Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves. In a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and her Chinese-Cambodian family pursue the Australian Dream - Asian style. Armed with an ocker accent, Alice dives head- first into schooling, romance and ...Show more
So You Want To Know What’s Good for Your Kids? The Ultimate Parenting Guide on What Matters From Birth to Ten by One of Australia’s Most Trusted Doctors by Dr Norman Swan
34.99 AUD
Category: Health & Wellbeing
We all want our kids to grow into happy, healthy adults and the first ten years count more than any other time in our lives. So what should we be doing to give them the best chance? Most books on childhood stop at age five and start again in adolescence. They miss the critical primary school age years ...Show more
Lessons From History: Leading Historians Tackle Australia’s Greatest Challenges by Edited by: Carolyn Holbrook, Lyndon Megarrity, David Lowe
39.99 AUD
Category: History
In Lessons from History leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present.Does history repeat itself in meaningful ways, or is each problem unique? Does a knowledge of Australian histor ...Show more
Radio Rat: An original member of the Mulray Bunch - from the successful breakfast crew in Australian radio history by Frank Vincent
26.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Welcome to the wild world of radio’s everywhere man. The adventures of The Black Rat - AKA Frank Vincent - are utterly captivating and inspiring, as a boy from the burbs brushes shoulders with the biggest names on the planet in a broadcasting career spanning five decades. From basketball god Michael Jor ...Show more
Algorithmic Intimacy - The Digital Revolution in Personal Relationships by Anthony Elliott
32.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Artificial intelligence not only powers our cars, hospitals and courtrooms: predictive algorithms are becoming deeply lodged inside us too. Machine intelligence is learning our private preferences and discreetly shaping our personal behaviour, telling us how to live, who to befriend and who to date. In ...Show more
Making Sense of AI: Our Algorithmic World by Anthony Elliott
32.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Industrial robots, self-driving cars, customer-service chatbots and Google’s algorithmic predictions have brought the topic of artificial intelligence into public debate. Why is AI the source of such intense controversy and what are its economic, political, social and cultural consequences? Tracing the ...Show more
On the Trail of the Plains-wanderer: A Precious Australian Bird by Rohan Cleave
24.99 AUD
Category: Queer Non-Fiction
Age range 5 to 9The Plains-wanderer is unlike any other bird on Earth – it’s one of a kind! On the Trail of the Plains-wanderer tells the true story of one of Australia’s most critically endangered bird species. This unique, quirky and precious bird faces many threats, but continues to survive against t ...Show more
Too Many Acorns by Susannah Crispe
24.99 AUD
Category: Health & Wellbeing
When Patrick suffers a huge loss, he finds comfort in holding an acorn that drops at his feet. The more acorns he collects, the less empty he feels...but as the house fills with acorns, events quickly overtake him. Can Patrick and Dad find a way to move past the acorn chaos and cope with their grief tog ...Show more
Louise Saxton - Cut & Pinned by Louise Saxton (Artist); Prof. Catherine Bell (Contribution by); Carol Schwartz AO (Contribution by); Jason Smith (Contribution by)
75.00 AUD
Category: Crafts
Working with the unique medium of discarded and disinherited needlework, Louise Saxton's painstaking textile-assemblages not only celebrate the traditional medium, but also transcend it. Embroidery and lace made in past eras by past makers is on the brink of extinction and so too are many of the plants ...Show more
International Treasures - Canberra's Embassies by Dorothy Hart & Isla Patterson
45.00 AUD
Category: Canberra
Canberra’s Diplomatic Corps had its beginnings in 1936 when the United Kingdom appointed their first High Commissioner to Australia. Soon after Canada and the United States followed. The United States built their embassy in the form of a southern mansion and started a trend for overseas missions to refl ...Show more
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Glucose, Metabolism and Limitless Health by Dr Casey Means
34.99 AUD
Category: Health & Wellbeing
'The best deep dive into the diseases that plague us all today, and what to do to heal.' Jessie Inchauspe, The Glucose Goddess'Good Energy is a powerful vision for a brighter future - for both people and the planet.' Jay Shetty'A tour de force' Dr Mark HymanFix your metabolism to feel better today and p ...Show more
High Noon: Trump, Harris and America on the Brink: Quarterly Essay 95 by Don Watson
27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Is the United States disintegrating? Don Watson offers a report from America that catches the madness and the politics of an election like no other. This is a deeply historically informed, characteristically mordant account of Donald Trump, Joe Biden and a divided country. Watson considers how things ...Show more