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Paula A. Michaels (Professor of History, Professor of History, Monash University)
Reveals the surprising history of the Lamaze method of childbirth, also known as psychoprophylaxis, by tracing this psychological, non-pharmacological approach to obstetric pain relief from its origins in the USSR…
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Bob Carr
Six years after vacating his position as the longest - serving Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr returned to politics in his dream job: as Foreign Minister of Australia…
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Kurt Vonnegut
Peppered with insights, one-liners and missives to the likes of Norman Mailer, Gunter Grass and Bernard Malamud, the author is funny, wise and modest. As he himself said: ‘I am…
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Eddie Ayres
In her provocative, intelligent, surprising and funny memoir Cadence, Emma cycles her way from England to Hong Kong with a violin she calls Aurelia strapped to her back. But it…
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Temple Grandin,Richard Panek
In this fascinating and highly readable book, Temple Grandin offers her own experience as an autistic person alongside remarkable new discoveries about the autistic brain, as well as genetic research…
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Benjamin Kunkel
After the financial crash and the Great Recession, the media rediscovered Karl Marx, socialist theory, and the very idea that capitalism can be questioned.
David van Reybrouck
Epic yet eminently readable, penetrating and profoundly moving, ‘Congo’ traces the fate of one of the world’s most devastated countries, second only to war-torn Somalia: the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Matthew Condon
The much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling Three Crooked Kings. Here we read about the shocking true story of Queensland and how a society was shaped by almost half a century…
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The Royal Women's Hospital
As a woman, looking after your health is the most important step you can take towards creating a healthy, happy family and a thriving community. But in today’s busy world…
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Paul Verhaeghe,Jane Hedley-Prole
In *What about Me?*, Verhaeghe shows the profound impact that social change is having on mental health, even affecting the nature of the disorders from which we suffer.
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Julie Szego
In the style of literary non-fiction comes a compelling, true story that will appeal to mystery, crime and “CSI” aficionados and anyone interested in justice for all in the midst…
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Rana Dasgupta
Driving along the dusty, congested roads of central Delhi gives no sense of the verdant landscape behind the high walls that line them: it is only when you ascend, for…
Philip Hoare
A startling book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of the Moby-Dick Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for ‘Leviathan’.
Andrew Solomon
Drawing on interviews with over three hundred families, covering subjects including deafness, dwarfs, Down’s Syndrome, Autism, Schizophrenia, disability, prodigies, children born of rape, children convicted of crime and transgender people…
Peter Stanley
Australians remember the dead of 25 April 1915 on Anzac Day every year. But do we know the name of a single soldier who died that day? What do we…
Paul Toohey
In Quarterly Essay 53, Paul Toohey looks at one of Tony Abbott’s signature promises: to stop the boats. Has his government succeeded? If so, at what cost?
Masha Gessen
The story of Pussy Riot, punk icons and Russian dissenters, and the untold story of their infamous trial and on-going global significance
Should you seek an advanced degree, or will workshops smother your style? Do you need to move to New York, or will the high cost of living undo you? What’s…
Colin Holden
The majestic works of eighteenth-century Italian printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi have never ceased to inspire artists, printmakers and architects.
Doris Brett
The Twelfth Raven is a literary journey through a series of crises, and an inspirational story of recovery after stroke. Doris Brett’s brave and unflinching memoir offers hope to the…
Rafael Epstein
Prisoner X, just 34 years old, was slumped in a small bathroom, separated from his cell by a transparent door. Kept in one of the most technologically sophisticated solitary jail…
Peter Edwards
In this landmark book, award-winning historian Peter Edwards skilfully unravels the complexities of the global Cold War, decolonisation in Southeast Asia and Australian domestic politics to provide new, often surprising…
Daniel J. Siegel
An inside-out guide to the emerging adolescent mind, ages 12-24 –Jacket.
David Vann
David Vann has loved boats all his life. So when his academic career seems to be stuck in the doldrums, he leaps at the opportunity to start an educational charter…
Brown James
In Anzac’s Long Shadow, James Brown, a former army officer and brilliant young thinker, describes how Australia is investing too much time, money and emotion in the Anzac legend…
Marcel Proust
The foremost Proust scholar of our time offers a brilliantly revised and annotated edition of the first volume of the twentieth century’s most acclaimed novel
Mandy Sayer
In the follow-up to her bestselling memoir, Dreamtime Alice, Mandy Sayer tells the story of the ten years she and Yusef Komunyakaa spent together, first as lovers, then as husband…
Stephen Dando-Collins
Sir Henry Parkes: Father of Federation, Premier of NSW, Statesman, Visionary, Political Leader, Poet, Humanist May 27, 2015 brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Parkes. After…
Li Na
Li Na claimed an unprecedented victory at the 2011 French Open at age twenty-nine, and became the first player from an Asian country to win a Grand Slam singles title…
Damien Brown
A powerful, heart-breaking, surprisingly funny, honest and ultimately uplifting account of life on the medical frontline, and a moving testimony of the work done by Medecins Sans Frontieres and the…
Marcus Luttrell,Patrick Robinson
It was a top-secret US military mission. Now, the SEAL team leader finally tells the stunning true story
Simon Kennedy
On 11 September 2001, Simon Kennedy’s mum boarded flight AA777 to begin her return to Australia after completing a much-planned holiday of America. All passengers on board were killed in…
Rebecca Mead
A celebration of George Eliot’s life, work and greatest novel, exploring through a mixture of literary biography, deep reading and personal memoir how Middlemarch answers fundamental questions about life and…
Earl Owen
Earl Owen was the first surgeon to be able to reverse vasectomies and complete fallopian tube ligatures (using his microsurgical prowess). And he designed the chairs in the Sydney Opera…
Marion Maddox
In Australia’s public schools, students are now routinely exposed to evangelism from very conservative Christian groups. Marion Maddox uncovers the surprising impact of these groups on once secular public schooling…
