Animalium (Welcome to the Museum) by Jenny Broom (Editor); Katie Scott (Editor)
$59.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: Welcome to the Museum
Animalium presents the animal kingdom in glorious detail with illustrations from Katie Scott, an unparalleled new talent. Welcome to the Museum is a series of books set on the "walls" of the printed page, showcasing the world's finest collections of objects -- from natural history to art. Open 365 d ...Show more
Oh Dear, What Can the Matter be? by P. Crumble
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
"Oh dear, what can the matter be? Ten old ducks stuck in a lavatory, They were there from Sunday to Saturday, Nobody knew they were there." Oh dear! What do nine cranky bulls, eight plump chooks, seven blind mice and many more funny animal characters do when no one is looking? Find out in this hilarious ...Show more
Charles Bean by Ross Coulthart
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
CEW Bean's wartime reports and photographs mythologised the Australian soldier and helped spawn the notion that the Anzacs achieved something nation-defining on the shores of Gallipoli and the battlefields of western Europe. In his quest to get the truth, Bean often faced death beside the Diggers in the ...Show more
Funny Homes by Mark Douglas Norman
$17.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Reading Level: 4+
Some animals live in funny places - prickly cactuses, dark caves, high treetops - strange places humans would not survive in for five minutes. Find out why these animals have such funny homes.
The Menzies Era by John Howard
$59.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
An assessment of Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, by John Howard, Australia's second-longest serving Prime Minister, this is a significant, unique and fascinating history of the Menzies era - a time that laid the foundations for modern Australia. 'Engaging and revealing .. ...Show more
World Order by Henry Kissinger
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
As Henry Kissinger observes in this magisterial book, there has never been a true "world order". For most of history, civilizations have defined their own concepts of order, each one envisioning its distinct principles as universally relevant. Now, as international affairs take place on a global basis, ...Show more
Driving Honda: Inside the World's Most Innovative Car Company by Jeffrey Rothfeder
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies. One has been endlessly studied and written about. The other has been generally underappreciated and misunderstood. Until now. Since its birth as a motorcycle company in 1949, Honda has steadily grown into the world's fifth largest automaker ...Show more
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Tragic, Compelling Story of the Last Tsar and His Family by Robert K. Massie
$59.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
In this commanding book, Robert K Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs. Nicholas's political naivete, Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis's brave struggle with haemophilia. Against a lavish backdr ...Show more
Travelling to Work: Diaries 1988-1998 by Michael Palin
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
In the seventies Michael Palin's life revolved around Monty Python; in the 1990s it was acting. Now a new career opens up as a traveller with AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
The Underground Girls of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys by Jenny Nordberg
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
An Afghan woman's life expectancy is just 44 years, and her life cycle often begins and ends in disappointment: being born a girl and finally, having a daughter of her own. For some, disguising themselves as boys is the only way to get ahead. Nordberg follows women such as Azita Rafaat, a parliament ...Show more
Out of the Blue by Alison Jay
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
When a giant octopus entangled in fishing line is washed ashore during a big storm and becomes stranded on the beach, a young boy and girl, assisted by various sea creatures, push and pull him back to sea. Includes endnotes on marine life, lighthouses, and items that wash up on beaches.
American Phoenix: John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the Exile That Saved American Independence by Jane Hampton Cook
$55.00 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
John Quincy and Louisa Adams's unexpected journey that changed everything. "American Phoenix" is the sweeping, riveting tale of a grand historic adventure across forbidding oceans and frozen tundra--from the bustling ports and towering birches of Boston to the remote reaches of pre-Soviet Russia, from a ...Show more