Walkley Non-Fiction Award 2009 Longlist
The Killing Of Caroline Byrne: A Journey For Justice
$23.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
The Gap is a place where people go to wonder at the marvel that is Sydney Harbour, or to die; hurling themselves in anger or dismay from a society they hate or which has failed them - the edge of the world we know as the... More »
Firepower The Most Spectacular Fraud In Australian History
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin )
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Killer Company: James Hardie Exposed
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Abc Books )
James Hardie, the name, like the company, is a lie. The real James Hardie died a long time ago and had almost no connection to the Australian asbestos empire that grew under his partner Andrew Reid. The Reid family amass... More »
The Mother Of Mohammed: An Australian Woman's Extraordinary Journey into Jihad
$34.99 (Trade paperback / Melb Univ Press )
Born and raised in Mudgee, New South Wales, Rabiah Hutchinson seems an unlikely jihadist. But this former country girl turned marijuana-smoking beach bunny and hippy backpacker is a veteran of the global holy war. To Wes... More »
Darwin's Armada: How Four Voyagers to Australasia Won the Battle for Evolution and Changed the World
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
Charles Darwin, HMS Beagle, 1831-36 Sent to Cambridge to join the clergy, the young Darwin emerged with a passion for naturalism and an invitation to sail on a naval survey vessel to South America, New Zealand and Austra... More »
Gough Whitlam: A Moment In History
$34.99 (Trade paperback / Miegunyah Press )
This moment was not his alone, nor could it ever have come about without him…Gough Whitlam turned to Graham Freudenberg, touched him lightly on the shoulder, saying, 'It's been a long road, Comrade, but we're there', and... More »
The Birth Wars
$34.95 (Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr )
Essential reading for every woman who is or may one day become a mother
Women are told they have pregnancy and birth care choices. But their only real choice is which side to take in the birth wars.
Each day battles are ... More »
The Henson Case
$24.95 (Trade paperback / Text Publishing )
The Australian Prime Minister called them 'absolutely revolting'. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraph as a 'Victory for Decency'. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community cla... More »
To The Bitter End: The Dramatic Story Of The Fall Of John Howard And The Rise Of Kevin Rudd
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin )
On 24 November 2007 Australia resoundingly changed government. If you think you know what really happened during that tumultuous year behind the closed doors of the Liberal Party, in the back rooms of the ACTU and deep i... More »
Churchill and Australia
$34.99 (Trade paperback / Pan Macmillan )
Winner of the 2009 Walkley Nonfiction Book Award.
Winston Churchill was a titan of the 20th century, universally acknowledged as one of the greatest leaders of his age. Yet his relationship with Australia was a troubled ... More »