The Battle of Long Tan by Peter FitzSimons
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south. 5.02: Running short of ammo. Require drop through trees. It was the a ...Show more
The Blues Brothers by Daniel de Vise
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
"They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. "We're on a mission from God." So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theatres on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage; but Aykr ...Show more
Girls Don't Play Sport: The game-changing, defiant rise of women's sport, and why it matters by Chloe Dalton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
A timely and defiant manifesto unpacking the past, present and future of women's sport, from the Olympic gold medal-winning founder of The Female Athlete Project.
With My Little Eye: The incredible true story of a family of spies in the suburbs by Sandra Hogan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The very funny true story of three children recruited by their parents to work for ASIO in the 1950s. Hilarious, moving and brilliantly told' - Susan Johnson'It reads like the very best of spy thrillers.' - Matthew Condon'An intimate and compelling look at an ordinary family who happen to be ASIO agen ...Show more
Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World by Gordon Brown, Mohamed El-Erian, Michael Spence
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
'An insightful playbook for getting out of the permacrisis we seem mired in’ - Walter Isaacson ‘A sensible plan for reform that can help us create a fairer and more equitable world’ - Sheryl Sandberg Do you feel like we’re in a permacrisis? Chances are you feel some anxiety about the state of the world. ...Show more
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS and HUDSON FYSH by Grantlee Kieza
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map Fearless, sharp-eyed and handsome, Matthew Flinders was one of the greatest of all maritime adventurers and undertook one of the most important voyages of discovery - to circumnavigate and map the famed Great Southern Land ...Show more
This Accidental Present: A Story of Two Families by Ross Wilson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
The intersecting lives of extraordinary people: Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) and Sir Raphael & Lady Phyllis Cilento. In 1951, Kath Walker (later Oodgeroo Noonuccal) became the live-in housekeeper for the family of Sir Raphael and Lady Cilento, an illustrious Brisbane medical family with connect ...Show more
By Sea & Stars: The story of the First Fleet by Trent Dalton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Dazzling, poetic and vivid storytelling from one of Australia's greatest writers, which tells the bloody, brutal and enthralling story of the epic journey of the First Fleet. Originally published as a multi-part serial in The Australian, By Sea and Stars tells the story of the epic voyage which led to t ...Show more
Rich AF: The Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life by Vivian Tu
$36.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Your Rich BFF is here to reveal the secrets the wealthy have been gatekeeping for generations For too long finance has been male, pale, and stale and that's why Vivian Tu, ex- Wall Street Trader and now Your Rich BFF, is here to bust the myth of hard work and reveal the rules of the Rich. Across seven a ...Show more
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Bryson | Reading Level: very good
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got ...Show more
The History of Colour: A Universe of Chromatic Phenomena by Neil Parkinson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
This comprehensive, beautiful book delves deep into the complex but fascinating story of our relationship with colour throughout human history. Color is fundamental to our experience and understanding of the world. It crosses continents and cultures, disciplines and decades. It is used to convey inf ...Show more
The Future of Geography: How power and politics in space will change our world by Tim Marshall
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Tim Marshall on Geopolitics Ser.
Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics. We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth. Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to com ...Show more