Human?: A Lie That's Been Killing Us Since 1788 by Ziggy Ramo
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
So-called Australia is built upon a lie- that 97% of the population are human, and the others simply 'Indigenous', devoid of the same basic rights. Human? is the story of Ziggy Ramo's experience growing up under the weight of this lie. We've had 235 years of continued destruction in the name of 'civilis ...Show more
The Lucky Ones: Stories of Australian refugee journeys by Melinda Ham
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A moving and meticulously researched book of refugee stories from award-winning journalist Melinda Ham. Following the narratives of new Australians from Iraq, Afghanistan, Poland, Tibet, Vietnam and Zaire, The Lucky Ones is a testament to human resilience and the power of new beginnings. For fans of Th ...Show more
Storytellers: Questions, Answers and the Craft of Journalism by Leigh Sales
$37.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Leigh Sales is one of Australia's most accomplished journalists, having anchored the ABC's flagship 7.30 program for twelve years. She has been a foreign correspondent, hosted Lateline and anchored numerous elections for the ABC. In this book, she turns her interviewing skills onto her own profession, ...Show more
Sydney: a biography by Louis Nowra
$40.00 AUD
Category: Australian
‘I came to Sydney from Melbourne in 1978 and immediately fell in love with its history, the sandstone buildings, the gorgeous harbour, the bridge, the Opera House, its ad hoc streets and its denizens.’In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra – author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo – expa ...Show more
Towards Reproductive Justice by Ronli Sifris
$20.00 AUD
Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned Roe v Wade, declaring that the American Constitution did not protect the right to abortion. Several US states immediately banned abortion, while others were quick to enact restrictive regulation. This decision sent shoc ...Show more
Time to Reboot : Feminism in the Algorithm Age by Carla Wilshire
$20.00 AUD
Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Technology is radically transforming society. From social media to artificial intelligence, our world is now governed by algorithms, powerful tools that not only predict human behaviour but affect how we look at each other, and ourselves. At the same time, we are seeing hard-fought-for women’s rights be ...Show more
The Diggers of Kapyong: The Story of the Aussies Who Changed the Course of the Korean War by Tom Gilling
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The gripping account of Australia in the Korean War and how 3RAR battalion held back an entire Chinese army division to prevent Seoul being overrun We charged and we began to get shot down . . . there were so many bullets coming that it was like walking, running into a very stiff breeze. Most of the sec ...Show more
Reading the Rooms Behind the paintings of the State Library of NSW by Neville, Richard, Franks, Rachel
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art
The incredible painting collection of the State Library of New South Wales is documented for the first time.The State Library of New South Wales holds an unrivalled collection of oil paintings. Unlike an art gallery where the focus is usually on aesthetic excellence, the rationale behind the Library’s c ...Show more
Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award by David Marr
$40.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars. David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result - a soul-searching Australian history. This is a richly detailed sa ...Show more
Law: The Way of the Ancestors (First Knowledges) by Marcia Langton, Aaron Corn
$25.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: First Knowledges Ser.
Law is culture, and culture is law. Given by the ancestors and cultivated over millennia, Indigenous law defines what it is to be human. Complex and evolving, law holds the keys to resilient, caring communities and a life in balance with nature. Marcia Langton and Aaron Corn show how Indigenous law has ...Show more
The Queen Is Dead: The passionate and powerful bestselling book by critically acclaimed journalist and author of Tears of Strangers and Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
From Stan Grant, leading journalist and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Talking to My Country and Australia Day, comes an extraordinary and powerful call to action. 'History is not weighted on the scales, it is felt in our bones. It is worn on our skin. It is scarred in memory.' The Que ...Show more
Dead & Buried - The Curious History of Sydney's Earliest Burial Grounds (h/b) by warren fahey
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Cemeteries are full of stories and Sydney's three earliest burial grounds: The Old Burial Ground, Devonshire Street Sandhills Cemetery and the grand Rookwood Necropolis, tell stories of Sydney's notables - the famous and the infamous. Each chapter in this fascinating collection tells of notable burials ...Show more