著者:John Howard
出版社: HarperCollins
発売日: 2014年09月22日
An assessment of Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, by John Howard, Australia's second-longest serving Prime Minister, this is a significant, unique and fascinating hist……続きを見る
Professor Cory is not just a scientist: she is a humanist, an environmentalist, and an unremitting optimist. Cory's Boyer Lecture series reflects her hope for a bright future.
In the Promise of Scie……続きを見る
A biography of unprecedented expedition under sail
The role of the sailor through history should never be underestimated. Over centuries battles were won and new lands discovered and settled by thei……続きを見る
Why religion fell off the radar in Australia - and how it can get back on
At the time of Federation 98% of Australians identified themselves as Christians. Now only 8% say they regularly go to Churc……続きを見る
The compelling and inspirational story of the rags to riches life of Kerry Stokes, a remarkable Australian.
Kerry Stokes is a remarkable Australian. Not because he is one of Australia's wealthiest a……続きを見る
True stories from the frontlines of World War I
Published to mark the centenary of the First World War and of the RSL in 2016, this is a collection of 100 true stories of Aussie courage from those w……続きを見る
This is the second edition of a book originally published in 1987. It is a history of post WW2 Soldier Settlement in the Western District of Victoria, Australia.
From the introduction: 'After gettin……続きを見る
著者:Arthur Veno
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2011年09月01日
The definitive collection of first-hand accounts of the world's outlaw motorcycle gangs, with contributions by Sonny Barger, Hunter S. Thompson, Ed Winterhalder, William Queen and many more
Outlaw b……続きを見る
著者:John Keay
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2012年06月07日
Landfall at Botany Bay - James Cook
The son of a Yorkshire farm labourer, Cook won distinction as a naval hydrographer but was still a controversial choice to command a voyage of scientific observat……続きを見る
Evangelical Christianity is one of the most formative and least acknowledged movements in Australian history. This book accords evangelicals their rightful place in the development of Australian ide……続きを見る
At this period of time in the history of man, there is probably more individual searching being done into the theories behind the origin of the human race,what happens after death,the possibility of……続きを見る
18th and 19th CENTURY ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA is a lively and entertaining account of the three types of women one would normally find, legally, or illegally, on board a ship during the 18th and early ……続きを見る
著者:Martin Edmond
出版社: Bridget Williams Books
発売日: 2014年10月06日
The myriad of the living in all of their many forms, defunct, mutant, revenant or otherwise; traversing memory’s infinite field.Martin Edmond’s Barefoot Years is a memoir in which the author attempt……続きを見る
Half a million Australians encountered a new world when they entered Asia and the Pacific during World War II: different peoples, cultures, languages and religions chafing under the grip of colonial……続きを見る
In the third volume of Thomas Keneally's unique history of Australia - where he shines a light on the lives and deeds of our countrymen and women, both known and unknown - he takes up the story at t……続きを見る
The women of Ireland, bond or free, have left a distinctive mark on Australia's population and culture.
Irish Women in Colonial Australia provides an intriguing picture of the richness and variety o……続きを見る
著者:Irene Watson
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2014年10月17日
This work is the first to assess the legality and impact of colonisation from the viewpoint of Aboriginal law, rather than from that of the dominant Western legal tradition. It begins by outlining t……続きを見る
A dispute about who owns garbage? A court case over who gets to operate San Quentin Prison? A fight regarding use of a church pew? Bizarre as these examples sound, each was a real court case in eith……続きを見る
Talented, well trained and confident in his own abilities and worth, Australia's first government architect was also hot-headed and tactless.
Sentenced to death for forgery, then granted a last-minu……続きを見る
著者:Dick Scott
出版社: Bridget Williams Books
発売日: 2014年10月03日
The non-violent defiance of Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, Tohu Kakahi and their followers at Parihaka is one of the great New Zealand narratives. This extract from the book by journalist Dick Scott which bro……続きを見る
著者:Vincent O'Malley
出版社: Bridget Williams Books
発売日: 2015年12月21日
Marianne Williams recorded that soon after her arrival in New Zealand she was greeted by three young Māori girls who had welcomed her with ‘How do you do Ma’m’ in English, in answer to her own greet……続きを見る
Anzac Ted is the powerful, poignant story of a little boy’s teddy bear that was passed down to him from his grandfather. Battered, torn, missing an eye and an ear, he might look scary but he’s got a……続きを見る
著者:Carl Bridge
出版社: Haus Publishing
発売日: 2011年05月24日
The First World War marked the emergence of the Dominions on the world stage as independent nations, none more so than Australia. The country's sacrifice at Gallipoli in 1915, and the splendid comba……続きを見る
The twelve women interviewed in this book all share a strong attachment to the physical and spiritual beauty of the Pilbara, in the northwest of Western Australia. A common bond between the four ind……続きを見る
著者:John Rae
出版社: TouchWood Editions
発売日: 2014年10月14日
Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813–1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial dis……続きを見る
Tales of the iconic flag that came represent the rebellious Australian spirit, from Eureka to Ned Kelly to Gallipoli and beyond
Ever since it was launched in the minefields of Victoria the Southern ……続きを見る
The story of more than sixty years of diving adventures, through starkly contrasting locations and extraordinary advances in technology. From boyhood dreamer to master treasure hunter, Hugh Edwards ……続きを見る
During World War Two several thousand New Zealanders served in the Merchant Navy. Many braved the deadly German U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic and sailed in perilous convoys to Arctic Rus……続きを見る
Master storyteller Bill 'Swampy' Marsh travels our wide brown land collecting yarns and memories from the authentic voices of rural Australia. the people you will meet in these stories will touch yo……続きを見る