A.A. Phillips on The Cultural Cringe, MUP Masterworks #6 [PB] Available
A.A. Phillips
Melbourne writer, critic and teacher A.A. Phillips coined the memorable term 'the cultural cringe' to describe an Australian tendency to identify our literature and art as inferior to work produced overseas, particularly in Britain and the United States.
MUP Masterworks
Academic Success and Social Power: Examinations and Inequality [PB] Available
Richard Teese
Drawing on strikingly original research, this study of Australian secondary education looks beyond clichés about 'excellence' to analyse the historically specific nature of the scholarly ideal against which successive generations of Australian students have been judged.
Adams vs. God: The Rematch [PB] Available
Phillip Adams
Phillip Adams says he stopped believing in God at the age of six. At sixty-eight he has gathered the best of his essays on God and godlessness into this bible-banging, irreverent book.
After A Fashion [PB] Available
Joanne Finkelstein
Considers the phenomenon of fashion as a social, economic and aesthetic force.
Interpretations
After the Celebration: Australian Fiction 1989-2007 [PB] Available
Ken Gelder and Paul Salzman
Provocative and compelling, After the Celebration captures the key themes and issues in Australian fiction: where we have been and what we have become.
Against the Grain: Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark in Australian history and politics, Academic Monograph [POD] Available
Stuart Macintyre and Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds)
Against the Grain examines the dual careers of Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark and shows the political and personal difficulties that beset them both during their careers.
Academic Monograph
Against the Grain: Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark in Australian history and politics, Academic Monograph [e-book] Available
Stuart Macintyre and Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds)
Against the Grain examines the dual careers of Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark and shows the political and personal difficulties that beset them both during their careers.
Academic Monograph
The Alfred Deakin Debate: Barons to Bloggers: Confronting Media Power, Vol 1 [PB] Available
Jonathan Mills (series editor)
Whatever one thinks of Rupert Murdoch or his ethics, when a mogul of his stature stands on a public platform and predicts the end of God-like media figures telling people what's important, you begin to realise that there's something seismic going on in the world of communications.
General Series
American Citizens, British Slaves: Yankee Political Prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony, 1839-1850 [PB] Available
Cassandra Pybus and Hamish Maxwell-Stewart
This book tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1839-40.
American Notebook: A Personal and Political Journey [PB] Available
Michael Gawenda
Veteran journalist Michael Gawenda's fascinating account of his experiences living and working the USA. His insightful analysis of politics and current events is interwoven with his personal reflections.
American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond [PB] Available
Michael Otterman
Torture violates more than international law and fundamental human rights-it radicalises enemies, undermines credibility and yields unreliable intelligence.
Ancestral Power: The Dreaming, Consciousness and Aboriginal Australians [PB] Available
Lynne Hume
Ancestral Power suggests that Aboriginal spirituality is much more complex and compelling than the early missionaries could ever have imagined.
Angels of Death: Exploring the Euthanasia Underground [PB] Available
Roger S. Magnusson
Angels of Death provides a window into the 'euthanasia underground'--a secret part of medicine and nursing that few professionals will publicly acknowledge.
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction [PB] Available
Ken Gelder & Rachael Weaver (eds)
A unique collection of disturbing mysteries and gruesome tales that tap into the fears and anxieties of Australian life.
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction [PB] Available
Ken Gelder & Rachael Weaver (eds)
This anthology collects the best examples of Australian gothic short stories from colonial times.
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction [PB] Forthcoming
Ken Gelder and Rachel Weaver
The best of colonial Australian romance fiction is collected in this anthology.
Apply Within: Stories of career sabotage [PB] Available
Michaela McGuire
Michaela McGuire writes humorous tales of everyday strangeness.
Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging [PB] Available
Ghassan Hage (ed.)
Arab-Australians Today raises important questions about immigration, settlement, marginalisation and participation in Western societies.
The Archibald Paradox: A Strange Case of Authorship, Second Edition [PB] Available
Sylvia Lawson
Awards: Winner, NSW Premier's Award for Non-Fiction 1984
Winner, Wilke Award 1984
Winner, Walter McCrae Russell Award (Association for the Study of Australian Literature) 1984
J.F Archibald, the man behind the famous prize for portraiture, was also the founding editor of The Bulletin, one of the most lively and influential journals ever produced in Australia.
Architecture on Campus: A Guide to the University of Melbourne and its Colleges [PB] Available
Philip Goad and George Tibbits
Offers a unique insight into the rich array of buildings, public artworks and landscapes of the University of Melbourne.
The Art of the Collection: State Library of Victoria Pictures Collection [HB] Available
State Library of Victoria with Richard Aitken, Leigh Astbury, Ashley Crawford, Graeme Davison and Brenda Niall
Foreword by the State Library of Victoria
The State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection documents the history of Victoria and its people from the early years of the colony to the present day.
Miegunyah
The Art of War [PB] Available
Betty Churcher
Awards: Script for the SBS series (which the book is based on) won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for best screenplay 2005
The Art of War focuses on the wars that have been an unrelenting feature of the past hundred years, showing how war changed art in the twentieth century and how art has changed attitudes to war.
Miegunyah
The Art of War [PB with Flaps] Available
Betty Churcher
The Art of War focuses on the wars that have been an unrelenting feature of the past hundred years, showing how war changed art in the twentieth century and how art has changed attitudes to war.
Miegunyah
The Artificial Horizon: Imagining the Blue Mountains [PB] Available
Martin Thomas
Awards: Winner of The Gleebooks Prize, 2004 NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Shortlisted for the Award for Non-Fiction, 2004 Festival Awards for Literature
Shortlisted for the Award for Innovation in Writing, 2004 Festival Awards for Literature
The author leads his readers through the cultural history of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney in order to probe the 'dreamwork of imperialism'.
The Ashes 2009: Good Enough [PB] Available
Gideon Haigh
The Ashes 2009 is the essential account of the head-to-head duel that stopped both nations.
Asian Alternatives: Australia's Vietnam Decision and Lessons on Going to War, Academic Monograph [POD] Available
Garry Woodard
Asian Alternatives re-examines Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Now with new foreword.
Academic Monograph
Asian Alternatives: Australia's Vietnam Decision and Lessons on Going to War, Academic Monograph [e-book] Available
Garry Woodard
Asian Alternatives re-examines Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Now with new foreword.
Academic Monograph
Asylum Seekers: Australia's Response to Refugees [PB] Available
Don McMaster
Asylum Seekers reveals the inherent racism of Australia's refugee and immigration policies.
Athiest Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism and Islam [PB] Available
Michel Onfray
From the twenty-first century's Nietzsche, a work that is sure to stir debate on the role of religion in Australian society and politics.
Australia and the European Superpower: Engaging with the European Union, Academic Monograph [POD] Available
Philomena Murray
In this lively examination of Australia's relationship with the increasingly powerful EU, Professor Philomena Murray provides a fresh and comprehensive perspective on politics and trade, old security and new security.
Academic Monograph
Australia and the European Superpower: Engaging with the European Union, Academic Monograph [e-book] Available
Philomena Murray
In this lively examination of Australia's relationship with the increasingly powerful EU, Professor Philomena Murray provides a fresh and comprehensive perspective on politics and trade, old security and new security.
Academic Monograph
Australian Children's Books: A Bibliography, Volume 1, 1774-1972 [HB] Available
Marcie Muir
An essential reference for all those who have come to appreciate the extraordinary richness of Australian writing for children.
Miegunyah
Australian Children's Books: A Bibliography, Volume 2, 1973-1988 [HB] Available
Kerry White
An essential reference for all those who have come to appreciate the extraordinary richness of Australian writing for children.
Miegunyah
Australian Children's Books: A Bibliography, Volume 3, 1989-2000 [HB] Available
Kerry White
The three volumes of the Bibliography list all Australian children's books published from 1774 to 2000.
Australian Citizenship [PB] Available
Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts
This lucid and accessible book invites the reader to think beyond simplistic answers to the question of what it means to be an Australian in 2004.
The Australian Constitution: A Documentary History [HB] Available
John Williams
This book brings together all the critical documents which formed the Commonwealth Constitution of 1901.
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1788-1850, A-H, Volume 1 [HB] Available
General Editor Douglas Pike
Australia's dictionary of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1788-1850, I-Z, Volume 2 [HB] Available
General Editor Douglas Pike
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1851-1890, A-C, Volume 3 [HB] Available
General Editor Douglas Pike
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1851-1890, D-J, Volume 4 [HB] Available
General Editor Douglas Pike
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1851-1890, R-Z, Volume 6 [HB] Available
General Editor Bede Nairn
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1891-1939, A-Ch, Volume 7 [HB] Available
General Editors Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1891-1939, Cl-Gib, Volume 8 [HB] Available
General Editors Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1891-1939, Gil-Las, Volume 9 [HB] Available
General Editors Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1891-1939, Lat-Ner, Volume 10 [HB] Available
General Editors Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1891-1939, Nes-Smi, Volume 11 [HB] Available
General Editor Geoffrey Serle
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1891-1939, Smy-Z, Volume 12 [HB] Available
General Editor John Ritchie
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Volumes 1-12 1788-1939 Index, Index [HB] Available
General Editor John Ritchie
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1940-1980, A-De, Volume 13 [HB] Available
General Editor John Ritchie
A series comparable with other dictionaries of national biography.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1940-1980 Di-Kel, Volume 14 [HB] Available
General Editor John Ritchie
Volume 14 of the ADB, the second of four volumes to deal with the 1940-1980 period.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1940-1980 Kem-Pie, Volume 15 [HB] Available
General Editor John Ritchie
Volume 15 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the third of four to deal with the 1940-1980 period, recording the lives of Australians whom many of us remember from the recent past.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1940-1980 Pik-Z, Volume 16 [HB] Available
John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds)
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is THE classic Australian work of reference. Volume 16--the last of four volumes to deal with the period 1940-1980--is used by writers, scholars, researchers and many general readers.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Supplement, 1580-1980, Supplement [HB] Available
Christopher Cunneen (editor)
The 504 articles, written by 399 authors, include men and women ranging in time from the Dutch navigator Dirk Hartog, born in 1580, to the soldier John McKeddie, who died in 1980.
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Volume 17 A-K, Volume 17 [HB] Available
Diane Langmore (General Editor)
Volume 17 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography contains 658 biographies of individuals who died between 1981 and 1990.
Australian Republicanism: A Reader [PB] Available
Mark McKenna and Wayne Hudson (eds)
This collection of readings is designed to transform the way Australians understand republicanism.
Australia's Bid for the Atomic Bomb [PB] Available
Wayne Reynolds
This important work reveals that Australian post-war defence policy was based on plans for joint nuclear weapons development between Australia and the United Kingdom.
Australia's First Rotary Club: A History of the Rotary Club of Melbourne [HB] Available
Owen Parnaby
The story of the Rotary Club of Melbourne--the first Rotary Club in Australia.
Australia's Own Cold War: The Waterfront Under Menzies, Academic Monograph [POD] Available
Tom Sheridan
Tom Sheridan goes beyond the propaganda of the era to reveal for the first time the true causes of waterfront unrest.
Academic Monograph
Australia's Own Cold War: The Waterfront Under Menzies, Academic Monograph [e-book] Available
Tom Sheridan
Tom Sheridan goes beyond the propaganda of the era to reveal for the first time the true causes of waterfront unrest.
Academic Monograph
Australia's Quarter Acre: The Story of the Ordinary Suburban Garden [HB] Available
Peter Timms
Awards: Shortlisted for the 2007 Tasmania Book Prize for the Best Book by a Tasmanian in any genre
Who invented the rotary clothesline, the lawn-mower and the fibreglass swimming pool?
Miegunyah
Australia's Remarkable Trees [HB] Available
Richard Allen, Photography by Kimbal Baker
Australia's Remarkable Trees explores the extraordinary lives of fifty of Australia's oldest, largest and most unusual trees.
Miegunyah
Authors Take Sides: Iraq and the Gulf War [PB] Available
Jean Moorcroft Wilson and Cecil Woolf (eds)
This book records the contemporary opinions and reactions of over 170 distinguished authors to two of the most contentious issues of our times, the Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq invasion of 2003.
