The Wonder of Little Things by Vince Copley, Lea McInerney
$34.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous History
'Welcome to my story. It's a simple story of a simple person, who's lived a long life now with some struggles along the way. I didn't learn a lot in school, not in the classroom, anyway. But I learned a lot from life.' Vince Copley was born on a government mission into poverty in 1936. By the time he w ...Show more
Truth-Telling: History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement by Henry Reynolds
$34.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History
If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles. What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole conti ...Show more
On the Voice to Parliament by Charles Prouse
$16.99 AUD
Category: Current Topics
Australia is on the brink of a landmark decision to establish a First Nations Voice to Parliament that will be enshrined in the Constitution. From there, treaty-making and truth-telling will follow. But how do we cut through the debate, get to the heart of the issue and vote in the best interests of In ...Show more
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by Mary Beard
$39.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History | Series: The\A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Ser.
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book — against a background of today’s 'sculpture wars' — Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and fam ...Show more
Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers by Sarah Iles Johnston
$59.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History
Gripping tales that abound with fantastic characters and astonishing twists and turns, Greek myths confront what it means to be mortal in a world of powerful forces beyond human control. Little wonder that they continue to fascinate readers thousands of years after they were first told. Gods and Mortals ...Show more
Griffith Review 84: Attachment Styles
$27.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History | Series: Griffith Review Ser.
The attachments we form shape our experience of the world and our understanding of who we are. ‘Hell is other people', wrote Jean-Paul Sartre, his point being less about misanthropy and more about how entwined our self-perception is with the ways in which others perceive us. And alongside our personal r ...Show more
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Topics | Reading Level: near fine
Time correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the unmissable account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, written and reported from inside the presidential compound in Kyiv, based on Shuster's unparalleled access to President Zelensky and his top aides. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels wit ...Show more
The Wager by David Grann
$24.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BALLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I've ever read' Guardian 'The greatest sea story ever told' Spectator'A cracking yarn... Grann's taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expre ...Show more
Dunera Lives A Visual History by Ken Inglis; Seumas Spark; Jay Winter; Carol Bunyan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History | Series: History Ser.
"When scholars of such rigorous and refined erudition engage with a topic of such critical importance it is a cause for celebration, as are the lives themselves, painstakingly recorded so movingly herein. And all of it comes into the world not a moment too soon."--Elliot Perlman *** In July 1940, around ...Show more
True to the Land: A History of Food in Australia by Paul van Reyk
$49.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History | Series: Foods and Nations Ser.
Spanning 65,000 years, this book provides a history of food in Australia from its beginnings, with the arrival of the first peoples and their stewardship of the land, to a present where the production and consumption of food is fraught with anxieties and competing priorities. It describes how food produ ...Show more
So Far, So Good: On connection, loss, laughter and the Torres Strait by Aaron Fa'Aoso
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Topics
'I am a descendant of the Samu and Koedal clans of Sabai Island. My people are warriors, but we are storytellers too.' On his long path to success from aspiring professional footballer to actor, director and producer for every opportunity Aaron Fa'Aoso had, there were setbacks and heartache.He was six w ...Show more
Love, Oil And The Fortunes Of War by Paul Ashford Harris
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Topics
• A rollicking fictionalised tale about (real life) powerful characters, and how by helping preserve the dominance of the British Navy they arguably altered the outcome of WW1. • Main characters: Gertrude Bell (famous explorer, archaeologist and supporter of women’s rights – Nicole Kidman play her in th ...Show more