Waiting at the Gate by Robyn Caughlan
$19.95 AUD
Category: Biography
At the age of five, after years of abuse, and just months after the death of her father, Robyn was sent on a holiday and was never returned to her family. She waited at the gate for her mother to return but it soon dawned on her that her family was not coming to get her. This is Robyn's story. From humb ...Show more
Alzheimer's and Dementia For Dummies by Consumer Dummies
$38.95 AUD
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Your sensitive, authoritative guide to Alzheimer's and dementia If a loved one has recently been diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, it's only natural to feel fraught with fear and uncertainty about what lies ahead. Fortunately, you don't have to do it alone. This friendly and authoritative ...Show more
Australian Backyard Astronomy by Ragbir Bhathal; Jenny Bhathal
$24.95 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Written by award-winning writer and astrophysicist Dr Ragbir Bhathal and his daughter Jenny Bhathal, this book reveals Australia's Aboriginal and European night-sky heritage to children from their own backyards, recommended for ages 10-14 years. Discover the stories of the heavens and our understanding ...Show more
And then I found me by Noel Tovey
$33.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Noel Tovey’s previous memoir, Little Black Bastard ( Hodder Headline Australia 2004, shortlisted Victorian Premier’s Prize for Indigenous Writing, Australian Human Rights Award) chronicled his extraordinary life – from a childhood lived in poverty, through to his international stage career, return to Au ...Show more
The Destruction of Hillary Clinton by Susan Bordo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
The result of the 2016 presidential election was widely thought to be a foregone conclusion: a historic victory for an extraordinarily well-qualified, experienced and admired candidate against an opponent seen as not just unelectable but unfit for office. As we know, it didn't work out like that. So how ...Show more
White Butterflies (Updated edition) by Colin Mcphedran
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: General Adult
A new edition of this bestselling Australian classic. After the Japanese invasion of Burma in late 1941, 11-year-old Colin McPhedran was forced to flee his homeland on foot, across the steep Patkoi Mountain Ranges, to safety in India. Over a three-month period, Colin, along with his mother, elder brothe ...Show more
Buddhist Economics : An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science by Clair Brown
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Reading Level: General Adult
In the tradition of E. F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful, renowned economist Clair Brown argues persuasively for a new economics built upon equality, sustainability, and right living. "Buddhist Economics will give guidance to all those who seek peace, fairness, and environmental sustainability." -Jeffr ...Show more
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West by Christopher Knowlton
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The open range cattle era lasted barely a quarter-century, but it left America irrevocably changed. These few decades following the Civil War brought America its greatest boom-and-bust cycle until the Depression, the invention of the assembly line, and the dawn of the conservation movement. It inspired ...Show more
Making Sense of Madness by Jim Geekie
$39.99 AUD
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: The International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses
The experience of madness - which might also be referred to more formally as 'schizophrenia' or 'psychosis' - consists of a complex, confusing and often distressing collection of experiences, such as hearing voices or developing unusual, seemingly unfounded beliefs. Madness, in its various forms and gui ...Show more