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Book Cover: A Remote Dawn
By Adam Derums

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.

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...

Published: 02/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780980727241
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Boat People
By Carina Hoang

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 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.

Published: 02/07/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780987158406
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  My Place
My Place begins with Sally Morgan tracing the experiences of her own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds – a mystery of identity, complete with clues and suggested solutions.

My Place begins with Sally Morgan tracing the experiences of her own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague...
Published: 01/01/1988
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780949206312
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Arthur Corunna's Story: My Place for Young Readers
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and her heritage. This new edition has been adapted for younger readers and is presented in three separate books.
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and her heritage...
Published: 01/10/1990
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780949206770
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Sally's Story: My Place for Young Readers
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and their heritage. In its original edition, My Place was warmly and enthusiastically received by readers and critics. This new edition has been adapted for younger readers.
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and their heritage...
Published: 01/10/1990
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780949206787
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Mother & Daughter: My Place for Young Readers
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and their heritage. This new edition has been adapted for younger readers and is presented in three separate books.
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and their heritage...
Published: 01/10/1990
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780949206794
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: The Last Of The Nomads
By W J Peasley
Warri and Yatungka were believed to be the last of the Mandildjara tribes of desert nomads to live permanently in the traditional way. Their deaths in the late 1970s marked the end of a tribal lifestyle that stretched more than 30,000 years.

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...

Warri and Yatungka were believed to be the last of the Mandildjara tribes of desert nomads to live permanently in the traditional way. Their deaths in the late 1970s marked the end of a tribal lifestyle...
Published: 01/11/1990
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780949206879
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover: A Tale For Our Generation: An Account of the 'Winter Journey'
By Edward Wilson & Henry Bowers

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...

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...

Published: 04/10/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780957790674
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Larrakitj
By Kerry Collection Stokes

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...

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...

Published: 23/02/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780957790681
RRP: $85.00
Book Cover: The Sugar Mother
An aging but handsome university professor, Edwin Page, is married to Cecilia, a much younger woman who is an obstetrician and a gynaecologist. (He was attracted to her in the first place by all the mysterious things she knew about the human body.) When the childless Cecilia goes away for a year's study leave, Edwin finds himself more and more in the company of Leila and her mother who live next door...
An aging but handsome university professor, Edwin Page, is married to Cecilia, a much younger woman who is an obstetrician and a gynaecologist. (He was attracted to her in the first place by all the mysterious...
Published: 14/03/1988
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780949206299
RRP: $21.95
Book Cover:  Charles Court: I Love This Place
By Ronda Jamieson & Geoffrey (fore Blainey

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...

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...

Published: 20/09/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780867782929
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Mowanjum: 50 Years Community History
By Corporation Aboriginal

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...

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...

Published: 15/06/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780646501239
RRP: $55.00
Book Cover:  Robbie: The Robinson Helicopter Experience
By Jon Davison

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...

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...

Published: 04/01/2010
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780646502304
RRP: $55.00
Book Cover:  Boans for Service: The story of a department store 1895-1986
Published: 03/05/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780646509662
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  On We Go: The Wittenoom Way
By Jacqueline O'Brien & Pamela Statham-Drew

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...

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...

Published: 23/11/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780646510033
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Bridging Foods: an Introduction to gluten, dairy & yeast free eating
By Sally Scott & Nicole Sjardin

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.


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...

Published: 30/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780646521718
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Boat People: Personal Stories From the Vietnamese Exodus 1975-1996
By Carina Hoang

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 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.

Published: 09/03/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780646542911
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Eight Paths One Journey
Published: 27/06/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780646527635
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover: The World of Mining
By Richard Woldendorp & John Trudinger

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.




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...

Published: 03/01/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780415671897
RRP: $80.00
Book Cover:  Sleep Tight
By Shamini Flint & Moira Court

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

 


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...


Published: 31/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789810865597
RRP: $12.95

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16 May 2012
2012 John Button Prize - longlisted

The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis.

The prize winner will be announced at the John Button Oration to be held with the Melbourne Writers' Festival in August.

For more information please visit: http://johnbuttonprize.org.au

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