Wheel of Fortune (The Tarnished Crown)

By

C F Dunn

Set during the time of the War of Roses (1455-85) that raged between the Houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne, Book 1 in the Wheel of Fortune...
Fiction, Historical, History
Hellalyle and Hildebrand

By

Tagai Tarutin

Frederick Burton's painting, "The Meeting on the Turret Stair" 1864, hanging in the National Gallery of Ireland is a stunning artwork capturing a simple and yet divinely beautiful romantic moment...
Fiction, History
The Gallows Bird

By

Barbara Sumner

Barbara Sumner, in her first fiction novel The Gallows Bird, celebrates the lives of so many women placed in service at a young age, some to accept their lot in...
Fiction, History
Aboriginal Victorians

By

Richard Broome

A history since 1800 “This book is about how Aboriginal people have been challenged by change since 1800, forging a place in Victoria, to live as Aboriginal people in an...
History, Non Fiction
Memoirs of a French Courtesan: Volume 1: Rebellion

By

Celeste Mogador. Translated Kirsten Hall Geisler.

In 1852 Celeste Mogador wrote her memoirs in self-defence. Speaking out about the lack of justice to be found in France during the dangerous years of her growing from childhood...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Reading the Rooms

By

Edited by Richard Neville and Rachel Franks.

Behind the paintings of the State Library of NSW What a truly beautiful coffee table and research book Reading the Rooms which is edited by Richard Neville and Rachel Franks....
History, Non Fiction
Wild Love

By

Kiera Lindsay

The ambitions of Adelaide Ironside, the first Australian artist to astonish the world How thrilling it is to discover another female artist, born in Sydney in 1831, whose works have...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Bee Miles

By

Rose Ellis

Australia's famous bohemian rebel, and the untold story behind the legend What an amazing story Rose Ellis has told. Bee Miles, or Beatrice as she was christened, lived an amazing...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
The First Matildas – the 1975 Asian Ladies Championship

By

Greg Downes

The Matilda’s have taken the world by storm during the 2023 Women’s World Cup series and raised the focus of women soccer and almost by default, women’s sport in Australia...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction, Sport
Avoiding Apocalypse

By

Jeff Colvin

“Jeff has spent the past 45 years as a research physicist helping to develop the science that has made technically possible a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), one linchpin of...
History, Non Fiction
Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown

By

Alison Weir

Henry VIII, who wasn’t born to be King, is probably the most written about monarch in British history. Is there any more that can be said about him? Award winning...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker’s History of Time

By

Dr Rebecca Struthers

Humans have been measuring time for over 40,000 years. Award winning Dr Rebecca Struthers, master watchmaker, restorer, historian and now author has collated her comprehensive knowledge, years of experience as...
History, Non Fiction