Detours by Tim Rogers
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
'Of all the utterances delivered to me by strangers, my least favourite after "We can no longer legally serve you" would have to be, "Well, that isn't very rock'n'roll."'Tim Rogers of You Am I has always been a complicated man: a hard-drinking musician with the soul of a poet; a flamboyant flâneur; a ra ...Show more
Chappell's Last Stand by Michael Sexton
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
Swashbuckling and fearless, Ian Chappell epitomised Australian cricket in the 1970s. When he gave up the Test captaincy, he set out to salvage south Australian pride. Chappell's Last Stand zooms in on what was supposed to be the mercurial cricketer's last year as a player, when he went to war with admin ...Show more
The Last Snake Man by Jimmy Thomson (As told to); John Cann
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
Every Sunday for almost a century John Cann's family ran the famous snake show in a pit at La Perouse - an area once alive with tiger, brown and black snakes. After growing up with over 300 'pet' snakes in their backyard, John and his brother George took over the snake show from their parents in 1965. B ...Show more
The Snowy: A History by Siobhán McHugh
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The Snowy - A History tells the extraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of the world's engineering marvels. This classic, prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project. The Snowy Scheme was ...Show more
Captain Cook's Epic Voyage by Geoffrey Blainey
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set out on a small British naval vessel in search of a missing continent. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and Cook's 'discovery' of Australia. Captain Cook's Epic Voyage reveals the hardships and adventure of this remarkable quest, and the euphori ...Show more
Deadly Australian Women by Kay Saunders
$32.99 AUD
Category: General
Do women kill? Yes they do, but often for very different reasons from men ...Meet the women who have murdered - they've killed children, husbands, lovers, relatives and friends. They include the desperate, the poor, the abused, the sexually betrayed, and the downright callous. In some cases they were mo ...Show more
Great Australian Ute Stories by John Bryant
$32.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: Great Australian Stories Serie
We invented it. We love it. The ute is a national icon alongside the pie and sauce. It is the very symbol of our resourceful ingenuity. No matter what you drive, this collection of 80 ute yarns will charm you with its laconic humour and Aussie warmth. Written by everyday Australians in praise of our lov ...Show more
Australia's Ancient Aboriginal Past by Murray Johnson
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
Places the Aboriginal occupation of Australia within a broad framework of human evolution and habitation. Discusses the pioneering studies that delve into the mists of antiquity, and he engages with current controversies, including the extinction of mega fauna, land management practices and social devel ...Show more
A Changing Land by Nicole Alexander
$19.99 AUD
Category: Popular Fiction
"A bestselling rural novel from the 'heart of Australian storytelling' Nicole Alexander. A Changing Landtells of one woman's fight to keep the farm that has been in her family for generations.It's the early 1900s and Hamish Gordon has a massive rural holding, Wangallon, built on stock theft. Embarking o ...Show more
Patty Mills Beyond Basketball by Boti Nagy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness
Patty Mills is the first book exploring the Indigenous Australian athlete and trail blazer -- the first Indigenous Australian to win an NBA Championship in 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs. He continues to break records and inspire with his achievements, all of which are covered in this tribute to the ex ...Show more
Life of Matthew Flinders by ESTENSEN
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
The compelling story of the life and times of Matthew Flinders, one of Australia's and history s - greatest explorers. From the author of 'Discovery'.;
Australian Desperadoes: The Incredible Story of How Australian Gangsters Terrorised California by Terry Smyth
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The Coves - San Francisco's first organised-crime gang - were Australians- men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush. The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which America had never seen. Robber ...Show more