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Fortunate Life - Penguin Australian Classics (HB) by A. B. Facey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
A true classic of Australian literature, this simply written autobiography is an inspiration Born in 1894, Albert Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression, and spent 60 years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite endu ...Show more
Gardens on the Edge: A Journey Through Australian Landscapes by Christine Reid
$59.99 AUD
Category: Gardening | Series: Australian Landscapes | Reading Level: 6 Gardening
18 stunning Australian gardens, each bordering a natural 'frontier', including rainforest, river, desert, bushland, saltbush plains, volcanic lake, mountain ranges and the ocean's edge This lavishly photographed book, written and curated by internationally respected gardening author Christine Reid and ...Show more
Geoffrey Blainey: Writer, Historian, Controversialist by Richard Allsop
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Australian History Ser.
Geoffrey Blainey is often described as Australia's 'greatest living historian', a writer whose prolific output includes such iconic books about the country's past as The Tyranny of Distance and Triumph of the Nomads. However, Blainey has also been a controversial figure. His 1984 comments about Asian im ...Show more
Goodbye House, Hello House by Margaret Wild
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books - Hardcover | Series: Australian | Reading Level: Early Childhood
A joyful story about moving house and embracing change from a much-loved, award-winning team. This is the last time I'll fish in this river. This is the last time I'll run through these trees. This is the last time I'll dream by this fire ... Goodbye, old house. Goodbye. A heartwarming story of letti ...Show more
Great Australian Bush Funeral Stories by Bill Marsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australia | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin We're nearing the end of the service and so I step closer in to do the last 'ashes to ashes and dust to dust' bit. Just as I get to the edge of the grave, the soil gives away and in I go. Well, they reckon I was like a kangaroo. I hardly missed a bea ...Show more
Great Australian Volunteer Firies Stories by Bill Marsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
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Halliday Wine Companion 2020: The Bestselling and Definitive Guide to Australian Wine by James Halliday
$39.99 AUD
Category: Wine and Drinks | Series: Best Selling Guide to Australian Wine
For over thirty years James Halliday has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his Halliday Wine Companion is recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. A best-selling annual, the Halliday Wine Companion is the go-to guide for wine ratings, regions, best varietals, winery revie ...Show more
Horatio Squeak by Karen Foxlee; Evie Barrow Evie
$27.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books - Hardcover | Series: Australian
In a very fine house, on a very grand street, Lived the tiniest mouse you could possibly meet. The youngest of twelve, he was timid and slight, But he was always, ALWAYS very polite. When tiny Horatio Squeak is invited to a mysterious party at the top of the stairs, he finds himself in the unexpected co ...Show more
I Can Jump Puddles (Australian Children's Classics) by Alan Marshall
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Australian Children's Classics | Reading Level: 10+
It amazed me that they would imagine I would never walk again. I knew what I was going to do. I was going to break in wild horses and yell 'Ho! Ho!' and wave my hat in the air, and I was going to write a book like The Coral Island. Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving ...Show more
I Wonder: The Life and Work of Ken Inglis by Peter Browne (Editor); Seumas Spark (Editor)
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography (General) | Series: Australian History Ser.
Ken Inglis was one of Australia's most creative, wide-ranging and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach -- summed up by the recurring query, 'I wonder...' -- won him a large and appreciative audience. Whether he was writing about re ...Show more
Impossible Music by Sean Williams
$19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult (Ages 13+) | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 9 YA
When the song is over, what remains? A novel about rediscovering yourself when everything you once took for granted is gone. Music is Simon's life - which is why he is devastated when a ministroke obliterates his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counselle ...Show more
In the City: Our Scrapbook of Souvenirs by Roland Harvey
$15.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books - Paperback | Series: ROLAND HARVEY AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAYS
Created in the tradition of Where's Waldo?, this lovely picture book offers children and adults alike hours of fun searching for hidden details and "lost" items. As a family gathers the postcards and photos from their big trip to the city in a souvenir scrapbook, they remember together the most exci ...Show more