Not Just For this Life: Gough Whitlam Remembered

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edited by Wendy Guest, Gary Gray

Gough Whitlam was a great man, a man who was a big man, a man who made an impact on whomever he met, whatever cause he adopted; a man who,...
History, Non Fiction
Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction

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Erika Janik

Ms Janik has found a fascinating topic which encompasses many areas of female involvement in crime fighting. She has looked at early police women and also female fiction characters fighting...
Crime, Fiction, History, Non Fiction
South Pole – Nature and Culture

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Dr. Elizabeth Leane

As the world dwindles in scope for those who love to go to dangerous places,  there is still the one frontier left to continue to explore, a place that is...
History, Non Fiction, Travel
The Moon in the Palace

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Weina Dai Randel

This Chinese Historical Fiction tale is wonderfully encapsulated by language that immediately brings the reader into the time, place and mind of the main character Mei. The author has written...
Fiction, History
The Media and the Massacre: Port Arthur 1996-2016

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Sonya Voumard

Much has been written about the Port Arthur massacre, the news of which stopped the nation. Most Australians remember where they were when they heard about this tragedy. Some would...
History, Non Fiction
One

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Patrick Holland

With sparing use of words Patrick Holland has portrayed the final months of the last two bushrangers in Australia, the Kenniff brothers, Patrick and James and the policeman, Nixon, responsible...
Fiction, History
High Seas & High Teas – Voyaging to Australia

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Roslyn Russell, ; foreword by Kerry O'Brien

In this wonderful peek back through time Roslyn Russell has presented the many little daily intrigues of life on-board often a sailing ship and latterly a steam ship travelling to...
History, Non Fiction, Travel
Witches and Wizards

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Lucy Cavendish

Witches and Wizards are bought into the modern world with a series of tales, not tall but true, about mysterious and magickal beings who were once considered a normal, it...
History, New Age & Spiritual, Non Fiction
Eat Your History

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Jacqui Newling

Just the title alone makes you want to pick-up this book and investigate further. Eat your history indeed! But the subject matter turns out to be as fascinating, interesting and...
Food, History, Non Fiction
The Cabaret Of Plants: Botany and the Imagination

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Richard Mabey

Opening this book at the very beginning, you know you are in for a real treat as the introductory artwork on the inside cover is distinctive and glorious, setting the...
History, Non Fiction
Retro New York – the way we were

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Alan Whiticker

New York, New York. It is a place that has been sung about, been notorious, produced some of the best stage shows, is and has been a leader in the...
History, Non Fiction, Photography
Born in ……….. What else happened?

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Ron Williams

The ‘Born in’ series of books, because that is what they are, has on the back page of each edition the line, ‘Most people know nothing about their year of...
History, Non Fiction