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Ta-Nehisi Coates
In a work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a new…
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This book celebrates Melbourne in heady times.
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James Coventry
An accomplished book about the genius and ingenuity of the game’s greats (and the forgotten) and how they have shaped the game through the innovation of tactics.
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If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you’d do best to hone your chops and avoid cliches (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the…
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Dee Williams
A personal memoir about downsizing and the author’s experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle –
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Graham Seal
The search for the great south land began in ancient times and was a matter of colourful myth and cartographical fantasy until the Dutch East India Company started sending ships…
Marc Auge
As he leaves the cinema where he has just watched Casablanca, one of his favorite films, Julien is approached by a mysterious young woman, Claire. Unbeknownst to Julien, Claire has…
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Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson sweeps from the Renaissance to The Wire
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Chris Impey (University of Arizona in Tucson)
Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space-and then reminds us that we’re already there.
Dan Fagin
Rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, this is an epic of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave…
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
The White Possessive explores the links between race, sovereignty, and possession through themes of property: owning property, being property, and becoming propertyless. Focusing on the Australian Aboriginal context, Aileen Moreton-Robinson…
Umberto Eco
By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy’s most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential…
Professor Francis O'Gorman (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History suggests a unique approach to the inner life and its ordinary pains. Francis O'Gorman charts the emergence of our contemporary idea of worry in…
Alexandra Roginski
An Aboriginal labourer named Jim Crow is led to the scaffold of the Maitland Gaol in colonial New South Wales. Among the onlookers is the Scotsman AS Hamilton, who will…
Thich Nhat Hanh
In his beautiful new book, Buddhist monk and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh explains how mindfulness is the practice that stops the noise inside. Through silence, Thich Nhat…
Lady Antonia Fraser
A charming collection of essays from some of our best-loved writers about the pleasures of reading.
Judd Apatow
Intimate, hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy - including Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Roseanne, Harold Ramis, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, and Lena Dunham.
Lucy Sussex
The story of the crime novel that became a global publishing phenomenon –Cover.
John Tait,Catherine Fleming
This book uncovers the zany world of Captain Matchbox, but goes far beyond by following the extraordinary careers of Mic and Jim Conway. After Matchbox finally struck out, the brothers…
Alain Badiou
Badiou’s most accessible book and essential reading for militants everywhere
Klaus Neumann
Today, Australia’s response to asylum - seeking ‘boat people’ is a hot - button issue that feeds the political news cycle. But the daily reports and political promises lack the…
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Chip Kidd
In this playful, image-heavy, insight-rich book, Chip Kidd explores the design of everyday objects, revealing the way design shapes our world.
Ella Frances Sanders
Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or, that there’s a Swedish word that means a traveller’s…
Giulia Enders
Beginning with her personal experience of illness, the author explains everything from the basics of nutrient absorption to the science linking bowel bacteria with mental disorders.
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Wendy Suzuki,Billie Fitzpatrick
A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health and our personal happiness in this clear, informative and inspiring guide - a blend of personal memoir, science…
Anna Broinowski
‘We were all propagandists; the only differences were our goals.’
Looking for respite from her crumbling marriage and determined to stop a coal seam gas mine near her Sydney home…
Malcolm Knox
Down, down…
In hardware, petrol, merchandise, liquor and above all in groceries, Coles and Woolworths now jointly rule Australia’s retail landscape. On average, every man, woman and child in this…
Jane Cornwell
A fearless and funny quest for love, connection and a faithful man who can dance, The Whirl is a truly sexy memoir for the adventurer in all of us.
Debra Adelaide
Contributors include: Debra Adelaide, Joan London, Delia Falconer, Sunil Badami, Gabrielle Carey, Luke Davies, Tegan Bennett Daylight, Kate Forsyth, Giulia Giuffre, Andy Griffiths, Anita Heiss, Gail Jones, Jill Jones, Catherine…
Michael Magazanik
Lyn Rowe was born in Melbourne in 1962, seven months after her mother Wendy was given a new ‘wonder drug’ for morning sickness called thalidomide. For fifty years the Rowe…
David Kilcullen
Last year was a ‘blood year’ in the Middle East - massacres and beheadings, fallen cities, collapsed and collapsing states, the unravelling of a decade of Western strategy. We saw…
Frank Brennan
What lessons have been learned from the 1967 referendum? In 1967, Australians voted overwhelmingly in favour of altering two aspects of the Constitution that related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Tim Soutphommasane
Tim Soutphommasane, Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, reflects on the national experience of racism and the progress that has been made since the introduction of the Racial Discrimination Act in 1975…
Samantha Ellis
On a pilgrimage to Wuthering Heights, the author found herself arguing with her best friend about which heroine was best: Jane Eyre or Cathy Earnshaw. She was all for wild…
Elizabeth Fenn
The Mandan Indians, iconic plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the centre of the North American universe. Why don’t we know…
Tariq Ali
Britain’s leading radical delivers an eviscerating attack on the indistinguishable political elite of the UK.
James Curran
In the early 1970s, two titans of Australian and American politics, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and President Richard Nixon, clashed over the end of the Vietnam war and the shape…
Miriam Lyons,Ian McAuley
Unpacks the economic role of government for people who are fed up with dumbed-down debates on important public issues. Appealing to readers of books such as Zombie Economics or How…
Emily Nagoski
An essential exploration of women’s sexuality that will radically transform your sex life into one filled with confidence and joy.
Naomi Klein
This Changes Everything is a must-read on our future, one of the defining and most hopeful books of this era.
Latika Bourke
Latika Bourke was adopted from India, aged eight months. Growing up in Bathurst, New South Wales she felt a deep connection to her Australian home and her Australian family. It…
Matt Haig
Aged 24, Matt Haig’s world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This book tells the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over…
Michael Cooney
Julia Gillard was prime minister for three tumultuous years. Here, Michael Cooney, her speechwriter and a longtime Labor staffer, tells us in extraordinarily frank and vivid terms exactly what went…
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable More Fool Me.
Mark Bahnisch
Everyone has heard the cliches about Queensland politics: Queensland is ‘different’. It’s the ‘Deep North’. Its state elections exemplify Pineapple Party Time. But what if those cliches are in fact…
Kate Howarth
The much-awaited sequel to the The Age Non-fiction Book of the Year winner Ten Hail Marys
Following on from Ten Hail Marys, which chronicled her volatile upbringing and the…
J. K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling, one of the world’s most inspiring writers, shares her wisdom and advice in this artfully illustrated book.
Writers, musicians, filmmakers, gamers, lawyers and academics talk about why copyright matters to them - or doesn’t. We expect to be able to log on and read, watch or listen…
