Dr Rip’s Essential Beach Book: Everything you need to know about surf, sand and rips by Rob Brander
$34.99 AUD
Category: General
Informative and entertaining, this safety guide describes how beaches work from a scientific perspective. Written by a geomorphologist, this accessible handbook offers suggestions on which beaches to visit around the world as well as tips on how to avoid rip currents, treat jelly fish stings, and build ...Show more
One Last Spin: The Power and Peril of the Pokies by Drew Rooke
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
A poignant and compassionate work of literary journalism that tackles Australia's most controversial pastime. Almost 200,000 poker machines sing and flash in pubs, clubs, and casinos in every corner of the country. They're highly complex devices, their components designed by mathematicians, musicians, ...Show more
Australian Writer's Marketplace 2015-2016 by Writers,Centre Queensland
$49.95 AUD
Category: General
"Knowledge is power. The Australian Writer's Marketplace will help you make confident, informed decisions about what to do with your labours of love." - Kim Wilkins/Kimberley Freeman, best-selling and award-winning author ('The Year of Ancient Ghosts'/ 'Lighthouse Bay') The new edition features articles ...Show more
Collecting Children's Books: Art, Memories, Values by Noah Fleisher
$46.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: General Adult
When We Were Very Young Children's Books delight the young and the young at heart. From the gentle ritual of Goodnight Moon to the incredible odyssey of bad boy Max in Where the Wild Things Are, these timeless tales remain with us as certainly as a mother's hug. Collecting Children's Books showcases som ...Show more
Making Radio and Podcasts by Steve Ahern
$54.99 AUD
Category: General
Making Radio and Podcasts is a practical guide for anyone who wants to learn how to make successful programmes in the digital era. It examines the key roles in audio and podcasting: announcing, presenting, research, copywriting, producing, marketing and promotions. It also outlines what is involved in ...Show more
CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX by David Icke
$49.99 AUD
Category: General
Who are the Children of the Matrix? We are. All of us. We are born into a world controlled by unseen forces that have plagued andmanipulated humanity for thousands of years. No, this is no script from a Hollywood movie. It is happening to you NOW. You may look around and think that what you see is "rea ...Show more
Leading Lines - How to Make Speeches that seize the moment, advance you cause and lead the way by Lucinda Holdforth
$34.99 AUD
Category: General
How to make speeches that seize the moment, advance your cause and lead the way. For those who aim to be leaders, mastering the power of speechmaking - the art and craft of persuasion - is more important than ever. If you want to be heard, it's not enough to have something to say: you must know how to s ...Show more
African Myths by Jake Jackson (Editor)
$22.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a land of colourful contrasts and diverse cultures. Despite the destructive influences of colonialism and the slave trade and the lack of early written records, Africa has persevered with its powerful tradition of storytelling, with tales of its history passed down in songs and sto ...Show more
Hate Speech and Freedom of Speech in Australia by Adrienne Stone (Editor); Katharine Gelber (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: General
Hate speech laws have existed in various forms in Australia for well over a decade. Unlike other countries, such as the United States and Canada, they have not faced constitutional hurdles to their existence. The general acceptance of hate speech laws in Australia opens intellectual space for the explor ...Show more
Age by Suresh Rattan
$16.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: Reflections Ser.
Suresh Rattan's birth certificate reads "1955". At his age, signs of decline inevitably creep in, but Suresh doesn't feel that old. In fact, he feels twenty years younger. He can even explain why. No wonder: He does research on age and ageing at Aarhus University. Thanks to evolution, we can't imagine o ...Show more
Ants by Hans Joachim Offenberg
$16.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: Reflections Ser.
Famed for its industriousness and its urge to conquer, this race practises farming and uses chemical weapons. Humans? No, ants Joachim Offenberg, a myrmecophile researcher at Aarhus University, shares fascinating facts about these tiny creatures - so stealthy and stalwart they even endured a ruthless on ...Show more
Australian Origins by Victoria Macleay
$22.95 AUD
Category: General | Series: The\National Identity Ser.
This is the story of the origins of all Australians -- of the people who have immigrated to this continent to make it what it is today. From the very first immigrants more than 40 000 years ago to those who arrived in recent years, we follow the people who came from around the world to make Australia th ...Show more