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Regarded in his day as an important Australian impressionist painter, A.H. Fullwood (1863-1930) was also the most widely viewed British-Australian artist of the Heidelberg era. In this pioneering, richly illustrated biography, Gary Werskey brings Fullwood and his extraordinary career as an illustrator, painter, and war artist back to life.

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Cottage to mansion, balcony to botanic garden, Planting Dreams will change the way you think about Australian gardens. Acclaimed garden historian Richard Aitken explores the fascinating environmental and social influences that have helped produce a unique gardening culture in Australia.

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This timely and persuasive book exposes the failures of globalisation: greedy banks, predatory privatisation, corporate tax avoidance and a growing underclass of temporary overseas workers. David McKnight argues that a progressive populism could address the genuine economic grievances of everyday people, without scapegoating immigrants or ethnic minorities.

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Jeff Sparrow is one of Australia's leading public intellectuals. From great controversies to the heroes and villains of our time, Provocations raises arguments that matter, bringing together some of Sparrows most challenging and continuously relevant work alongside daring new writing.

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The Sixties marked a turning point for change. A time when radicals found their voices and used them. In Radicals some of the people doing the changing reflect on how the decade changed them and society forever.

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The untold story of Rayner Hoff, one of Australia's most gifted and controversial public sculptors. This biography profiles Hoff's life and work, and how he inspired the renaissance of sculpture in Australia, leaving a mark that is still keenly felt today.

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All writers begin as readers. This is an ode, a love letter, to the magic of reading. To the spark that's set off when the reader thinks... I can do this too. Here, twenty-six writers take us through these moments of revelation through the dog-eared pages of their favourite Australian books.

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The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the first Indigenous Australian to become an officer in the Army, retold in action-packed graphic format. Reg Saunders MBE (1920-90) not only survived the World War II battlefields in the Middle East, North Africa, Greece, Crete and New Guinea, but excelled as a military leader.

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Remember When ... Snapshots of Australia from the '50s to '90s is a photographic trip down memory lane, celebrating the people, places, events and experiences that shaped our nation in the second half of the 20th century.

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For a long time, much of the Australian Signals intelligence (or Sigint) story has been kept secret. Revealing Secrets unearths the fascinating story of the organisation that collects intelligence about foreign adversaries, and keeps Australias secrets safe.

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Mixing the personal and political, Eda Gunaydins bold writing explores race, class, gender and violence, and Turkish diaspora. Piercing, tender and funny, this book takes us from an overworked and underpaid cafe job in Sydney, the motherdaughter tradition of sharing a meal in the local kebab shop, to the legacies of intergenerational trauma.

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Letting rip with a choice swear word or two has long been a very Aussie thing to do. From the defiant curses of the convicts and bullock drivers to the humour of Kath and Kim, Amanda Laugesen takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of Australia's bad language to reveal Australians preoccupations and concerns.

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Most people have heard of the United States' infamous Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, yet few know about Australia's own history of LGBT military service. In Serving in Silence lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender servicemen and women share their personal stories for the first time.

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After decades of silence, Serving Our Country is the first comprehensive history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's participation in the Australian defence forces. This book reveals the courage, resilience and trauma of Indigenous defence personnel and their families, and document the long struggle to gain recognition for their role in the defence of Australia.

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No props. No music. No costumes. Just you, your words and a mic - you've got two minutes to make the crowd scream your name. Miles Merrill, performance poet and founder of Australian Poetry Slam, and award-winning teacher Narcisa Nozica will take you from novice to spoken word superstar in no time.

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Offers a previously unseen glimpse into the dangerous and shadowy world of people smuggling. The book shares harrowing true stories of those fleeing persecution to seek asylum and reshapes our idea of those - sometimes family, sometimes mafia - who help them find it.

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A new edition of Charmian Clift's essays, selected and introduced by her biographer Nadia Wheatley, drawn from the weekly newspaper column Clift wrote through the turbulent and transformative years of the 1960s.

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The August Offensive was the last attempt by the Allied forces to break the stalemate with the Turkish defenders that had developed since the Anzac landings in late April 1915. It resulted in some of the bloodiest battles on the Gallipoli peninsula. David Cameron recreates in compelling detail the five days of the August offensive.