The gritty realism of family life lived in the poverty-stricken slum of inner Sydney’s Surry Hills during the 1940s. Also includes Missus and Poor Man’s Orange.

The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves. But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an…

The second volume of Ruth Park’s autobiography is the tender portrait of her partnership with D'Arcy Niland in life and work. They were two talented, volatile people who shared dreams…

Two favourites in one volume. Callie’s Castle introduces Callie Cameron, who is unhappy with her friend Frances, her family and, well, life. In Callie’s Family, we return to the Cameron…

Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a…

Thebaid is a Latin epic, composed by Statius in AD 80-92, about the mythological story of the expedition of the seven warriors against Thebes. In this volume Parkes offers the…

Did you know that Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist? She fought to change unfair laws. Discover more in Rosa Parks, a title in the Historical Figures series.

Explores the history of a symbol of the Pacific Northwest and the national park that preserves it. Interspersed between information on the mountain’s geological and glacial origins, its current ecological…