The Nashos' War : Australia's National Servicemen and Vietnam by Mark Dapin
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
On 10 March 1965, the first nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. The nashos came from al ...Show more
First Thousand Words in Arabic by Heather Amery
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: First Thousand Words
The classic bilingual Arabic/English word book, featuring 1000 everyday words illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Arabic vocabulary.
Gough Whitlam: A Tribute by Geoffrey Browne
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
When Gough Whitlam died on 21 October 2014, his legacy to the Australian people was a nation transformed. With all royalties going to the Whitlam Institute, this tribute traces his extraordinary life through the photographers' lens from his childhood and meeting his great love Margaret, to the soaring s ...Show more
The Queen, Her Lover and the Most Notorious Spy in History by Roland Perry
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
Long before her successful marriage to Prince Albert, Princess Victoria had an affair with the dashing Scottish 13th Lord Elphinstone. After the liaison was exposed, Elphinstone was banished to India, appointed Governor of Madras, which allowed Victoria's mother to engineer a royal union for her with Pr ...Show more
Peacemongers by Barry Hill
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
In his first major prose work since 2002's Broken Song, Barry Hill has written an epic - a travel book, a history book, a peace book. His odyssey begins with a pilgrimage to Bodhi Gaya in India, where the Buddha received enlightenment and ends after he reaches Nagasaki, Japan, in the aftermath of its at ...Show more
Shark (DK Eyewitness)
$14.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: DK Eyewitness
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Australians: Flappers to Vietnam #3 by Tom Keneally; Clare Drysdale (Editor)
$59.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: Australians
The outstanding final volume of acclaimed author Thomas Keneally's major new three-volume history takes up the story of Australia at the end of the Great War and explores its development as a nation during the tumultuous 20th century Australia emerged from World War I into a decade of profound change ...Show more
The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit Book and CD by Emma Thompson
$17.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
'Rabbits are always very uppity during the Christmas season, and Peter Rabbit was no exception.' Emma Thompson continues the adventures of Peter Rabbit in this super new Christmas tale featuring Peter, his comical little cousin Benjamin Bunny, and a certain feathered friend called William. Brilliantly t ...Show more
Squirrel Round and Round: A Bilingual Book of Seasons (Mandarin Chinese & English) by Belle Yang
$9.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: A Bilingual Book
In English and Mandarin Chinese, Belle Yang's bilingual board books celebrate the natural world with simple concepts and beautiful, bold illustrations. Squirrel is busy all year long, from one season into the next and back again. Birds feed their babies in spring, fireflies wink on a summer night, yello ...Show more
Hurry Home , Hedgehog : A Bilingual Book of Sounds (English/ Mandarin Chinese) by Belle Yang
$9.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: A Bilingual Book
In English and Mandarin Chinese, Belle Yang's bilingual board books celebrate the natural world with simple concepts and beautiful, bold illustrations. Wet weather is coming -- "whoosh!" As rain falls like soybeans --" ping ping, pang pang -- "Hedgehog runs quickly -- " pitter patter. "Soon he will be s ...Show more
Mi5 in the Great War by Nigel West
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
In 1921, MI5 commissioned a comprehensive, top-secret review of the organisation's operations during the First World War. Never intended for circulation outside of the government, all seven volumes of this fascinating and unique document remained locked away in MI5's registry - until now. Recently decla ...Show more
Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature by Betsy Bird
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
Secret lives, scandalous turns, and some very funny surprises -- these essays by leading kids' lit bloggers take us behind the scenes of many much-loved children's books. Told in lively and affectionate prose, this treasure trove of information for a student, librarian, parent, or anyone wondering about ...Show more