With his unique artistic talent and rhythmic rhyming verse, Anthony Breslin has created the wonderful world of Brezania, a world characterised by vibrant colour and inhabited by fantastical characters.Brezania, tells zany stories about this other world,...

How does a gallery choose which artists it will represent?...In the case of Peter Boggs, the recommendation came from an illustrious source, the late, great Margaret Olley.- Philip BaconIn an age when time is measured in nanoseconds and information is...

This is the graphic, authentic and often humorous auto-biography of a young man's journey into Melbourne's underworld and nightclub scene in the recent past.'The Hammer' was capable of inflicting indescribable pain on anyone that stood in has way...

These are recipes you will be bursting to cook, eat and share with those who you call 'family'.The word 'family' has changed over the years and it means something different to everyone. This book will also mean something different to everyone but it is a...

As well as a photographic essay illustrating the unique visual experience of NfS and the much loved Pintxos and Cocktails, this book showcases the exquisite menu of it's two highly experienced chefs- Kevin Middleton and Mark Favaloro. ELocated in the...

Daddy Who? is the story of a phenomenon, a band that in eighteen short months changed the course of Australian rock history.Author and musician Craig Horne was with Daddy Cool every inch of the way. With an insider's view, he tracks the journey from when...

This meticulously researched biography gives readers a thrilling insight into the brutal world of professional cycling and an intimate portrait of an extraordinary Australian.Hubert 'Oppy' Opperman was a sporting icon, a cycling phenomenon whose epic...

A large section of central Victoria including Macedon, Ballarat, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Daylesford and Seymour is covered in this beautifully presented book which is the latest in the Portraits of Victoria series.Enormous gold mines, original miners' huts...

Hungry and Fussy shows that gluten free baking does not need to be characterised by flat, crumbly or rock-hard dishes and can produce dishes to surpass non-gluten free baking.Helen Tzouganatos has developed and refined more than 100 new recipes that are...

A timely critique of Australia's urban development and planning, and a blueprint for more equitable, multi-centred cities.The way we plan and build cities in Australia needs to change.Australia's population is growing- it is projected to increase by 11.8...

A revealing portrait of a brilliant and troubled figure - a daredevil of the skies.Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages- the...

Ever wondered how your dog thinks of you.For dog owners and dog lovers everywhere, a humorous, fully illustrated book that shows us that even when we feel at our worst, our dogs still think we're the best - so start acting like it!With more than forty...

From South Africa to Australia, Dovey draws on family history to explore the Nobel Prize-winning writer's work, tracing an intellectual heritage that has been passed from mother to daughter.'I was born in the year J.M. Coetzee published his third novel,...

Leading economists assess the costs and benefits of privatisation, deregulation, marketisation and other neoliberal reforms that have dominated Australian economic policy since the 1980s.Since the 1980s, waves of neoliberal 'economic reform' have...

In this unique memoir, Murphy takes the reader inside his seventeen-year career, including his three years as captain of the Western Bulldogs, exploring the people, places and events that shaped him.'A young, naive kid, with a brand-new football. Over...

A former ocean scientist goes in pursuit of the slippery story of jellyfish, rediscovering her passion for marine science and the sea's imperilled ecosystems.Jellyfish have been swimming in our oceans for well over half a billion years, longer than any...

Three years ago, Spiri Tsintziras found herself mentally, physically and spiritually depleted. She was stretched thin - raising kids, running a household and managing a business. She ate too much in order to keep going and then slumped in front of the...

In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell, Randomistas is a brilliant and entertaining exploration of a hidden but vital foundation of modern life.'The subject of this book could hardly be more vital- are we humble enough to admit we may be wrong, and do we...

Will you be prepared to take advantage when the revolution comes or will you go down with the rest?Revolutions are cyclical. They run on a very specific timetable. You could be so much happier, healthier, and wealthier if you grasped the powerful cycles...

Over the past decade, educational instruction has become increasingly digitized as schools rush to dole out laptops and iPads to every student. Yet the most important question, "Is this what is best for students?" is glossed over.Veteran teachers Joe...

Grace Parker tries to figure out how to handle the 3Bs- boys, boy bands and ball sports.Things were simple for netball nerd Grace Parker at primary school. She was captain of her school team - and with her best friends, Stella and Mia, by her side, they...

Towards an independent foreign policy.The second issue of Australian Foreign Affairs, Trump in Asia, examines the United States' sudden shift from the Asia Pivot to America First. It provides insights into Donald Trump's White House and explores how his...

America is fading, and China will soon be the dominant power in our region. What does this mean for Australia's future?In this controversial and urgent essay, Hugh White shows that the contest between America and China is classic power politics of the...

The remarkable story of a champion Aussie horsemanIn March 2016 Peter Moody, the man who took his 'good mare' Black Caviar to an unprecedented 25 straight victories, walked away from racing. Suspended for six months after he was found to have presented a...

An essential guide to the future of work in Australia.For many Australians, rapid progress in artificial intelligence, robotics and automation is a growing anxiety. What will it mean for jobs? What will it mean for their kids' futures? More broadly, what...

High Voltage is the first biography to focus exclusively on Angus. It tells of his remarkable rise from working-class Glasgow and Sydney to the biggest stages in the world.Angus Young, the co-founder and the last remaining original member of AC/DC, has...

Award-winning writer Erik Jensen plunges the reader into the world of acclaimed novelist, poet and pioneering feminist Kate Jennings.Weaving in his interviews with Jennings in New York, he shows how poetry, politics and family were transmuted into her...

An original and moving look by award-winning writer Alice Pung at one of her biggest influences - the much-loved and hugely successful writer John Marsden.An original and moving look by award-winning writer Alice Pung at one of her biggest influences -...

An acclaimed Australian adventure series, inspired by a true story, for early readers about a cheeky but brave rescue dog called Grover McBaneGrover sees the car boot filled with suitcases, toys and dog food. This can only mean one thing - road trip!...

An acclaimed Australian adventure series, inspired by a true story, for early readers about a cheeky but brave rescue dog called Grover McBaneGrover loves living at Cavendish Lane. He has his own bed and lots of toys. It's the best place to relax after a...

An award-winning biography of one of the greats.Simon Leys is the pen-name of Pierre Ryckmans, who was born in Belgium and settled in Australia in 1970. He taught Chinese literature at the Australian National University and was Professor of Chinese...

"Everything Australia wants to achieve as a country depends on its capacity to understand the world outside and to respond effectively to it."In Fear of Abandonment, expert and insider Allan Gyngell tells the story of how Australia has shaped the world...

La Trobe is one of Australia's leading universities. It plays an integral role in Australia's public intellectual life and is recognised globally for its research excellence and commitment to ideas and debate.From the Paddock to the Agora- Fifty Years of...

A jaw-dropping account of how one company came to own every poker machine in the state of Tasmania - and the cost to democracy, the public purse and problem gamblers and their families.A jaw-dropping account of how one company came to own every poker...

Coast Road- Selected Poems is the definitive Robert Gray collection.Coast Road- Selected Poems is the definitive Robert Gray collection.Robert Gray is one of Australia's most acclaimed poets. Among his many prizes are the Patrick White Award, the Philip...

Witnessing at first-hand the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Conference and wondering what went wrong, Andrew Charlton realised the truth of a colleague's words- 'The world is split between those who want to save the planet and those who want to save...

With Stendhal is a delightful composite portrait of one of the world's great novelists. Simon Leys introduces and translates into English for the first time three linked pieces- the recollections of Stendhal's famous friend Prosper Merimee, the...

"Most people are other people", Oscar Wilde remarked, "their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life a mimicry, their passions a quotation . . . "Other People's Thoughts is a wonderfully entertaining collection of quotations. Simon Leys collects...

In the second Quarterly Essay, John Birmingham takes apart the folly of twenty-five years of Australian policy on East Timor.How did Gough Whitlam and Richard Woolcott in 1975 saddle this country with a policy that was bound to lead to the intervention...

Australia's response to climate change must truly baffle outsiders.Why do our leaders pretend that they are leading the world in the battle against global warming? When do environmental risks outweigh economic benefits? Why dig deeper when the rest of...

Anyone who has read one of Robert Manne's newspaper columns or one of his powerful Quarterly Essays will find here a treasure-house of thought, argument and evocation. The perfect book for anyone interested in the key political and cultural controversies...

In Exit Right, Judith Brett explains why the tide turned on John Howard. This is an essay about leadership, in particular Howard's style of strong leadership which led him to dominate his party with such ultimately catastrophic results. In this...

These are the men whose blood, sweat and heroics have made Collingwood the greatest sporting club in Australia.Since 1892, more than 1200 men have played senior football for Collingwood. This book, produced to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary,...

The top job is within Bill Shorten's grasp. But who is he? How did he rise to become Labor leader? And does he have what it takes to beat Malcolm Turnbull and lead the country? The top job is within Bill Shorten's grasp. But who is he? How did he rise to...

The original Bearbrass won the A.A. Phillips Award for Australian Studies in the 1995 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.'Just a little way down Collins Street, beside Henry Buck's, is a perpetually dark but sheltered laneway called Equitable Place...

In Use Your Words writer and comedian Catherine Deveny reveals the secrets that have made her 'Gunnas' Writing Masterclasses sell-out successes around the country. With humour and passion, she explains the struggles all writers face and reveals how to...

An acclaimed Australian adventure series, inspired by a true story, for early readers about a cheeky but brave rescue dog called Grover McBaneGrover loves his job looking after all the other rescue dogs at the animal shelter. But one day a new dog...

An acclaimed Australian adventure series, inspired by a true story, for early readers about a cheeky but brave rescue dog called Grover McBaneGrover McBane is a lucky dog. He has a new family, and he's making friends at the park.But Grover's owner,...