Death in the Ladies’ Goddess Club

By

Julian Leatherdale

Digging deep into the dark heart of Sydney, King’s Cross in particular, during the dissolute years of what could almost be considered as unbridled debauchery and crime of the 1930’s,...
Fiction, History
A Treacherous Country

By

K.M. Kruimink

Australian/Vogel Literary Award Winner 2020 (AU) for an unpublished manuscript A Treacherous Country from KM Kruimink, is set in the 1840’s and moves from England to Van Diemen’s Land. Gabriele...
Fiction, History
Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill’s Cook

By

Annie Gray

The old saying ‘an army marches on its stomach’, which has been attributed to Napoleon and Fredrick the Great, is still valid today and it was certainly so for Winston...
History, Non Fiction
The Viennese Girl

By

Jenny Lecoat

To endure the German invasion of Jersey, islanders needed resilience, fortitude and ingenuity. However, to survive the five years of occupation, Hedy Bercu, a young Jewish woman needed more; the...
Fiction, History
Stone Sky Gold Mountain

By

Mirandi Riwoe

The tone of Stone Sky Gold Mountain is sombre as the author Mirandi Riwoe looks back at Australian History in 1877. The Palmer River in Queensland is the setting for...
Fiction, History
Budgerigar

By

Sarah Harris and Don Baker

The joy of reading comes home to you strongly when you open this book with the rather bland title Budgerigar. Looking at the book’s cover, you would think it may...
History, Non Fiction
The Battles for Kokoda Plateau: Three weeks of hell defending the gateway to the Owen Stanleys

By

David W Cameron

Kokoda is a name known to many Australians as a place of great courage; of acts of selfless bravery, mud, brutality and now, more than almost 65 years after the...
History, Non Fiction
House on Endless Waters

By

Emuna Elon

Why does Yoel Blum, famous Israeli writer, break his promise to his deceased mother never to visit Amsterdam? First he travels to The Netherlands to promote his latest book, but...
Fiction, History
The Secret Garden Cookbook Inspiring Recipes from the Magical World of Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Frances Hodgson Burnett and Amy Cotler

Cookbooks are glorious, sumptuous creations that temp and entice, regardless of whether they are ever used as an actual cookbook, or simply enjoyed for what they offer, a peek into...
Food, History, Non Fiction
Josephine’s Garden

By

Stephanie Parkyn

History provides a abundant backdrop for a wealth of historical fiction with the Empress Josephine, beloved of Napoleon Bonaparte, with her colourful life and lasting legacy providing rich ground for...
Fiction, History
RAAF Black Cats

By

Robert Cleworth and John Suter Linton

Time creates history and time allows access to information kept tucked away, out of sight in various Nations Archives, information which when it was recorded was considered a necessity of...
History, Non Fiction
Tony Wheeler’s Islands of Australia: Travels through Time

By

Tony Wheeler

Australia is not just an island, it is festooned with a myriad of smaller Islands, 8,000 in total, some inhabited, many more listed as wild life refuges and many more...
History, Non Fiction, Travel