Colony: Australia 1770 1861 / Frontier Wars by Cathy Leahy, Judith Ryan
$80.00 AUD
Category: Australian
This publication explores Australia's shared history. Featuring works from the National Gallery of Victoria and key collections throughout Australia, it highlights the multiple perspectives on our colonial history through new scholarship and first-person statements from contemporary artists. This volume ...Show more
The Sydney Language by Jaky Troy; Jakelin Troy
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian
The Sydney Language was written to revive interest in the Aboriginal language of the Sydney district. It makes readily available the small amount of surviving information from historical records. Author, Professor Jakelin Troy refers to the language as the Sydney Language' because there was no name give ...Show more
Refugee Rights Policy Wrongs A Frank, Up-To-Date Guide by Experts by Jane McAdam; Fiona Chong
$30.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law, but public discourse in Australia about refugees is dominated by scare-mongering and political point-scoring. The government seeks to `stop the boats' whatever the cost, be it human, economic, moral or legal. In this new book, Jane McAdam an ...Show more
Siege: Trump Under Fire by Michael Wolff
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell bestseller FIRE AND FURY, once again takes us inside the Trump presidency to reveal a White House under siege. With FIRE AND FURY, Michael Wolff defined the first phase of the Trump administration; now, in SIEGE, he has written an equally essential and explosive bo ...Show more
Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt by Carolyn Graves-Brown
$99.00 AUD
Category: History
This book is about the weird and wonderful lesser-known 'spirit' entities of ancient Egypt-daemons, the mysterious and often fantastical creatures of the Egyptian 'Otherworld' - and the closely related spirits of the dead, which together conjure the excitement of all things otherworldly. Daemons and spi ...Show more
Out of our Minds by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$33.00 AUD
Category: History
To imagine – to see that which is not there – is the startling ability that has fueled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the pictures in our minds. Traversing the realms of science, politics, religi ...Show more
The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
$33.00 AUD
Category: European
"Dina Nayeri's powerful writing confronts issues that are key to the refugee experience." --Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer and The Refugees In her first work of nonfiction, Dina Nayeri raises surprising and provocative questions, recalibrating the conversation aroun ...Show more
Larrikins in Khaki: Tales of Irreverence and Courage from World War II Diggers by Tim Bowden
$33.00 AUD
Category: War | Series: Irreverence & Courage from WWII Digger Memoirs
From recruitment and training and the battlegrounds of Palestine, North Africa, Thailand, Burma and beyond, here are the highly individual stories of Australia's World War II Diggers told in their own voices - warts and all.
Shot Down: The Powerful Story of What Happened to MH17 over Ukraine and the Lives of Those Who Were on Board by Marianne van Velzen
$30.00 AUD
Category: Asian | Series: MH17
The first full telling of what happened to MH17 and the stories of those who were killed on that tragic day.
The Borgias - Power and Fortune by Paul Strathern
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici. The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of t ...Show more
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey
$20.00 AUD
Category: History
A bold new history of the rise of Christianity, showing how its radical followers ravaged vast swathes of classical culture, plunging the world into an era of dogma and intellectual darkness In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their limbs hung along the town's main street. ...Show more
Empire of Democracy by Simon Reid-Henry
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Half a century ago, at the height of the Cold War and amidst a world economic crisis, the Western democracies were forced to undergo a profound transformation. Against what some saw as a full-scale "crisis of democracy" - with race riots, anti-Vietnam marches and a wave of worker discontent sowing crisi ...Show more