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Best of Australian Poems 2023 by Gig Ryan (ed.), Panda Ryan (ed.)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Best of Australian Poems Ser.
Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry, across a timeframe of 1 July 2022 - 1 August 2023, the series, now in its third ...Show more
Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky Rat-Kangaroo by Randy Rose; John Seebeck; Andrew Claridge
$34.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Natural History Ser.
Provides an extraordinary glimpse into the secretive lives of these unusual marsupials.
Blueback: Australian Children's Classics by Tim Winton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Australian Children's Classics
Bluebackis an achingly beautiful story about family, belonging, and living a life in tune with the environment, from Tim Winton, one of Australia's best-loved authors.'Winton ... convince(s) us of the preciousness of our oceans not through lectures but through his characters' steady wonder.' New York Ti ...Show more
Bombing of Darwin (My Australian Story) by Alan Tucker
$16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story
"More bombs exploded and within seconds several ships were on fire. Japanese planes flew so close to me that I could not only see the red circles painted under their wings, but I could see the pilots' faces. It only took a moment." It was a moment that Tom would always remember - that morning of 19 Febr ...Show more
Born at the Right Time: A Memoir by Ron McCallum
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Senior Australian of the Year | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Blind from birth, Ron regards himself as fortunate to have been born at a time when ever improving technology has enabled him to live a rich and full life, and to become a professor of law at one of Australia's most prestigious universities. Ron McCallum has been blind from birth. When he was a child, ...Show more
Bridget: A New Australian by James Moloney
$15.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: New Australian
Bridget's family has been turned out of their home during the Irish potato famine and their only refuge is the workhouse where living conditions are hard and freezing and the food sparse. There is one chance for Bridget and her sister - to take a ship to a new country and become Australians. But will th ...Show more
Bushfire: Surviving Black Saturday (My Australian Story) by Sally Murphy
$16.99 AUD
Category: Teen | Series: My Australian Story
Amy is staying in Marysville with her grandmother, and help in the garden and clean out her gutters. It is, after all, bushfire season. As summer arrives, so do the fires, and Dad is busy helping control the flames in bushfires that have started burning in Victoria. But it is early February 2009, and th ...Show more
Concise Animal Encyclopedia: An Authoritative Survey of the Animal Kingdom by Australian Geographic Staff
$35.00 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Geograph Ser.
This lavishly illustrated visual reference is anauthoritative survey of the intriguing world of animals.The first section is an overview of animal evolution,classification, biology, behavior, habitats andadaptations. At the core of the book is an encyclopedicsurvey of all the animal groups-mammals, bird ...Show more
Cosmic Chronicles - A user's guide to the Universe by Fred Watson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Adult | Series: Users Guide to the Universe - Australian | Reading Level: near fine
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
Crocodylus the Freshwater Crocodile by Pauline Reilly; Kayelene Traynor (Illustrator)
$7.99 AUD
Category: Children | Series: Collection of Australian Animals Ser.
Crocodylus the Freshwater Crocodile
Cyclone Tracy (My Australian Story) by Alan Tucker
$16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: My Australian Story | Reading Level: 10-12
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
Dingo by Brad Purcell
$39.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Australian Natural History S.
Many present-day Australians see the dingo as a threat and a pest to human production systems. An alternative viewpoint, which is more in tune with Indigenous culture, allows others to see the dingo as a means to improve human civilisation. This book helps readers to recognise this dichotomy.