Small Acts of Defiance

By

Michelle Wright

Small Acts of Defiance from Michelle Wright is without a doubt a brilliant piece of historical fiction that has been meticulously researched, which shows through in the storytelling as the...
Fiction, History
Defiant Voices: How Australia’s Female Convicts Challenged Authority 1788-1853

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Babette Smith

Many Australians take pride in the fact that they are a descendant of a convict. Generally, until recently their genealogical research has understandably focused on male convicts, as during the...
History, Non Fiction
Australia’s First Naturalists: Indigenous Peoples’ Contribution to Early Zoology

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Penny Olsen & Lynette Russell

When we speak of Australia’s early Naturalists and Zoologists, we often think of Joseph Banks and his fellow scientists. But the very survival of the aborigines depended on an intimate...
History, Non Fiction
The French Gift

By

Kirsty Manning

Kirsty Manning states,” It has long been my quest in Historical Fiction to draw attention to forgotten pockets of history.” something she has done an extraordinarily fine way. Her book...
Fiction, History
Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent

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Emma Baxter-Wright

Compact yet comprehensive, the Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent is the perfect gift for anyone who has an interest in fashion and fashion history. Emma Baxter-Wright has traced with...
History, Non Fiction
Night Blue

By

Angela O’Keeffe

Every once in a while, you come across a book that is so remarkable it challenges all your previous concepts. Night Blue is such a book and so wonderfully written...
Fiction, History
The Last Reunion

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Kayte Nunn

Kayte Nunn has written an excellent story in The Last Reunion to bring to light an almost unknown group of women. Australian, English, and Indian women served in the Burma...
Fiction, History
While Paris Slept

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Ruth Druart

When Ruth Druart arrived in Paris in 1993, she was surprised by the number of plaques and monuments displayed for those who died during World War 2. Indeed, any tourist...
Fiction, History
When the Apricots Bloom

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Gina Wilkinsom

A childhood friendship between two girls, one the privileged daughter of a Sheik, the other a village girl both at the Bagdad Ladies High School, both age fourteen, swearing their...
Fiction, History
Bastard Behind the Lines

By

Tom Gilling

The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese Jock McLaren was a man who became a legend for his courage, bravery, often...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Heroines of Olympus

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Ellie Mackin Roberts

The Women of Greek Mythology In the world of the ancient Greeks designed for men, women were expected to “Blend into the fabric of the city,” (according to Pericles); the...
History, Non Fiction
The Imitator

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Rebecca Starford

Adopting the manners and attitudes of those around her, was something that Evelyn had done since she became a scholarship girl at Raheen, a prestigious private school. These qualities make...
Fiction, History