Lillian Armfield: How Australia's first female detective took on Tilly Devine and the Razor Gangs and changed the face of the force by Leigh Straw
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Reading Level: Adult
An engaging account of an extraordinary, trailblazing woman - Australia's first female detective - LILLIAN ARMFIELD is also the vivid and gripping story of the origins of Sydney's organised crime underbelly. 'Special Constable' Lillian Armfield was policing Sydney's mean streets during some of the most ...Show more
The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit
$21.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Gifts come in many guises. One summer, Rebecca Solnit was bequeathed three boxes of ripening apricots, which lay, mountainous, on her bedroom floor - a windfall, a riddle, an emergency to be dealt with. The fruit came from a neglected tree that her mother, gradually succumbing to memory loss, could no l ...Show more
Toxic Farts, Brain-Eating Amoebas, Mosquito Assassins and More - 297 Terrifying Ways Nature Is Trying to Murder You by Editors of Media Lab Books
$24.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Why does nature try to kill us? In the same way that humans "thin the herd" when a particular group of animals grow too dense or too expansive for their habitat, nature tries make sure we live in balance with the world as well, which, let's face it, we suck at. Toxic Farts, Brain-Eating Amoebas, Mosqui ...Show more
Parisian Lives by Deirdre Bair
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair explores her fifteen remarkable years in Paris with Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, painting intimate new portraits of two literary giants. In 1971 Deirdre Bair was a journalist and recently minted PhD who managed to secure access to Nobel Prize-winning autho ...Show more
Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his complicated New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface. Before the international success of Platoon in 1 ...Show more
Golden Daze: The best years of Australian surfing by Sean Doherty
$46.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness
Australia's best surf writer brings to life the wild, bold, brave story of Australian surfing from the 60s to the present through the stories of Surfing Australia's Hall of Fame surfers and contemporary surfing legends. Golden Daze is a compelling memoir of Australian surfing through a year in the life ...Show more
Extraordinary Parenting: The Essential Guide to Parenting and Educating at Home by Eloise Rickman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Family and Parenting
We are living through an unprecedented and stressful time, and many parents around the world have been asked to care for and educate their children at home. This presents unique challenges, especially for parents trying to work and oversee their children during long days at home. Extraordinary Parentin ...Show more
The Happy Runner by David Roche; Megan Roche
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness
Is your daily run starting to drag you down? Has running become a chore rather than the delight it once was? Then The Happy Runner is the answer for you. Authors David and Megan Roche believe that you can't reach your running potential without consistency and joyful daily adventures that lead to long-t ...Show more
Training for the Uphill Athlete by Steve House; Scott Johnston; Kilian Jornet
$69.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness
Dovetailing on the success ofTraining for the New Alpinism and Patagonia's own emphasis on all mountain use,Training for the Uphill Athlete translates theory into methodology to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourself to endurance goals. Steve House, one of the best mountaineers, a ...Show more
Almost a French Australia by Noelene Bloomfield
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
History of French exploration in Australia and surrounding region in pre-colonial times. Profiles of explorers and historical context of their voyages.
Concise World Atlas - An Encyclopedia in an Atlas by DK
$55.00 AUD
Category: Non Ficton
The atlas of everything you need to know about our planet today. This encyclopedic view of our planet, fully revised and updated for the 8th edition, sets new standards in cartographic excellence. Created using the latest digital techniques and satellite data, high-definition maps of the whole world ar ...Show more
My Underpants Rule by Rod Power
$24.99 AUD
Category: Family and Parenting
Rolf Harris, Jimmy Saville, Gary Glitter...Our children need education for protection and parents need engaging tools to do this. My Underpants Rule! is fun, bright and lively, encouraging toddlers and primary children to empower themselves without causing alarm. "What's under my pants belongs only to m ...Show more