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Jessica Wynne
A photographic exploration of mathematicians’ chalkboards
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Billy Kenber
An urgent call to build a new model for the pharmaceutical industry, from the multi-award-winning Times journalist.
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Gregory Zuckerman
The story of the race for the Covid-19 vaccine as you’ve never heard it before
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Marcia Langton
The second edition of this landmark travel guide, written by one of this country’s most highly respected First Nations voices.
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Robin Wall Kimmerer
Intriguing and uplifting stories of the world’s oldest plants, from the revered botanist and indigenous teacher Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Jeff Sparrow
A polemic about global warming and the environmental crisis that argues that ordinary people have consistently opposed the destruction of nature and so provide an untapped constituency for climate action.
Deirdre O'Connell
From the wild jazz clubs of Prohibition-era LA to Indigenous women discovering a new world of black resistance, this anatomy of a scandal-fuelled frame-up brings into focus a vibrant cast…
Brendan Borrell
An enthralling real-life thriller that tells the full inside story of the high-stakes race for a lifesaving vaccine to end the COVID-19 pandemic
Judith Brett
A brilliant collection of the best essays by award-winning writer Judith Brett, long revered by those in the know as Australia’s brightest and most astute political commentator.
David Hunt
The saga of Australia continues with… Girt Nation
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Kaz Cooke
You’re Doing it Wrong is an outrageous tour through the centuries of bonkers and bad advice handed down and foisted upon women, told as only Kaz Cooke can - with…
Chelsea Watego
A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people.
Rafia Zakaria
A powerfully persuasive account of what white feminism is and an empowering manifesto for revolution
Garry Linnell
Born bad or simply mad? It’s time to meet Frederick Deeming, the man known and reviled throughout the United States, England and Australia as the Criminal of the Century.
Ashley Hay
This new edition of Gum, from award-winning author Ashley Hay, is a powerful and lyrical exploration of these magical, mythical, medicinal trees, and the story of new worlds, curious people…
H.G. Nelson
For more than thirty years, H. G. Nelson has been finding the poetry in the punt and humour during half-time. Now, he turns his keen eye for facts and folly…
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Bill Gammage, Bruce Pascoe
What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of…
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Craig Foster, Ross Frylinck
From the creators of the Academy Award-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher, featuring an introduction by Jane Goodall. An immersive journey into the underwater world that holds transformative lessons for…
Geert Mak
In 1999, Geert Mak spent a year criss-crossing Europe, looking to define the continent on the verge of a new millennium.
Mary Ann Sieghart
Based on new, original research and interviews with pioneering women including Baroness Hale, Mary Beard and Caitlin Moran, this is a fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract…
Bobby Duffy
A compelling exploration of generational divides informed by exclusive studies from around the world.
Amitav Ghosh
From the bestselling author of the Ibis trilogy and The Great Derangement, The Nutmeg’s Curse is an enthralling, panoramic history of the influence of colonialism on the world today, told…
Marc David Baer
A major new history of the six-hundred-year dynasty that connected East to West as never before.
Aja Barber
Every item you buy remains on this planet in some form.
Janet McCalman
From award-winning author and historian Janet McCalman, the engrossing tale of Tasmanian convict settlers in colonial Victoria
Ian Hoskins
Award-winning author, Ian Hoskins, presents a revealing new way of looking at Australian history by expanding his gaze to examine Australia’s story in a Pacific context
Rachelle Buchbinder,Ian Harris
In Hippocrasy, two world-leading doctors - rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris - reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their…
Greg Mullins
Combines thrilling stories of what it’s like to be on the front line of Australia’s first giga-fire with the hard truths of human-caused climate change, and what we do about…
Max Chafkin
A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business and politics
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The Conversation
The best of the best: A decade of Conversation essays. Global content for a local audience.
Penny Olsen
From the Dreamtime to the colonial live bird trade, the competitive culture of the showroom and today’s thriving wild flocks, Flight of the Budgerigar is the authoritative history of the…
Steven Nadler,Lawrence Shapiro
Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today’s epidemic of irrationality
Kate Moore
From the internationally bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes a dark but ultimately uplifting tale of a woman whose incredible journey still resonates today.
Delia Falconer
The celebrated, Walkley Award-winning author on how global warming is changing not only our climate but our culture.
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Professor Kerryn Phelps
Professor Kerryn Phelps AM, Australia’s most trusted GP, reveals how to keep our most important organ at its best throughout our lives.
Alec MacGillis
An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon’s impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States.
Jamie MacKay
A rich and fascinating cultural history of the Mediterranean’s enigmatic heart
Mary Beard
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for…
Bob Woodward,Robert Costa
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s compelling account of the presidential transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.
Annika Smethurst
The first definitive biography of Australia’s thirtieth prime minister, Scott Morrison.
Gary Nunn
Award-winning journalist Gary Nunn investigates psychics, mediums and astrologers to understand their uncanny power - and whether it’s used for good or evil.
Quentin Beresford
Like many Australians, I looked on with horror as images of a million dead fish swamped the media and consumed the news cycle. I resolved to dig deeper.
Bronwyn Adcock
Australia’s worst bushfires, and how we live with fire in a climate-changed world
Sverker Johansson, Frank Perry (trans.)
An erudite, tightly woven and beautifully written account of one of humanity’s greatest mysteries - the origins of language.
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Fran Lebowitz
A brilliant collection of acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious essays from New York icon Fran Lebowitz, star of Martin Scorsese’s hit Netflix series, Pretend It’s a City
Rachel Menzies,Ross Menzies
Human society is shaped by many things, but underlying them all is one fundamental force - our fear of death. This is the ground-breaking theory explored in Mortals.
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Larissa Pham
An inventive, exquisite memoir-in-essays by a blazing new talent.
Lech Blaine
What makes a top bloke? Does the myth of the larrikin still hold sway? And whatever happened to class in Australia?