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Art in Australia, From Colonization to Postmodernism

Art in Australia, From Colonization to Postmodernism


by Christopher Allen

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 222 PAGES

An illustrated survey in the "World of Art" series, seeking to find the common thread binding Australian art over the past two centuries. (AUS143, $14.95)

Australia and New Zealand Map

Australia and New Zealand Map


by Reise & Verkehrsverlag

  • 2001
  • MAP

A map of Australia and New Zealand at a good scale of 1:5,000,000. (AUS77, $15.95)

Australia Map

Australia Map


by ITMB

  • 2010
  • MAP

A handy, folded map at a scale of 1:3,500,000. (AUS23, $12.95)

Australian Birds

Australian Birds


by Pocket Naturalist

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2000
  • PLASTIC CARD

A laminated card featuring commonly encountered Australian birds. (AUS99, $5.95)

Australian Wildlife

Australian Wildlife


by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • PLASTIC CARD

This handy fold-out guide features illustrations of almost 150 species of Australian animals. Laminated and pocket-sized, it easily slips into your daypack. (AUS111, $5.95)

Captain James Cook

Captain James Cook


by Richard Hough

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 398 PAGES

This fine, vividly written narrative includes a gripping account of Cook's discoveries throughout the Pacific. (PAC24, $18.95)

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith


by Thomas Keneally

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

A classic story set in the Australian outback of one man against an unjust, racist society. (AUS30, $13.95)

Continent of Hunter-Gatherers, New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory


by Harry Lourandos

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 412 PAGES

A well-considered, scholarly survey of Aboriginal Australia that challenges older views. (AUS129, $57.00)

Culture Smart! Australia

Culture Smart! Australia


by Barry Penney

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (AUS189, $9.95)

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia


by Ken Simpson | Nicholas Day

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

A handbook and field guide to Australia's birds with 2,000 vivid color illustrations, each accompanied by a brief description and revised range map. (AUS06, $39.50)

In Search of Hobart

In Search of Hobart


by Peter Timms

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 278 PAGES

Hobart resident Timms explores the contradictions of Australia's smallest, most southerly and least prosperous state capital, from its troubled past to its spectacular setting. (AUS246, $24.95)

Insight Guide Australia

Insight Guide Australia


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Panoramic in scope, this illustrated overview brings Australia to life in hundreds of color photographs and vivid essays on history, culture and nature. (AUS67, $24.99)

Joseph Banks, A Life


by Patrick O'Brian

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

A biography of naturalist and explorer Joseph Banks. (AUS47, $20.00)

Lonely Planet Australia

Lonely Planet Australia


by denis O'Byrne

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 1092 PAGES

A practical guide to Australia by Melbourne-based Lonely Planet, featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and nuts-and-bolts travel details. (AUS92, $29.99)

Lonely Planet Melbourne

Lonely Planet Melbourne


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A travel guide to Melbourne and surroundings with excellent maps and plenty of practical information. (AUS73, $21.99)

Nutmeg of Consolation

Nutmeg of Consolation


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • HARD COVER
  • 315 PAGES

Further adventures of Captain Aubrey & Co., shipwrecked in the Dutch East Indies, and finding their way to the penal colony at Botany Bay in the early 19th Century. (AUS69, $24.00)

On Dialogue, Contemporary Australian Art


by Anne Marie Freybourg | Les Murray | Juliana Engberg

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

A study of art in Australia over the last 40 years. (AUS144, $39.95)

One For the Road, An Outback Adventure

One For the Road, An Outback Adventure


by Tony Horwitz

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

A classic travel adventure by favorite author Tony Horwitz. This time he's set loose among the Aborigines, exiled desert rats and other odd characters in the outback. (AUS79, $14.00)

Picnic at Hanging Rock


by Peter Weir

  • 1979
  • DVD

Peter Weir's thriller about a group of girls and a teacher at a boarding school in Victoria who go missing after a Valentine's Day picnic. (AUS158, $29.95)

The Road from Coorain

The Road from Coorain


by Jill Ker Conway

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 238 PAGES

An absorbing account of a young rural girl's coming of age in post-war Sydney. Conway paints a vivid picture of isolation and beauty -- and of the challenges of a bright, ambitious woman growing up Australian. (AUS03, $13.95)

Rough Guide Tasmania

Rough Guide Tasmania


by James Stewart

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A comprehensive guide in the hip, literate and infomative Rough Guide style. (AUS202, $21.99)

A Traveller's History of Australia

A Traveller's History of Australia


by John H. Chambers

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 347368 PAGES

A brief history of Australia from the arrival of the Aborigines to the first European settlement and the development of the modern nation state. (AUS64, $14.95)

True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang


by Peter Carey

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

Carey's powerful, daring novel, steeped in the colonial history of late 19th-century Australia, won him a second Booker (the first was for Oscar & Lucinda). Outlaw, folk hero, thief and patriot, the Irish immigrant Ned Kelly and his clan figure large in the Australian mindset. (AUS119, $15.95)

Voyage of the Beagle

Voyage of the Beagle


by Charles Darwin

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 468 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER
  • FAVORITE

The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America. (GPS02, $12.95)

 

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