The Battle Within: POWs in postwar Australia

By

Christina Twomey

The front cover of this book depicts the loving embrace of a soldier and his wife after his return from war. It would almost appear that the hardship and nightmare...
History, Non Fiction
THERE’S YOUR QUOTE, MATE An anthology of outrageous interviews from the mixed-up, muddled up music scene

By

Antonio tati

Reading the Introduction of this truly fascinating look inside the Australian Music Industry is like a crash course on Antonio Tati’s life, on speed. Tati could perhaps be best described...
History, Non Fiction
Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901

By

Tim Rowse

In 1900 Alfred Deakin agreed to write anonymously about political life for the London Morning Post. He was a man who had been involved with indigenous affairs for many years,...
History, Non Fiction
Signs of Australia: Vintage signs from the city to the outback

By

Brady Michaels, Dale Campisi

and delightful log, or if you like recording or cataloguing, of an aspect of Australian life which is sadly slowly fading into obscurity. Perhaps it is something you can gift...
History, Non Fiction, Photography
The 50 Greatest Prehistoric Sites of the World

By

Barry Stone

During the advent and reign of what can be termed as modern man, the death and destruction caused is like none other before in many aspects; none so apparent as...
History, Non Fiction
A Timeline of Australian Food: From Mutton to Masterchef

By

Jan O'Connell

The author is not a foodie, but came up with the idea of how food had changed over a period of time. Even in our own lifetimes we are aware...
Food, History, Non Fiction
Australian Gypsies: Their secret history

By

Mandy Sayer

The author is correct in saying that most of us know little about Gypsies. Vague notions of painted caravans in Enid Blyton books, and of course, references by Toad of...
History, Non Fiction
No Front Line Australian special forces at war in Afghanistan

By

Chris Masters

Following on from his previous book Uncommon Soldier where he explored the ‘myth, legend and reality’ which surrounds the modern day soldier and where it all commenced, Chris Masters takes...
History, Non Fiction
Living the 1960s

By

Looking back is always something done with great fondness and this reflection of life in Australia during the 1960’s is absolutely no exception. Thanks to the excellent National Library of...
History, Lifestyle, Non Fiction
Codename Suzette An extraordinary story of resistance and rescue in Nazi Paris

By

Anne Nelson

Many a great story comes about by chance. Codename Suzette is exactly that. Stumbled upon while researching Red Orchestra, a retouched photograph of a woman known as Suzanne Spaak, was...
History, Young Adult
Collecting for the Nation: The Australiana Fund

By

edited by Jennifer Sanders

The rich and varied artistic history of Australia was for many years little recognised, and certainly not able to be appreciated by those other than the owners of the various...
History, Non Fiction, Photography
The Last Hours

By

Minette Walters

After a ten year break from writing crime fiction, Minette Walters has produced a book about the Black Death. She discovered she lived a short distance away from where the...
Fiction, History