Browse by category
A Story of Grief (Penguin Special) by Michaela McGuire
$9.99 AUD
Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Specials
When Jill Meagher was murdered on a Brunswick street in September last year, Melbourne and, indeed, all of Australia were horrified. People became desperately interested in the story, with pleas for moderation on social media coming from the police and Meagher's husband, and with news reports hashing ov ...Show more
After Cancer - A Guide to Living Well by Ranjana Srivastava
$9.99 AUD
Category: Health / Lifestyle | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
As medical care improves, people are surviving cancer in increasing numbers. But there is little information about life post-treatment--what are some common themes and long-term side effects that people can expect to encounter? With warmth and vigor, After Cancer demystifies the aftermath of treatment, ...Show more
Badlands: Penguin Special by Paul French
$9.99 AUD
Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Specials
An evocative account of the infamous nightlife district of pre-communist Beijing, from the internationally acclaimed author of the book Midnight in Peking. The Badlands, a warren of narrow hutongs in the eastern district of pre-communist Peking, had its heyday in the 1930s. Home to the city's drifters, ...Show more
Beauty's Sister (Penguin Special) by James Bradley
$9.99 AUD
Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Specials
Juniper, living deep in the forest with her parents, is stunned to discover that the beautiful girl living isolated in a nearby tower is her sister. When the two girls meet, what begins as a fascination and a friendship ultimately develops into something truly sinister. A story of jealousy, passion and ...Show more
Betrayal in Paris: How the Treaty of Versailles Led to China's Long Revolution by FRENCH PAUL
$9.99 AUD
Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
At the conclusion of 'the war to end war', the victors set about redesigning the world map at the Paris Peace Conference. For China, Versailles presented an opportunity to regain territory lost to Japan. Yet, the country was to be severely disappointed. This study explores China's betrayal by the West, ...Show more
Beyond the Boom: Penguin Special by John Edwards
$9.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
After decades of prosperity Australians are now worried about their jobs, their incomes and their future. The mining boom, said to explain Australia's past success, is declared to be over. Unemployment has increased, carmakers have folded, the government is running a huge deficit. In a striking analysis ...Show more
Coal Face by Tom Doig
$9.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Specials
On 9 February 2014 a fire took hold in the Hazelwood coal mine near Morwell in Victoria; it wasn't brought under control until 25 March 2014. How was this small town affected by this huge disaster?
Condemned to Crisis: A Lowy Institute Paper by Ken Ward
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Specials
It is often said that no country is more important to Australia than Indonesia. Yet the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran is just the latest in a long line of crises that have marred relations between Canberra and Jakarta. Does Australia really need to do more to strengthen its ties with Ind ...Show more
Drugs Don't Work: A Global Threat by Sally C. Davies; Mike Catchpole; Jonathan Grant
$9.99 AUD
Category: Health / Lifestyle | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
Resistance to our current range of antibiotics is the new inconvenient truth. If we don't act now, we risk the health of our parents, our children and our grandchildren. Antibiotics add, on average, twenty years to our lives. For over seventy years, since the manufacture of penicillin in 1943, we have s ...Show more
Dying for a Chat: Penguin Special by Ranjana Srivastava
$9.99 AUD
Category: Health / Lifestyle | Series: Penguin Specials
We put much store in freedom of choice, but when it comes to our own medical diagnosis and treatment, are we equipped to make the best decisions? And are healthcare professionals properly prepared to guide us? Alarmingly, oncologist and award-winning writer Ranjana Srivastava says they're not, and peopl ...Show more
Embarrassed Colonialist by Sean Dorney
$9.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
Forty years after independence, Papua New Guinea is the largest single recipient of aid from Australia. Yet Australians seem to be largely ambivalent about the country. Few Australians know the history of our colonial rule in PNG and our long ties to the country are quickly being forgotten. PNG expert S ...Show more
Governor Bligh and The Short Man (Penguin Special) by Peter Cochrane
$9.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Penguin Specials
A cultured young Englishwoman, Mary is a complete novice at sea. She is entirely unprepared for life on the convoy that sets sail from Portsmouth in 1806: for the unfamiliar rituals, the great emptiness of the ocean, the terrifying storms, the bedazzling natural wonders. Most troubling of all is the biz ...Show more