This much loved and very popular book will now be available again, in an attractive paperback edition. A diverse collection of private and public dwellings from 100 years of Canberra, revealing social history, and the innovation and foresight of owners and designers.
“Anne Ring to the rescue! Her accessible, meticulously researched, wide-ranging book is packed with science and stories about the positives and pitfalls of growing old. Readers will come away equipped to make the most of the years ahead, whatever they may hold.” - Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
In The Human Condition, Tony explores concepts in human nature like competition, loyalty, trust, and much more. Delving deeply into the many facets of humanity by drawing on examples from history, life and art, it is a comprehensive interpretation of what it is to be human.
Nostalgic trip to the days when the Greek Café was the gathering place for every town and suburb. Effy Alexakiss evocative photos are paired with marvellous images from family albums. The cafes and the people behind them, showing décor, milkshakes, sundaes and innovative sweets were combined in a unique and special Australian experience. The ......
The Foundation Years of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Sydney’s “oasis in the wilderness”, the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts was founded in 1833 to share scientific knowledge to the workingmen of Sydney’s European settlement. Emulating the mechanics’ movement in Britain, the founders hoped to change the individual and society. Dr Scanlon’s book shows the school during its formative years within the ......
THE WOI WURRUNG NURSERY RHYME SERIES presents well loved nursery rhymes in English — and translated into the ancient Woi wurrung language of the Wurundjeri people. Yingora Yingora Wayibu Durt — TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR is translated by Wurundjeri elder, Aunty Gail Smith, with Lily Mammone’s illustrations.
THE WOI WURRUNG NURSERY RHYME SERIES presents well loved nursery rhymes in English — and translated into the ancient Woi wurrung language of the Wurundjeri people. 5 Wayibu Dulum — 5 LITTLE DUCKS is translated by Wurundjeri elder, Aunty Gail Smith, with Tienna Smith’s illustrations.
New and improved edition of the best children’s picture book about the discovery of Australia. With Michael Salmon’s lively pictures it’s great fun to read, but it’s also historically accurate, incorporating up to date research.
A collection of 127 poems that captures the fragile moments of everyday life and presents them in a beautiful, sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy, light.
