The Crying Years: Australia’s Great War

By

Peter Stanley

As Australia approaches the Century of the end of the First World War on 11 November 1918,  when Germany agreed to an Armistice, a day now known as Armistice Day,...
History, Non Fiction
Cars in Cuba You Should See Before They Die

By

Kim Buddee

Whatever you may think about coffee table books, throw it out the window, as this incredible series of portraits, or this rather visual essay, devoted to the wonderful cars of...
History, Non Fiction, Photography
Made to Order: George Thwaites and sons, colonial cabinet makers

By

Robert La Nauze

George Thwaites was a remarkable man whom like many of his time, survived much in his homeland of England to eventually travel to the new and fledgling country of Australia...
History, Non Fiction
Ned Kelly The Iron Outlaw

By

Brad Webb

Ned Kelly is a name that has lived on long into Australian History as a man who, bushranger though he undoubtable was, was also a man who was targeted, misjudged...
History, Non Fiction
Escape Artist: The incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck

By

Peter Monteath

Johnny Peck was obviously born to be different, to accept that nothing sent to him to could not be overcome with a little thought, unswerving courage, a bit of good...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Painting the Sand

By

Kin Hughes GC

Raw, fascinating, enthralling and intriguing, the world of the Bomb Disposal expert is given entrée through the eyes of Kim Hughes, Bomb Disposal expert in the British Armed Forces, during...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Abandoned and Sacrificed The Tragedy of the Montevideo Maru

By

Kathryn Spurling

History, especially history relating to war, retrospectively, almost mysteriously becomes dressed in fine feathers, lauding the bravery of the men and their commanders who went to war, conquering the foe...
History, Non Fiction
Bridget Crack

By

Rachel Leary

The descriptive language that the author uses makes this Historical Fiction a fascinating depiction of the past. She sets the scene of the colony of Van Diemen’s Land with factual...
Fiction, History
Sydney Noir: The Golden Years

By

Michael Duffy, Nick Hordern

Sydney, What a place. What a history. It does not matter which way you look at it, the history is certainly colourful. The beginning of settlement in the new place...
Crime, Fiction, History, Non Fiction
Vietnam Remembered

By

Gregroy Pemberton

War is never, ever a good thing; the tragedy and destruction created in so many ways leaves an eternally lasting imprint on the fabric of society. Nothing that is said,...
History, Non Fiction
White Butterflies (Updated edition)

By

Colin Mcphedran

When Colin McPhedran was 11 years old he lived in Burma, son of a Burmese mother and British Oil executive father. Life was good growing up until in 1941 the...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
The Honest History Book

By

edited by David Stephens, Alison Broinowski

In this collection of 19 essays we are introduced to another, perhaps more intimate, and definitely factual look at the basis of what has become in Australia, one of the...
History, Non Fiction