The Little Book of Lost Words

By

Joe Gillard

Language changes over the generations and centuries with so many wonderful, rich, and incredibly funny words, at least in the world of modern language, becoming obsolete or simply lost in...
Fiction, History, Humour
Hillary’s Antarctica

By

Nigel Watson and Jane Ussher

Sir Edmund Hillary,as he eventually became, was a humble man born into a New Zealand family living in Auckland in 1919. He was a quiet, reserved child who discovered a...
History, Non Fiction, Travel
The Silk Roads A New History of the World – Illustrated Edition

By

Peter Frankopan.Illustrated Neil Packer

History is an amazing place to visit as it holds so many secrets, strange events, life lessons and most of all, wonderful adventures from times long gone, seldom remembered and...
History, Non Fiction
The Crow Eaters: A journey through South Australia

By

Ben Stubbs

All South Australians should read this book which is a big call, but the author has done what the best travel writers do, and that is, looked at familiar places,...
History, Non Fiction, Travel
The Snowy: A History, New Edition

By

Siobhán McHugh

This anniversary edition of the story behind the Snowy Mountain Scheme, has surprisingly been written by an Irish Journalist. She also was surprised to be asked. When Siobhan McHugh arrived...
History, Non Fiction
The Lost Gutenberg

By

Margaret Leslie Davis

This is a fascinating and detailed account of a Gutenberg Bible, the people responsible for its printing, and those people who owned it afterwards. The author has extensively researched historical...
History, Non Fiction
The Original Australians The story of the Aboriginal People

By

Josephine Flood

The Original Australians was released onto the market in 2006. This volume of work from respected archaeologist Josephine Flood soon became a best seller, purchased by many with a genuine...
History, Non Fiction
In a Great Southern Land

By

Mary-Anne O'Connor

There have been many Historical Fiction books written about the First Settlers and the struggle and hardships that they faced.  In A Great Southern Land is different in that it...
Fiction, History
The Seventies: The personal, the political and the making of modern Australia

By

Michelle Arrow

A series of coincidences saw the beginning of what is now The Seventies, a work that takes a look back at a time in Australian history that created major change,...
History, Non Fiction
Esther The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony

By

Jessica North

For ten years, Jessica North has meticulously researched this story about the first Jewish lady on board the First Fleet. Although Esther, the Jewish girl, had none of the education...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Stranger Country

By

Monica Tan

Monica Tan is an ABC, (Australian Born Chinese) woman who grew up in a comfortable and loving family in a Sydney suburb. When she left university, she was employed as...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Old Days, Old Ways Stories from my radio days in the bush

By

Alex Nicol

The front cover photos for Old Days, Old Ways show us the period in Australian history that it encapsulates. Alex Nicol began his career as a trainee rural reporter in...
History, Non Fiction