Penguin Books Australia

For the past twenty years Adam Derums has made artworks that question what is beauty and how we experience it.  This book allows us to explore the creative evolution of one of our most significant artists over his substantial career.

The years 1975 to 1996 were witness to the largest mass migration in modern history, with more than a million people leaving their war-torn homeland, Vietnam, in search of safety.

The Last of the Nomads tells of an extraordinary journey in search of Warri and Yatungka. The intriguing story of their rescue and how they survived alone for...

January 2012 will mark the centenary of Robert Falcon Scott's arrival at the South Pole with his team. After a gruelling 11 month journey, on reaching the South Pole, Scott was to discover the tent and flag of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, who had achieved the goal just weeks earlier with his men. Tragically Scott's entire party died on the return journey. The bodies, journals and photographs...

In the proudly ancient Yolngu heartlands larrakitj were used to contain the bones of the deceased during mortuary ceremonies. Today, artists from Arnhem Land's Buku-Larrnggay Mulka arts centre produce modern larrakitj for the education of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Collected for a decade, the larrakitj collection of 110 Yolngu memorial poles from north-east Arnhem form a special part of...

Charles Court : I love this place is an indepth look at the life and career of one of Western Australia's most successful premiers.
This is the story of Sir Charles Court and the progressive and sometimes divisive decisions made during his 30 year political life. Meticulously researched and drawing on 172 hours of recorded interviews, Charles Court is a comprehensive look at this pioneer of resource...

Mowanjum Aboriginal Community decided to share their stories and Wandjina traditions in this lively and richly illustrated book. It tells of their journey from their homelands in the north Kimberley to Derby where Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunambal peoples established Mowanjum Community in 1956. Historical photographs were selected by senior men and women for the stories they tell, and to rescue them...

Prior to the late 1980s, the concept of anyone wanting to own and operate their own scenic flight company or charter operation, and who were not millionaires, was just a wild fantasy, especially for the average person in the street. The buyin and subsequent operating costs of owning helicopters at the time were simply too great, and without a hefty amount of financial backing, it was simply out of...

From the earliest days of the Swan River Colony on the western coast of Australia, the settlement depended for its survival and progress on individuals of character, courage and compassion.  Prominent among these from the beginning have been the Wittenoom family.  Nearly two centuries have passed since a widowed young clergyman, John Burdett Wittenoom, stepped ashore.  The book traces...

Welcome,

the recipes in this book are gluten, diary and yeast free, and they are also low in sugar.  This is a collection of recipes that we have found useful on our continuing journey with food, and we are presenting it as a potential bridge to learning that eating and cooking gluten, diary and yeast free can be easy, tasty, loving and full of joy.

The years 1975 to 1996 were witness to the largest mass migration in modern history, with more than a million people leaving their war-torn homeland, Vietnam, in search of safety.

Two world-renowned photographers team up with mining experts to illustrate the colourful history of mining and its importance to the development of civilisation as we know it.

This beautiful tome presents that rare moment in which art, technology, the community and environmental consciousness meet.

Sleep Tight

A bedtime story set high in the tree tops as a young squirrel keeps his Mum and Dad up all night!

'Moira court's vibrant painting conjure forth a world of wonder, whimsy and sweetness.'
- Frane Lessac, author and illustrator