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Bill Bryson
The Body Illustrated will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.
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Johann Hari
Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back?
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Broadsheet Media
There’s nowhere quite like Australia. Travels celebrates all that makes the country special, from its natural beauty and ancient culture to its creative cities.
Don Watson
From the bestselling author of The Bush, the story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a remote Aboriginal tribe: a miniature epic of human adaptation, suffering and…
Kate Fullagar
The first dual biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history - the colonised and coloniser - and a bold and innovative new portrait of…
Margaret Atwood
An exhilarating collection of non-fiction from the bestselling, double Booker Prize-winning phenomenon that is Margaret Atwood.
Ian Kershaw
The acclaimed historian explores how far individual leaders can alter the course of history
Burkhard Bilger
A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this 'unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war' (Patrick Radden Keefe, author…
Melissa Roberts (ed.), Trevor Watson (ed.)
Australia’s women correspondents tell their stories of working at the frontline around the world.
Rebecca Donner
The thrilling and previously unknown story of the woman who led the largest anti-Nazi resistance group in Germany.
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Mark Considine
A powerful statement of how to fix Australia’s failing social services
Jillian Graham
Did Margaret Sutherland achieve more for Australian music than any other composer?
Stuart Kells
Inside Australia's most venerable book publishing house
Bain Attwood
An important tribute to the work and life of an extraordinary Aboriginal activist.
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Richard Broinowski
Tells the life story of E.W. Cole, a colourful and much loved figure of 19th century Melbourne.
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Mark McKenna
Offers an imaginative and original new telling of modern Australia through the history and stories of ten places, all revisited and explained by award-winning author and historian Mark McKenna, including…
Jim Davidson
‘Lilliput’, in this dual biography, is the world of literary magazines in Australia between the 1940s and the 1980s. The book ranges from before the Menzies era and the Cold…
Raimond Gaita, Scott Stephens (ed.)
The collected writings of Raimond Gaita.
Nathan Hobby
The captivating new biography of an Australian literary giant
John S. Levi
Between 1788 and 1850, more than 1500 Jewish men and women were either transported to Australia as convicts or arrived as free settlers. This important biographical dictionary presents the details…
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Bernard Smith, Sheridan Palmer (ed.)
From Australia's greatest art historian and pioneer of post-colonialism Bernard Smith comes a new edition of this classic study of an imagined southern world.
Bob Byrne
Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with Bob Byrne as he transports us back in time to a Melbourne that has long since disappeared, the streets and buildings, the…
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Tom Holland
A masterful history of Rome’s first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the Sword.
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Alev Scott
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR.* A journey across the former Ottoman Empire reveals its legacy and the integral diversity threatened amid rising nationalism.
David Barrie
A book about animal navigation - how creatures, great and small, find their way and how brilliantly they manage without benefit of maps or instruments - and what lessons there…
A brilliant new account of the world’s very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC.
Eric Hobsbawm
The first volume of Hobsbawm's classic and universally acclaimed trilogy on the 19th century, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History Great
The Age of Extremes is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm’s personal vision of the twentieth century.
Hobsbawm’s brilliant history, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History Great
Emma Marriott
History is a rich, varied and fascinating subject, so it’s rare to find the whole lot in one book … until now. Author Emma Marriott pulls it all together, from…
Levison Wood
An inimitable tale of survival, resilience, and sheer willpower, Levison Wood’s Walking the Nile is an inspiring chronicle of an epic journey down the lifeline of civilization in northern Africa.
Kassia St Clair
A new history of ingenuity from the author of The Secret Lives of Colour.
Mark Forsyth
A new cover look for all three of Mark Forsyth’s brilliant books on words and phrases, on the 5th anniversary of The Etymologicon’s publication.
Tim Harford
Fifty Things that Shaped the Modern Economy paints the epic picture of economic change in an intimate way, by telling the stories of tools and ideas that had far-reaching and…
Giorgetto Giugiaro, Enzo Rizzo
This volume traces through more than 150 years of Italian automotive history.
Victor Sebestyen
The dramatic story of Budapest, a city on the fault line between East and West in the heart of Europe.
Bamber Gascoigne
By focusing on the key colourful characters of the eight major dynasties, Bamber Gascoigne brings to life 3500 years of Chinese civilization.
Roger Crowley
From the prize-winning author of Empires of the Sea comes an epic work of narrative maritime history.
Mark Mazower
A short history of the Balkans from the Romans to the present, which provides vital historical and cultural background to contemporary Balkan politics and offers the reader a fresh view…
Seth Godin
The bestselling business guru who brought us Purple Cow and The Dip offers his first (and totally unique) book about leadership.
Justin Calverley, Ceres
The guide for anyone who dreams of living the country life in the city by growing their own healthy, sustainable fruit and veg - and more!
Trinny Woodall
'Everything you could ever want for any age of woman. This book will change your life.' - Davina McCall
Richard Scholar
English has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. French words and phrases,such as a la mode, ennui, naivete and caprice, lend English a certain…
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Philip Jones
George French Angas (1822-1886) spent 18 months sketching and observing in Australia and New Zealand between 1844 and 1845. It was a period of decisive and irreversible cultural change. The…
David Cairns
Describes the composer Berlioz’s early life and career until the celebrated performance of Symphonie Fantastique in 1832. This title depicts a character of titanic energy and ambition in the process…
Brodie Lancaster
No Way! Okay, Fine. is a memoir about pop culture, pop music, feminism and feelings from freelance journalist and editor Brodie Lancaster.
Paul Thomas
Loosely based on fact, cartoonist/satirist Paul Thomas delves into the history of the Tattoo whilst concocting a healthy amount of hilarious fiction along the way
Fred Kofman
Why purpose and meaning drive success, by the ‘in-house philosopher’ at LinkedIn.
