(Paperback)

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.

(Paperback)

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.

(Paperback)

Why do stars twinkle What's the best way to start spotting constellations and comets Is there life beyond Earth What's the chance of a catastrophic collision with a killer asteroid Fred Watson's covered the big space questions for adults, now Australia's Astronomer-at-Large embarks on a grand tour of the Universe especially for children.

(Paperback, Eighth Edition)

(Paperback)

Wage inequality between men and women seems one of the intractables of our age. Women are told they need to back themselves more, stop marginalising themselves, negotiate better, speak up, support each other, strike a balance between work and home. This searing book argues that insisting that women fix themselves won't fix the system, the system built by men.

(Paperback)

Small time heists. Failed robberies. Runs of bad luck. Payback. Love gone wrong. Drink, drugs and late-night assignations. Cops doing their job well. And badly. Plausible lies, unlikely truths. Murder and misadventure. Peter explores the everyday crime and catastrophe of 1950s and 1960s suburbia.

(Hardback)

The bestselling creators of Alphabetical Sydney and Numerical Street are back with their new picture book, Summer Time - a stunning tribute to an Australian summer. Summer Time pays tribute to the quintessentially Australian summer - filled with mangoes, waterslides, pools, mozzie bites, and the beach.

(Paperback)

In a love letter to the swimming spots of Sydney, Chris Baker takes 52 swims in and around Sydney over the course of a calendar year.

(Paperback)

Celebrates an illustrious swimming club located on one of the most beautiful spots on Sydney Harbour, as well as the joy of swimming. This gorgeous book encourages readers and swimmers, young and old, to think about their ambles down to the beach, their invigorating morning swims and refreshing afternoon dips on sultry Sydney-summer days, withan eye on their history.

(Paperback, updated paperback edition)

Sydney has always been the sexiest and brashest of Australias cities, but perhaps the most misunderstood. In this new edition of Sydney - part of the classic City Series - Delia Falconer conjures up its sandstone, humidity and jacarandas, its fireworks, glitz and magic. But she discards lazy stereotypes to reveal a complex city.

(Paperback)

(Paperback, Updated edition)

A sweeping history of one of the world's most recognised landscapes, Sydney Harbour explores the story of the waterway from the time of the Gameragal and Gadigal to the highly charged contemporary debates about the future of the harbour.

(Paperback, 2nd)

This edition of Sydney's Aboriginal Past draws on the latest historical, archaeological, geological, environmental and linguistic research, as well as oral evidence of present-day Aboriginal people, to reveal the diversity of Aboriginal life in the Sydney region before, during and for the first 30 years of British settlement.

(Paperback)

Acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra - author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo - expands his gaze to explore the energy, beauty, vulgarity, dynamism and pulsating sense of self-importance of his adopted city.

(Paperback, Updated edition)

(Paperback)

Offers illuminating and unexpected insights into Australias culture, as leading historians uncover the stories behind the symbols that surround us in our daily lives: from Uluru to the Australian flag, the rainbow serpent to Holden cars, the democracy sausage to the Great Barrier Reef.

(Paperback)

From balancing on a wing tip to paragliding with an eagle, Take Flight tells the stories of Australian women who have leapt, tumbled and dived, and reached for the stars.

(Paperback)

The art of coalition government is a delicate (and sometimes difficult) balancing of policy, politics and personalities. In The Art of Coalition, Joel Fitzgibbon, Tom Frame, Linda Courtenay Botterill, Tony Abbott and others convey the complexities of maintaining a strong political partnership, and the importance of trust in a coalition.

(Paperback)

Welcome to the world of school debating and public speaking, the best training ground for speaking, reasoning, arguing and looking critically at the big issues. Claire Duffy not only demystifies the process but makes it fun. Learn all about the best way to prepare, the persuasive power of reason, the art of argument and rebuttal and, when it comes to it, how to lose graciously.

(Paperback)

In this easy, fun-to-use guide, students, teachers and parents will discover how grammar, punctuation, spelling and well-made sentences make your writing great. With practical tips, interesting insights and step-by-step examples, this book will make students win marks and master everything from apostrophes to essay writing.

(Paperback)

The Badge We Wear tells the important history of sport at UNSW.

(Paperback)

The Bee Squad is jam-packed with fun adventures and hands-on projects to help kids boost biodiversity in their neighbourhood.

(Paperback)

Would it be ethical to eat sentient aliens What is the basis of the difference between the sexes Why is there something rather than nothing Now in its seventh year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2017 draws on the knowledge and insight of Australia's brightest thinkers to challenge perceptions of the world we think we know.

(Paperback)

This ninth edition of The Best Australian Science Writing showcases the most powerful, colourful, insightful and brilliant news, feature, essay and poetry writing from Australian writers and scientists. It roams the length and breadth of science. It makes us think, feel and hopefully act.