Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond by Alice Roberts
$49.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy.We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts.The history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich and powerful ...Show more
Don't Make a Fuss: It's Only the Claremont Serial Killer by Wendy Davis
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Wendy Davis was attacked by the Claremont Serial Killer and survived. This is her story.In 2020, after the longest and most expensive trial in Western Australian history, Bradley Robert Edwards was convicted of two of the Claremont Serial Killings, a series of unsolved murders that had haunted the state ...Show more
Gemstones: Understanding, Identifying, Buying by KEITH WALLIS
$49.99 AUD
Category: Economics | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
-A new, updated edition of this bestselling guide to understanding, identifying and buying gemstones -Includes many new images, updated text and a new section on jewelry -A clear, uncomplicated approach to the subject, illustrated in color throughout, making the identification of gems simple Whether buy ...Show more
Mackie and Jack: They married in wartime and said goodbye by Jan William Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
A true and moving story of love, war, courage and indomitable spirit… One day the tall, gaunt father came to the house with the new wife and called the puzzled seven-year-old to him. She had never seen him before… ‘I am your father and you will call me Father, and this is your new mother and you will ca ...Show more
The Ballroom Murder by Leigh Straw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
The Ballroom Murder is a true crime story that gripped Perth nearly 100 years ago, and demonstrates the power of the press and privilege in an extraordinary judicial outcome.In August 1925, Audrey Jacob shot dead her former fiance, Cyril Gidley, in full view of hundreds of guests at a charity ball in Pe ...Show more
The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in our Digital Age by Danielle Keats Citron
$35.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
'Devastating and urgent, this book could not be more timely' Caroline Criado Perez Danielle Citron takes the conversation about technology and privacy out of the boardrooms and op-eds to reach readers where we are - in our bathrooms and bedrooms; with our families and our lovers; in all the parts of our ...Show more
The Tell-Tale Brain - Unlocking the Mystery of Human Nature by V. S. Ramachandran
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science & Mathematics | Reading Level: very good
John, aged sixty, suffered a stroke and recovered fully, except in one respect: although he can see perfectly, he can no longer recognise faces, even his own reflection in a mirror. Whenever Francesca touches a particular texture, she experiences a vivid emotion: denim = extreme sadness; wax = embarrass ...Show more
The Invisible Leash: A Story Celebrating Love After the Loss of a Pet
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Invisible String Ser.
Using the same simple but effective bonding concept from The Invisible String, which has been used for healing countless readers living with grief, The Invisible Leash illustrates the spiritual connection pet owners have with their animals. After Zach's dog, Jojo, dies, his friend Emily tries to comfor ...Show more
The Fires Next Time: Understanding Australia's Black Summer by Peter Christoff
$35.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Following a three-year drought and during the hottest and driest year on record, a flume of scorching air set the Australian continent aflame. Australia's Black Summer fires were unprecedented. Over six months in 2019-20 they burned more than ten million hectares of Australia's southern and eastern fore ...Show more
The Catch: Australia’s Love Affair With Fishing by Anna Clark
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
In every coastal town in Australia, there's a bat shop and a boat ramp. In laundries and garages around the country, fishing rods are strung up waiting for their next outing. Walk over a bridge, look across to a wharf and there will be people casting a line. Many people have a special fishing spot, and ...Show more
Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech by Julia Gillard
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
Ten years on from the speech that stopped us all in our tracks – Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. Where were you then? And where are we now? Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly angry. I felt strong, measured, controlled. Yet emotion did pla ...Show more
Ballet Confidential: A Personal Behind-the-Scenes Guide by David McAllister
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Beyond the formidable combination of tulle and lycra, how much can an audience ever truly understand about the demands of being a ballet dancer? What really is the pain and pleasure of pointe shoes and jockstraps? Can a wardrobe malfunction derail a scene? What happens when injury sidelines a principal ...Show more