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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
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To celebrate the Australia Institute's 30th anniversary we have asked some of the greatest minds from Australia and around the world to share a big idea.
To mark The Australia…
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Let’s hear it for the Australian women who have shaped our history and are expanding our future!
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A beautifully packaged, everything-you-need-to-know resource for all twelve signs of the zodiac.
Astrology has taken the world by storm millions of people around the globe use the positions of the…
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Featuring poems from award-winning and emerging writers for middle grade reading.
Grow a poet-tree with Meg McKinlay or curl up next to your cat with Amber Moffat and watch a…
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Coco Chanel declared a hat to be essential when lunching with people one didn't know very well. These days such pretensions may seem old hat but we still set store…
The moment of pulling a suitcase or rucksack down from a cupboard or out from under the bed always carries a particular kind of excitement. It's as if going away…
This is a book of poetry for everyone. Inside is a treasure trove of writing celebrating mindfulness. Read the poems aloud or curl up with them in a quiet corner…
An anthology of stories from sexuality workers about the therapeutic power of sex work. You'll hear from surrogate partners, sexological bodyworkers, and other intimacy professionals, including those specialising in kink…
These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall…
This is an impactful and innovative A-Z social work reference guide through the lens of the lived experience and realities of social workers. A diverse range of real-life cases are…
Dine with beloved writers in this 'utterly charming' (Nina Stibbe) new anthology of their very own favourite recipes, introduced by Bee Wilson.
From the winners of the JKP Writing Prize, this anthology of stories speaks to the humanity and bravery found in resistance against racism and the various ways it can manifest…
UQP celebrates 70 years of publishing the best Australian writing with a unique anthology that showcases the diversity of the Australian literary landscape.
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Australia has some seriously ace men who have broken new ground, stood up for what they believed in, achieved incredible things and defied stereotypes. You’ll find some of those men…
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A collection of 25 classic stories shaped by Gothic’s mood of menace and the macabre.
A selection of fairy and folk tales drawn from the works of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault and other classic sources.
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Stories and Sketches by our best authors, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions…
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Stories by American Authors, Volume 10, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have…
Stories by American Authors, Volume 2, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have…
Stories by American Authors, Volume 7, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have…
Stories by American Authors, Volume 3, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have…
Stories by American Authors, Volume 6, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have…
Stories by American Authors, Volume 8, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have…
These volumes originally published between 1980 and 1995 are a valuable resource for geomorphology students on courses on river behaviour and will also be of interest to students of hydraulics…
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Featuring Comfy Cosy,Cosy Noir, Historical/Period Drama, Historical Private Eyes, Narrative Crimes, and a whole spectrum of Crime fiction sub-genres - dated from 420BC to AD1969.
Originally published between 1923 and 1989, the 21 volumes in this set examine the politics, economics, sociology and psychology of (un)employment during the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries, including during…
Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Politics collects together 25 titles to form an important reference work on the state of politics in the Soviet Union from its beginnings up to Gorbachev…
Chapter One is as innovative and provocative a concept as the name implies. The first section introduces the eight authors of the book to readers by means of an excerpt…
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Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Relations presents in 38 volumes a series of previously out-of-print books that examine industrial relations between employers and workers, governments and workforces. Titles look at the…
Ever Get A Feeling Of Deja vu? Say It Again gathers 17 crime fiction reprints from diverse sources (Mystery Weekly, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's, and the like) from…
Are all psychos 'nut jobs'? Or, given the chance, could they show that their actions really are totally logical? At least, from their perspective that is.17 crime writers put forward…
The volumes in this set, originally published between 1953 and 1994 are as relevant now as they were when first published dealing with the ever-pressing need to balance economy (seen…
Another anthology of interesting and unusual stories from winning authors whose entries to AudioArcadia's last short story competition were selected by the judges.
Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society gathers together 27 previously out-of-print titles from our classic backlist to form an important reference collection on the many aspects of society in the Soviet…
Well, let me tell you about the time when.... But that's how it usually starts, doesn't it? Someone says something, which reminds someone else about.... And so the anecdotal avalanche…
A book containing the stories and poems that have been selected for prizes or special mention in the 2023 short story and poetry competitions organised by The Bedford Competition. For…
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The Soviet Union Looks Ahead (1930) is the official statement of the five-year economic plan put forward by the Soviet Union, a plan involving the radical reconstruction of the entire…
Wrecking Activities at Power Stations in the Soviet Union (1933) is a valuable historical document that presents a verbatim report of the trials of various Soviet and British engineers and…
"Hence the perfection of the universe requires that there should be intellectual creatures. Now to understand cannot be the action of a body, nor of any corporeal power.... Hence the…
Zip through the snow. Win a swimming race prize. See through a stick insect's Nobbly disguise. Cheer at a football game. (What a kick! Look!) Or read a good poem…
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Writings on people and places, theater and film, in a portfolio of essays and photographs informing Wes Anderson's film Asteroid City. A collection of mid-century Americana (and beyond), beginning on…
