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The Alice Stories 1918: Our Australian Girl (4 book bind-up) (HB) by Davina Bell; Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: 10+ Years Junior Readers | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1918 Ser.
Four stories in one, all about Alice, a WWI-era girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina It's 1918 and Alice's deepest wish is to be a professional ballerina. But as World War One tears her family apart, a battle is being fought in her heart. Can Alice keep everyone together and still make her dreams ...Show more
The Australian Middle Primary Thesaurus by Mark Gwynn
$24.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
The most comprehensive, up-to-date middle primary thesaurus in Australia. An essential reference for students as they build word knowledge skills to utilise in their writing.
The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary by Bruce Moore
$32.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary is Australia's bestselling dictionary. Extensive and versatile, this dictionary is firmly established as Australia's favourite reference in schools, homes and offices. This much-anticipated new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with hundreds of new ...Show more
The Battle for Wau by Phillip Bradley
$65.95 AUD
$75.00 (12% off)
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Army History
The Battle for Wau brings together for the first time the full story of the early World War II conflicts in New Guinea, from the landing of the Japanese at Salamaua in March 1942 to their defeat at Wau in February 1943. Phillip Bradley draws on the recollections of over 70 veterans from the campaign and ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 by John Pickrell (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: The\Best Australian Science Writing Seri Ser.
This popular yearly anthology gives a snapshot of the very best science writing Australia has to offer, including everything from the most esoteric philosophical questions about ourselves and the universe, through to practical questions about the environment in which we live.Now in its eighth year, The ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2019 by Bianca Nogrady (Editor); Lisa Harvey-Smith (Foreword by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: The\Best Australian Science Writing Seri Ser.
Good science writing makes us feel. It makes us delight in the discovery of a black hole munching on a star, laugh at the image of aliens puzzling over golf balls on the Moon, wonder at the mystery of the Spanish influenza's deadly rampage, grieve for baby shearwater chicks dying with plastic-filled sto ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2021 by Dyani Lewis (Editor); Cathy Foley (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sciences & Academia | Series: The\Best Australian Science Ser.
This much-loved anthology showcases the nation’s best science writing. New voices join prominent science writers and journalists, taking us to the depths of the ocean, the fuels of the future, and to the Ryugu asteroid and back. The anthology also takes us straight the heart of complex ethical dilemmas ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2022 by Ivy Shih (Editor); Norman Swan (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sciences & Academia | Series: The\Best Australian Science Writing Seri Ser.
What can a microbial gravesite on a moon teach us? Why are a group of scientists risking their life to safeguard a seed bank? How does a virus detective story show us why we need to be vigilant about the next disease outbreak? Great science writing compels us to pay attention to parts of the world often ...Show more
The Best Australian Science Writing 2023 by Donna Lu (Editor)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sciences & Academia | Series: The\Best Australian Science Ser.
The annual collection — now in its thirteenth year — celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.Should we alter animals’ DNA to save them from extinction? What secrets will old ice reveal to us about the Earth’s deep past? How is the world’s most expensive — and explosive — substance ma ...Show more
The Boat - Penguin Australian Classics by Nam Le
$19.98 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Australian Classics
The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an aging New York artist to a boy coming of age in a small Victorian fishing town; from the city of Hiroshima just before the bomb is dropped to the haunting waste of the South China Sea in the wake of another war. Each st ...Show more
The Bombing of Darwin: The Diary of Tom Taylor by Alan Tucker
$18.98 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story
The Cake Stall by The Australian Women's Weekly
$39.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Women's Weekly Maxi
Who doesn't like to hover over a cake stall at markets, fetes, voting places on election day or even just a street stall run for a local charity? As long as the items on sale are homemade, a cake stall is like a magnet for those of us who love oldfashioned cakes and preserves made with loving care in so ...Show more