Planting Dreams - Shaping Australian Gardens by Richard Aitken
$49.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals | Reading Level: very good
'A garden should ...be just a little too big to keep the whole cultivated. Then it gives it a chance to go a little wild in spots' - Edna Walling, landscape designer Waratah or wattle? Chrysanthemum or rose? Planting Dreams celebrates the artistry and imagination that have shaped Australian gardens. Res ...Show more
Outback Legends by Evan McHugh
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
These people are very different, but they have much in common. They?re the salt of the outback, but they?re not from long ago and far away. You can rub shoulders with them here and now. They?re our outback legends.Immerse yourself in these armchair travels and heart-warming life stories as Evan McHugh, ...Show more
Crazy Bastard A memoir of forced adoption by Abraham Maddison
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
Derek Pedley abandons his 30-year journalism career on the brink of a breakdown, haunted by addiction, compulsion and obsession, and carrying the heavy baggage of a boy who found his adoption papers at 15. When an anguished letter his mother wrote almost half a century earlier arrives five years after h ...Show more
Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond by Freda Hodge (Translator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
When Jewish survivors of the Holocaust arrived in Australia after World War II, they were filled with hope that they could build a new life. These survivors found themselves in a country not only blessedly far from the chaos of post-war Europe but also on the periphery of the political changes taking pl ...Show more
Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled by Kate Fullagar
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
The first dual biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser – and a bold and innovative new portrait of both. Bennelong and Phillip were leaders of their two sides in the first encounters between Britain and Indigenous Aus ...Show more
Anna the Goanna and Other Poems by MACDOUGALL JILL
$21.00 AUD
Category: Children
Ages 11 to 12 years. Cheeky dogs, slippery snakes and crocodiles with big smiles join Anna in this collection of lively illustrated poems. With warmth and respect, we're taken into the children's lives as they camp under the stars, go hunting for tucker and play football in the dust. Anna the Goanna pro ...Show more
Australian Geographic A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of Australia: 2/e by Peter Rowland, Chris Farrell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals | Series: Naturalist's Guide
High quality photographs from Australia's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits, and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers the threats to reptiles, types of habitat, anatomy of reptiles, and details of o ...Show more
We of the Never Never by Aeneas Mrs. Gunn
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
In 1902 Jeannie Gunn, a Melbourne schoolteacher, went with her new husband to live on the remote Elsey cattle station near the Roper River in the Northern Territory. Though she spent little more than a year there, her experiences in the outback and her contact with the local Aborigines impressed her dee ...Show more
The Washerwoman's Dream by Hilarie Lindsay
$37.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
The epic true story of the indomitable Winifred Steger and her extraordinary life in 19th century outback Australia. Winifred Steger travelled to Australia with her father in the 1880s when he took up a land grant in north Queensland. The grant proved to be worthless, and faced with poverty, endless bac ...Show more
Warndu Mai (Good Food) by Rebecca Sullivan; Damien Coulthard
$47.00 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals
A fully illustrated contemporary cookbook featuring Australian native foods that is the perfect resource for any Aussie kitchen. This gorgeous illustrated, informative and contemporary cookbook and compendium of native foods will show you how to create truly Australian food and drinks at home. With a f ...Show more
The Lives of Seaweeds: A Natural History of Our Planet's Seaweeds and Other Algae by Julie A. Phillips
$59.99 AUD
Category: Plants and Animals | Series: The\Lives of the Natural World Ser.
An engaging and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of seaweeds and other algae As photosynthetic organisms, seaweeds and other algae transfer billions of tons of carbon globally from the atmosphere to the deep ocean each year. Coming in all manner of colors, shapes, and sizes, from ...Show more