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Cosmic Chronicles - A user's guide to the Universe by Fred Watson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Users Guide to the Universe - Australian
Are we alone in the universe? Where didthe moon come from? How do we know what stars are made of? Could there reallybe a future in asteroid mining? In CosmicChronicles, Fred Watson - Australia'sAstronomer-at-Large and bestselling author - explores the hottest topics inspace science and astronomy. Watso ...Show more
Cunning Crow by Gregg Dreise
$24.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian
Age range 5 to 12 Remember — beauty comes from within... Way back, before once-upon-a-time, there was the Dreamtime when all the birds were white. One of those white birds was a crow called Waan. One day a big storm came through and a magnificent rainbow appeared. When the birds passed through the rainb ...Show more
Cyclone Tracy (My Australian Story) by Alan Tucker
$16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story
Darwin is almost completely destroyed; buildings, shops, houses, cars. Whole streets are gone, even the signposts. And now the people are going. Evacuations started today. Ryan just wants to hang out with his mates, go fishing and avoid being hassled by his dad, the super-strict deputy principal. But tr ...Show more
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
$16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals, he spends a day lounging with the lions, and even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. Sheena Knowles's upbeat, rhymin ...Show more
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair (PB) by Lee Fox
$16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Lothian Australian Favou Ser.
'Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair. She hides in the cupboard and under the stair, she roars at her mum like a big growly bear, she whines and she moans and she howls in despair, but Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair!' Ella Kazoo will do anything to avoid having her hair brushed. Her poor mother is be ...Show more
Fatal Contact - How Epidemics Nearly Wiped Out Australia's First Peoples by Peter Dowling
$34.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian History Ser.
Fatal Contact explores the devastating infectious diseases introduced into the Indigenous populations of Australia after the arrival of the British colonists in 1788. Epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, measles and sexually transmitted diseases swept through the Indigenous populations of the ...Show more
Fortunate Life - Penguin Australian Classics (HB) by A. B. Facey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biographies | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
A true classic of Australian literature, this simply written autobiography is an inspiration Born in 1894, Albert Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression, and spent 60 years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite endu ...Show more
Gardens on the Edge: A Journey Through Australian Landscapes by Christine Reid
$59.99 AUD
Category: Gardening | Series: Australian Landscapes
18 stunning Australian gardens, each bordering a natural 'frontier', including rainforest, river, desert, bushland, saltbush plains, volcanic lake, mountain ranges and the ocean's edge This lavishly photographed book, written and curated by internationally respected gardening author Christine Reid and ...Show more
Goodbye House, Hello House by Margaret Wild
$24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books | Series: Australian
A joyful story about moving house and embracing change from a much-loved, award-winning team. This is the last time I'll fish in this river. This is the last time I'll run through these trees. This is the last time I'll dream by this fire ... Goodbye, old house. Goodbye. A heartwarming story of letti ...Show more
Grace and Glory (Our Australian Girl - Grace #3) by Sofie Laguna
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Our Australian Girl
It's 1808 . . . and Grace has arrived at a bark hut on the edge of a river to start her life as a servant. But even though she tries hard, nothing she does for her new master ever seems right – especially if it involves Glory, his beloved horse. When her master goes away and leaves her in charge, will ...Show more
Great Australian Ambos Stories by Bill Marsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Yeah, while some of my stories are quite gory, others can be very enlightening. Though, in hindsight, the best outcomes are when the patient pulls through. It's then that you know you've done your job, and you get a bit of a buzz out of that. Put the sirens on and get ready to hit the road, because fact ...Show more
Great Australian Bush Funeral Stories by Bill Marsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australiana | Series: Great Australian Stories Ser.
Marsh knows how to spin a yarn' - Gold Coast Bulletin We're nearing the end of the service and so I step closer in to do the last 'ashes to ashes and dust to dust' bit. Just as I get to the edge of the grave, the soil gives away and in I go. Well, they reckon I was like a kangaroo. I hardly missed a bea ...Show more