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Refugee: The Diary of Ali Ismail, Woomera, 2001-2002 by Alan Sunderland
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Australian Story
Ali Ismail is a refugee. In Afghanistan, the Taliban have murdered his father, and so Ali's uncle smuggles him out of the country to safety - to Australia. But instead of finding freedom, Ali is taken to a detention centre in the outback. For twelve long months he waits to find out if he will be allowed ...Show more
Renniks Australian Coin & Banknote Values 29th Edition PB by Michael Pitt
$0.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Renniks Australian Coins & Banknotes Ser.
The leading guide for Australian coin and banknote values since 1964. This comprehensive guide to Australian Coin & Banknote Values contains over 4,200 images and countless thousands of valuations. This book is a must for all collectors, whether you are just beginning or an advanced collector. Lates ...Show more
Roadies: The Secret History of Australian Rock'n'Roll by Stuart Coupe
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: The Secret History of Australian Rock'n'Roll | Reading Level: near fine
This is your backstage pass to the hidden side of the music industry - the tantrums, the fights, the tensions, the indulgence, the sex, the alcohol, the drugs. The roadies see it all, and now they are sharing their secrets. Roadies are the unsung heroes of the Australian music industry. They unload the ...Show more
Rocks and Fossils by Arthur B. Busbey 3rd; Robert R. Coenraads; David Roots; Paul Willis; Australian Geographic Staff
$39.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Geograph Ser.
Illustrated guide to the world of geology and paleontology, looking at how the study of rocks and minerals reveals information about the Earth's history, touring some of the world's most notable sites, and offering details on various specimens and collecting.
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Australian Children's Classics | Reading Level: 10+
Short excerpt: Without doubt she was the worst of the seven probably because she was the cleverest. Her brilliant inventive powers plunged them all into ceaseless scrapes.
Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend - Australian Women's War Fictions by Donna Coates
$69.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Sydney Studies in Australian Literature Ser.
War is traditionally considered a male experience. By extension, the genre of war literature is a male-dominated field, and the tale of the battlefield remains the privileged (and only canonised) war story. In Australia, although women have written extensively about their wartime experiences, their voic ...Show more
Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern
$29.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 2 Crime
An unputdownable thriller for fans of Liane Moriarty and Caroline Overington. If you were gripped watching The Cry, you'll be hooked on Six Minutes. Impossible to put down and full of twists and turns you won't see coming! I loved this fabulous debut novel.' Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Nine Pe ...Show more
Slow-Cooker by Susan Tomnay
$0.00 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: "Australian Women's Weekly"
These recipes are cooked in an electric slow-cooker. They're all very simple to make and include soups, stews, caseroles, curries, pot roasts and desserts. All the dishes in the book benefit from long slow-cooking and because of that most of them use inexpensive ingredients - cheaper cuts of meat for ex ...Show more
Smoke Encrypted Whispers by Samuel Wagan Watson
$22.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: UQP Black Australian Writers Ser.
Exhilarating road poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties are the hallmarks of this popular young poet. Smoke Encrypted Whispers contains poems from all of Samuel Wagan Watson's publications, as well as his unpublished new work. This generous collection opens with his 1999 Unaipon-winning volume Of Mu ...Show more
So She Did: The Story of May Wirth (HB) by Simi Genziuk; Renee Treml (Illustrator)
$24.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Woman Circus Performer
At a time when girls weren't encouraged to be bold and daring, Australian circus rider May Wirth lived by her own rules. Instead of just looking pretty on a fancy circus pony, she longed to do thrilling stunts that would amaze crowds with her courage and skill... So she did. Here is the story of a girl ...Show more
Songs by Don Walker
$32.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Don Walker is widely considered one of Australia's greatest songwriters. For over forty years - from Cold Chisel and Tex, Don & Charlie to his solo work - he has written songs that capture what it is to be Australian. Collected here, for the first time, are lyrics from his extensive career- from 'K ...Show more
Songs of a War Boy (Young Readers Edition) by Deng Thiak Adut; Ben Mckelvey
$19.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian | Reading Level: near fine
Deng Adut was six years old when war came to his village in South Sudan. Taken from his mother, he was conscripted into the Sudan People's Liberation Army. He was taught to use an AK-47 then sent into battle. Shot in the back, dealing with illness and the relentless brutality of war, Deng's future was b ...Show more