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Retro: The Complete Collection (The Australian Women's Weekly) by Weekly, The Australian Women'S
45.00 AUD
Category: COOKING | Series: The Australian Women's Weekly
Retro recipes are always high on the all-time favourites list, no matter where you eat - at home, restaurants, diners, pubs, cafes and coffee shops. There's nothing like a spot of nostalgia to remind you of a special moment in your life. This book is full of such memorable recipes, teamed with iconic ad ...Show more
Roadies: The Secret History of Australian Rock'n'Roll by Stuart Coupe
32.99 AUD
Category: MUSIC,CINEMA & TV | Series: The Secret History of Australian Rock'n'Roll | Reading Level: near fine
This is your backstage pass to the hidden side of the music industry - the tantrums, the fights, the tensions, the indulgence, the sex, the alcohol, the drugs. The roadies see it all, and now they are sharing their secrets. Roadies are the unsung heroes of the Australian music industry. They unload the ...Show more
Ruby and the Country Cousins (Our Australian Girl - Ruby #2) by Penny Matthews
14.95 AUD
Category: 6-9 KIDS | Series: Our Australian Girl Ruby #2
It's 1931 . . . and Ruby and her family have lost everything in the Great Depression. Leaving behind her dad, her school friends and everything she knows, Ruby must move to Kettle Farm to stay with her cousins. Life in the country is new and strange, and Ruby has never felt like such an outsider. Thankf ...Show more
Rum Rebellion (My Australian Story) by Libby Gleeson
16.99 AUD
Category: 10+ BIGGER KIDS | Series: My Australian Story | Reading Level: 11+
'The soldiers are coming,' he said. 'They are checking every house. There is free grog for all.' '...The air was full with the smell of bonfires. Their glare illuminated the night sky and showed to us the streets filled with drunken soldiers and scared citizenry, us amongst them.' David Bellamy fears th ...Show more
SPINIFEX AND SAND by David Carnegie
26.99 AUD
Category: SPECIAL ORDER | Series: Classic Australian Works
By the explorer and gold prospector who undertook a series of disastrous prospecting expeditions. In England, he wrote and published a book on his experiences in Western Australia, entitled Spinifex and Sand. He also gave a brief lecture tour, and was awarded a medal by the Royal Geographic Society. He ...Show more
Salamaua 1943 by Phillip Bradley
19.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Series: Australian Army Campaigns Ser.
Between the end of the Kokoda campaign in January 1943 and the start of the New Guinea offensives at Lae in early September 1943, the Australian Army was engaged in some of the most intense and challenging fighting of the war for the ridges around Salamaua. Following the defeat of the Japanese offensive ...Show more
School Days for Ruby (Our Australian Girl - Ruby #3) by Penny Matthews; Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)
14.95 AUD
Category: 6-9 KIDS | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1930 Ser.
It's 1931 . . .and Ruby is settling into life at her school in the country. But when a desperately poor family moves to the area, no one wants to be friends with them. Ruby will have to choose sides, and she has already made one enemy at school - Doris Spinks. Will Ruby do what she believes is right? An ...Show more
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner
19.99 AUD
Category: CHILDREN'S CLASSICS | Series: Australian Children's Classics | Reading Level: 10+
Short excerpt: Without doubt she was the worst of the seven probably because she was the cleverest. Her brilliant inventive powers plunged them all into ceaseless scrapes.
Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern
29.99 AUD
Category: CRIME | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 2 Crime
An unputdownable thriller for fans of Liane Moriarty and Caroline Overington. If you were gripped watching The Cry, you'll be hooked on Six Minutes. Impossible to put down and full of twists and turns you won't see coming! I loved this fabulous debut novel.' Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Nine Pe ...Show more
Smoke Encrypted Whispers by Samuel Wagan Watson
22.99 AUD
Category: CLASSICS | Series: UQP Black Australian Writers Ser.
Exhilarating road poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties are the hallmarks of this popular young poet. Smoke Encrypted Whispers contains poems from all of Samuel Wagan Watson's publications, as well as his unpublished new work. This generous collection opens with his 1999 Unaipon-winning volume Of Mu ...Show more
Songs by Don Walker
32.99 AUD
Category: MUSIC,CINEMA & TV | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Don Walker is widely considered one of Australia's greatest songwriters. For over forty years - from Cold Chisel and Tex, Don & Charlie to his solo work - he has written songs that capture what it is to be Australian. Collected here, for the first time, are lyrics from his extensive career- from 'K ...Show more
Summer Time by Hilary Bell
24.99 AUD
Category: PICTURE BOOKS | Series: Australian
Summer is here. Put your school shoes away, The long, lazy days can begin. Mangoes and magpies, municipal pools… Take a deep breath and dive in. The bestselling creators of Alphabetical Sydney and Numerical Street are back with their new picture book,Summer Time – a stunning tribute to an Australian sum ...Show more