Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS and HUDSON FYSH by Grantlee Kieza
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map Fearless, sharp-eyed and handsome, Matthew Flinders was one of the greatest of all maritime adventurers and undertook one of the most important voyages of discovery - to circumnavigate and map the famed Great Southern Land ...Show more
The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by Peter FitzSimons
$52.99 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by one of Australia's greatest storytellers. Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who eve ...Show more
The Battles for Kokoda Plateau: Three Weeks of Hell Defending the Gateway to the Owen Stanleys by David W. Cameron
$35.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
A powerful new insight into the critical first weeks of fighting to halt the Japanese advance across Papua New Guinea to Port Moresby.
Unfinished Woman by Robyn Davidson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
An unforgettable memoir from the author of the sensational international bestseller, Tracks, the story of a mother and daughter, of love, loss and the pursuit of freedom. In 1977, twenty-seven-year-old Robyn Davidson set off with a dog and four camels to cross 1,700 miles of Australian desert to the sea ...Show more
Native Plants Of Northern Australia: Fully revised new edition by John Brock
$55.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals
Now Fully updated this new revised edition of Native Plants of Northern Australia with over 450 species are described, with 700 colour photographs. Covers the northern Northern Territory and the offshore islands. Each species is individually presented with photographs, extensive descriptive information ...Show more
Australian Geographic Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Australia (2nd Edition) by Scott Eipper, Tyese Eipper
$29.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals
The fully revised 2nd edition of this easy-to-use identification guide to all of Australia’s 239 snake species and subspecies includes 6 new species, updated accounts for 20 species and around 30 new photographs. The fully revised 2nd edition of this easy-to-use identification guide to all of Australia’ ...Show more
Birds by Judith Wright
$24.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals
Judith Wright (1915—2000) was one of Australia’s most celebrated poets and one of only two to be considered for the Nobel prize. Her volume Birds was first published in 1962, and 60 years on the National Library of Australia is proud to be bringing this precious collection to today’s audience in this m ...Show more
Daughter of the Territory by Jacqueline Hammar
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
Daughter of the Territory is the amazing life story of Jacqueline Hammar. Born in Darwin in 1929, Jacqueline's childhood was spent in a succession of bush towns before she was sent to school in Darwin. With the outbreak of World War II, she moved to Brisbane to finish her education. Returning to her bel ...Show more
Mosul: Australia's secret war inside the ISIS caliphate by Ben Mckelvey
$36.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
From the best-selling author of The Commando and Born to Fight comes a fascinating investigation of modern warfare that combines methodical research and the fast-paced action of battle with the personal stories of the combatants on both sides of the line. Taking us from the suburbs of western Sydney ...Show more
Archie Roach - Tell Me Why - The Story of My Life and My Music by Archie Roach
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir | Reading Level: very good
A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen child, musical and lyrical genius, and leader. Not many have lived as many lives as Archie Roach - stolen child, seeker, teenage alcoholic, lover, father, musical and lyrical genius, and leader - but it took him almost a lifetime to find out who he r ...Show more
Emu by Claire Saxby
$16.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Nature Storybooks
Did you know it's the emu father who protects the chicks? Follow a doting dad as he keeps his brood safe--from when they're granite-green eggs until they're all grown up. In the open eucalyptus forest of Australia, an emu as tall as a human settles down on his nest to warm and protect the eggs left by ...Show more
Spose I Die: Story of Evelyn Maunsell by Hector Holthouse
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'This English girl will never stick it out, ' said one of the bridegroom's friends when Evelyn Evans arrived in Cairns in 1912 to marry Charles Maunsell. She went from a comfortable house near London to an isolated Mount Mulgrave homestead with unlined roof and ant-bed floors. For months in the wet seas ...Show more