Walks in the Wild by Peter Wohlleben
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History & Field Guides
The bestselling author of the Hidden Life of Trees brings the world of forests to lifeCan you tell the difference between wolf and dog prints?Which trees are best to shelter under a storm?How do you tell a deciduous and coniferous tree apart?Bestselling author of The Hidden Life of trees, Peter Wohllebe ...Show more
Watson's Pier by Joshua Funder
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Stan Watson was among the first ashore at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and survived battle, fear and disease to build the pier at Anzac Cove from which so many men later escaped. He faced what seemed like an impossible mission: to get every man out alive. Watson never claimed to be the last man to leave ...Show more
Wedded Wife: a feminist history of marriage by Rachael Lennon
$34.99 AUD
Category: General History
Wedded Wife is a feminist study of the institution of marriage and its history around the globe. In this fascinating and insightful book, feminist curator Rachael Lennon provides an intimate and accessible examination of the history of marriage around the world. Wedded Wife tells a remarkable story of h ...Show more
What Iranians Want by Arash Azizi
$44.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out of the subway the Guidance Patrol deem her hijab inadequate. On Friday she is pronounced dead. By Sunday, women have taken to the streets across Iran, se ...Show more
What Matters - Talking Value in Australian Culture by Julian Meyrick; Tully Barnett; Robert Phiddian
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: Cultural Studies
Too often, cultural leaders and policy makers want to chase the perfect metric for activities whose real worth lies in our own personal experience. The major problem facing Australian culture today is demonstrating its value--to governments, the business sector, and the public in general. When did cultu ...Show more
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics by Andrew Leigh
$44.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Why catastrophic risks are more dangerous than you think, and how populism is making them worse. Did you know that you're more likely to die from a catastrophe than in a car crash? The odds that a typical US resident will die from a catastrophic event--for example, nuclear war, bioterrorism, or out- ...Show more
Wheels of Terror by Sven Hassel
$24.99 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Sven Hassel War Classics Ser.
'This is a book of horrors, and should be left alone by those prone to nightmares. Sven Hassel's descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war I have ever read ...A great war novel!' Alan Silitoe Stationed on the Russian Front and now equipped with armou ...Show more
When This Thing Happened: the Story of a Father, a Son, and the Wars That Changed Them by Michael McKernan (Deputy Director, Australian War Memorial)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
A tour de force about the impact of war on one family over the twentieth century. As deputy director of the Australian War Memorial for many years, Michael McKernan had heard and written about many stories of war. For him, war was never about the big picture; it always came down to the individual. Ye ...Show more
Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World by Tim Low
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History & Field Guides
Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in complex societies, and are ...Show more
Who Owns History? Elgin's Loot and the Case for Returning Plundered Treasure by Geoffrey Robertson
$22.99 AUD
Category: General History
Hard on the heels of his best-selling autobiography Rather His Own Man, one of Australia's foremost public intellectuals turns his mind to one of the most important contemporary questions that divides the world of art and culture- the restitution of heritage treasures removed in earlier times from subju ...Show more
Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
Wilderness Journal - Stories of Nature and People, Volume Two by Rachel Knepfer ((various roles), Editor); Troy Beer (Editor, (various roles)); Stuart Geddes (Designed by); Daniel Down ((various roles), Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History & Field Guides
Photographers, artists, citizens and scientists share insights into the beauty of wildlife, wild places and what is being done to protect them. Plus a look back at the Wilderness Society's rich history in pictures. Wilderness Journal: Stories of Nature and People, Volume Two, is a collection of material ...Show more