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.
A collection of 127 poems that captures the fragile moments of everyday life and presents them in a beautiful, sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy, light.
Australian Doctors at War Vol 5 Pearl Harbour to the Fall of Gona
Volume five of the "Australian Doctors at War" series covers the period from December 1941 to January 1943, when the Japanese crossed New Guinea, threatening to invade Australia until they were driven back over the Kokoda Track.
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 ......
Named "a genius if there ever was one", Czech refugee Alex Jelinek created Australias 1957 House of the Year in the city of Canberra. This is the story of the house as a home - how it came to be designed, built, and lived in.
Coming home from a friend’s house one Sunday afternoon, Thomas came across a street full of rubbish. Piles of it in front of peoples’ homes. It was a council clean up. Thomas peered into the heaps of stuff … and then something caught his eye on one of the untidy piles: a small, brown album full of old photos.
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.
Which is the grandest heritage house still standing in Sydney? This is the book which will make people say “Edina”. Beautifully preserved, but almost unknown, “Edina” is a showpiece, rich in art, ornament and garden features.
“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
