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Shout Out to the Girls: A Celebration of Awesome Australian Women by Various
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Let's give a shout-out to 50 awesome Australian women with these easy-to-read biographies of their incredible achievements. From Cathy Freeman to Turia Pitt, Edith Cowan to Julia Gillard, Cate Blanchett to Olivia Newton-John, plus rally car drivers, molecular biologists, and more, this book is a celebra ...Show more
Stand Up for the Future: A Celebration of Inspirational Young Australians by Various
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
From slam poet Solli Raphael to gender equality advocate Caitlin Figueiredo, soccer star Sam Kerr and youth worker Zack Bryers, this is a book about young people, for everyone. Through activism, innovation, giving back and leading by example, these game changers are building a brighter tomorrow. Brought ...Show more
The LGBTQ + History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by Various; DK Publishing
$42.99 AUD
Category: LGBTQ+
A bold, accessible, and truly global overview of LGBTQ+ history, from the ancient world to the present day. Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions. Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGB ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Various
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
The ultimate festive anthology of the best Christmas stories of all time, selected from around the world Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories by Various
$26.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
This exciting new collection celebrates the Spanish short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable work being written today. Featuring over fifty stories selected by revered translator Margaret Jull Costa, it blends hidden gems and old favourites, surprising new voices ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine by Various
$35.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Poets have always looked to the skies for inspiration, and have written as a way of getting closer to the power and beauty they sense in nature, in each other and in the cosmos. This anthology serves as a truly holistic and global survey to a lyric conversation about the divine that has been going on fo ...Show more
The Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories by VARIOUS
$29.99 AUD
Category: Kids
Who's ready for a story? Gather your favourite toy, your fluffiest pillow and cosiest blanket and settle in for bedtime with this collection of classic picture books for young children. There is something to delight everyone in these eight stories by much-loved Australian authors and illustrators.The cl ...Show more
The Snow Ghost and Other Tales by Various
$34.99 AUD
Category: Horror
A spine-tinglingly beautiful hardback collection of some of Japan's scariest yet still compelling classic ghost stories Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries. From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to ven ...Show more
Uyghur Poems by Various, Elkun, Aziz Isa
$34.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
An unprecedented collection of newly translated poems spanning the rich thousand-year cultural legacy of the Uyghur people. The Uyghur people of Central Asia have a long and distinguished tradition of poetry - indeed, their first oral epic was circulating as early as the 2nd century BCE. In the medieva ...Show more
Why We Read by Various
$19.99 AUD
Category: Theory & Essays
Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure, challenge, adventure, meaning? Here, in seventy new pieces, some of the most original writers and thinkers of our time give their answers.From Hilton Als on reading as writing's dearest companion to Nicci Gerrard on reading for ...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: Magazines & Journals
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
Writing from Ukraine: Fiction, Poetry and Essays since 1965 by Various
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A selection of fifteen of Ukraine's most important, dynamic and entertaining contemporary writersUnder USSR rule, the subject matter and style of literary expression in Ukraine was strictly controlled and censored. But once Ukraine gained independence in 1991 its literary scene flourished, as the moving ...Show more