1960s portrayed in the hit TV show Mad Men by a real-life Peggy…
Amy Ahlers
Most of us have a nonstop chorus of criticism in our heads voices not unlike those of the mean girls lurking in locker rooms of junior high schools everywhere. Amy…
John Jeremiah Sullivan
A collection of nonfiction essays –Provided by publisher.
Marie-Morgane Le Moel
I ordered a kir. I had promised myself not to drink anything that night, in order to keep my mind clear and be able to sound intelligent in proper English…
Sylvia Lawson
Marking the centenary of Simone de Beauvoir’s birth and the 40th anniversary of Paris’s legendary political carnival in 1968, this book explores the inheritance of May 1968 and asks what…
David McKnight
When Rupert Murdoch called, Prime Ministers and Presidents picked up the phone. David McKnight exposes Murdoch’s unflinching use of his media empire to further his political agenda over decades. This…
Marc Lewis
Marc Lewis’s relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen - year - old, he made brief escapes from reality by…
Andrew Relph
As a child, Andrew had a reading disability; now he is a psychoanalyst, and professionally adept in the art of conversation. Not Drowning, Reading is a work of literary non-fiction…
