This much loved and very popular book will now be available again, in an attractive paperback edition. A diverse collection of private and public dwellings from 100 years of Canberra, revealing social history, and the innovation and foresight of owners and designers.
Nostalgic trip to the days when the Greek Café was the gathering place for every town and suburb. Effy Alexakiss evocative photos are paired with marvellous images from family albums. The cafes and the people behind them, showing décor, milkshakes, sundaes and innovative sweets were combined in a unique and special Australian experience. The ......
Giants of rock & roll from Australia and overseas, in previously unpublished live portraits. Tony Blackwell took his camera up to the stage at legendary concerts in the heyday of rock & roll, to take action portraits. This book is a selection from nearly 3,000 photos, bring back the faces of rock music as they were in their prime.
Decades before the First Fleet, French ships were exploring large stretches of Australia. This Handsomely colour-illustrated book tells the story of intrepid French explorers who charted and named many regions, laid claim to the West Coast and, but for upheavals back in Europe, could have established a French colony in Australia.
Hes back! Alexander Bunyip, beloved Australian icon, is back to entertain children in a reprint of the bestselling book which made him famous. First published in 1972, The Monster that Ate Canberra features Michael Salmons immensely popular bunyip. Alexander is familiar to many from school, theatre and television. The book ......
“Anne Ring to the rescue! Her accessible, meticulously researched, wide-ranging book is packed with science and stories about the positives and pitfalls of growing old. Readers will come away equipped to make the most of the years ahead, whatever they may hold.” - Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
New and improved edition of the best children’s picture book about the discovery of Australia. With Michael Salmon’s lively pictures it’s great fun to read, but it’s also historically accurate, incorporating up to date research.
Until Laurence Halloran got to Australia in Governor Macquaries time, there was nowhere for anyone to get more than rudimentary schooling. But Australias educational leader in convict times was a flawed and fascinating product of the 18th century. Biographer Jan Worthington gives us the first book to present the whole, sordid story of the ......
