Australian Non-Fiction 2014 — Readings Books

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The Europeans in Australia: Volume Three - Nation

Alan Atkinson

This volume explores the impact of European power on Australia. It argues that the Europeans were just conquerors, that their own cultures were infinitely complex, thickly-woven with ideas about spirituality…

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Small Wonders

Stanley Breeden,Kaisa Breeden

Award-winning nature photographers Stanley and Kaisa Breeden explore Australia’s small animal life to reveal the wonder and beauty of looking closely into nature. Their specially developed digital photography techniques make…

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Triumph and Demise: The broken promise of a Labor generation

Paul Kelly

Featuring a new introduction in response to Julia Gillard’s memoir, this revised edition brings Paul Kelly’s masterpiece on the Rudd-Gillard years up to the present. Drawing on more than sixty…

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Birds of Australia: A Photographic Guide

Iain Campbell,Sam Woods,Nick Leseberg

Birds of Australia covers all 714 species of resident birds and regularly occuring migrants and features more than 1,100 stunning color photographs, including many photos of subspecies and plumage variations…

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The Secrets of the Anzacs: The untold story of venereal disease in the Australian army, 1914-1919

Raden Dunbar

Here is a truly astonishing statistic: during World War I, about 60,000 soldiers in the Australian Imperial Force were treated by army doctors in Egypt, Europe, and Australia for venereal…

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Horses in Australia: An illustrated history

Nicolas Brasch

This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the horse in Australia past and present. From Cobb & Co to Black Caviar, from the Walers of World War I to The Man from…

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Australia 1901 - 2001: A Narrative History

Andrew Tink

Andrew Tink’s superb book tells the story of Australia in the twentieth century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. A century marked by the trauma of war and the…

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Between Us: Women of Letters

Michaela McGuire,Marieke Hardy

Our biggest and most exciting Women of Letters collection yet! Between Us features the warmth, intelligence and letters we’ve come to expect from Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire, but also…

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The Best Australian Science Writing 2014

Now in its fourth year, this popular and acclaimed anthology steps inside the nation’s laboratories and its finest scientific and literary minds. Featuring prominent authors, it covers topics as diverse…

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Holidays

William McInnes

From bestselling author William McInnes, a book about the languid, unending holidays of summer; it’s about going away and staying at home, about sunburn, seagulls, family and friends.

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Battarbee and Namatjira

Martin Edmond

Battarbee and Namatjira is the biography of two artists Rex Battarbee and Albert Namatjira, one white Australian from Warrnambool in Victoria, the other Aboriginal, of the Arrernte people, from the…

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Trendyville: The Battle for Australia’s Inner Cities

Graeme Davison,Renate Howe and David Nicholls

This book is an in-depth examination of the causes and consequences of urban protest in a democracy. It shows how it changed the built environment as well as its participants…

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A-z Of Convicts In Van Diemen’s Land

Simon Barnard

Seventy-three thousand convicts were transported to the British penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land in the first half of the nineteenth century. They played a vital role in the building…

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What Did You Do in the Cold War Daddy?: Personal Stories from a Troubled Time

The Cold War was a turbulent time to grow up in. Family ties were tested, friendships were torn apart and new beliefs forged out of the ruins of old loyalties…

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A Bone of Fact

David Walsh

MONA’s David Walsh is an enigma in the Australian art world. A Bone of Fact is his unconventional, absorbing and brilliantly surprising memoir.

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The Wife Drought

Annabel Crabb

For decades, feminism has argued the case for getting women into the workplace. Affirmative action, support schemes, paid maternity leave…all valuable devices, and yet still we agonise over why women…

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Kevin Rudd: Twice Prime Minister

Patrick Weller

Beginning with Rudd’s childhood in rural Queensland, examines the people, places and politics that shaped him into the leader he is today. A frank analysis of Kevin Rudd’s leadership style…

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It’s Not You, Geography, It’s Me

Kristy Chambers

From the author of the bestselling Get Well Soon! My (Un)Brilliant Career as a Nurse comes a hilarious - and brutally honest - memoir about mental illness and depression. For…

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Dick Hamer: The liberal Liberal

Tim Colebatch

He was the reforming leader who made Victoria a leader in social equality, the arts, and the environment. He and his government built the underground rail loop, decriminalised homosexuality, abolished…

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The Dangerous Bride: A Memoir of Love, Gods and Geography

Lee Kofman

Lee Kofman, rebellious daughter of ultra-orthodox Jews, has always sought her own way. True to her Bohemian dream where love can coexist with sexual freedom, she decided to experiment with…

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A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth

Noel Pearson

Over the next two years, Australians will decide if and how Aboriginal people will be recognised in the Constitution. Professor Greg Craven writes: ‘We have a committed Prime Minister, and…

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Blood & Guts: Dispatches from the Whale Wars

Sam Vincent

Confrontations between Japanese whalers and Sea Shepherd activists make for exciting news reports during the Australian summer. But the sensational headlines and dramatic footage - eco warriors pitted against the…

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Salad Days: Penguin Special

Ronnie Scott

Salad Days is a fascinating and lyrical look at a particular moment in our history and society, and an important contribution to an ongoing debate about how we eat.

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Refugees: Why seeking asylum is legal and Australia’s policies are not

Jane McAdam,Fiona Chong

If you listen to some politicians and voices in the media, you might well believe that asylum seekers are ‘illegal’. You might think that they should wait their turn in…

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Rules of Engagement: FOXTEL, football, News and wine: The secrets of a business builder and cultural maestro

Kim Williams

From FOXTEL to News Corp, film to football, opera to business, Kim Williams is a builder of Australian institutions. He has worked with some of the very best in their…

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Dress, Memory: A Memoir of My Twenties in Dresses

Lorelei Vashti

A charming coming-of-age memoir in which every dress tells a story. Dress, Memory is about a decade in dresses. Perceptive and poignant, humorous and heartwarming, it’s the story of growing…

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Class Act: Ending the Education Wars

Maxine McKew

In Class Act Maxine McKew calls for a ceasefire in the education wars-the largely irrelevant arguments over national curricula and governance issues. - See more at: https://www.mup.com.au/items/149039#sthash.rZolINQj.dpuf

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The Good Fight: Six years, two prime ministers and staring down the Great Recession

Wayne Swan

A highly personal account of the Rudd and Gillard governments from the heart of the Cabinet and the real story of how Australia avoided the Great Recession from the man…

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I Spy a Great Reader: How to Unlock the Literary Secret and Get Your Child Hooked on Books

Jackie French

Australian Children’s Laureate, book lover and dyslexia sufferer Jackie French gives a wonderful insight into how you can help your child discover a world of books. Does your child love…

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The Fights of My Life

Greg Combet

The Fights of My Life is the story of a man who faces up to the power structures of politics, big business and the media. His latest target is the…

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The Hard Sell: The tricks of political advertising

Dee Madigan

In The Hard Sell, creative director Dee Madigan uses her trademark humour and down-to-earth approach to unveil the world of political advertising.

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He Who Must Be Obeid: The Untold Story

Linton Besser,Kate McClymont

Queensland had the Fitzgerald Inquiry and the Moonlight State. New South Wales has Eddie Obeid.

Meet Australia’s most corrupt politician whose brazen misdeeds were said to be on a scale…

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Hockey: Not Your Average Joe

Madonna King

Will this man be Australia’s next Prime Minister? The son of an immigrant and a Bondi beauty queen, Joe Hockey is one of Australia’s most popular politicians with one of…

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I, Migrant: A Comedian’s Journey From Karachi to the Outback

Sami Shah

An intelligent, hilarious and moving memoir - from Karachi to Western Australia. Read I, Migrant and laugh til you cry. Despite nearly being killed by a kangaroo and almost lynched…

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Tim Winton: Critical Essays

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-331) and index.

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Victoria at War: 1914-1918

Michael McKernan

Bestselling military historian Michael McKernan commemorates the generosity, devotion, sacrifice and spirit of a community pushed towards breaking point through stories from the home front and battlefront.

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Hell-Bent: Australia’s leap into the Great War

Douglas Newton

Most histories of Australia’s Great War rush their readers into the trenches. This history is very different. For the first time, it examines events closely, even hour-by-hour, in both Britain…

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The Whitlam Mob

Mungo MacCallum

A delightful portrait gallery that evokes a turbulent time. In The Whitlam Mob, Mungo gives a sharp, witty and very personal account of the main characters of the Whitlam…

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Downsize With Style: A 5-Step Process to Create a Happy Home and Refine Your New Lifestyle

Bettina Deda

Downsize with Style is a practical guide for empty nesters to successfully manage their downsizing project. The book is based on an easy-to-follow 5-step process.

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The Luck of the Irish: How a Shipload of Convicts Survived the Wreck of the Hive to Make a New Life in Australia

Babette Smith

The Luck of the Irish is a fascinating portrait of colonial life in the mid-19th century, which reveals how the Irish helped lay the foundations of the Australia we know…

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Menzies at War

Anne Henderson

In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office as PM and despair that his…

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The Rise and Fall of Australia: How a great nation lost its way

Nick Bryant

A forensic look at the Lucky Country, from the inside and outside. Never before has Australia enjoyed such economic, commercial, diplomatic and cultural clout. Its recession - proof economy is…

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Last Bets: A True Story of Gambling, Morality and the Law

Michaela McGuire

On a Sunday evening in July 2011, 40 - year - old Anthony Dunning was pinned to the floor of Melbourne’s Crown casino by security staff. Four days later, he…

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The Independent Member for Lyne: A Memoir

Rob Oakeshott

From deep inside the last Parliament, Rob Oakeshott reveals the real story of being an independent during the Gillard government. From his apprenticeship in the NSW Parliament to the last…

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Travelling Without Gods: A Chris Wallace-Crabbe Companion

Cassandra Atherton

Wide - ranging in theme and context, it explores the imaginative effects of his writing. A tribute to Chris on the occasion of this eightieth birthday, in many ways it…

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Shy: A Memoir

Sian Prior

Shy. It’s a shy word, a timid little word that begs to remain unnoticed. Only three letters long, and it begins with an exhortation to silence. Shhh. Reserved is different…

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Life Chances: Stories of growing up in Australia

Janet Taylor (Brotherhood of St. Laurence, Australia)

Presents the real life stories of five young people who were all born in the same place at the same time and who all seem to be flourishing at age…

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The Feel-Good Hit of the Year: A Memoir

Liam Pieper

Hilarious, compelling and sometimes heartbreaking, The Feel-Good Hit of the Year is a memoir about family, drugs and learning how to live with yourself, from a sharp and original new…

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